Al Isabah

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   ﮥ ﮦ ﮧ ﮨ ﮩ ﮪ ﮫ ﮬ ﮭ ﮮ ﮯ ﮰ ﮱ ﯓ ﯔ ﯕ ﯖ ﯗ ﯘ ﯙ ﯚ ﯛ ﯜﯝ ﯞ ﯟ ﯠ ﯡ ﯢ ﯣ ﯤ ﯥ ﯦ ﯧ ﯨ ﯩ ﯪﯫ ﯬ ﯭ ﯮ ﯯﯰ ﯱ ﯲ ﯳ It does not matter if you believers do not support him, for Allah did in fact support him when the […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter 1 When is the obligation of believing in something established?   1. When it is proven to us in the books of the Imams of din—especially the scholars of the principles of din—that a command is from the beliefs of Muslims, from the essential known commands of din, or from the beliefs of the Ahlus Sunnah, then we must acknowledge and accept […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter 2 The issue of Tafdil (superiority) in Islamic Belief Introduction   The issue of tafdil has serious implications in beliefs. Sometimes it is related to the issue of faith and disbelief, such as the difference between prophets and non-prophets. The superiority of prophets over others is necessary, proven by mutawatir and definitive texts from the verses of the Qur’an, the Sunnah of […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   1. The meaning of tafdil, its basis, and its source There is no doubt that the meaning of tafdil here in this theological research is the belief that A’s status by Allah subhanahu wa ta ‘ala is higher and more honourable than B’s status. Thus, the basis of virtue and honour is din and taqwa:   ﮁ ﮂ ﮃ ﮄ ﮅ Surely, the […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   2. The Superiority of the Companions radiya Llahu ‘anhum over those who came after them The status of the Companions of the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam in Islam is high and the rank of companionship by Allah subhanahu wa ta ‘ala is second to the status of prophethood. The reason for this is that they are the people who possessed the […]