What is the authenticity of Ibn Sina's repentance and his return from his belief?

The questioner : Yes. In Muslim lands, it is common to name some gatherings or factories after the names of some scholars of religious innovation (bid'ah). If they are imposed upon them...

The Shaykh : No, Ibn Sina's father was a scholar of religious innovation (bid'ah) and a disbeliever.

The questioner : Yes, they say it is attributed, meaning...

The Shaykh : And what is the basis? The basis is the absence of repentance. Al-Ash'ari (may Allah have mercy on him) was on the methodology of the Mu'tazilah, then he was in the middle between the Mu'tazilah and the people of the Sunnah, then he became one of the people of the Sunnah. This one repented and explicitly stated his repentance. Did these people explicitly state his repentance? The basis is the absence of repentance.

The questioner : And those who reported about him through some poetry and some speech, not during his lifetime.

The Shaykh : It is looked into. First, we look to see if this composition is authentic for him, and where is this poem? Who narrated it? So-and-so narrated to us from so-and-so from so-and-so until it reached him? I mean, perhaps he says this poem is from one who claims that he repented.