Criticizing al-Nawawi and Ibn Hajar, and the Burning of Fath al-Bari
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: In our time, there have appeared people who are ignorant of the scholars of the Sunnah, such as Imam al-Nawawi and Imam Ibn Hajar, and they accuse them of religious innovation (bid'ah) and other things. He asks: What is the guidance regarding this? And are they included in what the author mentioned?
The Shaykh:
Yes, without a doubt, they are included in what the author mentioned. Imam Ibn Hajar and Imam al-Nawawi are great leaders among the leaders of Islam and the science of hadith, and they are role models (may Allah have mercy on them). No one speaks about them except an ignorant person. It is not permissible to speak about them. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
There are people who burned Fath al-Bari, saying that it contains figurative interpretation (ta'wil) of the attributes, and I do not know what they burned. This is an extreme act, and I seek refuge in Allah.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: In our time, there have appeared people who are ignorant of the scholars of the Sunnah, such as Imam al-Nawawi and Imam Ibn Hajar, and they accuse them of religious innovation (bid'ah) and other things. He asks: What is the guidance regarding this? And are they included in what the author mentioned?
The Shaykh:
Yes, without a doubt, they are included in what the author mentioned. Imam Ibn Hajar and Imam al-Nawawi are great leaders among the leaders of Islam and the science of hadith, and they are role models (may Allah have mercy on them). No one speaks about them except an ignorant person. It is not permissible to speak about them. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
There are people who burned Fath al-Bari, saying that it contains figurative interpretation (ta'wil) of the attributes, and I do not know what they burned. This is an extreme act, and I seek refuge in Allah.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن كيده العجيب : أنه يشام النفس حتى يعلم أي القوتين تغلب عليها — islamhouse.com (54:48)
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