The student’s reading of the biography of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
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The student: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon the noblest of the messengers.
This is the biography of Nasir al-Tusi.
The Shaykh : Who?
The student: Nasir al-Tusi.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: He is Abu Ja'far or Abu 'Abd Allah Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hasan Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, known as al-Muhaqqiq and al-Khawaja. He was born in Tus in the year 500.
The Shaykh : Huh? Khawaja.
The student: Khawaja?
The Shaykh : No, Khawaja.
The student: Not Khawaja, he mentioned it
The Shaykh : The one we have is Khawaja
The student: Ibn Kathir mentioned it.
The Shaykh : With an alif?
The student: Ibn Kathir mentioned that he was Khawaja
The Shaykh : Yes, but with an alif? Al-Khawaja is different from al-Khawaja.
The student: The one who wrote his biography said al-Khawaja.
The Shaykh : Make sure, make sure.
The student: He was born in Tus in the year 597, and he died in Baghdad in the year 672. Among his students.
The Shaykh : How old was he? His birth was in the year 500?
The student: 597.
The Shaykh : 97, that is three years with us, and his death?
The student: 672.
The Shaykh : 72, meaning 76 years.
The student: 75.
The Shaykh : 76.
The student: Three years, 72, 69
The Shaykh : There is no god but Allah, 75.
The student: Among his students: Jamal al-Din ibn Mutahhar al-Hilli and Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi.
Among his works: Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned *Masar'at al-Masar'ah*, in which he refuted the book *Masar'at Ibn Sina* by al-Shahrastani, and it contains disbelief, as well as his commentary on Ibn Sina's *Isharat*.
His deeds: He served as a minister to Hulagu, his companion and his loyalist, and he ordered the killing of the Caliph.
The Shaykh : And what else?
The student: And his loyalist means his loyalty.
The Shaykh : He served as a minister?
The student: He served as a minister to Hulagu, his companion and his loyalist.
The Shaykh : And his companion
The student: And his companion
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: He ordered the killing of the Caliph in Baghdad during the Mongol invasion, and he became a minister to Abaqa when he settled over the Mongols.
The Shaykh : What?
The student: Abaqa.
The Shaykh : And what was before that?
The student: Minister to Abaqa
The Shaykh : And Zag?
The student: He became a minister.
The Shaykh : Minister with a ra?
The student : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, good.
The student: Minister to Abaqa when he settled over the Mongols, he built the House of Victory for the city of Maragha and built the House of the Sages, Philosophers, Physicians, and Astrologers. Ibn al-Qayyim said in *Ighathat al-Lahfan*: "He cured himself of the followers of the messengers and the people of his religion, and he exposed them to the sword".
The Shaykh : He exposed them
The student: And he killed the jurists, judges, and hadith scholars.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: He was one of the helpers of the Turkic polytheists when they seized the lands, and he destroyed the books of Islam, including jurisprudence, hadith, exegesis, and others.
The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah.
The student: His creed: The Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) quoted a lot from his books, especially in his quotation from the book *Sharh al-Isharat*. And Ibn al-Qayyim said: "He affirmed in his books the eternity of the world, the falsity of the resurrection, and the denial of the attributes, and he said: The Qur'an that is in our hands is the Qur'an of the common people, and Ibn Sina's *Isharat* is the Qur'an of the elite, and he learned sorcery and worshipped idols" Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned this in *Ighathat al-Lahfan*, in the second volume, page 381. And he also said, after reviewing his book *Masar'at al-Masar'ah*: "He affirmed in it that Allah did not create the heavens and the earth in six days, and that He does not know anything, and that He did not do anything by His power and choice, and that He does not resurrect those in the graves" He also mentioned this in *Ighathat al-Lahfan*, the second volume.
Ibn Taymiyyah said: "And he was an astrologer and a sorcerer".
Ibn al-Qayyim said in *Ighathat al-Lahfan*: "He changed the prayer and made it two prayers, and other such deeds".
The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah, I seek refuge in Allah.
The student: The Shaykh al-Islam mentioned that he was an Imami Shi'ite and mentioned other characteristics, saying that he was an atheist and the head of the atheists, or rather he said that he followed the path of Ibn Sina, mentioned in *al-Dar'* in the third volume, page 161, and he said that he was the head of the atheists, mentioned in *Dar' Ta'arud al-'Aql wa al-Naql*, the fifth volume, page 67, and he said that he was an astrologer, and the commentator of Ibn Sina's *Isharat*.
The Shaykh : What?
The student: The commentator of Ibn Sina's *Isharat*, and he said: "An atheist philosopher of the same type as Ibn Sina" *Dar' Ta'arud al-'Aql wa al-Naql* 78, and also in *al-Dar'*, the tenth volume, page 59, and *Ighathat al-Lahfan*. And the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said about him that he claimed affiliation with the atheists, the tenth volume, pages 44 and 59, and he said: "One of the atheist philosophers of the Jahmiyyah" the tenth volume, page 59.
And Ibn Taymiyyah mentioned his declaration of disbelief in the *Fatwas*, in the second volume, from page 92 to 93.
And Ibn al-Qayyim said in *al-Sawa'iq al-Mursalah*, the second volume, page 790: "Nasir al-Tusi, the champion of shirk, disbelief, and atheism" And also in *al-Ighathah*, the second volume, page 380, and he said in *al-Sawa'iq al-Mursalah*, in the second volume, page 790: "He had an intellect that opposed his atheist predecessors and did not agree with the followers of the messengers"
The Shaykh : For them?
The student: "He had an intellect that opposed his atheist predecessors and did not agree with the followers of the messengers", and he said in *Ittifaq al-Juyush*, on page 95: "One of the atheists who deny what the messengers (peace and blessings be upon them) and the books agreed upon, and what the intellects and innate dispositions testified to".
The Shaykh : Well done, good.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon the noblest of the messengers.
This is the biography of Nasir al-Tusi.
The Shaykh : Who?
The student: Nasir al-Tusi.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: He is Abu Ja'far or Abu 'Abd Allah Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hasan Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, known as al-Muhaqqiq and al-Khawaja. He was born in Tus in the year 500.
The Shaykh : Huh? Khawaja.
The student: Khawaja?
The Shaykh : No, Khawaja.
The student: Not Khawaja, he mentioned it
The Shaykh : The one we have is Khawaja
The student: Ibn Kathir mentioned it.
The Shaykh : With an alif?
The student: Ibn Kathir mentioned that he was Khawaja
The Shaykh : Yes, but with an alif? Al-Khawaja is different from al-Khawaja.
The student: The one who wrote his biography said al-Khawaja.
The Shaykh : Make sure, make sure.
The student: He was born in Tus in the year 597, and he died in Baghdad in the year 672. Among his students.
The Shaykh : How old was he? His birth was in the year 500?
The student: 597.
The Shaykh : 97, that is three years with us, and his death?
The student: 672.
The Shaykh : 72, meaning 76 years.
The student: 75.
The Shaykh : 76.
The student: Three years, 72, 69
The Shaykh : There is no god but Allah, 75.
The student: Among his students: Jamal al-Din ibn Mutahhar al-Hilli and Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi.
Among his works: Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned *Masar'at al-Masar'ah*, in which he refuted the book *Masar'at Ibn Sina* by al-Shahrastani, and it contains disbelief, as well as his commentary on Ibn Sina's *Isharat*.
His deeds: He served as a minister to Hulagu, his companion and his loyalist, and he ordered the killing of the Caliph.
The Shaykh : And what else?
The student: And his loyalist means his loyalty.
The Shaykh : He served as a minister?
The student: He served as a minister to Hulagu, his companion and his loyalist.
The Shaykh : And his companion
The student: And his companion
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: He ordered the killing of the Caliph in Baghdad during the Mongol invasion, and he became a minister to Abaqa when he settled over the Mongols.
The Shaykh : What?
The student: Abaqa.
The Shaykh : And what was before that?
The student: Minister to Abaqa
The Shaykh : And Zag?
The student: He became a minister.
The Shaykh : Minister with a ra?
The student : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, good.
The student: Minister to Abaqa when he settled over the Mongols, he built the House of Victory for the city of Maragha and built the House of the Sages, Philosophers, Physicians, and Astrologers. Ibn al-Qayyim said in *Ighathat al-Lahfan*: "He cured himself of the followers of the messengers and the people of his religion, and he exposed them to the sword".
The Shaykh : He exposed them
The student: And he killed the jurists, judges, and hadith scholars.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: He was one of the helpers of the Turkic polytheists when they seized the lands, and he destroyed the books of Islam, including jurisprudence, hadith, exegesis, and others.
The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah.
The student: His creed: The Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) quoted a lot from his books, especially in his quotation from the book *Sharh al-Isharat*. And Ibn al-Qayyim said: "He affirmed in his books the eternity of the world, the falsity of the resurrection, and the denial of the attributes, and he said: The Qur'an that is in our hands is the Qur'an of the common people, and Ibn Sina's *Isharat* is the Qur'an of the elite, and he learned sorcery and worshipped idols" Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned this in *Ighathat al-Lahfan*, in the second volume, page 381. And he also said, after reviewing his book *Masar'at al-Masar'ah*: "He affirmed in it that Allah did not create the heavens and the earth in six days, and that He does not know anything, and that He did not do anything by His power and choice, and that He does not resurrect those in the graves" He also mentioned this in *Ighathat al-Lahfan*, the second volume.
Ibn Taymiyyah said: "And he was an astrologer and a sorcerer".
Ibn al-Qayyim said in *Ighathat al-Lahfan*: "He changed the prayer and made it two prayers, and other such deeds".
The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah, I seek refuge in Allah.
The student: The Shaykh al-Islam mentioned that he was an Imami Shi'ite and mentioned other characteristics, saying that he was an atheist and the head of the atheists, or rather he said that he followed the path of Ibn Sina, mentioned in *al-Dar'* in the third volume, page 161, and he said that he was the head of the atheists, mentioned in *Dar' Ta'arud al-'Aql wa al-Naql*, the fifth volume, page 67, and he said that he was an astrologer, and the commentator of Ibn Sina's *Isharat*.
The Shaykh : What?
The student: The commentator of Ibn Sina's *Isharat*, and he said: "An atheist philosopher of the same type as Ibn Sina" *Dar' Ta'arud al-'Aql wa al-Naql* 78, and also in *al-Dar'*, the tenth volume, page 59, and *Ighathat al-Lahfan*. And the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said about him that he claimed affiliation with the atheists, the tenth volume, pages 44 and 59, and he said: "One of the atheist philosophers of the Jahmiyyah" the tenth volume, page 59.
And Ibn Taymiyyah mentioned his declaration of disbelief in the *Fatwas*, in the second volume, from page 92 to 93.
And Ibn al-Qayyim said in *al-Sawa'iq al-Mursalah*, the second volume, page 790: "Nasir al-Tusi, the champion of shirk, disbelief, and atheism" And also in *al-Ighathah*, the second volume, page 380, and he said in *al-Sawa'iq al-Mursalah*, in the second volume, page 790: "He had an intellect that opposed his atheist predecessors and did not agree with the followers of the messengers"
The Shaykh : For them?
The student: "He had an intellect that opposed his atheist predecessors and did not agree with the followers of the messengers", and he said in *Ittifaq al-Juyush*, on page 95: "One of the atheists who deny what the messengers (peace and blessings be upon them) and the books agreed upon, and what the intellects and innate dispositions testified to".
The Shaykh : Well done, good.