Articles
Sulayman ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab and the Critique of Takfir in al-Sawaʿiq al-Ilahiyya
A letter of reply to Hasan ibn ʿIdan by the brother of Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab, arguing from the consensus that whoever pronounces the two testimonies is Muslim and that inference and takfir belong to qualified mujtahids.
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Tawassul and Istighatha in al-Nuqul al-Sharʿiyya and al-Haqaʾiq al-Islamiyya
How Hasan al-Shatti al-Hanbali and the author of al-Haqaʾiq al-Islamiyya present tawassul through the texts of Imam Ahmad and the jurists of the four schools, and how they read Ibn Taymiyya's position.
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The Conditions of Ijtihad and the Claim to Independent Reasoning: From "al-Sawaʿiq al-ilahiyya" to "Tahakkum al-muqallidin"
How Sulayman ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab, Ibn ʿAfaliq and al-Shatti invoked the consensus on the conditions of ijtihad against the claim to derive rulings directly from the Qurʾan and Sunna.
Read article →Ibn ʿAfaliq al-Ahsaʾi and "Tahakkum al-muqallidin": Putting the Claim of Renewal to the Test
A letter from a Hanbali jurist of al-Ahsa to his contemporary Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab, testing the claim to ijtihad with questions on hadith, Arabic, rhetoric and inheritance law.
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