al-Qayrawani's Risalah

[Zaid 'Abdur-Rahman]

:bism:

Does anyone know off hand of a translation of al-Qayrawani's Risalah, either made or in the works?

I know about the myriad translations on the net, but I'm looking for something in book form. It's becoming quite the pain in the arse to look on the net everytime I need a fiqh answer.


Wasalaam,
Zaid

[Omar HH]

:bism:

Does anyone know off hand of a translation of al-Qayrawani's Risalah, either made or in the works?

I know about the myriad translations on the net, but I'm looking for something in book form. It's becoming quite the pain in the arse to look on the net everytime I need a fiqh answer.


Wasalaam,
Zaid

Why don't you goto the Guiding Helper?

www.guidinghelper.com

You can also print out the original Murshid al-Mu'in by Ibn Ashir in Arabic with transaltion on the site.

http://guidinghelper.com/pdf/Murshid_Translation.pdf <-- al-Murshid al-Mu'in by Ibn Ashir

http://guidinghelper.com/pdf/GH_Explanation.pdf <-- Guiding Helper with Explanatory Notes.

And if you still have a question they didn't leave one part of Maliki fiqh out in the Notes of Sources of Main Text:

http://guidinghelper.com/pdf/GH_MainText_Sources.pdf <-- Notes of Sources of Main Text of the Guiding Helper

And if you still have Maliki fiqh Q&A you can goto:
http://guidinghelper.com/qna/

You can search in the search box and find many answers.

If you still have any more questions you should goto:
http://www.lamppostproductions.org/articles_abdullah_bin_hamid_ali.shtml

Or,

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Tariqul-Islam/

Also,

al-Qarawayin Univeristy has a Darul Iftaa so if you have any fiqh questions you can write out a mail and mail it to them for the answer.

But basically if you print out the Guiding Helper books and the translation of al-Murshid al-Mu'in by Ibn Ashir you should be set with a Maliki fiqh manual for your everyday life without having to refer back to the internet.

Jazakallahu Khayrun

[Omar HH]

Shaykh Abu Qanit al-Sharif al-Hassani said in his online lessons:


<aq_hasani> Look. There is a reason why we have used the Murshid as a base for the
+Guiding Helper and not other texts such as the Risalah and the Akhdari.
<aq_hasani> And that is that the Murshid and its associated shuruh are much more advanced
+than these rudimentary texts.
<aq_hasani> And that the Murshid takes into account the advanced refinement conducted
+by the Andulusian Maliki Scholars.
<aq_hasani> whereas the Risalah if Ibn Abi Zayd, the Mukhtasar of Ahkdari, and other
+such texts are much more rudimentary - and people in the West will face many problems
+if they try to follow these texts - due to their literal nature.

<aq_hasani> And this brings up a *very important* point that all students of the Guiding
+Helper should be aware of...
<aq_hasani> That the Guiding Helper has been reviewed by a very qualified editorial
+staff which has made sure...
<aq_hasani> that the amount of detail which is necessary for you to be happy and
+successful practitioners of the din has
<aq_hasani> *already* been included in the Explanatory Notes...
<aq_hasani> Except for a rare few issues which are included in the footnotes for the
+Notes of Sources to the Main Text.
<aq_hasani> So, if you as an honest student of the Guiding Helper come across details
+which are not mentioned in the Explanatory Notes...
<aq_hasani> you can *safely* assume that these details are either not essential or are
+not *agreed upon* within the school.
<aq_hasani> ...
<aq_hasani> Believe it or not...
<aq_hasani> The only people who contact us with confusion about the din are
+people who have become confused from other sources...
<aq_hasani> since the authors of these sources have not taken the time to carefully
+consider all of repercussions and effects of what they are teaching will have
+on the common man who tries to follow their advice.

Jazakallahu Khayrun

[Omar HH]

Also the Guiding Helper is more reliable because it takes the popular opinion (as narrated by Ibn Rushd) in 95% of the cases while other texts may not follow the popular opinion.

If you speak Arabic at all I would recommend buying a copy of al-Qawanin al-Fiqhiyyah by Ibn Juzayy al-Kalbi. Not only does it have Maliki opinions (the author was a Maliki scholar) but it also lists the rulings of other schools and lists the ijmaa' positions in our Din (which are much less than you probably currently believe they are).

Also if you speak Arabic then I reccomend al-Muqaddimat of Ibn Rushd. The opinion that Ibn Rushd points out is popular in that book (and only this book) is the popular opinion of the Maliki school. The Guiding Helper though narrates this opinion in 95% of cases.

http://www.almaktabah.com/ is a good place to find Arabic books but the shipping costs are very high so beware.

Jazakallahu Khayrun

[Hmmm]

There is an English translation available from ketabook.com (which is *excellent* for Maliki/maghrebi texts - have a look!). There is no indication of the translator however.

Aside from that, I'd say a heavy duty laser printer would work to print off the translation from sr Bewley's site.. Your local printing shop would probably have one.

I personally also think the murshid is better for muslims in the West and quite like the GHF take on it - very sensible indeed. Lamppost productions also does a sharh I believe.

I *think* there are translations of adhkari and the risala in the works, but I can't remember who is doing them - Shaykh Hamza perhaps? (I believe he uses one in his teaching?)

[Omar HH]

Thanks alot for the website!

[Omar HH]

You mean THIS?
http://www2.iiu.edu.my/deed/lawbase/risalah_maliki/

Stick with the Guiding Helper - MUCH better, in my opinion.

[Shaykhs-Pir Sahib]

as far as i know, Shaykh Hamza is continuously updating and refining his translations of al-akhdari and ibn ashir. they will either eventually be released, or saved for the students of zaytuna and rihla courses.

as a side note, he once did discourage people from using sidi abu qanit's translation - i can't remember why exactly... but there were several issues he wasn't happy about with regards to this translation. one of which was the statement 'a gift from God...' which was spread over the early translations - and quickly removed soon after these comments became widespread.

personally, i have a copy of the guiding helper by sidi abu qanit - and there is no doubting his 'ilm. however, i am slightly against his ideology and slightly excessive pro-maliki viewpoints. in addition, the recent mahdi issue is troubling for me, but that is not to say he is not trustworthy and an 'alim that MUST be given due respect.

Shaykh Walead is teaching the famous Egyptian maliki text 'aqrab al-masalik' by Imam al-Dardir on sunnipath. this is a commentary on the voluminous mukhtasar of khalil... and from what i hear is an excellent and detailed text - with slight variation from the western maliki texts.

i believe ustadha aisha bewley will be publishing ibn abi zayd's risalah at some point... so the future is bright for the malikiyyah insha'Allah.

long live amal ahl al-madinah

salams

[Shaykhs-Pir Sahib]

...also, i have heard there are mistranslations in the bewley translation of ibn abi zayd from two independent trustworthy sources - something to be aware of. secondly, ibn abi zayd's text does not always represent the school's dominant opinions..

Allah knows best

*best to find a living teacher and stick to what you are taught - taking the weaker positions of the school, only if done so with wisdom and some kind of allowance from the ulama*

[Omar HH]

Imam Dardir I have heard is extremely qualified Maliki scholar. I did hear that he has quite a few views that are more Egyptian than not Egyptian.

As for any issues with Sidi Abu Qanit's Guiding Helper I just have a few points:

a) The Mahdi issue is totally distinct from the fiqh work - don't put down the whole book because you disagree with the Mahdi issue.
b) Yes Shaykh Abu Qanit is very pro-Maliki but only because he says that he believes it is compatible with the current modern lifestyle (as it was the madhab of Anadalusia).
c) Shaykh Abu Qanit's has an entire literal translation of the Murshid for those who doubt him which you can see above.
d) Shaykh Abu Qanit's "Guiding Helper" text has the popular opinion as narrated by Ibn Rushd in 95% of the cases and the proofs for it being the popular opinion in the 785 page Notes of Sources for Main Text.
e) Every fiqh book that helps us live our lives is a gift from God. Every true scholar is a gift from God. Every peice of food we put in our mouths is a gift from God. Whatever Shaykh Abu Qanit says is not because of pride - trust me he is not just a scholar of Maliki fiqh and Ashari aqeedah but a scholar of Shadhili Tassawuf as well. Something you should know about the Explanatory Notes of the Guiding Helper as stated by Shaykh Abu Qanit himself:


one important thing you must understand about the
+Explanatory Notes (which most people are unaware of) is that it does not
+contain *any* of our words.

But if you find that phrase contraversial that really has nothing to do with the fiqh work.
f) No disrespect to Shaykh Hamza (and I would never disrespect him as I have deep respect for him and his talks) but Shaykh Ali Filali (Shaykh Abu Qanit's teacher who approves of the Guiding Helper) is much more qualified than he is:

From the Notes of Sources for Main Text p. 784:

This is a good place to insert the biography of the scholar behind the Guiding Helper, Shiekh `Ali Filali.
He is Abu Hamza `Ali ibn al-`Arabi ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Filali, the grandson of the renown thirteenth century
Maliki Faqih of the Maghrib, Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Filali. Sheikh `Ali was born in the middle of the fourteenth Islamic Century in
Fez, Morocco, the intellectual capital of the Maliki school. During his primary educational years, he memorized the Qur'an and took
an early interest in the Islamic Sciences of `Aqidah, Fiqh, and Tafsir. He memorized in his teeenage years many thousands of lines of
mutun and took an interest in advanced issues discussed by the scholars. By his mid-twenties, he had obtained an Ijazah in Islamic and
Maliki Law from Qarawayeen Univerisity and began teaching beginning and intermediate students a variety of subjects which he had
mastered by this age including: Arabic Grammar, Lexicography, Rhetoric, Ancient and Modern Arabic Literature, Maliki Fiqh,
Comparative Fiqh, Qur'anic Tafsir, Hadith, Advanced `Aqidah, and Usul al-Fiqh. He has also written short treatises in Arabic in most
of these fields. Also, he was one of the main editors of a book used in Morocco to teach Arabic to non-Arabic speakers.
He traces his lineal knowledge chain back to the Prophet (May Allah bless him and give him peace) from multiple avenues.
Of these, he has mentioned six from his teachers (all of whom were authorized from Qarawayeen or its shuyukh):
1) `Abdullah al-Dawudi and (2) his brother `Abd al-Karim al-Dawudi
3) al-`Allāmah al-Ghāzī al-&usayni
4) Muhammad al-Taweel
5) al-&ayākī Muhammad
6) Humayd ibn al-Hājj al-Salami
The first two were known to hold multiple connected chains of transmission to the famous Imam of Qarawayeen of the eighth century
and student of Ibn `Ashir, who is known as Mahammad ibn Ibrahim ibn `Abbad. Thus, `Ali Filali's lineal connection is firmly tied to
that of Ibn `Ashir whose lineal connection was firmly tied to the Prophet (May Allah bless him and give him peace). This should
further ensure the users of the Guiding Helper that they are receiving a true narration of the message of the Prophet of Islam
Muhammad ibn `Abdullah (May Allah bless him and give him peace).

g) The Guiding Helper does not state it is the ONLY way to practice the Din. Rather it says quite the opposite. To quote:


The legal rulings that we narrate in the Guiding
Helper and associated Explanatory Notes are taken from the positions of a section of the scholars who follow
Imam Malik. We do not claim that this is the only correct way to practice the din, but we are confident that
what we narrate is one of many correct ways to practice the din

What Shaykh Abu Qanit has done in English is very useful to those who do not speak Arabic. For example the Guiding Helper lists the popular opinion as narrated by Ibn Rushd in 95% of the cases - something that many other Maliki manuals do not do even in Arabic.

Wa Allahu 'Alam wa Jazakallahu Khayrun

[Omar HH]

Oh by the way again absolutely no disrespect to Shaykh Hamza or all those people who chose not to follow the Guiding Helper. Obviously, there are many correct ways to practice the Din.

I just love Shaykh Abu Qanit so much that every time anyone says anything about him or his works I have to show the other side of the story.

But anyways we're all Malikis on this thread - we're cooler than those Hanafis and Shafiis anyways lol ;)

Jazakallahu Khayrun

[Shaykhs-Pir Sahib]

sidi

i didn't intent to sow discord, nor offend you - after all, we are all following qualified scholars - al-hamdulillah.

just a few comments on your comments!:

"a) The Mahdi issue is totally distinct from the fiqh work - don't put down the whole book because you disagree with the Mahdi issue."

please sidi, don't get me wrong. i didn't intend to put down the whole book, especially when i have benefited from it and the author greatly.

"b) Yes Shaykh Abu Qanit is very pro-Maliki but only because he says that he believes it is compatible with the current modern lifestyle (as it was the madhab of Anadalusia)."

there is no harm in being 'pro-maliki' per se, but its dangerous when those statements become 'the maliki maddhab will dominate' etc... 'and those that follow our book will be ok' kind of statements. Even Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi, who quite clearly stated the necessity of following a maddhab, warned against maddhabism... and also mentioned that Imam Mahdi himself would dislike this. Allah knows best. but hey, we all love our maddhab, the maddhab of madinah.

"e) Every fiqh book that helps us live our lives is a gift from God. Every true scholar is a gift from God. Every peice of food we put in our mouths is a gift from God. Whatever Shaykh Abu Qanit says is not because of pride"

true... but no scholar, to my knowledge, in the history of islam ever placed such writing in their works.. because the author cannot decide whether it is a gift, he can only pray that it is accepted and free from errors. this is why the statement was removed, don't u think?

"But if you find that phrase contraversial that really has nothing to do with the fiqh work."

true... but many people found the statement distasteful...

"f) No disrespect to Shaykh Hamza (and I would never disrespect him as I have deep respect for him and his talks) but Shaykh Ali Filali (Shaykh Abu Qanit's teacher who approves of the Guiding Helper) is much more qualified than he is:"

i cannot confirm or deny such a statement, however i will say that every scholar has his teachers - and i am sure you know who Shaykh Hamza's teachers were. but lets not compare - when there is no benefit or need, and we are not even in a position to do so.

...no scholar is perfect, just relaying to you what many maliki's have said, even one of my own teachers who studied with Shaykh Murabit al-Hajj. i, and no-one else for that matter is saying avoid sidi abu qanit - of course not!

[Omar HH]

true... but no scholar, to my knowledge, in the history of islam ever placed such writing in their works.. because the author cannot decide whether it is a gift, he can only pray that it is accepted and free from errors. this is why the statement was removed, don't u think?


But the Guiding Helper and it's Explanatory Notes are the translation of OTHER great Shuyokh's works whom were "gifts from God" - interpret it in that sense,

For Example:

The Guiding Helper Main Text is an adaptation of Ibn 'Ashir which follows him VERY closely (don't believe me - go and compare it all yourself).

The Guiding Helper Explanatory Notes which come from many sources including Ibn Juzayy's al-Qawanin al-Fiqhiyyah, Ibn Rushd's Muqadimat, Muhammad ibn Marriyah's Sharh al-Murshid al-Mu'in, Tanukhi's Mudawwanah.

wa Allahu 'Alam.



there is no harm in being 'pro-maliki' per se, but its dangerous when those statements become 'the maliki maddhab will dominate' etc... 'and those that follow our book will be ok' kind of statements.

The "only the Maliki madhab will dominate" statement was an estimation of what they believe will happen because of the preservation attempts of the madhab by past Maliki scholars. Also the Prophet :saw: said my followers from the West will be victorious until the last hour. It is not because they love the Maliki madhab so much and hate the rest that they say it will dominate. They have also said many good statements about the Hanafi madhab!

Also "those who follow our book will be ok" they say that they are making du'a that those who sincerely follow their book will survive what they believe is the coming fitna. They also are certain that their book contains a true picture of the Din - and those who follow their book can enter Paradise through following it's laws. Not "only those who follow our book will be ok."

And thanks for clarifying, i'm just clarifying the last two points.

[Omar HH]

and no-one else for that matter is saying avoid sidi abu qanit - of course not!

Unfortuantely some people were by spreading rumors. Of course it was not Shaykh Hamza or any other sincere and honest people.

As Shaykh Abu Qanit said anyone who publically attacks a sincere scholar or his works will come on Yomul Qiyama carrying a burden if he did not make a public apology, or something of that sort.

[Muslimsister]

:salam:

I find all this very confusing, and would request the knowledgable brothers here to please find out the EXACT reasons WHY the guidinghelper is not reliable. I mean, such a claim is a rather big one, and since there doesn't seem to be a better alternative right now for us english speaking malikis, then we should be told exactly what is wrong with it. I am not at all able to study with a shaykh at present, so i need to have some channel through which i get my knowledge. So anyone?

:insh: :jazak:



:salam:

[Omar HH]

No - they did not say the Guiding Helper was unreliable!

Please sister do not be shaken by rumors.

The people who said the Guiding Helper was unreliable were a few people a few years ago.

Be assured the Guiding Helper IS reliable and you can prove it for yourself by looking at the Notes of Sources for Main Text. If you still don't believe it go read Ibn 'Ashir's actual Murshid al-Mu'in and you will see how close they followed him.

Shaykhs-Pir-Sahib was just disagreeing with it being called "a gift from God" etc.

Hashim al-Maghribi of the Guiding Helper Foundation settled all unrealiablity rumors when he said:


<omar> i recently heard shaykh XYZ say that there are 'egregious
+faults' in the guiding helper. i myself have complete trust in the validity
+of the gh, but i am wondering what issues he might have found problematic and
+why

<hashim_maghribi> The fact of the matter is that the Guiding Helper is not a
+blindly written fiqh book.
<hashim_maghribi> It is book which is written after studying the situation of
+the Muslims in the
<hashim_maghribi> West and searching for reliable opinions within the Maliki
+school to make their
<hashim_maghribi> lives easier.
<hashim_maghribi> People who have studied with Bedouin scholars often claim
+mastery of a subject
<hashim_maghribi> which they only partially know.
<hashim_maghribi> Shiekh `Ali Filali approves of the Guiding Helper and
+Abuqanit's teaching of Maliki Jurisprudence
<hashim_maghribi> It is wrong to mislead the common man with such
+statements which issue
<hashim_maghribi> from ignorance. Sheikh Filali and Abuqanit Hasani often know
+ five or more *Maliki* rulings for a single subject only one of which they narrate for the
+purpose of helping the common
<hashim_maghribi> man achieve Paradise.
<hashim_maghribi> There are no opinions in the Guiding Helper which conflict
+with the ijmaa` of the
<hashim_maghribi> ummah.
<hashim_maghribi> And all but one major ruling has been taken from Maliki Scholars.
<hashim_maghribi> The one major non-Maliki ruling in the Guiding Helper is ...
<hashim_maghribi> In the subject of Zakat - in being able to pay Zakat on
+livestock with cash instead of livestock.
<hashim_maghribi> We have nothing against anybody. If people have something
+against us, that
<hashim_maghribi> is their problem.
<hashim_maghribi> We will not waste our time defending our work as the Notes
+of Sources should suffice against such
<hashim_maghribi> ignorance-based attacks.
<hashim_maghribi> If we wanted, we could point out a hundred errors with what
+is being taught by others, but
<hashim_maghribi> we only have an interest in presenting a comprehensive view
+of the truth and not worrying about what other people are saying.
<hashim_maghribi> Using principles laid out in the Explanatory Notes of the
+Guiding Helper, all of us can discern truth from falsehood - and as such there is no
+need to delve into the errors of others.
<hashim_maghribi> This is why you will not find any attacks against any
+named scholars
<hashim_maghribi> on our web-site.
<hashim_maghribi> [done]
[GHF_NOTE: Another important note here is that we have never claimed that what
we narrate is the only way to practice the din. But, what we do narrate in
Fiqh, conforms in close to ninety-five percent of the cases to the popular opinion
in the Maliki School as taught by Ibn Rushd al-Kabir and his students. And it is perhaps
because people in rural areas do not learn the school in a systematic manner as
taught nine hundred years ago by Ibn Rushd al-Kabir, that they can have such
closed-minded views. Most of these people only know what their particular teachers
taught them - and thus they view differing opinions with suspicion and incorrectly
label them as errors.]]

As Shaykh Abu Qanit al-Hassani explained:



<aq_hasani> There are some rumors going around (which we have mostly dealt with already
+in the Notes of Sources) that...
<aq_hasani> the Explanatory Notes do not contain the popular opinions in the Maliki
+School in almost all places (except where noted in the footnotes to the *Notes of
+Sources*)...
<aq_hasani> And this has to do with people honestly not *knowing* the popular opinions
+in the Maliki School or not studying the explanatory notes as a whole (singling out words
+out of context).
<aq_hasani> And since we are not interested in causing problems for anybody (especially
+the handful of Maliki teachers in the West)...
<aq_hasani> we are not pointing out this ignorance of the popular opinion in many of
+the things being taught;
<aq_hasani> but, we would like to assure the user of the Guiding Helper Explanatory Notes
+that he/she is not getting some *altered* version of the Maliki School.
<aq_hasani> But, actually, the Guiding Helper is a more pure and pristine representation
+of the Maliki School (in regards to the popular opinion) than many other *Arabic* Maliki
+books in use.
<aq_hasani> So, what we saying here is that many people who do not know the definition
+of popular (defined in footnote 196 of the Notes of Sources to the Main Text) ...
<aq_hasani> *assume* that the popular opinion is what *their particular teacher* taught
+them or what one famous latter-day scholar has written in his book.
<aq_hasani> [done]

[muhammadnur]

As Salaam Alaikum,

I was told by a student of knowledge in Morocco if you have no other source then you can use this. An like the author states it's a resource intended for english speaking people who do not have access to the arabic sources which the Guiding Helper is based on. And to support his positions which is what I appreciate about the guiding helper is the author notes the sources and also made available a translation of Ibn Ashir that you can compare. And the extensive question and answer section.

So until you learn arabic and\or find a Maliki teacher its one of the only resources available, especially as detailed as it is.

Muhammad-Nur

[Omar HH]

No disrespect to Shaykh Hamza (and I would never disrespect him as I have deep respect for him and his talks) but Shaykh Ali Filali (Shaykh Abu Qanit's teacher who approves of the Guiding Helper) is much more qualified than he is:

I retract that statement - even if I believe it is true. There was no need for that. Please accept my apologizes,

Jazakallahu Khayrun

[Zaid 'Abdur-Rahman]

...also, i have heard there are mistranslations in the bewley translation of ibn abi zayd from two independent trustworthy sources - something to be aware of. secondly, ibn abi zayd's text does not always represent the school's dominant opinions..

Allah knows best




Possible. Musa Furber once warned me about a few things regarding the Bewley translation of al-Muwatta'

[Muslimsister]

No - they did not say the Guiding Helper was unreliable!

Please sister do not be shaken by rumors.

The people who said the Guiding Helper was unreliable were a few people a few years ago.

Be assured the Guiding Helper IS reliable and you can prove it for yourself by looking at the Notes of Sources for Main Text. If you still don't believe it go read Ibn 'Ashir's actual Murshid al-Mu'in and you will see how close they followed him.

Shaykhs-Pir-Sahib was just disagreeing with it being called "a gift from God" etc.

Hashim al-Maghribi of the Guiding Helper Foundation settled all unrealiablity rumors when he said:


As Shaykh Abu Qanit al-Hassani explained:

:jazak: for the calrification. :mash: I do find the guiding helper to be a gift from Allah. ..

IMHO all this 'warning' about this and that is not very encouraging, esp. for new muslims. But i do understand the need to stress the importance to learn directly from the scholars. *confused*

[Omar HH]

Here's another Maliki fiqh text I found from Qadi Iyad off of BewelyUpdates.

I still would just stick with the Guiding Helper and Ibn 'Ashir.

[Omar HH]

Tijani Murids (whom are pretty strict and disciplined people) say:

The Guiding Helper in my humble opinion is a master piece and I ask Allah the almighty to reward all of those who have put an effort to produce this unmattched text.

And,

The 'Guiding Helper' is a wonder and masterpiece every Maliki should aquire, study and memorise as it is the summary of volumes and volumes of Maliki Fiqh, the 'Guiding Helper' contains all the necessary a muslim MUST know about his religion

Again - let no doubt creep in the mind of it's followers, it is an accurate representation of the Maliki school.

Ibn 'Ashir really is the best everything else comes after - just go read his Arabic (with English translation) text on for example Salat and then go compare it with the Risalah and Qadi Iyad.

Anyways I am about to post up another Maliki fiqh text for your benefit.

[Omar HH]

Al-Mukhtasar Al-Akhdary - A Short Treatise on 'Ibadat According to the School of Imam Malik

(From the Tijani tariqat)

(The last upload was from Aisha Bewely's Yahoo Group)

[Abul Hasan]

Here's another Maliki fiqh text I found from Qadi Iyad off of BewelyUpdates.

I still would just stick with the Guiding Helper and Ibn 'Ashir.


:salam:

Shukran for the Qadi Iyad work ( I had seen the printed edition some years ago)! Insha'Allah I will show with a scan from the original arabic text how Nasir al-Albani distorted Qadi Iyad's words for his own ends!

In the mean time I will show how Qadi Iyad made Ta'wil like the Asha'ira (as he was of them) in the Ta'wil thread in the Aqeeda section soon.


Wassalam