Irrefutable Proof that the Hanabilah Were Sfs

Prepared by Abl Layth ibn Ata

Dr. George Makdisi in his masterpiece, Religion, Law and Learning in Classical Islam argues effectively that the major classical scholars of the Hanbal Madh-hab were Sf. To many, this argument is insignificant. However, for myself,and those who have been spiritually castrated by the pseudo salafi cult, this needed information is heart warming and soul satisfying. The intent of this brief treatise is to spread the message that Ibn Qudmah, Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn Al Qayyim Al-Jawzya, Ibn Rajab and others from amongst the Hanbilah are orthodox Sf. In a brief article Lisnad Initiatique Soufi de Muwaffaq Ad-Din Ibn Qudama the Khirqah (the cloak of the Sfs) of Ibn Qudmah is shown. The following is a pictorial scan of that Khirqah. This manuscript can be found in the Thhirya Library in Damascus, Syria.

You will notice after review that there are multiple Hanbal scholars mentioned in this Khirqah. 1) Ysuf ibn Muhammad ibn Nasr ibn Qsim Al-Madn Al Hanbal. 2) Ab Abdillah Muhammad ibn Shaykh Al-Allmah mdud-dn Ab Is-hq Ibrhm ibn Abdul Whid Al Maqdis Al Hanbal. 3) Ab Muhammad Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Qudmah Al Maqdis Al Hanbal. 4) The master of the Sfs and great Hanbal, Ab Muhammad Abdul-Qdir ibn Ab Slih ibn Abdillah Al-Jl (Jiln). 5) Mukharrim, who was also a Hanbal

6) Abl Fadhl Abdul Whid ibn Abdul-Azz ibn Al Hrith ibn Asad At-Tamm Al-Hanbal [died 410 in Baghdad] 7) Abl Hasan Abdul-Azz At-Tamm, the father of Abl Fadhl previously mentioned, was also a well known Hanbal of his time. He died in 371 A.H. in Dhul Qadah. These are the seven well known Hanbals who took the Khirqah from each others hands, labeling themselves from amongst the Sfs. This Khirqah (cloak of Sufism) is a clear refutation of those amongst the orientalist and Muslim scholars who believe that the Islamic Hanbal School was opposed to Sufsm. It should be noted that Abdul Qdir Al-Jl (Jln), who was well known Hanbal and author of the Hanbal manual Al Ghunyah, is the eponym of the Qdiriyyah Sf Tarqah. Dr. G. Makdisi theorizes the following regarding Al-Ansr Al Harawi Al Hanbal and Abdul Qdir Al Jl, With just these two facts, one would have thought that some notions would be changed. But nothing of the kinds happened. An explanation was offered, and remains to this day accepted, that these two Sfs were Hanbals merely because they were refugees from rationalist theology, or kalm; it just so happens, we were told, that the Hanbali School appealed to them because it, too, opposed kalm. [Page 121] The following are the scanned words of Dr. G. Makdis regarding the Sufism of Ibn Taymiyyah. Pay careful attention to the manuscripts referenced.

We have stopped here because we feel that the point has been made. G. Makdisi continues his assertion that Ibn Taymiyyah was a Sf because he used the language of

the Sfs in discourse and when issuing fatw. We ask Allh to benefit the Muslims with this brief article. mn!