Category: Response to Sufis

The Doctrinal Disbelief of the Nusayriyyah (‘Alawites), Alevis (Turkish ‘Alawites), Bektashiyyah (Bektashi Order), and Twelver Imamiyyah (Twelver Shi‘ites): Exposition of Their Kuffār Status According to Sunni Islam

Posted onAuthorMohamad Mostafa Nassar

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐲𝐲𝐚𝐡 (‘𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬), 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐬 (𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐡 ‘𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬), 𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐲𝐲𝐚𝐡 (𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫), 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐲𝐲𝐚𝐡 (𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐢‘𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬): 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐊𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐚̄𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦 Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 Read More …

A Critical Examination of the Nusayriyyah (Alawites of Syria and Lebanon), Bektashiyyah (Balkans), Iraqi Imamiyyah (Twelver Shia), and Turkish (Alevi) Sects: A Sunni Islamic Perspective

Posted onAuthorMohamad Mostafa Nassar

𝐀 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐲𝐲𝐚𝐡 (𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧), 𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐲𝐲𝐚𝐡 (𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐬), 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐪𝐢 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐲𝐲𝐚𝐡 (𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐚), 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐡 (𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐢) 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬: 𝐀 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR 𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭: 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧-𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 Read More …

Is the grave of the Prophet Muhammad — peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon him — superior to the Sacred Kaʿbah and to the Mighty Throne of Allah Almighty?

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𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐌𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐝 — 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐛𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦 — 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐊𝐚ʿ𝐛𝐚𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐀𝐥𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐲? Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲 Read More …

A Valuable Post | On the Sufi Orders – During the French Colonial Era –And their opposition to reform and to the Association of Algerian Muslim Ulama.

Posted onAuthorMohamad Mostafa Nassar

𝐀 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭 | 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐟𝐢 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 – 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐫𝐚 –𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝐔𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐚. Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR 🖋️ 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 Read More …

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi: His Acts of Treachery and His Role in the Catastrophe of Baghdad

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𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐥-𝐃𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐥-𝐓𝐮𝐬𝐢: 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐚𝐠𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐝 Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR 𝟏. 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞: 𝐌𝐮𝐡̣𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐛𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐡̣𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐛𝐧 𝐚𝐥-𝐇̣𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥-𝐓̣𝐮̄𝐬𝐢̄, 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐬̣𝐢̄𝐫 𝐚𝐥-𝐃𝐢̄𝐧 𝐚𝐥-𝐓̣𝐮̄𝐬𝐢̄, 𝐚 Read More …

Refuting the ‘Unity of Being’ (Wahdat al-Wujūd): A Clear Sunni Islamic Response to the Doctrine of Fixed Pre-Eternal Essences (al-Aʿyān al-Thābitah) and the Myth of Mirroring Divine Names

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𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ‘𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠’ (𝐖𝐚𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥-𝐖𝐮𝐣𝐮̄𝐝): 𝐀 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐞-𝐄𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 (𝐚𝐥-𝐀ʿ𝐲𝐚̄𝐧 𝐚𝐥-𝐓𝐡𝐚̄𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐡) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐲𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 Read More …

Clarifying the Distinction Between the Four Sunni Islamic Legal Schools of Thought (“Madhhabs”) and Deviant Sects: A Necessary Theological Delineation in an Age of Confusion

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𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 (“𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐬”) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬: 𝐀 𝐍𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐫𝐚, 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 Read More …

It is forbidden in Islam to wish Rest in Peace for dead disbelievers or attend their funerals

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𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐬 Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR ❌ 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 “𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞” (𝐑𝐈𝐏): 𝟏. Read More …

The Evidence for the Prohibition of Asking for Mercy upon a Non-Muslim After Their Death, Along with Refutations of the Doubts Raised by Those Who Permit It

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐍𝐨𝐧-𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡, 𝐀𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐬 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐈𝐭 Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR 𝐃𝐫. 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐀𝐥-𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐦 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 Read More …

From Alphonse Mingana To Christoph Luxenberg: Arabic Script & The Alleged Syriac Origins Of The Qur’an

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𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐥𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐓𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡 𝐋𝐮𝐱𝐞𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠: 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭 & 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐜 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫’𝐚𝐧 Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐮 ʿ𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐤𝐮𝐦 𝐰𝐚 𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡𝐢 𝐰𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐡𝐮: 𝟏. 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫. 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 Read More …