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		<title>Interpreting (Istiwa) to mean (Isteela&#8217;) = To Conquer or Take Over</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Um Abdullah M.</dc:creator>
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Some statements by the Righteous Salaf (predecessors) and scholars of Ahl Assunnah regarding interpreting &#8220;Istawa&#8221; to mean &#8220;istawLa&#8221; (conquered or took over).
Imam Abu Abdullah Ibn Al-A’rabi (d. 231 H.), a scholars of the Arabic language:
Dawud bin Ali said : We were at Ibn Al-‘Arabi, and a man came up to him and said: “O Abu Abdullah, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=umabdullah.wordpress.com&blog=896967&post=93&subd=umabdullah&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How The Mawlid Began:  The Story of The First Mawlid</title>
		<link>http://umabdullah.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/how-the-mawlid-began-the-story-of-the-first-mawlid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Um Abdullah M.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was said that the first to innovate the Mawlid were the Ubaydeen (called Fatimads), and others say that the first was king al Muzaffar Kukabri (549 &#8211; 630 A.H.) of Irbil.
Ibn Kallikan, who was a witness of the Mawlid of al Mudhaffar/Muzaffar, reported how the mawlid was, in his book &#8220;Wifayat al A&#8217;yan&#8220;; he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=umabdullah.wordpress.com&blog=896967&post=89&subd=umabdullah&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>E-Book: Concise Commentary On Kitab At-Tawheed</title>
		<link>http://umabdullah.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/e-book-concise-commentary-on-kitab-at-tawheed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Um Abdullah M.</dc:creator>
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الملخص في شرح كتاب التوحيد
الشيخ صالح الفوزان
Al-Mulakhas Fee Sharh Kitab At-Tawheed
Concise Commentary On The Book of Tawhid
By Sh. Saleh al Fawzan
Translated by :  Al-Arabia for Information Technology, Cairo.
Al-Maiman Publishing House

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		<title>Fath Al-Majid : Explanation of Kitab At-Tawhid</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Um Abdullah M.</dc:creator>
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فتح المجيد شرح كتاب التوحيد


Fath Al-Majeed
Sharh Kitab At-Tawheed



Divine Triumph

Explanatory Notes on the Book of Tawheed


by Sh. Abdur Rahman Ibn Hasan Aal Ash-Shaykh

Translated by
&#8216;Ali As-Sayed Al-Halawani

Edited by 
Selma Cook
Dar Al-Manarah
For Translation, Publishing &#38; Distribution




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		<title>The Agreed Upon Types of Tawassul</title>
		<link>http://umabdullah.wordpress.com/2008/11/06/the-agreed-upon-types-of-tawassul/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Um Abdullah M.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tawassul]]></category>
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The types of tawassul that are permissible, with no dispute amongst the scholars, are:

1. Tawassul through the beautiful Names and exalted Attributes:
Allah said – translation of the meaning-  And (all) the Most Beautiful Names belong to Allâh, so call on Him by them. [Al A’raf (6):180]
Examples of this type of tawassul are found in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=umabdullah.wordpress.com&blog=896967&post=79&subd=umabdullah&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The  Meaning of Tawassul and Wasilah</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Um Abdullah M.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Definitions of Terminology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Waseela]]></category>
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The word Tawassul comes from the word “Al Wasila”
Definition of Al Wasila
Al-Khalil bin Ahmad (100-170 H.) said in “al Ayn”:
“Wassaltu to my Lord Wasilatan, means: I did a deed that by which I drew near to Him. And I did tawassul to someone by a book or a relative, means that I sought means of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=umabdullah.wordpress.com&blog=896967&post=74&subd=umabdullah&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Alleged Statement of Imam Al-Shafi&#8217;i On Bidah (Innovations)</title>
		<link>http://umabdullah.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/the-alleged-statement-of-imam-al-shafii-on-bidah-innovations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Um Abdullah M.</dc:creator>
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Taken from the footnotes of an article about innovations:
 
On The alleged statement of Imam Ash-Shafii, Shaykh Saleem al-Hilalee says, 
 
“Those who seek to make innovations good and acceptable claim that Imam ash-Shafi’i &#8211; may Allaah have mercy upon him &#8211; agrees to the concept of ‘good innovations’ &#8211; and they have taken it by what has been attributed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=umabdullah.wordpress.com&blog=896967&post=59&subd=umabdullah&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Comment on Ibn Al Jawzi&#8217;s Statement Regarding The Belief: (Allah Is Neither In His Creation Nor Outside Of It)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Um Abdullah M.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bismillah, Alhamdulillah wa-salatu was-salamu &#8216;ala Rasulillah,
Assalamu alaykum
I came across a translation of Ibn al Jawzi&#8217;s (ghafarAllahu lahu wa rahimah) argument regarding the belief that Allah is neither inside His creation nor outside of it.
Here is a part of it that I would like to comment on.


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