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Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

the denial of the attributes and did not call them accidents. Al-Hārith al-Muhāsibī agreed with him on this. Abū Abd Allāh al-Hārith ibn Asad al-Muhāsibī was one of the Sufi shaykhs and died in Baghdad in 243 AH. His biography appears in Tabaqāt al-Shāfi'iyya, 2/275–279; Shadharāt al-Dhahab, 2; al-Sha'rānī’s al-Tabaqāt al-Kubrā, 1/64; al-Sulamī’s Tabaqāt al-Sūfiyya, pp. 56–60; al-Khulāsa by al-Khazrajī, p. 57; Mīzān al-I'tidāl, 1/430–431; al-A'lām, 2/153–154; Sezgin M [0 - 9], vol. 1, pp. [0 - 9] 13–119. It is said that he recanted that position. Because of Ibn Kullāb’s doctrine, Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal shunned him, and it was also said that he repented of it.

The dispute over this [principle]—“principle” is omitted only from (ن)—then arose among the various groups of jurists. There was no group among the followers of Abū Hanīfa, Mālik, al-Shāfi'ī [and Ahmad] except that [among them] were some who held (1) Ibn Kullāb’s position on this principle, such as Abū al-Hasan al-Tamīmī, al-Qādī Abū Bakr, al-Qādī Abū Ya'lā, [Abū al-Ma'ālī] al-Juwaynī (2), Ibn Aqīl, and Ibn al-Zāghūnī. Others among them held the position of the majority of Ahl al-Hadith, such as al-Khallāl (3), his associate Abū Bakr Abd al-Azīz (4), Abū Abd Allāh ibn Hāmid, and Abū

(1) N alone reads: “and al-Shāfi'ī, except those who hold…” (2) N and M read: “and al-Juwaynī.” (3) N, A, and B read: “like al-Jalāl”; in M, the word is undotted. The correct reading is what we have printed. He was Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hārūn, Abū Bakr, known as al-Khallāl, one of the leading Hanbali scholars. He authored widely circulated works, including *al-Jāmi'*, *al-'Ilal*, and *al-Sunnah*. He died in 311 AH. See *Tabaqāt al-Hanābila*, 2/12–15; *Tadhkirat al-Huffāz*, 3/7; Brockelmann, *Tārīkh al-Adab al-'Arabī*, 3/313–314; *al-A'lām*, 1/196. (4) He was Abd al-Azīz ibn Ja'far ibn Ahmad ibn Yazdād ibn Ma'rūf, Abū Bakr, known as Ghulām al-Khallāl. His most important works include *al-Shāfī* and *al-Muqni'*. He died in 363 AH. See *Tabaqāt al-Hanābila*, 2/119–127; *Shadharāt al-Dhahab*, 3/45–46; *al-A'lām*, 4/139.

نَفْيِ الصِّفَاتِ وَلَمْ يُسَمِّهَا أَعْرَاضًا. وَوَافَقَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْحَارِثُ الْمُحَاسَبِيُّ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ أَسَدٍ الْمُحَاسَبِيُّ مِنْ شُيُوخِ الصُّوفِيَّةِ، تُوُفِّيَ بِبَغْدَادَ سَنَةَ ٢٤٣ تَرْجَمَتُهُ فِي طَبَقَاتِ الشَّافِعِيَّةِ ٢/٢٧٥ - ٢٧٩؛ شَذَرَاتِ الذَّهَبِ ٢؛ الشَّعْرَانِيِّ: الطَّبَقَاتِ الْكُبْرَى ١/٦٤؛ السُّلَمِيِّ: طَبَقَاتِ الصُّوفِيَّةِ، ص ٥٦ - ٦٠؛ الْخُلَاصَةِ لِلْخَزْرَجِيِّ، ص ٥٧؛ مِيزَانِ الِاعْتِدَالِ ١/٤٣٠ - ٤٣١؛ الْأَعْلَامِ ٢/١٥٣ - ١٥٤؛ سِزْكِينْ م [٠ - ٩] ج ١، ص [٠ - ٩] ١٣ - ١١٩.، وَيُقَالُ إِنَّهُ رَجَعَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، وَبِسَبَبِ مَذْهَبِ ابْنِ كُلَّابٍ هَجَرَهُ الْإِمَامُ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، وَقِيلَ: إِنَّهُ تَابَ مِنْهُ. وَصَارَ النِّزَاعُ فِي هَذَا [الْأَصْلِ] الْأَصْلِ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) فَقَطْ. بَيْنَ طَوَائِفِ الْفُقَهَاءِ، فَمَا مِنْ طَائِفَةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ أَبِي حَنِيفَةَ وَمَالِكٍ وَالشَّافِعِيِّ [وَأَحْمَدَ] إِلَّا [وَفِيهِمْ] مَنْ يَقُولُ (١) بِقَوْلِ ابْنِ كُلَّابٍ فِي هَذَا الْأَصْلِ، كَأَبِي الْحَسَنِ التَّمِيمِيِّ وَالْقَاضِي أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَالْقَاضِي أَبِي يَعْلَى [وَأَبِي الْمَعَالِي] الْجُوَيْنِيِّ (٢) وَابْنِ عَقِيلٍ وَابْنِ الزَّاغُونِيِّ، وَفِيهِمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ بِقَوْلِ جُمْهُورِ أَهْلِ الْحَدِيثِ كَالْخَلَّالِ (٣) وَصَاحِبِهِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ (٤) وَأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَامِدٍ وَأَبِي

(١) ن (فَقَطْ) : وَالشَّافِعِيِّ إِلَّا مَنْ يَقُولُ. (٢) ن، م: وَالْجُوَيْنِيِّ. (٣) ن، ا، ب: كَالْجَلَالِ؛ م (غَيْرُ مَنْقُوطَةٍ) وَالصَّوَابُ مَا أَثْبَتْنَاهُ. وَهُوَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هَارُونَ، أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْمَعْرُوفُ بِالْخَلَّالِ، مِنْ أَئِمَّةِ الْحَنَابِلَةِ، لَهُ التَّصَانِيفُ الدَّائِرَةُ وَالْكُتُبُ السَّائِرَةُ، مِثْلُ " الْجَامِعِ " وَ " الْعِلَلِ " وَ " السُّنَّةِ "، تُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ ٣١١. تَرْجَمَتُهُ فِي طَبَقَاتِ الْحَنَابِلَةِ ٢/١٢ - ١٥؛ تَذْكِرَةِ الْحُفَّاظِ ٣/٧؛ تَارِيخِ الْأَدَبِ الْعَرَبِيِّ لِبُرُوكِلْمَانَ ٣/٣١٣ - ٣١٤؛ الْأَعْلَامِ ١/١٩٦. (٤) هُوَ عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَزْدَادَ بْنِ مَعْرُوفٍ، أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْمَعْرُوفُ بِغُلَامِ الْخَلَّالِ. مِنْ أَهَمِّ مُصَنَّفَاتِهِ " الشَّافِي " وَ " الْمُقْنِعُ "، تُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ ٣٦٣. تَرْجَمَتُهُ فِي طَبَقَاتِ الْحَنَابِلَةِ ٢/١١٩ - ١٢٧؛ شَذَرَاتِ الذَّهَبِ ٣/٤٥ - ٤٦؛ الْأَعْلَامِ ٤/١٣٩.