Treatise Of Treasures In The Schools Of Thought For The Righteous Predecessors – Sunnah College

التحف في مذاهب السلف للشوكاني رحمه الله

The   Treatise of   Treasures   in the   Positions   of   the   Pious   Predecessors
Ash - Shawkaany ,   r ahimahullah
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The Treatise of Treasures in the   Positions   of   the Righteous Predecessors   “At - tuhaf
fee   madhaahib   as - Salaf” ,   by   the   great   Islamic   sheikh ,   the   judge,   the
immensely knowledgeable   Muhammad ibn Ali Ash - Shawkaany ,   r ahimahu
Allah.
Bismillaahirrahmaaanirraheeem .   In   the   Name   of   Allah,   the   Most   Entirely
Merciful ,   the   Especially   Merciful.   All   praise   be   to   Allah,   Lord   (deficient
translation   of   the   Name   of   Allah   “Rubb”,   meaning   Creator,   Cherisher,
Protector, Provider and Sustainer. Hereafter referred to simply as “Lord”)   the
worlds, and the Mercy and blessings be upon the best of people   (i.e. ,   the
Prophet   ﷺ )   and his kind family, and may Allah be pleased with his great
companions. And so, a question has been received from a few people living
in Makkah, and this is how it goes:
Question   –   Bismillaahirrahmaaanirraheeem. In the Name of Allah, the Most
Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise be to Allah, Lord the worlds. What do the
jurists of the religion and the   knowledgeable   scholars and the people of
Tawheed (Islamic Monotheism) say regarding the Ayat (verses of the Quran)
of the Attributes [of Allah] of what is mentioned in the Great Book (i.e. the
Quran) and of what is made