Hanbali
Hanbali (Arabic: حَنْبَلَى ) is one of the four schools (madhhabs) of fiqh, or religious law, of Sunni Islam. It was started by Ahmad ibn Hanbal; his understanding of Islam has a lot of influence in Saudi Arabia.
Creed
[change | change source]The creed of the Hanbali madhab is generally based upon the Athari school of aqeedah. The terms Hanbali aqeedah and Athari aqeedah are used interchangably by people of knowledge.[1] The creed of the Hanabilah tend towards Tafwid, the belief that the kayf (how) is left to Allah.[2]
Beliefs
[change | change source]- Allah rises above the arsh, but its quality is unknown.[3]
- The rejection of things that were inspired by Greek ideas about nature and abstract thinking, due to the Salaf rejecting them.[4]
- Iman is speech and action, it goes up and down.[5]
- The Qur'an is the speech of Allah, it is uncreated from every single aspect.[5]
- The pre-decree is from Allah, the good and evil from it is from Allah.[5]
- The best of the Muslim nation after Muhammad ﷺ is Abu Bakr, then Omar, then Osman, then Ali.[5]
- The ten people who Muhammad ﷺ said will go to heaven, will go to heaven as he has spoken the truth.[5]
- Invoking mercy upon the companions of Muhammad ﷺ and avoiding speaking about their arguments.[5]
- Allah has a grasp over everything with his knowledge.[5]
- There is nothing like Allah, he sees everything and hears everything.[5]
- Allah will be seen in heaven by the people who are allowed into heaven.[5]
- People will hear Allah's speech however he wills.[5]
- Heaven and hell are real things and both have been made and will never go away.[5] Heaven is a reward for the allies of Allah who he loves, while hell is a punishment for those who did not follow his rules/authority, except those who Allah shows mercy towards.[5]
- The bridge over hellfire is a real thing.[5]
- The scale on judgement day is a real thing and it has two pans.[5] The weighing of the good and bad deeds of people is a real thing.[5]
- The lake which Muhammad ﷺ has been given out of respect is a real thing.[5]
- The intercession on the day of judgement is a real thing, and it is considered true that the people who only believed in Allah will be taken out of hell due to the intercession.[5]
- The punishment of the grave is a real thing.[5]
- Munkar and Nakir are angels and are real.[5]
- The angels who copied/wrote down things are real.[5]
- The dead becoming alive again is a real thing.[5]
- Those who do major sins are at the will of Allah.[5]
- The people who pray towards the Kaaba are not to be considered non-Muslims, and their hidden things are only known to Allah.[5]
- It is obligatory to do jihad and hajj with Muslim rulers at all times.[5]
- We do not allow fighting back to rulers, and we do not fight in bad times.[5] We hear and follow the rulers that Allah brought, and we do not disobey them.[5]
- We follow the sunnah and the rest of the believers, we do not contradict each other, and we do not differ and split from each other.[5]
- The charity required for wild animals and farm animals should be paid to the Muslim rulers.[5]
- The people are considered Muslims per regulations and inheritance, and we do not who they are truly are in front of Allah.[5] Whoever claims he is a believer is someone who brings new things.[5] Whoever claims that he is a believer in the eyes of Allah has lied.[5] Whoever claims he is truly a believer in Allah is correct.[5]
- The Murjiah are misguided people who bring new things.[5]
- The Qadariyyah are misguided people who bring new things.[5] Whoever from them says Allah does not know what will happen before it actually happens are not Muslim.[5]
- The Jahmiyyah are not Muslims.[5]
- The Rafidah rejected Islam.[5]
- The Khawarji shoot out of Islam.[5]
- Whoever says that the Qur'an is created is a non-Muslim with a belief that removes him from the religion.[5] Whoever feels uncertain about that such a person is not a Muslim and he has knowledge to understand that he isn't Muslim is also not a Muslim.[5]
- Whoever feels uncertain about the speech of Allah and doesn't say anything regarding it due to his uncertainty saying, "I don't know if it is created or not", such a person is from the Jahmiyyah group.[5] As for one who doesn't say anything because he doesn't know at all, he is taught and accused of being a person who brings new things, but he is not called a non-Muslim.[5]
- Whoever says their speech of the Quran is created is from the Jahmiyyah group.[5]
- They do not allow sitting with people who argue over religion and did not allow reading books by them.[5]
References
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- ↑ islamreigns (2018-07-17). "Are Hanbali and Athari Aqeedah the same??". Islam Reigns. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ↑ "Tafweed of Kayfiyyah of Allaah's Attributes – Shaykh Saalih al Fawzaan - Salafi Research Institute". forum.salafiri.com. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ↑ Elias, Abu Amina (2019-07-24). "Malik on Aqidah: Modality of divine attributes is inconceivable". www.abuaminaelias.com. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ↑ Elias, Abu Amina (2025-06-13). "The Ash'ari and Maturidi Schools of Theology". www.abuaminaelias.com. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
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