The Fundamentals of Religion ( The Book of Justic )

Question: It is said in Sharḥ al-Asās: “What is in Sharḥ ʿAqāʾid an-Nasafī is that the Najjāriyyah say: ‘Allah, glorified is He, is One Who wills by His Essence (murīd bi-dhātihī) and not by (a) His attribute’ – with the...

Question: There was mention of oppressive transgressors and the belittling (and ill-treatment) of their offspring, and it was said: How did the sin of the father pass over to the child? And how did the child deserve that, when Allah,...

Question: Some of the scholars of Baghdad – namely Abū al-Qāsim al-Balḫī and those who agreed with him – and some of the Imāmiyyah, and some jurists of the four (schools), said: “An act is only evil by virtue of...