About “Al-Asma' wa al-Sifat”
Al-Asma' wa al-Sifat is a foundational Islamic theological treatise written by the Shafi'i hadith scholar Abū Bakr al-Bayhaqī. The work draws on over 1,000 documented sources, including the Quran and prophetic traditions, to support the traditional understanding of God’s attributes. It emphasizes the approach of the early Muslim scholars (salaf) and presents a method of tanzih, affirming divine attributes as revealed while rejecting both anthropomorphism and absolute negation. Al-Bayhaqī uses his expertise in hadith to establish a scriptural basis for the conventional view of God’s nature. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
More by Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn Bayhaqī
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