When a student of hadith narrated a hadith on smiling in front of Nur ud din Zangi while Damietta (Egypt) was besieged by crusaders. Ibn Kathir said: وقد كان الملك نور الدين شديد الاهتمام قوي الاغتمام بذلك، حتى قرأ عليه بعض طلبة الحديث جزءا…
Ibn Kathir on shirk and innovations. Contents: 1. His comments on the beliefs of people regarding a Waliyah, Sayyida Nafeesa 2. His comments onshirki beliefs of people regarding Adi bin Musafir student of Shaykh Abdul Qadir jeylani. 3. Comments on false karamaat attributed to Shaykh…
When a Christian priest claimed he saw Jesus in his dream who promised him to conquer Damascus. Crusaders i.e. Franks and Germans vs Noor ud din Zangi from Aleppo, Saif ud din Ghazi of Mosul and Muslim army of Damascus. Ibn Kathir said: وفيها: حاصرت…
Abu Hamid al Ghazaali’s advice when he was dying. Ibn Kathir said: وقد سأله بعض أصحابه وهو في السياق فقال: أوصني. فقال: عليك بالإخلاص، ولم يزل يكررها حتى مات، رحمه الله. Some of his companion asked him, advice me. While he (al Ghazaali) was in…
When Sons of Abu Bakr alShashi stopped a Shafiee shaykh to deliver a lecture and said deliver on ashari aqeeda otherwise stop. Ibn Kathir mentioned: When sons of Abu Bakr al-Shashi ٤٢٩ – ٥٠٧ h said to a Shafiee scholar Yusuf bin Dawud while he…
When people saw bodies of Ibraheem, his son Ishaq and his son Yaqub (peace be upon them). Ibn Kathir said: وفيها: ظهر قبر إبراهيم الخليل عليه السلام وقبر ولديه إسحاق ويعقوب، وشاهد ذلك الناس، ولم تبلَ أجسادهم، وعندهم قناديل من ذهب وفضة، ذكر ذلك ابن…
Ibn Jawzi and Ibn Aqil Hanbali would hate some extreme sufis due to their false aqaid. a) Ibn Jawzi Ibn Katheer said in the biography of Abul Fath al Tusi al Ghazaali (Brother of Imam al Ghazaali the author of Ihya Uloom al-Din) that Ibn…
Some Shafiee Fuqaha going against fatwa of their Imam, Imam ash-Shafiee. 1. Abul Hasan Karkhi Muhammad bin Abdul Malik (d 532 h) went against the fatwa that qunoot can be done in fajr. 2. Ibn Kathir went against the fatwa that Salatul wusta is fajr…