Hanbali

Hanbali (Arabic: حَنْبَلَى ) is a Madh'hab of fiqh of Islam. It is named after Ahmad ibn Hanbal.

Beliefs

• Iman is speech and action, it goes up and down.
• The Qur'an is the speech of Allah, it is uncreated from every single aspect.
• The pre-decree is from Allah, the good and evil from it is from Allah.
• The best of the Muslim nation after Muhammad ﷺ is Abu Bakr, then Umar, then Uthman ibn Affan, then Ali.
• The ten people who Muhammad ﷺ said will go to heaven, will go to heaven as he has spoken the truth.
• Invoking mercy upon the companions of Muhammad ﷺ and avoiding speaking about their arguments.
• Allah has a grasp over everything with his knowledge.
• There is nothing like Allah, he sees everything and hears everything.
• Allah will be seen in heaven by the people who are allowed into heaven.
• People will hear Allah's speech however he wills.
• Heaven and hell are real things and both have been made and will never go away. 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.
• The bridge over hellfire is a real thing.
• The scale on judgement day is a real thing and it has two pans. The weighing of the good and bad deeds of people is a real thing.
• The lake which Muhammad ﷺ has been given out of respect is a real thing.
• 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.
• The punishment of the grave is a real thing.
• Munkar and Nakir are angels and are real.
• The angels who copied/wrote down things are real.
• The dead becoming alive again is a real thing.
• Those who do major sins are at the will of Allah.
• The people who pray towards the Kaaba are not to be considered non-Muslims, and their hidden things are only known to Allah.
• It is obligatory to do jihad and hajj with Muslim rulers at all times.
• We do not allow fighting back to rulers, and we do not fight in bad times. We hear and follow the rulers that Allah brought, and we do not disobey them.
• 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.
• The charity required for wild animals and farm animals should be paid to the Muslim rulers.
• The people are considered Muslims per regulations and inheritance, and we do not who they are truly are in front of Allah. Whoever claims he is a believer is someone who brings new things. Whoever claims that he is a believer in the eyes of Allah has lied. Whoever claims he is truly a believer in Allah is correct.
• The Murjiah are misguided people who bring new things.
• The Qadariyyah are misguided people who bring new things. Whoever from them says Allah does not know what will happen before it actually happens are not Muslim.
• The Jahmiyyah are not Muslims.
• The Rafidah rejected Islam.
• The Khawarij shoot out of Islam.
• Whoever says that the Qur'an is created is a non-Muslim with a belief that removes him from the religion. 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.
• 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. 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.
• Whoever says their speech of the Quran is created is from the Jahmiyyah group.
• They do not allow sitting with people who argue over religion and did not allow reading books by them.

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