Sects and Innovation
210 questions
Is it permissible to feed and host the Sufis during their annual celebration of the deceased, knowing that they invoke him besides Allah and commit other innovations?
What is the ruling on interpreting the Qur’an according to the Ash'ari and Maturidi schools of thought?
Is it permissible to visit the shrines and mosques in Turkey and supplicate there? And are those who do so only the Ethiopians (Habashis)? What is the religious ruling on that and on marrying them?
Why do the People of the Sunnah call themselves the Sunnah, and does this name unite or divide Muslims?
Does the doctrine of the later Ash'aris conform to the doctrine of their earlier imams, such as Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari, or are there differences in methodology and principles, particularly concerning the number of attributes they affirm?
What is the reason why many of the Salaf did not excommunicate the Qadariyyah faction, which claimed that the servant creates his actions independently of God Almighty, and that God Almighty removes barriers and obstacles from him, and if He willed, He would prevent him, even though this is considered an affirmation of major shirk and rivalry with God Almighty? And were they excused by ignorance and [erroneous] interpretation?
What is the ruling on placing the Shaykh's sandal or shoe on the student's head, in veneration of the Shaykh, as practiced by some sects affiliated with Islam?
What are the anthropomorphist (Mujassimah) and similitudinist (Mushabbihah) sects, what is the difference between them, and what is the stance of Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah regarding them?
Is this group, which uses people's belongings without permission, communicates only with its members, and rejects natural sciences on the grounds that God knows everything, on the straight path?
Is what I read about the Ibadis true, that they pray all prayers silently?
What is the meaning of the Hadith: "My Ummah will not unite upon error," and how do we respond to those who say that the large number of followers of the Tablighi Jamaat – despite the presence of polytheism (shirk) in some of their books – indicates that they are not in error, based on this Hadith?
Why did Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah choose the principles by which they excluded those who declared the perpetrator of a major sin to be a disbeliever, and those who said that faith neither increases nor decreases, and others? And on what basis are these principles called the principles of Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah? And is one considered an innovator (mubtadi') if he does not consider the Mawlid an innovation and deems it good? And who is the innovator? Is it everyone who contradicts the principles of Ahl al-Sunnah codified in books of creed, or everyone who commits an innovation and is bigoted about it? And to which group is he attributed?
Does dedicating certain foods in Ramadan, such as "knafeh" and "qatayef," fall under the category of Bidʻah (innovation) and make consuming them unlawful in this month, as opposed to others?
Is it correct to describe the descendants of Al-Hasan and Al-Husayn and "Ali al-Mahdi" with the term "Imam"?
How should we deal with the people of innovation (Ahl al-Bidʻah) who place stones to prostrate upon them or seek blessings from the coverings of the Kaaba inside the Two Holy Mosques?
How can the beliefs of those who claim divinity ("the God-man") from the "Aga Muhammad" sect, who believe in anthropomorphism and use the Qadiani translation of the Quran, be refuted using the Quran and Sunnah, whether with disbelievers or Christians?
What is Freemasonry, and what is the Islamic ruling concerning it and joining it?
What are the traditional books in the various fields of religious knowledge for the pure Sunnis who were not known for innovation, and what is the reason for later generations adopting books by innovators who went astray in matters of creed and other areas? Is it permissible to ask for Allah's mercy upon them, such as Al-Izz ibn Abd al-Salam and Ibn al-Arabi?