What are the theological issues in which the Hanafis contradicted their principle of not considering the concept of divergence (mafhum al-mukhalafah) as a valid argument?
The verse, Allah’s saying: "Nay! Most surely they shall on that day be debarred from their Lord," is used as a proof for the believers’ vision of their Lord in the Hereafter. This is because the veiling (being debarred) is made a punishment for the wicked, from which it is understood that believers will not be veiled. It is worth noting that some scholars, like the Hanafis, do not consider the concept of Mafhum al-Mukhalafa (inference by contradictory implication) as a valid proof.
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