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What are the sayings of scholars regarding Ibn Sina, and is it true that some of them declared him an infidel?

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Ibn Sina was accused of being one of the Qaramita, an esoteric sect, and of holding atheistic philosophical ideas. He was declared a disbeliever by Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim. Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned that Ibn Sina was among the esoteric Qaramita who did not believe in a beginning or an end, nor in a Lord or a Creator, nor in a Messenger. He added that they were heretics (zanadiqa) who disguised themselves with rejectionism (rafd) while concealing atheism. Ibn Taymiyyah explicitly declared him a disbeliever in several books, and this was transmitted from him by a number of scholars. It is necessary to clarify the deviance of the aberrant if there is a fear that contemporaries might be influenced by their ideas. More importantly, people should be invited to faith and connected to the Sunnah and the Quran.

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