al-Tawafuq fi taqrir Asma’ Allah al-Husna bayna Ibn al-Qayyim wa-al-Muhaqqiqin min al-Ahnaf: Jam‘an wa-Dirasat [Compatibility in Reporting the Most Beautiful Names of Allah Between Ibn al-Qayyim and the Hanafi Scholars: Collection and Study]

Abstract

Knowledge of the Most Beautiful Names and Attributes of Allah is the most noble and prestigious knowledge of all. Therefore, this area has always been the focus of discussion by Aqidah specialists. This article attempts to find similarities in explaining the issues of the Most Beautiful Names of Allah between Imam Ibn al-Qayyim and the Hanafi scholars; Because there are common perceptions among people that, there are many differences between Ibn al-Qayyim and the scholars of the Hanafi school of thought in deciding matters of Aqidah. But the fact is not like that; rather, Imam Abu Hanifa - may God have mercy on him - and his earlier companions agreed with the doctrine of Ibn al-Qayyim - may Allah have mercy on him - and the scholars of the predecessors in most matters of Aqidah in general and in the chapter on the Most Beautiful Names of Allah in particular. But there is not enough research on this remarkable compatibility between the beliefs of both sides. Therefore, this study aims to discover the aspects of agreement between Ibn al-Qayyim and the Hanafi scholars - may God have mercy on them - in determining the unification of divinity, so that the areas of similarity and closeness become clear, and the alleged difference and divergence between them is reduced. The researcher relied on the descriptive and analytical approach, by collecting information from its sources and trying to analyze it to reach the desired results. The discussion concluded with some of the results and recommendations reached by this study. Among the most important results: the agreement of their report that, the names of Allah (SWT) are not limited to a specific number, they are all beautiful, and counting them is very virtuous task in the religion, and they are fixed and unequal in virtue