The Life and Times of Imam Mustafa Ash-Shatti - Part 2/3

The life and times of the noble Imam, Mustafa ibn Ahmad Ash-Shatti Al-Hanbali (d.1348), may Allah have mercy upon him.
Points of Discussion:
00:00 The Khawarij rebellion at the time of Imam Mustafa Ash-Shatti
02:18 Imam Mustafa Ash-Shatti writing his majestic book The Divine Texts (An-Nuqul ush-Shar`iyyah)
09:20 The Imam answering technology of the time and modernism
23:19 Discussion on idolatry in The Divine Texts
26:13 Life and death in The Divine Texts
28:20 On intercession in The Divine Texts
29:32 The rulings of visiting the graves in The Divine Texts
32:08 Final unit on pivotal matters related to Tasawwuf in The Divine Texts
42:54 Students of Imam Mustafa Ash-Shatti
About the speaker:
He is, Zain ud-Din Abu Ja`far Hasan Al-Hanbali, may Allah preserve him. He has studied under noble Scholars from Ash-Sham, Egypt, Hijaz and Mauritania, scholars from all the four madhhabs. The shaikh studied the `Ulum ush-Shar`iyyah and `Ulum ul-Aalah under them, memorised a copious number of texts, was tested in them and then authorised to teach them. He is Hanbali in fiqh and theology, and in ihsan upon the methodology of Shaikh `Abdul Qadir Al-Jilani.
The shaikh is an expert in comparative theology - having studied and memorised the Hanbali, Maturidi and Ash`ari texts. He has studied the Hanbali madhhab to an advanced level and also studied Comparative Fiqh. Today he is teaching at his ma`ahad Hanbali fiqh, theology, ihsan, tafsir, hadith, tajwid, history and other sciences. The shaikh continues studying and memorising and continues his translation projects.

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kafir 100% In "The Divine Texts," he affirms beliefs such as the prophets and martyrs being alive in their graves, the permissibility of seeking intercession from them, and refutes the ideas of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and the Wahhabi movement