There is a good research article by Sidi Faqir and Revan on the distortion of the texts of Al-Ibanah – a book the pseudo-salafis believe is his last work ever written, and one that shows that he was upon their creed of literalism.
http://asharis.wordpress.com/2010/08/26/is-al-ibanah-attributed-to-imam-al-ashari-authentic/
The authors show the discrepancies in the manuscripts and in the publications of the works. They also quote the analysis of some of the scholars regarding the works.
Salamu alaikum sidi,
just wanted to mention that the article originally was written in german by Abu Bilal al Maliki (www.sunnanet.de is his website with the article online). Sidi Faqir and Revan translated and edited it into english.
wa salam
Wa’alaykum Salam Sidi,
I see. I looked through the German site and it has the sweet scent of Sunnism written all over it, alhamdulillah! May Allah bless the brother for his efforts against the neo-muqatiliyyah amin!
The article of Sidi Faqir is not the same as Abu Bilal’s. There is added information in Sidi Faqir’s that contains immense import masha’allah.
was-salam
Abu Layth
as-salamu `alaikum
Alhamdulillah I am in touch with Abu Bilal. Revan helped me translate his article and I’ve added a considerable amount of other material to enhance the original piece using various others sources which hopefully readers will find useful. I hope to add even more material to it later insha’Allah when I get some more time.
Masha Allah ya Ikhwa,
I don’t know how you do it [or found such an article] (implying that you must have the help of Allah (awj))…
The article on Al-Ibanah and the reality of it’s “current state” is epic!
To say the least: May Allah (swt) reward you immensely for the incredible contributions made to the article, really, that was a classical review of such a contraversial issue.
Jazaakum Allahu khayru
Wa alaykum salaam
Ya’sin