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highest kind of obligation, and that it is the verification of the science of Oneness and the
safeguard of
the Religion of Allah - the High.
Among the famous jurisprudists who hold it unlawful are al-Shafi'i, Malik, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Sufyan
and
all the scholars of the Prophetic quotations.
Ibn Abd al A'la - may Allah be pleased with him - said, "On the day Al Shafi'i - may Allah be
pleased with
him - debated with Hafs Al Fard, a Mu'tazilite theologian, Al Shafi'i said: `Excluding the sin of
polytheism
it is better for the worshipper to face his Creator guilty of every offense than to stand before
Him with a
little scholastic theology (the science of Divinity). I have also heard Hafs say things which I
cannot
repeat." He added, "I have discovered among the scholastic theologians things which I never expected
to find. Excepting the sin of polytheism, if the worshipper is tried with all the prohibitions it
is better for
safeguard of
the Religion of Allah - the High.
Among the famous jurisprudists who hold it unlawful are al-Shafi'i, Malik, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Sufyan
and
all the scholars of the Prophetic quotations.
Ibn Abd al A'la - may Allah be pleased with him - said, "On the day Al Shafi'i - may Allah be
pleased with
him - debated with Hafs Al Fard, a Mu'tazilite theologian, Al Shafi'i said: `Excluding the sin of
polytheism
it is better for the worshipper to face his Creator guilty of every offense than to stand before
Him with a
little scholastic theology (the science of Divinity). I have also heard Hafs say things which I
cannot
repeat." He added, "I have discovered among the scholastic theologians things which I never expected
to find. Excepting the sin of polytheism, if the worshipper is tried with all the prohibitions it
is better for