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Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Barbahari
Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Barbahari (d. 329 AH / 941) was a Hanbali imam of Baghdad and the author of Sharh al-Sunnah, a short Athari creed that later Salafi teachers explain often.
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About the Shaykh
Born253 AH
Died941
PlaceBaghdad
MadhhabHanbali
Scholar ofʿAqeedah
CreedAthari
Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Barbahari (d. 329 AH / 941) was a Hanbali imam of Baghdad and the author of Sharh al-Sunnah, a short Athari creed that later Salafi teachers explain often.
The book lists the foundations of the Sunnah in plain points: the Qur’an and Sunnah, the Companions, qadar, and warning against kalam and newly invented ways.
Legacy
A staple Athari primer. Contemporary Salafi lessons on creed often begin with this matn after the three fundamental principles.
Areas of knowledge
ʿAqeedahCreed on Allah’s names and attributes, and the way of Ahl al-Sunnah.
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