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| Abu Hanifa and the atheists |
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| Fatimah |
| 07/03/02 at 03:43:27 |
| This is part of a book im reading called Where is Allah?! Im really enjoying it so far. Alhamdulilah. Once Imam Abu Hanifa was called to a debate with some freethinkers and atheists and there was a time set for this debate. When the time of the debate was about to start, the freethinkers were in a particular place before an assembly of people. Imam Abu Hanifa was very late from the agreed upon time. The attendees awaited him until they were unable to stand or bear more and the freethinkers started to boast amongst themselves of their claims of rejecting the existence of Allah (Exalted and Dignified be He). They took from the absence of Imam Abu Hanifa from the agreed time, as a proof of his inability to prove what he claimed. While the boasting of the atheists was about to reach its climax and the annoyance of the attendees from the late of the Imam was about to reach its peak, Imam Abu Hanifa arrived. He immediately begged the attendees to excuse him, claiming that he was supposed to attend in time, saying, ‘I was on the opposite bank of the Tigris river and I did not find a boat to bring me across the river. So, I was obliged to wait more time but I did not find any boat. When I was despondent about finding a boat to transfer me to the opposite bank of the river I was about to return to my house. But from a far distance, I saw some wooden boards coming towards me on their own (without any sailor). When these boards came near me, they began to organize themselves until they formed a beautiful boat so, I mounted it, crossed the river and came to you. Therefore, all the freethinkers said, do you mock us O Abu Hanifa?! Is it logical that the wooden boards can come to you on their own as you have described and form themselves a boat?! He said, this is what you have gathered to argue with me. If you do not accept the boards make themselves into a boat, so, how do you claim that this well-knitted and marvelous world, with heaven, earth, man, and animal, created itself and its creation happened haphazardly without a creator?! Therefore, the freethinkers were unable to pronounce any word or give any answer after they were faced with a cogent proof. They proclaimed their (return to) Islam at the hands of Abu Hanifa (may Allah be pleased with him). |
| Re: Abu Hanifa and the atheists |
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| A_Stranger |
| 07/05/02 at 16:07:47 |
| [slm] wow..subhanAllah. That book seems really good! JazakiAllah for posting that. Wassalaam |
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