Scholars under the bombardment of fatwas
The scholars who attribute them to the Arabs, none of them were born and raised on Arab land. On the other hand, they classify them as Muslim scholars, yet they accuse them of disbelief, atheism, heresy, and the like. They consider their scientific and literary achievements to be mere misguidance, sorcery, and heresies for which God has sent down no authority. Through this, they issue fatwas of killing, stoning, and exile. Execution and burning, but the strange thing is that there is no nation in the world that classifies its scholars on ethnic or religious grounds except the Arabs.
1- Jaber Ibn Hayyan (known as the Father of Chemistry):
He was accused of heresy and blasphemy, and some considered him a sorcerer
Ibn Taymiyyah forbade selling his books and said that whoever works in chemistry like him is misguided
- Ibn Taymiyyah issued a fatwa declaring the error of those who work in chemistry
2- Al-Farabi (nicknamed the second teacher, similar to Aristotle the first teacher):
Henry Koopman found evidence to support the prevailing opinion in Iran that he was a Shiite
Ibn al-Imad says in Shudharat al-Dhahab, “The scholars have agreed on Al-Farabi’s infidelity and heresy.”
Ibn Taymiyyah says, “Al-Farabi claims that the philosopher is more perfect than the Prophet.”
3- Ibn Sina (aka the Father of Medicine):
- Ibn al-Qayyim described him in Al-Sawa’iq Al-Mursalah as “an atheist, but rather the head of the atheists of the sect.”
Ibn Taymiyyah confirmed that he was an Ismaili, and he has an accusation against him
Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali mentioned on the authority of Ibn Sina that he was an atheist
4- Al-Kindi (known as the founder of Arab-Islamic philosophy):
- He was declared an infidel and many considered him a misguided astrologer accused of his religion
- He was criticized by Al-Ghazali, who believed that Al-Kindi was mistaken in believing that “the universe is eternal, that bodies are not resurrected, and that God only knows the abstract axioms without regard to specific matters.”
5- Ibn Rushd (known for his commentary on Aristotle’s writings, which spread throughout Europe):
He was exiled and his books were burned
Al-Hafiz al-Dhahabi and Ibn Taymiyyah considered him “a misguided and atheist philosopher who says that the prophets imagine to the people something contrary to reality.”
6- Abu Bakr Al-Razi (some described him as humanity’s greatest physician ever):
-He was accused of atheism and heresy and was killed
- The scholar Abu Al-Rayhan Al-Biruni describes his books as books of blasphemy
7- Ibn al-Haytham (founder of optics):
- Ibn Taymiyyah disbelieved him and said that he was an atheist who left the religion of Islam
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