When we were in Madina, my brother Dahud, a new friend Ferhat Amin and I went to visit Dr. Mostafa for a few hours. We caught a cab to his residence which was about 15 or so minutes from Masjid al-Nabawi. I have known Dr. Mostafa for a number of years and have been in sporadic but fairly regular contact with him for a number of years. Most people will be familiar with his translations of Imam al-Haddad’s writings and…
Imam Zaid Shakir answers the questions of a “Salafi” brother who was hounding him recently to “qualify his position”. The questions are: Q: What do you say about Ibn Taymiyya? Q: What does Tariqa mean? Q: What is your position of the Hadith of the Seventy-three sects? Q: What do you say about the Ash?aris? Imam Zaid writes: “Recently, while attending a gathering of Muslims that was otherwise characterized by brotherly love and goodwill, I was hounded by a ?Salafi?…