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Aristotelians Anonymous - Detox and Support Program Series
What is Aristotelians Anonymous?
Following the successful launch of our Clinic, we are pleased to announce the launch of another not-for-profit venture, "Aristotelians Anonymous". This is a Detox protocol and support program combined into one and is aimed at helping more compulsive cases of Ash'ari Burnout to face up to certain facts of reality.
What Are Your Objectives?
Ibn Suraij as-Shafi'ee (d. 306H) said, as narrated from him by Abu Ismaa'eel al-Harawi in "Dhamm ul-Kalaam" and as mentioned by Ibn Taymiyyah in "Bayaan Talbees al-Jahmiyyah":
توحيد اهل العلم وجماعة المسلمين أشهد أن لا اله الا الله وان محمدا رسول الله وتوحيد اهل الباطل الخوض في الأعراض والأجسام وانما بعث النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بانكار ذلك
 The Tawheed of the people of knowledge and the jamaa'ah of the Muslims is "I testify none is worthy of worship except Allaah (alone) and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allaah". And the Tawheed of the people of falsehood is disputing about al-a'raad (incidental attributes) and al-ajsaam (bodies) and the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) was sent with the rejection of that.
The true and real reason for the rejection (ta'teel) or figurative interpretation (ta'weel) of what Allaah has described himself with in the revealed texts by the Mutakallimoon is all in the diagram below:
Our objectives are therefore to help victims to come to terms with the factual realities (demonstrated from the Ash'arite textbooks themselves) that will help turn their lives around and take them away from the Aristotelian Tawheed they are intoxicated with and bring them back to the Tawheed of the Messengers - by Allaah's permission. These people claim that Tawheed cannot be understood except through this Aristotelian language and metaphysical classification. Thus, they cannot speak about Allaah except through the terms, "jism (body)", "jawhar (substance)", "'arad (incidental attribute)", "makaan (location, place)", "jihah (direction)", "tahayyuz (space occupation" and so on, and they refuse to submit to the revealed texts, unless they are subject to this Aristotelian classification.
How Can I Help?
Simply let everyone know about "Aristotelians Anonymous" and send victims in our direction. Most victims will have been "spiked" and will not perceive that they are in fact intoxicated by Aristotelian Metaphysics in the understanding of their creed. Our aim is to help them get over the hurdle of recognizing the actual root and source of all of their language regarding belief in Allaah. Once this admission is made, the rest of the Detox is fairly easy.
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