The gravest deception upon the Muslim ummah in matters of creed is not always open disbelief, but rather talbis – the dressing of falsehood in the garments of reason and piety. No group has exemplified this more systematically than the , followers of Jahm ibn Safwan (d. 128 AH).
This treatise, Bayan Talbis al-Jahmiyyah , strips away their sophistry by returning to the methodology of Ahl al-Sunnah: ithbat bila tashbih, tanzih bila ta’til – affirmation without likening, transcendence without negation. We shall examine their deceptions, quote their own contradictions, and refute them with the Book, the Sunnah, and sound intellect untainted by philosophical presuppositions. bayan talbis al jahmiyyah
“And do not mix truth with falsehood, nor conceal the truth while you know it.” (Qur’an 2:42) The gravest deception upon the Muslim ummah in
Under the guise of defending Allah’s transcendence (tanzih), they emptied worship of its object by denying the very attributes by which Allah describes Himself in His Book and through His Messenger ﷺ. They claimed that affirming Allah’s Hand, Face, or His rising over the Throne implies corporeality (tajsim). In doing so, they abandoned the clear (muhkam) for the ambiguous (mutashabih) and accused the righteous predecessors (al-salaf al-salih) of anthropomorphism. This treatise, Bayan Talbis al-Jahmiyyah , strips away