Abd al-Fattah Ibrahim Salama

Abd al-Fattah Ibrahim Salama was an Islamic scholar and academic who served as an assistant professor at the College of Hadith and Islamic Studies at the Islamic University of Madinah, best known for his theological study al-Mu'jizat wa-al-Ghaybiyyat bayna Basa'ir al-Tanzil wa-Dayajir al-Inkar wa-al-Ta'wil ("Miracles and Unseen Realities between the Insights of Revelation and the Darkness of Denial and Figurative Interpretation") al-Mujizat wa al-Ghaybiya…+1.

Academic Career and Scholarly Focus

Salama taught as an assistant professor in the College of Prophetic Hadith and Islamic Studies at the Islamic University of Madinah, publishing research in the university's academic journal al-Mujizat wa al-Ghaybiya…+1. His scholarly work centered on Islamic creed, the defense of scriptural orthodoxy, and the critique of theological and mystical doctrines that depart from the text of the Quran and the Sunnah al-Mujizat wa al-Ghaybiya…+1.

In al-Mu'jizat wa-al-Ghaybiyyat bayna Basa'ir al-Tanzil wa-Dayajir al-Inkar wa-al-Ta'wil, Salama categorized stances toward scriptural miracles (mu'jizat) and unseen realities (ghaybiyyat) into three main orientations al-Mujizat wa al-Ghaybiya…+1. The first orientation comprises materialists who categorically deny miracles under the guise of empirical science and material rationalism, an assertion he rejected as contrary to genuine empirical reflection and discerning reason al-Mujizat wa al-Ghaybiya…+1. The second orientation includes figures influenced by Westernization and Orientalism who oscillate between faith and denial, alleging that Quranic narratives represent artistic literary myths rather than historical facts Majallat al-Jami'a al-Isl…. The third orientation consists of Muslims who resort to rationalist figurative interpretation (ta'wil); Salama engaged this group directly by demonstrating scriptural proofs from revelation Majallat al-Jami'a al-Isl….

Salama also addressed deviations in spiritual practice in his treatise Haqiqat al-Ibadah bayna Shari'at Allah wa-Shatat al-Tasawwuf ("The Reality of Worship between God's Law and the Excesses of Sufism"), contrasting the prescribed boundaries of worship in Islamic law with doctrinal and practical overreach in Sufi traditions Majallat al-Jami'a al-Isl….