Al-Bāṭin

How the scholars invoke Al-Bāṭin.

1. "the unbreakable handhold. Allah is hearing and knowing. I say it three times in the morning and three times in the evening. Abu Musa also narrated about Muslim al-Batin who said, Gabriel told the Prophet, Peace be upon him. There is an efreet from the jinn plotting against you, so when you lie in your bed say, I seek refuge with the complete words of Allah, that neither the righteous nor the wicked surpass, from the evil of what he sends down from the heavens and what ascends thereto, from the evil of what he has created and what emerges from the earth, from the evil of the trials of night and day, from all night-time prowlers except for a prowler"

   — Ibn al-Qayyim, The Wholesome Rain of Good Words

2. "The preserved account from Ibn Abbas as narrated by Al-Hakim in his Mustadrak, certified according to the criteria of Al-Bukhari and Muslim, but not extracted by them, from the route of Sufi and Al-Thawri, through Amr al-Duhni, Muslim al-Batin, Sa'id Ibn Jubair, from Ibn Abbas, stated that the kursi is the place of the feet, and the throne can only be comprehended by Allah, the Exalted."

   — Ibn Kathir, Volume 1 — From Creation to Mūsā

3. "It is also not correct to say that it is only the manifestation of dominance and overpowering, even though He, glorified be He, is manifest through dominance and overpowering, as the name is paired with "Al-Batin" (The Hidden), who is the one beneath whom there is nothing, just as "Al-Awwal" (The First) is paired with "Al-Akhir" (The Last), who is the one after whom there is nothing."

   — Ibn al-Qayyim, Volume One

4. "from Al-Thawri that the opinion is attributed to Ibn Abbas. Ibn Jubair also mentioned similar views from Abu Musa al-Ashari, Al-Daqq ibn Muzahim, Ismail ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Sudi al-Kabir, and Muslim al-Batin. Al-Sudi narrated from Abu Malik, stating, the kursi is below the throne. He added, the heavens and the earth are within the kursi, and the kursi is in front of the throne."

   — Ibn Kathir, Volume 1 — From Creation to Mūsā