Description
Title: Creed of Islam (English)
Format: [A5] Hardback
Type: Book
Author: Abu Hafs Siraj al-Din al-Ghaznawi
Publisher: Heritage Press
Published Year: 2020
Edition: 1st
Language: [English]
ISBN: 9780993475665
Added to our Catalogue: 8th October 2022
Length: 240mm
Width: 160mm
Height: 22mm
Weight: 508g
Pages: 176
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Creed of Islam (English) – Description
In an age where fundamental beliefs are misunderstood and aberrant opinions are championed as tenets of faith, the only viable solution to this intellectual malaise is to revive our connection with the principles that underpin our core beliefs as adherents of orthodox Islam.
This concise and lucid work of creed by the polymath and one of the foremost scholars of early Islam, Abu Ja’far Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Tahawi (d. 321 /933), is universally accepted amongst scholarly circles as a foundational text in Islamic belief. Numerous commentaries have been written on it throughout the ages, expositing its meanings and uncovering its subtleties. The present translation includes what is regarded as the most accessible and quite possibly the finest commentary penned, authored by the brilliant scholar, judge and theologian Abu Hafs Siraj al-Din al-GhaznawI (d. 773 / 1372).
‘The vast majority of the four schools [of Sunni jurisprudence] acknowledge the creed of Abu Ja far al-Tahawi, which has been received by both former and subsequent scholars with acceptance.
-Imam Taj al-Din al-Subki (d. 771 / 1370)
Table of Contents
Transliteration Key
Translator’s Introduction
Imam Abu Ja far al -Tahäwi
Imam Abu Has Siraj al-Din al-Ghaznawi
Author’s Introduction
- Exposition of the Creed of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamä’ah
- Divine Unity
Exposition of the meaning of divine unity
Disagreement on the obligation to know Him Most High
Ibrähim’s method عليه السلام of proving Allah’s existence
The proof of divine unity
Allah’s eternality
Allah’s perpetuity
Allah’s will
Allah’s dissimilarity to creation
Allah’s life
Allah’s self-subsistence - Allah’s Eternal and Everlasting Names and Attributes
- Allah’s Preordination
Allah’s volition - Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم and His Description
Belief in Muhammad’s prophethood صلى الله عليه و سلم
Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم: the Seal of the Prophets
Some of the Prophet’s virtues صلى الله عليه و سلم and distinctions
Universality of the Prophet’s message صلى الله عليه و سلم - The Qur’an: the Eternal Word of Allah
- The Beatific Vision
- The Prophet’s Night Journey صلى الله عليه و سلم and Ascension
- The Prophet’s Basin صلى الله عليه و سلم and Intercession
- The Covenant Made with Adam عليه السلام and His Progeny
- Divine Decree and Predetermination
- The Preserved Tablet and the Pen
- Allah’s Attribute of Creating
- The Throne and the Footstool
- The Angels, the Prophets and the Revealed Books
- Declaring the People of the Qiblah to be Muslims
- Debating about Allahs Essence
- Arguing about the Qur’an
- The Impermissibility of Accusing a Muslim of Disbelief
Response to the Murjiah - The Meaning of Faith
- Faith Neither Increases nor Decreases
- The Fate of Major Sinners
- The Status of a Muslim
- Rebelling Against Muslim Leaders
- Wiping Over Footwear
- Hajj and Jihad
- The Guardian Angels who are Scribes
- The Grave and its States
- Resurrection
- Paradise and Hellfire
- The Ability that Accompanies Acts
- Slaves’ Actions
- Supplication and Alms on Behalf of the Deceased
- Allah’s Wrath and Pleasure
- Loving the Companions of the Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم
- The Order of the Caliphate
- The Ten Given the Glad Tidings of Paradise
- Speaking Well of Scholars
- The Rank of Sainthood
Miracles of the saints - Portents of the Final Hour
- Diviners and Soothsayers
- Adhering to the Congregation
Conclusion
Index