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

1. Exposition of the Creed of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamä’ah
2. 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
3. Allah’s Eternal and Everlasting Names and Attributes
4. Allah’s Preordination
   Allah’s volition
5. 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
6. The Qur’an: the Eternal Word of Allah
7. The Beatific Vision
8. The Prophet’s Night Journey صلى الله عليه و سلم and Ascension
9. The Prophet’s Basin صلى الله عليه و سلم and Intercession
10. The Covenant Made with Adam عليه السلام and His Progeny
11. Divine Decree and Predetermination
12. The Preserved Tablet and the Pen
13. Allah’s Attribute of Creating
14. The Throne and the Footstool
15. The Angels, the Prophets and the Revealed Books
16. Declaring the People of the Qiblah to be Muslims
17. Debating about Allahs Essence
18. Arguing about the Qur’an
19. The Impermissibility of Accusing a Muslim of Disbelief
    Response to the Murjiah
20. The Meaning of Faith
21. Faith Neither Increases nor Decreases
22. The Fate of Major Sinners
23. The Status of a Muslim
24. Rebelling Against Muslim Leaders
25. Wiping Over Footwear
26. Hajj and Jihad
27. The Guardian Angels who are Scribes
28. The Grave and its States
29. Resurrection
30. Paradise and Hellfire
31. The Ability that Accompanies Acts
32. Slaves’ Actions
33. Supplication and Alms on Behalf of the Deceased
34. Allah’s Wrath and Pleasure
35. Loving the Companions of the Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم
36. The Order of the Caliphate
37. The Ten Given the Glad Tidings of Paradise
38. Speaking Well of Scholars
39. The Rank of Sainthood
    Miracles of the saints
40. Portents of the Final Hour
41. Diviners and Soothsayers
42. Adhering to the Congregation
    Conclusion

Index

 

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