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The Aqeedah of Ahlis-Sunnah wal Jamaa'ah |
Author : Shaykh Salih al-Uthaimeen
Source : Aqeedah Ahlis-Sunnah wal Jamaa'ah(1)
Translated by: Kashif bin Hazoor Khan As Salafi
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Introduction
Introduction by the esteemed Shaykh Abdullah
ibn Baaz (rahimahullaah).
On the topic of Aqeedah, I came to know about a beneficial and comprehensive book, which is written by my esteemed brother, Shaykh Salih ibn Uthaimeen. I heard the book from its beginning till its end, and I found the topics in this book such as the rulings concerning Tawheed of Allah, His Names and Attributes, Angels, Books of Allah, Messengers, Day of Judgment and the Qadr, its good and its bad, to be in agreement with the beliefs of Ahlis-Sunnah.
The writer by beautifully collecting the subjects in this book has made it beneficial, and he has also included those important points of Aqeedah that every student of Knowledge, rather every Muslim, is in need of knowing, which are not found in other writings about Aqeedah.
May Allah, the Most High, reward him with good and
increase him in knowledge and guidance, and may He
make this book and his other writings beneficial.
And I pray to Allah that He includes the respected
author, us and the Muslims as a whole, amongst those
who guide to the way of truth and those who He has
guided, who with knowledge take upon themselves the
task of dawah to Allah. Verily He is the All Hearing
and Close.
Introduction by the noble Shaykh Salih al-Uthaimeen
(rahimahullaah).
All praise is due to Allah and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger (sallallahu alaihi wasallam). As for what follows:
Allah has sent the messenger, Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wasallam), with guidance and the true religion so that he may be a mercy for mankind, an example for all those who do good and so that he may prove to be a proof and an evidence upon the people.
Allah has made clear through Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) and the Book and Guidance which were revealed upon him, all those things which contain the good for the people and the correction of the affairs of the religion and the worldly life so that their beliefs and actions are corrected and they gain high standards of conduct and character.
So then the Messenger (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) left his Ummah upon a bright and brilliant Shar’iah that which has a night, which is bright like its day. Only the one who is destroyed opposes it.
Only those people have taken this path who have chosen the obedience of Allah and His Messenger (sallallahu alaihi wasallam), and they are the best of mankind, the companions of the Prophet radiyallaahuAnhum and the taabi’een and those who came after them who chose to follow their way with ihsaan and sincerity. So they established the shar’iah and they acted upon the Sunnah of Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) and they tried to establish their aqeedah and worship and characteristics and conduct remained steadfast upon that. And hence, they became the jamaa’ah which fulfilled the statement of the Messenger (sallallahu alaihi wasallam),”There will always be a group from my ummah which will be steadfast upon the truth, and which will receive the approval of Allah, and those who will oppose them cannot harm them until the judgment of Allah comes and they will still be upon that.”
And all praise is due to Allah, that we are also walking in their footsteps and in accordance with the Book and the Sunnah we are gaining guidance from their conditions and lives. And since Allah has blessed us with this, we say that every Muslim should also follow the same path, and we pray to Allah with humility that He grant us and all the Muslims to be steadfast and established upon the true word in this life and the next, and that He opens the doors of His Mercy and Blessings for us. Without a doubt, he is bestows without limit.
Because of the importance of this subject and the different opinions of the people concerning it, I sensed the need to compile in a short treatise the Aqeedah of Ahlis-Sunnah wal Jamaa’ah which includes the following: Allah, the Most High, His Angels, His Books, His Prophets, The Last Day and to believe in the Qadr (decree), its good and its bad is from Allah.
And Lastly, I pray to Allah that He makes this book solely for His sake and to be in accordance with His pleasure and happiness, and that He makes it beneficial for his Slaves.
Ameen, O' Lord of the Worlds.
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