Islamic Creed

by Ibn Taymiyyah, Al Reshah (Translator)

Al-Aqidah Al-Wasitiyah is written by Sheikh Al-Islam, Ibn Taymiyyah, who wrote it in response to the request of the Judge Radiyuddin Al-Wasity, and it is among the best that was written by the Imams in clarifying the doctrine of the People of Sunnah. There is not in the hands of the student, scholar, researcher today a better or an equal to it.

59 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1328

About the author

Taqī ad-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Abd al-Halim ibn Abd al-Salam al-Numayri al-Ḥarrānī (Arabic: تقي الدين أحمد بن عبد الحليم بن عبد السلام النميري الحراني‎, January 22, 1263 - September 26, 1328), known simply Ibn Taymiyyah (ابن تيمية), was an Islamic jurist scholar, muhaddith, theologian, judge, philosopher, and whom many considered as the renewer of the Islamic 7th century. He is known for his diplomatic involvement with the Ilkhanid ruler Ghazan Khan and for his involvement at the Battle of Marj al-Saffar which ended the Mongol invasions of the Levant. A member of the Hanbali school, Ibn Taymiyyah's iconoclastic views on widely accepted Sunni doctrines of his time such as the veneration of saints and the visitation to their tomb-shrines made him unpopular with many scholars and rulers of the time, under whose orders he was imprisoned several times.

A polarising figure in his own times and in the centuries that followed, Ibn Taymiyyah has become one of the most influential medieval writers in contemporary Islam, where his particular interpretations of the Qur'an and the Sunnah and his rejection of some aspects of classical Islamic tradition are believed to have had considerable influence on contemporary ultra-conservative ideologies such as Salafism, and Jihadism. Particular aspects of his teachings had a profound influence on Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, the founder of the Hanbali reform movement practiced in Saudi Arabia, and on other later Wahabi scholars. Moreover, Ibn Taymiyyah's controversial fatwa allowing jihad against other Muslims is referenced by al-Qaeda and other jihadi groups. Their reading of Ibn Taymiyyah's thought has been challenged by recent scholarship.

Reviews

[Outman Fawaz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book

This is one of the best books you can read on Aqeedah. The translation is also good. The only thing missing is the chapter titles. Some chapters have titles meanwhile others don’t, apart from this, this is a beneficial book that I would highly recommend to anyone.

[Jawwad Zafar · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book on basics might have to read a commentary to understand better

[Fletcher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good book that covers what Shyakh ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah writes with no commentary