☪️Islamic Creed ('Aqidah)

A note on the Wasitiyya doctrine

مذكرة على العقيدة الواسطية

Author: محمد بن صالح بن محمد العثيمين (المتوفى: 1421هـ) (d. 1421)

About this work

هذا الكتاب هو مذكرة تعليمية حول العقيدة الواسطية لشيخ الإسلام ابن تيمية، ألفها ابن عثيمين لتكون مقررًا في الصف الثاني الثانوي في المعاهد العلمية. يتناول الكتاب عقيدة أهل السنة والجماعة في أسماء الله وصفاته، ويناقش طرقهم في فهم النصوص الدينية المتعلقة بالله سبحانه وتعالى، مع التركيز على مفاهيم الإيمان والتوحيد وصفات الله وحكمه. كما يشير الكتاب إلى أنواع الإلحاد في أسماء الله وآياته، ويناقش مفاهيم مثل علم الله، القدرة، الحكمة، الرزق، مشيئة الله، والمغفرة والرحمة.

Translation

This book is an educational note on the Wasitiyya doctrine by Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, written by Ibn Uthaymeen to be a course in the second year of secondary school in scientific institutes. The book deals with the doctrine of the Sunnis and the community regarding the names and attributes of God, and discusses their ways of understanding religious texts related to God Almighty, with a focus on the concepts of faith, monotheism, God’s attributes, and His rule. The book also refers to the types of atheism in the names and verses of God, and discusses concepts such as God’s knowledge, power, wisdom, provision, God’s will, and forgiveness and mercy.

Topics covered

Sheikh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah:
The Wasitiyya Doctrine:
Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jama`ah:
The belief of the Sunnis and the community:
The method of the Sunnis regarding the names and attributes of God:
Distortion:
Deactivation:
Adaptation, representation, and the difference between them:
The ruling on these four precedents:
What is required in the texts of names and attributes:
How is belief in the names of God achieved? :
There are four types of atheism in the names of God:
As for atheism in the verses of God, there are two types:
Surat Al-Ikhlas:
It contains some of the attributes of God that are included in the previous names:
Ayat al-Kursi:
Chair:
It includes five attributes of God that were included in the previous names:
God knew:
Keys to the Unseen:
ability:
power:
Wisdom and the meaning of wise:
Types of God's wisdom:
Types of God's rule:

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