☪️Islamic Creed ('Aqidah)

Faith between the predecessors and theologians

الإيمان بين السلف والمتكلمين

Author: أحمد بن عطية بن علي الغامدي

About this work

هذا الكتاب يتناول موضوع الإيمان من منظورين رئيسيين: مذهب السلف والمذاهب المتكلمة. يركز المؤلف على شرح مذهب السلف في حقيقة الإيمان وزيادته ونقصه، ثم ينتقل لعرض آراء مختلف المذاهب المتكلمة كالخوارج والمرجئة والأشاعرة وغيرها في مسألة الإيمان. يهدف الكتاب إلى بيان وجهة نظر السلف إزاء آراء المتكلمين في هذا المجال وتفنيد تلك الآراء وفق منهج السلف.

Translation

This book deals with the topic of faith from two main perspectives: the doctrine of the Salaf and the theologian doctrines. The author focuses on explaining the doctrine of the Salaf regarding the truth of faith, its increase, and its deficiency. Then he moves on to present the opinions of the various theologian sects, such as the Kharijites, Murji’ahs, Ash’aris, and others, on the issue of faith. The book aims to explain the Salaf’s point of view regarding the opinions of theologians in this field and to refute those opinions according to the Salaf’s approach.

Topics covered

introduction
Introduction
Chapter One: The Salaf’s doctrine of faith
Chapter One: On the reality of faith
Chapter Two: The connection between faith and Islam
Chapter Three: Increasing and decreasing faith
Chapter Four: The doctrine of the Salaf regarding the one who commits a major sin
Chapter Five: Exception in faith
Part Two: Theologians’ doctrines of faith
Chapter One: The Kharijites
Chapter Two: Murji’ah
Chapter Three: Abu Hanifa and postponement
Chapter Four: The Jahmiya
Chapter Five: Dignity
Chapter Six: The Mu'tazilites
The first topic: The truth of faith according to the Mu’tazilites
The second topic: The link between faith and Islam
The third topic: increasing and decreasing faith
Section Four: The ruling on committing a major sin according to the Mu’tazilites
Chapter Seven: Ash'ari
The first topic: The truth of faith according to the Ash’aris
The third topic: The Ash’ari doctrine of increasing and decreasing faith
Section Four: The Ash’ari opinion regarding the one who commits a major sin
Section Five: The exception to faith according to the Ash’aris
Chapter Three: The position of the Salaf regarding the opinions of the doctrines of theologians

الإيمان حقيقته، خوارمه، نواقضه عند أهل