✍️Works of Ibn Taymiyyah

The Wasitiyya Doctrine - the belief of the saved group

العقيدة الواسطية_ اعتقاد الفرقة الناجية

Author: تقي الدين أبو العباس أحمد بن عبد الحليم بن عبد السلام بن عبد الله بن أبي القاسم بن محمد ابن تيمية الحراني الحنبلي الدمشقي (المتوفى: 728هـ) (d. 728)

About this work

كتاب في العقيدة الإسلامية، يوضح معتقد أهل السنة والجماعة في أصول الإيمان وأركانه الستة، مع التركيز على الإيمان بالله تعالى وأسمائه وصفاته. يبين المؤلف المنهج الوسطي في إثبات الصفات الإلهية كما وردت في الكتاب والسنة، مع نفي التحريف والتعطيل والتكييف والتمثيل، ويؤكد على إثبات علو الله واستوائه على عرشه وقربه من خلقه.

Translation

A book on the Islamic faith, explaining the belief of the Sunnis and the community in the foundations of faith and its six pillars, with a focus on belief in God Almighty and His names and attributes. The author explains the moderate approach in proving the divine attributes as mentioned in the Qur’an and Sunnah, while denying distortion, disruption, conditioning, and representation, and emphasizes proving the transcendence of God, His equality upon His throne, and His closeness to His creation.

Topics covered

Introduction to the workbook
The principles of faith and its six pillars
Chapter One: Faith in God Almighty
Stay away from distortion, disruption, adaptation and representation
Atheism in the names of God and His verses
God is not measured by his creation
Chapter Two: Belief in what God described Himself as in His Book
Surah Al-Ikhlas is equivalent to a third of the Qur’an
Ayat Al-Kursi is the greatest verse in the Book of God
The quality of life
The quality of knowledge
The characteristic of strength
The quality of hearing and the quality of sight
The quality of will
The quality of love
The quality of satisfaction
The quality of mercy
Attributes: anger, indignation, hatred, and hatred
My attribute: coming and coming
The face attribute of God Almighty
Prove hands to God Almighty
Proving the eyes to God Almighty
The attributes of hearing and sight belong to God Almighty
The attributes of deception, plotting, and impossibility belong to God Almighty in accordance with what befits His Majesty
Attributes of pardon, forgiveness, mercy, glory, and power

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