Summary of the People of Faith by Al-Bayhaqi

Translation

This book is a summary of the book “Shu’ab al-Iman” by Imam al-Bayhaqi, written by al-Qazwini, and it falls in the field of parchment, etiquette, and remembrance. The summary aims to collect and detail the branches of faith mentioned in the Prophet’s hadith, as the author arranged them into seventy-seven chapters, including belief in God, His angels, His books, His destiny, and the Last Day, in addition to acts of worship such as prayer, zakat, fasting, Hajj, and other branches of faith. The author based his brevity on citing a verse from the Qur’an or an authentic hadith for each section, with minor additions of his own.