Aqeedah of the Imams of Ahl-us-Sunnah The Correct and Upright Creed A Compilation of Books, Treatises and Statements of Great Imams of Ahl-us-Sunnah concerning Aqeedah (creed) Contents Imam Abu Hanifah (d.150H) .................................................................................................................................................. 4 The Creed of Imam Abu Hanifah .............................................................................................................................................. 4 al-Fiqh al-Akbar by Imam Abu Hanifah .............................................................................................................................. 14 Imam Malik Ibn Anas (d.179H) ........................................................................................................................................... 19 Imam ash-Shaafi’i (d.204H) .................................................................................................................................................. 28 The Last Testament of Imam ash-Shaafi’i ............................................................................................................................ 41 Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d.241H) ..................................................................................................................................... 44 The Creed of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal ................................................................................................................................ 44 Usool-us-Sunnah (Foundations of the Sunnah) ................................................................................................................ 50 The Sunnah upon which Rasoolullah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) died .............................................................. 58 The Characteristics of a Believer from Ahlu's-Sunnah wa'l-Jamaa’ah ...................................................................... 59 An Explanation of The Aqidah Of Ahlu's-Sunnah wa'l-Jamaa'ah ............................................................................... 61 Imam ‘Abdur-Rahman ibn ‘Amr al-Awza’i (d.157H) .................................................................................................... 66 The Creed of Imam al-Awza’i .................................................................................................................................................. 66 Imam Al-Awzai’s Letter of Warning against Heresy and Heretics.............................................................................. 67 Imam Sufyan bin Sa’id ath-Thawri (d.161H) ................................................................................................................... 68 The Advice of Sufyan ath-Thawri regarding Bid’ah ........................................................................................................ 74 Imam Abdullah ibn al-Mubaarak (d.181H)...................................................................................................................... 78 Shayhu’l-Islam, Hafidh Abu Muhammad Ibn Sufyan Ibn Uyayna (d.198H) ........................................................... 79 Imam Abu Ubayd al-Qaasim ibn Salaam al-Harawi, al-Baghdadi (d.224H) ........................................................... 80 Imam Abu Bakr Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr al-Humaydi (d.219H) ................................................................................ 88 Imaam Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari (d.256H) .......................................................................... 90 Imam Muzani (d.264H) .......................................................................................................................................................... 98 Imaam Harb bin Isma’eel Al Karmaanee (d.280H) ...................................................................................................... 102 Imam Abu Ja'far Tahawi (d.321H) .................................................................................................................................... 104 Imaam Abu Muhammad al-Hasan Ibn Ali Ibn Khalf al-Barbahari (d.319H) ....................................................... 120 2 Abul Hasan al-Ashari (d.324H) ......................................................................................................................................... 157 Imam Abu Bakr al-Ismaili (d.371H) ................................................................................................................................ 167 Imam Ibn Abi Zaid al-Qayrawani (d.386H) .................................................................................................................. 178 Imam ibn Abi Asim (d.387H) ............................................................................................................................................. 183 al-I’tiqaad al-Qadiri ............................................................................................................................................................. 186 Imam Abu Nasr Ubaydullah as-Sijzi (d.444H) .............................................................................................................. 199 Hafidh, Abu Bakr al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (d.463H) ..................................................................................................... 205 The Creed of Abu Bakr al-Khatib al-Baghdadi ............................................................................................................... 205 Mas'alah fi's-Sifaat by Khatib al-Baghdadi ...................................................................................................................... 208 Abu Muhammad al-Juwayni (d.478H) ........................................................................................................................... 210 Imam Abu'l-Qasim al-Asbahani (d.535H) ..................................................................................................................... 214 Shaykh Abdu'l-Qadir al-Jeelaanee (d.561H) ................................................................................................................. 216 Imam Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi (d.620H) ..................................................................................................................... 218 3 بسمميحرلا نمحرلا هللا Imam Abu Hanifah (d.150H) The Creed of Imam Abu Hanifah Statements in regards to Tawhid of Allah; an explanation of the Shari'ah legislated Tawassul Imam Abu Hanifah (rahimahullaah) said: "It is not befitting for anyone to call upon Him (Allah), except by Him1, and with the supplication that He has permitted and ordered, that which is instructed in His statement: "And Allah has Beautiful Names, so call upon Him by them, and leave the company of those who deviate concerning His Names. They will be recompensed for what they used to do." (al-Araf 7/180).” (ad-Durru'l-Mukhtaar ma'a Haashiyah Raddu'l-Muhtaar, 6/396-397) Imam Abu Hanifah (rahimahullaah) said: "It is detested for the supplicator to say: I ask You (Allah) by the right of so and so, or, By the right of Your Prophets and Messengers, and by the right of the Sacred House and the Sacred Sanctuary." (Sharhu'l-Aqidatu't-Tahawiyyah, 234; Ithaafu's-Saadaatu'l- Mustaqim, 2/285; Ali al-Qari, Sharhu'l Fiqhi'l-Akbar, 198) Imam Abu Hanifah (rahimahullaah) said: "It is not befitting for anyone to call upon Allah, except by Him, and it is even more detestable for him to say: By the junctures of Honour from your Throne2, or By the Right of Your Creation.” (al-Fiqhu'l-Absat, 56) Statements in affirmation of the Attributes and a refutation upon the Jahmiyyah Imam Abu Hanifah (rahimahullaah) said: "Allah is not to be described with the attributes of the creation. And His anger and His pleasure are two Attributes from His Attributes, without inquiry into their modality (bilaa kayf), and this is the statement of Ahlu's-Sunnah wa'l-Jamaa'ah. He becomes angry, and He becomes pleased, and it is not to be said: His anger is His punishment and His pleasure is His reward. And we describe Him as He described Himself; One, Eternal, He does not beget, nor is He begotten, and there is none equal to Him, the Ever-Living, All-Capable, All-Hearing, Ever-Watchful, All-Knowing. The Hand of Allah is above their hands. It is not like the hands of His creation, and His Face is not like the faces of His creation." (al-Fiqhu'l-Absat, 56) Imam Abu Hanifah said: "And He has a hand and a face and dhaat (essence), as Allah (Jalla Jalaluhu) mentions in the Qur'an. So whatever Allah (Jalla Jalaluhu) mentioned in the Qur'an in regards to the face and the hand and the essence, then these are His Attributes without inquiry into their modality (bilaa kayf). And it is not to be said that His hand is His power, or His ni'mah (bounty), because it is nullification of the Attribute, and it is the statement of the people of al-Qadar and al-I'tizaal.” (al- Fiqhu'l-Akbar, 302) 4 Imam Abu Hanifah said: "It is not befitting for anyone to say anything about the dhaat (essence) of Allah. Rather, He is to be described with what He described Himself, and he is not to say anything about Allah based upon his opinion. Blessed and Exalted is Allah, Lord of the Worlds."3 Imam Abu Hanifah said: "He (subhanahu wa ta'ala) nuzul (descends), without inquiry into the modality of it.” (Sabuni, Aqidatu's-Salaf wa Ashaabu'l-Hadith, 42; Bayhaqi, al-Asmaa wa's-Sifaat, 456; Sharhu'l-Aqidati't Tahawiyyah, 245; Ali al-Qari, Sharhu'l-Fiqhi'l-Akbar, 60) Imam
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