Islamic Belief by Imam abu Jafar at-Tahawi

Islamic Belief "Imam Tahawi's al-Aqidah at-Tahawiah, representative of the viewpoint of ahl-al-Sunnah wal-Jamaah, has long been the most widely acclaimed, and indeed indispensable, reference-work on Muslim beliefs. Being a text on Islamic doctrines, this work draws heavily on arguments set forth in the Holy Qur'an and Sunnah. Likewise, the arguments advanced in refuting the views of sects that have deviated from the Sunnah are also taken from the Holy Qur'an and Sunnah. As regards the sects mentioned in this work, a study of Islamic history up to the time of Imam Tahawi would be helpful. Moreover, it contains references to views of the Shi'ah, Khawarij and such mystics that had departed from the right path. There is an explicit reference in the work to the non-sensical controversy on khalq-al-Qur'an in the times of Ma'mun and some other Abbasid Caliphs. While the permanent relevance of the statements of belief in al-Aqidah is obvious, the historical weight of these statements can only be properly appreciated if the work is used as a study text under the guidance of some learned person able to highlight its arguments fully. Such a study will help one understand Islamic doctrines better and avoid deviations

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ISLAMIC BELIEF
Al- Aqidah at-Tahawiah
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اهد الان
االد
Imām Abū Ja'far at-Taḥāwī
UK ISLAMIC ACADEMY
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متن
العقيدة الطحاوية
للإمام أبى جعفر الطحاوي الحنفي
ISBN 1-872531-42-3
مع
ترجمته الإنجليزية
إعداد ونشر الأكاديمية الإسلامية
ليستر - بريطانيا
UK ISLAMIC ACADEMY
9781872 531427
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بسم الله الحر الحي
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Praise be to Allah, Lord of all the Worlds.
The great scholar Hujjat al-Islam Abū Ja'far al-Warraq at-Taḥāwī al-Misri, may Allah have mercy on him, said: This is a presentation of the beliefs of ahl-as-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah, according to the school of the jurists of this religion, Abu Hanifah an-Nu'mān ibn Thabit al-Küfi, Abū Yusuf Ya'qub ibn Ibrāhīm al-Anṣārī and Abu 'Abdullah Muḥammad ibn al-Hasan ash-Shaybānī, may Allah be pleased with them all, and what they believe regarding the fundamentals of the religion and their faith in the Lord of all the Worlds.
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We say about Allah's unity believing -- by Allah's help - that Allah is One, without any partners.
2. There is nothing like Him.
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There is nothing that can overwhelm Him.
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There is no god other than Him.
5. He is the Eternal without a beginning and enduring without end.
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He will neither perish nor come to an end.
7. Nothing happens except what He wills.
8. No imagination can conceive of Him and no understanding can comprehend Him
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He is different from any created being.
10. He is living and never dies. He is eternally active and never sleeps.
11. He creates without being in need to do so and provides for His creation without effort.
12. He causes death without fear and restores to life without difficulty.
13. He, together with His attributes, has existed since before creation. Bringing creation into existence added nothing to His attributes that was not already there. As He was, together with His attributes, in pre-eternity, so will He remain throughout endless time.
14. It was not only after the act of creation that He could be described as 'the Creator' nor was it only by the act of origination that He could be described as 'the Originator'.
15. He was always the Lord even when there was nothing to be Lord of, and always the Creator even when there was no
creation.
16. In the same way that He is the 'Bringer to life of the dead', and deserves this name even before they were brought to life in the first place, so too He deserves the name of 'Creator' before He has created them.
17. This is because He has the power to do everything. Everything is dependent on Him, everything is easy for Him, and He needs for nothing. 'There is nothing like Him and He is the Hearer, the Seer. [ash-Shūrā 42: 11]
18. He created creation with His knowledge.
19. He appointed destinies for those He created.
20. He allotted to them fixed life spans