TAHAWI'S STATEMENT OF ISLAMIC DOCTRINE (AL-`AQIDA AL-TAHAWIYYA)
(These are the last lines from Aqeedatut tahawi in which Imam is advising muslims about Aqeedah and summarising the way of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat.
Imam Tahawi's
"Doctrine" (al-`Aqida), very comprehensive and basic text for all
times, listing what a Muslim must know and believe and inwardly comprehend. It
is considered a source book by all Ahle sunnat wal jamaat (sunni) scholars. For
complete aqeedatut Tahawi Arabic text and english translation CLICK HERE
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وَدِينُ
اللَّهِ في السَّماءِ وَالأَرْضِ واحِدٌ وَهُوَ دِينُ الإِسْلامِ، كَما قالَ اللَّه تَعالى:
إِنَّ
الدِّينَ عِنْدَ الْلَّهِ الإِسْلامُ
، وَقالَ
تَعالى:
وَمَنْ
يبْتغِ غَيْرَ الإِسْلامِ دِينَاً فَلَنْ يقْبَلَ مِنْهُ
،
وَقالَ تَعالى:
وَرَضِيْتُ
لكُمُ الإِسْلامَ دِينَاً
103. There is only one religion of
Allah in the heavens and the earth and that is the religion of Islam
("submission"). Allah says: "Surely religion in the sight of
Allah is Islam." (Al `Imran 3: 19) And He also says: "I am pleased
with Islam as a religion for you." (al-Ma'ida 5: 3)
وَهُوَ
بَيْنَ الغُلُوِّ وَالتَّقْصيرِ، وَالتَّشْبيهِ وَالتَّعْطيلِ، وَالجَبْرِ وَالقَدَرِ، وَالأَمْنِ وَاليَأْسِ.
104. Islam
lies between going to excess and falling short, between the likening of Allah's
attributes to creation (tashbih) and divesting Allah of attributes (ta`til),
between determinism and freewill, and between sureness and despair.
فَهذا دِينُنا وَاعْتِقادُنا، ظاهِراً وَباطِناً.
وَنَحْنُ نَبْرَأُ إِلى اللَّهِ تَعالى مِمَّنْ خالَفَ الَّذي ذكَرْناهُ، وَبَيَّناهُ.
وَنَحْنُ نَبْرَأُ إِلى اللَّهِ تَعالى مِمَّنْ خالَفَ الَّذي ذكَرْناهُ، وَبَيَّناهُ.
105. This
is our religion and it is what we believe in, both inwardly and outwardly, and
we renounce any connection, before Allah, with anyone who goes against what we
have said and made clear.
وَنَسْأَلُ
اللَّهَ تَعالى أَنْ يُثَبِّتَنا عَلَيْهِ وَيَخْتِمَ لَنا بهِ، وَيَعْصِمَنا
مِنَ الأَهْواءِ المُخْتَلِطَةِ وَالآراءِ المُتَفَرِّقَةِ، وَالمَذاهِبِ الرَّدِيَّةِ، كَالمُشَبِّهَةِ وَالجَهْمِيَّةِ
وَالجَبْرِيَّةِ وَالقَدَرِيَّةِ
وَغَيْرِهِمْ مِمَّنْ خالَفَ السُّنَّةَ وَالجَماعَةَ، وَاتَّبَعَ البدْعَةَ وَالضَّلالَةَ، وَنَحْنُ مِنْهُمْ بَراءٌ، وَهُمْ عِنْدَنا
ضُلاَّلٌ وَأَرْدِياءُ.
وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بالصَّوابِ، وَإِلَيْهِ المَرْجعُ وَالمَآبُ.
وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بالصَّوابِ، وَإِلَيْهِ المَرْجعُ وَالمَآبُ.
We ask Allah to make us firm in our
belief and seal our lives with it and to protect us from variant ideas,
scattering opinions and evil schools of view such as those of the Mushabbiha,
the Mu`tazila, the Jahmiyya, the Jabriyya, the Qadariyya, and others like them
who go against the Sunna and Jama`a and have allied themselves with error. We
renounce any connection with them and in our opinion they are in error and on
the path of destruction. We ask Allah to protect us from all falsehood and we
ask His Grace and Favour to do all good.
