[AbuAlAbbas]

This is a must read inshALLAH.

Al-Aqeedat Al-Wasitiyah
by: Taqiudeen Abu Al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Abd Al-Halim ibn Abd Al-Salam ibn Taymeeyah Al- Harrani

http://downloads.islambase.co.uk/books/Wasatiyah.pdf

[AbuAlAbbas]

small portion from the link

Introduction

In the name of Allah the Compassionate, the Merciful1 The praise belongs to Allah2 Who sent His Messenger3 with guidance and the religion of truth (i.e., Islam) making it incumbent on all religions. Allah is the best of witnesses4, and I testify that there is no god but Allah alone and that He has no partner5; I admit and believe in the oneness of Allah. And I testify that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger6; May Allah greatly bless him, his family, and his companions.

This is the belief of the saved group7, the victorious ones to the Day of Judgment, the people of the Sunnah and the Jama'ah8 (i.e., The belief in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the resurrection after death, the belief in Divine Decree (qadar), be it good or bad)9.

Part of the belief in Allah is the belief in how He has described Himself in His Book (the Qur'an) and in how His Messenger Muhammad (peace be upon him) has described Him. Believe without distorting or denying and without questioning or shaping; Rather, believe in Allah, The Exalted:

"There is none like Him; He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer." (ash-Shura 42/11)

Do not deny Him the way He has described Himself; Do not change words from their context; Do not disbelieve the names of Allah and His Signs; Do not exemplify His Attributes with the attributes of His creatures because Allah, The Exalted, has no likeness: There is none comparable to Him; There is none equal to Him; The Exalted, the Supreme, is not measured by His creatures; Indeed, He best knows Himself and others; He is All-Truthful; and His Speech prevails over the speech of His creatures.
Moreover, His messengers are truthful and thus speak the truth. This is opposite to those who speak about Him what they themselves know not. About this, The Exalted, The Supreme has said:

"Glorified be your lord, the Lord of Majesty, from that which (the unbelievers) attribute (unto Him). And peace be upon the messengers. And praise be to Allah the Lord the Universe." (as Saffat 37/180-182).

He glorified Himself with what the opponents of the messengers said of Him; And He greeted the messengers because what they said was free from defect.

He (the Glory is His) combined what He described Himself as between negation and affirmation10. Consequently, the people of the Sunnah and Jama'ah must not deviate from what the messengers brought forth; verily, it is the right path, the path of those upon whom Allah bestowed His grace, the path of the prophets, saints, martyrs, and righteous people.

the rest continued in the above link

[ShamilB]

Originally Posted by AbuAlAbbas

This is a must read inshALLAH.

Al-Aqeedat Al-Wasitiyah
by: Taqiudeen Abu Al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Abd Al-Halim ibn Abd Al-Salam ibn Taymeeyah Al- Harrani

http://downloads.islambase.co.uk/books/Wasatiyah.pdf

Definitely a must read. JazakAllahu khair for sharing.

[AbuAlAbbas]

<H2>Highness:


And He has said:

"Behold! Allah has said; 'Oh Jesus! I am taking you and raising you up to Me." (Al'Imran 3/55)

And He has said:

"Rather, Allah raised him up to Him." (An-Nissa' 4/158)

And He has said:

"To Him good words ascend, and He elevates the pious deed."<A href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/introduction/wasiti/taimiyah_11.html#foot14">14 (Fatir 35/10)

And He has said:

"O Haman! Build me a tower, that I may reach the roads, - the roads of heavens, and that I may climb up to the God of Moses, though verily I think he [Moses] is a liar." (Ghafir 40/36-37)

And He has said:

"Do you feel secure that He Who is in Heaven will not cause you to be swallowed up by the earth when it shakes? Or do you feel secure that He Who is in Heaven will not send against you a wind casting down pebbles from the sky? That is that you may know the manner of My Warning." (al-Mulk 67/16-17)

And He has said:

"He created the heavens and the earth in six days; Then He Mounted the Throne. He knows all that enters the earth and all that emerges there from and all that comes down from the sky and all that ascends therein; He is with you wherever you may be. And Allah is Seer of what you do." (al-Hadid 57/4)

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Love:


He has said:

"And do good; Indeed, Allah loves those who do good." (al-Baqarah 2/195)

And He has said:

"Act equitably; Indeed, Allah loves the equitable." (al-Hujurat 49/9)

And He has said:

"So long as they are true to you, be true to them; Indeed, Allah loves those who keep their duty." (at-Tawbah 9/7)

And He has said:

"Truly, Allah loves those who repent, and loves those who care for cleanliness." (al-Baqarah 2/222)

And He has said:

"Say, [O Muhammad, to mankind]: If you love Allah, follow me; Allah will love you." (Al'Imran 3/31)

And He has said:

"Allah will redeem a people whom He loves, and who love Him." (al-Ma'idah 5/54)

And He has said:

"Indeed, Allah loves those who fight in ranks for His cause, as if they were a solid structure." (as-Saff 61/4)

And He has said:

"He is The Forgiving, The Loving." (al-Buruj 85/14)

[Macaca]

Someone please close this thread.

[AbuAlAbbas]

Ahl Al-Bait (The Prophets Family)


Ahl as-Sunnah should love the Prophet's family, give them support, and honor the Prophet's will in regard to them, as he said at Ghadir al-Khum: "I ask you by Allah to take care of my family I ask you by Allah to take care of my family." (Muslim)
[The Prophet] (peace be upon him) said to his uncle al-Abbas when he complained to him that some men of Quraysh resent Banu Hashim (the Prophet's clan):

"By (Allah) in Whose Hands my soul is! They will never be believers until they love you for the sake of my relationship to you." (Reported by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal and others)

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:

"Indeed, Allah chose the sons of isma'il, and from them He chose Kinanah, and from Kinanah He chose Quraish, and from Quraish he chose Banu Hashim, and from Banu Hashim He chose me." (Reported by Muslim and Ibn Hanbal)

<A name=HEADING43>'Ummahat Al-Mu'minin (The Prophets Wives)


[Ahl as-Sunnah] should give support to the wives of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), the Mothers of the Believers, and they should believe that they will be his wives in the Hereafter, especially Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) the mother of most of his children, and the first person to believe in him and give him support, and he respected her very highly.
And [A'ishah], as-Siddiqah, the daughter of [Abu Bakr] as-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with her and her father), of whom the Prophet (peace be upon him) said:

"A'ishah's superiority over women is like the superiority of ath-Tharid (a dish of sopped bread, meat and broth) over the rest of the food." (Reported by al-Bukhari and Muslim)

[Ahl as-Sunnah] should forsake the Rawafid doctrine, those who hate the Prophet's Companions and revile them.
They should forsake the Nawasib<A href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/introduction/wasiti/taimiyah_11.html#foot37">37 doctrine (those who harm the Prophet's Family verbally or actually).

Karamat Al-Awliya' (The Miracles of the Saints)


Among the fundamentals of the people of the Sunnah and the Community is the belief in the miracles of the saints (Karamat al- Awliya): Allah created supernatural acts through them in all aspects of life, revelations (Mukashafat), power, and impressions. This is known of ancient nations in Surat al-Kahf (chapter 18) and in other Qur'anic chapters and is known of the early men of this 'Ummah amongst the Sahabah and the Tabi'un and amongst the rest of the generations of this 'Ummah. It will be with them to the Day of Resurrection.

* Some traditionalists believe the victory (al-Fat-h) is the liberation of Makkah. (See Tafsir Ibn Kathir, VIII, pp.37-39 in his commentary on verse 10 of Suratal-Hadid 57.)
**They are: Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman, 'Ali, Talhah, Az-Zubair, Sa'd Ibn Abi Waqqas, Sa'idibn Zayd, 'Abd ar-Rahman Ibn 'Awf and Abu 'Ubaidah Ibn al-Jarrah.

[Macaca]

Mods, come on close this thread.
Discussing this with a wahabi could land someone into kufr-may Allah help us.

[ibnIslam]

Originally Posted by AbuAlAbbas

Ahl Al-Bait (The Prophets Family)


Ahl as-Sunnah should love the Prophet's family, give them support, and honor the Prophet's will in regard to them, as he said at Ghadir al-Khum: "I ask you by Allah to take care of my family I ask you by Allah to take care of my family." (Muslim)
[The Prophet] (peace be upon him) said to his uncle al-Abbas when he complained to him that some men of Quraysh resent Banu Hashim (the Prophet's clan):

"By (Allah) in Whose Hands my soul is! They will never be believers until they love you for the sake of my relationship to you." (Reported by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal and others)

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:

"Indeed, Allah chose the sons of isma'il, and from them He chose Kinanah, and from Kinanah He chose Quraish, and from Quraish he chose Banu Hashim, and from Banu Hashim He chose me." (Reported by Muslim and Ibn Hanbal)

Asslaamu alaykum,

This is something that I wish I knew more about: how Sunnis should go about giving Ahl ul-Bayt their right on the Ummah. It's something I'd like to implement. If you have a resource on this, please share.

[AbuAlAbbas]

Originally Posted by ibnIslam

Asslaamu alaykum,

This is something that I wish I knew more about: how Sunnis should go about giving Ahl ul-Bayt their right on the Ummah. It's something I'd like to implement. If you have a resource on this, please share.

Wa alaykum alsalam wa rahmat Allahi wa Barakatuh

Ahlul Sunnah are those of the middle path when it comes to Ahlul Bayt. Ahlul Sunnah does not put Ahlul Bayt on a pedestal that is higher than they should be (e.g better than the prophets, answering yor prayers etc...), this is called ghuloo. Nor does ahlul sunnah curse, or hate ahlul bayt like the nasibis. You give the right to ahlul bayt by showing respect to them (ali, hassan, hussain, aisha, etc...) in the same way you do the other sahabah. We should defend ahlul bayt from the ones who put them above the level in which they deserve (leading to shirk), and we should defend them from those who curse them. There are two extremes as I have stated, and Ahlul Sunnah is that in which is in the middle. Let me know if you speak arabic or have someone that can translate an arabic lecture for you, I have a real good one in regards to this issue.

[Abdul_Karim]

Originally Posted by Macaca

Mods, come on close this thread.
Discussing this with a wahabi could land someone into kufr-may Allah help us.

This book is mostly ayah from the Qur'an and ahadith from the sahihayn. How could that land someone into kufr?

[Shahnawaz]

Hamdu Lillah, I was thinking of posting this myself. JazakAllah Khairan. Like the brother above mentioned, this is book is majority Quran and Ahadith. Unlike the some "Aqeedah" (kalami) books which have near enough no quotes of divine sources, rather are made of rational speculations on the part of the author, this book authentically presents the aqeeda taught by Allah and the Prophet (s).

There's no need for hysteria that brother Macaca exhibited. Don't become like the Quraish when they literally put their fingers in their ears in order to block out the truth that was being propogated by the messenger (s).

[Abdullah_1417]

Please continue to post more of aqeedah wasitiyah

jazakallahu khair!

[Macaca]

Originally Posted by Abdul_Karim

This book is mostly ayah from the Qur'an and ahadith from the sahihayn. How could that land someone into kufr?

No-you know what I mean-verses have been interpreted wrongly by some. That is what I'm saying.

And comparing me to a kaffir is pretty low, Shah.

Anyway, mods you really ought to close this thread. Verses need to be interpreted correctly-unfortunately in the last few hundred years these people who want to "purify" Islam have come along and are misinterpreting verses,etc.

[ShamilB]

Originally Posted by Macaca

No-you know what I mean-verses have been interpreted wrongly by some. That is what I'm saying.

And comparing me to a kaffir is pretty low, Shah.

Anyway, mods you really ought to close this thread. Verses need to be interpreted correctly-unfortunately in the last few hundred years these people who want to "purify" Islam have come along and are misinterpreting verses,etc.

Stop drinking that haterade. Al-Aqeedat Al-Wasitiyah is one of the most recognized books written by one of the biggest scholars in the history of Islam. If you don't like the thread, don't open it.

[AbuAlAbbas]

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