Aqidah / Creed

This book is a complete of the book An introduction to the Hanbali Madhhab paperback. Ibn Taymiyyah said about al-Imam Ahmad, “He was the virtuous imam, and the complete leader with whom Allah clarified the truth, rejected falsehoods, clarified the correc Lees meer

The similitude of this world is like that of a vessel filled with honey. The flies see this vessel and fly toward it. Some of them sit on the edge of the vessel and take from the honey until they satisfy their needs, and then they fly away. Some of them a Lees meer

Abul-Qāsim as-Sabtī—the scholar and world explorer—regarded a then 36-year-old Ibn Taymiyyah to be the most knowledgeable person he had encountered in the East and the West. Thus, he wrote to him requesting advice concerning four matters: Lees meer

It is related that Abu Hurairah said: "We were walking with the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) when we passed two graves. Then he stood still and we stood with him. His color started to change and he rolled up his sleeves, so we said: 'W Lees meer

“He (Allaah) has ordained for you the same religion which He ordained for Nooh (Noah), and that which We have inspired in you (O Muhammad0), and that which We ordained for Ibraheem (Abraham), Moosaa (Moses‎) and ‘Eesaa (Jesus) saying you should establish Lees meer

Eemaan is named so because it is connected to the inner affairs; and Allaah, the Majestic and High, knows them. Hence, it is called Eemaan because it is connected to the truthful heart. There are, for this truthful heart, outward affairs as an indication Lees meer

When the Messenger of Allaah (saw) was sent to the polytheists to call to this statement, 'None has the right to be worshipped save Allaah, 'they understood something from it that made them reject it, oppose the Messenger (saw), and all those who believed Lees meer