The most important books of 'aqidah (creed) with which a student of knowledge should begin
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The questioner:
May Allah reward Your Excellency the Shaykh, the venerable one, for this blessed meeting and for these words, which I ask Him, Glorified and Exalted is He, to make beneficial and to place in his scale of good deeds. I ask Your Excellency the Shaykh for permission to present some questions related to the methodology of benefiting from books of 'aqidah.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. This is one of the questioners from the students of knowledge who attended this course. He says: What are the most important books of 'aqidah with which a student of knowledge should begin at the start of his pursuit of knowledge?
The Shaykh:
The book of Tawhid (the oneness of Allah) by Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab. This is regarding the oneness of worship. Then al-'Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, which covers all the chapters of 'aqidah. Then al-'Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah by Imam Abu Ja'far al-Tahawi (may Allah have mercy on him). Then the commentaries on these creeds: the commentary on al-Tahawiyyah, the commentary on the book of Tawhid, and the commentary on al-'Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah. This is so that a person may benefit and be of benefit, and so that he may be upon clarity regarding his work. The matter is not easy. The matter before us is a question and an answer. When we are placed in the grave, there is a question and an answer before us. How do we answer? We must pay attention to this and prepare for this. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
May Allah reward Your Excellency the Shaykh, the venerable one, for this blessed meeting and for these words, which I ask Him, Glorified and Exalted is He, to make beneficial and to place in his scale of good deeds. I ask Your Excellency the Shaykh for permission to present some questions related to the methodology of benefiting from books of 'aqidah.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. This is one of the questioners from the students of knowledge who attended this course. He says: What are the most important books of 'aqidah with which a student of knowledge should begin at the start of his pursuit of knowledge?
The Shaykh:
The book of Tawhid (the oneness of Allah) by Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab. This is regarding the oneness of worship. Then al-'Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, which covers all the chapters of 'aqidah. Then al-'Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah by Imam Abu Ja'far al-Tahawi (may Allah have mercy on him). Then the commentaries on these creeds: the commentary on al-Tahawiyyah, the commentary on the book of Tawhid, and the commentary on al-'Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah. This is so that a person may benefit and be of benefit, and so that he may be upon clarity regarding his work. The matter is not easy. The matter before us is a question and an answer. When we are placed in the grave, there is a question and an answer before us. How do we answer? We must pay attention to this and prepare for this. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-080-كتب العقيدة ومنهجية الاستفادة منها|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (18:42)
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