The Best Explanations of the Book of Tawhid, the Wasitiyyah, and the Tahawiyyah
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The questioner:
The Shaykh: This questioner says: What are the best explanations of the Book of Tawhid and the Book of the Wasitiyyah Creed?
The Shaykh:
The Shaykh: For the Book of Tawhid, *Fath al-Mujib* is the best explanation of it; it is easy and concise. If you want more, *Taysir al-Aziz al-Hamid* is a summary of *Fath al-Mujib*. *Taysir al-Aziz al-Hamid* is by Shaykh Sulayman ibn 'Abd Allah (may Allah have mercy on him). Yes, and what else?
The questioner:
The questioner says: And likewise, explanations of the Wasitiyyah and the Tahawiyyah Creed.
The Shaykh:
The Shaykh: For the Tahawiyyah Creed, the explanation by Ibn Abi al-'Izz is the one. It is the explanation by Ibn al-'Izz ibn Abi al-'Izz. It is a reliable and very beneficial explanation, and it follows the methodology of the Salaf. That is the explanation of the Tahawiyyah. As for the explanation of the Wasitiyyah, the Wasitiyyah itself is clear; it is clear in itself, but there are modern, beneficial explanations of it: the explanation by Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen and the explanation by Shaykh Ibn Rashid. These are beneficial explanations. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
The Shaykh: This questioner says: What are the best explanations of the Book of Tawhid and the Book of the Wasitiyyah Creed?
The Shaykh:
The Shaykh: For the Book of Tawhid, *Fath al-Mujib* is the best explanation of it; it is easy and concise. If you want more, *Taysir al-Aziz al-Hamid* is a summary of *Fath al-Mujib*. *Taysir al-Aziz al-Hamid* is by Shaykh Sulayman ibn 'Abd Allah (may Allah have mercy on him). Yes, and what else?
The questioner:
The questioner says: And likewise, explanations of the Wasitiyyah and the Tahawiyyah Creed.
The Shaykh:
The Shaykh: For the Tahawiyyah Creed, the explanation by Ibn Abi al-'Izz is the one. It is the explanation by Ibn al-'Izz ibn Abi al-'Izz. It is a reliable and very beneficial explanation, and it follows the methodology of the Salaf. That is the explanation of the Tahawiyyah. As for the explanation of the Wasitiyyah, the Wasitiyyah itself is clear; it is clear in itself, but there are modern, beneficial explanations of it: the explanation by Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen and the explanation by Shaykh Ibn Rashid. These are beneficial explanations. 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 (36:47)
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