What are the books of the Maliki school on creed?
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The questioner : Shaykh, it is said that the early Malikis made significant efforts in serving the creed of the people of the Sunnah and the community. The first among them in this regard was Imam Malik ibn Anas, the Imam of the City of Migration, who in his book al-Muwatta' included chapters that hinted at refuting the Jahmiyyah, such as the chapter on the Vision in his well-known book, and other chapters. Also, there is the book of Ibn Abi Zamanin the Maliki, al-Sunnah, and the book of Abu 'Umar al-Talmanki, which is al-Irshad. They say that this book is lost, but Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned texts from it in al-Humaydiyyah al-Kubra, and al-Dhahabi also mentioned texts from it in his book al-'Uluw. And Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani in his Risalah, and Ibn 'Abd al-Barr in three of his books: al-Jami' bayn al-'Ilm wa Fadlihi, al-Istidhkar, and the third. The point is that they say that until the fifth century, when Ibn Tumar, the Mahdi, came, and he entered the north, and he was one of the students of al-Ghazali, and he authored two books, al-Murshid al-Kubra and al-Murshid al-Sughra, and he forbade every book that dealt with the creed of the righteous Salaf. This shift had an effect in that the later scholars did not have efforts in serving the belief of the people of the Sunnah and the community; rather, most of them were Ash'ari. So, some students at the Islamic University agreed to hold an exhibition to display to the youth the books of the early scholars, specifically the books of the Malikis like these. Do you know of other books by the early Malikis that they used to serve the creed of the people of the Sunnah and the community?
The Shaykh : I do not know.
The Shaykh : I do not know.
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