How excellent are the concise works on 'aqidah?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, how excellent are the concise works on 'aqidah?
The Shaykh : Hm?
The questioner : How excellent are the concise works on 'aqidah?
The Shaykh : In my view, the best concise work is *Al-'Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah*, because it is entirely based on the Book and the Sunnah; it consists entirely of verses and hadiths.
*Al-Tahawiyyah* is not bad, but it contains much repetition. It also splits the same topic; for example, you will find it discussing the will (iradah) at the beginning of the book and again at the end.
So I see that a person should study *Al-'Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah* by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah before anything else. Yes.
The Shaykh : Hm?
The questioner : How excellent are the concise works on 'aqidah?
The Shaykh : In my view, the best concise work is *Al-'Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah*, because it is entirely based on the Book and the Sunnah; it consists entirely of verses and hadiths.
*Al-Tahawiyyah* is not bad, but it contains much repetition. It also splits the same topic; for example, you will find it discussing the will (iradah) at the beginning of the book and again at the end.
So I see that a person should study *Al-'Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah* by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah before anything else. Yes.