Among the Best Books of Correct 'Aqeedah
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Question:
What are the books of correct 'aqeedah that you advise students of knowledge to acquire and read, and how do you guide the da'iyah who calls people, from the common people of the desert, who need to learn the fundamentals of 'aqeedah?
Answer:
The greatest and most beneficial of the books of 'aqeedah is the Book of Allah, the Qur'an. It contains guidance and light. So we advise everyone, men and women, old and young, to take care of the Qur'an and to strive to memorize it, and to recite it frequently. It is the book of 'aqeedah, the book of guidance, and the healing, beneficial, and useful book, as the Exalted and Majestic said: [Al-Isra: 9], [Fussilat: 44].
It is the straight path. So we advise all Muslims everywhere, all men and women, Arabs and non-Arabs, we advise everyone to adhere to this Qur'an, to revere it and act upon it, and to recite it frequently, wherever they are, from the mushaf or from memory. They should carry out its commands and refrain from its prohibitions. It is the book of 'aqeedah, the book of action, the book of guidance, and the book of happiness. It contains every good, and it calls to every good, and it calls to the noble of character and the best of deeds. It contains the stories of the past: of good and evil. It informs about the people of good from the past, and about the people of evil from the past. So the believing man and woman should take from it what it indicates of good, and beware of what it warns of from evil.
Then the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): the books of hadith, such as the two Sahihs and the Sunan, and the reliable musnads. The scholars of knowledge extract the hadiths, teach people, and spread them among people. And all the known books of 'aqeedah by the imams of the people of the Sunnah and the community, the good known books, are used as aids and benefited from in teaching people good. The known books of the righteous Salaf, and such as the books of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on them both), and other known scholars of good 'aqeedah. And such as the books of Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him), and the imams of the Islamic da'wah in Najd, when Allah facilitated this da'wah in the twelfth century, and they wrote and compiled in it what benefits people through Allah, such as: Kitab al-Tawhid, al-Thalathah al-Usul, Kashf al-Shubuhat, Adab al-Mashy ila al-Salah, and the letters of the shaykhs in al-Durar al-Saniyyah, Taysir al-'Aziz al-Hamid, an explanation of Kitab al-Tawhid by Shaykh Sulayman. These are great books. And al-'Aqeedah al-Wasitiyyah by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, al-Tadmiriyyah, Manhaj al-Sunnah, al-Humayriyyah, and al-'Aqeedah al-Tahawiyyah and its explanation by Ibn Abi al-'Izz, and Luma' al-I'tiqad by the author of al-Mughni, and other good books. The books of the righteous Salaf that assist in good, spread the truth, and teach people good.
What are the books of correct 'aqeedah that you advise students of knowledge to acquire and read, and how do you guide the da'iyah who calls people, from the common people of the desert, who need to learn the fundamentals of 'aqeedah?
Answer:
The greatest and most beneficial of the books of 'aqeedah is the Book of Allah, the Qur'an. It contains guidance and light. So we advise everyone, men and women, old and young, to take care of the Qur'an and to strive to memorize it, and to recite it frequently. It is the book of 'aqeedah, the book of guidance, and the healing, beneficial, and useful book, as the Exalted and Majestic said:
Indeed, this Qur'an guides to that which is most suitable
إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ يَهْدِي لِلَّتِي هِيَ أَقْوَمُSay, "It is, for those who believe, a guidance and cure."
قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا هُدًى وَشِفَاءٌIt is the straight path. So we advise all Muslims everywhere, all men and women, Arabs and non-Arabs, we advise everyone to adhere to this Qur'an, to revere it and act upon it, and to recite it frequently, wherever they are, from the mushaf or from memory. They should carry out its commands and refrain from its prohibitions. It is the book of 'aqeedah, the book of action, the book of guidance, and the book of happiness. It contains every good, and it calls to every good, and it calls to the noble of character and the best of deeds. It contains the stories of the past: of good and evil. It informs about the people of good from the past, and about the people of evil from the past. So the believing man and woman should take from it what it indicates of good, and beware of what it warns of from evil.
Then the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): the books of hadith, such as the two Sahihs and the Sunan, and the reliable musnads. The scholars of knowledge extract the hadiths, teach people, and spread them among people. And all the known books of 'aqeedah by the imams of the people of the Sunnah and the community, the good known books, are used as aids and benefited from in teaching people good. The known books of the righteous Salaf, and such as the books of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on them both), and other known scholars of good 'aqeedah. And such as the books of Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him), and the imams of the Islamic da'wah in Najd, when Allah facilitated this da'wah in the twelfth century, and they wrote and compiled in it what benefits people through Allah, such as: Kitab al-Tawhid, al-Thalathah al-Usul, Kashf al-Shubuhat, Adab al-Mashy ila al-Salah, and the letters of the shaykhs in al-Durar al-Saniyyah, Taysir al-'Aziz al-Hamid, an explanation of Kitab al-Tawhid by Shaykh Sulayman. These are great books. And al-'Aqeedah al-Wasitiyyah by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, al-Tadmiriyyah, Manhaj al-Sunnah, al-Humayriyyah, and al-'Aqeedah al-Tahawiyyah and its explanation by Ibn Abi al-'Izz, and Luma' al-I'tiqad by the author of al-Mughni, and other good books. The books of the righteous Salaf that assist in good, spread the truth, and teach people good.
Source
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