Books Recommended for Reading in the Field of Creed

Question: What are the books that Your Eminence recommends reading in the field of creed?

Answer: The best book, the greatest book, and the most truthful book that must be read for teaching creed, rulings, and morals is: the Book of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, to which falsehood does not come from before it or from behind it, a revelation from the Wise, the Praiseworthy.
And Allah said regarding it: : [Al-Isra: 9].
And He also said regarding it: : [Fussilat: 44]. And He said, Exalted is He: [Sad: 29].
And He said regarding it: : [Al-An'am: 155]. And He said regarding it: : [An-Nahl: 89]. And the verses in this meaning are many.
And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the authentic hadith in his sermon during the Farewell Pilgrimage: . And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said in his sermon on the Day of Ghadir Khumm when he returned from the Farewell Pilgrimage to Madinah: . So he encouraged the Book of Allah and made it desirable, then he said: . Muslim narrated both in his Sahih; the first is from the hadith of Jabir ibn Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both), and the second is from the hadith of Zayd ibn Arqam .
And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . Al-Bukhari narrated it in his Sahih.
And he (peace and blessings be upon him) also said: . Muslim narrated it in his Sahih from the hadith of Abu Hurayrah . And the hadiths in this meaning are many.
Then, the best books after the Noble Qur'an are the books of Prophetic hadith, which are: the books of the Sunnah, such as the two Sahihs, the four Sunans, and other reliable books of hadith. It is necessary that gatherings and circles be filled with the recitation of the Noble Qur'an and its teaching, and with teaching people its jurisprudence, and with studying the books of the Noble Hadith, caring for them, and teaching people their jurisprudence. And those who should undertake this are the people of knowledge and insight, whose knowledge, understanding, advice, and uprightness are trusted.
Among the suitable books for this is reading: [Riyad as-Saliheen], [Al-Ighathah wa al-Rahib], [Al-Wabil as-Sayyib], [Umdat al-Hadith ash-Sharif], [Bulugh al-Maram], [Muntakha al-Akhbar], and other beneficial books of hadith.
As for the books authored on creed, among the best of them is [Kitab at-Tawhid] by the Shaykh and Imam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him), and its commentary by his two grandsons, the Shaykh Sulayman ibn 'Abdullah ibn Muhammad, and the Shaykh 'Abd ar-Rahman ibn Hasan ibn Muhammad, which are: [Taysir al-'Aziz al-Hamid] and [Fath al-Majid].
Among them are: [Majmu'at at-Tawhid] by the Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him), [Kitab al-Iman], [Qa'idah Jalilah fi at-Tawassul wa al-Wasilah], [Al-'Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah], [At-Tadmuriyyah], and [Al-Humayriyyah]. These five are by the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him).
Among them are: [Zad al-Ma'ad fi Hady Khayr al-'Ibad], [As-Sawa'iq al-Mursalah 'ala al-Jahmiyyah wa al-Mu'tadilah], [Ijtima' al-Juyush al-Islamiyyah], [Al-Qasidah an-Nuniyyah], and [Ighathat al-Lahfan min Makayid ash-Shaytan]. All these five books are by the scholar Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him).
Among them are: [Sharh at-Tahawiyyah] by Ibn Abi al-'Izz, [Minhaj as-Sunnah] by the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, [Iqtida' as-Sirat al-Mustaqim] also by him, [Kitab at-Tawhid] by Ibn Khuzaymah, [Kitab as-Sunnah] by 'Abdullah ibn al-Imam Ahmad, [Al-I'tisam] by ash-Shatibi, and other books by the people of the Sunnah authored to explain the creed of the people of the Sunnah and the community.
Among the most comprehensive of these are [Fatawa Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah] and [Ad-Durar as-Saniyyah fi al-Fatawa an-Najdiyyah], compiled by the scholar Shaykh 'Abd ar-Rahman ibn Qasim (may Allah have mercy on him).