The Meaning of "Al-'Aqeedah al-Wasatiyyah"
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Question:
The questioner, who sent a set of questions, is Saleh Sa'd from Yemen. He says in this question: We often hear, Your Eminence, about Al-'Aqeedah al-Wasatiyyah, but we do not know what "al-Wasatiyyah" means. Does it mean the correct creed, or what does it mean?
Please guide us in light of our question, as we are a group of students of knowledge.
Answer:
Al-'Aqeedah al-Wasatiyyah is a book authored by Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn 'Abd al-Halim ibn 'Abd al-Salam ibn Taymiyyah al-Harrani, known as Shaykh al-Islam ibn Taymiyyah, and also known as Taki al-Din. He was born in the year 661 AH and passed away in the year 728 AH. He was one of the imams who exercised independent legal reasoning (ijtihad), and one of the people of the Sunnah and the community; indeed, he was among the imams of the people of the Sunnah and the community (may Allah have mercy on him). He has many writings, including: Minhaj al-Sunnah in refuting the Mu'tazilah and the Rafidah; his book Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim Mukhalafat Ahl al-Jahim; and his book Al-'Aqeedah al-Wasatiyyah.
It was named al-Wasatiyyah because he wrote it to the people of Wasit in Iraq. He wrote it to them, so it was called al-Wasatiyyah, because he wrote it to a group from the people of Wasit who asked him. It was called al-Wasatiyyah. He has another treatise on the creed called al-Hamawiyyah, which he wrote to the people of Hama in the Levant. He has a third treatise on the attributes called al-Tamimiyyah, which he wrote to the people of Tadmur in the Levant.
These are the reasons for the names: al-Wasatiyyah, because the creed was written to the people of Wasit; al-Hamawiyyah, a creed written to the people of Hama; and al-Tamimiyyah, a creed written to the people of Tadmur. They are three great books on the creed of the people of the Sunnah and the community, and they are beneficial. We advise reading them and benefiting from them. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you, O Shaykh.
The questioner, who sent a set of questions, is Saleh Sa'd from Yemen. He says in this question: We often hear, Your Eminence, about Al-'Aqeedah al-Wasatiyyah, but we do not know what "al-Wasatiyyah" means. Does it mean the correct creed, or what does it mean?
Please guide us in light of our question, as we are a group of students of knowledge.
Answer:
Al-'Aqeedah al-Wasatiyyah is a book authored by Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn 'Abd al-Halim ibn 'Abd al-Salam ibn Taymiyyah al-Harrani, known as Shaykh al-Islam ibn Taymiyyah, and also known as Taki al-Din. He was born in the year 661 AH and passed away in the year 728 AH. He was one of the imams who exercised independent legal reasoning (ijtihad), and one of the people of the Sunnah and the community; indeed, he was among the imams of the people of the Sunnah and the community (may Allah have mercy on him). He has many writings, including: Minhaj al-Sunnah in refuting the Mu'tazilah and the Rafidah; his book Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim Mukhalafat Ahl al-Jahim; and his book Al-'Aqeedah al-Wasatiyyah.
It was named al-Wasatiyyah because he wrote it to the people of Wasit in Iraq. He wrote it to them, so it was called al-Wasatiyyah, because he wrote it to a group from the people of Wasit who asked him. It was called al-Wasatiyyah. He has another treatise on the creed called al-Hamawiyyah, which he wrote to the people of Hama in the Levant. He has a third treatise on the attributes called al-Tamimiyyah, which he wrote to the people of Tadmur in the Levant.
These are the reasons for the names: al-Wasatiyyah, because the creed was written to the people of Wasit; al-Hamawiyyah, a creed written to the people of Hama; and al-Tamimiyyah, a creed written to the people of Tadmur. They are three great books on the creed of the people of the Sunnah and the community, and they are beneficial. We advise reading them and benefiting from them. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you, O Shaykh.
Source
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