Explanation of al-Aqeedat al-Waasitiyyah of Shaykh al-Islam Ahmad Ibn Taimiyyah By Shaikh Saalih al-Fawzaan

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About the Book: Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taimiyyah (may Allah shower blessings on him) documented the Creed of the Ahl as-Sunnah wal-Jama’ah in response to a request by one of the judges among the scholars of Wasit – a governorate in eastern
*Iraq – Qaadee Radiyud-Deen al-Waasitiy (may Allah shower blessings on him) had asked the Shaykh to write a concise piece which will help guide his household and other dependents upon the right path in the face of widespread Innovations and its people at the time.
Widely known as al-‘Aqeedat al-Waasitiyyah, the treatise classically establishes matters regarding Allah’s Names and Attributes, the Last Day, the meaning of Eeman, al-Qadar (Preor-dainments), the Qur’an and so on according to the Qur’an, authentic Sunnah and the explanations of the companions, their students among the Tabi oon and those upon their path in the subsequent generations. The book has ever been widely memo-rized, studied and explained by the people of knowledge and their students.
Here is a summarized commentary on al-‘Aqeedat al-Waasiti-yyah by the eminent Shaykh and one of the eldest among the scholars upon the Sunnah in our times, Dr. Saalih bin Fawzan bin Abdillah al-Fawzaan (may Allah preserve him upon goodness) in succinct and easy-to-grab expressions.