Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Aqeedah of Imam At-Tahawi (Arabic - English) (Continue Point 100 to 108)
وَعُلَمَاءُ السَّلَفِ مِنَ السَّابِقِينَ وَمَنْ بَعْدَهُمْ مِنَ التَّابِعِينَ أَهْلِ الْخَيْرِ وَالْأَثَرِ وَأَهْلِ الْفِقْهِ وَالنَّظَرِ لَا يُذْكَرُونَ إِلَّا بِالْجَمِيلِ وَمَنْ ذَكَرَهُمْ بِسُوءٍ فَهُوَ عَلَى غَيْرِ السَّبِيلِ
- The learned men
of the first community and those who followed in their footsteps – the
people of virtue, the narrators of the prophetic traditions, the jurists
and analysts- they must only be spoken about in the best way and anyone
who says anything bad about them is not upon the right path.
وَلَا نُفَضِّلُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْأَوْلِيَاءِ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ وَنَقُولُ نَبِيٌّ وَاحِدٌ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْأَوْلِيَاءِ
- We do not prefer
any of the righteous of this nation above any of the Prophets, but rather
we say that any one of the Prophets is better than all the saints put
together.
وَنُؤْمِنُ بِمَا جَاءَ مِنْ كَرَامَاتِهِمْ وَصَحَّ عَنِ الثِّقَاتِ مِنْ رِوَايَاتِهِمْ
- We believe in
what we know of miracles, the marvels of the saints, and the authentic
stories about them from trustworthy sources.
وَنُؤْمِنُ بِأَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ مِنْ خُرُوجِ الدَّجَّالِ وَنُزُولِ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَنُؤْمِنُ بِطُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا وَخُرُوجِ دَابَّةِ الْأَرْضِ مِنْ مَوْضِعِهَا
- We believe in
the signs of the Hour such as the appearance of the False Messiah and the
descent of Jesus son of Mary from heaven and we believe in the rising of
the sun from where it sets and in the emergence of the beast from the
earth.
وَلَا نُصَدِّقُ كَاهِنًا وَلَا عَرَّافًا وَلَا مَنْ يَدَّعِي شَيْئًا يُخَالِفُ الْكِتَابَ وَالسُّنَّةَ وَإِجْمَاعَ الْأُمَّةِ
- We do not accept
as true what is said by soothsayers and fortunetellers, nor do we accept
the claims of those who affirm anything which goes against the Book, the
prophetic tradition, and the consensus of the Muslim nation.
وَنَرَى الْجَمَاعَةَ حَقًّا وَصَوَابًا وَالْفُرْقَةَ زَيْغًا وَعَذَابًا
- We agree that
holding together is the true and right path and that separation is
deviation and torment.
وَدِينُ اللَّهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاءِ وَاحِدٌ وَهُوَ دِينُ الْإِسْلَامِ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ الْإِسْلَامُ وَقَالَ تَعَالَى وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلَامَ دِينًا وَهُوَ بَيْنَ الْغُلُوِّ وَ التَّقْصِيرِ وَبَيْنَ التَّشْبِيهِ وَالتَّعْطِيلِ وَبَيْنَ الْجَبْرِ وَالْقَدَرِ وَبَيْنَ الْأَمْنِ وَالْإِيَاسِ
- There is only
one religion of Allah in the heavens and the earth and that is the
religion of Islam. Allah said: Surely religion in the sight of Allah is Islam (3:19).
And He saaid: I am pleased
with Islam as a religion for you (5:3). Islam lies between
going to excess and falling short, between likening Allah to creation and
denying His attributes, between fatalism and rejection of providence, and
between certainty and despair.
فَهَذَا دِينُنَا وَاعْتِقَادُنَا ظَاهِرًا وَبَاطِنًا وَنَحْنُ بَرَاءٌ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى مِنْ كُلِّ مَنْ خَالَفَ الَّذِي ذَكَرْنَاهُ وَبَيَّنَّاهُ وَنَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يُثَبِّتَنَا عَلَى الْإِيمَانِ وَيَخْتِمَ لَنَا بِهِ وَيَعْصِمَنَا مِنَ الْأَهْوَاءِ الْمُخْتَلِفَةِ وَالْآرَاءِ الْمُتَفَرِّقَةِ وَالْمَذَاهِبِ الرَّدِيَّةِ مِثْلِ الْمُشَبِّهَةِ وَالْمُعْتَزِلَةِ وَالْجَهْمِيَّةِ وَالْجَبْرِيَّةِ وَالْقَدَرِيَّةِ وَغَيْرِهِمْ مِنَ الَّذِينَ خَالَفُوا الْجَمَاعَةَ وَحَالَفُوا الضَّلَالَةَ وَنَحْنُ مِنْهُمْ بَرَاءٌ وَهُمْ عِنْدَنَا ضُلَّالٌ وَأَرْدِيَاءُ وَبِاللَّهِ الْعِصْمَةُ وَالتَّوْفِيقُ
- This is our religion and it
is what we believe in, both inwardly and outwardly, and we renounce any
connection before Allah with anyone who goes against what we have said and
made clear. We ask Allah to make us firm in our faith and seal our lives
with it and to protect us from deviant ideas, scattered opinions, and evil
schools of thought such as anthropomorphists, the rationalists, those who
deny Allah’s attributes, the fatalists, the deniers of providence, and
others like them who oppose the prophetic tradition and community and who
have allied themselves with misguidance. We renounce any connection with
them and in our opinion they are in error and upon the path of
destruction. We ask Allah to protect us from every falsehood and we ask
His mercy and favor to do all good.
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