The Creed of Imam al-Tahawi
""Creeds articulate the principal points that define a person’s faith and explicate the fundamental convictions concerning Allah, His prophets, scriptures, angels and eschatological truths. These are essential in that they provide clarity about one’s belief and guard one against theological heterodoxies and aberrations. They form the basis for a person’s acts of worship, without which such actions are of no avail..."
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Apr 19 · 5 weeks ago
❤️ smps [OP/mod] · Apr 19 at 15:48:
..."The Prophet, in many of his sayings, issued a dire warning against aberrancy and innovation. He (SAW) said, ‘Whoever then dissents will dissent into Hell? (narrated by al-Hakim) and ‘Allah will not accept prayer, fasting, charity, hajj, umrah, jihad and voluntary and obligatory actions (sarf wa ‘adl) from an innovator. He will be removed from Islam just as a hair is removed from dough: (Narrated by al-Bayhaqi.)..."
"....…The Creed of Imam Abi Ja‘far al-Tahawi (d. 321/933) is arguably the most acclaimed and universally accepted, It is, moreover, one of the earliest works on creed; and its enduring appeal among Sunni scholarly circles is attested by the numerous commentaries written on it, the various languages it has been translated into, and the many Islamic seminaries at which it is the primary creedal text that is taught.""
THE CREED OF IMAM AL-TAHAWI - pdf https://dn790009.ca.archive.org/0/items/AtTahawiCreedHamzahYusufTranslation/At%20Tahawi%20Creed%20%28Hamzah%20Yusuf%20translation%29_text.pdf