Aqeedah

[rowhan]

Assalamu 'Alaykum wrwb

What is aqeedah? What's the english word for it, if any? I know that this is a basic question for most of you in here so please bear with me. Thanks ahead.

[AbdullahbinAbdullah]

Assalamu 'Alaykum wrwb

What is aqeedah? What's the english word for it, if any? I know that this is a basic question for most of you in here so please bear with me. Thanks ahead.

Wa Alaikum Assalam,

Aqeeda come from 3QD which means to tie a knot. So Aqeeda means something one ties their heart to, i.e. believes in. Technically it is what each Muslim believes in regards to Allah Ta'ala, the Prophets and the matters of the unseen.

It usually has three branches in the Ashari/Maturidi formulation. I am not sure about Athari formulation (Imam Tahawi).

The Three branches are:

1. Uluhiyyat- Theology
2. Nubuwiyyat- Prophetology
3. Sam3iyyat- Eschatology

The whole branch in English is also called Theology or some times the belief of so and so.

Wallahu Ta3ala A3lam.

[Ishaaq Ahmad]

Theology is not a good translation of Aqeeda, because Theology means "study of God", whereas Aqeeda isn't just restricted to belief about Allah.

Best English translation of Aqeeda is Creed.

[Ishaaq Ahmad]

Wa Alaikum Assalam,

Aqeeda come from 3QD which means to tie a knot. So Aqeeda means something one ties their heart to, i.e. believes in. Technically it is what each Muslim believes in regards to Allah Ta'ala, the Prophets and the matters of the unseen.

It usually has three branches in the Ashari/Maturidi formulation. I am not sure about Athari formulation (Imam Tahawi).

The Three branches are:

1. Uluhiyyat- Theology
2. Nubuwiyyat- Prophetology
3. Sam3iyyat- Eschatology

The whole branch in English is also called Theology or some times the belief of so and so.

Wallahu Ta3ala A3lam.

The best translation of Aqeeda is Creed, not Theology. Because Theology refers only to belief about God, but Creed is more comprehensive.

The People of Innovation and Misguidance say there are 3 valid Aqeedas (Ashari, Maturidi, and Athari)

However, Islaam has only 1 True Aqeeda, not 3.

[AbdullahbinAbdullah]

The best translation of Aqeeda is Creed, not Theology. Because Theology refers only to belief about God, but Creed is more comprehensive.

The People of Innovation and Misguidance say there are 3 valid Aqeedas (Ashari, Maturidi, and Athari)

However, Islaam has only 1 True Aqeeda, not 3.

Jazakumullahu Khairan, yes Creed is a better translation.

[rowhan]

Jazaakallahu khairan for the replies. So as a Shafi'i, what is my aqeedah? do salafis have different aqeedah with the ahle sunnah?

[AbdullahbinAbdullah]

Jazaakallahu khairan for the replies. So as a Shafi'i, what is my aqeedah? do salafis have different aqeedah with the ahle sunnah?

Most Shafi;is are Ash3aris as far as I remember. All Malikis are ash3aris (my teacher). Hanafis are mostly maturidi. The hanbalis have all the schools in their ranks.

As my teacher stressed, Aqeeda in its foundation is not something you can "follow". Because to believe means to affirm. You cannot affirm something you do not know. Hence we should all affirm that there is none worthy to worship except Allah and the Prophet (Sallallahu 3laihi wasallam) is his messenger with full conviction. You can study the simply Ash3ari aqeeda with a teacher quite easily.

As for the Salafi, they would claim they are ahlu-ss-unnah, as each group claims to be such. However, while this is not the aqeeda of the majority and is often different from the Athari aqeeda.

As Shaykh Murabi Al-Hajj once said that learn sura ihlas and then worship, i.e. Surah ikhlas has the sufficient aqeeda to begin with. Know this: most of the great scholars who have transferred us the Quran (Imam Jazari), the Hadith (Imam Nawai, Imam Asqalani), Tafsir (Imam Razi, Imam ibn Kathir e.t.c.) and other are all either Ash3ari or maturidi. Some might be Athari. Very few would have the modern day "Salafi" aqeeda if any.

Stick with the majority. And we are in continued need of Allah Ta'ala for guidance and istiqama.

...If Allah had not guided us we would have gone astray
we would not have fasted, let alone pray...

[Ahmad_shakeel]

http://deoband.org/2009/10/aqida/all...slamic-belief/

[rqsnnt]

Jazaakallahu khairan for the replies. So as a Shafi'i, what is my aqeedah? do salafis have different aqeedah with the ahle sunnah?

As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu

I also want to know it.

Salam

[Ishaaq Ahmad]

Most Shafi;is are Ash3aris as far as I remember

Ashari creed was founded by Abul Hasan Ashari, much after Imam Shafie even. The original creed of Islaam is not Ashari or Maturidi. These creeds were invented after the revelation of Quran and Sunnah.
None of the Sahaba were following the Ashari creed or the Maturidi creed.

As for the Salafi, they would claim they are ahlu-ss-unnah, as each group claims to be such. However, while this is not the aqeeda of the majority and is often different from the Athari aqeeda.

What is the difference between Athari and Salafi? In fact, they are the same thing.

Know this: most of the great scholars who have transferred us the Quran (Imam Jazari), the Hadith (Imam Nawai, Imam Asqalani), Tafsir (Imam Razi, Imam ibn Kathir e.t.c.) and other are all either Ash3ari or maturidi. Some might be Athari. Very few would have the modern day "Salafi" aqeeda if any.

Imam Bukhari, Imam Muslim, Imam Nasa'i, Imam Tirmidhi, Imam Abi Dawud as Sijistani, Imam Ahmad, Imam Malik, Imam Ayyub as Sakhtiyani, Imam al Barbahari, Imam al Lalaakai, Ibn Qudamah, al Khallal, etc.,...NONE of them were Ashari or Maturidi. All of them followed the Creed of the Salaf.

Stick with the majority. And we are in continued need of Allah Ta'ala for guidance and istiqama.

Quran and Hadith proves that majority is always misguided. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said out of 73 sects, all of them are going to Hell, except only 1 is Saved.

The true guidance is in Quran and Sunnah.

The mullahs and muftis and peers and sufis are all misguided. Only the People of Hadith are guided.