شرح العقيدة الواسطية

In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Compassionate, praise be to God, we praise Him, we seek His help, and we seek His guidance, and we seek refuge in God from the evils of ourselves and from the evils of our deeds.

This and this is the lesson that I ask God Almighty to complete, which is: Explanation of this Wasitiyya creed composed by the Sheikh of Islam and Muslims, Ilm al-Din and Taqi al-Din / Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Abd al-Halim ibn Abd al-Salam ibn Taymiyyah al-Harani, then al-Dimashqi, the well-known imam who died in the year 728 AH, may God Almighty have mercy on him and give him the reward, he wrote this creed to the people of Wasit, showing them the belief of the Victorious Survival Sect, Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama`ah from the predecessors of this nation and those who followed them on this belief until his time, may God have mercy on him.

And this thesis on its brevity and shortness was taken care of by the scholars after Sheikh Al-Islam, may God have mercy on him. Because it has included from the foundations of the beliefs of Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jamaa’ah to the full summary, in which he mentioned, may God have mercy on him: All the principles of belief, in which he mentioned the explanation of the six pillars of faith, and he mentioned in them what is required of God Almighty of the attributes of perfection and what God Almighty is described with, and the principle in that And the violation of the innovators and the misguided in the chapter on names and attributes. He mentioned what is related to that of belief in unseen matters, belief in books, messengers, and predestination, its good and its bad.

And he explained that among the foundations of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jama’ah are the rulings related to the Great Imamate, as well as what is obligatory for the rulers of the right of hearing and obedience in opposition to the Kharijites and their like who went against Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jama’ah in that. Because it is in opposition to the people of innovation from the Rawafid and their like, who do not take care of all the companions of the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him. He mentioned the provisions of the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. He mentioned the provisions or principles of morals for the Sunnis and the group.