Tahaawiyyah (Workbook): The Classic Text on Basic Islamic Beliefs

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This workbook includes the fully-vowelled Arabic text of al-'Aqeedah at-Tahaawiyyah and its English translation by Moosaa Richardson, divided into 76 lessons, a complete Arabic manuscript of the text, an isnaad (chain of transmission) back to Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah, as well as the complete uninterrupted text of Waasitiyyah, the Arabic original (both completely vowelled and completely unvowelled versions), as well as the complete, uninterrupted English translation.

Here are the topics:

[1] THE AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION

[2] NO ONE DESERVES ANY WORSHIP OTHER THAN ALLAH ALONE

[3] NO BEGINNING OR END; HIS WILL IS ABSOLUTE

[4] HIS UNIQUE REALITY IS BEYOND COMPREHENSION & IMAGINATION

[5] DIVINE ATTRIBUTES OF ALLAH: AFFIRMATIONS & NEGATIONS

[6] HIS NAMES ARE ETERNAL AS HE IS ETERNAL HIMSELF

[7] THE LORD, CREATOR & PROVIDER BEFORE THERE WAS A CREATION

[8] ALL-POWERFUL & CAPABLE, THE ALL-HEARING, ALL-SEEING

[9] COMPREHENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF PEOPLE'S LIVES & DEEDS

[10] HIS DIVINE WILL & DECREE OVERTAKE ALL THINGS (PART 1)

[11] THE ENTIRE CREATION IS BETWEEN HIS GRACE & HIS JUSTICE

[12] HIS DIVINE WILL & DECREE OVERTAKE ALL THINGS (PART 2)

[13] THE LAST PROPHET & MESSENGER: THE IMAM OF THE RIGHTEOUS

[14] THE FINAL SEAL OF PROPHETS SENT TO ALL HUMANS & JINN

[15] THE QURAN IS THE ACTUAL SPEECH OF ALLAH, NOT CREATED

[16] THE RULING ON THOSE WHO SAY THE QURAN IS HUMAN SPEECH

[17] ALLAH IS NOT DESCRIBED WITH HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS

[18] SEEING ALLAH IN THE HEREAFTER CONFIRMED IN THE QURAN

[19] SUBMISSION & SURRENDER VS. PHILOSOPHY & RHETORIC

[20] THE CONFUSION OF PHILOSOPHY, DEVIANT DOUBTS & CONJECTURE

[21] ABANDONING FALSE INTERPRETATIONS

[22] ALLAH IS ONLY DESCRIBED WITH PERFECT ONENESS

[23] ALLAH IS NOT LIMITED NOR CONTAINED WITHIN HIS CREATION

[24] THE NIGHT JOURNEY & ASCENSION UP THROUGH THE HEAVENS

[25] RELIEF AT THE HOWDH (DRINKING POOL)

[26] INTERCESSION IN THE HEREAFTER

[27] THE COVENANT BETWEEN ALLAH & THE DESCENDANTS OF ADAM

[28] THE PEOPLE OF PARADISE & THE PEOPLE OF HELL

[29] PEOPLE'S DEEDS ARE ALREADY KNOWN TO ALLAH

[30] FINAL DEEDS & ENDINGS ARE ALREADY DETERMINED

[31] QADAR IS ALLAH'S HIDDEN WISDOM BEHIND HIS CREATION

[32] THE CORRECT APPROACH TO TWO TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE

[33] THE TABLET AND THE PEN; ALL AFFAIRS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN

[34] MORE ON THE OVERWHELMING & UNDENIABLE QADAR OF ALLAH

[35] THE REALITY OF OBJECTING TO THE DECREE OF ALLAH

[36] ALLAH IS ABOVE THE THRONE, FOOTSTOOL & EVERYTHING ELSE

[37] THE PROPHETS, ANGELS & BOOKS OF REVELATION

[38] VALIDATING THE FAITH OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE OPENLY

[39] SHUNNING DEBATES ABOUT ALLAH, ISLAM & THE QURAN

[40] THE CORRECT STANCE ON SINFUL MUSLIMS (PART 1) 

[41] THE CORRECT STANCE ON SINFUL MUSLIMS (PART 2)

[42] A DEFINITION OF EEMAAN (FAITH)

[43] THE BASIS OF FAITH IS SINGULAR; BELIEVERS HOLD VARIOUS RANKS

[44] BELIEVERS ARE THE ALLIES OF AR-RAHMAAN

[45] THE PILLARS OF EEMAAN & BELIEVING IN ALL PROPHETS

[46] MAJOR SINS & PUNISHMENT IN THE HELLFIRE (PART 1)

[47] MAJOR SINS & PUNISHMENT IN THE HELLFIRE (PART 2)

[48] THE CORRECT STANCE ON THE MUSLIM LEADERS (PART 1)

[49] NOT FIGHTING AGAINST THE MUSLIMS

[50] THE CORRECT STANCE ON THE MUSLIM LEADERS (PART 2)

[51] FOLLOWING THE SUNNAH & STICKING TO THE JAMAA'AH

[52] LOVING THE TRUSTWORTHY & HATING THE TRANSGRESSORS

[53] SAYING "ALLAH KNOWS BEST" ABOUT UNCLEAR MATTERS

[54] WIPING OVER FOOTWEAR IS A LEGISLATED SUNNAH

[55] THE CORRECT STANCE ON THE MUSLIM LEADERS (PART 3)

[56] BELIEF IN THE ANGELS & THE ANGEL OF DEATH

[57] THE LIFE OF THE GRAVE & THE ANGELS' QUESTIONS

[58] VARIOUS MATTERS OF BELIEF ABOUT THE DAY OF JUDGMENT

[59] PARADISE & THE HELLFIRE & MORE ABOUT QADAR

[60] UNDERSTANDING ISSUES OF CAPABILITY & ACCOUNTABALITY

[61] PEOPLE'S DEEDS ARE CREATED, YET THEY ARE STILL ACCOUNTABLE

[62] ALLAH IS NOT QUESTIONED ABOUT WHAT HE CHOOSES & DECREES

[63] ALL PEOPLE ARE IN NEED OF ALLAH AT ALL TIMES

[64] FROM ALLAH'S ATTRIBUTES: ANGER & BEING PLEASED

[65] LOVING THE COMPANIONS IN A BALANCED WAY

[66] THE BEST COMPANIONS: THE RIGHTLY-GUIDED CALIPHS

[67] THE TEN COMPANIONS PROMISED PARADISE BY NAME

[68] SPEAKING WELL OF THE COMPANIONS & FAMILY

[69] HONORING THE EARLY SCHOLARS & SPEAKING WELL OF THEM

[70] THE RIGHTEOUS DO NOT OUTRANK THE PROPHETS

[71] SOME MAJOR SIGNS OF THE DAY OF JUDGMENT

[72] SOOTHSAYERS, FORTUNETELLERS & OTHER FALSE CLAIMANTS

[73] SOLIDARITY UPON THE TRUTH & SHUNNING DIVISION

[74] ISLAM IS THE CORRECT RELIGION ON EARTH & IN THE HEAVENS

[75] THE MIDDLE COURSE BETWEEN FANATICISM & NEGLIGENCE

[76] OUR STANCE ON THOSE WHO OPPOSE THESE FUNDAMENTALS

APPENDIX I: THE COMPLETE TEXT OF THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION

APPENDIX II: ISNAAD: CHAIN OF TRANSMISSION FOR THE TEXT

APPENDIX III: THE COMPLETE VOWELLED ARABIC TEXT OF WAASITIYYAH

APPENDIX IV: THE COMPLETE UNVOWELLED ARABIC TEXT OF WAASITIYYAH

APPENDIX V: A COMPLETE MANUSCRIPT OF THE TEXT OF WAASITIYYAH