{"id":1,"date":"2024-01-14T17:49:22","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T17:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.assalam.in\/?p=1"},"modified":"2024-03-01T18:11:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T12:41:16","slug":"authentic-creed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assalam.in\/index.php\/2024\/01\/14\/authentic-creed\/","title":{"rendered":"Authentic Creed"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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AUTHENTIC CREED
AND INVALIDATOS IN ISLAM\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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All praise is due to Allah, and Allah’s Peace and Blessings be upon His Final Messenger, his pure family, his noble Companions, and all those who follow them with righteousness until the Day of Judgment.<\/p>\n

To proceed:<\/p>\n

In view of the fact that the true ‘Aqidah, or creed, is the foundation of Islam, I have decided on ‘ The Authentic Creed and the Invalidators of Islam as a title for the present treatise. It is evident from texts of the Noble Qur\u2019aan and the Sunnah that a person’s words and deeds will not be accepted unless they emanate from a true creed. If the creed is not authentic, all words and deeds emanating there from are bound to be rejected. The Qur’aan says:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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“And whosoever disbelieves in Faith then, fruitless is his work and in the Hereafter he will be among the losers.” (Soorah 5:5)<\/h6>\n
“And indeed it has already been revealed to you, as it was to those before you, that if you join others with Allah in worship, then surely all your deeds will be in vain, and you will certainly be among the losers.” (Soorah 39:65)<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Verses to this effect are numberless.<\/p>\n

The Qur\u2019aan and the Prophetic traditions clearly state that the true creed is to believe in Allah, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, the Last Day, and Al-Qadar (Divine Destiny), the good of it and the bad of it. These six articles constitute the basis of the true creed with which Allah sent His Book and with which He sent His Messenger Muhammad.<\/p>\n

These articles also include all aspects of Al-Ghaib (Unseen World), or in which a Muslim should believe. They also include all that which Allah and His Messenger have informed us thereof. The evidence of these articles come from many Verses of the Qur\u2019aan as well as Prophetic traditions. The following are but a few examples. Allah says:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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“It is not righteousness that you turn your faces towards east or west; but it is righteousness to believe in Allah and the Last Day, and the Angels, the Book and the Messengers.” (Soorah 2:177)<\/h6>\n
He also said:<\/h6>\n
“The Messenger believes in what has been revealed to him from his Lord, as do the believers. Each one (of them) believes in Allah, His Angels, His Books, and His Messengers. (They say) ‘We make no distinction between one another of His Messengers.’ And they say,’We hear and we obey. We seek Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the end of all journeys.” (Soorah 2:285)<\/h6>\n
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“O you who believe! Believe in Allah and His Messenger, and the Scripture which He sent to His Messenger (i.e., the Qur\u2019aan) and the Scripture which He sent to those before (him) any who disbelieves in Allah, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers and the Last Day has indeed gone far, far astray.” (Soorah 4:136)<\/h6>\n

“Know you not that Allah knows all that is in the heaven and on the earth? Verily, it is (all) in the Book (Al-Lauh Al-Mahf\u0101z), Verily, that is easy for Allah.” (Soorah 22:70)<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The authentic Prophetic traditions clearly stating these articles are also innumerable. We cite the following tradition as an example. Muslim reported in his Sahih on the authority of ‘Umar bin Al-Khatt\u0101b that when Jibril asked the Prophet \ufffd about Faith, he said:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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This tradition has also been reported by Al-Bukh\u0101ri on the authority of Abu Hurairah. From these articles emanate all that a Muslim should believe with regard to Allah’s Right, the Day of Judgment and all matters pertaining to the Unseen World.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Belief in Allah signifies that Allah is the true God Who Alone deserves to be worshipped, as He is the Creator and the Sustainer of all human beings. It also signifies that He is also fully aware of their secret and open words and deeds and is Able to reward the righteous and punish the disobedient. In fact, Allah created mankind and the jinn for the sole reason to worship Him Alone. As the Qur\u2019aan says:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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“And I (Allah) created not the jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me (Alone). I seek not any provision from them (i.e., provision for themselves or for My creatures) nor do I ask that they should feed Me (i.e., feed themselves or My creatures). Verily, Allah is the All-Provider, Owner of Power, the Most Strong.” (Soorah 51 : 56-58)<\/h6>\n

And He said:<\/p>\n

“O mankind! Worship your Lord, Who created you and those \u00a0who \u00a0came \u00a0before \u00a0you \u00a0that \u00a0you \u00a0may \u00a0become\u00a0righteous. Who has made the earth a resting place for\u00a0<\/strong>you, and the sky as a canopy, and sent down rain from the sky, and brought forth therewith fruits as provision for you. Then do not set up rivals unto Allah (in worship) while you know that He Alone has the right to be worshipped.” <\/strong>(Soorah 2:21,22)<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Allah sent the Messengers and sent down the Books to clarify this Truth, call to it and warn against all that which contradicts it. The Qur\u2019aan says:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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“And verily, we have sent among every Ummah a Messenger, (with the command), ‘Worship Allah (Alone) and avoid (or Keep away from) At-Taghut (i.e., all false deities).” (Soorah 16:36)<\/h6>\n
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“And We did not send any Messenger before you but we revealed to them (saying): La Ilaha illa Ana (none has the right to be worshipped but I, So worship Me.” (Soorah 21:25)<\/h6>\n
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“This is a Book, the Verses whereof are perfected and then explained in detail from One (Allah), Who is All- Wise and Well-Acquainted (with all things): (Saying) worship none but Allah. Verily, I (Muhammad) am unto you from Him a warner and a bringer of glad tidings.” (Soorah 11:1,2)<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The reality of ‘worship’ mentioned in the above-mentioned Verses is to direct all one s acts to Allah Alone. These include, amongst other things, supplications, fear and hope, prayers, fasting, making sacrifices and taking vows. These should be done in total submission to His Will, fearing His chastisement and hoping for His Mercy as well as displaying love for Him. Many Verses of the Qur’aan clearly state this Islamic fundamental. The Qur\u2019aan says:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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“Verily, We have sent down the Book to you in truth: so worship Allah (Alone), offering Him sincere devotion. Surely, sincere devotion (worship) is due to Allah Alone.” (Soorah 39:2,3)
“And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him.” (Soorah 17:23)<\/h6>\n

\u201cSo, call upon Allah with sincere devotion, making your worship pure for Him (Alone)\u201d (Soorah 40:14)<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Al-Bukh\u0101ri and Muslim also report on the authority of Mu\u2019adh who said, that the Prophet said:<\/p>\n

\u201cAllah\u2019s right upon His slaves is that they should worship Him Alone and not to associate anyone with Him in worship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Belief in Allah also necessitates the belief in all the apparent obligations including the five pillars of Islam, namely the declaration that none is worthy of worship except Allah and that  Muhammad  \ufffd<\/strong>   <\/strong>is His Messenger, performing prayers, paying Zakah<\/em>, <\/em>fasting  during  the  month  of  Ramad\u0101n, and performing pilgrimage to Ka\u2019bah in Makkah, if one can afford it.<\/p>\n

The most important of all these pillars is the declaration of Faith, That none has the right to he worshipped except Allah. This declaration requires offering sincere devotion to Allah Alone. Anyone who is worshipped besides Allah is but vain falsehood, as the Qur\u2019aan says:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We have mentioned earlier that Allah created the jinn and men to worship Him Alone and that He sent His Messengers and sent down His Books to explain this fundamental to them. Many Muslims nowadays have neglected this fundamental and have thus fallen into ignorance and have, wittingly or unwittingly, worshipped others besides Allah, hence violating this right of worship, which is His prerogative.<\/p>\n

This belief also necessitates the belief that Allah is the Originator and Creator of the creation and that He Alone is the Disposer of their affairs with His Total Will and Absolute Knowledge. He is also the Master of the present world and the Hereafter and the Lord of the worlds. There is no creator or<\/p>\n

lord but He. He sent the Messengers and sent down the Books to call them to that which will benefit them in this world and in the Hereafter. The Qur\u2019aan says:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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“Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is the Guardian and Disposer of all affairs.” (39: 62)<\/h6>

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“Indeed your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six days, then He rose over the Throne (in the manner that suits His Majesty). He covers the night with the day, seeking it rapidly, and (He created) the sun, the moon, and the stars, (all) are subjected to His Commandment. Surely, His is the creation and the commandment. Blessed be Allah, the Lord of the worlds.” (Soorah 7:54)<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Belief in Allah also necessitates the belief in His Beautiful Names and Lofty Attributes that are clearly stated in the Qur’aan and are authentically mentioned by His Prophet Muhammad \ufffd<\/strong>. We should believe in all His Attributes without changing \u00a0them, \u00a0completely \u00a0ignoring \u00a0them,\u00a0 \u00a0twisting their meanings, or claiming that they resemble \u00a0human attributes. Rather, we should believe in these \u00a0Attributes and describe Allah in a manner that suits His \u00a0Majesty and Grandeur, for none of His creatures resembles Him in any way.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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“There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All- Hearer, the All-Seer.” (Soorah 42: 11)<\/h6>\n

“Invent not similitudes for Allah. Truly, Allah knows and you know not.” (Soorah 16:74)<\/h6>\n


Such is the creed of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jam\u0101’ah, the Companions of the Prophet and those who follow in their footsteps. Im\u0101m Abu Al-Hasan Al-Ash’arI mentioned this creed in his book ‘A1-Maq\u0101l\u0101t ‘an Ash\u0101bil-Hadithi wa Ahlis-Sunnah. ‘<\/p>\n

Other leading scholars have also mentioned this true creed in their works.<\/p>\n

Imam A1-Awza said:
“Az-ZuhrI and Makhul were inquired about the Verses which talk about Allah’ s Attributes and they replied, ‘Leave them as they are.” That is, do not interpret them.<\/p>\n

Al-Walid bin Muslim said: “M\u0101lik, A1-Awz\u0101’i, Al-Laith bin Sa’d, and Sufy\u0101n Ath-Thawri, may Allah have mercy upon them, were asked about the narration concerning Allah’s Attributes, and they all said to believe in them all without interpreting their meanings.”<\/p>\n

Al-Awz\u0101’i said:
“We used to say in the presence of At-T\u0101bi’un, the successors of the Prophet’s Companions, that Allah is over His Throne, and we believed in all the Prophetic traditions concerning Allah’s Attributes.”
When Rabi’ah bin Abu ‘Abdur-Rahm\u0101n, the teacher of Im\u0101m M\u0101lik, was asked about the Verse, “Allah rose over His Throne.” (Soorah 7:54), he replied:<\/p>\n

“Allah’s rising over the Throne is not to be denied, to imagine the manner in which this is done is impossible, the Message is from Allah, the Prophet conveyed this Message, and we have to believe in it as it is.”<\/p>\n

When Im\u0101m M\u0101lik himself was inquired about the manner in which Allah rose over the Throne, he replied: “Allah’s action of rising over the Throne is known, the manner in which this was done is not known, the belief in this matter is obligatory, and inquiring about this manner is an innovation in religion, or Bid’ah.”<\/p>\n

Then he addressed the inquirer thus, “You are but an evil person.”<\/p>\n

Then he asked people around him to send him out. Umm Salamah, the Prophet’s wife, is reported to have made the same statement.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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“There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All- Hearer, the All-Seer.” (Soorah 42: 11)“Invent not similitudes for Allah. Truly, Allah knows and you know not.” (Soorah 16:74)Such is the creed of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jam\u0101’ah, the Companions of the Prophet and those who follow in their footsteps. Im\u0101m Abu Al-Hasan Al-Ash’arI mentioned this creed in his book ‘A1-Maq\u0101l\u0101t ‘an Ash\u0101bil-Hadithi wa Ahlis-Sunnah. ‘Other leading scholars have also mentioned this true creed in their works.Imam A1-Awza said:“Az-ZuhrI and Makhul were inquired about the Verses which talk about Allah’ s Attributes and they replied, ‘Leave them as they are.” That is, do not interpret them.Al-Walid bin Muslim said: “M\u0101lik, A1-Awz\u0101’i, Al-Laith bin Sa’d, and Sufy\u0101n Ath-Thawri, may Allah have mercy upon them, were asked about the narration concerning Allah’s Attributes, and they all said to believe in them all without interpreting their meanings.”Al-Awz\u0101’i said:“We used to say in the presence of At-T\u0101bi’un, the successors of the Prophet’s Companions, that Allah is over His Throne, and we believed in all the Prophetic traditions concerning Allah’s Attributes.”When Rabi’ah bin Abu ‘Abdur-Rahm\u0101n, the teacher of Im\u0101m M\u0101lik, was asked about the Verse, “Allah rose over His Throne.” (Soorah 7:54), he replied:“Allah’s rising over the Throne is not to be denied, to imagine the manner in which this is done is impossible, the Message is from Allah, the Prophet conveyed this Message, and we have to believe in it as it is.”When Im\u0101m M\u0101lik himself was inquired about the manner in which Allah rose over the Throne, he replied: “Allah’s action of rising over the Throne is known, the manner in which this was done is not known, the belief in this matter is obligatory, and inquiring about this manner is an innovation in religion, or Bid’ah.”Then he addressed the inquirer thus, “You are but an evil person.” Then he asked people around him to send him out. Umm Salamah, the Prophet’s wife, is reported to have made the same statement. AUTHENTIC CREED AND INVALIDATOS IN ISLAM All praise is due to Allah, and Allah’s Peace and Blessings be upon His Final Messenger, his pure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assalam.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assalam.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assalam.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assalam.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assalam.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/www.assalam.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2920,"href":"https:\/\/www.assalam.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/2920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assalam.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assalam.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assalam.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assalam.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}