Creed of Imam Bayhaqi
Abu Bakr al-Bayhaqi
Paperback
9781906949150
This Sunni treatise is, as the author describes, ‘a work on the subject of what the morally responsible needs to know concerning the foundations of knowledge and its derivatives… along with pointing out some of its evidences in a concise manner’. This work covers essential tenets of faith concerning Allah (swt), His Messenger (saw), the beatific vision of Allah in the Hereafter, predetermination, the natural predisposition to Islam, His angels and Books, the punishment in the grave, the Resurrection, Paradise and Hell, the law of obeying rulers, miracles of the saints, the Companions, the Prophet’s family and the caliphates of Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali (rad.).
Contents
1. The First Obligation to be Known and Approved
2. The Occurrence of the Cosmos
3. Allah’s Names and Attributes
4. The Meanings of Allah’s Names
5. Essential Attributes and Active Attributes
6. Other Essential Attributes
7. Attributes Additional to the Essence that Subsist in It
8. The Face, the Hands and the Eyes
9. The Attribute of Action
10. The Qur’an
11. Allah’s Ascension
12. The Beatific Vision
13. Predetermination
14. The Creation of Actions
15. Guidance and Misguidance
16. On Actions being by Allah’s Will
17. On Children being born with a Natural Predisposition to Islam
18. Lifespan and Provision
19. On Faith
20. On the Perpetrators of Major Sins
21. The Intercession
22. Faith in Allah’s Angels, Books and Messengers, the Resurrection, the Reckoning, the Scale, Paradise, the Fire, the Basin and the Signs of the Hour
23. The Punishment of the Grave
24. Adhering to the Sunnah and Avoiding Innovation
25. The Prohibition of Associating with the People of Innovation
26. The Responsibility of the Ruler
27. Obeying the Rulers and Adhering to the Group
28. A Summary of Various Obligations
29. The Prophet Muhammad s.a.w
30. The Miracles of Saints
31. The Companions
32. The Prophet’s Family
33. The Ten Promised Paradise
34. The Caliphs
35. The Caliphate of Abu Bakr
36. The Unanimous Allegiance to Abu Bakr
37. The Caliphate of ‘Umar
38. The Caliphate of ‘Uthman
39. The Caliphate of ‘Ali
Appendix
The Summation of the Creed