The Explanation of Sufficiency in Creed

The Explanation of Sufficiency in Creed

This is a translation of the classic treatise Lum’at-ul-‘Itiqaad 

(Sufficiency in Creed) of the great Imaam, Abu Muhammad Muwaffaq-ud-Deen Ibn Qudaamah Al-Maqdisee, may Allaah have mercy on him.

In this book, Imaam Ibn Qudaamah presents the Creed of the Salaf as is the custom of the scholars of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaa’ah in every century – to preserve the authentic Creed by way of writing it down in books and spreading it. So this Creed became well known amongst the scholars and studied in the gatherings of knowledge.

In fact, the treatise continues to be studied and reviewed by students of knowledge throughout the world.  This book was explained in recent times by Imaam Muhammad bin Saalih Al-‘Uthaimeen and assigned for study by the Board of Educational Institutes in Saudi Arabia.

All footnotes and hadeeth verifications were extracted in abridged form fromAshraf bin ‘Abdil-Maqsood’s checking of Imaam Ibn Al-‘Uthaimeen’s explanation of “Sufficiency in Creed.”  We ask Allaah to make this treatise a benefit for the students of knowledge to study and acquire the understanding of their Religion.

In this book, Imaam Ibn Qudaamah presents the Creed of the Salaf as is the custom of the scholars of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jama’ah in every century — to preserve the authentic Creed by way of writing it down in books and spreading it so this Creed became well known amongst the scholars and studied in the gatherings of knowledge. In fact the treatise continues to be studied and reviewed by students of knowledge throughout the world.

This book was explained in recent times by Imaam Muhammad bin Saalih Al-Uthaimeen and assigned for study by the Board of Educational Institutes in Saudi Arabia. All footnotes and hadeeth verifications were extracted in abridged form from Ashraf bin Abdil-Maqsood’s checking of Imaam Ibn Al-Uthaimeen’s explanation of ‘Sufficiency in Creed’.

About The Author

Ibn Qudaamah Al-Maqdisee was a reputable  Classical scholar author of the main Hanbali ‘fiqh’ manual knows as Al-Mughni’,  as well as this book ‘Mukhtasar Minhaj Al-Qasidin’ (a summary of Ghazali’s ‘Ihya ulum ad-din’) and ‘Tahrim an-Nazar’ (‘Censure of Speculative Theology’), an attack on Ibn Aqil’s rationalist views.

He was born in Palestine in 541 AH, where he became  Hafidh of  the Qur’an at an early age and moved to Baghdad where he studied under some established scholars such as Shaykh Abdul-Qadir in his final days (i.e. before he passed away), Ibn Al-Jawzi, Hibat-ullah Ibn Al-Hasan Ad-Daqaq, Abi’l Fath Ibn Al-Battee, Abi Zur’ah Ibn Tahir, Yahya Ibn Thaabit, Khadeejah An-Nahrawaniyah and others.

The Noble  Imaam of Al-Hanabilah in Damascus Mosque  died in Damascus In the Year 620 Hijri.

About The Commentator

Muhammad Bin Saalih Al-Uthaymeen (1925-2001 CE) was one of the most prominent Saudi Islamic scholars of the latter half of the twentieth century. 

Born in Saudi Arabia, he memorised the Qur’an at an early age and studied under some of the well known scholars of the time including: Abd ar-Rahman as-Saa’di, Muhammad Ash-Shanqiti, and ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Baaz. 

During his many years of study, he became world renowned as a reviver of Salafi Dawah and his knowledge in fiqh.