Tahaawiyyah: The Classic Text on Basic Islamic Beliefs: Workbook & Resources

NOT for independent self-study, this is the workbook and resources you need for the classes of Ustaadh Moosaa Richardson, at al-Masjid al-Awwal in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) and LIVE online every Friday night. Grab your copy and join right in! “From those who upheld the Truth from the Muslim scholars after the second century was al-Imaam Aboo Ja’far Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Salaamah al-Azdee at-Tahaawee, may Allah cover him with His Mercy. He was born in the year 239, and he died in the year 321. He (may Allah have Mercy on him) conveyed the foundations which the predecessors were upon, reporting the fundamental beliefs of the Religion held by al-Imaam Aboo Haneefah an-Nu’maan ibn Thaabit al-Koofee, and his two companions, Aboo Yoosuf Ya’qoob ibn Ibraaheem al-Himyaree al-Ansaaree and Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ash-Shaybaanee, may Allah be pleased with all of them…” -al-Imaam Ibn Abil-‘Izz al-Hanafee Contents: [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 DECREE & DIVINE WILL OVERTAKE ALL THINGS (PART 1) [11] THE ENTIRE CREATION IS BETWEEN HIS GRACE & HIS JUSTICE [12] HIS DECREE & DIVINE WILL 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)… And more… There are a total of 76 main points in the books (as we have numbered them). The following resources provide additional benefit: 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 IV: A COMPLETE MANUSCRIPT OF THE TEXT OF WAASITIYYAH