WAASITIYYAH: the Classic Text on Basic Islamic Beliefs

Book excerpt: The official workbook for Friday night classes at al-Masjid al-Awwal in Pittsburgh, and everywhere else through our online broadcasts. These classes are broadcast live for free. Then, high quality edited MP3 recordings replace the live versions, and you can download and listen at your convenience, in shaa' Allah, from this link: https://www.spreaker.com/show/waasitiyyah-basic-muslim-creed This workbook includes the fully-voweled Arabic text of Waasitiyyah and its English translation by Moosaa Richardson, split up over 100 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, as wall as the English translation. Here are some of the topics: [3] THE CREED OF THE SAVED SECT: AHLUS-SUNNAH WAL-JAMAA'AH [4] AFFIRMING DIVINE ATTRIBUTES WHILE AVOIDING FOUR ERRORS [7] ALLAH'S NAMES AND ATTRIBUTES IN SOORAH AL-IKHLAAS [8] ALLAH'S NAMES AND ATTRIBUTES IN AAYAT AL-KURSEE [9] THE FIRST, THE LAST, THE EVER-LIVING [10] THE KNOWLEDGE OF ALLAH: ABSOLUTE & COMPREHENSIVE [12] AFFIRMING HEARING & SEEING AS ATTRIBUTES OF ALLAH [13] ALLAH'S DIVINE WILL: MASHEE'AH AND IRAADAH [14] AFFIRMING ALLAH'S LOVE AS A DIVINE ATTRIBUTE [16] AFFIRMING ALLAH'S MERCY AS A DIVINE ATTRIBUTE [17] THE PLEASURE OF ALLAH AND HIS ANGER [18] ALLAH'S MAJESTIC ARRIVAL ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT [19] ALLAH'S MAJESTIC FACE AND HANDS [20] ALLAH'S EYES [24] PARDONING AND FORGIVING [25] ALLAH'S MAJESTIC HONOR [26] THE BLESSED NAME OF ALLAH AND HIS DIVINE UNIQUENESS [27] ALLAH'S UNSHARED SOVEREIGNTY [30] THE PROHIBITION OF SPEAKING ABOUT ALLAH WITH SIMILITUDES [31] THE ASCENSION ABOVE THE THRONE IN SEVEN CLEAR QURANIC PASSAGES [33] ALLAH'S DIVINE LOFTINESS: MORE QURANIC PROOFS [34] THE "MA'IYYAH" OF ALLAH: HE IS WITH HIS CREATION [36] ALLAH SPEAKS WITH REAL SPEECH [39] ALLAH HAS SENT THE QURAN DOWN FROM ABOVE THE CREATION [40] BELIEVERS WILL SEE ALLAH IN THE HEREAFTER [41] ALLAH'S DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AS FOUND IN THE SUNNAH [42] ALLAH DESCENDS EVERY NIGHT IN A MANNER THAT BEFITS HIS MAJESTY [43] ALLAH'S HAPPINESS AND LAUGHTER AS ESTABLISHED IN THE SUNNAH [44] THE FOOT OF ALLAH AS ESTABLISHED IN THE SUNNAH [45] ALLAH SPEAKS TO HIS CREATION AS ESTABLISHED IN THE SUNNAH [46] ALLAH'S LOFTINESS AS ESTABLISHED IN THE SUNNAH [48] ALLAH IS WITH HIS CREATION AS ESTABLISHED IN THE SUNNAH [49] ALLAH'S NEARNESS AS ESTABLISHED IN THE SUNNAH [51] SEEING ALLAH ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT [52] AHLUS-SUNNAH WAL-JAMAA'AH AFFIRM ALL THESE ATTRIBUTES [53] AHLUS-SUNNAH WAL-JAMAA'AH: THE MIDDLE COURSE OF BALANCE [54] PROOF OF ALLAH'S LOFTINESS AND "MA'IYYAH" COMBINED [55] ALLAH'S "MA'IYYAH" DOES NOT MEAN HE IS WITHIN THE CREATED REALM [56] SHUNNING FALSE NOTIONS ABOUT ALLAH'S "MA'IYYAH" [57] ALLAH IS THE EVER-NEAR, THE EVER RESPONDING [58] THE QURAN IS THE SPEECH OF ALLAH, NOT CREATED [59] REJECTING FALSE NOTIONS ABOUT THE SPEECH OF ALLAH [60] ALLAH WILL REALLY BE SEEN IN THE HEREAFTER [61] THE REALM OF THE GRAVE AFTER A PERSON DIES [62] THE SCALES OF JUSTICE ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT [63] THE RECORD BOOKS DISTRIBUTED [64] PEOPLE FACE THEIR RECKONING ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT [65] THE PROPHET'S DRINKING POOL ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT [66] THE BRIDGE OVER THE HELLFIRE ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT [67] ALL DISPUTES ARE SETTLED BEFORE ENTERING PARADISE [68] THE PROPHET'S INTERCESSIONS ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT [69] OTHER INTERCESSIONS ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT[70] ALLAH CREATES MORE PEOPLE FOR THE REMAINING SPACE IN PARADISE [71] QADAR (DIVINE DECREE) There are a total of 100 topics in the book.