In an age where
fundamental beliefs are misunderstood and aberrant opinions are championed as
tenets of faith, the only viable solution to this intellectual malaise is to
revive our connection with the principles that underpin our core beliefs as
adherents of orthodox Islam.
This concise and lucid
work of creed by the polymath and one of the foremost scholars of early Islam,
Abu Ja’far Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Tahawi (d.321 / 933), is universally accepted
amongst scholarly circles as a foundational text in Islamic belief. Numerous
commentaries have been written on it throughout the ages, expositing its meanings
and uncovering its subtitles. The present translation includes what is regarded
as the most accessible and quite possibly the finest commentary penned,
authored by the brilliant scholar, judge and theologian Abu Hafs Siraj al-Din
al-Ghaznwai (d.773/1372).
‘The vast majority of
the four Schools ( of Sunni jurisprudence) acknowledge the creed of Abu Ja’far
ak-Tahawi which has been received by both former and subsequent scholars with
acceptance’.
-Imam
Taj al-Din al-Subki (d.771/1370)
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