The Creed of the Four Imaams

EDITOR'S FOREWORD
TRANSLATOR’S FOREWORD
PREREQUISITES TO UNDERSTANDING THE CORRECT CREED
	A Censure of the Intellect
	The Position of the Salaf on Rhetoric and Argumentation
	The Way of the Salaf is the Best Methodology
	Opposing the Way of the Salaf is Misguidance:
	The Prohibition of Using Terms that are Not Found in the Qur‘aan or the Sunnah in Matters of Creed:
AUTHOR’S INTRODUCTION
SECTION ONE: THE CREED OF THE FOUR IMAAMS IS A SINGLE CREED
SECTION TWO: THE CREED OF IMAAM ABOO HANEEFAH
	Statements of Imaam Aboo Haneefah Concerning Tawheed
	Statements of Imaam Aboo Haneefah Concerning Qadar
	Statements of Imaam Aboo Haneefah Concerning Eemaan
	Statements of Imaam Aboo Haneefah Concerning the Companions
	Imaam Aboo Haneefah's Forbiddance of Rhetoric and Argumentation
SECTION THREE: THE CREED OF IMAAM MAALIK IBN ANAS
	His Statements Concerning Tawheed
	Imaam Maalik's Position on Qadar
	Imaam Maalik's Position on Eemaan
	Imaam Maalik's Position on the Companions
	Imaam Maalik's Forbiddance of Rhetoric and Argumentation
SECTION FOUR: THE CREED OF IMAAM ASH-SHAAFI’EE
	His Statements Concerning Tawheed
	Imaam Ash-Shaafi'ee's Statements Concerning Qadar
	Imaam Ash-Shaafi'ee's Position on Eemaan
	Imaam Ash-Shaafi'ee's Position on the Companions
	Imaam Ash-Shaafi'ee's Forbiddance of Rhetoric and Argumentation
SECTION FIVE: THE CREED OF IMAAM AHMAD IBN HANBAL
	His Statements Concerning Tawheed
	Imaam Ahmad's Position on Qadar
	Imaam Ahmad's Position on Eemaan
	Imaam Ahmad's Position on the Companions
	Imaam Ahmad's Forbiddance of Rhetoric and Argumentation
CONCLUSION
APPENDIX ONE: BIOGRAPHIES OF THE FOUR IMAAMS
	Imaam Aboo Haneefah
	Imaam Maalik Ibn Anas
	Imaam ash-Shaafi’ee
	Imaam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal
APPENDIX TWO: THE PATH IS ONE
APPENDIX THREE: THE LATTER PART OF THIS UMMAH WILL NOT BY RECTIFIED EXCEPT BY WHAT RECTIFIED ITS FIRST PART
APPENDIX FOUR: THE CREED OF MUHAMMAD ZAAHID ALKAWTHAREE
	The Position of al-Kawtharee on the ’Aqeedah of the Salaf
	His Position on the Books that Affirm the ’Aqeedah of the Salaf
	His Position on the Scholars of the Sunnah
	His Vilification of the Scholars
	His Statements Concerning Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah
	His Statements Concerning Imaam Ibnul-Qayyim
	His Position on Ja’d Ibn Dirham and Jahm Ibn Safwaan
	Examples of al-Kawtharee Distorting Statements of the Scholars
	A Comparison Between the ’Aqeedah of Imaam Aboo Haneefah and al-Kawtharee Concerning Tawheed and Eemaan
GLOSSARY OF TRANSLITERATED ARABIC TERMS