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al-Aqida al-Wasitiyya

العقيدة الواسطية

A statement of the creed of Ahl al-Sunna wa'l-Jama'a written by Ibn Taymiyya in 698 AH at the request of one of the judges of Wasit, which was discussed at a session in Damascus in 705 AH.

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Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Creed

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Ibn Taymiyya

People and things also explored

Ibn TaymiyyaThe people of the qibla and not declaring takfir for sinThe hereafter: the grave, resurrection and reckoningThe ten promised ParadiseSigns of the HourBid'a (religious innovation)Love of the Companions and how to speak of them (in the Tahawi creed)The sanctity of a Muslim's blood

Sources

  • al-Aqida al-Wasitiyya, Ibn Taymiyya (al-Matba'a al-Salafiyya)
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Ibn Taymiyya

The Hanbali jurist and theologian titled Shaykh al-Islam Taqi al-Din, of Harran and Damascus, author of al-Aqida al-Wasitiyya, which he wrote in 698 AH.