Educational Series · 21 lessons
Germantown MasjidThe correct creed is a fortress for the servant from doubts and desires, a means of safety from innovations, a reason for the expiation of sins and elevation of rank, and a protection from the eternal punishment of the Fire. Due to the great status and importance of the creed of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamã'ah in the life of the Muslim and the safeguarding of his religion, the People of Knowledge have exerted the utmost effort in its explanation and clarification with evidence, whether in summary or detail, in poetry or prose; so much so that we have inherited a great library. Before the reader is a compilation of statements from the Salaf pertaining to the creed of Ahl al-Sunnah, refuting innovations and responding to their proponents. What is clearly discernible in all their statements is the agreement on a single creed due to their consensus in the method of returning to the sources of the religion: the Qur'än and the Sunnah as understood by the Salaf of the Ummah. Imam Abü al-Mudhaffar al-Sam'ãni said: "If you gather all that has passed over their tongues and what they have transmitted from their predecessors, you will find it harmonious and consistent. As if it came from one heart and flowed from one tongue. Is there a clearer proof of the truth than this?"
