Al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah

Al-ʿAqīdah aṭ-Ṭaḥāwiyya Arabic: العقيدة الطحاوية ‎ is a popular exposition of Sunni Muslim doctrine written by the tenth-century Egyptian theologian and Hanafi jurist Abu Ja'far Ahmad at-Tahawi.^[1][2] There are a number of Muslim commentaries of the Tahawiyyah including ones by Qādī Ismā‘īl ibn Ibrāhīm al-Shaybānī (d. 629 AH), Abū Hafs Sirāj al-Dīn al-Ghaznawī (d. 773 AH), Ibn Abī l-ʿIzz (792 AH), 'Abd al-Ghani al-Maydani (d. 1298 AH) and Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baaz (d. 1420). It comprises 105 key points that list the essential matters in the creed of the Ahlus Sunnah wa`l Jama`ah.

The Unifying Creed of Imam Tahawi

The texts raises many points of creed that are essential matters and defines the belief of the Sunni Muslim, covering the topics;

• On Tawhid
• On Prophet Muhammad
• On the Qur'an
• On the Mi'raj
• On Al Kawthar
• On Intercession
• On the Covenant
• On Taqdir
• On the Throne and Chair
• The Status of Ibrahim and Musa
• On the Books of Allah
• On the Muslim and Mu'min
• On the Messengers
• In General

Further reading

• The Creed of Imam Al-Tahawi; ISBN 097028439X^[3]
• Voices of Islam: Voices of tradition, p 208. ISBN 0275987337^[4]

References

1. Vincent J. Cornell, Voices of Islam: Voices of tradition, p 208. ISBN 0275987337
2. Bosworth, C.E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W.P.; Lecomte, G.; Bearman, P.J.; Bianquis, Th. (2000). Encyclopaedia of Islam (New Edition). Volume X (T-U). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. p. 101/102. ISBN 9004112111.
3. Yusuf, Hamza (2008), The Creed of Imam Al-Tahawi, Oxford: Zaytuna Institute (1 Oct 2008)
4. Cornell, Vincent J. (1 Dec 2006), Voices of Islam: Voices of tradition, Praeger