Explanation of al-Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah

Lesson 1: In the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful. All praise belongs to Allah who sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth that it may reign supreme over all…

Lesson 2: As for what follows: This is (an exposition of) the belief of the saved group, those who are aided until the establishment of the Hour: Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama’ah. It comprises faith in…

Lesson 3: Part of faith in Allah is to believe in what He has described Himself with in His Book and what His Messenger Muhammad ﷺ has described him with, without distorting (tahreef), denying (ta’teel),…

Lesson 4: As such they do not negate what He has described Himself with, they do not distort words from their proper places, and they do not desecrate His Names and Signs. They do not…

Lesson 5: Moreover, His Messengers are truthful and entrusted (to accurately convey the revelation) and therefore stand in contrast to those who speak about Him without knowledge. It is for this reason He says: ‘Glorified…

Lesson 6: He, Glorious is He, has combined negation and affirmation in what He described and named Himself with. Consequently, Ahlus Sunnah wal-Jama’ah have no recourse but to turn to what the Messengers brought, for…

Lesson 7: An expression of the above principles is found in what Allah described Himself with in Surat al-Ikhlaas, which equals a third of the Quran, where He says: ‘Say He is Allah, the One….

Lesson 8: It is also found in what Allah describes Himself with in the greatest verse of His Book, whereby He says: ‘Allah, there is none worthy of worship save Him, the Living the Self-Sustaining….

Lesson 9: COMBING BETWEEN HIS BEING HIGH ABOVE AND NEAR, AND BETWEEN BEING ETERNAL AND EVERLASTING And His saying: ‘He is the First and the Last, the Outward and the Inward, and He has knowledge…

Lesson 10: HIS KNOWLEDGE ENCOMPASSES HIS ENTIRE CREATION And His saying: ‘He knows what goes into the earth and what comes out of it, and what descends from the heavens and what ascends into it.’…

Lesson 11: [AFFIRMING THE ATTRIBUTES OF HEARING AND SIGHT REGARDING ALLAH] And His saying: ‘Nothing is like Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.’ [al-Shura: 11] And His saying: How excellent is what Allah…

Lesson 12: [AFFIRMING WISH AND WILL REGARDING ALLAH] And His saying: ‘Why, when you entered your garden, did you not say: ‘It is as Allah wills, there is no strength but in Allah.’ [al-Kahf: 39]…

Lesson 13: [AFFIRMING ALLAH’S LOVE AND AFFECTION FOR HIS RIGHTEOUS SERVANTS IN A MANNER BEFITTING HIS MAJESTY] And His saying: ‘And do good, Allah loves those who do good.’ [al-Baqarah: 195] And His saying: ‘And…

Lesson 14: [AFFIRMING HIS ATTRIBUTES OF MERCY AND FORGIVENESS] And His saying: In the name of Allah, the All Merciful, the Most-Merciful. [al-Naml: 30] And His saying: Our Lord, You encompass everything in mercy and…

Lesson 15: [THE MENTION OF THE PLEASURE, ANGER WRATH AND DISLIKE OF ALLAH AND THAT HE IS CHARACTERIZED BY THEM] And His saying: ‘Allah is pleased with them, and they are pleased with Him.’ [al-Ma’idah:…

Lesson 16: [THE MENTION OF ALLAH’S COMING DOWN TO JUDGE BETWEEN HIS SLAVES AS IT BEFITS HIS MAJESTY] And His saying: ‘What are they waiting for but for Allah to come to them in the…

Lesson 17: [AFFIRMATION OF ALLAH’S FACE] And His saying: ‘But the Face of your Lord will remain, Master of Majesty and Generosity.’ [al-Rahman: 27] And His saying: ‘All things are passing except His Face.’ [al-Qasas:…

Lesson 18: [AFFIRMATION OF ALLAH’S HANDS] And His saying: ‘What prevented you from prostrating to what I created with My own hands?’ [Saad: 75] And His saying: ‘The Jews say: ‘Allah’s Hand is chained’. Their…

Lesson 19: [AFFIRMATION OF ALLAH’S TWO EYES] And His saying: ‘So wait patiently for the judgement of your Lord – you are certainly before our Eyes.’ [al-Tur: 48] And His saying: ‘We bore him on…

Lesson 20: [AFFIRMING THE ATTRIBUTES OF HEARING AND SIGHT REGARDING ALLAH] And His saying: ‘Allah has heard the words of the woman who disputes with you about her husband and lays her complaint before Allah….

Lesson 21: [AFFIRMING THE ATTRIBUTES OF PLOTTING AND PLANNING REGARDING ALLAH AS IT BEFITS HIM] And His saying: ‘He is inexorable in His power.’ [al-Ra’ad: 13] And His saying: ‘They plotted and Allah plotted, but…

Lesson 22: [ATTRIBUTING PARDON, FORGIVENESS, MERCY, MIGHT AND POWER TO ALLAH] And His saying: ‘Whether you reveal a good act or keep it hidden, or pardon an evil act, Allah is Ever-Pardoning, All-Powerful.’ [al-Nisaa’: 149]…

Lesson 23: [AFFIRMATION OF THE NAME FOR ALLAH AND THE NEGATION OF SIMILARITY TO HIM] And His saying: ‘Blessed be the Name of your Lord, Master of Majesty and Generosity.’ [al-Rahman: 78] And His saying:…

[NEGATING ANY PARTNERS TO ALLAH] And His saying: ‘Say: ‘Praise be to Allah who had no son, who has no partner in His kingdom, and who needs no one to protect Him from abasement, and…

Lesson 25: And His saying: ‘Allah has no son and there is no other god accompanying Him, for then each god would have gone off with what he created and one of them would have…

Lesson 26: [AFFIRMING ALLAH’S RISING OVER HIS THRONE] And His saying: ‘The All-Merciful who has risen over the Throne.’ [Taha: 5] – Allah has repeated this fact seven times in the Quran. In Surat al-A’raf:…

Lesson 27: [AFFIRMING THAT ALLAH IS HIGH ABOVE HIS CREATION] And His saying: ‘O Isa, I will take you back and raise you up to Me.’ [aal-Imran: 55] And His saying: ‘Allah raised him up…

Lesson 28: [AFFIRMING THAT ALLAH IS WITH HIS CREATION] And His saying: ‘It is He who created the heavens and earth in six days, then He rose over the Throne. He knows what goes into…

Lesson 29: And His saying: ‘Do not be despondent, Allah is with us.’[al-Tawbah: 40] And His saying: ‘I will be with you, All-Hearing and All-Seeing.’ [Taha: 46] And His saying: ‘Allah is with those who…

Lesson 30: [AFFIRMING ALLAH’S SPEECH] And His saying: ‘And whose speech can be truer than Allah’s?’ [al-Nisa’: 87] And His saying: ‘Whose speech can be truer than Allah’s?’ [al-Nisa’: 122] And His saying: ‘When Allah…

Lesson 31: And His saying: ‘And if any of the polytheists ask you for protection, grant it to them so that they may hear the words of Allah.’ [al-Tawbah: 6] And His saying: ‘And when…

Lesson 32: [AFFIRMING THE REVELATION OF THE QURAN FROM ALLAH] And His saying: ‘And this is a Book We have sent down and blessed.’ [al-An’am: 92] And His saying: ‘If we had sent down this…

Lesson 33: [AFFIRMING THE BELIEVERS’ SEEING THEIR LORD ON THE DAY OF RESSURECTION] And His saying: ‘Faces that Day will be radiant. Gazing at their Lord.’ [al-Qiyamah: 22-23] And His saying: ‘On couches, gazing in…

Lesson 34: [EVIDENCE FOR AFFIRMING THE NAMES AND ATTRIBUTES OF ALLAH FROM THE SUNNAH] In addition, (the principles detailed above find expression) in the Sunnah of the Messenger ﷺ. The Sunnah explains the Quran, it…

Lesson 35: [AFFIRMING THE DIVINE DESCENT TO THE EARTHLY HEAVEN AS IT BEFITS ALLAH’S MAJESTY] Like his ﷺ saying: ‘Every night, when the last third of the night remains, our Lord descends to the lowest…

Lesson 36: [AFFIRMING THAT ALLAH BECOMES JOYOUS, LAUGHS AND IS AMAZED] And like his saying ﷺ: ‘Allah shows more joy at the repentance of His believing and penitent servant than any one of you when…

Lesson 37: [AFFIRMING THAT ALLAH HAS A LEG AND A FOOT] And like his saying ﷺ: ‘People will continue to be thrown into the Hellfire and it will keep asking: ‘Is there any more?’, until…

Lesson 38: [AFFIRMING THAT ALLAH IS ABOVE HIS CREATION AND THAT HE IS ASCENDANT OVER HIS THRONE] And like his saying ﷺ concerning the performance of ruqya for the one who is ill: ‘Our Lord,…

Lesson 39: [AFFIRMING THAT ALLAH IS WITH HIS CREATION AND THAT IT DOES NOT NEGATE HIS TRANSCENDANCY OVER HIS THRONE] And like his saying ﷺ: ‘The best (quality) of faith is that you know that…

Lesson 40: [AFFIRMING THE BELIEVERS’ SEEING THEIR LORD ON THE DAY OF RESSURECTION] And like his saying ﷺ: ‘You will see your Lord like you see the moon on a night when it is full,…

Lesson 41: [THE POSITION OF AHLUS SUNNAH REGARDING THE AHADEETH THAT AFFIRM THE DIVINE ATTRIBUTES] There are more ahadeeth like these in which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ narrated about his Lord whatever he related….

Lesson 42: [THE POSITION OF AHLUS SUNNAH WAL-JAMA’AH BETWEEN THE SECTS OF THIS UMMAH] With regards to the Attributes of Allah, they traverse a middle path between those who deny them: the Jahmiyyah, and those…

Lesson 43: [THE OBLIGATION OF BELIEF IN ALLAH’S RISING OVER HIS THRONE, HIS BEING ABOVE HIS CREATION AND WITH HIS CREATION, AND THERE IS NO CONDRADICTION BETWEEN THEM] Included in what we have mentioned of…

Lesson 44: Likewise, He, Glorious is He, is above the Throne, observing His creation, watching and supervising them, and looking on at them, as well as other matters signified by His Lordship. All these words…

Lesson 45: [THE OBLIGATION OF BELIEF IN ALLAH’S NEARNESS TO HIS CREATION AND THAT IT DOES NOT CONTRADICT HIS BEING HIGH ABOVE AND OVER ALL THINGS] Included in this is the belief that He is…

Lesson 46: [THE OBLIGATION OF BELIEF THAT THE QURAN IS THE SPEECH OF ALLAH IN REALITY] Imaan in Allah and His Books entails the belief that the Quran is Allah’s Speech, it is revealed (by…

Lesson 47: [THE OBLIGATION OF BELIEF THAT THE BELEIVERS WILL SEE THEIR LORD ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION AND THE PLACES THAT THEY WILL SEE HIM] Included in what we have mentioned of having Imaan…

Lesson 48: [WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE BELIEF IN THE LAST DAY] Included in having Imaan in the Last Day is to believe in all that the Prophet ﷺ informed us of regarding what will…

Lesson 49: However, the one who has succumbed to doubt will say: Hah hah, I do not know. I heard people saying something, so I said it as well.’ Then he will be beaten with…

Lesson 50: The Rising which Allah has told us of in His Book and upon the tongue of His Messenger, and about which all Muslims agree, will occur. Mankind, barefooted, naked, and uncircumcised, will rise…

Lesson 51: The accounts, meaning the records of deeds, will be unfolded. Some will take their book with their right hand, and some with their left or behind their backs. As Allah, Glorious and Most…

Lesson 52: Allah will take the creation to account and He will talk to His believing servant in private and have him acknowledge his sins as has been described in the Quran and Sunnah. As…

Lesson 53: [THE POND OF THE PROPHET ﷺ, ITS LOCATION, AND ITS CHARECTERISTICS] On the great plain of the Rising is the Prophet’s Pond where (the believers) will drink. Its water is whiter than milk…

Lesson 54: [AL-SIRAAT: WHAT IT MEANS, ITS LOCATION AND THE MANNER PEOPLE WILL CROSS IT] The Siraat will be laid across the Hellfire. It is a bridge between Paradise and the Hellfire. People will cross…

Lesson 55: [THE INTERCESSIONS OF THE PROPHET ﷺ] On the Day of Rising, he will have three intercessions: The first will be on behalf of mankind standing at the Place of Rising so that the…

Lesson 56: [THE REMOVAL BY ALLAH OF SOME SINNERS FROM THE FIRE BY HIS MERCY WITHOUT INTERCESSION] Then Allah, without anyone interceding, will take some People out of the Fire by virtue of His Grace…

Lesson 57: [BELEIEF IN AL-QADAR AND THE LEVELS OF AL-QADAR] The Saved Sect, Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama’ah, believes in the Divine Decree, be it good or bad. Lesson Notes: sc.isb.org.au/aw-nts Lesson Date: 04/09/2024

Lesson 58: Belief in the Divine Decree comprises two categories and each category consists of two matters: The first category is to believe that Allah, Most High, knows what the creation will do. He knows…

Lesson 59: Therefore, whatever befalls man would never have missed him, and whatever missed him would never have befallen him. The pens have dried and the scrolls have been folded. As Allah says: ‘Did you…

Lesson 60: As for the second category: It deals with the will of Allah as it is executed and His all-inclusive ability. This is to believe that whatever Allah wills will happen and whatever He…

Lesson 61: Despite all this, He has ordered the servants to obey Him and His Messengers, and He has prohibited them from disobeying Him. He, Glorious is He, loves those who ward off evil, those…

Lesson 62: The servants literally work their deeds and Allah is the creator of their deeds. The term servant refers to the believer and the disbeliever, the righteous and the wicked, the one who prays…

Lesson 63: [THE ESSENCE OF IMAAN AND THE RULING REGARDING THOSE WHO COMMIT MAJOR SINS] Amongst the fundamentals of Ahlus Sunnah wal-Jama’ah is that religion and Imaan comprise speech and deeds: speech of the heart…

Lesson 64: They believe that Imaan increases with obedience and decreases with disobedience. However, alongside this, they do not rule the People of the Qiblah as disbelievers because of every sin, or every major sin,…

Lesson 65: They do not divest the sinner who is on the path (of Islam) of Islam in its entirety, nor do they believe that he will stay in Hell forever as the Mu’tazilah state….

Lesson 66: [OBLIGATIONS TOWARDS THE COMPANIONS AND A MENTION OF THEIR VIRTUES] One of the fundamentals of Ahlus Sunnah wal-Jama’ah is the purity of their hearts and tongues towards the Companions of the Messenger of…

Lesson 67: They accept what the Qur’an, the Sunnah, and the consensus mention of their virtues and rankings. As such they give precedence to those who spent (in charity) and fought before the Conquest, which…

Lesson 68: They testify that those who the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stated (were in Paradise) are in Paradise such as the Ten, Thabit Ibn Qays Ibn Shammas and other companions. They accept what has…

Lesson 69: [THE RULING ON PREFERRING ALI OVER UTHMAN] However, some of Ahlus Sunnah differ concerning (the ranking of) Uthman and Ali with regards to superiority, after having agreed upon giving precedence to Abu Bakr…

Lesson 70: [THE STATUS OF THE PROPHET’S HOUSEHOLD ﷺ WITH AHLUS SUNNAH WAL-JAMA’AH] They love the family of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, show loyalty to them, and preserve the will of the Messenger of…

Lesson 71: They show loyalty to the wives of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the Mothers of the Believers, and they believe that they will be his wives in the Hereafter, especially Khadijah, may Allah…

Lesson 72: [THE DISAVOWAL OF AHLUS SUNNAH WAL-JAMA’AH FROM WHAT THE PEOPLE OF INNOVATIONS AND MISGUIDANCE SAY REGARDING THE RIGHTS OF THE COMPANIONS AND THE HOUSEHOLD OF THE PROPHET ﷺ] They declare themselves innocent of…

Lesson 73: They refrain from (delving) into the differences that occurred amongst the Companions and they state that some of the reports dealing with their faults are outright lies, and that others have been subject…

Lesson 74: Furthermore, if one of them did commit a sin, which he then repented from, or he would do such good deeds as would erase it, or he would be forgiven by virtue of…

Lesson 75: [THE STANCE OF AHLUS-SUNNAH WAL-JAMA’AH REGARDING THE MIRACLES OF THE AWLIYA’] One of the fundamentals of Ahlus Sunnah is to believe in the miracles of the Awliya’ and that Allah causes supernatural feats…

Lesson 76: In types of knowledge and spiritual unveilings, and various manifestations of power and influencing. This is related from the nations of old in Surat al-Kahf and in other Surahs of the Qur’an, it…

Lesson 77: [THE ATTRIBUTES OF AHLUS-SUNNAH WAL-JAMA’AH] The path of Ahlus Sunnah wal-Jama’ah is to follow the footsteps of the Prophet ﷺ inwardly and outwardly, it is to follow the way of the forerunners: the…

Lesson 78: They know that the most truthful words are the words of Allah and that the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad ﷺ. They give preference to the speech of Allah over the…

Lesson 79: The third fundament is consensus (ijma’) which is relied on in matters concerning knowledge and religion. They use these three fundaments to judge everything that people do of speech and deeds, both inward…

Lesson 79: [A DESCRIPTION OF THE GOOD CHARACTER AND ACTIONS THAT COMPLETE THE AQEEDAH OF AHLUS SUNNAH] In addition to these fundaments, they enjoin the good and prohibit the evil as required by the Shar’iah….

Lesson 81: They believe it part of their religion to sincerely advise the Ummah. They believe in the meaning imparted by his ﷺ saying: ‘A believer to another believer is like a building, one part…

Lesson 82: They call to fine conduct (akhlaq) and good deeds, and they believe in the meaning of his ﷺ saying: ‘The most complete believer with respect to Imaan is the one with the finest…

Lesson 83: They order people to keep duty to their parents, to maintain the ties of kinship, to be good neighbors, to treat the orphans, the poor and the wayfarers well, and to be gentle…

Lesson 84: They prohibit boasting, arrogance, transgression, and showing contempt over people, with due right or without due right. They also command high moral values and prohibit the lowly ones. In all that they do…

Lesson 85: They include the sincerely truthful, the martyrs and the righteous; amongst these are the great signposts of guidance, the lanterns illuminating darkness, possessing virtues and merits that have been related to us; and…