Al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah

See also: Iman (concept)

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. 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) and 'Abd al-Ghani al-Maydani (d. 1298 AH). 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
• Voices of Islam: Voices of tradition, p 208. ISBN 0275987337

External Links

• Aqida Tahawiya
• Imam al-Tahawi's beliefs of Ahl al-Sunna wa al-Jama`a
• Al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah