Salafi Publications
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Before you, O reader, may Allaah guide you to His pleasure, is a
compilation of the Creed and Methodology of the great Imaam and Scholar
of the Prophetic Traditions and the Religion, Al-Bukhaaree, may Allaah
have Mercy upon him. Imaam Al-Bukhaaree is the author of the famous work
of Hadeeth (Prophetic Tradition) known as ‘Saheeh Al-Bukhaaree’. This
work is considered by the scholars of Orthodox Islaam to be the most
authentic book after the Qur’aan. When Imaam Al-Bukhaaree speaks, the
Ummah pays attention, since he is from the most knowledgeable of the
people of the earth regarding the way of the Messenger Muhammad
(salallaahu ‘alayhi wassallam). Imaam Al-Bukhaaree states that he spent
over forty-six years travelling around the various Islaamic lands,
benefiting from the scholars of his time. He met over a thousand
scholars, and took knowledge from and imparted knowledge to them. So
after he mentions many of the places he visited and the names of the
scholars he met, he states, “And we are content with the naming of these
people so that this discourse may be brief and concise and is not
lengthened. And I never sa w a single one amongst them differ with
respect to the following matters..”. Imaam Al-Bukhaaree then proceeds to
state and explain the matters of Faith and Methodology of the Salaf
(Righteous Predecessors) of this Muslim nation.
This book is a translation of that
treatise narrated from Imaam Al-Bukhaaree contained in the encyclopedia
of the ‘Aqeedah known as “Sharh Usool I’tiqaad Ahlus-Sunnah
Wal-Jamaa’ah” (Explanation Of The Fundamentals Of The Creed Of
Ahlus-Sunnah Wal-Jamaa’ah) of Imaam Al-Laalikaa’ee (Died 418 AH). So
this book, O Muslim, is a translation of some of the points of the Creed
of Ahlus-Sunnah Wal-Jamaa’ah. The text is as relevant today as it was
over one thousand years ago, if not more so, since confusion regarding
matters of Manhaj and ‘Aqeedah (Methodology and Creed) has increased. So
know that success lies in sticking to the way of the Salaf as Imaam
Maalik Bin Anas (Died 179 AH) said, “The latter part of this Ummah will
not be rectified except by that which rectified its earliest part”. So
compare the speech of Imaam Al-Bukhaaree contained in this treatise to
the speech of the callers to Islaam today, and you will see who in
reality is in accordance to Islaam as it was understood by the earliest
generations.
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