The
Creed of Imam al-Tahawi is Translated, annotated, and introduced by
Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, it is a simple yet profound expression of the
essential points of Muslim belief. Imam al-Tahawi’s creed has achieved
an unusual degree of acceptance in the Muslim world, as it avoids
involuted theological issues and systematically presents the most
fundamental aspects of dogmatic theology. Studied throughout the Muslim
world and increasingly in the West, The Creed of Imam al-Tahawi serves
as a sound basis for Islamic faith and is the most reliable of the early
articulations of Muslim belief. ( Read sample pages from ‘The Creed of
Imam al-Tahawi’ )
About Imam al-Tahawi: Born in Taha in Upper
Egypt in 239 AH/853 CE, Imam Abu Ja’far al-Tahawi lived until 321/933. A
first-rate jurist, a brilliant grammarian and philologist, and an
erudite man of letters, Imam al-Tahawi is best known for his eponymous
creed. Known as “al-Azdi,” in reference to the Yemeni clan known as “Azd
al-Hajar,” Imam al-Tahawi was a descendent of a people about whom the
Prophet Muhammad said, “Faith is Yemeni.” It is altogether fitting that
the man who penned such a unifying creed descended from the land of
which faith itself is a descendant. Providing seekers of knowledge with a
luminous set of simple and sound statements, his creed is a beacon of
certainty in the darkness of doubt and ambiguity.
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