SUMMARY OF THE CREED OF THE AHLUS-SUNNAH WAL-JAMA’AH
All thanks are to Alláh, the Ever Living, the Sustainer, on Whose Command and Justice the heavens and earth were established, and He is Able to do all things. I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped except Alláh, Alone without partners in His Lordship, God-ship, or Names and Attributes. None is like unto Him and He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer. I bear witness that our Prophet Muhammad(pbuh) is Allah’s slave and Messenger. He sent him to mankind and the jinn as a Bringer of glad tidings, a Warner, a Caller to Alláh by His permission, and a lamp that spreads light, O Alláh! grant Your slave and Messenger Muhammad the best peace and blessings along with his progeny, Companions and all those who followed them with excellence until the Day of Resurrection.
O Muslims! Fear Alláh, the Exalted, and obey Him and you will earn success and happiness in this life and the Hereafter. Know, may Alláh grant you His Mercy, that the greatest requirement and duty on the slave is to acquire knowledge of his Lord, religion and Prophet, Muhammad(pbuh). These are the foundations of Islam as described and affirmed by the Messenger of Alláh in the Hadith of Jibril, peace be upon him. We Muslims are required to know our creed, the creed of the righteous and saved group who follow the Qur’án, the Sunnah and the understanding of the Companions. We should learn it and teach it to our children, relatives and the Muslim society at large. We should understand the implications of the true Islamic Creed, accept them in our hearts and believe in them, just as our Salaf (predecessors) and those who followed their righteous deeds believed in them. Alláh described the righteous and sincere way of invoking Him used by the Salaf when they said:
“Our Lord! We believe in what You have sent down, and we follow the Messenger; so write us down among those who bear witness (to the truth, that La iláha illalláh – none has the right to be worshipped but Alláh).” (3:53)
The correct Islamic Creed requires Faith in Alláh and worshipping Him Alone in sincerity through what He legislated of acts of worship. Alláh said:
“And verily, We have sent among every Ummah (community, nation) a Messenger (proclaiming): “Worship Alláh (Alone), and avoid (or keep away from) Tághút (all false deities, i.e. do not worship Tághút besides Alláh).” (16:36)
“Worship Alláh and join none with Him (in worship).” (4:36)
Also, in the Two Sahihs it is narrated that Mu’adh ibn Jabal said:
“I was riding behind the Messenger of Alláh(pbuh) on his donkey when he said to me, ‘O Mu’adh! Do you know the right Alláh has on the slaves and the right the slaves have on Alláh?’ I said, ‘Alláh and His Messenger know best.’ He said, ‘Alláh’s right on the slaves is that they worship Him Alone and associate none with Him in the worship. The slaves’ right on Alláh is that He will not punish those who associate none with Him in the worship.”
The Islamic Creed also asserts that Alláh is True, that the meeting with Him and His Promise shall certainly come to pass, His Book is true, His Messenger is true and Paradise and the Fire are true. In the Two Sahihs it is narrated that ‘Ubadah bin As-Samit said that the Messenger of Alláh (pbuh) said:
“If anyone testifies that none has the right to be worshipped but Alláh Alone Who has no partners, and that Muhammad is His Slave and His Messenger, and that Jesus is Allah’s slave and His Messenger and His Word (‘Be’ and he was) which He bestowed on Mary and a Spirit created by Him, and that Paradise is true, and Hell is true, Alláh will admit him into Paradise with the deeds which he had done even if those deeds were few.”
Moreover, Muslims believe that the Last Hour is true and shall certainly come to pass and that Alláh will resurrect all those who lay in graves. The Islamic Creed also asserts that the believers shall see their Lord on the Day of Resurrection, just as they see the full moon.
This is our creed in Alláh: We believe that Alláh is the Lord Who has perfect control over the affairs of all creation. He is the One Who sustains all that exists with His apparent and hidden bounties. He gives life and takes it away. He is the Ever-Living Who never dies. In His Hands are the affairs of all things and He is Able to do whatever He wills. We also believe in Islam as the only true religion and in Muhammad(pbuh) as Alláh’s Prophet and Messenger.
Muslims believe in the angels of the Most Beneficent, who are honorable slaves of Alláh, who never disobey any order that comes to them from Him and fulfil what they are commanded. We believe in all of Alláh’s Messengers and previous Books.
“So believe in Alláh and His Messengers. And if you believe and fear Alláh, then for you there is a great reward.” (3: 179)
“The Messenger (Muhammad(pbuh) believes in what has been sent down to him from his Lord, and the believers. Each one believes in Alláh, His Angels, His Books, and His Messengers. We make no distinction between one another of His Messengers.” (2:285)
We also believe in Resurrection after death, for Alláh the Exalted said:
“That is because Alláh: He is the Truth, and it is He Who gives life to the dead, and it is He Who is Able to do all things. And surely, the Hour is coming, there is no doubt about it; and certainly, Alláh will resurrect those who are in the graves.” (22:6,7)
And:
“The disbelievers pretend that they will never be resurrected (for the Account). Say (O Muhammad(pbuh)): Yes! By my Lord, you will certainly be resurrected, then you will be informed of (and recompensed for) what you did; and that is easy for Alláh.” (64:7)
We also believe in Al-Qadar (Preordainments and Predestination), the good and the evil outcomes of it, and that everything occurs by Alláhs Will and Permission.
“Verily, We have created all things with Qadar.” (54:49)
Therefore, everything that occurs in this world was created in due measure by Alláh and is encompassed in His Knowledge, including harm, benefit, accidents, incidents, health, sickness, fertility, drought, good, evil, happiness, misery, life and death; all occur by Alláh’s Decision and Will.
We also believe in Alláh’s Names and Attributes, just as He described
Himself in His Book and by the words of His Messenger(pbuh).
There is nothing like Him, and He is the AIJ-Hearer, the All-Seer.” (42:11)
Surely, none is like Allah, nor is there any equal, rival or anyone similar to Him in any respect. Alláh is never compared to His creation. He knows Himself best and has perfect knowledge of all things in existence. He says the Truth and His Speech is the best and most fruitful speech there is. He has encompassed all the most perfect and magnificent Attributes in all respects.
We believe that the Glorious Qurán is Alláhs Speech in truth, not created. It started from Him and to Him it shall return in the end and He revealed it to His Prophet(pbuh).
“Alláh has sent down the Best Statement.” (39:23)
“And who is truer in statement than Alláh?” (4:87)
Those unto whom We gave the Scripture [the Taurát (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] know that it is revealed from your Lord in Truth.” (6:114)
We believe in everything that is mentioned in the Qurán and Sunnah regarding what will occur after death, such as the joy or torment in the grave and on the Day of Resurrection. These are reserved for the believers, the criminal sinners and disbelievers respectively.
We believe in the Haudh (the fountain) that the Prophet(pbuh) was given. We believe that his Ummah, the Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamá’ah from among them, will come to him at this fountain, which is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey. Whoever takes one sip of it will never feel thirst afterwards. We also believe that the Sirat is the bridge over Hell that every one must pass with speeds equivalent to their good deeds. The sinners and disbelievers will fall from this bridge into HelI, where only the disbelievers will remain for eternity.
We also believe in the Shafá’ (intercession) of our Prophet Muhammad(pbuh) in the Hereafter and that he will be the first to be given permission from Alláh to intercede.
“Who is he that can intercede with Him except with His Permission?” (2:255)
“And they cannot intercede except for him with whom He is pleased.” (21 :28)
On that Day, Alláh will grant His Pleasure to the people of Tauhid and allow them to intercede with Him (on behalf of sinners), but as for the disbelievers, no Shafá’ will avail them.
“So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.” (74:48)
O Alláh! Allow Your Prophet to intercede with You on our behalf and make happiness our final abode. O Alláh! make us among Your party, the successful group, Your close loyal friends who will never have fear nor ever grieve.
I invoke Alláh, the Greatest, for me, you and the rest of Muslims for His forgiveness from every type of error and sin we have committed. So seek His forgiveness. Certainly, He is the Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.
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