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Ahl al-Ḥadīth / Atharī Creed

The traditionalist theological school that derives creed strictly from Qurʾān and ḥadīth, rejecting kalām speculation — the third Sunnī creedal school beside Ashʿarism and Māturīdism.

The traditionalist theological school that derives creed strictly from Qurʾān and ḥadīth, rejecting kalām speculation — the third Sunnī creedal school beside Ashʿarism and Māturīdism.

Key passages(20)

Majmuʿ al-Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Hamawiyya Kubra · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Dhamm Tawil · Ibn Qudama

Very high

Hikayat · al-Mufid

Very high

Ihkam Fi Usul Ahkam · Ibn Hazm

Very high

Ijtimaʿ al-Juyush al-Islamiyya · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Very high

Jawab Sahih · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high
Ricaya 23↗explains

al-Riʿaya li-Huquq Allah · al-Harith al-Muhasibi

Very high

Bayan Talbis Jahmiyya · Ibn Taymiyya

High

al-ʿAqida al-Wasitiyya · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Jamiʿ al-Masaʾil · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Madarij Salikin · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

High

Majmuʿat al-Rasaʾil wa-l-Masaʾil · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Maqalat Islamiyyin · al-Ash'ari

High

Milal Wa Nihal · al-Shahrastani

High

Minhaj Sunna · Ibn Taymiyya

High

al-Sawaʿiq al-Mursala · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

High

Tahdhib Sunan Abi Dawud · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

High

Tahrim Nazar · Ibn Qudama

High

Majmuʿat Rasaʾil · al-Ghazali

High