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Points of Benefit in Aqeedah
by Ash-Shaikh Abdul Azeez ibn Baaz (rahimahullah)
Taken from the introduction of the Correct Islaamic Aqeedah and that which opposes it.
The correct 'Aqeedah is the foundation of Islaam and the foundation stone of the Islaamic nation. It is known through evidences of the Sharee'ah from the Book and the Sunnah, that ones actions and statements can only be correct and acceptable to Allah when they arise from a correct 'Aqeedah. If, however, the 'Aqeedah is not correct then the actions and statements that arise due to it are invalid. Allah the Exalted says:
Whoever rejects faith, then fruitless is his work and in the Hereafter he will be among the losers. (Soorah al-Maa'idah 5:5)
And indeed it has been revealed to you [O Muhammad] as it was to those before you [saying]: 'If you join others in worship with Allah [then] surely [all] your deeds will be vain and you will certainly be amongst the losers.' (az-Zumar 39:65)
There are many verses with this meaning.
The evidences in the clear Book of Allah and in the Sunnah of His truthful Messenger sall Allahu'alaiyhi wa sallam show the correct Aqeedah in brief, to be: eemaan in Allah, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, the Last Day, and Predestination - the good and the bad of it. These six matter are the fundamentals of the correct Aqeedah with which Allah the Almighty revealed His Book and sent His Messenger Muhammad (sall Allahu'alaiyhi wa sallam).
All issues concerning the unseen and all that we have been informed of from Allah and His Messenger sall Allahu'alaiyhi wa sallam stem from the above principles and we are obliged to believe in them. The evidence for these six pillars [of Faith] are in the Qur'aan and the Sunnah and are many. These include the sayings of Allah,
It is not righteousness that you turn your faces towards the East or the West [in prayers] but righteous is he who believes in Allah, the Last Day, the Angels, the Book and the Prophets. ( al-Baqarah 2:177)
The Messenger believes in what has been sent down to him from His Lord, as do the faithful believers. Each one believes in Allah, His Angels, His Books and His Messengers. [They say:] We make no distinction between one and another of His Messengers. (al-Baqarah 2:285)
O you who believe! Believe in Allah, His Messenger [Muhammad], the Book [the Qur'aan] which He has sent down to His Messenger, and the Scripture which He sent down to those before [him]. Whosoever disbelieves in Allah, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, and the Last Day has strayed far away. (an-Nisaa' 4:136)
Do you not know that Allah knows all that is in heavens and the earth? Verily it is [all] in a record. Verily, that is easy for Allah. (al-Hajj 22:70)
There are also many authentic ahaadeeth proving these fundamentals. Amongst them is the famous authentic hadeeth narrated by Muslim in his Saheeh on the authority of the leader of the believers, 'Umar bin al-Khattab, radi Allahu' anhu, that [the Angel] Jibreel' alayhis salaam asked the Prophet sall Allahu 'alayhi sallam about eemaan. He replied to him, ''Eemaan is to believe in Allah, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, the Last Day and to believe in Predestination - the good and bad of it.'' (Bukhaaree and Muslim)
All the obligatory matters of belief relating to Allah, the Day of Judgement and other matters of the Unseen originate from these six principles.
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