al-Bāqillānī and others. Other books were also composed covering similar material and some aspects of it. The purpose here, however, is only to draw attention to what bears on our present discussion.

This was among the things that prompted al-Qādir to uphold the Sunnah and suppress the proponents of religious innovation. He accordingly set down the Qādirī Creed attributed to him, which was originally compiled by Shaykh Abū Ahmad al-Qassāb, one of the most eminent shaykhs