[Chapter Three: Clarifying What One Must Believe about the Messenger, his Household, and his Companions]
[Section One: The Obligation to Love and Revere the Messenger]

Chapter Three
Clarifying what must be believed concerning the Messenger ﷺ, his household, and his Companions, divided into the following sections:

Section One: The obligation to love and revere the Messenger, the prohibition of excess and over-praise in lauding him, and an explanation of his rank ﷺ.

Section Two: The obligation to obey him and follow his example.

Section Three: The legitimacy of invoking prayers and peace upon him.

Section Four: The virtue of the Prophet’s household and what is due to them—neither neglect nor excess.

Section Five: The virtue of the Companions, what must be believed concerning them, and the creed of Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamāʿah regarding the disputes that occurred among them.

Section Six: The prohibition of reviling the Companions and the Imams of guidance.