Al-Irshad ila Sahih al-Itiqad - Salih Al-Fawzan - (25)

Introduction
Know, O Muslim—may Allah grant success to both you and me—that the foundations of the Islamic creed, the creed of the Saved Sect, Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamaʿah, are: faith in Allah, His angels, His Books, His messengers, the Last Day, and faith in divine decree, its good and its bad.
These fundamentals are established by many texts from the Quran and the Sunnah, and the entire Ummah is unanimous about them.
Allah, Exalted is He, says: “Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west; rather, true righteousness is for one to believe in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets.” 1
He also says: “Indeed, We have created everything according to a preordained measure.” 2
And He says: “The Messenger believes in what has been sent down to him from his Lord, and so do the believers. Each of them believes in Allah, His angels, His Books, and His messengers; we make no distinction between any of His messengers.” 3
He further states: “Whoever disbelieves in Allah, His angels, His Books, His messengers, and the Last Day has certainly strayed far into error.” 4
In the authentic hadith the Prophet ﷺ said: “Iman is to believe in Allah, His angels, His Books, His messengers, the Last Day, and to believe in divine decree, both its good and its evil.”

(1) Surah al-Baqara, verse 177. (2) Surah al-Qamar, verse 49. (3) Surah al-Baqara, verse 285. (4) Surah al-Nisa, verse 136.

تمهيد اعلم أيها المسلم وفقني الله وإياك أن أصول العقيدة الإسلامية التي هي عقيدة الفرقة الناجية أهل السنة والجماعة هي: الإيمان بالله وملائكته وكتبه ورسله واليوم الآخر والإيمان بالقدر خيره وشره. وهذه الأصول دلت عليها نصوص كثيرة من الكتاب والسنة، وأجمعت عليها الأمة: قال تعالى -: ﴿لَيْسَ الْبِرَّ أَنْ تُوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَلَكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنْ آمَنَ بِالله وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ وَالْمَلائِكَةِ وَالْكِتَابِ وَالنَّبِيِّينَ﴾ ١ وقال تعالى-: ﴿إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَاهُ بِقَدَرٍ﴾ ٢. وقال تعالى-: ﴿آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِالله وَمَلائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ لا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِنْ رُسُلِهِ﴾ ٣. وقال تعالى-: ﴿وَمَنْ يَكْفُرْ بِالله وَمَلائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلالا بَعِيداً﴾ ٤. وفي الحديث الصحيح عن النبي ﷺ؛ أنه قال: "الإيمان أن تؤمن بالله وملائكته وكتبه ورسله واليوم الآخر، وتؤمن بالقدر خيره وشره".

١سورة البقرة، الآية: ١٧٧. ٢ سورة القمر، الآية: ٤٩. ٣ سورة البقرة، الآية: ٢٨٥. ٤ سورة النساء، الآية: ١٣٦.