:s1: godilali bro, you're right. For none specialists (i.e. the masses = awwaam) the BEST source for learning Maturidi Aqidah is Chapter 1: Bab al Aqai'd, of Bahar e Shar'iat [The Garden of Shariah] by Mufti Amjad Ali Azami Ridawi alayhirahmat. A couple of English translations by Muslims exist but the one I have seen was unsatisfactory. I may, insha Allah, translate it for the benefits of one and all (including myself).
Brother, that translation is by an orientalist, so one must be very careful. Also, a word of advise to the originator of this thread: it is very dangerous to study aqidah on your own without the supervision of a teacher.
:s1: Bro Turki, there is an English translation of Allama Taftazani's Sharh al Aqaid available in English although it is difficult to get hold of. The German publisher Brill might also have it in German translation. English translation of Allama Taftazani's Sharh al Aqaid al Nasafi is available although difficult to get hold of. Here are the details:- A commentary on the creed of Islam : Sa'd al-Din al-Taftazani on the creed of Najm al-Din al-Nasafi / translated with an introduction and notes by Earl Edgar Elder [Columbia U.P.; Oxford U.P, 1950]
These are arabic books, but there may be a translation somewhere. from Shaykh Abul Hasan of sunniforum: BOOKS ON SUNNI CREED ACCORDING TO THE MADHHAB OF IMAM ABU HANIFA, COMMONLY KNOWN AS AL-MATURIDIYYA The following is a list I put together in haste today. There are probably others that I have missed tonight; but if anyone wants to add anymore please go ahead. A number of the titles listed thoroughly demolish the batil aqeeda of the innovators of this age from various sects. 1) Fiqh al-Akbar attributed to Imam Abu Hanifa (d. 150 AH), rahimahullah. Other short works ascribed to the Imam include: 2) Kitab al-Wasiyya (the work has been published with the Sharh of Mulla Hussain ibn Iskandar al-Hanafi, Hyderabad, India, 1321 AH) 3) Al-Alim wal Muta’alim (it has been published with the notes of Shaykh Muhammad Zahid al-Kawthari) 4) Kitab al-Tawhid by Imam Abu Mansur al Maturidi 5) Ta’wilat Ahlus Sunna wal Jama’ah by Imam Abu Mansur al Maturidi 6) Sharh Fiqh al-Akbar ascribed to Imam al-Maturidi 7) Sharh Fiqh al-Akbar (also known as: Minah al-Rawd al-Azhar) by Mullah Ali al-Qari al-Hanafi. The best edition is the one by our Shaykh: Wahbi Sulayman al-Albani with his Hashiya 8) Aqeeda of the Hanafi Mujtahid Imam: Abu Ja’far al-Tahawi. Though the Imam was a contemporary of both Imam’s: al-Maturidi and al-Ash’ari, there doesn’t seem to be any evidence that the three Imams ever met. The Aqeeda of al-Tahawi is formally known as al-Bayan al-Sunna wal Jama’a and a number of commentaries exist. The one to clearly avoid is the one by Ibn Abi’l Izz. The latter is a pseudo-Salafi favourite in this age, but take note, Ibn Abi’l Izz was declared an innovator by the true Hanafi Imam and aqeeda specialist in his age: Imam Ali al Qari (d. 1014 AH). One of the best commentaries is by Shaykh Abdal Ghani al-Ghunaymi (d. 1298 AH), with the notes of Dr Muhammad Riyadh al-Malih (rahimahullah) and Dr Muhammad al-Hafiz (all three are from Damascus) 9) Tabsira al-Adilla of Imam Abul Mu’in al-Nasafi 10) Risala fi Bayan al-I’tiqad ala Madhhab al-Imam al A’zam al-Mujtahid al-Muqaddam Abu Hanifa al-Nu’man by Shaykh Muhammad Yusuf Atif Pasha (manuscript preserved in Maktaba al-Azhar, no. 3488) 11) Al-Sayf al-Mash-hur fi-Sharh Aqeeda Abi Mansur al Maturidi by the Ash’ari Imam of his age: Imam Tajud-Din al Subki (manuscript preserved in Maktaba Arif Hikmat, Madina) 12) Al-Nur al-Lami wal Burhan al-Sati fi-Sharh Aqeeda Ahlus Sunna wal Jama’a by Shaykh Mankubris al-Nasiri (manuscript in Maktaba al-Sulaymaniyya, Istanbul, no. 2973) 13) Usul al-Din by Shaykh Abul Yusr al-Bazdawi 14) Bahr al-Kalam by Imam Abul Mu’in al Nasafi 15) Al-Tamhid fi-Usul al-Din by Imam Abul Mu’in al-Nasafi 16) Tafsir al-Nasafi – is a Tafsir on the Qur’an with aspects from the Maturidi understanding within it by Imam Abul Barakat al-Nasafi 17) Jami al-Mutun fi Haqq Anwa’ al-Sifat al-Ilahiyya wal Aqa’id al-Maturidiyya by Shaykh Ahmed Diyaud-Din 18) Al-Masayira by Imam Kamal ibn al-Humam (who was the Mujtahid of the Hanafi school in his age, as well as being a student of al-Hafiz ibn Hajar al Asqalani in Hadith) 19) al-Masamira Sharh al-Masayira li-Ibn al-Humam by Shaykh Kamalud-Din Muhammad, well known as: Ibn Abi Sharif al-Maqdisi (d. 905 AH) 20) Hashiya of al-Hafiz Qasim ibn Qutlubugha (d. 879 AH) to his teacher: Imam Kamal ibn al-Humam’s al-Masayira 21) Aqeeda of Imam Najmud-Din al-Nasafi. This book is well known and a number of commentaries of varying lengths exist; amongst them being: 22) Sharh al-Aqa’id al Nasafiyya by Imam Sa’d al Din al-Taftazani. There is also an edition with the notes of the Indian Muhadith: Shaykh Abdal Aziz al-Dehlawi (son of Shah Waliullah), printed by Maktaba al-Imdadiyya, Deoband, India 23) Hashiyya al-Kayali ala Sharh al-Aqa’id al Nasafiyya 24) Hashiyya al-Assam ala Sharh al-Aqa’id al Nasafiyya 25) Al-Hawashi al-Bahiyya ala Aqa’id al Nasafiyya 26) Salam al-Ahkam ala Sawad al-A’zam by Shaykh Ibrahim Hilmi al-Wafi 27) Al-Sawad al A’zam by Shaykh Abul Qasim al-Samarqandi 28) Al-Saha’if al-Ilahiyya by Shaykh Shamsud-Din al Samarqandi ---------------------------------------------------------------- Wassalam Abul Hasan al-Hanafi
Selamu aleykum. I currently am searching for a real good Book about the Maturidi Aqida. I read some Articles and smaller Books, but now i'd like to go more into the details. The Book can be in English, Turkish or German. Any suggestions ? ve Selam
