Ash'ari

Bayan al-Ma’ani fi Sharh ’Aqidat al-Shaybani is a detailed commentary on the celebrated theological poem of Imam Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Shaybani (d. 777 AH / 1375 CE), a concise...

A work documenting the blasphemous statements made by the Qadiyanis (Ahmadiyya) against Islam and presenting the scholarly response to each. The title refers to the cursed tree (al-shajarah al-malʻanah), applied...

A commentary on the 'Aqidat al-Bajuri, the celebrated theological primer of Imam Ibrahim al-Bajuri (Sheikh of Al-Azhar). The work presents and expounds the creed of al-Bajuri within the framework of...

A scholarly work establishing the evidential basis in the hadith tradition for the descent of the Prophet 'Isa (Jesus, Peace be upon him) at the end of times, and refuting...

A collection of four Sunni theological treatises addressing interconnected questions of Islamic belief and practice. The first establishes the Prophet's vision of his Lord (Peace and Blessings be upon him)...

A biographical and intellectual study of Imam Abu al-Hasan 'Ali ibn Isma'il al-Ash'ari (260–324 AH / 874–935 CE), the founder of the Ash'ari school of Sunni scholastic theology, examining his...

A marginal commentary by Imam Ibrahim al-Bajuri, Sheikh of Al-Azhar, on the theological treatise of Imam Muhammad al-Faddali on the declaration of divine unity, la ilaha illa Allah. The commentary...

A systematic study of the theological agreements and differences between the two great schools of Sunni scholastic theology, the Ash'ariyya and the Maturidiyya, examining the doctrinal questions on which the...

A work by Imam Tantawi Jawhari engaging with the question of souls (al-arwah), exploring this subject from the perspectives of Islamic theology, the natural sciences, and the spiritual tradition. The...

A theological treatise on the impossibility of divine essential togetherness with creation (al-ma'iyyah bi-al-dhat) and the related question of the ambiguous divine attributes (mutashabih al-sifat). The work addresses one of...

A major work of Sunni scholastic theology, presenting and elaborating the positions (mawaqif) across the principal questions of classical kalam. This curriculum edition has been prepared according to the prescribed...

A treatise on the science of Islamic theology (Ilm al-Tawhid), setting out the principles of monotheism and the foundational tenets of the Islamic creed in a structured and clear manner....

A concise commentary on Umm al-Barahin, the celebrated creed text of Imam Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Sanusi, composed in a form that prioritises brevity and clarity in the utmost degree. The...

A scholarly work examining and establishing the religious legitimacy of tawassul and istighathah, drawing on Quranic, hadith, and classical jurisprudential evidence. The work addresses one of the most debated questions...

A commentary on al-'Aqa'id al-Nasafiyyah, the foundational creed text of Imam Najm al-Din al-Nasafi, which has been one of the most widely studied theological primers in the Sunni tradition for...

A commentary on Umm al-Barahin, the celebrated theological primer of Imam Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Sanusi, which presents the foundational tenets of Islamic creed according to the Ash'ari school in a...

A commentary on the 'Aqa'id al-'Adudiyyah of Imam 'Adud al-Din al-Iji, a concise and influential text on Islamic theology that attracted extensive commentary from scholars across the tradition. The work...

A refutational work by a major Shafiʻi scholar of the ninth century AH, dispelling a misattribution of anthropomorphist or deviant positions to the noble Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal. The work...