Paperback: 147 Pages
Published: February, 2004
Before you, O reader, may Allaah guide you to His pleasure, is a
compilation of the Creed and Methodology of the great Imaam and Scholar
of the Prophetic Traditions and the Religion, Al-Bukhaaree, may Allaah
have Mercy upon him. Imaam Al-Bukhaaree is the author of the famous
work of Hadeeth (Prophetic Tradition) known as 'Saheeh Al-Bukhaaree'.
This work is considered by the scholars of Orthodox Islaam to be the
most authentic book after the Qur'aan.
From the Back of the Book:
Before
you, O reader, may Allaah guide you to His pleasure, is a compilation
of the Creed and Methodology of the great Imaam and Scholar of the
Prophetic Traditions and the Religion, Al-Bukhaaree, may Allaah have
Mercy upon him. Imaam Al-Bukhaaree is the author of the famous work of
Hadeeth (Prophetic Tradition) known as 'Saheeh Al-Bukhaaree'. This work
is considered by the scholars of Orthodox Islaam to be the most
authentic book after the Qur'aan. When Imaam Al-Bukhaaree speaks, the
Ummah pays attention, since he is from the most knowledgeable of the
people of the earth regarding the way of the Messenger Muhammad
(salallaahu 'alayhi wassallam). Imaam Al-Bukhaaree states that he spent
over forty-six years travelling around the various Islaamic lands,
benefiting from the scholars of his time. He met over a thousand
scholars, and took knowledge from and imparted knowledge to them. So
after he mentions many of the places he visited and the names of the
scholars he met, he states, "And we are content with the naming of
these people so that this discourse may be brief and concise and is not
lengthened. And I never sa w a single one amongst them differ with
respect to the following matters..". Imaam Al-Bukhaaree then proceeds
to state and explain the matters of Faith and Methodology of the Salaf
(Righteous Predecessors) of this Muslim nation. This book is a
translation of that treatise narrated from Imaam Al-Bukhaaree contained
in the encyclopedia of the 'Aqeedah known as "Sharh Usool I'tiqaad
Ahlus-Sunnah Wal-Jamaa'ah" (Explanation Of The Fundamentals Of The
Creed Of Ahlus-Sunnah Wal-Jamaa'ah) of Imaam Al-Laalikaa'ee (Died 418
AH). So this book, O Muslim, is a translation of some of the points of
the Creed of Ahlus-Sunnah Wal-Jamaa'ah. The text is as relevant today
as it was over one thousand years ago, if not more so, since confusion
regarding matters of Manhaj and 'Aqeedah (Methodology and Creed) has
increased. So know that success lies in sticking to the way of the
Salaf as Imaam Maalik Bin Anas (Died 179 AH) said, "The latter part of
this Ummah will not be rectified except by that which rectified its
earliest part". So compare the speech of Imaam Al-Bukhaaree contained
in this treatise to the speech of the callers to Islaam today, and you
will see who in reality is in accordance to Islaam as it was understood
by the earliest generations.
