بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Shaykh Saalih Fawzaan’s Permission to
Publish my Translation
In the year 2005 (13 years ago)
I translated Shaykh Saalih Fawzaan’s Explanation of ‘The Creed of Muhammad bin ‘Abdil
Wahhaab, the Imaam, the Revivalist’. I had attended all the classes explaining
it orally the year before in the Shaykh’s masjid. A friend would ring me after
each class asking me to explain in English what the Shaykh had said. This is what
prepared me to translate the book formally when it was first published in Arabic
in 1426AH consisting of 184 pages.
It was given
to many people to edit and finally in 2015 it was given to Shaykh Saalih Fawzaan
in his office at Darul Iftaa to ask permission to publish it. The official
translator there went through the whole translation thoroughly before finally
advising the Shaykh that there were no mistakes.
The Shaykh الله يحفظه acting upon his recommendation then
personally signed my final copy giving permission to publish it in Ramadhaan
1439AH/2018. وما توفيق إلا بالله
Whoever does
not thank the people does not thank Allaah.
Firstly all praises are for Allaah alone who enabled me to complete the translation الحمد لله.
Then I thank my dear parents for their constant support of everything I do. Allaah have mercy upon them both and grant them Jannatul Firdaws.
Then I ask Allaah سبحانه وتعالى to reward the following people with good for looking at the translation and suggesting improvements جزاهم الله خيرا :
Firstly all praises are for Allaah alone who enabled me to complete the translation الحمد لله.
Then I thank my dear parents for their constant support of everything I do. Allaah have mercy upon them both and grant them Jannatul Firdaws.
Then I ask Allaah سبحانه وتعالى to reward the following people with good for looking at the translation and suggesting improvements جزاهم الله خيرا :
Aboo Talhah
Daawood Burbank رحمه الله (He
reviewed part of it)
Aboo ‘Abdillaah
Bilal Hussain حفظه الله (extremely thorough and beneficial comments)
Ismail
Mahmood Allakhami (Official translator at Darul Iftaa Riyadh)
Dr. Sheila (Parveen)
Lallmamode (reviewed the English)
Umm Daawood
Tasneem (reviewed the English)
Umm Zaynab
Parveen (inspired me to translate the whole book)
Aboo 'AbdirRahmaan Amjad Hussain (my husband for facilitating everything)
الحمد لله بنعمته تتم الصالحات
Allaah grant
us all sincerity and that we hold on firmly to the Sunnah of our beloved
Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم.
Next step is
to publish it إن شاء الله.
Here are a
few excerpts:
Shaykh
Saalih Fawzaan’s Permission:
The
translation of which is:
In the Name of Allaah, the All Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
"All praise is for Allaah. As for what follows - based
upon what the Specialised Committee at The General Presidency (of
Islamic Research and Ifta) have concluded that the corrections have been done for the translation of "An Explanation of The Creed of Muhammad bin 'Abdil Wahhaab the
Imaam, the Revivalist" then I have no objections in this translation
being published."
Written by
Saalih bin Fawzaan al Fawzaan
Signature
1st Ramadhaan 1439AH
The original book in Arabic:
The Shaykh's webiste (in Arabic): www.alfawzan.af.org.sa
Section Contents[1]
Section 1 The
Saved Sect
Section 2 The
Six Pillars of Belief
Section 3 Part
1: Belief in the Names and Attributes of
Allaah (without tahreef or ta’teel)
Section 4 Part
2: Belief in the Names and Attributes of
Allaah (Ilhaad)
Section 5 Part
3: Belief in the Names and Attributes of Allaah
(without tamtheel or tashbeeh)
Section 7 The
Mu’tazilah and Predestination (Qadar)
Section 8 Allaah’s
Threat – the Murji’ah and the Wa’eediyyah
Section 9 The
Companions
Section 10 Part
1: The Qur’aan: The Speech of Allaah (Uncreated)
Section 11 Part
2: The Qur’aan: The Speech of Allaah (Conveyed by Messengers)
Section 12 Part
3: The Qur’aan: The Speech of Allaah (Entrusted to the Prophet)
Section 13 Allaah’s
Actions, Will and Predestination
Section 14 Predestination
(Qadar)
Section 15 Belief
in the Last Day
Section 16 The
Grave
Section 17 The
Resurrection
Section 18 The
Balance
Section 19 The
Watering Place and The Bridge
Section 20 Part
1: Intercession
Section 21 Part
2: Intercession
Section 22 Paradise and Hell
Section 23 The
People of Paradise will see Allaah
Section 24 Prophet Muhammad
is the Seal of the Prophets
Section 25 The
Companions Vary in Degrees of Excellence
Section 26 How
the Companions Should be Treated
Section 27 The
Mothers of the Believers
Section 28 Part
1: The Miracles of the Pious Believers
Section 29 Part
2: The Miracles of the Pious Believers
Section 30 Not
Testifying that a Specific Person is in Paradise or Hell
Section 31 Part
1: Jihaad
Section 32 Part
2: Jihaad. The Dajjaal
Section 33 Hearing
and Obeying the Muslim Leaders
Section 34 Boycotting
the People of Innovation
Section 35 What
is Faith?
Section 36 Commanding
the Good and Forbidding Evil
Section 37 Refutation
of Sulaymaan bin Suhaym
Section 38 Accusations
made against the Shaykh. Accusation 1
Section 39 Accusations
2 & 3 - Ijtihaad and Blind Following
Section 40 Accusation
4 – Differing of the Scholars
Section 41 Accusations
5-7 – Tawassul, Boosayree, Dome of the Messenger
Section 42 Accusations
8-11 – Ka’bah Waterspout, Visiting Graves, Making Oaths
Section 43 Accusations
12 & 13 – Ibn al Faarid and Ibn ‘Arabee
Section 44 False
Accusations made against the Prophet
Section 45 Issues
Backed by Authentic Evidence
[1] Translator’s Note (TN): The Section Numbers have been
added by the translator to follow the divisions in the original Arabic
Explanation. In addition, each one has been given a title to help with
referencing and study.
Excerpt of the Biography of Muhammad bin 'Abdil Wahhaab Click here
Excerpt of the Biography of Shaykh Saalih al Fawzaan Click here
Excerpt of the Introduction Click here
Excerpt of the Full Text in Arabic and English (without the explanation) Click here
Excerpt of Section 1 Click here
Summary Charts that I designed based upon the book:
