Aqeedah

In the name of Allah most Gracious most Merciful.

The beliefs must be corrected first, then follows all of the other aspects of the religion……..

Aqeedah
Al-Aqeedah linguistically is derived from the term aqada. In Arabic, one states, “Aqada the rope” when the rope is tied firmly. And, “Aqada the sale” or “He settled the sale” when the person ratifies and contracts a sale or agreement.

And Allah says in the Quran, “And as for those whom your right hands have made a covenant (Ar., aqadat)” [Al-Nisa 33].
And Allah also says, “But He will take you to task for the oaths which you swear in earnest (Ar., aqadtum)” [Al-Maida, 89] which means asserted and adhered to, as proven in the verse, “And break not oaths after the assertion of them” [An-Nahl, 91]. If one says, “Aqadtu such and such,” it means his heart is firm upon such and such.
al-Aqeedah or al-itiqad-The firm creed that one’s heart is fixed upon without any wavering or doubt. It excludes any supposition, doubt or suspicion.
. The matter of Aqeedah is of the “TOP” priority,
Imam Abu Hanifa called this great subject al-Fiqh al-Akbar (”The Greater Understanding”) and the understanding of the religion. He called the science of law (Ar., shariah) the understanding of the science. Many scholars of Islam use the word tauheed for all matters that a person must believe in. This is because the most important of these matters is the basic tauheed that is contained in the phrase, “There is none worthy of worship except Allah.”The beliefs must be corrected first, then follows all of the other aspects of the religion….

And Imam Ash-Shafi` said, “That a servant meets Allaah with every sin except Shirk is better say than meeting Him upon any of the innovated belief

So Aqeeda =al-Fiqh-al-akbar ( “The Greater Understanding”) and the understanding of the religion. The firm creed that one’s heart is fixed upon without any wavering or doubt. (This has to come from understanding of the basic tauheed)”There is none worthy of worship except Allah.”

al-Aqeedah or al-itiqad-The firm creed that one’s heart is fixed upon without any wavering or doubt. It excludes any supposition, doubt or suspicion.

one’s heart is fixed upon without any wavering or doubt .Now you know what Aqeeda is!

The Messenger informed Mu’adh bin Jabal, when he was going to the land of Yemen, “You are going to a people from the People of the Book. Let the first thing that you call them to be the worship of Allah. If they acknowledge Allah, then inform them that Allah has obligated upon them five prayers during their days and nights.” [Al-Bukhari, Muslim]

Jundub Ibn Abdullah al-Bajaly said, “We learned Eemaan (faith) and then we learned the Quran and it increased our Eemaan .” Abdullah ibn Umar said, “We lived during an instant of time in which one of us would receive faith first before receiving the Quran and when the surahs were revealed we would learn what they permitted and what they prohibited and what they forbade and what they ordered and what should be the stance towards them. But I have seen many men from whom one is given the Quran before Eemaan and he reads it from the opening of the Book to its closing and he does not know what it orders and what it forbids and what should be his stance towards it. He is like someone who is just throwing out dates [i.e., he does not get any benefit from his recital].”

That is the manner in which the Prophet brought up his companions: Eemaan first and then the Quran. This is similar to what Imaam Abu Hanifah pointed out: Understanding in the religion first (i.e. Tawheed) and then understanding in the science (i.e. the sharee’ah).

The beliefs must be corrected first, then follows all of the other aspects of the religion.

Insh’Allah we will go through this.