A collection of 3 treatises of the great Imam, with full Arabic text included.

The book is complemented with extensive footnotes and 11 appendices – making it a valuable item for any English speaking student of Islaam.

The book before you is an explanation of a concise yet great work by a noble Scholar of Islaam from the third century of Islaam, may Allaah’s mercy be upon him. He compiled these great works, in order to make clear to the people the core and fundamental principles upon which Islaam is established.

Imaam Ahmad bin Hanbal took these principles from the texts of the Qur’aan and the pure Prophetic Sunnah, as well as the Companions and those who succeeded them. His adversaries, in his time and after expended much effort in spreading misinformation regarding his belief and methodology.

However, his works show that he was a true traditionalist in the path of the Messenger of Allaah and his Companions. Imaam ash-Shaafi’ee (died 204H) said, “I left Baghdad and I did not leave behind me a man better and having more knowledge or greater understanding (fiqh), nor having more piety than Ahmad bin Hanbal.”

This book contains the texts of three treatises of the Imaam regarding the belief of the orthodox Muslims. We have included in total ten chapters that further expound and clarify the true Muslim creed. This book therefore is an excellent foundation in understanding the belief of the earliest generation of Muslims.