Guide to Sound Creed: A Book on Muslim Creed and Faith

Shaikh Salih Ibn Fawzan Ibn Abdillah Al-Fawzan

Clarifying the sound Muslim Creed and calling people to believe in it, is the most crucial issue because it is the foundation on which one’s deeds are judged whether denied or accepted. This book gives clear explanation of the Muslim sound creed as pointed out in the Qur’an and the Sunnah. In this book, Sheikh Salih Al-Fawzan has shed light on doctrinal issues of utmost importance in a genuine and reader-friendly style. Guide to sound Creed, in its translated version, fulfills a long standing need on the part of English-speaking Muslims for a brief introductory book focusing on the sound Muslim creed.

It is a valuable book for novice readers, be they Muslims or non-Muslims. The chapters of the book focus on major issues in Tawhid (monotheism) such as the necessity of learning and teaching the Muslim creed, the Principles of Muslim creed; namely belief in Allah, the Angels, the Heavenly Books, Allah’s Messengers, the Day of Judgment and the Divine Decree and Predestination as well as many other issues.

Sheikh Salih Al-Fawzan (born in 1935) has obtained a PhD in Islamic Jurisprudence and has a high profile in teaching jurisprudence. He is a member of many academic institutions including the Board of Senior Ulema, the Permanent Committee for Fatwa and Research. He has written more than sixty published works covering Muslim Creed, Islamic jurisprudence and Muslim’s conduct.