The Laamiyyah of Ibn Taymiyyah (with translation) - About his Aqeedah

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The Laamiyyah of Ibn Taymiyyah

O One who asks regarding my madhab and aqeedah * Indeed, guidance is bestowed upon one who sincerely seeks it

Listen to the words of one well-versed in his discourse * Shifting not even an iota [from the truth] nor retracting it

Love for all of the companions is my madhab * And through love for the family of the Messenger of Allah I strive to come closer [to Allah]

And each one of them has their own status and virtuous rank * But indeed Abu Bakr as-Sideeq is the most virtuous of them all

And I affirm all of the verses pertaining to Allah's attributes * as they have been transmitted in truth from the pious predecessors

And I return any issue to the understanding of the transmitters * and I defend them from all forms of conjecture

Disgraced is one who throws the book of Allah behind his back * and when asked for evidence says "Akhtal said"

And the believers will see their Lord in truth * and to the lowest heaven He descends without howness

And I believe in the Meezaan and the Hawd which * I hope to be from the people whose thirst it will quench

And likewise [I believe in] the bridge stretched over Hellfire * Thus, the Muwahid will be saved and the others forsaken

And the fire will roast the wretched by Divine Wisdom * and thus, the pious will be blessed to enter the Gardens

And every being will endure the life of the grave * his deeds will be his companion then and he will be interrogated

This is the aqeedah of Shafi'i and Malik * And Abu Hanifah, and then what Ahmad transmitted

So if you follow their path then you are successful * But if you innovate then you have nothing to rely upon!