al-Athar al-Warida an Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz fi al-Aqida
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al-Athar al-Warida an Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz fi al-Aqida (The Transmitted Reports from Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz on Creed: Collection and Study) is a two-volume contemporary theological work by Hayat bin Muhammad bin Jibril that compiles and analyzes the theological statements and narrations attributed to the Umayyad caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz (d. 101 AH / 720 CE) .
Composition and Publication
The work originated as an academic thesis supervised by Ghalib Ali al-Awwaji at the Islamic University of Madinah . It was published in two volumes by the Deanship of Scientific Research at the Islamic University of Madinah in its first edition in 1423 AH / 2002 CE .
Structure and Scope
The book is organized into an introduction, a preliminary study, three primary parts (abwab), and a conclusion:
- Preliminary Study (al-Tamhid): Defines the terms of the title and surveys the personal, scholarly, and political life of Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, including his character, virtues, and death .
- Part One (al-Bab al-Awwal): Focuses on reports concerning monotheism (tawhid) across three chapters, covering matters of divine worship (tawhid al-uluhiyya)—such as supplication, gratitude, reliance, fear and hope, seeking blessings (tabarruk), and the prohibition of polytheism and its avenues—alongside divine names and attributes (al-asma wa-l-sifat) .
- Part Two (al-Bab al-Thani): Comprises seven chapters treating reports on faith in angels, scriptures, messengers, the Last Day, divine decree (al-qadar), and the definition and components of faith (iman), including its increase and decrease and the status of the perpetrator of major sins .
- Part Three (al-Bab al-Thalith): Examines reports on adhering to the Quran and Sunnah, maintaining the community (al-jama'a), refutations of theological sects such as the Murji'a and Jahmiyya, and policies regarding non-Muslim subjects (ahl al-dhimma) across nine chapters .
The work closes with a conclusion summarizing the key doctrinal findings derived from Umar's letters, speeches, and recorded sayings .
Method
The author's methodology consists of two core components: assembling the corpus of reports narrated from Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz concerning doctrinal matters, and commenting upon these transmissions by evaluating them against the texts of the Quran and the prophetic Sunnah .
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