Sharh al-Aqida al-Wasitiyya - Abd al-Karim al-Khudayr
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Sharh al-Aqida al-Wasitiyya is a contemporary theological commentary by the Saudi scholar Abd al-Karim al-Khudayr on the creedal treatise al-Aqida al-Wasitiyya composed by Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728 AH / 1328 CE) .
Origin and Structure
The work comprises transcribed audio lectures delivered by al-Khudayr, published via his official website . The text is arranged into eight lessons, with each volume corresponding to an individual lecture session .
Method and Content
The commentary follows an interactive teaching format, frequently beginning with al-Khudayr responding to student inquiries regarding legal rulings, hadith gradings, and theological questions before delving into the base text .
In addressing the creedal passages of Ibn Taymiyya's treatise, al-Khudayr expounds upon the affirmation of divine attributes mentioned in the Quran and the Sunnah, such as divine speech (al-kalam), divine transcendence (al-'uluww), and divine presence (al-ma'iyya) . He adheres to the traditional Sunni methodology of affirming these attributes in a literal manner befitting divine majesty, arguing that attributing them does not entail anthropomorphism (tashbih) and rejecting figurative reinterpretation (ta'wil) as blameworthy deviation from the consensus of early generations (al-salaf) .
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