شرح العقيدة الصغرى
Sharh al-Aqida al-Sughra (Umm al-Barahin)
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About The Book
Sharh al-Aqida al-Sughra is Imam al-Sanusi's auto-commentary on al-Aqida al-Sughra — better known as Umm al-Barahin (the Mother of Proofs) — the most widely-circulated Sanusi catechism in the Maliki-Ashari world. The matn enumerates the divine attributes that are necessary (wajib), impossible (mustahil), and permissible (jaiz) for God, and binds each to a rational proof. The auto-commentary explains the syllogistic structure of each proof, identifies the unstated premises, and addresses the principal objections. For more than five centuries, the Aqida al-Sughra and its commentaries have been the standard aqida text of the Maliki world.
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Imam Abu Abd Allah Muhammad b. Yusuf al-Sanusi (832-895 AH / 1427-1490 CE) was a Tlemceni Maliki scholar whose creedal works became the standard aqida curriculum of the Maliki-Ashari world.
عن الكتاب
"شرح العقيدة الصغرى" شرحُ الإمام السنوسي على متن "العقيدة الصغرى" — المعروفِ بـ"أمّ البراهين" — أَوْسَع متون السنوسي انتشاراً في عالم المالكية الأشعرية. يُحْصي المتنُ صفاتِ الله الواجبة والمستحيلة والجائزة، ويُرْفِق بكلٍّ منها بُرْهاناً عقلياً. يَفُكّ الشرحُ بُنيةَ كلِّ بُرهان القياسية، ويَكْشِف المقدّمات المُسْكَتة، ويَرُدّ الاعتراضات المتوقَّعة. منذ خمسة قرون والعقيدة الصغرى وشروحها هي المتن المعتمد للعقيدة في عالم المالكية.
عن المؤلف
الإمام أبو عبد الله محمد بن يوسف السنوسي (٨٣٢-٨٩٥ هـ) عالم مالكي تلمساني.
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About the author
Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Sanusi: Al-Sanusi (832-895 AH, 1428-1490 CE) was a theologian, jurist, and Sufi who lived his whole life in Tlemcen, in what is now western Algeria, and is counted among the most influential Ashʿari authorities of the post-classical Maghrib. Honored by later tradition as a saint and renewer, he was Ashʿari in creed and Maliki in law. His abiding concern was pedagogical, to make sound belief accessible to ordinary Muslims, not only scholars, by grounding each article of faith in clear rational proof rather than mere transmission. He is best known for a graded series of creeds calibrated to different levels of student, from the longer al-ʿAqida al-Kubra and al-Wusta down to the short al-Sughra and the brief al-Sughra al-Sughra. The al-Sughra, famous as Umm al-Barahin (Mother of Proofs), became one of the most taught theological texts in the Muslim world, studied from West Africa to Southeast Asia and still in seminary use today. Al-Sanusi wrote his own commentaries on these creeds, and his works generated a vast tradition of glosses and super-commentaries. The titles gathered here, including the commentaries on the Sughra, the Wusta, the Muqaddimat, and Wasitat al-Suluk, alongside the multi-volume Silsila al-ʿAqdiyya, reflect that enduring teaching legacy in systematic Ashʿari theology and creed.
About the editor
Anas b. Muhammad Adnan al-Sharafawi: Anas b. Muhammad Adnan al-Sharafawi is a contemporary Damascene scholar and muhaqqiq (verifier and editor of classical texts) whose work centers on the disciplines of creed, logic, and Sufism. He teaches within the Ash'ari tradition in theology, giving lessons on 'aqida and logic, among them al-Bayjuri's celebrated gloss on the Jawharat al-Tawhid, and he is active in transmitting these foundational sciences to students. He has prepared more than fifty critical editions, the bulk of them for Dar al-Taqwa in Damascus and several flagship titles for Dar al-Minhaj, the Jeddah and Beirut house known for high-quality editions of Shafi'i and Ash'ari texts. For Dar al-Minhaj he edited al-Qushayri's al-Risala al-Qushayriyya, the most widely circulated classical manual of Sufism, and Imam al-Ghazali's al-Iqtisad fi al-I'tiqad, a key statement of Ash'ari theology. His other verified editions include al-Sanusi's Umm al-Barahin (al-'Aqida al-Sughra), al-Bayhaqi's al-I'tiqad wa al-Hidaya ila Sabil al-Rashad, and Ibn 'Abbad's commentary on the Hikam of Ibn 'Ata' Allah. His editions are appreciated for careful collation of manuscripts and a clear, accessible layout that serves both seminary students and general readers approaching the classical literature of theology and the spiritual path.
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Binding
Hardback
Publisher
Dar al-Taqwa (Arabic)
Author
Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Sanusi
Pages
368
Editor
Anas b. Muhammad Adnan al-Sharafawi
Year Published
2019
Size
W-6 in | H-1 in | D-8.75 in
Number of Volumes
1
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