'Aqā'id al-Nasafi, a short summary of the authentic Muslim beliefs byNajm al-Din 'Umar al-Nasafi. 'Aqā'id is the plural of'aqidah, which means, religious belief, creed, or theology. This short treatise has gained much popularity and acceptance amongst the Islamic community because of its comprehensive summary of the beliefs ofIslam.[6][7][8]
Al-Nasafi compiled and enumerated some 60 points of belief, each one of them being established directly or indirectly by aQur'anic verse or anauthentic Hadith. Although written from the perspective of theMaturidi school of theology, there is a consensus about all the fundamental beliefs mentioned in its pages amongst theSunni scholars and they have only differed on a few of the subsidiary issues dealt with in this work. Many commentaries have been written on this work differing in size;[11] among them are:[10]
Al-Durra Sharh 'Aqa'id al-Nasafi (Arabic:الدرة شرح عقائد النسفي) byIbn al-Nafis (d. 687/1288).
One of the most popular was the commentary written bySa'd al-Din al-Taftazani (d. 792/1390).[2] Since then, it has been taught in Islamic schools and seminaries throughout the world, particularly inCentral andSouth Asia.[12]
In 1988,Syed Naquib al-Attas put forward the 'Aqā'id al-Nasafi manuscript as the oldestMalay manuscript with the date of authorship established as 1590 CE (998 AH), during the era of SultanAlauddin Riayat Syah's rule inAceh (1589–1604). Like most religious manuscripts in the early stages, this manuscript was a translation fromArabic to Malay and this text was written in both languages, with the translated text written below the lines of the original text in Arabic.[13][14][15]
Al-Taftazani started the book by praisingAsh'aris after criticizing theMu'tazilis. Part of his intention when he wrote this commentary was to thoroughly refute theAhl al-Batil (the people of falsehood), such as the Mu'tazila, theKarramiyya, theKhawarij, the Philosophers, etc. Though his commentary in parts reflects an Ash'ari-Maturidi synthesis, the main framework was Ash'ari theology.[5]
Arabicmanuscript of Muhammad b. Ahmad b. 'Ali al-Buhutial-Hanbali (d. 1088/1678)'s commentary on the Sharh al-'Aqa'id al-Nasafiyya by al-Taftazani (d. 792/1390).
Al-Taftazani's commentary is the oldestmanuscript copied on the territory ofMacedonia. The scribe Muhammad ibn Sinan mentioned that he had copied it inSkopje, in themadrasa (school) ofIsa Bey, in 926/1519.[16]
There have been many scholars and theologians who have written glosses and notes on al-Taftazani's commentary, among them are the following:[3][17][2]
Muhammad b. Ahmad b. 'Ali al-Buhuti al-Khalwati al-Hanbali (d. 1088/1678), the student ofMansur al-Buhuti (d. 1051/1641) and also his nephew and son-in-law.
A Commentary on the Creed of Islam: Sa'd al-Din al-Taftazani on the Creed of Najm al-Din al-Nasafi, translated with introduction and notes by Earl Edgar Elder, New York:Columbia University Press, and London:Oxford University Press, 1950.[35]
TheMalay translation of al-Taftazani's commentary on al-Nasafi's essay on beliefs was written byNur al-Din al-Raniri (d. 1068/1658) before 1637. It was probably written inPahang, before his arrival inAceh. The work is entitledDurrat al-Fara'id bi Sharh al-'Aqa'id (Arabic:درة الفرائض بشرح العقائد).[39][40]
^Seyyed Hossein Nasr;Oliver Leaman, eds. (2013).History of Islamic Philosophy. Routledge History of World Philosophies. Vol. 1. London and New York:Routledge. p. 1137.ISBN9781136780448.the Malay translation of the Sharḥ al-'aqā'id al-nasafiyyah, which is Sa'd al-Dīn al-Taftāzānī's (d. 791/1388) famous commentary on Abū Ḥafs Najm al-Dīn al-Nasafī's (d. 537/1142) 'Aqā'id, a comprehensive treatise on the articles of Islamic belief
^"شرح العقائد النسفية".arabicdawateislami.net (in Arabic).Dawat-e-Islami. Archived fromthe original on 22 Feb 2023.وقد خرج أحاديث "شرح العقائد" العلاّمة جلال الدين السيوطي والمولى علي بن محمّد القاري المكّي المتوفّى سنه أربع عشرة وألف من الهجرة.
^"الشيخ علي القاري ورسالته "فرائد القلائد على أحاديث شرح العقائد"".alukah.net (in Arabic). 29 October 2015. Archived fromthe original on 20 Jun 2023.وكان أول مَنْ نهض لتخريج أحاديثه - فيما أعلم - العلامة قاسم بن قُطلوبغا الحنفي (ت:879هـ) وسمّى كتابَه "بغية الرائد في تخريج أحاديث شرح العقائد"[2] ثم جاء السيوطي فكتب تخريجًا آخر بعد وفاة ابن قطلوبغا بسبع سنين، جاء في آخر تخريجه: "علقته يوم الأحد العشرين من شعبان سنة ست وثمانين وثمانمئة، أحسن الله خاتمتها"[3]. ثم كتب الشيخُ علي القاري "فرائد القلائد"، وهي موضوع حديثي. وأخيرًا قام بتخريج هذه الأحاديث "كلود سلامة" أثناء تحقيقه لهذا الشرح ونشره،[4] ويبدو أنه لم يطّلع على أي تخريجٍ سابق، لما وقع فيه من أخطاء وعدم استيفاء، وظهور قصورٍ في هذا المجال.
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