al-Sharḥ wa-l-ibāna ʿalā uṣūl al-sunna

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al-Sharḥ wa-l-ibāna ʿalā uṣūl al-sunna is a classical Sunni creed treatise by the Hanbali scholar Ibn Batta al-Ukbari that expounds early orthodox theological principles and beliefs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hanbali creed text
Islamic theological work
Sunni creed treatise
aimsTo clarify orthodox Sunni principles
refute heterodox theological views
associatedWith Baghdad scholarly milieu
author Ibn Batta al-Ukbari NERFINISHED
citedBy later Sunni creed authors
denomination Sunni Islam
discusses Qurʾan as uncreated speech of God
Sunni orthodox beliefs
attributes of God
companions of the Prophet
early Sunni creed
faith (īmān)
innovations (bidʿa)
predestination (qadar)
emphasizes adherence to prophetic hadiths in creed
following the Salaf (pious predecessors)
focusesOn uṣūl al-sunna (foundations of the Sunnah) NERFINISHED
genre ʿaqīda literature
influencedBy Ahmad ibn Hanbal’s creed positions
early Hanbali scholars
keyConcept Sunna as source of creed
community consensus (ijmāʿ) in belief
language Arabic
madhhab Hanbali NERFINISHED
opposes Jahmite views on divine attributes
Muʿtazilite theology NERFINISHED
extremist views on faith and sin
preservedIn manuscript tradition
regionOfOrigin Iraq NERFINISHED
religiousDiscipline uṣūl al-sunna
ʿaqīda (Islamic creed)
religiousTradition Sunni traditionalism
studiedBy Hanbali jurists
Sunni theologians
supportsViewpoint adherence to textual evidence from Qurʾan and Sunna
affirmation of divine attributes without metaphorical reinterpretation
rejection of theological speculation (kalām)
theologicalOrientation Athari NERFINISHED
timePeriod early Islamic centuries
usedIn Hanbali theological education
Sunni creed studies

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Ibn Batta al-Ukbari notableWork al-Sharḥ wa-l-ibāna ʿalā uṣūl al-sunna