Sittings Reading Thalāthah al-Uṣūl (1447/ 2025)

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Sitting One (1)

• Points of Benefit

  • Before reading a book you must know the author (the person who wrote the book).
    

  • The Muslim should be mindful about who they learn their religion from!
    

  • Before reading a book know the title and understand what the book contains by looking through the content page).
    

  • The actual name of the Risālah is Thalāthah al-Uṣūl (ثلاثة الأصول). Al-Uṣūl ath-Thalāthah (الأصول الثلاثة) was actually prepared by Shaykh Muḥammad Ibn ʿAbd al-
    Wahhāb – رحمه الله – for children.
    

  • This Risālah explains Tawḥīd ar-Rubūbiyyah, Tawḥīd al-Ulūhiyyah and the affair of al-Walā' wa al-Barā'.
    

  • Within this Risālah there are four Rasā'il:
    
    1. Al-Masā'il al-Arba'ah (The Four Matters)
    2. Al-Masā'il ath-Thalāthah (The Three Matters)
    3. Al-Ḥanīfiyyah (The Religion of Ibrāhīm, that a person worships Allāh alone making the religion sincerely for Him)
    4. Al-Uṣūl ath-Thalāthah (The Three Fundamental Principles).
    

  • Al-Masā'il al-Arba'ah (المسائل الأربعة) covers; seeking knowledge, acting upon knowledge, calling to what you have understood from knowledge, and being patient upon all of these things.
    

  • A person must sincerely want to understand the truth (through seeking knowledge) and acting upon it.