***Thalaathat-ul-Usul Arabic to English Translation Now Available on Amazon***

In the Name of Allāh, all praise is due to Allāh, may praise and protection be upon the Messenger of Allāh.

Alḥamdulillāh – my translation of Imām Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb’s Thalāthat-ul-Uṣūl is now available in both paperback and kindle on Amazon.

Here is the link:

The Three Fundamental Principles and Their Proofs by Imam Muhammad b. ‘Abd al-Wahhab – ARABIC to ENGLISH: Amazon.co.uk: Haque, Salal Ahmed: 9798344765334: Books

Please forward to your family and friends, and purchase as gifts for others as well.

May Allāh make this a means of gaining closeness to Him in this life and the next for all of us.

I also set up a Telegram group where I’ll be posting updates on my projects and sharing snippets of knowledge from the Salaf on a more regular basis in shaa’a Allaah:

t.me/SalafiKnowledgeOfficial

The Basmalah

The difference between the two Names is explained succinctly by Ibn al-Qayyim (d. 751):

The reason why the author began the matn with the Basmalah is because he is imitating the example set by Allāh in His Book, in which each Sūrah (chapter) begins with it, except for Sūrah al-Tawbah. The Prophets of the past also began their letters with the Basmalah. The proof from the Qurʾān is the letter of Sulaymān, may Allāh’s praise and protection be upon him, which he sent to a ruler and which began with the Basmalah:

The author is also imitating the practice of the Prophet ﷺ in beginning his letters with the Basmalah:

When mentioning the virtues of the Basmalah, some scholars cite the following ḥadīth which is weak and thus carries no probative force: