Book Review: Sharh Usool I’tiqaad Ahlis-Sunnati-wal-Jaama’aah

Just got this excellent one volume version of Imaam al-Laalakaa’iee’s monumental Sharh Usool I’tiqaad Ahlis-Sunnati-wal-Jaama’aah min al-Kitaab was-Sunnah wa Ijmaa’ as-Sahaabah wat-Taabi’een min Ba’dihim (The Explanation concerning the Fundamentals of the Creed of the People of the Sunnah and the Group based on the Book, the Sunnah, the Consensus of the Companions, and their Students after them), published by Daar Ibn Hazm of Beirut, Lebanon.

When I lived in Riyadh, I had purchased a five volume version that was condensed from the eight volume copy. This one volume version only contains the major highlights of the original. This is a good reference work if you need to find the various statements of the first three generation of Muslims concerning the religion.

Imaam al-Laalakaa’iee was known as Aboo-ul-Qaasim Hibatullah bin al-Hasan bin Mansoor at-Tabaree ar-Raazee. He was a Shaafi’ee scholar of Fiqh and Hadeeth scholar. He died in 418 A.H., corresponding to 1028 C.E.