Aquidah in Islam
Saturday, 25 November 2017 Home • About Us • Contact Us HOME BASICS CLASSICAL TEXTS SCHOLARS ARTICLES SECTS REFUTATIONS CONTEMPORARY REPORTS LOGIN SEARCH TAGS RSS You are here: Home / Basics The Meaning and Importance of 'Aqidah' Filed under: Basics Saturday, November 28 2009 - by Abu.Iyaad Key topics: Aqidah Mail to a Friend • Printer friendly The Meaning of 'Aqidah' The word 'aqidah' ( عقيدة ) is of the (morphological) form of ( فعيلة ) which has the meaning of ( مفعول ) (that to which something is done), meaning ( معقودا عليه ), that which is tied, knotted to, firmly fixed onto, held onto. It is derived from the root ( عقد ), which means to tie, fasten, join, bind. The affairs of the religion are divided into akhbaar (information) and ahkaam (rulings that require action), as Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, said: وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ صِدْقًا وَعَدْلاً And the Word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and in jus