What you hold in the heart

الإيمان

Faith is to believe, to say it, and to act. It rises and it falls. The angel Gabriel asked the Prophet ﷺ about faith, and he named six things: Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and the decree — the good of it and the hard of it.

We believe in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and the decree — its good and its harm.

آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَبِالْقَدَرِ خَيْرِهِ وَشَرِّهِ

Start here. Then read Imam al-Tahawi’s creed in the next chapter. The later books can wait.