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The Creed of ibn Abi Zayd AlQayrawani  – Imām Abū Muhammad Abdullāh ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawānī (d.386 AH] being a translation of his Muqaddimah al-Risalah ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani

The Creed of ibn Abi Zayd AlQayrawani 

He says: You should know that the most upright heart is one which is the most retentive when it comes to absorbing goodness, and that the heart most likely to hasten towards a good deed is one that has not yet been exposed to evil

The thing that the people of advice are most concerned about and which those who desire its reward most want is to put good into the hearts of the children of the believers so that it becomes firmly established in them;

and to make them comprehend what the tenets of religion and the limits of the Shartah are in order that they may be satisfied with that and to make them realise those things in the religion which their hearts have to accept and their limbs are required to do.

Moreover, [to impress upon us the need] to educate them of what their hearts should believe in and what their limbs should act upon, for it has been narrated that ‘Teaching the book of Allah to children extinguishes the anger of Allah’ and that ‘Teaching something to a child leaves a impression lasting that is as indelible as the marks of carving on a rock.’

Therefore having said that, I included herein that which children will benefit from memorising, and attain honour for acquiring, and shall receive joy for believing in and acting upon, by the permission of, Allah.

 It was related that the Prophet (ii) ordered us to com­ mand our children to pray when they reach the age of seven, and to discipline them should they be lax in it, from the age of ten, and to separate the beds of boys and girls at such an age.

 Similarly, they should be taught before they reach puberty what Allah has ordained upon His slaves, be it an action or a saying, so that by the time they reach the age of puberty, Allah’s commandments become firmly entrenched in their hearts, they become well-acquainted with them, and are able to practice them with comfort and ease.

 Indeed, Allah has made certain beliefs obligatory for the heart and certain acts of

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