Kifayat al-'Awam fima Yajibu 'alayhim min 'Ilm al-Kalam كفاية العوام فيما يجب عليهم من علم الكلام

Kifāyat al-ʿAwām fīmā Yajibu ʿalayhim min ʿIlm al-Kalām

كفاية العوام فيما يجب عليهم من علم الكلام

Author: Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Shāfiʿī al-Faḍālī (d. 1236 AH / 1821 CE), eminent scholar, jurist, and theologian.

Editor & Researcher: Ṭāriq Anwar ʿAbd al-Ṣamad al-Qāsimī

Edition Features: A carefully researched critical edition based on three valuable historical manuscripts, with selected annotations from the celebrated Ḥāshiyah of Shaykh al-Islām Ibrāhīm al-Bājūrī (d. 1277 AH / 1860 CE).

About the Book

Kifāyat al-ʿAwām is a concise and accessible introduction to the essential principles of Islamic theology that every Muslim is required to know. Shaykh al-Faḍālī presents fundamental matters of belief in a clear and systematic manner, avoiding unnecessary complexity while maintaining theological precision.

The work became an important text in traditional Islamic education and was widely studied in scholarly circles, including al-Azhar. It was also honored with the celebrated Ḥāshiyah of Shaykh Ibrāhīm al-Bājūrī, which provides detailed explanations and further clarification of al-Faḍālī’s concise treatment.

This new critical edition is based on three historical manuscripts and incorporates selected notes from al-Bājūrī’s renowned commentary, making it a valuable edition for students and researchers of Islamic creed and kalām.