What is the difference between the sound creed (aqeedah) and other creeds such as "al-Tahawiyyah, al-Ash'ariyyah, al-Wasitiyyah, al-Durziyyah, al-Baha'iyyah, and al-Nafsiyyah"? What distinguishes each from the others, why were they given these names, and are there commonalities among them?
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The correct creed is the creed of the People of the and the Community (Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah), disseminated in the texts of the Qur'an and the Sunnah. The imams have compiled it in works called "creeds" (aqaa'id) to facilitate its study, such as "Al-Aqeedah Al-Tahawiyyah" and "Al-Aqeedah Al-Wasitiyyah." As for Druze and Baha'ism, they are other religions besides Islam.
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