The
poem comprises major elements of the belief of the Salaf and touches upon
1. The excellence of the Companions,
2. Making tawassul to Allaah through one's love of them,
3. The superiority of Abu Bakr al-Siddeeq (radiallaahu anhu),
4. Referring back to the Qur'an and the Sunnah,
5. Believing in the verses of the attributes upon the way of the Salaf,
6. Refuting the Ash'aris who base their view on the Qur'an from the saying of a Trinitarian Christian,
7. Belief in seeing Allaah (the Ru'yah) in the Hereafter,
8. Belief in Allaah's descent to the lowest heaven without how,
9. Belief in the Meezaan, Hawd and Siraat (from the affairs of the Hereafter),
10. The punishment of the Fire and the reward of Paradise in relation to Divine Wisdom its connection to the topic of al-qadar,
11. The questioning in the grave,
12. And establishing this was the creed of the four Imaams.