Budaya Islam ialah disiplin-disiplin ilmu yang kajiannya didorong oleh ‘aqidah Islam, sama ada disiplin tersebut merangkumi ‘aqidah Islam dan menjamin kemurniannya seperti ilmu tauhid (ilm al-Tawhid), ataupun ia berasaskan ‘aqidah Islam seperti fiqh (perundangan Islam), tafsir dan hadith, atau apa sahaja yang menjadi perlu untuk memahami hukum-hakam yang bersumber daripada ‘aqidah Islam, seperti ilmu bahasa Arab, pengelasan istilah hadith (mustalah al-hadith) dan ilmu usul fiqh (‘ilm al-usul).

The Islamic culture are the disciplines the study of which is occasioned by the Islamic ‘aqīdah (creed), whether these disciplines included the Islamic ‘aqīdah and what guarantees its purity such as theology (ilm al-Tawheed) or they are based on the Islamic ‘aqīdah such as fiqh (jurisprudence), tafsīr and hadīth or whatever became necessary for the comprehension of rules emanating from the Islamic ‘aqīdah such as the sciences of the Arabic language, terminological classification of hadīth (mustalah al-hadīth) and science of the foundations of jurisprudence (‘ilm al-usul).

Seluruh budaya Islam dirujuk kepada al-Qur’an dan Sunnah. Dan daripada keduanya, melalui pemahaman terhadapnya dan menurut keduanya, semua cabang budaya Islam diperoleh. Keduanya (al-Qur’an dan Sunnah) juga termasuk dalam budaya Islam, kerana akidah Islam mewajibkan penerimaan dan kepatuhan terhadap apa yang telah disebutkan di dalamnya. Al-Qur’an diturunkan kepada Rasulullah ﷺ supaya baginda menjelaskannya kepada manusia. Allah berfirman:

All of the Islamic culture is referable to the Qur’ān and Sunnah. And it is from them and through their comprehension and according to them that all the branches of the Islamic culture have been acquired. They (the Quran and Sunnah) are also from the Islamic culture because the Islamic ‘aqīdah obliges the adoption and adherence to whatever has been mentioned in them. The Qur’ān was revealed to the Messenger  so that he clarified it to the people. Allah  said:

Dan Dia memerintahkan kaum Muslimin untuk mengambil apa sahaja yang dibawa oleh Rasul ﷺ. Dia berfirman:

And He  ordered the Muslims to take whatever the Messenger  brought. He  said:

Mematuhi apa yang telah dibawa oleh Rasulullah ﷺ tidak mungkin dapat dilakukan tanpa memahami dan mempelajarinya. Disebabkan wujudnya disiplin-disiplin ilmu yang diperlukan untuk memahami al-Quran dan Sunnah, maka pelbagai jenis disiplin ilmu Islam telah muncul, dan budaya keilmuan Islam memperoleh makna tertentu yang merangkumi: al-Quran, Sunnah, bahasa Arab, sarf (ilmu perubahan kata), nahu (tatabahasa), balaghah (ilmu retorik), tafsir, hadis, pengelasan hadis, usul fiqh (asas-asas perundangan), tauhid (ilmu akidah), dan disiplin-disiplin lain dalam budaya keilmuan Islam.

Adopting whatever the Messenger PBUH has brought cannot be possible without comprehending and learning it. Owing to the presence of disciplines which were required to understand the Quran and Sunnah many types of Islamic disciplines arose and the Islamic culture came to have a specific meaning which included: the Quran, Sunnah, Arabic language, conjugation (sarf), grammar, rhetoric (balaagha), tafsīr, hadīth, classification of hadīth, foundations of jurisprudence (usul), theology (tawheed) and other Islamic culture disciplines