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CHAPTER ONE:

ISLAM AND ITS

FUNDAMENTALS



Islamic Studies_ JAN 2008 2



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LEARNING OBJECTIVE: At the end of the chapter, students should be

able to do the following: ± To comprehend the meaning of Iman and its

importance in life.

± To comprehend the meaning of Islam and itsfundamentals.

± To explore the beauties of Islam by understandingits characteristic.

± To comprehend the purpose of the creation of

men on earth. ± To comprehend the roles of man in relation to Allah.

± To apply moderation our daily life.



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CHAPTER OUTLINE:Islam and its fundamentals.

The meaning of Iman and its six fundamental

articles

The significant of Iman in our daily life. The meaning of Islam and its five pillars.

The real concepts of Ibadah and its

categories.

The roles of man in relation to Allah

The application of moderation in our daily life.



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INTRODUCTION



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The Meaning of Iman and ItsSix Fundamentals Articles



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The Meaning of Iman

The word Iman is derived from Arabicword which means faith.

± Literal meaning: to know to believe andto be convinced beyond the shadow of doubt (firm belief) (Al-Mawdudi, 1981).

± Terminology meaning: to know andrepose unshakable belief in the Unity of

Allah, the Messengers, the Angels, the

Books, the last Day and the Timelessknowledge of Allah to plan & to executethe plan.



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The six Articles of Faith in Islam.

Faith in Allah

Faith in His Messengers

Faith in His Angels Faith in His Books.

Faith in the last Day

Faith in al-Qada¶ and al-Qadr (thetimeless knowledge of Allah to plan & to execute

the plan).



Islamic faith and Belief Islamic faith

Belief in Allah

Belief in Angles

Belief in Books

Belief in Messengers

Belief in Dooms day

Belief in predestination



Belief in God

- Muslim have nothing with atheist and

polytheism. Even the simplest and most

primitive and uncultured man knows well one

cannot be the creator for one¶s own.

- The Arab word for one God is Allah which

admits neither a feminine gender nor plural

number.- Nothing moves without His knowledge and His

permission.



The Angels

- According to Quran the celestial messenger who

brought revelations to the prophet is call Jibrail

- In the al-Quran also termed as trustworthy (ruh al-

Amin).

- Prophet Muhammad did not see him at the same

form. The prophet sometimes saw him like a beingsuspend in the air, sometimes in the shade of man,

sometimes like being having wings.

- The way the revelation used to come to prophet

Muhammad sometimes he heard sound like bell andhe feel the weight of the great load



- If he happened to be on his camel the load

oblige the animal to sit down.

- One of Rasul¶s companion report: One day

Prophet was sitting among his companion

and his knee was lying on that one of his

friends, then the revelation began. I felt suchheavy load on my thigh, I would uttered cries

of pain and removed his kneed to free myself.

- As soon as revelation or communication of

the Divine massage was terminated theprophet would return to his normal.



The Reveal Book

- The revelation of God which constitute the reveal

book.

- There is 4 reveal books in Islam. al-Quran is

revealed to Muhammad, The (Taurah) to Moses,The (zabur) to David and Gospel (Injil) to Jesus.

- The Divine messages in all books are similar on

fundamental truths, such as the Oneness of God

the Demand for doing good abstaining from evil.

The difference is on the rules of social conduct in

accordance with social evolution.



The messengers of God- An angels brings the message of God to a

chosen man, this human agent for the

message is called Nabi or Rasul.

- Prophet are men of great piety and models of

good behavior spiritual as well as temporal

and social.

- There were certain prophets who hadreceived the revelation of Divine books and

there were others who did not receive new

books but had to follow the books revealed to

their predecessor.



The Quran has made express mention of

certain prophets such Adam, Nuh, Ibrahim,

Moses, Jesus,etc.. And Quran is explicit thatMuhammad he is the seal and the last of the

messengers of God.



Belief in Doomsday.

- Man and woman will be resuscitated after his

death and God will Judge him on the basic hisdeeds during the life of this world.

- In order to reward his good actions and punish

him for the evil ones.

- One day, our universe will be destroyed by order

of God and after the certain lapse of time. He

would bring back us to life.

- Paradise as a reward and Hell as a Punishment.- The prophet Muhammad said: In paradise there

are things which no eye has ever seen nor ear

ever heard, no human heart ever thought.



- Al-Quran has describe the joys of Paradise

and the horrors of Hell.

- The Paradise will be eternal once meriting

it, there would no questions of being ejected

from it.- Some would enter it forthwith, others would

suffer longer or shorter periods of detention

in Hell. Before meriting Paradise.

- in Quranic verses, Allah said God maypardon every sin and every crime except

disbelief in God.



Predestination and free-will.- Muslim is demanded to belief the

determinations (qadr) for all good and evil is

from God.

- This phrase signify that everything is

predestined for man.

- Here is in fact dilemma for the theologian, if

we declare that man is responsible for hisacts, it would be incompatible with

predestination



- Similarly, if we declare man is free his acts,this would imply that God has neither power

over nor knowledge of what man is going to

do in his worldly life.

- Prophet Muhammad disallows hiscompanions to discuss this topic which will

ever remain inconclusive.

- It should be remembered that the

conception of responsibility in this worldly is

the people merely follows cause and effect

rule.



- If they do something mistakes in this earth

they will be punished according what they

have done.- People have their choice, and they have to

choose the right way.



discussion

What do you know about trinity?



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The significance of Iman in our

daily life.

Faith in Islam is a state of happiness acquired by

virtue of positive action and constructive

conceptions as well as dynamic and effectivemeasures. ( Hamudah Abdalati, 1980)

± save man¶s dignity and honor.

± save man from the fear and despair.

± save man from guilt and confusion. ± In order to explain this, we should refer to the

meaning of Islam.



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The meaning of Islam and its

five pillars



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The meaning of Islam.

The word Islam derived from Arabic word as

la ma.

Literal meaning: peace, save, clean, purity,

submission and obedience. (Hamudah Abdalati, 1980).

Terminology meaning: submission to the

Will of Allah and obedience to His law or

Shariah. ( Hamudah Abdalati, 1980).



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The five Islamic Pillars.

The five Islamic Pillars.

± Expression of the Kalimah Syahadah

± Performing prayer (Solah)

± Fasting ( Sawm ) in the month of

Ramadhan

± Paying aims ( Zakah) ± Performing pilgrimage ( hajj) in Mecca



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The real concept of Ibadah and

its categories



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Concept of Ibadah

Ibadah (worship) is an Arabic word derived from ³Abd´ whichmeans a slave. The word Ibadah means submission. ± It portrays that Allah is the Master and we are His slave

± whatever a slave does in obedience to and for the pleasure of hisMaster is Ibadah.

Prayer, fasting, zakah and hajj are some parts of Ibadah.

± Helping others such as the poor, without any personal gain butonly to seek the pleasure of Allah, it is called Ibadah.

± Earning our living,

± feeding our dependents in undertaking all these activities is toseek His pleasure. (Abul A¶la Mawdudi, 1981)



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Cont«

Meaning: ³Serve Allah, and join not any partners with Him´(4:36)

A Muslim, who believes in Allah, believes that God¶s creation ismeaningful and life has a purpose. The purpose of life is toworship Allah.

Meaning: ³I only created Jinns and man, that they may serveMe.´ ( 51:56)

But this does not simply mean that we have to spend our entirelives in absolute meditation such as going to the forest or livingin a cave for the sake of meditation.



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Cont« Instead, to worship Allah is to know Him, love Him,

obey His commandments, enforce His law in everyaspects of life, serve His cause by doing the rightsand avoiding the evils and be just to Him, toourselves, and to fellow human beings. It means that

we have to perform our obligation or duty to Allah, toourselves and toward the others.

So if life has a purpose, and if man is created toserve that purpose, then he cannot escape the

responsibility. He cannot deny his existence or ignorethe roles he has to play.



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Cont« When God charges entrusts man with any

responsibility, he provides them with all the requiredassistance. For example, Allah gives themintelligence; the brain to think, the power to choosebetween right and wrong. Allah gives them eyes to

see, ears to listen, nose to smell. In short, all thesegift have certain functions to fully serve them in order to perform their duty Allah that is to worship Him.(Afzalur Rahman, 1995).

Therefore, man are responsible to use all these giftsaccording to law of Allah. If they fail to do that or misuse their life, or neglect their duties, they shall beresponsible to God for their misdeeds.



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The roles of men in relation to

Allah.



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Introduction

)136( Meaning: ³O ye who believe! Affirm faith in Allah,

and His Messenger, and the Books He has sent

down unto His messengers and the Books He has

sent down aforetime and Any who denies God His Angels, His Books and His messengers and the last

Day, has surely strayed far away´. (4:136).



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Cont« This verse explains that, belief in Allah is important.

It will become strong only if it comes together with sincerity andearnest belief, love, fear, complete trust, and worshipaccompanied by firm determination to obey all His commands,return to Him, be patient and be thankful to Him.

It is the best reminder to present ±day Muslims who lip- serviceto Islam and do not abide by its injunctions and prohibitions.

Therefore this book is going to discuss the roles of man inrelation to Allah in order to instill into the minds of people thereal meaning and the right belief n Allah, His Messengers, HisBooks, His Angles, The Last Day and the timeless Knowledgefor His power to Plan, and to execute His Plans.



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Qur¶an=Monotheistic Discourse

God created everything and takes

care of everything, so you should

commit yourselves to Him totally«

moreover, His are the real keys

to heaven & earth.

Qur¶an 6:102, 39:62-63



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Qur¶an=Monotheistic Discourse

)102(6;

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(keys to heaven and earth) : (keys to heaven is

sustenance and mercy). : )(rain and vegetable




Three Types of TauhidThree Types of Tauhid

Tauhid Ar-RuboobiyaTauhid Al-Uloohiya

Tauhid Al-Asmaa¶ wa As-

Sifaat



Belief to ALLAH

(swt)

Belief to ALLAH

(swt)



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Belief In Allah (swt)Belief In Allah (swt)

- Man seems to have always sought to know

his creator for the sake of obeying.

- The best religious leaders of every

civilization, have established certain rules of conduct for this purpose.



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- The primitive people worshiped the manifestationsof the power and beneficence God, hoping thus to

please him.

- Some others believed in two separate God one of

the good and one of the evil. ( Hindu and Buddha)

- Some others believe in God with mysteries which

mystify sometimes the person to understand the

God.- And some others have felt the need of such

symbols which hardly distinguish their theological

conceptions from idolatry or polytheism.



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- In this field, Islam has its particularity. Itbelieves in oneness of God and prescribes a

form of worship and prayer, which admits

neither images nor symbols.

- He is omnipotence and omnipresent, the

relation between man and God are direct and

personal without requiring any intermediary



Islamic Studies

Beli ef in Allah is human natur e ( fitra)

± The Prophet (sas) said: "Everyone is born on

the fitra, but their parents turn them into Jews or

Christians or Magians´ Disbeli ef is a form of ignoranc e and a

perv ersion of natur e

± The atheists are the most primitive of people

who actually follow their lusts and desires while

believing they are following intelligence (mental

ability).



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The meaning of TauhidThe meaning of Tauhid The word Tauhid means to make or to conceive or

hold to be one.

Tauhid of Allah means the oneness and theuniqueness of Allah Most High.

Stated briefly, tauhid means oneness of God

attributing beliefs and forms of worship to Allah

and allowing none of these to be toward other than Allah, Most High.



Islamic Studies

Three Types of TauhidThree Types of TauhidTauhid Ar-Ruboobiya

Tauhid Al-Uloohiya

Tauhid Al-Asmaa¶ wa As-

Sifaat



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Tauhid Ar-Ruboobiya

The exclusive uniqueness of Allah asomnipotent Lord. The one and the only one

fully capable and in command in His

creation.

Stated another way: this form of tauhid

pertains to the actions of Allah Most High in

His creature. HE IS THE GREAT

CREATOR.



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Tauhid At-Ruboobiya Complete understanding of Tauhid Ar-

Ruboobiya is not sufficient to avoid Shirk

(belief in many of God.) Shirk Even in Tauhid Ar-Ruboobiya,

for example we belief another people then

Allah who give aid, earning and bounty.



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Tauhid Al-Uloohiya

The exclusiveness uniqueness of Allah asdeity. Allah is the only valid object of

worship and no portion of any form of worship may be directed to other than Allah.

Stated another way: this form of tauhid

pertains to our actions.



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Tauhid Al-Uloohiya Types of Slav ery

±Univ ersal and Involuntary Slav ery ( the sudd enly

r eactions)

This is the involuntary submission of every part of Allah's creation to His Decree and His Ordination of

all things, actions and events. For example, The

people in this world follows the circulation of Earth

around the Sun.

±Special and Voluntary Slav ery

Allah chooses for this form of slavery those who

wishes among His slaves. It is a slaver which



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Tauhid Al-Asmaa¶ wa As-Sifaat The exclusiveness uniqueness of Allah with regard

to His names and attributes as He told us in theQur¶an or commanded his Prophet (sas) to tell us

in the hadith.

For example Allah is the Most Knowledgeable, the

Most Merciful and the Most Compassionate

Stated another way: this form of tauhid pertains to

complete acceptance of Allah¶a attributes and

names as they have been given to us.



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Concept of Kalima Tayyiba:

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)26( )27(

Have you seen how God strikes the parable of a good andwholesome word? (That) it is like a good and wholesome tree,

whose roots are firm and whose branches reach into the sky; thusdoes it provide its foodstuff on a regular basis by the permission of

its Lord«and the parable of the foul and wicked word is that of afoul and wicked tree which is uprooted from the earth and has nostability«Qur¶an 14:24-26



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Concept of Kalima Tayyiba

:} { } {

)He is (mukmin} { : (the word of syahadah in the hearth of (Mukmin)} { :

(good deed be accepted).



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Love for Allah

)165( Yet there are men who take for worship

others beside Allah as equal with Him,

they love them as they should love Allahbut these who believe are overflowing intheir love fro Allah««(165)




- Love of God follows naturally for obedientbelievers.

- Those who obey the command of their lord

gradually develop love and affection for Him.

- In fact, worship without love and reverence isregarded as pointless.

- And there is no virtue in observing Islamic rituals

without the genuine inner live for the creator.

-W

ith that love and affection behind religiousdevotion is required and very importance.



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O bedience

)208(

O you who believe Enter into Islamwholehearthly and follow not the footstepsof the evil one, for he is to you an openenemy.



To obey and follow the comandments of

god is an obligation upon all muslims. Obedience is also the integral part of

ibadah

Those who claim to be muslim and notobey god are not true muslims.

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Thankful to Allah

)7( If you reject Allah Truly Allah has no need

of you, He does not like ingratitude from

His servant. if you gratitude He is pleasewith you«..(7)



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- Man is under obligation to God for all Hisbounties, for which he should be thankful.

- Allah said in surah Al-Nahl verse 78

It is He who brought you forth from the wombof your mother when you knew nothing,and He give you hearing and sight andintelligence and live that you may give

thank to Him.

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- Allah is the Supreme source of Knowledge

and Mercy.

- Man is obliged to seek only His help under any circumstances. It is only He Who is

capable of aiding man.

- Allah said in surah al-fatihah verse 5.

To you we worship and to your help we seek.

Seeking His help




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