1-10 Basics Tawheed, Fiqh and ‘Aqeedah Flashcards
Question answers on basics of Islam
If someone asks you:
“Who created you?”
Say: Allaah created me and everything that exists.
The proof for this is Allaah’s saying:
اللَّهُ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ
“Allaah created everything.” [Surah Az-Zumar: 62]
If someone asks you:
“Who is your Lord?”
Say: Allaah is my Lord. He is the Lord of everything.
The proof for this is Allaah’s
saying:
قُلْ أَغَيْرَ اللّهِ أَبْغِي رَبًّا وَهُوَ رَبُّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ
“Say: Shall I seek a lord other than Allaah, when He is the Lord of everything?”
[Surah Al-An’aam: 164]
And He says:
الْحَمْدُ للّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
“All praise is for Allaah, Lord of all that exists.” [Surah Al-Faatihah: 2]
If someone asks you:
“Why did Allaah create you?”
Say: Allaah created all of us so that we can worship Him.
The proof for this is Allaah’s
saying:
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ
“And I did not create the jinn or mankind except to worship Me.” [Surah Adh-Dhaariyaat: 56]
If someone asks you:
“What is your religion?”
Say: **My religion is the true religion of Islaam. **
The proof for this is Allaah’s saying:
إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِندَ اللّهِ الإِسْلاَمُ
“Verily, the only true religion in the sight of Allaah is Islaam.” [Surah Aali ‘Imraan:19]
And Allaah says:
هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْهُدَى وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ
“He is the One who sent His Messenger with the guidance and the religion of
truth.” [Surah At-Tawbah: 33]
And Allaah says:
وَمَن يَبْتَغِ غَيْرَ الإِسْلاَمِ دِينًا فَلَن يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ فِي الآخِرَةِ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ
“And whoever looks for a religion other than Islaam, it will never be accepted
from him and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers.” [Surah Aali ‘Imraan: 85]1
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Islaam is the Straight Path (Siraat). The proof for this is the hadeeth of An-Nuwaas bin Sam’aan who reported
that the Prophet said: “…And the Path (Siraat) is Islaam.” [Reported by Ahmad (4/182) and it is an authentic
hadeeth] So whoever is firm upon it will be firm – Allaah willing – upon the Bridge (Siraat) that will be laid out
over the Hellfire. The proof for this is Allaah’s statement: “There is not one of you except that he will pass over it
(i.e. the Bridge over Hell). This is a binding ordainment with your Lord. Then We shall save those who used
to fear Allaah and were dutiful to Him. And We shall leave the wrongdoers therein (humbled) to their knees.”
[Surah Maryam: 71-72] Abu Hurairah reported that the Prophet said: “…Trustworthiness and kinship will be
sent and so they will take their place alongside the Bridge – on the right of it and the left of it. The first among
you will cross over it like lightning, then like wind, then like a bird. And the hastening of men (over the
Bridge) will be in accordance with their deeds…(And the people would go on passing) until the deeds of the
servants will fail in strength…On the sides of the Bridge are hooks that are suspended and ready to catch
whoever they are commanded to catch. So there will be some that come out scratched but saved, and some
that are piled up in the Hellfire.” [Reported by Muslim]
Al-Bukhaaree reported from Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudree that the Prophet said: “The Bridge will be brought
forth (on the Day of Judgement) and placed over the Hellfire.” We said: “O Messenger of Allaah, what is the
Bridge?” He said: “It is an extremely slippery platform, which has hooks and thorns…So there will be a
Muslim who is saved, one who is scratched up but saved and one who falls down into the pile of the Fire of
Hell.”
If someone asks you:
“Who is your Prophet?”
Say: My Prophet and the prophet of this nation (of people) is Muhammad, the
Messenger of Allaah.
The proof for this is Allaah’s saying:
مَّا آَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَبَا أَحَدٍ مِّن رِّجَالِكُمْ وَلَكِن رَّسُولَ اللَّهِ وَخَاتَمَ النَّبِيِّينَ
“Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but rather he is the Messenger of Allaah and the last of the prophets.” [Surah Al-Ahzaab: 40]
If someone asks you:
** “What is the first thing that is mandatory upon a servant of
Allaah?”**
Say: **It is to learn about the Oneness of Allaah. **
The proof for this is the hadeeth of Ibn ‘Abbaas who said: “When the Prophet sent Mu’aadh bin Jabal to Yemen, he told him: ‘You are going to a group of people from the Jews and the Christians. So the first thing you should call them to is that they should make Allaah One (in worship).” This hadeeth is agreed upon and the wording here is from Al-Bukhaaree.
If someone says to you:
“What is the meaning of Laa Ilaaha IllaaAllaah?”
Say: **This means that there is nothing that has the right to be worshipped truthfully except Allaah. **
The proof for this is Allaah’s saying:
فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ
“Then know that there is no deity that has the right to be worshipped except Allaah.” [Surah Muhammad: 19]
And Allaah says:
ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ
*“That is because Allaah – He is the only true God that deserves to be
worshipped.” *[Surah Al-Hajj: 62]
If someone asks you:
“What is the meaning of Muhammadu Rasoolullaah?”
Say: **This means that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allaah sent to all of mankind –
whether jinn or human beings. **
The proof for this is Allaah’s saying:
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ إِلَّا آَافَّةً لِّلنَّاسِ
“And We did not send you except to all of mankind.” [Surah Saba’: 28]
All of us must obey him, believe in him and stay away from what he has prohibited. The proof for this is Allaah’s saying:
قُلْ أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ
“Say: Obey Allaah and obey the Messenger (Muhammad).” [Surah An-Noor: 54]
And Abu Hurairah reported that the Messenger of Allaah said: “Whatever I forbid you from, stay away from it. And whatever I command you to do, then do it as much as you can.” [Agreed upon] 2
Also, Allaah says:
هَذَا مَا وَعَدَ الرَّحْمَنُ وَصَدَقَ الْمُرْسَلُونَ
“This is what the Most Merciful (Allaah) has promised and the Messengers have spoken the truth.” [Surah YaaSeen: 52]
If someone says to you:
“What is the right that Allaah has over His servants?”
Say: **The right that Allaah has over His servants is that they should worship Him alone and not mix any partners in worship with Him. **
The proof for this is the hadeeth where Mu’aadh bin Jabal reported that the Prophet said: “The right that Allaah has over the servants is that they worship Him alone and not mix any partners with Him (in worship). And the right the servants have over Allaah is that He should not punish anyone that doesn’t mix partners with Him in worship.” [Agreed upon]
If someone asks you:
“What is Shirk (polytheism)?”
Say: **It is when you worship something other than Allaah. So every act that we do as worship to Allaah, if it is done for someone other than Allaah, then that is Shirk (polytheism).
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The proof for this is Allaah’s saying:
وَاعْبُدُواْ اللّهَ وَلاَ تُشْرِآُواْ بِهِ شَيْئًا
“And worship Allaah alone and do not mix any partners with Him (in worship).” [Surah An-Nisaa: 36]
