11-20 Basics Tawheed, Fiqh and ‘Aqeedah Flashcards
If someone asks you:
“What is the ruling on making images of things with souls?”
Say: **Making images of things with souls is one of the major sins. **
The proof for this is
the hadeeth of Ibn Mas’ood who reported that the Prophet said: “Verily, the
people with the worst punishment on the Day of Judgement are the ones who
make images.” [Agreed Upon]
And in a hadeeth, Abu Juhaifah said: “The Messenger of Allaah forbade us from
taking money for selling dogs and blood…and he cursed the picture-makers.”
[Reported by Al-Bukhaaree]
If someone says to you: “What is the connection that making images of things with souls
has with Shirk?”
Say: Making images is a form of creating in which the picture-makers are competing
with Allaah and taking part in His ability to create.
The proof for this is what ‘Aa’ishah
reported from the Prophet that he said: “The people with the worst punishment on
the Day of Judgement are those who compete with Allaah’s creation.” [Agreed
Upon]
Also, Abu Hurairah reported that the Prophet said: “Allaah said: ‘And who is
worse than he who tries to create like My creation…” [Agreed Upon]
If someone asks you:
“What is the definition of the word worship?”
Say: **Worship is a comprehensive term that includes everything that Allaah loves and is pleased with. **
The proof for this is Allaah’s saying:
إِن تَكْفُرُوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ عَنكُمْ وَلَا يَرْضَى لِعِبَادِهِ الْكُفْرَ وَإِن تَشْكُرُوا يَرْضَهُ لَكُمْ
“If you are ungrateful (by disbelieving), then verily, Allaah is not in need of you.
And He does not like disbelief for His servants. But if you are grateful, then He is
pleased with you.” [Surah Az-Zumar: 7]
If someone asks you:
** “Where is Allaah?”**
Say: **Allaah is above the heavens, over His Throne. **
The proof for this is Allaah’s saying:
“Do you feel secure that He who is above the heavens will not cause the earth to
sink with you and then it should quake?” [Surah Al-Mulk: 16]
And Allaah says:
الرَّحْمَنُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ اسْتَوَى
“The Most Merciful (Allaah) rose over the Throne.” [Surah TaHa: 5]
And in a hadeeth, Abu Hurairah reported that the Prophet said: “Our Lord, may
He be blessed and exalted, descends every night to the lowest heaven when the
last third of the night remains, saying: ‘Who is invoking Me that I may respond to
him? Who asks of Me that I may give him? Who seeks my forgiveness that I may
forgive him?’” [Agreed Upon]
The word “descend” here can only come from one who is above.
If someone asks you:
“Is Allaah with us?”
Say: **Allaah is with us through His Knowledge. **
The proof for this is Allaah’s saying:
وَهُوَ مَعَكُمْ أَيْنَ مَا آُنتُمْ
“He is with you wherever you may be.” [Surah Al-Hadeed: 4]
And Allaah says:
وَهُوَ اللّهُ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَفِي الأَرْضِ يَعْلَمُ سِرَّآُمْ وَجَهرَآُمْ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْسِبُونَ
“And He is Allaah in the heavens and on the earth. He knows what you conceal
and what you reveal, and He knows what you earn.” [Surah Al-An’aam: 3]
Ibn Katheer said: “This means that Allaah is the One who knows what is in the heavens
and on the earth from the things that are hidden and open.”
If someone asks you:
“What is the definition of Islaam?”
Say: **It means to surrender to Allaah by making all of the worship for Him alone, to submit to Him in obedience and to be free from Shirk. **
The proof for this is Allaah’s
saying:
فَإِلَهُكُمْ إِلَهٌ وَاحِدٌ فَلَهُ أَسْلِمُوا وَبَشِّرِ الْمُخْبِتِينَ
“So your God is one God. Therefore, submit to Him and give glad tidings to the
good-doers.” [Surah Al-Hajj: 34]
And Allaah says:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ اتَّقُواْ اللّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلاَ تَمُوتُنَّ إِلاَّ وَأَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ
“O you who believe! Fear Allaah as He ought to be feared and do not die except
while you are Muslims.” [Surah Aali ‘Imraan: 102]
If someone asks you:
** “How many pillars does Islaam have?”**
Say: **Islaam has five pillars. **
The proof for this is the hadeeth of ‘Abdullaah bin ‘Umar
who reported that the Prophet said: “Islaam is built upon five (pillars): (1) The
testimony that there is no god that has the right to be worshipped except Allaah
and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allaah; (2) Establishing the prayer; (3)
Paying the Zakaat; (4) the Pilgrimage (Hajj); and (5) Fasting in Ramadaan.”
[Agreed Upon]
If someone asks you:
“Is the Religion of Islaam complete or is it in need of being completed?”
Say: Islaam is a complete and perfect religion.
The proof for this is Allaah’s saying:
الْيَوْمَ أَآْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الإِسْلاَمَ دِينًا
“Today I have perfected your Religion for you and completed My favor upon you.
And I am pleased with Islaam as a religion for you.” [Surah Al-Maa’idah: 3]
If someone asks you:
** “Where does a Muslim take his Religion from?”**
Say: **A Muslim takes his Religion from the Qur’aan and the Sunnah, basing them on the understanding of the pious predecessors (Salaf). **
The proof for this is Allaah’s
statement: “Is it not enough for them that We revealed a Book to you (O Muhammad) that is
to be recited to them?” [Surah Al-‘Ankaboot: 51]
And His saying:
فَإِن تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى اللّهِ وَالرَّسُولِ إِن آُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ
“And if you differ in anything, then refer it back to Allaah and the Messenger if
you truly believe in Allaah and the Last Day.” [Surah An-Nisaa: 59]
And Allaah says:
صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنعَمتَ عَلَيهِمْ غَيرِ المَغضُوبِ عَلَيهِمْ وَلاَ الضَّالِّينَ
“Guide us to the Straight Path – the Path of those whom You have blessed, not of
those who have earned Your Anger or those who went astray.” [Surah Al-Faatihah:
7]
And Allaah says:
وَمَن يُشَاقِقِ الرَّسُولَ مِن بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ الْهُدَى وَيَتَّبِعْ غَيْرَ
سَبِيلِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ نُوَلِّهِ مَا تَوَلَّى وَنُصْلِهِ جَهَنَّمَ وَسَاءتْ مَصِيرًا
“And whoever opposes the Messenger after the guidance has been made clear to
him and follows something other than the Way of the Believers, We will leave him
to what he has chosen and land him in Hell – what an evil destination!” [Surah An-
Nisaa: 115]
Also see the hadeeth that comes after this.
If someone asks you:
“What is your Creed?”
Say: **I am a follower of the Sunnah (Sunnee), a follower of the Salaf (Salafee). **
The
proof for this is the hadeeth reported by Al-‘Irbaad bin Saariyah , where the Prophet
said: “Stick to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly-guided Khaleefahs. Cling
tightly onto that and bite onto it with your molar teeth. And beware of newly-
invented matters, for indeed every newly-invented matter is an innovation, and every innovation is a misguidance.” [Reported by Abu Dawood and others and it is a
sound hadeeth]
If someone asks you:
“Who was the first and last messenger sent by Allaah?”
Say: **The first messenger was Nooh and the last of them was the best amongst the
prophets – our prophet Muhammad. The appearance of Prophet Muhammad was the
first of the minor signs of the coming of the Last Hour. We are obligated to believe in all
of the prophets. **
The proof for this is the hadeeth of Abu Hurairah in which he
reported that the Prophet said about the gathering of people on the Day of
Judgement: “They will come to Nooh and say: ‘O Nooh! You are the first of the
messengers sent to the people of earth, and Allaah called you ‘a grateful
servant.’” [Agreed Upon]
The proof that Muhammad is the last of the messengers is Allaah’s statement:
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]
Thawbaan reported that the Prophet said: “And I am the last of the prophets,
there being no prophet after me.” [Reported by Muslim]
The proof that he is the best of all the prophets is the hadeeth of Abu Hurairah in
which he reported that the Prophet said: “I will be the leader of mankind on the
Day of Judgement.” [Agreed Upon]
The proof that we must believe in all of them and that whoever rejects one of them in
fact rejects all of them, is Allaah’s statement:
آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِن رَّبِّهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ آُلٌّ آمَنَ
بِاللّهِ وَمَلآئِكَتِهِ وَآُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ لاَ نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّن رُّسُلِهِ
“The Messenger (Muhammad) believes in what has been sent down to him from
his Lord, and (so do) the believers. Each one believes in Allaah, His Angels, His
Book and His Messengers. (They say): ‘We make no distinction between anyone
among His Messengers.’” [Surah Al-Baqarah: 285]
And Allaah says: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَكْفُرُونَ بِاللّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَيُرِيدُونَ أَن يُفَرِّقُواْ بَيْنَ اللّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَيقُولُونَ نُؤْمِنُ
بِبَعْضٍ وَنَكْفُرُ بِبَعْضٍ وَيُرِيدُونَ أَن يَتَّخِذُواْ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ سَبِيلاً . أُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْكَافِرُونَ حَقًّا
وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابًا مُّهِينًا
“Verily, those who disbelieve in Allaah and His Messengers and wish to make a
distinction between Allaah and His Messengers, saying: ‘We believe in some but
reject others’ and wish to adopt a way in between. They are the true disbelievers.
And We have prepared for the disbelievers a humiliating torment.” [Surah An-
Nisaa: 150-151] 3
The proof that the Prophet Muhammad is the first of the minor signs before the Final
hour is the hadeeth of Sahl bin Sa’ad who narrated that the Prophet said: “My
being sent and the Final Hour are like this” – and he pointed with two fingers.
[21] If someone asks you: “What do all of the Messengers call the people to?”
Say: They call them to worship Allaah alone without any partner. The proof for this is
Allaah’s saying:
وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِي آُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولاً أَنِ اعْبُدُواْ اللّهَ وَاجْتَنِبُواْ الطَّاغُوتَ
“And We have indeed sent a Messenger to every nation (saying): ‘Worship Allaah
alone and avoid the false gods.’” [Surah An-Nahl: 36]
