Faith First Flashcards
Name the 10 Ashara Mubashara
- Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (رضي الله عنه)
- Umar ibn al-Khattab (رضي الله عنه)
- Uthman ibn Affan (رضي الله عنه)
- Ali ibn Abi Talib (رضي الله عنه)
- Talha ibn Ubaydullah (رضي الله عنه)
- Az-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam (رضي الله عنه)
- Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf (رضي الله عنه)
- Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas (رضي الله عنه)
- Sa’id ibn Zayd (رضي الله عنه)
- Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah (رضي الله عنه)
Name the 11 wives of the Prophet SAW
Wives
1. Khadijah bint Khuwailid RA
2. Sawdah bint Zam’ah RA
3. ‘Aishah bint Abu Bakr RA
4. Hafsah bint Umar RA
5. Zaynab bint Khuzaymah RA
6. Hind bint Suhail (Ummu Salamah) RA
7. Zaynab bint Jahsh RA
8. Juwayriyyah bint al-Härith RA
9. Safiyyah bint Huyay RA
10. Ramlah bint Abi Sufyän (Ummu Habibah) RA
11. Maymunah bint al-Harith RA
Name the children of the Prophet SAW
- Qasim RA
- Abdullah (Tahir/Tayyib) RA
- Zaynab RA
- Ruqayyah RA
- Ummu Kulthum RA
- Fatimah RA
- Ibrahim RA
Nullifiers of Tawhid
Kufr: disbelief in Allah
Shirk: associating partners to Allah
Define Tawhid
Tawhid is having a firm belief in the oneness of Allah
3 ways the Tawhid applies
- Tawhid in his divinity
- Tawhid in his control and authority
- Tawhid in his essence and attributes
5 pillars of Islam
- Shahadah
- Salah
- Zakat
- Saum
- Hajj
6 articles of faith
- Allah
- His angels
- His books
- His messengers
- The last day
- His divine decree
5 benefits of faith
- Identity
- Purpose
- Direction
- Outlook
- Unity
What are the 2 essential components of Faith?
Conviction: To hold an idea to be true in your heart - know there is no god but Allah
Declaration: To profess the belief with the tongue - recite the Shahadah
Importance of the shahadah
*Allows one to be in the fold of Islam
*Allows their affairs to be dealt with according to the Islamic law, including; marriage, burial + funeral, inheritance + bequest, court testimony
What are the 4 essential branches of religious studies?
- Beliefs (Islamic creed)
- Practice (Islamic law)
- Character + behaviour (Islamic spirituality)
- The final hour (Islamic eschatology)
Hadith of Jibril AS
This hadith, narrated by Umar ibn al-Khattab, describes Angel Jibril visiting the Prophet ﷺ in the form of a man to teach key aspects of Islam through questioning.
He asked about:
Islam (Practice) – The five pillars: faith, prayer, charity, fasting, and pilgrimage.
Iman (Faith) – Belief in Allah, His angels, books, messengers, the Last Day, and divine destiny.
Ihsan (Spiritual Excellence) – Worshipping Allah as if one sees Him.
The Hour (Day of Judgment) – Its exact time is unknown, but signs include social changes and material competition.
The Prophet ﷺ later revealed that the questioner was Jibril, teaching the Companions about their religion.
This hadith outlines four key areas of Islamic knowledge: beliefs, practices, character, and the Final Hour.
What are Muslims required to do regarding the blessed names of Allah SWT
- To believe on Allah SWT with His names and qualities He has attributed to Himself
- To understand snd reflect over the meanings
- To accept the implications
- To call upon Allah using the names
- To praise and glorify Allah using them
- To adopt these qualities if permissible, e.g. kindness + patience
- To refrain from adopting or imitating qualities that are not permissible, e.g. making up our own rules and regulations
What are angels made from?
special light - nur - pure light
Name the archangels
Jibril as
Mika’il as
Izra’il as
Israfil as
Jibril AS is
Angel of revelation + punishment
Mika’il AS is
Angel of weather + sustenance
Izra’il AS is
Angel of death who takes souls
Israfil AS is
Angel of destruction + revival
Angel of the trumpet
Role of Kiraman Katibeen
The noble scribes who record every action of human beings
right = good behaviour, left = bad behaviour
Work inn shifts, fair to asr, asr to fair
Highly accurate - no mistakes
Role of Munkar + Nakir
The questioners in the grave
Name attributes of Angels
- Slaves of Allah
- Immortal: do not die
- Live in the unseen world
- Extremely powerful with abilities
- Do not get tired or exhausted
- Efficient, punctual + reliable - get the job done
- Can take human form
- Do not have human needs: food or sleep
- No gender
- Do not disobey Allah
- Free from evil traits; pride, jealousy, greed, hate
- They all have different roles and duties
Good deed
Action commanded and encouraged by Allah and His messenger and considered virtuous and rewardable by shariah
Bad deed
Action prohibited and discouraged by Allah and His messenger and considered sinful and punishable by shariah
Good deeds are accepted if they meet 2 conditions…
- Done with sincerity i.e with the intention of obeying Allah, fulfilling his command and gaining his pleasure
- Done in line with established prophetic sunnah
Heresy
Considering a known sin to be lawful or hold beliefs that contradict the established Islamic teachings through unacceptable interpretation
Blasphemy
When someone insults, mocks or disrespects an established Islamic belief, command or sacred teaching
Describe Munkar + Nakir
Eyes are like dazzling lightning
Voices like deafening thunder
Come with a whip so heavy that if the whole world came together to lift it they couldn’t
Questions of the grave
- Who is your lord
- What is your religion
- What did you believe about the man sent to you
You will be able to answer this based on the quality of your faith and submission to Allah in this world
If answered right his place in Jannah will be shown and place saved from in Jahannam will be shown. HIs grave will be widened and they will rest in peace
If he answers wrong = struck with an iron hammer between his ears, he will remain crushed in his grave till Allah raises him
In what 3 ways did the messengers receive revelation?
- Divine inspiration directly to the heart
- Communication behind a veil
- Revelation via a messenger angel
What was guidance in relation to?
Beliefs, conduct and character
What are the 4 major Scriptures
Tawrah
Zabur
Injil
Quran
Tawrah
Musa AS
Zabur
Dawud AS
Injil
Isa AS
Quran
Muhammed SAW
What is the primary message of all the scriptures?
There is no god but Allah SWT and everyone shall return to him after death
Facts about the Quran
- It is the final book
- It is the greatest + most unique miracle of all
- 114 chapters, opens with Sarah Fatiha and ends with Surah Nas
- Only scripture still in its original form + will remain so, Allah promises to protect it from corruption
- It is a timeless + universal guidance
- It is the last sacred law which must accept + abide by
- Guides mankind in the correct beliefs, actions, morals + values
- To deny any part of the Quran is disbelief (kufr)
Names of the Quran
- Al-Kitab = The book/law
- Al-Quran = The recited scripture
- Al-Furqan = The criterion
- Al-Dhikr = The reminder
Attributes of the Quran
- Al-Aziz = The majestic, magnificent
- Al-Majid = The glorious, the excellent
- Al-Karim = The noble, The generous
- Al-Mizan = The balance
- Al-Nur = The illuminator
- Al-Azim = The sublime, majestic
- Al-Muhaymin = The guardian, the authentic
Rights of the Quran
- To belief in its truth + accept it’s authority
- To recite + listen to it
- T study + reflect over it’s meaning
- To act upon it’s law + advice
- To teach + preach it
- To love + honour it
How many types of messengers are there and what are they?
- A rasul = a messenger who receives a new law
- A nabi = messenger who follows the law established by the previous rash
Why were messengers sent?
To guide mankind to the straight path, establish the truth of Islam + serve as warners before the day of judgment
They were chosen by Allah to represent Islam and be the link between him and his subjects
Attributes of a messenger
Men of piety, nobility + great character
They were truthful, caring, selfless + intelligent
True or false?
Were the messengers under divine protection from the influence of shaytan + from committing sins?
True
How many messengers (Ambiya + Rusul) are mentioned in the Quran by name + who are they?
- Adam AS
- Idris AS
- Nuh AS
- Hud AS
- Salih AS
- Lut AS
- Ibrahim AS
- Ismail AS
- Ishaq AS
- Ya’qub AS
- Yusuf AS
- Sh’ayb AS
- Musa AS
- Harun AS
- Dawud AS
- Sulayman AS
- Ayyub AS
- Dhul Kill AS
- Yunus AS
- Ilyas AS
- Al-Yasa AS
- Zakariyya AS
- Yahya AS
- Isa AS
- MUHAMMAD SAW
Facts about Prophet Muhammed SAW
- Last + final messenger = seal of prophethood
- Leader of all messengers
- Nobody is more knowledgable of the book than SAW
- He is the timeless model for mankind
- Sunnah/Hikmah are the religious models created by SAW. It is the last + best Shari’ah
- We must respect + honour SAW’s household, family and his companions
Role of the messenger
- To recite + convey the revelation
- To teach Allah’s book and his Law
- To teach the religious practice
- To spiritually purify the believers
Traits of SAW
- Final prophet
- Truthful
- Infallible + sinless
- Authority
- Role model
- Leader
- Teacher
- Source of religion
Other notable companions
- Abdullah ibn Masud RA
- Abdullah ibn Abbas RA
- Abdullah ibn Umar RA
- Anas ibn Malik RA
- Mu’adh ibn Jabal RA
- Bilal ibn Rabah
- Khalid ibn Walid RA
- Abu Hurrah RA
- Mu’awiyah ibn Abi Süfyan RA
- Salman al Farsi RA
What is a miracle?
- An extraordinary act that goes against science + nature - not sorcery, magic or trickery
- The messengers sometimes performed miracles to prove their truth of the claim of prophethood
- They occur with Allah’s will and in his name
- If a nation asked for a miracle, were given one + still denied then they would be faced with the wrath of Allah
Miracles of the prophets
- Ibrahim AS - the fire becoming cool
- Musa AS - Staff becoming a snake + splitting the Red Sea with it
- Dawud AS - Iron being made soft
- Sulayman AS - Ability to control winds, jinns + animals
- Isa AS - curing the leper, restoring vision of the blind, bringing the dead back to life
- Muhammad SAW - travelling to Masjid Al Asa in Palestine + from there to the heavens - Isra Al Mi’raj
What in intercession + how will the prophet SAW be involved
Intercession is the act of getting involved in another person’s case got benefit them in some way.
On the day of judgement nobody will help each other.
However SAW will be given special permission to intercede - it is known as the praised platform (Al-Maqam Al-Mahmud)
Ten types of intercession from SAW
- To get the judgment started
- For certain righteous believers to enter Jannah without reckoning
- To save sinful believers sentenced to hell by getting them pardoned
- To free sinful believers from hell
- To reduce punishment of sinful believers who could not be freed from hell
- To get the people who’s good and bad deeds are equal into Jannah
- To increase reward/status of the successful believers
- For the people of the city of Madinah
- For those who visited his grave
- To open up the gates of Jannah
The last day
- The beginning of the afterlife
- The world will no longer worship Allah and Allah will instruct Israfil to blow the trumpet
- Israfil will blow the trumpet again and resurrect the dead (revival after death)
- Mankind will be gathered for reckoning
What are 5 of the 22 names of the last day?
Yawm Al Qiyamah - The day of order
Yawn Al Hisab - The day of reckoning
Yawm Al Din - The day of recompense
Yawm Al Fat-h - The day of judgement
Yawm Al Fasl - The day of decree
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Other names of the Last Day are as follows:
1. Al-Yawm al-Maw’ud (the Promised Day).
2. Al-Yawm al-Haqq (the Established Day).
3. Yawm al-Waqt al-Malum (the Day of Appointed Time).
4. Yawm al-Ba’th (the Day of Resurrection).
5. Yawm al-Khuruj (the Day of Exit).
6. Yawm al-Qiyamah (the Day of Order).
7. Yawm al-Hashr (the Day of Gathering).
8. Yawm al-Jam’ (the Day of Congregation).
9. Al-Yawm al-Mash-hud (the Witnessed Day).
10. Yawm al-Faza’ al-Akbar (the Day of Great Terror).
11. Yawm al-‘Ard (the Day of Presentation).
12. Yawm al-Hisab (the Day of Reckoning).
13. Yawm al-Din (the Day of Recompense).
14. Yawm al-Fat-h (the Day of Judgement).
15. Yawm al-Fasl (the Day of Decree).
16. Yawm al-Hasrah (the Day of Regret).
17. Yawm al-Taghabun (the Day of Loss).
18. Yawm al-Wa’id (the Day of (realising) the Warning).
19. Yawm al-Azifah (the Day of Approaching Horror).
20. Yawm al-Tanãd (the Day of Crying out).
21. Yawm al-Talãq (the Day of Meeting).
22. Yawm al-Khulüd (the Day of Eternity).
Signs of the last day
The arrival of Dajjal (the antichrist)
The descent of Isa AS
The emergence of Yajuj + Majuj
The mark of the beast (The Dabbah)
The rise of the sun from the west
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- Knowledge will be withdrawn and ignorance will prevail
- Immorality will become common.
- Alcohol and drug abuse will rise.
- Natural disasters will increase.
- Time will lose its blessing.
- People will not care about earning halal (lawful) income.
- Pious people will pass away without replacement.
- Trust will be lifted.
- Extreme greed will become widespread.
- Ties of kinship will be severed.
- Killing and injustice will rise.
- Lies will dominate the world.
- Riba (interest) will engulf the world.
- The religion of Isläm will start to become strange.
- Those practicing Isläm will begin to face great difficulty.
- Dajjal, the Antichrist (False Messiah) will appear.
- Prophet Isã (Jesus Christ) sell, the Messiah will descend.
- Ya’juj and Ma’jüj will emerge.
- The sun will rise from the west.
- The Beast (Däbbah) will emerge with the ring of Prophet Sulaymän AS and the staff of Prophet Musa AS.
