Importance Of Aqeedah P2 Flashcards
What are the two key verses used to display fear of falling into shirk
1) وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ رَبِّ ٱجْعَلْ هَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدَ ءَامِنًۭا وَٱجْنُبْنِى وَبَنِىَّ أَن نَّعْبُدَ ٱلْأَصْنَامَ ٣٥
˹Remember˺ when Abraham prayed, “My Lord! Make this city ˹of Mecca˺ secure, and keep me and my children away from the worship of idols.
2) رَبِّ إِنَّهُنَّ أَضْلَلْنَ كَثِيرًۭا مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ ۖ فَمَن تَبِعَنِى فَإِنَّهُۥ مِنِّى ۖ وَمَنْ عَصَانِى فَإِنَّكَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ ٣٦
My Lord! They have caused many people to go astray. So whoever follows me is with me, and whoever disobeys me—then surely You are ˹still˺ All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Surah Ibrahim [35-36]
What are the four great benefits and issues the two key verses about fear of falling into shirk provide?
Provide relevant hadiths
1) Fearing making a partner with Allah
- so bad that Ibrahim AS was scared of it
2) Dangers of mistake in Aqeedah
- dire consequences
3) Majority of this Ummah misguided
- multidue is established in hadith of Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم: “ The hour shall not be establised until tribes of my Ummah unite with the idolaters, and until they worship idols….”
Tirmidhi 2219
4) Effect Aqeedah has in our Family
- correct yourself AND people around you
- keeps them away from prolonged punishment
What is Hidden Shirk + provide evidence from established sunnah
Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم: “ Shall I not tell you of that which I fear more for you than Dajjal?…….Hidden polytheism; when a man stands to pray and makes it look good because he sees a man looking at him”
Sunan Ibn Majah 4204
What should you tell the detractors of Aqeedah?
Look at the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم’s hadith about hidden shirk
one must learn about it to be aware
Dua to keep one away from shirk
اللّهُـمَّ إِنّـي أَعـوذُبِكَ أَنْ أُشْـرِكَ بِكَ وَأَنا أَعْـلَمْ، وَأَسْتَـغْفِرُكَ لِما لا أَعْـلَم
O Allah, I seek refuge in you lest I associate anything with you knowingly, and I seek your forgiveness for what I know not.”
Source: Ahmad 4/403. See also Al-Albani, Sahih ul-Jami’ As-Saghir 3/233 and Sahih ut-Targhib wat- Tarhib 1/19.
What are the key significance of Aqeedah (headings) talked about in this class
1) Fear falling into Shirk
2) Free from blind following
3) Islamic Aqeedah is Pure
4) Incorrect Aqeedah eliminates all good deeds
5) Right of Allah
Provide Quranic evidence about how those who blind follow
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُوا۟ بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَآ أَلْفَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ ۗ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ءَابَآؤُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ شَيْـًۭٔا وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ ١٧٠
When it is said to them, “Follow what Allah has revealed,” they reply, “No! We ˹only˺ follow what we found our forefathers practicing.” ˹Would they still do so,˺ even if their forefathers had ˹absolutely˺ no understanding or guidance?
Surah Baqarah [170]
How does the Quranic verse about those who blind follow link to Aqeedah?
- people blindly follow the practises of their fore-fathers AND false beliefs in society
- people who say do not blame me as i pray this way like my fore-fathers
- righteousness is correcting yourself so the one he follows does not gain sin THEN correct him (if alive)
What is the key to paradise?
separate what is correct + false practises/beliefs
Did the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم blindly follow?
NO
Anas reported that a man asked Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم: ]”Where is my father”…..
The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم: “My father and your father are in hell.”
Sunan Abu Dawud 4178
WHEN YOU ARE GIVEN KNOWLEDGE IN ISLAM it separates from bad practises
How does Aqeedah free one from blindly following?
When you are given knowledge in Islam it separates from bad practises
correct actions are built upon correct Aqeedah
Why are there deviances in islamic aqeedah?
- islamic aqeedah is PURE
- deviances (sects) imported from OUTSIDE
- did not come from muslims
those who say one of the muslims had their hearts opened through having a dream guided from Allah - false claims… did not come from any of this
Provide quranic + established sunnah EVIDENCES to prove
