RS - Islamic Q1, W1-W7 - All Lessons Flashcards
What are the three levels of faith in Islam?
- Al-Islam
- Al-Iman
- Al-Ihsan
denotes submission, surrender, and obedience to Allah
Al-Islam
What are the two kinds of submission?
• Fitrah
• Amanah
affirms that a man has originally good nature
Submission as Fitrah
Who reported that, “The mother of every person gives him birth according to his true nature. It is subsequently his parents who make him a Jew or a Christian or a Magian. Had his parents been Muslim he would have also remained a Muslim. Every
person to whom his mother gives birth (has two aspects of his life); when his
mother gives birth Satan strikes him but it was not the case with Mary and her
son (Jesus Christ)?”
Abu Huraira
• to surrender services to Allah
• recognizing one’s status as a slave, obeying Allah’s commandments and avoiding His prohibitions
Submission as Amanah
According to him, “Islam is basically a kind of task. It is both the work of the heart and the work of the body to apply the principles of Islam out Iman. Iman is an internal belief and Islam is an external behavior of what person says or does as a result of his inner belief.
Shaykh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah
According to him, “Islam demands from its followers two things – belief and practice. Another literal meaning of Islam is Peace. It signifies that one can achieve real peace of the body and mind only through submission and obedience to Allah.
Imam Abu Hanifa
• means “to know” and “to believe;” referring to “knowledge and belief”
• firm belief out of knowledge
• define by Prophet Muhammad as “knowledge/recognizing in the heart, voicing with the tongue, and performing with the limbs”
Al-Iman
What are the six pillars of faith (Al-Iman)?
- belief in the oneness of Allah (Tawheed)
- belief in His angels
- belief in His books
- belief in His messengers
- belief in the Day of Judgement
- belief in destiny (Qad’r)
What are the five pillars of Islam?
- Shahadah
- Salah
- Zakah
- Sawm
- Hajj
Allah says in which Surah in the Qur’an, “Nay! But on their hearts is the “Ran” (Covering), which they used to earn?”
Al-Mutaffifin
Allah says in which Surah in the Qur’an, “Will they not then reflect upon the Qur’an, or are there locks upon their hearts?”
Al-Muhammad
Allah says in which Surah in the Qur’an, “Have they not traveled through the land? And have they hearts where with to understand? Verily, it is not the eyes that grow blind, but it is the hearts which are in the breasts that grow blind?”
Al-Hajj
• quality of being good and beautiful
• to establish every positive quality
• reflects the quality of our actions
• considered one of the most desirable human qualities
• closely related with the concept of ikhlas (sincerity)
• to act as if one is seeing Allah
• to be aware of Allah’s presence
Al-Ihsan
The word Ihsan has been mentioned in __ verses in the Qur’an.
70
The opposite of ikhlas is _____ and ____.
nifaq (hypocrite) and riya
The hadith of Angel Gabriel (Jibril) implies that religion in Islam embraces:
- right way of (doing) things
- right way of (thinking) and understanding
- right way of forming (intensions) that lie behind the activity
to single out Allah alone with all kinds of worship
Tawheed Al-Uloohiyah / Al-‘Ibaadah (Unity of Worship)
According to him, “Ibaadah is obedience to Allah by carrying out what He has
commanded on the tongues of His messengers. Ibadah is a collective term for everything which Allah loves and pleased with from among the sayings and inward and outward actions?”
Shaykh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah
What are the examples of Al-Ibaadah?
• Salah
• Du’a
• Sawm
• Hajj
• Zakah
• Sacrifice
Allah says in which Surah in the Qur’an, “Indeed, whoever makes shirk (associating partners in worship) with Allah, then Allah has forbidden Paradise for him, his destination is fire, and there will never be any helper for the transgressors?”
Al-Maidah
to all act of worship to all of His creation, to be the King and to give the Rizq
Tawheed Ar-Ruboobiyah
Islamic monotheism of Allah’s names and qualities
Tawheed Al-Asmaa Was-Sifaat
Which rule states that, “Names of Allah are all best names and His descriptions are all superior and perfect?”
First Rule (Tawheed Al-Asmaa Was-Sifaat)
Which rule states that, “Names and descriptions of Allah are all Tawkifiah
(suspended in word and meaning as they were descended nothing more and nothing less), and the reference in them is just the Noble Book of Allah and the Sunnah; and they are not limited to a certain number, but rather some of them only were known?”
Second Rule (Tawheed Al-Asmaa Was-Sifaat)
Which rule states that, “It is forbidden to confirm a name or a description to Allah by likening?”
Third Rule (Tawheed Al-Asmaa Was-Sifaat)
Which rule states that, “The meanings of Allah’s names and descriptions are well
known but nobody knows their manner of action except Allah?”
Fourth Rule (Tawheed Al-Asmaa Was-Sifaat)
Which rule states tha, “Similarity of names does not mean at all the similarity of
the named. This is because Allah has named Himself with names, which
could be applied to some of His creatures, and so as to descriptions like hearing and seeing, but not the hearer is like the Hearer and not the seer is like the Perceiver?”
Fifth Rule (Tawheed Al-Asmaa Was-Sifaat)
What are the two pillars of Tawheed?
• Al-Kufru Bit-Taghut
• Al-Eemanu Billah
What does Taghut mean?
Idols
calls you to obey, worship or follow different from Allah
Shaytan
replaces the Shari’ah (Islamic Law) with anything else
The Ruler
judges different from Allah revealed
Judge
claims the he knows the Gaib instead of what Allah has informed us
Fortune Teller
has been worshipped instead of Allah and he consents to be worshipped
False God
What are the five conditions of Taghut?
- to believe it is Baatil
- to keep distance from Taghut
- to declare animosity towards Taghut
- to declare hatred (Al-bughd) towards Taghut
- to declare Takfir on Taghut
conviction in the heart, testified by the tongue, and practiced willingly
Eeman
What are the three conditions of Eeman?
• Eeman Bi Ar-Euboobiyah
• Eeman Bi Al-Uloohiyah
• Eeman Bi Al-Asmaa Was-Sifaat
He called his books which he complied concerning the Usool Ad-Deen (Fundamentals of the Religion) and “Fiqh Al Akbar (The greatest Fiqh).
Imam Abu Hanifa
The Qur’an begins with Tawheed (__________) and ends with Tawheed (_________) likewise the greatest Ayat (verse) in the Qur’an describes Tawheed (of knowledge).
Al-Fatihah and Al-Ikhlas
The Prophet began his day with Tawheed
by reciting Surah __________ and Surah _________ in the Sunnah of Faj’r and end with reciting these two Surahs in the Wit’r
prayer.
Al-Kafirun and Al-Ikhlas
The Prophet mentioned during his last illness, “The curse of Allah be upon _______ and the _____ or ______ for they took graves of their Prophets as places of worship,” as reported by __________.
Yahudi and Masih or Musrik; Al-Bukhari
Tawheed is the first thing the Prophet invited to and preached to for __ years. “Say, none has the right to be worshiped and thus be successful,” as reported by _____.
13 years; Ahmad
Prophet Muhammad sent _____ ___ _____ to Yemen saying, “Indeed you are going to the people of the book so let the first thing that you invite them to be the Tawheed of Allah,” as reported by __________.
Muadh Ibn Jabal; Al-Bukhari
According to him, if a person dies upon this he will enter Paradise. When the Jewish boy accepted Islam, Prophet Muhammad said, “All praise is for Allah who saved this boy from the fire. Although this person had no good deeds.”
Al-Bukhari
Tawheed is a condition for an action to be accepted, because for a deed to be accepted it requires two conditions:
- The intention is purely for Allah (Tawheed Al-’Ebadah)
- It must be in accordance with the Shari’ah of Prophet Muhammad.
This person said, “Had the first revelation been do not drink and fornicate or commit adultery, etc., they would have said we shall not give up adultery and fornication etc.”
A’isha
Effects of Tawheed in Human Life
• self-respect
• self-esteem
• modesty
• humility
• virtuous
• uprightness
