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2OO Questions About Islam
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2OO Questions About Islam Aqida
Writer : Sheikh Ahmed Hakmy Translation : Gamal El-Tawansy
(1) What is the most basic thing an Abd 'worshipper' should do?
The first thing is that they should know why Allah created them. They need to know why He sent Rasul 'Messengers' to them. They need to know why He created the Garden and the Fire. They need to know why He will judge and set the Balance for them. They need to know why, on the Day of Judgment, some of them will be most happy while others utterly miserable.
(2) Why did Allah create mankind ?
Allah said: "We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, Merely in (idle) sport: We created them not except for just ends: but most of them do not know." 44:38-39 And He said: "Not without purpose did We create heaven and earth and all between! That were the thought of Unbelievers! But woe to the Unbelievers because of the Fire (of Hell)!" 38:27 And He said: "Allah created the heavens and the earth for just ends, and in order that each soul may find the recompense of what it has earned, and none of them shall be wronged." 45:22
And He said: "I have only created Jinns and men, that they may serve Me." 51:56
(3) What does "Abd" p. "Ibad" mean?
Abd has two meanings:
(a) A slave, who is under the power of his master. In this sense all created things, animals and people are slaves to their Creator because each and everyone of them is under His power. (b) A worshipper, a person who worships his Creator in love and humility. In this sense it refers only to the true believers who are the most highly esteemed Ibad, and the nearest to Him. Those for whom there is no fear and who have no cause whatsoever for sadness.
(4) What is Ibadah?
It is a collective de******ion for everything that Allah loves and accepts, be it an act or word whether seen or unseen. It also means denial of anything that contradicts the above.
(5) When can an act be deemed Ibadah? If it fulfills two conditions: complete love and complete humility. Allah said: "But those of Faith are overflowing in their love for Allah." 2:165 And He Said: "Verily those who live in awe for fear of their Lord" 23:57 Both components are combined in the next Ayah 'verse': Allah said: "These (three) were ever quick in doing in good works: they used to call on Us in yearning and awe. And humble themselves before Us." 21:90
(6) How can the Abd know that he loves Allah? The Abd can know this when he loves what Allah loves and hates what He hates, when he obeys His commands and avoids His prohibitions, when he befriends his allies and fights His foes. Therefore the strongest bond among a people has been love as well as hate for the sake of Allah.
(7) How can the Ibad know what pleases Allah and is acceptable to Him? They know this through the Rusul 'Messengers' Allah sent to them, through the books he sent down to them commanding what pleases Him and is acceptable to Him and prohibiting what displeases him and is unacceptable to Him. Thus mankind may put forward no excuse of ignorance on the Day of Judgment. Allah said: "Messengers who give good news as well as warnings, that mankind, after (the coming) of the messengers , should have no plea against Allah." 4:165 And He said: "Say: If you do love Allah, follow me: Allah will love you and forgive you your sins: for Allah is Oft Forgiving, Most Merciful." 3:31
(8) How can Ibadah 'worship' be acceptable? It has to have three things: First, it has to come out of true willingness from the Abd. Second, it should be done with real devotion. Third, it should conform to the Shariah that Allah commanded should be the only way to follow.
(9) What is the meaning of true willingness? It is leaving laziness and exerting effort to have one's words conforming to one's deeds. Allah said: "Oh ye who believe! Why do ye say that which ye do not do. Grievously hateful is it in the sight of Allah that ye say that which ye do not do." 61:2-3
(10) What is the meaning of real devotion? It means that what the Abd wants with his intentions, words and deeds whether seen or unseen should be directed for the sake of Allah
Allah said: "And they have been commanded no more than this: to worship Allah, offering Him sincere devotion, being True (in faith)" 98:5
And He said: "And have in their minds no favor for anyone for which a reward is expected in return. But only the desire to seek the Countenance of their Lord Most High." 92:19-20
And He said: "(Saying), "We feed you for the sake of Allah alone: No reward do we desire from you, nor thanks." 76:9
And He said: "To any that desires the harvest of the Hereafter, We give increase in his tilth; and to any that desires the tilth of this world, We grant somewhat thereof, But he has no share or lot in the Hereafter." 42:20
What is the Shariah that Allah commanded to be the only way to follow?
It is Hanifeyyah, the religion of Ibraheem 'Abraham' (A.S.) Allah said: "The Religion before Allah is Islam (submission to His Will)." 3:19
And He said: "Do they seek for other than the religion of Allah? – While all creatures in the heavens and on earth have, willing or unwilling, bowed to His Will (accepted Islam)." 3:83
And He said: "And who turns away from the religion of Abraham but such as debase their souls with folly" 2:130
And He said: "If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to Allah) never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of those who have lost." 3:85
And He said: "What! Have they partners (in godhead), who have established for them religion without the permission of Allah?" 42:21
(12) What are the Marateb 'ranks' of Islam as a religion?
Three; Islam, Iman and Ihsan. Each of them includes the Deen 'Religion' in its entirety.
(13) What is the meaning of Islam?
It means succumbing to Allah in Tawhid. It means following Him in obedience. It means devotion to Him by associating no partners to Him. Allah said: "Who can be better in religion than one who submits his whole self to Allah." 4:125
And He said: "And whoever succumbs his whole self to Allah and is a doer of good, has grasped indeed the firmest hand-hold." 31:22
And He said: "But your God is one God. Submit then your wills to Him and give thou the good news to those who humble themselves." 22:34
(14) What is the evidence that it is comprehensive of all religion?
Allah said: "The Religion before Allah is Islam (Submission to His Will)." 3:19
The Prophet (S) said: "Islam started as a stranger and it will become a stranger again as it had started." And he said: "The best part of Islam is faith in Allah."
(15) What is the evidence that it has defined the five pillars in detail?
The Prophet said in his Hadeeth when Jibreel asked him concerning Deen 'Religion' : "Islam means that you should declare that there is no other God but Allah and Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah, that you should establish Salah and that you should give Zakah, that you should perform Saum of the month of Ramadhan and that you should perform Hajj if you can"
(16) How important are the two declarations of faith in Islam?
The Abd will not enter Islam without them.
Allah said: "Only those are believers who believe in Allah and His Messenger." 24, 62 and 49:15
And the Prophet said: "I was commanded to fight people till they declare that: 'There is no God but Allah and that Muhammad is his Abd 'servant and Messenger.' "
(17) What evidence is there for the declaration that "There is no other god but Allah"?
Allah said: "There is no god but He: that is the witness of Allah, His angels, and those endowed with knowledge standing firm on justice. There is no god but He, the Exalted in Power, The Wise." 3:18
And He said: "Know, therefore, that there is no god except Allah." 47:19
And He said: "There is no god except Allah." 3:62
And He said: "No son did Allah beget, nor is there any god along with Him." 23:91
And He said: "Say: if there had been (other) gods with Him, as they say, behold, they would certainly have sought out a way in submitting to the Lord of the throne." 17:42
(18) What is the meaning of the declaration that "There is no other god but Allah"?
It means that no other being but Allah deserves Ibadah 'worship' and that it is deserved only by Allah with no associate as He has no associate in his power and ownership of the world.
Allah said: "This because Allah – He is the Reality; and those beside Him whom they invoke, - they are but vain Falsehood: Verily Allah is He, Most High, Most Great." 22:62
(19) What conditions must be present for one who utters the Shahada 'declaration of faith' for it to benefit him or her?
There are seven conditions.
First, knowledge that is understanding of its meaning.
Second, certainty, that is the heart should be fully convinced of it.
Third, Inqiyad 'Submission' that is following it in word and deed.
Fourth, accepting it as a whole. That is not rejecting any part of it.
Fifth, faith and devotion to it.
Sixth, Sidq 'Truthfulness' that is, being true to it from the depth of one's heart not by mere utterance.
Seventh, Mahaba 'Love' for it and for people who believe in it, Mualah and Muadah, 'alliance and enmity' that is, aiding those who love it and fighting those who fight them.
(20) What evidence supports the condition of knowledge in the Quran and the Sunnah?
Allah said: "Only he who bears witness to the Truth, and with full knowledge" 43-86
bearing witness to the truth means making the declaration of faith knowing the meaning in their hearts of what they uttered with their tongues.
The Prophet (S) said: "He who dies knowing that there is no god but Allah, enters Heaven
What evidence supports the condition of Yaqin 'certainty' in the Quran and the Sunnah?
Allah said: "only those are believers who have believed in Allah and His Rasul 'Messenger' , and have never since doubted, but have striven with their belongings and their persons in the Case of Allah: such are the sincere ones." 49-15
The Prophet (S) said: "I bear witness that there is no other god but Allah and that I am the Rasul 'Messenger' of Allah: No Abd will meet Allah with this declaration, having no doubt in them but will enter Heaven."
And He said to Abu Hurairah: "Whoever you find behind this wall bearing witness that there is no other god but Allah certain of it in their hearts, give them the glad tidings that they will enter paradise."
(22) What evidence supports the condition of Inqiyad 'Submission' in the Quran and the Sunnah?
Allah said: "Whoever submits his whole self to Allah, and is a doer of good, has grasped indeed the firmest hand-hold" 31-22
The Prophet (S) said: "None of you is a believer until his inclinations follow what has been revealed to me."
(23) What evidence supports the condition of Qabul 'acceptance ' in the Quran and the Sunnah?
Allah said concerning those who reject it: "Bring ye up", it shall be said, "the wrong-doers and their wives, and the things they worshipped besides Allah, and lead them to the way to the (Fierce) Fire! But stop them, for they must be asked: 'What is the matter with you that ye help not each other?' Nay, but that day they shall submit (to Judgment); and they will turn to one another, and question one another. They will say: "It was ye who used to come to from the right hand." They will reply: "Nay, ye yourselves had no faith! "Nor had we any authority over you. Nay, it was ye who were a people in obstinate rebellion! "So now has been proved true, against us, the word of our Lord that we shall indeed (have to) taste (the punishment of our sins): "We led you astray: for truly we were ourselves astray." Truly, that Day, they will (all) share in the Chastisement. Verily that is how We shall deal with Sinners. For they, when they were told that there is no god except Allah, would puff themselves up with pride, and say: "What! Shall we give up our gods for the sake of a poet possessed?" 37:22-36
The Prophet (S) said: "The similitude of what Allah has sent me with of Guidance and Knowledge is that of a lot of rain that reached some land, some parts of that land was pure and accepted the rain and give out plenty of grass, some other parts were barren and held the water but give out no grass, still the water held was beneficial to people that they drank and give water to their animals and irrigated their crops. A third part of land got the rain that was sandy so neither kept the water nor gave out grass. These are the similitude of those who understand well the Deen 'Religion' 'religion' of Allah, benefit from it and thus learnt and taught others. And the similitude of those who have not learnt from it and rejected the Guidance I was sent with."
(24) What evidence supports the condition of Ikhlaas 'Sincere devotion' in the Quran and the Sunnah?
Allah said: "Is it not to Allah the sincere devotion is due?" 39:3
Allah said: "So serve Allah, offering Him sincere devotion" 39:2
The Prophet (S) said: "The happiest people with my intercession are those who say there is no god but Allah with sincere devotion in their hearts."
The Prophet (S) said: "Allah has forbidden the Fire to touch whoever says "there is no god but Allah" saying it for the sake of Allah."
(25) What evidence supports the condition of Sidq 'truthfulness' in the Quran and the Sunnah?
Allah said: "Do men think that will be left alone on saying, "We believe", and that they will not be tested? We did test those before them, and Allah will certainly know those who are true from those who are false" 29:2-3
The Prophet (S) said: "Whoever bears witness that "there is no god but Allah and that Mohammad is His Rasul 'Messenger' saying it truthfully in his heart, Allah will forbid Fire to touch him"
About the desert man whom the Prophet taught the requirements of Islam when the latter said (I will neither add to nor diminish from them). The Prophet (S) said: "He is successful if he is truthful."
(26) What evidence supports the condition of Mahaba 'Love' in the Quran and the Sunnah?
Allah said: "O ye who believe? If any from among you turn back from his faith, soon will Allah produce a people whom He will love as they will love Him" 5-54
The Prophet (S) said: "Whoever has these three things will taste the sweetness of faith: first that Allah and His Rasul 'Messenger' be more loved by him than any other. Second that his love for any other person is only for the sake of Allah. Third, that he hates to revert to Kufr 'disbelief', after Allah has rescued him from it, as he hates to be thrown into the fire."
(27) What evidence supports the condition of Mualah and Muadah 'alliance and enmity' in the Quran and the Sunnah?
Allah said: "O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and Christians for your friends and protectors: They are but friends and protectors to each other. And he amongst you that turns to them (for friendship and protection) is of them. Verily Allah guides not a people unjust. Those in whose hearts is a disease – thou seest how eagerly they run about amongst them, saying: "We do fear lest a change of fortune bring us disaster." Ah! Perhaps Allah will give (thee) victory, or a decision from Him then will they regret of the thoughts which they secretly harbored in their hearts. And those who believe will say: "Are these the men who swore their strongest oaths by Allah, that they were with you? All that they do will be in vain, and they will fall into (nothing but) ruin. O ye who believe? If any from among you turn back from his faith, soon will Allah produce a people whom He will love as they will love Him, - Lowly with the Believers, mighty against the Rejecters, fighting in the Way of Allah, and never afraid of the reproaches of such as find fault. That is the Grace of Allah which He will bestow on whom He pleases. And Allah encompasses all, and He knows all things. Your (real) friends are (no less than) Allah, His Rasul 'Messenger' , and the Believers, - those who establish regular prayers and pay Zakat and they bow down humbly (in worship)." 5:51-55
Allah said: "O ye who believe? Take not for protectors your fathers and your brothers if they love infidelity above Faith: If any of you do so, they do wrong. Say: If it be that your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your mates, or your kindred: the wealth that ye have gained; the commerce in which ye fear a decline: or the dwellings in which ye delight- are dearer to you than Allah or His Rasul 'Messenger' , or the striving in His Case;- then wait until Allah brings about His Decision: and Allah guides not the rebellious." 9:23,24
Allah said: "Thou wilt not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day, loving those who oppose Allah and His Rasul 'Messenger' , even though they were their fathers and their sons, or their brothers, or their kindred. For such He has written faith in their hearts, and strengthened them with a spirit from Himself. And he will admit them to Gardens beneath which Rivers flow, to dwell therein (forever). Allah will be well pleased with them, and they with Him. They are the Party of Allah. Truly it is the Party of Allah that will achieve success." 58:22,
See also 60:1-13
(28) What evidence supports the condition of Shahada 'declaration' that "Muhammad is His Prophet" in the Quran and the Sunnah?
Allah said: "Allah did confer a great favor on the Believers when He sent among them a Rasul 'Messenger' from among themselves, rehearsing unto them the Signs of Allah, purifying them, and instructing them in ******ure and Wisdom, while, before that, they had been in manifest error." 3:164
"Now hath come unto you a Rasul 'Messenger' from amongst yourselves: it grieves him that ye should suffer, ardently anxious is he over you: to the Believers is he most kind and merciful." 9:128
Allah said: "When the Hypocrites come to thee, they say, "We bear witness that thou art indeed the Rasul 'Messenger' of Allah." Yea, Allah knows that thou art indeed His Rasul 'Messenger' . And Allah bears witness that the Hypocrites are indeed liars." 63:1
As well as other Ayas 'Verses'
(29) What is the meaning of Shahada 'declaration' that "Muhammad (S) is His Rasul 'Messenger'"?
It is utter belief from the bottom of the heart that goes hand in hand with the utterance of the tongue that Muhammad is His Abd 'servant' and His Rasul 'Messenger' sent to all the peoples, humans and Jinns.
Allah said: "O Prophet! Truly we have sent thee as a Witness, a Bearer of Glad Tidings, and a Warner,- and as one who invites to Allah's (Grace) by His leave, and as a Lamp spreading Light." 33:45,46
Thus it is a must to believe all that he said be that stories of what had happened before, or news of what will happen after, to believe what he declared lawful and what he made forbidden, to follow all his commands and shy away from and give up all that he prohibited, to follow his Shariah 'the laws he brought' and follow his Sunnah 'the way he behaved' secretly as well as openly, and to accept his judgment and submit to it.
To believe that obeying him is obeying Allah and that disobeying him is disobeying Allah, because he is the one who delivers His message, and God did not let him die till he had completed His Deen 'Religion' 'Religion' and made Al-Balagh al-Mubin 'the most clear delivery of the News' That he has left his Ummah (people who follow him) on the white way whose night is as clear as its day and that whoever leaves it perishes. More of these will be discusses later In shaa Allah, 'Allah willing'.
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(30) What are the conditions for the Shahada ‘declaration’ that “Muhammad is His Prophet”? And can the first Shahada ‘declaration’ be acceptable without the second?
We have already clarified that an Abd ‘servant’ cannot enter this Deen ‘Religion’ except through these two Shahadas ‘declarations’ and that they must go together. The conditions for the first are the same for the second and vice versa
(31) What evidence supports Salah and Zakah? Allah said: “But if they repent, and establish regular prayers, and pay Zakat, then open the way for them: For Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.” 9:5
And He said: "But (even so), if they repent and establish regular prayers, and pay Zakat, they are your brethren in Faith; (Thus) do we explain the signs in details, for those who understand." 9:11
Allah said: “And they have been commanded no more than this: to worship Allah, offering Him sincere devotion, Being True (in faith); to establish regular prayers; and to give Zakat;“ 98:5
(32) What evidence supports Saum? Allah said: “O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you” 2:183
Allah said: “Who is present (at his home) during that month should spend it in fasting.” 2:185
In the Hadeeth with a’rabi ‘the desert man’ who said: “Tell me what Allah has prescribed to me of fasting!” The Prophet (S) said: “The month of Ramadhan only. Whatever else is voluntary.”
(33) What evidence supports Hajj? Allah said: “And complete the Hajj or ‘Umrah in the service of Allah” 2:196
Allah said: “Pilgrimage thereto is a duty men owe to Allah, those who can afford the journey.” 3:97
The Prophet (S) said: “Allah has prescribed Hajj to you.” As well as many other Hadeeths
(34) What is the sentence given to one who denies one of the pillars of Islam, or one who believes in them yet disdains to abide by them? He should be called as a "Kafir".
(35) What is the sentence given to one who believes in them Then does not fulfill them because of laziness or because of difference in interpretation? As for prayers; whoever delays to pray them at their appointed times for such reasons, he is to be ordered to return to faith if he refused he should be killed as Hadd ‘Islamic Capital Punishment’ as
Allah said: “But if they repent, and establish regular prayers, and pay Zakat, then open the way for them: For Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.” 9:5
As for Zakat, if the person refusing to pay it is of no political clout, the Imam ‘Muslim leader’ should take it from him by force and punish him with a fine.
The Prophet (S) said: “Whoever refuses to pay Zakat, we shall force him to pay it in addition of half of his wealth.”
If they were a group who have political or military power, the Imam should fight them till they pay it. As per the Ayas ‘verses’ and the Hadeeths mentioned above. Abu Baker and the Sahaba (R.A.) did the same.
As for fasting, nothing has been mentioned concerning it. However the Imam or his deputy should reprimand him to straighten him and those like him.
As for Hajj, it should be done once in a life time, hence a servant can do it any time during his or her life time and it would only be too late if a person died. It is better, therefore to do it as early as possible. Punishment in the hereafter has been promised for those who neglect it. However no special punishment in this life has been specified for neglecting it
(36) What is Iman ‘faith’? Iman ‘Faith’ is done both by word and deed. Words uttered by the tongue and in the heart, and the deed of the tongue, the heart and the rest of the body. It increases by obedience to Allah, and decreases by disobedience to Allah. And those who have faith do so in varying degrees.
(37) What evidence supports that Iman is both in word and in deed? Allah said: “But Allah has endeared the Faith to you, and has made it beautiful in your hearts.” 49:7
Allah said: “So believe in Allah and his Messenger” 7:158
This is the meaning of the two Shahadas ‘declaration of Faith’ which a ‘abd cannot enter the Deen except through them. They are deeds of the heart in terms of belief and of the tongue as utterance, and are of no use unless both heart and tongue collaborate.
Allah said: “And never would Allah make your Faith of no effect” 2:143
It means that your prayers in the direction of Jerusalem, before Kiblah "Direction in prayer" was changed. Here he calls Salah "Prayers" an act of Faith. It combines the work of the heart the tongue and the rest of the body. The Prophet (s) has made Jihad "Striving in the way of Allah" and praying through Lailatul Qadr "Night of Power", the fasting of Ramadhan and praying during its nights, as well as the five daily prayers, and so on, acts of faith.
The Prophet (S) was asked: “which deeds are better?” And he said: “Iman in Allah and His Messenger.”
(38) What evidence supports that Iman could increase or decrease? Allah said: “That they may add Faith to their Faith” 48:4
Allah said: "And We increased them in guidance" 18:13
Allah said: “And Allah does increase in guidance those who seek Guidance” 19:76
Allah said: “But to those who receive Guidance, He increases their guidance” 47:17
Allah said: “And the Believers may increase in Faith.” 74:31
Allah said: “Yea, those who believe, - there faith is increased.” 9:124
Allah said: “Those to whom men said: “a great army is gathering against you, so fear them” but it (only increased their Faith.” 3:173
Allah said: “It only added to their faith and their zeal in obedience” 33:22
As well as other Ayas.
The Prophet (S) said: “If you were where ever you are as when with me, angels would shake hands with you.”
(39) What evidence supports that people of Iman are different in their levels of Iman? Allah said: “And those Foremost (in Faith) will be Foremost (in the Hereafter). These will be those nearest to Allah: in Gardens of Bliss: a number f people from those of old, and a few from those of later times. (They will be) on couches encrusted (with gold and precious stones), reclining on them, facing each other. Round about them will (serve) youths of perpetual (freshness), with goblets, (shining) beakers, and cups (filled) out of clear-flowing fountains: no after-ache will they receive therefrom, nor will they suffer intoxication: and with fruits, any that they may select; and the flesh of fowls, any that they desire. And (there will be) companions with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes,-like unto Pearls well-guarded. A reward of the deeds of their past (life). No frivolity will they hear therein, nor any mischief,- only the Saying, “Peace! Peace.” The Companions of the Right Hand, What will be the Companions of the Right Hand!” 56:10-27
Allah said: “Thus, then, if he be of those nearest to Allah, (there is for him) Rest and Satisfaction, a Garden of Delights. And if he be of the Companions of the Right Hand, (for him is the salutation), “Peace be unto thee,” from the Companions of the Right Hand.” 56:88-91
Allah said: “But there are among them some who wrong their own Souls; some who follow a middle course; and some who are, by Allah’s leave, foremost in good deeds.” 35:32
The Prophet (S) (in Hadeeth Al-Shafaa) said: “Allah takes out of the Fire whoever had worth of a dinar of Faith in his heart. Then whoever had worth of a half a dinar of Faith in his heart.” The Prophet (S) said: “He will get out of Fire whoever says there is no god but Allah and who has even as little goodness in his heart as the weight of Shariah. Then he will get out of Fire whoever says there is no god but Allah and who has even as little goodness in his heart as the weight of Burrah. Then he will get out of Fire whoever says there is no god but Allah and who has even as little goodness in his heart as the weight of a Zarrah.”
(40) What evidence supports that Iman is comprehensive of the whole religion? The Prophet (S) said: “I command you to have Iman In Allah Alone!’ he said: “Do you know what is Iman in Allah alone?” they said: “Allah and His Messenger know better.” He said: “Shahada, that Allah there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His Messenger, establishment of regular prayers, payment of Zakat, and to give up one fifth of what you get as war spoils.”
(41) What evidence supports that Iman is defined as faith in six parts? When Jibreel (A .S.) said to the Prophet (S): “Tell me about Faith!” The Prophet (S) said: “That you should believe in Allah and His Angels, and His Books, and His Messengers, and The Last Day, and to believe in Fate whether good or evil.”
(42) What Ayah ‘verse’ supports them all from the Quran? Allah said: “It is not righteousness that ye turn our faces towards East or West; but is righteousness – to believe in Allah and the Last Day, and the Angels, and the Book, and the Messengers.” 2:177
Allah said: “Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.” 54:49
We shall mention the evidence for each of the above separately. In Shaa Allah.
(43) What is the meaning of Iman ‘faith’? It is irrefutable belief from the very depth of the heart that He exists. That His existence has never been preceded by any and has never been succeeded by any. Because He is the First with nothing before Him and the Last with nothing after Him. And the Most high with nothing above Him and the ------- Ever living, ever needed, One, Strong.
Allah said: “He begets not, nor is He begotten; and there is none like unto Him” 112:3,4
Belief in His oneness as God and as Lord and with His Names and His Attributes.
(44) What is Tawheed of Ilaheyyah? It is giving Allah alone all kinds of Ibadah ‘worship’ whether done in public or in private in words and deeds as well as denying Ibadah to any other but Allah, whoever that maybe.
Allah Said: "Thy Lord has decreed that ye worship none but Him" 17:23
And said: "Serve Allah, and joing not any partners with Him" 4:36
And said: "Verily, I am Allah: there is no god but I: so serve thou me (only), and establish regular prayer for My remembrance" 20:14
As well as other Ayas ‘Verses’ as mentioned above under Shahada
(45) What is the opposite of Tawheed of Ilaheyyah?
Its opposite is Shirk ‘Association of other gods with Allah’ and is of two types: A bigger Shirk which is the absolute opposite and
A lesser Shirk, which is opposite to it in terms of completeness.
(46) What is the bigger Shirk?
It is when a ‘abd takes a partner besides Allah making him equal to the Lord and Cherisher of the Worlds, loving him as he loves Allah and fears him as he fears Allah, turning to him and calling upon him, fearing him and supplicating to him, wanting him and depending on him or obey him in disobeying Allah or to follow him in what displeases Allah, etc.
Allah said: “Allah forgives not that partners should be se up with Him; but He forgives anything else, to whom He pleases; to set up partners with Allah is to devise a sin most heinous indeed” 4:48
Allah said: “One who joins other gods with Allah, has strayed far, far away (from the Right)” 4:116
Allah said: “Whoever joins other gods with Allah,- Allah will forbid him the Garden, and the Fire will be his abode” 5:72
Allah said: "If anyone assigns partners to Allah, he is as if he had fallen from heaven and been snatched up by birds, or the wind had swooped (like a bird on its prey) and thrown him into a far-distant place" 22:31
As well as other Ayas ‘verses’
The Prophet (S) said: “The right of Allah over Ibad ‘servants’ that they worship Him and associate no partners to Him. And the right of Ibad ‘servants’ on Allah is that whoever does not associate anything with Him should not be reproached.”
In this kind of shirk it is equal whether to make it public like the Kafirs of Quraish or to make it secret like the Munafiqs ‘Hypocrites’ of Madinah who acted publicly as Muslims but secretly were Kafirs.
Allah said: “The Hypocrites will be in the lowest depths of the Fire: no helper wilt thou find for them;- except for those who repent, mend (their life), hold fast to Allah, and make their religious devotion sincere to Allah: if so they will be (numbered) with the Believers.” 4:145-146
As well as other Ayas ‘Verses’
(47) What is the lesser Shirk?
It is when the deed done for the sake of Allah is tarnished with a little Ar-Riyaa ‘Showing off or wanting others to see how good one is’
Allah said: “Say: I am but a man like yourselves, (but) the inspiration has come to me, that your God is One God: whoever accepts to his Lord, let him work righteousness, and, in the worship of his Lord, admit no one as partner ” 18:110
The Prophet (S) said: “The most I fear for you is the lesser Shirk.” They asked him what it was and he said: “Ar-Riyaa ‘Showing off or wanting others to see how good one is’ “ Then he explained: “A man may stand for prayer and make his Salah very good when he sees others watching him.”
Also taking an oath in the name of any other than Allah such as saying: By my father etc.
The Prophet (S) said: “Do not take an oath by your fathers nor your mothers nor by your peers.”
The Prophet (S) said: “Do not say: By the Ka’aba but say: By the Lord of Ka’aba”
The Prophet (S) said: “Never take an oath except by Allah.”
The Prophet (S) said: “Whoever takes an oath saying: “By honesty.” Is none of mine.”
The Prophet (S) said: “Whoever takes an oath by other than Allah, is a Kafir ‘disbeliever’ or Mushrik. ‘associator’ ”
When a man said to the Prophet: “What Allah wills and what you will.” The Prophet (S) said: “Have you made me an equal to Allah? Say: What Allah Alone wills.”
Such forbidden phrases include:
“I have no one but Allah and you”
“I seek Allah’s help and yours” etc.
The Prophet (S) said: “Never say: What Allah wills and what such and such wills. But say: What Allah wills then what such and such wills.”
The Scholars said: it is permissible to say "Except for Allah then such and such". However it is not permissible to say: "Except for Allah and such and such".
(48) What is the difference between ‘waw’ (and) and ‘thumma’ (then) in the following utterances?
Using and makes them peers and equals to Allah. Thus when one says: What Allah wills and you will, has made Allah’s will and a servant’s will equal. Unlike using ‘then’ which denotes coming after. Thus when one says: What Allah wills and then what you will, has pointed out that the will of a servant is subservient to the will of Allah.
Allah said: “But ye shall not will except as Allah wills; for Allah is full of Knowledge and Wisdom” 76:30
Allah said: “But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher of the Worlds” 81:29
And so on
(49) What is Tawheed of Rububeyyah?
It is the firm belief that Allah is the Lord of everything and their King and their Creator and the One who directs and controls them. That He has no partner in His Domain and has no protector from humiliation and that no one can stop His command. And that no one can question his sentence. And that no one can oppose Him. And that no one is equal to Him. And that no one has a name like His. And that no one shares any of the attributes of His Lordship or the meanings of His names and attributes.
Allah said: “Praise be to Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, and made the Darkness and the Light” 6:1
The Above Ayas, in fact, the whole Sura.
Allah said: “Praise be to Allah the Cherisher and Sustainer of the Worlds.” 1:2
Allah said: "Say: "Who is the Lord and Sustainer of the heavens and the earth?" Say: "(It is) Allah." Say: "Do ye then take (for worship) protectors other than Him, such as have no power wither for good or for harm to themselves?" say: "Are the blind equal with those who see? Or the depths of darkness equal with Light?" Or do they assign to Allah partners who have created seemed to them similar? say: "Allah is the Creator of all things: He is the One, the Supreme and Irresistible."" 13:16
Allah said: “It is Allah Who has created you: further, He has provided for your sustenance; then He will cause you to die; and again He will give you life. Are there any of your (false) ‘partners’ who can do any single one of these things? Glory to Him! and High is He above the partners they attribute (to Him)!” 30:40
Allah said: “Such is the Creation of Allah: Now show Me what is there that others besides Him have created!” 31:11
Allah said: “Were they created of nothing, or were they themselves the creators?” 52:35-36
Allah said: “Lord of the heavens and of the earth, and of all that is between them: so worship Him, and be constant and patient in His worship: Knowest thou of any who is worthy of the same Name as He?” 19:65
Allah said: “There is nothing whatever like unto Him, and He is the One that hears and sees” 42:11
Allah said: “Say: “Praise be to Allah, Who begets no son, and has no partner in (His) domination: nor (needs) He any to protect Him from humiliation: Yea, magnify Him for His Greatness and Glory.” 17:111
Allah said: “Say: “Call upon other (gods) whom ye fancy, besides Allah: they have no Power,- not the weight of an atom,- in the heavens or on earth: No (sort of) share have they therein, nor is any of them a helper to Allah. No intercession can avail with Him, except for those for whom He has granted permission. So far (is this the case) that, when terror is removed from there hearts (at the Day of Judgment, then) will they say, ‘that which is true and just; and He is the Most High, Most Great’ ” 34:22-23
(50) What is opposite of Tawheed of Rububeyyah?
It is when one believes that there is another who dispatches commands besides Allah concerning anything pertaining to the universe whether in creating or annihilating, giving life or death, sending good or fending evil, or any other that pertains to Lordship. Or the belief that there is another who is an associate who shares in any of His names and attributes; such as knowing the unseen, or greatness or arrogance and such like.
Allah said: “What Allah out of His Mercy does bestow on mankind none can withhold: What He does withhold, none can grant, apart from Him: and He is the Exalted in Power, Full of Wisdom. O men! Remember the grace of Allah unto you! Is there a creator, other than Allah, to give you sustenance from heaven or earth?” 35:2,3
Allah said: “If Allah do touch thee with hurt, there is none can remove it but He: If He do design some benefit for thee, there is none can keep back His favor.” 10:107
Allah said: “Say: “See ye then? The things that ye invoke besides Allah,- Can they, if Allah wills some affliction for me, remove His affliction or if He wills some Mercy for me, can they keep back His Mercy?” Say: “Sufficient is Allah for me! In Him trust those who put their trust.” 39:38
Allah said: "With Him are the keys of the Unseen, the treasures that none knowes but Him" 6:59
Allah said: “Say: None in the heavens or on earth, except Allah, knows what is hidden” 27:65
Allah said: “Nor shall they compass aught of His Knowledge except as He wills.” 2:255
The Prophet (S) said: “Allah says: Greatness is one of my garments, Arrogance is my other garment. Whoever tries to share either of them I make him dwell in my Fire.”
(51) What is the meaning of “Unity of Names and Attributes”?
It is belief in what Allah has attributed to Himself in His Book. And what the Prophet (S) described Him with. These attributes are the Most Beautiful Names of Allah and the Highest Attributes. And to believe in such without having to ask how? As Allah combined belief in them and not describing how they are in several Ayas ‘verses’.
Allah said: “He knows what is before or after or behind them: but they shall comprehend Him not” 20:110
Allah said: “There is nothing whatever like unto Him, and He is the One that hears and sees” 42:11
Allah said: “No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision; He is Subtle Well-aware” 6:103
As well as other Ayas ‘verses’
When the Prophet (S) he mentioned the infidels’ gods, They said to him: “Tell us the linage of your Lord God!” Allah revealed the following Ayas ‘verses’
Allah said: “Say: He is Allah, the One; Allah the Eternal, Absolute. He begets not, nor is He begotten” 112:1-3
As anything that is born must die, and nothing that dies but is inherited, Allah, however, neither dies, nor is inherited.
Allah said: “And there is none like unto Him” 112:4
The prophet (S) said: “He has no similar or equal and there is noting like unto Him”
(52) What evidence is there for the most beautiful names of Allah in the Quran and Hadeeth?
Allah said: “The Most Beautiful Names belong to Allah: So call on Him by them; but shun such men as distort His names” 7:180
Allah said: “Say: “Call upon Allah, or call upon Rahman: by whatever name ye call upon Him, (it is well): for to Him belong the Most Beautiful Names” 17:110
Allah said: “Allah! There is no god but Him! To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names” 20:8
And other Ayas ‘verses’
The prophet (S) said: “Allah has 99 Names. Whoever knows all of them will enter the Garden.”
The prophet (S) said: “I ask you Allah by every Name that belongs to you, whether You attributed to Yourself, revealed in Your Book, taught to anyone of Your creatures, or kept with You and made unknown to others, to make the Great Quran the spring of my heart
(52) What evidence is there for the most beautiful names of Allah in the Quran and Hadeeth?
Allah said: “The Most Beautiful Names belong to Allah: So call on Him by them; but shun such men as distort His names” 7:180
Allah said: “Say: “Call upon Allah, or call upon Rahman: by whatever name ye call upon Him, (it is well): for to Him belong the Most Beautiful Names” 17:110
Allah said: “Allah! There is no god but Him! To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names” 20:8
And other Ayas ‘verses’
The prophet (S) said: “Allah has 99 Names. Whoever knows all of them will enter the Garden.”
The prophet (S) said: “I ask you Allah by every Name that belongs to you, whether You attributed to Yourself, revealed in Your Book, taught to anyone of Your creatures, or kept with You and made unknown to others, to make the Great Quran the spring of my heart.”
(53) What example is there for the most beautiful names of Allah in the Quran?
Allah said: "For Allah is Most High, Great (above you all)" 4:34
Allah said: “For Allah is All-Subtle, All-Aware” 33:34
Allah said: “For He is All-Knowing, All-Powerful” 35:44
Allah said: "For Allah is He Who hears and sees all things." 4:58
Allah said: "For Allah is Exalted in power, Wise" 4:56
Allah said: "For Allah si Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful" 4:23
Allah said: “For He is unto them Most Kind, Most Merciful.” 9:117
Allah said: “Allah is Free of all wants, and He is Most Forbearing ” 2:263
Allah said: “For He is indeed worthy of all praise, full of all glory!” 11:73
Allah siad: 'For my Lord is (always) near, ready to answer." 11:57
Allah said: “For my Lord has care and watch over all things” 11:61
Allah said: “For Allah ever watches over you” 4:1
Allah said: “And enough is Allah as a Disposer of affairs” 4:81
Allah said: “But All-sufficient is Allah in taking account” 4:6
Allah said: “And Allah has Power over all things” 4:85
Allah said: “Thy Lord does witness all tings” 41:53
Allah said: “It is He that does encompass all things!” 41:54
Allah said: “He is the First and the Last, the Evident and the Hidden: and He has full knowledge of all things.” 57:3
Allah said: “Allah is He, than whom there is no other god;- who knows (all things) both secret and open; He, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Allah is He, than whom there is no other god;- the Sovereign, the Holy One, the source of peace (and Perfection) the Guardian of Faith, the Preserver of Safety, the Exalted in Might, the Irresistible, the justly Proud Glory to Allah! (High is He) above the partners they attribute to Him. He is Allah, the Creator, the Originator, the Fashioner, to Him belong the Most Beautiful names: Whatever is in the heavens and on earth, does declare His Praise and Glory: and He is Exalted in Might, the Wise” 59:22-24
As well as other Ayas ‘verses’
(54) What example is there for the in the Hadeeth?
The prophet (S) said: “There is no god but Allah, the Great, the Patient. There is no god but Allah, the Lord of the Great Throne. There is no god but Allah, the Lord of the heavens and the Lord of the earth and the Lord of the precious Throne.”
The prophet (S) said: “O Living, O Eternal, O the One with Greatness and Generosity, O Fashioner of the heavens and the earth.”
The prophet (S) said: “In the Name of Allah, With whose Name nothing can harm on earth or in the heavens. He is the All-Hearing, All-Knowing.”
(55) How many types do the Most Beautiful Names of Allah refer to?
Three types:
1) Those referring to Himself.
2) Those referring to attributed derived from and included in their meanings.
3) Those referring to derivations necessarily derived from those attributes.
(56) Give examples?
His name “Al-Rahman Al-Rahim” the Most Gracious the Most Merciful, refers directly to Allah as well as the attribute the name is derived from, namely Rahmah ‘Mercy’ as included in the meaning as well as other attributes which are not derived from the this root but such as are necessarily included such as life and power.
The same applies to all His Names, unlike names of the created. A person may be called Hakim ‘wise’ while he is ignorant, or Assad ‘Lion’, when he is not one. Praise be to Allah, as He attributed to Himself, above what His creatures have attributed to Him.
(57) How many divisions are the Most Beautiful Names of Allah classified to in terms of inclusion, i.e. encompassing?
It is of four divisions:
First: The Proper noun ‘Allah’ that includes all the meanings of the Most Beautiful Names of Allah. Thus all such names are His Attributes while the Name Allah never comes as an attribute to them.
Allah said: “He is Allah, the Creator, the Originator, the Fashioner.” 59:24
Second: What includes the attribute pertaining to the essence of Allah, such as His Name: Al-Samee’ the All-Hearing, whose Hearing encompasses all sounds whether made in public or in secret. And His Name: Al-Basir the All-Seeing whose Seeing encompasses all things seeable whether small or big. And His name: Al-‘aliim, the All-Knowing, which describes His All Encompassing Knowledge.
Allah said: “From Whom is not hidden the least little atom in the Heavens or on earth: nor is there anything less than that, or greater” 34:3
And his Name: AL-Qadir, the All-Powerful whose Power encompasses the ability to do everything whether in creation or annihilation
Third: What includes a de******ion of what Allah does such as the Creator, the Provider, the Originator, the Fashioner etc.
Fourth: What signifies that He is free of any want, fault or indignity whatsoever, such as: the Sacred and the Peace.
(58) How many divisions are the Most Beautiful Names of Allah classified into, in terms of exclusion i.e. that pertains to Allah Alone and no one else?
Some that are attributed alone or with other Names to Allah. Such names that denote Completeness in any form, such as: the Living, The eternal, the One.
Some are mentioned only with their opposites, that if mentioned alone may give a sense of incompleteness. These names include: the Harmer and the Benefactor. Thus it is not possible to call Allah the Harmer without calling Him the Benefactor. Also, He refers to Himself as the Exactor of retribution from those who transgress.
Allah said: “Verily from those who transgress We shall exact (due) Retribution.” 32:22
And He refers to Himself as Lord of Retribution in connection to His Exalted Might.
Allah said: “Allah is Exalted in Might, Lord of Retribution.” 3:4
(59) It has been mentioned earlier that the attributes of Allah are two; those describing His being and those describing his actions; what are the examples of the former from the Quran?
Examples are in the following Ayas:
Allah said: “Nay, both His Hands are widely outstretched.” 5:64
Allah said: “Everything (that exists) will perish except his Face” 28:88
Allah said: “But will abide (for ever) the Face of thy Lord,- full of Majesty, Bounty and Honor” 55:27
Allah said: "And (this) in order that thou mayest be reared under Mine Eye" 20:39
Allah said: "How clearly He sees, how finely He hears (everything)!" 18:26
Allah said: "For I am with you: I hear and see (everything): 20:46
Allah said: “He knows what is before or after or behind them: but they shall comprehend Him not.” 20:110
Allah said: “And to Moses Allah Spoke direct.” 4:164
Allah said: “Behold, thy Lord called Moses: “Go to the people of iniquity” 26:10
Allah said: "And their Lord called unto them: "Did I not forbid you that tree!" 7:22
Allah said: “That Day (Allah) will call to them, and say: “What was the answer ye gave to the messengers?”” 28:65
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(60) What are the examples of attributes describing His being from the Hadeeth?The prophet (S) said: “Light is His (barrier), if He removed it all the creatures that He sees would be burned”
The prophet (S) said: “The right hand of Allah is ever full. And it stays full no matter how much He gives. You see how much He has given sine he created the heavens and the earth, all of this has not diminished what is in His hand. His throne is o water. In His other hand is the power to elevate and debase, thus He elevates people and debases others.
The prophet (S) said: “Allah sees all of you, He is not one-eyed.
The prophet (S) said: “O Allah, I seek help of your knowledge and seek help of Your Power. And seek help of Your Great Bounty. Because You can while I can not, You know while I know not and You know full well the unseen---“
The prophet (S) said: “You do not direct your prayers to a deaf or an absent being. You are calling the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing, the Most Near.”
The prophet (S) said: “If Allah wants to send revelation, He but utters it.”
The prophet (S) said: “Allah says: ‘O Adam’ and Adam replies: ‘At your service O Lord!’
And many more Hadeeths.
(61) What are the examples of action attributes in the Quran?
Examples are in the following Ayas:
Allah said: "Then He turned to the heavens" 2:29 and 41:11
Allah said: “Will they wait until Allah comes to them?” 2:210
Allah said: “No just estimate have they made of Allah, such as is due to Him: on the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will but His handful, and the heavens will be rolled up in His right hand” 39:67
Allah said: “What prevents thee from prostrating thyself to one whom I have created with My hands?” 38:75
Allah said: “When his Lord manifested Himself to the Mount, He made it as dust” 7:143
Allah said: “For Allah carries out all that He wills” 22:18
(62) What are the examples of action attributes in the Hadeeth?
The prophet (S) said: “Our Lord comes down to the nearest heaven when the night has one third remaining.”
The prophet (S) said: “And Allah comes to them in the picture that they know and says: I am your Lord. And they say: You are our Lord“
The prophet (S) said: “Allah hold the earth on the Day of Judgment, and the heavens will be rolled up in His right hand. Then He says: I am the King --“
The prophet (S) said: “When Allah fashioned His creatures He wrote on Himself: ‘My Mercy will overcome My Fury.’
The prophet (S) said: “Adam will say to Moses: ‘O Moses! Allah has chosen you, spoke to you and wrote to you the Torah with His hand.’
The prophet (S) said: “Allah stretches His hand at night for those who want to repent for sins committed during the day time. And Stretches His hand in the day time for those who want to repent for sins committed during the night.”
(63) Is it possible to derive names of Allah from all the action attributes, or are the names of Allah all non-derivatives?
All the names of Allah are non-derivatives. He is not to be given any other name except what He has called Himself in the Quran or what the Prophet called Him with. All actions Allah has attributed to Himself is absolute, we are not to derive names from any one of them.
Allah said: “It is Allah Who has created you: further, He has provided for your sustenance; then He will cause you to die; and again He will give you life” 30:40
He called Himself the Creator, the Provider, the Giver of life, the Taker of life, the Organizer. Others are actions Allah attributed to Himself and such actions, in their con****, show praise and completeness to Allah.
Allah said: “They seek to deceive Allah but it is Allah Who deceives them.” 4:142
And said: "And (the Unbelievers) plotted and planned, and Allah too planned, and the Best of planners is Allah" 3:54
Allah said: “They have forgotten Allah: so He has forgotten them.” 9:67
However, these should not be attributed to Allah out of con****. Thus, it should never be said that Allah ‘plots in secret’, ‘deceives’, ‘mocks’ etc. It should never be said, either, that Allah is ‘the secret Plotter’, ‘the Deceiver’, or ‘the Mocker’ Neither a Muslim nor any sane human would say such. Allah describes Himself as such only in connection of retribution to those who do such things unlawfully. Since Allah is All-Just, hence His retribution to those who plot, deceive and mock being of the same kind, is absolute justice and wisdom.
(64) What does the name ‘Al- A’ala’ ‘Most High- include as well as similar names in meaning such as ‘Adhaher’ the one who appears’ Al-Qaher’ the one who overpowers and Al-Muta’aali’ the one who disdains?
His name the Most High includes the adjective derived from it, i.e. that Highness is attributed to Him in all its meanings. His Highness over His throne, High over all His creatures, above them watching over them, knowing what they do, All-knowing. Nothing about them is hidden from Him. High is He in His power, with no one contesting His power, no one opposing Him, no one refusing Him. All are in submission to His Greatness, humble before His Bounty, low before His Arrogance, under His command and overwhelming power. No one can escape His hold. All attributes of Completeness are constantly His. All wants and faults are none of His. Most Glorified, Most Praised, Most High He is. All these meanings of Highness go together. No one meaning is to be left out.
(65) What evidence is there for Allah’s highness in the Quran?
The evidence concerning this are innumerable, the following are a few examples:
Allah said: “The Most Gracious is firmly established on the Throne” 20:5
This was mentioned seven times in the Quran.
Allah said: “Do ye feel secure that He Who is in heaven will not cause you to be swallowed up by the earth when it shakes (as in an earthquake)? Or do ye feel secure that He Who is in heaven will not send against you a violent tornado (with showers of stones), so that ye shall know how (terrible) was My Warning?” 67:16,17
Allah said: “They all fear their Lord, High above them” 16:50
Allah said: “To Him amount up (all) words of purity: it is He Who exalts each deed of righteousness” 35:10
Allah said: “The angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him.” 70:4
Allah said: “Behold! Allah said: O Jesus! I will take thee and raise thee to Myself” 3:55
As well as other Ayas ‘verses’
(66) What evidence is there for the above in Hadeeth?
The evidence concerning this are innumerable, the following are a few examples:
The prophet (S) said: “The Throne is above that. Allah is above the Throne. He knows what you do.”
The prophet (S), talking to Sa’ad concerning his sentence over the Jews of Quraidha, said: “You have given them a sentence that The King has meted on them from seven heavens above.”
The prophet (S), in the Hadeeth concerning the slave girl, said: “Where is Allah?” She said: “In the heaven.” And he said: “Free her. She is a believer.”
The prophet (S), concerning the succession of angels, said: “Then the angels who were watching you over night would ascend to Him and He would ask them -knowing their answers before hand.”
The prophet (S) said: “Whoever gives in charity even the equal of a single date what he has earned lawfully –and nothing ascends to Allah unless it is lawful-“
The prophet (S) said: “When Allah makes a command in the heaven, the angels beat with their wings in submission to His command”
As well as other Hadeeths.
(67) What did the pious Imams of old say concerning Allah’s Istiwaa or settling?
They were unanimous that: Settling is not unknown, the how He settled is not comprehensible, belief in it, however, is a duty. Questioning about it is Bid’a ‘Innovation. Allah sends the message. The Prophet (s) has to deliver. We have to believe and submit. Such was their stand concerning all the Ayas ‘verses’ and Hadeeths that deal with the Names and Attributes.
Allah said: “We believe in it, the whole of it is from our Lord ” 3:7
Allah said: “We believe in Allah, and do thou bear witness that we are Muslims.” 3:52
(68) What evidence is there for the elevation of over power in the Quran?
There is much evidence, among them are the following:
Allah said: “He is irresistibly Supreme over His servants” 6:18
Which includes the elevation of overwhelming power and highness.
Allah said: “But Glory be to Him! (He is above such things.) He is Allah, the One, the Overpowering.” 39:4
Allah said: “Whose will be the Dominion that Day? That of Allah, the One, the Overpowering. ” 40:16
Allah said: “Say: “Truly am I a Warner: No god is there but Allah, the One, Supreme and Irresistible.” 38:65
Allah said: “There is not a moving creature, but He has grasp of its fore-lock.” 11:56
Allah said: “O ye assembly of Jinns and men! If it be ye can pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth, pass ye! Not without authority shall ye be able to pass!” 55:33
As well as other Ayas ‘verses’
(69) What evidence is there for it in Hadeeth?
There is much evidence for this from Sunnah.
The prophet (S) said: “I take refuge in You against any moving creatures whose fore-lock You have in Your hand”
The prophet (S) said: “O Allah! I am truly Your servant, son of Your servants, my fore-lock is in Your hand, Your command over me is to surely fulfilled, Your sentence over me is most just.”
The prophet (S) said: “Your command is fulfilled against others but no command is fulfilled against You. Your allies are never demeaned, and your enemies are never dignified.”
In addition to much more.
(70) What evidence is there for the elevation of importance and what should not be attributed to Allah in this concern?
The elevation of importance is included in His Names: the Holy One, the Peace, the Big, the Arrogant, and such like. Thus all His attributes must include such elevation. Allah is higher, in His Oneness, than to have anyone sharing or taking part in His belongings or power or to assist Him therein or to have some one who could assist others against Him or intercede in their behalf without His permission. He is higher in His Greatness, Arrogance, Overpower, than to have anyone who either wants to take part of His domain or to support Him in any of His endeavors. In his lack of need to any outside Himself, He is higher than to need a wife, a son, a father, an equal or a peer. He is higher in the completeness of His life and His eternality, than to die, to need to nap or sleep, to get tired or fatigued. He is higher in the completeness of His knowledge than to overlook or to forget, or to have the weight of an atom or less or more of knowledge be unknown to Him whether in the heavens or on earth. He is higher in the completeness of His wisdom to create anything in vain, or to leave His creatures untended, without commands and prohibitions, with no resurrection or reckoning. He is higher in the completeness of His justice than to be unfair to anyone down to the weight of an atom of injustice, or to over look the least of anyone’s good deeds. He is higher in the completeness of His richness than to be fed, provided for or cared for in any way. He is higher than anything that negates His Godhood, His Lordship, His Most Beautiful Names and His Highest Attributes.
Allah said: “To Him belongs the loftiest similitude (we can think of) in the heavens and the earth: for He is Exalted in Might, full of Wisdom.” 30:27
The ****s from both the Quran and the Sunnah in this concern are many and they are well known and understood.
(71) What is the meaning of the Hadeeth: “Whoever comprehends them –The Most Beautiful Names of Allah- will enter heaven.”
To memorize them, call Allah by them, praise Allah by them, try to emulate some of them such as the Merciful by trying as much as one can to be merciful, to submit to the Names such as the Arrogant or the Great, To ask Allah by His names signifying promise such as The Oft Forgiving, the Generous and to fear the attributes of Names such as The one exacting retribution, to know the names denoting Allah’s Highness above His creatures, while knowing them and everything concerning them. Thus one comprehending these names would humble oneself as a lowly slave is humble before an All-Powerful King. One should know then that his words and deeds will be shown to Allah, hence should not do anything to shame himself before his Lord. One should know that Allah’s commands are sent down every where on earth; giving life to this and taking life from that, giving dignity and elevation to one while debasing another, giving wealth to some but poverty to others. Thus comprehending His Names means knowing that His actions are only done by Him and His Commands are carried out no matter what.
Allah said: “He directs the affairs from the heavens to the earth: then it ascends unto Him, on a Day the measure of which is a thousand years of your reckoning.” 32:5
Thus if one does truly comprehend the Names of Allah, then Allah is enough for him, such comprehension, however, is only given to those who are foremost in devotion.
(72) What is the opposite of the unity of names and attributes?
Its opposite is Ilhad i.e. addition to or deletion from the names and attributes and it is of three types:
First: Ilhad of the idolaters who used the names of Allah to call their idols.
Second: Ilhad of simulation, i.e. making the attributes of Allah similar to those of His creatures.
Third: the negators; and these are of two subtypes:
One type say that the Names of Allah are just names not denoting anything. Thus to them Allah is All-Knowing but has no knowledge, All-Seeing without sight, etc.
The other type negate the names as well as the meaning. Thus to them Allah is the absolute nothingness with no name or attribute.
Praise be to Allah High above what these and others say against Him.
Allah said: “Lord of the heavens and of the earth, and of all that is between them: so worship Him, ad be constant and patient in His worship: Knowest thou of any who is worthy of the same name as He?” 19:65
Allah said: “There is nothing whatever like unto Him, and He is the One that hears and sees.” 42:11
Allah said: “He knows what is before or after or behind them: but they comprehend Him not” 20:110
(73) Are all types of Tawhid ‘unity of Allah’ synonymous such that what negates one negates all?
Yes, they are. Whoever associates in one associates in the others. The example of that is Calling other than Allah and asking him to do what only Allah can do. Thus calling other than Allah is Association in Ilaheyyah, ‘Godhood’ and asking others to do what only Allah can do is association of Rububeyyah, ‘Lordship’ Also calling other than Allah entails a belief that they hear from any distance, thus entailing a third kind of association that is of Names and attributes.
(74) What evidence in the Quran and Hadeeth for belief in the Angels?
The evidence from the Quran is diverse: Allah said: “And the angels celebrate the Praises of their Lord, and pray for forgiveness for all beings on earth.” 42:5Allah said: “Those who are near to thy Lord, disdain not to worship Him: they glorify Him and prostrate before Him” 7:206Allah said: “Whoever is an enemy to God and His angels and apostles, to Gabriel and Michael, lo! God is an enemy to those who reject faith.” 2:98
The evidence from Hadeeths is also diverse. The Hadeeth of Jibril is mentioned above.
The prophet (S) said: “That Allah created them of Light.”
(75) What is the meaning of belief in the Angels?
fully to their existence. It is to testify that they are among the creatures of Allah, that they are servants under their Lord and Creator:
Allah said: “(but) servants raised to honor. They speak not before He speaks, and they act (in all things) by His command.” 21:26,27Allah said: “Over which are (appointed) angels stern (and) severe, who flinch not (from exacting) the commands they receive from God, but do (precisely) what they are commanded.” 66:6Allah said: “Those who are in His (Very) Presence are not too proud to serve Him, nor are they (ever) weary (of His service). They celebrate His praises night and day, nor do they ever flag or intermit.” 21:19,20
(76) Mention some of the kinds of angels considering what Allah has created them for and charged them with!
They are of many types. Some specialize in delivering revelation to messengers, such as the spirit Jibril. Some have the duty of taking down rain like Mikhail. Some have the duty of sounding the trumpet such as Israfil.
Among them is one who takes away lives, that is the angel of death and his helpers. Among them are those who write down what each servant does and says, those are the elevated writers. Among them are those who protect servants from front and behind. Some of them are the guards of the Garden.
Some are the guards of the Fire. Some are to ask those who enter the grave, Munkar and Nakir. Some carry the Throne. Some praise Allah around the Throne. Some are to enter the House of Allah (in Makkah) every day 70,000 of them enter the House and never enter it again. Others follow the meetings of Quran recitation. Some stand up in prayer never sitting down. Others bow and prostrate never putting their heads up. As well as multitudes of others not known to any one but Allah.
Allah said: “And none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other a warning to mankind.” 74:31
(77) What evidence is there for belief in the Holy Books?
The evidence is quite diverse:
Allah said: “O ye who believe, believe in God and His apostle, and the ******ure which He has sent to His apostles and the ******ures which He sent to those before (him).” 4:136
Allah said: “Say ye: we believe in God, and the revelation given to us, and to Abraham, Ismael, Isaac, Jacob and the tribes, and that given to Moses and Jesus, and that given to (all) prophets from their Lord: we make no difference between one and another of them: and we bow to God (in Islam).” 2:136
As well as many others. It is sufficient to say:
Allah said: “But say: ‘I believe in whatever Book Allah has sent down.” 42:15
(78) Were all the Holy Books mentioned in the Quran?
Allah mentions some Books (of revelation) in the Quran by name: The Quran, the Torah, the Injil ‘Gospel’ the psalms, the books of Abraham.
Other Books, however, are mentioned in general.
Allah said: “Allah, there is no god but He, the Living, the Self Subsisting, the Eternal. It is He who sent down to thee (step by step), in truth, the Book, confirming what went before it; and He sent down the Law (of Moses) and the Gospel (of Jesus) before this.” 3:2-4
Allah said: “And to David We gave the psalms.” 4:163
Allah said: “Nay, is he not acquainted with what is in the books of Moses – and of Abraham who fulfilled his (commandments).” 53:36,37
Allah said: “We sent aforetime our messengers with Clear Signs and sent down with them the Book and the Balance (of Right and Wrong), that men may stand forth in justice.” 57:25
Those mentioned by name we have to believe in by name, while those mentioned in general we believe in generally. We say what our Prophet commanded us to say:
Allah said: “But say: ‘I believe in whatever Book Allah has sent down.” 42:15
(79) What does belief in the Holy Books mean? It means the firm belief that all these Books are from Allah. That Allah really said those words. Some heard from behind a veil without the angel delivering them. Some delivered by the spirit. Some Allah wrote down
Allah said: “It is not fitting for a man that Allah should speak to him except by inspiration, or from behind a veil, or by the sending of a Messenger to reveal, with Allah’s permission, what Allah wills.” 42:51
Allah said: “I have chosen thee above other men by the messages I have given thee and by the words I have spoken to thee.” 7:144
Allah said: “And to Moses God spoke direct.” 4:164
Allah said: “And We ordained laws for him in the tablets in all matters, both commanding and explaining all things.” 7:145
Allah said: "We sent him the Injil "Gospel". " 5:46
Allah said: “And to David We gave the psalms.” 4:163
Allah said: “But God bears witness that what He has sent unto thee, He has sent from His (own) knowledge, and the angels bear witness: but enough is God for a witness.” 4:166
Allah said: “(It is) a Quran which We have divided (into parts from time to time), in order that thou mightest recite it to men at intervals: We have revealed it by stages.” 17:106
Allah said: “Verily this is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds. With it came down the Truthful spirit. To thy heart that thou mayest admonish in the perspicuous Arabic tongue” 26:192-195
Allah said: “Those who reject the Message when it comes to them (are not hidden from Us). And indeed it is a Book of exalted power. No falsehood can approach it from before or behind it: it is sent down by One Full of Wisdom, Worthy of all Praise.” 41:41,42
(80) What position does the Quran occupy in relation to the rest of the holy Books? Allah said: “To thee we sent the ******ures in truth, confirming the ******ure that came before it, and guarding it in safety.” 5:48
Allah said: “This Quran is not such as can be produced by other than Allah; on the contrary it is a confirmation of (revelations) that went before it, and a fuller explanation of the Book-Wherein there is no doubt from the Lord of the Worlds.” 10:37
Allah said: “It is not a tale invented, but a confirmation of what went before it, - a detailed exposition of all things, and a Guide and a Mercy to any such as believe.” 12:111
Guarding it in safety, means a witness and a keeper of the message revealed in other Books. Confirming them, means confirming the truth that is in them and exposing the additions, deletions or any type of manipulation that people made to them. Thus any who believe in the older books has to believe in the Quran.
Allah said: “Those to whom We sent the Book before this, - they do believe in this (Revelation); and when it is recited to them, they say: ‘We believe therein, for it is the Truth from our Lord: indeed we have been Muslims (bowing to Allah’s Will) from before this.’” 28:52,53
(81) What is our duty to the Holy Quran as a Muslim Ummah? We must follow it part and parcel. We must adhere to it.
Allah said: “And this is a Book which We have revealed as a blessing: so follow it and be righteous, that ye may receive mercy.” 6:155
Allah said: “Follow (O men) the revelation given unto you from your Lord, and follow not, as friends or protectors, other than Him.” 7:3
Allah said: “As to those who hold fast by the Book and establish regular prayer, never shall We suffer the reward of the righteous to perish.” 7:170
Such injunctions apply to all ******ures. The Ayas ‘verses’ concerning this are many. The Prophet (S) advised us to hold fast to the Quran.
The prophet (S) said: “Hold fast to the Book of Allah ‘the Quran’ The prophet (S) said: “There will be trials ---“ Ali asked: “How do we get out of them O Messenger of Allah?” He said: “The Book of Allah ‘the Quran’.”(82) What is the meaning of adhering to the Book in duty? IT means protecting it, memorizing it, reciting it, reading it in morning and night prayers, understanding its Ayas ‘verses’, following its commands, heeding its warnings, taking lessons from its parables and stories, defending at against those who try to sway its meanings, and using it to advise the peoples of the world.
(83) What is the status of those who say the Quran is created? Quran comprises the words of Allah in reality both words and meanings. Thus His words are not only words without meaning or meaning without words. Allah spoke out its words and sent them down to His Messenger as inspiration. The Believers believed therein truly. It is, though written with our hands and read with our tongues, seen with our eyes, is still divine inspiration from Allah. The hands, the eyes and the tongues are created but the words are not.
Allah said: “That this is indeed a Quran most honorable, in a Book well-guarded, which none shall touch but those who are clean: a Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds. Is it such a Message that ye would hold in light esteem? And have ye made it your livelihood that ye should declare it false? Then why do ye not (intervene) when (the soul of the dying man) reaches the throat, - and ye the while (sit) looking on, - but We are nearer to him than ye, and yet ye see not, - then why do ye not, - if you are exempt from (future) account, - call back the soul if ye are true (in your claim of independence)?” 56:77,87
Allah said: “Nay, here are Signs self-evident in the hearts of those endowed with knowledge: and none but the unjust reject Our Signs.” 29:49
Allah said: "And recite (and teach) what has been revealed to thee of the Book of thy Lord: none can chance His Words." 18:27
Allah said: “If one amongst Pagans ask thee for a asylum, grant it to him, so that he may hear the Words of Allah” 9:6
Ibn Masud ® said: “Let your eyes be ever fixed on the Quran.”
The verses concerning this are innumerable. Whoever says: “The Quran or part of it is created.”, he has committed and act of grosser Kufr that makes him totally a non-Muslim. Because the Quran is the words of Allah. From Him it originated and to Him it will return. It is His speech and His attribute.
Whoever says: “Any of the attributes of Allah is created is” a kafrir and Murtad. Such a person is to be asked to return to Islam or other wise be killed.
(84) Is the ‘Speech’ of Allah an attribute of Allah or an act of His? As far as speech is an attribute of Allah, it is an attribute of Allah in so far as it is part of His knowledge. It is also an act of Allah in so far as the fact that He willed to make the speech.
The prophet (S) said: “If Allah wished to reveal a command he but says the inspiration He wants revealed.”
The first Muslim scholars, concerning the attribute of speech, said: “it is an attribute of Allah and an act of His at one and the same time.” Allah has always been able to speak, He speaks according to His will and His power. He speaks if He wills, whenever He wills and in whatever way He wills to whomever He wills. His speech is His attribute that is it is infinite.
Allah said: “Say: ‘If the ocean were ink (wherewith to write out) the Words of my Lord, sooner would the ocean be exhausted than would the Words of my Lord, even if we added another ocean like it, for its aid.’ ” 18:109
Allah said: “And if all the trees on earth were pens and the ocean (were ink), with seven oceans behind it to add to its (supply), yet would not the Words of Allah be exhausted (in the writing).” 31:27
Allah said: “The Word of thy Lord does find its fulfillment in truth and in justice: None can change His Words: for He is the One Who hears and knows all.” 6:115
(85) Who are the ‘Waqifah’ and what is their status?
Imam Ahmad said: “
(86) What is the status of those who utter the two words: ‘Quran’ (is) ‘created’?
Such utterance should not be made in the positive or the negative. Because those who say : the Quran is created are the Jahami which is a lost sect. And he who says it is not created is Mubtadi’ which is another straying sect.
(87) What evidence is there for belief in the Messengers?
The evidence in the Quran and the Sunnah is quite much.
Allah said: “Those who deny God and His apostles, and (those who) wish to separate God from His apostles, saying: We believe in some but we reject others: and (those who) wish to take a course midway, They are in truth (equally) unbelievers; and We have prepared for unbelievers a humiliating punishment. To those who believe in God and His apostles and make no distinction between any of the apostles, We shall soon give their (due) rewards: for God is Oft-Forgiving, Most-Merciful.” 4:150-152
(88) What is the meaning of belief in the Messengers?
It is the firm belief That Allah sent for every people a Messenger from amongst themselves to call them to worship Allah Alone and to disown any that are worshiped besides Him. To believe that all messengers are truthful, sage and honest, pious, well guided and leading others to guidance. To believe that they are proved right by clear signs sent by their Lord. That they have delivered all that Allah sent them to deliver. That they neither have left any thing out nor changed nor added nor deleted a single letter.
Allah said: “But what is the mission of messengers but to preach the Clear Message?” 16:35
To believe that all of them are on the clearest truth. To believe that Allah has taken Abraham as a close friend, and has taken Muhammad (S) a close friend, and has spoken to Moses, and raised Idris to high rank. To believe that Jesus is a servant and Messenger of Allah, and His Word that He sent down to Mary and a spirit from Him. To believe that Allah has preferred some of them to others and raised some of them to higher degrees.
(89) Is the doctrine of all Messengers in unison concerning their commands and prohibitions?
The doctrine of all Messengers is the same in the fundamentals of worship that is monotheism i.e. to give all kinds of worship to Allah alone whether in belief or word or deed, and to disown any that are worshipped besides Him. As for the obligations of worship, each may bring to his people a different set of rules. For instance prayers, fasting etc. obligated may be different form one message to another. Things may be prohibited on some people but allowed to others as a test from Allah.
Allah said: “That He may try which of you is best in deed.” 67:2
(90) What is the evidence that they are all in unison in the origin or the mentioned worship?
The evidence for this in the book is of two types: General and detailed.
As for the general:
Allah said: “For We assuredly sent amongst every people a Messenger, (with the command), ‘Serve Allah, and eschew evil’ ” 16:36
Allah said: “Not an apostle did we send before thee without this inspiration sent by Us to him: that there is no god but I; therefore worship and serve me.” 21:25
Allah said: “And question thou our messengers who We sent before thee; did we appoint any deities other than the Most Gracious, to be worshipped?” 43:45
As for the detailed:
Allah said: “And certainly We sent Noah to his people. He said: ‘O my people! Worship Allah! Ye have no god but Him. Will ye not fear (Him)?’ ” 23:23
Allah said: “To the Thamud people (We Sent) Salih, one of their own brethren. He said: ‘O my people! Worship Allah! Ye have no other God but Him’” 11:61
Allah said: “And To Aad people (We sent) Hud, one of their own brethren. He said: ‘O my people! Worship Allah! Ye have no other God but Him’” 11:50
Allah said: “To the Madyan people (We sent) Shu’aib, one of their own brethren. He said: ‘O my people! Worship Allah! Ye have no other God but Him’” 11:84
Allah said: “Behold! Abraham said to his father and his people: ‘I do indeed clear myself of what ye worship’ : ‘(I worship) only Him Who originated me.’ ” 43:26,27
Allah said: “But the God of you all is Allah: there is no god but He: all things He comprehends in His knowledge.” 20:98
Allah said: “But said Christ: “O Children of Israel! Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord.” Whoever joins other gods with Allah, - Allah forbid him the Garden, and the Fire will be his abode.” 5:72
Allah said: “Say: “truly am I a Warner: no god is there but Allah, the One, Supreme and Irresistible.” 38:65
As well as other Ayas ‘verses’.
(91) What is the evidence that their laws are different in the details of what is allowed and what is disallowed?
Allah said: “To each among you have we prescribed a Law and an Open Way. If Allah had so willed, He would have made you a single People, but (his plan is) to test you in what He has given you: so strive as in a race in all virtues.” 5:48
Ibn Abbas (R ) said: “A law and an open way, that is the law and the Sunnah.” Also Mujahid,
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