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بسم
الله الرحمن
الرحيم
(إنكَ
لا تهدي من
أحببت ولكن
الله يهدي من
يشاء)
العدة
الأولية
لتعلم
الإسلام
باللغة الإنجليزية
للمسلمين الجدد
كتابة
وإعداد
الفقير إلى
الله: ابن
الشريف – غفر
الله له
ولوالديه
Primary Kit for Introducing Islam in English to new Muslims
Introduction
Praise is to Allah and peace blessing be upon His
messenger Mohammad and upon his family and comrades and then:
Many people who want to learn Islam or to new Muslims
it's very hard to find a simplified guide that explains to them the basics of
Islam in a nutshell; so I decided to collect the basic guidelines and gather
them in an e-book I named it "PKIIENM" Primary Kit for Introducing
Islam in English to New Muslims. I tackled the significant and most important
topics that a new Muslim or a person interested in Islam should know in a form
of questions and answers instead of writing continuous articles that might make
the reader bored, and I concluded the book with how to convert to Islam and
what are the deeds that you must do to be a Muslim until you die, I ask Allah
to make a benefit of this book for everyone who wants to know Islam in no time.
Author,
Isaiah AL-Muslim (ibn Al-Sharif) – Monday 17th
of April 2006
إهداء
Dedication
I dedicate this book to my dad...
My mom...
My brother and sister...
My dear sister
My beloved brothers the Mujahideen...
To Z.Lary and her mom and brother I say: I wish the
distribution of the book earns you many good deeds that amend my mistake and
softens your heart towards me.
Index
Introduction........................................................................p1
Chapter1:
Three Main Fundamentals...................................p5
Chapter2:
Types of Monotheism..........................................p7
Chapter3:
Beleiving in Allah ...............................................p8
Chapter4:
Beleiving in Angels..............................................p9
Chapter5:
Believing in Books.............................................p10
Chapter6:
Believing in Messengers....................................p11
Chapter7:
Beleiving in Day of Resurrection.......................p13
Chapter8:
How to convert to Islam...................................p18
Chapter9:
Frequently Asked Questions..............................p19
من
هو ربك ؟
Q: Who is your Lord?
A: My Lord is ALLAH the creator of the universe and all
creatures.
كم
هو عدد
الآلهة؟
Q: How many Gods are there?
A: There is only one God not two or three; and no
partners He has or co-Gods.
كيف
عرّف الله
نفسه للبشر؟
Q: How did Allah introduce Himself to mankind?!
A: Allah has sent messengers to deliver His significance
to both mankind and jinn.
ما
هو دينك؟
Q: What is your religion?
A: My religion is "Islam" it means "submission"
to the one and only God [ALLAH] and to have full obedience to Him and to His
messengers.
من
هو نبيك؟
Q: Who is your messenger?!
A: Mohammad the son of Abdullah from the tribe of Quraish
who received revelation from Allah through angel Gabriel to all mankind; to
worship Allah and no other God or Gods.
ما
هو كتابك
المقدس؟
Q: What is your Holy Book?
A: My Holy Book is the "Koran" it means
"Readable" it contains Allah's words and dominions and regulations to
the followers of Islam.
ما هي
السُنّة؟
Q: What is the Sunnah?
A: "Sunnah" is the oral teachings of Prophet
Mohammad collected by his followers and comrades contain explanations of daily
actions taken by Muslims and clarifying some guidelines in the Koran.
ما
هو الإيمان؟
Q: What is Emaan (Faith)?
A: Emaan is to believe in Allah, His Angels, His Books,
His Messengers and the Day of Resurrection and in destiny with its goodness or
badness.
ما
هو الإحسان؟
Q: What is 'Ihsan?
A: 'Ihsan is to worship Allah as you are seeing Him; but
though you can't see Him He sees you.
ما
هو الفرق بين
النبي والرسول؟
Q: What is the difference between a Prophet and a
Messenger?
A: a Prophet is a person who obtained a revelation from
Allah without delivering it to specific people (i.e. Ishmael, Isaac, Job...);
but a messenger is a person who obtained a revelation from Allah with the task
of delivering it to either specific people or to all people, for example; Jesus
Christ was a messenger only to Israelis but Mohammad was a messenger to all
mankind and jinn.
Chapter: Our three main fundamentals (Our Lord, our Religion,
our Prophet)
*First Fundamental: knowing our LORD:
1-
Our LORD is
Allah the creator of all things.
2-
Our LORD is
known by His signs and creatures.
3-
Our LORD is the
only God worth to be worshipped: (I have only created Jinns and men that they may serve me). Chapter: 51
Verse: 56
4-
Our LORD created
man in best shape.
5-
Our LORD ordered
us to disbelieve in any other God but Himself.
Q: For what purpose Allah had created us?
A: For the purpose of worshipping Him.
Q: How to worship Him?
A: by full obedience to His orders and not interfering
any other God with Him.
Q: What is the meaning of "No God but Allah"?
A: None is worth to be worshipped except Allah.
* Second Fundamental: knowing our religion:
1-
Islam is obeying
Allah and applies His orders [Monotheism].
2-
Islam is the
religion that Allah satisfies to all people.
3-
Islam is the
religion that grants happiness to the person in life and hereafter.
4-
Islam doesn't accept
any other religion.
5-
Islam is the
full surrender to Allah and obeying Him and it's our savior from polytheism.
Q: On which Islam was based on?
A: Islam was based on five basic pillars:
1-
Testimony
there is no God but Allah and Mohammad is His Messenger
Testimony or the Profession of Faith (in Arabic Shahada)
which is the declaration that "there is no God but Allah; Mohammad is the
His Messenger". When anyone declares Shahada, he automatically
becomes a Muslim. The text of the Shahada is "I bear witness there
is no God but Allah; and I bear witness that Mohammad is His Messenger"
but the pronunciation must be in Arabic language; in Arabic its
pronounced as "Ash-hado a'lla elaha ella Allah wa ash-hado anna
Mohammadan rasool Allah", without testimony a person can't be a Muslim
even if he complies with the other four pillars..
2-
Prayer
It consists of a series of formal prostrations (in the
traditions of all Prophets), genuflections, and pious statement and
supplications. The prayers are in the Arabic language and require reading from
the Koran (our Holy Book), and are offered five times a day – at dawn,
(When ye pass (congregational) prayers, celebrate Allah's
praises, standing, sitting down, or lying down on your sides; but when ye are
free from danger, set up regular prayers: for such prayers are
Enjoined on Believers at stated times) Chapter:
4 Verse: 103
Prophet Mohammad also stressed on prayers and made it the
thin line between belief and disbelief as he said:
(The covenant between us and those
[infidels, Jews, Christians] is prayer; whom ever leaves it he disbelieved)
– narrated by Bukhari.
3-
Alms-Tithe
(Zakah)
It is paid in kind in varying proportions according to
the nature of the goods. The payment is meant for the welfare of the poor and
the needy (2.5% of the capital money yearly; it was set to 2.5% because in the
time of the Prophet they used to spend 25 Dinar out of 1,000). Zakah
differs from charity; a small table explains the differences and similarities
between both.
|
Alms-Tithe (Zakah) الزكاة |
Charity (Sadaqa) الصدقة |
|
Given annually. |
Given at any time. |
|
2.5% of the capital money. |
No specific ratio; can be any amount of money |
|
It’s one of Islam pillars. |
It's not a pillar. |
|
Given to poor and other interests. |
Given to poor. |
|
It Has one form (money). |
It Has multiple forms (money, greeting a Muslim is a
Charity, removing harm is a charity). |
4-
Fasting
the holy month of Ramadan
It's done throughout the month of Ramadan. During the
fast, from dawn to sunset, complete abstention is required from food, drink and
every extraneous material taken through the mouth or nose as well as conjugal
intercourse.
5-
Pilgrimage
to
Going to
* Third Fundamental: knowing our Prophet:
1-
Our prophet is
Mohammad the son of Abdullah the son of Abdul Muttaleb from the tribe of
Quraish.
2-
Our prophet
declared Islam and ordered us to follow every good deed and not follow every
bad deed.
3-
Our prophet and
his comrades are our role-models.
4-
Our prophet is
the first to be loved before our mothers, fathers and even ourselves.
5-
Our prophet has
the right to be obeyed: (So take what the Messenger
assigns to you, and deny yourselves that which he withholds from you) Chapter:59
Verse:7
Q: What did Prophet Mohammad order his followers?
A: Prophet Mohammad ordered his followers to worship
Allah none but Him and hastens to good deeds and rejects any other faith that
makes partners to Allah (i.e. Christianity) or any faith that denies Allah's
existence (i.e. paganism) or any other faith that denies the Prophethood of
Prophet Mohammad (i.e. Judaism) .
Chapter: Types of Monotheism
Monotheism: Worshipping the
one and only God [Allah] by admitting and believing in His Godhood, divinity, names
and attributes without any partners or associates.
Types of Monotheism: Monotheism
of Godhood, Monotheism of divinity, Monotheism of names and attributes.
1- Monotheism of Godhood: Knowing
that Allah is the only God to be worshipped by His actions, no God gives birth
or death or life but Allah.
2- Monotheism of Divinity:
Knowing that Allah is the only God to be worshipped by people's actions; none
to be prayed to but Allah, none to be supplicated to but Allah.
3- Monotheism of Names and Attributes:
Believing in all names of Allah [99 names] that were mentioned in the Koran and
the Sunnah of the Prophet Mohammad.
* Contradictions of Monotheism:
1- Paganism: denying the
existence of Allah and not believing in God.
2- Polytheism: Making partners
to Allah in worship; as supplication to a dead human or to a Prophet or anyone
else than Allah.
3- Hypocrisy: Showing the
contrast of what you believe; as a person shows Islam and hides his true dogma
which contradicts Islam.
There is another type of Monotheism but it's not a prime
actually it's controversial between the Muslim scholars; this type of Monotheism
regards giving law and legitimate directives, it was mentioned by it's meaning
in the Holy Koran in Chapter "Feast":
(Whoso
judgeth not by that which Allah hath revealed: such are disbelievers) Chapter:
5 Verse: 44
Monotheism of Govern ship: Knowing
that Allah is the only source of law and regulations in the society.
Unlike Democracy [People to Rule]; Islam denies any source
of law but from Allah, Islam doesn't accept the law to be positioned by the
people or by the majority; that might lead to a conflict between the law in the
Koran and the law that people want; for instance: if the majority of a certain
country agrees on selling alcohol in public and Islam rejects alcohol by all of
its forms; in Islam the law of Allah must be practiced despite the number of
persons who agrees with it; in Democracy the majority choose its legitimates
and that’s absolutely refused in Islam.
Chapter: Believing in Allah
Believing in Allah is: Full
belief that Allah is the only God worth to be worshipped and admitting His
Godhood, divinity, names and attributes.
A. Believing in Allah is a nature; can be felt and known by
the majority of humans especially in the times of needs where people pray to
Him for help: (Remember ye implored the assistance of
your Lord, and He answered you: "I will assist you with a thousand of the
angels, ranks on ranks") Chapter: 8 Verse: 9
B. It's known that every action has cause; and every
creature must have a creator that created him/her; He is Allah: (Were they created of nothing,
or were they themselves the creators?) Chapter: 52
Verse: 35
* Conditions of "No God but Allah"
1- Knowledge: To know the
meaning of "No God but Allah"; "No God" means no God worth
to be worshipped; "but Allah" means except Allah.
2- Confidence: To be confident
of the statement of Monotheism; being dubious will break the validity of the
dogma.
3- Acceptance: To accept that
Allah is the one and the only God.
4- Obedience: To apply the
orders of Allah and to leave what He ordered you to leave, (Whoever submits his whole self to Allah, and is a doer of good,
has grasped indeed the most trustworthy hand-hold; and with Allah rests the End
and Decision of (all) affairs) Chapter:
31 Verse: 22
5- Honesty: To be honest and
truthful when you believe in Allah.
6- Loyalty: To have the
deeds only for the sake of Allah not for the sake of fame or reputations.
7- Love: To love Allah
more than anyone else in your life; even more than your father, mother and
yourself.
* Meaning of Worship:
Worship is a collective name for beloved deeds to Allah;
like loving Allah and His messenger, fear of Allah, relying on Allah,
supplication to Allah, prayers, giving charity to poor, struggling the infidels
and hypocrites (Jihad) and similar deeds.
* Conditions of accepting the deeds:
For the deeds to be accepted to
Allah two conditions must occur:
1-
None to be
worshipped but Allah (Monotheism)
2-
Worshipping
Allah with what He has commanded not with what people think its right to do.
* What contradicts deeds acceptance?
1-
Paganism.
2-
Polytheism:
there are two types of polytheism:
a-
Major
Polytheism: praying and asking for needs to
other than Allah.
b-
Minor
Polytheism: any action that might lead to the
major type (i.e. going to the tombs and pray to Allah there thinking that the
dead believers have benefit that might make Allah answers the prayers)
Prophet Mohammad said (Curse
be upon Jews and Christians! They have taken the tombs of the prophets as a
place of prayer) –
narrated by Muslim.
Chapter: Believing in Angels
Believing in angels is: Full
belief that angels exist; and they are creatures that obey Allah and never
violate His orders.
* Believing in angels requires:
1-
Belief in their
existence.
2-
Belief in which
names were told to us by the Koran (i.e. Gabriel, Michael) and those whom were
not mentioned.
3-
Belief in their
descriptions and attributes.
4-
Belief in what
they do like supplication to Allah, obeying Him, giving revelation to prophets
by His authority and others.
Not to mention that believing in angles is one of the
pillars of "Faith" [Emaan] as Allah stated:
(The Messenger believeth in what hath been revealed to him
from his Lord, as do the men of faith. Each one (of them) believeth in Allah,
His angels, His Books, and His Messengers. "We make no distinction (they
say) between one and another of His Messengers." And they say: "We
hear, and we obey, (we seek) Thy forgiveness, our Lord, and to Thee is the end
of all journeys.") Chapter: 2 Verse: 285
And as the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) said:
(Emaan is to believe in Allah, His angles,
His books, His messengers, day of resurrection and believing in destiny with
its goodness or badness) – narrated by Muslim.
* Descriptions and characteristics of angels: