The General Prescripts of Belief in the Quran and Sunnah pdf

The General Prescripts of Belief in the Quran and Sunnah

THE GENERAL PRESCRIPTS OF BELIEF IN THE QURAN AND SUNNAH

Book Contents

• Translator’s Word
• Introduction
• Issues of Belief in Allah the Exalted
• The existence of Allah
• Uniqueness of the Essence of Allah  
• The Uniqueness of His Attributes  
• The wisdom behind creation  
• Unification of worship
• The belief in angels
• The belief in the Scriptures
• The belief in the Apostles of Allah  
• The belief in the Hereafter
• The belief in predestination and fatalism
• The Muslim ummah (nation)  
• The basics of da’wah to Allah  
• Attitudes towards non-Muslims  
• The fundamentals of Fiqh Jurisprudence)  
• The Sunnah

The General Prescripts of Belief in the Quran and Sunnah

The Apostle of Allah was reported to have said: “If you deal with eenah,¹ and hold the cows’ tails, and become content with employing yourselves with agriculture, and abandon jihad’ in the way of Allah, Allah would permit your humiliation and would not relieve you of it until you return to your religion.”

The preoccupations mentioned in the above hadeeth are not all that we must be aware of. We must also beware of all that may be inferred from them, taking them in a metaphorical sense. fenah transactions and holding cows’ tails, and contentment with employing in agriculture represent inclination towards the affairs of this world. They all lead to abandoning jihad in the way of Allah.

Indeed, the words of the Prophet (Peace be on Him) serve as a warning to the Muslims of a future which has been realized. He was describing our present time, and informing us of the significance of our present activities.

Relief cannot come through embracing false beliefs and deviant tenets.

The Prophet Muhammad, (Peace be on Him) on the other hand, foretold the fact that his ummah would be divided into seventy-three sects, all of which would end up in the Fire except one only, and that is Ahlus-Sunnah Wal-Jama’ah.

Many of those sects claim their adherence to the Book and Sunnah. If, for the sake of argument, their claim is held to be true, then there has to be something else which distinguishes the safe sect from the other seventy-two.

Indeed, it is the way of understanding the Book and the Sunnah which makes the difference. The two great sources of Islam have to be understood the way they were understood by the pious predecessors amongst whom the Prophet lived.

Allah says: “Whoever opposes the Apostle after the right way has been clearly shown to him, and follows other than the believers’ way, we shall keep him in the path he has chosen, and burn him in Hell, and what an evil destination.” 4.115

‘Eenah is one of the prohibited form of buying and selling, as it involves usury. ‘Striving in the way of Allah.’Abu Dawood.

 The believers whom Allah commands us to follow held the right aqeedah and gained prosperity.

 It is unfortunate that most of the books in English deal with Islamic issues which represent particular schools of thought reflecting the opinions of one particular imam or another. In many cases they are upported by weak ahaadeeth (traditions) or by none at all.

Thus we have taken upon ourselves in Al-Haq Publication Society the task of making works of our pious predecessors, As-Salafus-Saalih, and of those who follow their suit, available to our Muslim brothers who do not speak Arabic, by translating those works into English, French and other languages.

We also have taken upon ourselves the duty of addressing the pressing issues the Muslims usually encounter in non-Muslim societies.

MAP. Society presents this book with a sense of fulfillment, as it indeed contains the general articles of beliet that are incumbent on all Muslims to hold in order to safeguard themselves against every hideous tenet and belief introduced to them under the false pretense defending Islam.

The reader will find in this book the fundamentals of Islam and the prescripts of faith, and other important issues supported by proofs from the Qur’an and Sunnah and other reliable references.

I tried my best to convey the message of the basic text of this book, and be faithful to the language of the original.

 Where necessary for the sake of making an idea clear, a strictly literal translation has been abandoned, and besides the quotations from the Qur’an and Sunnah, I have introduced footnotes and commentary where I felt that a term or a concept requried some elaboration.

However, I would like to draw the kind attention of the reader that although Qur’anic texts and Prophetic traditions in this book are preceded with “Allah says” or “the Prophet said”, yet only their meaning is quoted in this book.

In conclusion, I am grateful to Allah that He gave me the chance to serve His religion and my brothers-in-Islam. Mahmoud Murad