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Q1 Who is your Rubb? (the Lord,the Creator etc).
A.
My Rubb is Allah Who has
created me and all that exists. He nourishes
me and all
creatures by His Bounties.
Q.2. What is your religion?
A.
My religion is Islam, which
is submission and obedience
to the Order of Allah and His Messenger with love, hope and fear.
Q.3.
How did you know Allah?
I
know Him by His signs and creation like the day and night;
the sun and the moon; the
heaven and the earth, and all that is there in and between them.
Q.4.
Where is Allah?
A.
Allah is above the heavens raised over the Throne and separated
from His creatures.
Q.5.
Is Allah with us (in person)?
A.
Allah is settled over His Mighty
Throne, but
He is with us by His Knowledge, hearing ,seeing and other attributes. As He said:
"Fear not verily! I am with you both hearing and
seeing (V,20. :46)
Q.6. Who are the friends of Allah?
A.
Those people are the friends of
Allah who are pious and righteous, fear Him
much abstain from all
kinds of sins and perform all kinds of
goods, and holdfast
to the Qur`an and Sunnah.
Q.
7. How do you worship Allah?
A.
I worship Allah in a manner
in which all my ibadah is dedicated
to Him Alone. I do not
ascribe anyone with Him
in worship.
Q-8. Why did Allah send Messengers?
A.
Allah has sent Messengers so that they call the people to worship
Him
Alone, not ascribing any partner with Him, and
in order that mankind should have no plea against
Allah.
Q-9
What is the meaning of Islam
?
A.
Islam means i.e. submission to Allah with Tawhid .
Q-10
What are the pillars
of Istam?
A.
1.
Testimony of Faith (There
is no true God except Allah
and Muhammad is
the Messenger of Allah )
2.
To establish Salat (prayers).
3.
To pay Zakat.
4.
To observe Saum (fasting) in Ramadan.
5.
Hajj (pilgrimage to
the Sacred House) if one can afford the journey.
Q-11
What is Iman?
A.
Iman (Faith) means to believe in the heart,
to confess by the tongue and to act
with the parts of the body.
Q-12 Can there be any variation
in Iman?
A.
By some words and deeds it may increase and by some
words and deeds it may decrease.
Q-13 What do you mean by increase
and decrease in Iman?
A-
Iman (Faith) increases by obedience
to Allah and good deeds while it decreases by sins and evil acts.
Q-14
What are the pillars of Iman (Faith)
A.
The pillars of Iman are
six i.e.
to believe in:
1.
Allah.
2.
His Angels.
3.
His Messengers.
4.
His Books.
5.
The Last Day.
6.
Divine Preordainments good or bad.
Q-15 What is Belief in Allah?
A.
The Belief in Allahi
is that you should believe that Allah is the Sole Creator Sustainer Provider and the One in Whose Hand is the disposal
of all affairs. Everything
stands in need of Him,
but He stands in need of none. He is the Only One
Who is worthy of being worshipped.
He has the Best Names and Perfect Attributes.
0-16
Who are the angels?
A.
The angels are creatures of light.
They are Allah's obedient slaves, they
do that which they are commanded and are incapable of disobedience.
Q-17
What do you mean by Belief in the Book and the Messengers?
A.
It means that Allah sent the Messengers
like Moses, Jesus,Abraham. Noah etc. and sent down the books like the Torah, Injeel, Zaboor (Psalms) etc.
to call the people
to worship Allah Alone,
associating nothing with Him. He sealed (finalized) the Messengers with Prophet Muhammed 
and abrogated all previous books with the Qur'an.
Therefore the worship should be done according to the
Qur'an and the Sunnah
of the Prophet .
Q-I8 What is meant by Belief in the Last
Day?
A. The Belief in the Last Day means to believe that Allah has ordained a fixed term for everything, and a term
for this world. He will assuredly raise the dead from their graves
and will account for everyone their deeds in this
world.
On that Day of Resurrection,
rewards and punishments
will be assigned. Every one will be justly
rewarded or punished.
Q-19 What is meant by Belief Preordainment
(Qadar)?
A.
The Belief in Preordainment (Qadar)
means to believe that everything — good or bad — happens
or takes place according
to what Allah has ordained for it.
He has created everything in due proportion.
Q-20 What is the cleaning of "There is no God
but Allah"?
A. It means there is no
true deity except Allah Alone,
Negating all false gods and affirming
that Allah
is the only true God.
Q-21 What is the meaning of ^Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah"?
A.
It means total submission to him in whatever he ordered,
and avoiding what he forbade and believing in
all those matters he informed us about.
Q-22 What are the conditions of
the testimony of
Faith?
A.
There are seven conditions of the testimony of Faith:
1- Knowledge whick negates ignorance.
2- Certainty which negates doubt.
3- Sincerity and purity of intent which negates Shirk.
4- Truthfulness which negates hypocrisy.
5- Love and devotion which negates disdain of Allah`s
religion.
6- Submission which negates disobedince.
7- Acceptance which negates rejection or denial.
Q-23
What is the greatest
thing that Allah has enjoined?
A.
The greatest thing Allah has enjoined is Tauhid
(Monotheism).
Q-24
What is Tauhid (Islamic Monotheism)?
A.
Tauhid means declaring Allah to be
the only
God who deserves to be
worshipped in truth and confirming all attributes
with which He has qualified
Himself or that are attributed to Him by His Messenger
.
Q-25 What are the aspects
of Tauhid?
A.
There are three aspects
of Tauhid:
1- Tauhid-ar-Rububiyah.
2- Tauhid-al-Uluhiyah.
3-Tauhid-al-Asma was-Sifat.
Q-
26 What isTauhid-ar-Rububiyah?
A.
It is declaring Allah
to be One and Unique
in His work, Iike
creation, sustenance, bringing to life and causing death etc.
Q-27 What is Tauhid-al-Uluhiyah?
A.
It is declaring Allah as the Only God to whom
all acts worship must be dedicated such salat (prayers),
Zakat, Sawm(fasting),
supplications vowing etc.
Q-28
What isTauhid-al-Asma was-Sifat?
A.
It is an affirmation of all
the Divien Names and Attributes of Allah in a manner that
suits
His Majesty, as mentioned
in the Qur'an and the Sunnah.
Q-29
How would you describe Ibadah?
A.
It is a comprehensive word comprising deeds and words that
Allah loves and is pleased with whether manifested
or hidden,
Q-30
What are the conditions of
Ibadah?
A.
There are two conditions of Ibadah:
1.
Sincerity to Allah.
2.
Submission to Allah's Messenger i.e. to act according to his Sunnah.
Q-31 Write some types of Ibadah.
A.
Some types of Ibadah are the prayers, the obligatory charity,
fasting,
the pilgrimage,
fear of Allah,
hope in His Mercy, Seeking
His aid. and other acts
of worship which Allah has commanded and enjoined.
Q-32
What is the greatest thing Allah
has forbidden?
A.
The greatest thing Allah has forbidden is Shirk (polytheism).
Q-33
What is polytheism?
A.
It means to believe that there is one who shares Allah
in His acts i.e. ascribing
partners or setting up
rivals to Allah in His rights.
Q-34 What are the types of polytheism?
A.
There are three types of polytheism:
1.
The greater polytheism
(Shirk Akbar).
2.
The lesser polytheism
(Shirk Asghar).
3.
The inconspicuous polytheism (Shirk Khafi).
Q-35
What is greater polytheism?
A.
The greater polytheism is to devote any form of worship to other
than Allah Allah will
never forgive one who dies upon Shirk,nor
accept his good deeds,
and he would be cast out from
the folds of Islam.
Q-36
What are the types of greater polytheism?
A.
There are four types of greater polytheism:
1-
The polytheism in invocation i.e. involving
supplications
to other than Allah.
2.
The polytheism in intentions
i.e. purpose and intentions not for the sake of Allah but directed towards other deities.
3,
The polytheism in obedience i.e. rendering obedience
to any authority against the Order of
Allah.
4.
The potytheism in love i.e showing love to
others which is due
to Allah Alone.
Q-37
What is lesser
polytheism?
A.
The lesser polytheism is Ar-Riya,
that means the acts of worship done to gain praise
or fame rather than to please Allah, this type of polytheism,
however, does not
cast the person committing it out of the fold of Islam.
Q-38
What is inconspicuous polytheism?
A.
The inconspicuous polytheism implies
being dissatisfied with the conditions
ordained by Allah.
Q-39 What is the proof of the
inconspicuous polytheism?
A.The
proof of the above Shirk
is the saying of the Prophet
"The inconspicuous polytheism is more hidden among
this nation than the track of a black ant over a black
stone on a dark night"
(Musnad Ahmad)
Q-40
What are the types of
Kufr (disbelief)?
A.
There are two types of
Kufr :
1.
The majorKufr which cast its people out of Islam,
2.
The lessor cr minor Kufr which does not cast the one who commits it out of Islam. It is Kufr of ungratefulness.
Q-41 What are the types of major Kufr?
A.
There are five types of
major Kufr :
1.
The Kufr of denial.
2. The Kufr of arrogance
associated with recognition
of the truth.
3.
The Kufr of doubt.
4-. The Kufr of disregard,
5.
The Kufr of hypocrisy.
Q-42
What are the categories of hypocrisy ?
A.
There are two categories of hypocrisy:
1.
Hypocrisy in Belief.
2.
Hypocrisy in deeds and actions.
Q-43
What is the hypocrisy in Belief?
A.
Hypocrisy in Belief is of six types:
1.
Denial of the Messenger .
2.
Denial of the thing with which the Messenger is
sent.
3.
Hating the Messenger
4.Hating the thing with which the Messenger is sent.
5.
Rejoicing at the disgrace of Islam.
6.
Disliking the prevalence
of Islam.
Q-44
What is the hypocrisy in
deeds and actions?
A.
The hypocrisy in deeds and actions
is of five types:
1-
When he speaks, he lies.
2-
When he promises., he breaks it.
3.
When he is entrusted,
he betrays.
4.
When he disputes, he
acts immorally.
5.
When he makes a pact,
he makes acts treacherously.
Q-45
Are good deeds accepted (by Allah)
with the polytheism?
A.
Never! None of the deeds are accepted when mixed with polytheism.
Allah
says: " If they
had joined in worship others with Allah all that
they used to do would have been of no benefit
to them" (V.6:
88)
"Verily!
Allah forgives not setting up
partners in worship
with Him, but He forgives whom He pleases sins other than
that" '(V.4:116)
Q-46 What are the nullifiers of
Islam?
A.
The nullifiers of Islam are ten:
1.
Polytheism of worship.
2.
He who does not believe that the polytheists
are disbelievers, or doubts their infidelity or
holds their belief
to be valid.
3.
He who sets up intermediaries
between one's self and Allah, supplicating them, trusting them and asking them to intercede on his
behalf.
4. He who believes that the guidance of others
is more perfect than the
Prophet .
5.
He who hates anything that the Prophet
was sent with.
6.
He who denies the religion of the Prophet
or ridicules its reward or punishment.
7.
Sorcery.
8.
Supporting the polytheists
against the Muslims.
9.
He who believes that some people are exempted from abiding by the Shari`ah
as Khidr was exempted
by the laws of Musa.
10.
Turning away from the religion of Allah by neither learning nor applying it.
Q-
47 What are the three fundamentals that every Muslim must learn?
A.
The three fundamentals are:
I,
Knowing Your Rubb (the Lord,
the Creator, the Sustainer, and
the One in Whose Hand is the disposal
of all affairs).
2.
Knowing your religion (Islam).
3. Knowing your Prophet Muhammad
Q-48
What is Taghut?
A.
Everything that is worshipped.
or followed or obeyed other than Allah is Taghut.
Q-49
How many Taghut are there
and who are their leaders?
A.
They are many but their
leaders are Five:
Q.
50-Who are the leaders of Taghut ?
A.
They are:
1.
Satan, may Allah curse him,
2.
Anyone who is worshipped with his consent.
3.
A person who calls the people to
be worshipped instead of Allah.
4. A person who claims
the knowledge of Ghaib (unseen, hidden, invisible, absent etc).
5.The ruler who rules by laws
other than the law sent down by Allah.
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