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In The Name Of
Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatuallahi wa barakatuhu
50 Questions And Answers
On Islamic Monotheism
Q1 Who is your Rubb? (the Lord ,the Creator etc).
A. My Rubb is Allah Who has created me and a ll that exists. He
nourishes me an d all creatures by His Bounties .
Q.2. What is your religion?
A. My religion is Islam, which is submi ssion 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
Knowled ge, 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 pio us and righteous,
fear Him much abstain from a ll kinds of sins and perform all kinds of
goods, and hold fast 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 ascrib e anyone with Him in worship.
Q-8. Why did Allah send Messengers?
A. Allah has sent Messengers so that th ey call the people to worship
Him Alone, not ascribing any partner with Him, and in order that mankind
should have no plea a gainst 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 A llah 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 a ct 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 in crease and decrease in Iman?
A- Iman (Faith) increases by obedience to All ah 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 bel ieve 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 belie ve 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.
Q-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 incapab le of
disobedience.
Q-17 What do you mean by Belief in the Book and the Messengers?
A. It means that Alla h sent the Messengers like Moses, Jesus ,Abraham.
Noah etc. and sent down the books like the Torah, Injeel, Zaboor
(Psalms) etc. to call the peop le 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. Th erefore
the worship should be done according to the Qur'an and the Sunnah of the
Prophet .
Q-I8 What is meant by Beli ef in the Last Day?
A. The Belief in th e Last Day means to believe that Allah has ordained
a fixed term for ev erything, and a term for this world . He will
assuredly raise the dead from their graves and will account for everyon
e their deeds in this world. On that Day of Resurrection, rewards and
punishments wil l 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 accordi ng 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 aff irming that Allah is the only true God.
Q-21 What is the meaning of ^Muhammad is the Messen ger of Allah"?
A. It means total submission to him in whatever he ordered, and avoiding
what he forbade and believing i n all those matters he informed us
about.
Q-22 What are the conditions of the t estimony 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 b e 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 ar e the aspects of Tauhid?
A. There are three aspect s of Tauhid:
1- Tauhid-ar-Rububiyah.
2- Tauhid-al-Uluhiyah.
3-Tauhid-al-Asma was-Sifat.
Q- 26 What is Tauhid-ar-Rububiyah?
A. I t is declaring Allah to be One and Unique in His work, Iike
creation, sustena nce, bringing to life and causin g death etc.
Q-27 What is Tauhid-al-Uluhiyah?
A. It is declaring A llah as the Onl y God to whom all acts worship must
be dedicated such salat (prayers) , Zakat, Sawm(fasting), supplications
vowing etc.
Q-28 What is Tauhid-al-Asma was-Sifat?
A. It is an affirmation of all the Divien Names an d 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 ple ased with whether manifested or hidden,
Q-30 Wha t are the conditions of Ibadah?
A. There are two conditions of Ibadah:
1. Sincerity to A llah.
2. Submission to Al lah'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 p ilgrimage, fear of Alla h, hope in His Mercy, Seeking Hi
s aid. and other acts of worship which Allah has commanded and enjoined.
Q-32 Wha t is the greatest thing Allah has forbidden?
A. The great est thing Allah has forbidden is Shirk (polytheism).
Q-33 Wha t 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 po lytheism (Shirk Asghar).
3. The inconspicuous polytheism (Shirk Khafi).
Q-35 What is greate r polytheism?
A. The greater polytheism is to devote any form of worship to other than
Allah A llah will never forgive one who dies upon Shirk,nor accept his
good deeds , and he woul d be cast out from the folds of Islam.
Q-36 What ar e the types of greater po lytheism?
A. There are four types of great er polytheism:
1- The pol ytheism in invocation i.e . involving supplications to other
than Allah.
2. The polyth eism in intentions i.e. purpose and inten tions not for
the sake of Allah but directed towards other deities .
3, The polytheism in obedien ce i.e . rendering obedience to any
authority aga inst 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 l esser 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 diss atisfied with the
conditions ordained by Allah.
Q-39 What is the proof of the inconspicuous polyth eism?
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 major
Kufr 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 t he 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 categ ories 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 fi ve 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 po lytheism?
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 ha ve been of no benefit to them" (V .6: 88)
"Verily! Allah for gives not setting up partners in worship with Him,
but He forgives whom He p leases 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 d isbelievers, or
doubts their infidelity or holds their be lief 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. Su pporting the polytheists against the Musl ims.
9. He who be lieves that some peopl e are exemp ted from abiding by the
Shari`ah as Khidr was exempted by the laws of Musa.
10. Turning away from the r eligion of Allah by neither learning nor
applying it.
Q- 47 Wha t are the three fundamentals that eve ry 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 Muh ammad
Q-48 What is Taghut?
A. Everything that is worsh ipped. or followe d or obeyed other than
Allah is Taghut.
Q-49 How many Taghut are there and who are th eir lea ders?
A. They are many bu t 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 th e people to be worshipped instead of Allah.
4. A person who cl aims the knowledge of Ghaib (unseen , hidden,
invisible , absent etc).
5.Th e ruler who rules by laws other than the law sent down by Allah.
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