Index

Introduction......................................p2

Chapter1: Three Main Fundamentals...................................p8

Chapter2: Types of Monotheism.......................................p13

Chapter3: Beleiving in Allah .........................................................p15

Chapter4: Beleiving in Angels..............................................p18

Chapter5: Believing in Books.............................................p21

Chapter6: Believing in Messengers....................................p24

Chapter7: Beleiving in Day of Resurrection...................................p29

Chapter8: How to convert to Islam..............................................p39

Chapter9: Frequently Asked Questions........................................p40
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 containing 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 1: 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 partner nor associate 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 applying His orders [Monotheism].

2-     Islam is the religion that Allah satisfies to all people in life and in hereafter.

3-     Islam is the religion that grants happiness to the person in life and hereafter.

4-     Islam doesn't accept the validity of other religions.

5-     Islam is the full surrender to Allah and with obedience; 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; 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, noon, afternoon, sunset and nightfall. Prayers must be attended on time as Allah stated:

(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, polytheists] 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 at the time of the Prophet they used to spend 25 Dinar out of 1,000). Zakah differs from charity; a small table explaining the differences and similarities between both is shown below:

4-     Fasting the holy month of Ramadan

Fasting is 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 Mecca for those who are capable of (Hajj)

Going to Mecca in the month of Dhul-Hejja to perform ceremonies and rituals for 3 days or 2, Hajj is confined to whom are capable only.

* 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 avoid every bad deed.

3-     Our prophet and his comrades are our Qudwa (role model, leaders).

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 hasten to good deeds and reject 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 2: 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 in all aspects.

2-     Polytheism: Making partners to Allah in worship; as supplication to a dead human or to a Prophet or a pious or anyone else than Allah.

3-     Hypocrisy: Showing the contrast of what you believe; as a person shows Islam and hides Kufr (disbelief).

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 Hakemeya (Govern-ship): Knowing that Allah is the only source of law and regulations.

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; that would contradict Islam that rejects alcohol by all of its forms, in Islam the law of Allah must be practiced despite the number of persons who agree with it; in Democracy the majority choose its legitimates according to the majority and that’s absolutely refused in Islam (regarding the source of law).

Chapter 3: Believing in Allah

Believing in Allah: 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 testimony.

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