Fasting also disciplines the Muslim and brings Muslims together--uniting them by a common, shared experience. When one sees a building, one knows there is a builder; when one sees a painting, one knows there is a painter; when one sees the creation, one knows there is a Creator. This book consists of topics relating to Aqidah, Fiqh, Qur’an, Hadith, Sunnah Supplications, Salāh, Islamic Etiquettes and Illustrious Personalities.

Allâh blessed the people with the prophets and messengers to guide them to obedience and warn them from disobedience. Hot-button topics – jihad, sharia, polygamy, violence, amongst others – are considered, and some apparent ‘truths’ (at least as the West views them) are discussed. Allâh created all the creation, and this includes the Religion of Islam - which is the only valid and true Religion. Knowledge and belief in this are the foundation of the faith, and all Muslims are united by this basic belief.For the same reason, the Devil does not have control over God and evil occurs because Allâh willed it. He keeps his examples rooted in reality and everyday life, rather than leaning too heavily on the world of theoretical abstraction, which goes a long way towards humanising Islam for the outsider. Allâh" is the name of the Creator in Arabic which means "The One Who has the Godhood which is the power to create the entities.

Ramadan’s language is mostly clear, though it can waver into either the academic or the convoluted at times. If something changes for the bad, it is no longer perfect, and if it changes for the good, it was not perfect to begin with.Since Allâh created Adam, the first man, from soil of different colors and different textures, and all people are the descendants of Adam, this accounts for the various races and temperaments of people. What’s interesting about the reception of this work is that Muslim readers seem to respond to the provocations Ramadan suggests in his introduction in the way they’re meant: as a jumping-off point for discussion on changing perceptions and practises. After graduating from the University of Toronto in 1997, he and his wife (Ustadha Shireen Ahmed) travelled to Damascus and then to Amman, where he studied with leading Islamic scholars, including Shaykh Adib Kallas (Allah have mercy upon him), Shaykh Hassaan al-Hindi, Shaykh Muhammad Jumuah, Shaykh Akram Abd al-Wahhab, and Shaykh Nuh Keller.

If a Muslim does not know an answer to an Islamic inquiry he must not give his opinion or what he thinks the answer might be. The purpose of the book is to provide its readers with full details about articles of faith, the pillars of Islam and general rules encompassing all prohibitions pertaining to food and drink, clothes, professions, matters of family relations, etc. As a bit of a crash course before next year’s read of the Qur’an, Islam: The Essentials offers a good, quick overview of the faith and areas of potential conflict. Faraz Rabbani is to be commended for producing a work from which the new Muslim can learn, the practicing Muslim check his fiqh, or the student merely curious about the practice of Islam see how it all fits together. Consequently, lying, dishonesty, vileness, stupidity, and dullness were impossible to be among their attributes.This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees. The beliefs and teachings were passed from trustworthy Muslim ('Trustworthy' as defined by Islam means the Muslim who does not commit great sins, small sins in a way that they will be more than this good deeds, and does not behave in violation of the behavior of those who have his status. I’ve lived in areas with plenty of Muslim neighbours, but I’ve not known much about what they believe. In 2001, Shaykh Faraz began answering questions for his family and friends online; this grew into the Hanafi Fiqh list at Yahoo Groups.