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Servitude and the nature and extent of freedom.

Servitude and the nature and extent of freedom.

The essence of freedom is to be free of subservience to anyone other than God. To think that freedom is to discard God’s commandments is nothing less than considering oneself as the idol and giving subservience to desire.

The status of the Prophet’s companions and their distinction: The best of them and the consequences of speaking ill of them.

The status of the Prophet’s companions and their distinction: The best of them and the consequences of speaking ill of them.

The best of people are prophets, then Prophet Muhammad’s companions. Their high status is stated in the Qur’an: ‘Muhammad is God’s Messenger; and those who are with him are firm and unyielding towards the unbelievers, full of mercy towards one another. You can see them bowing down, prostrating in prayer, seeking favour with God and His good pleasure’. (48: 29)

Jihad: Its types and conditions

Jihad: Its types and conditions

Jihad continues until the end of human life and remains in force all of the time, as long as the Qur’an remains. In an authentic hadith, Jabir reports that the Prophet said: ‘A group of my community will continue to fight for the truth, prevailing until the Day of Judgement’.

The Muslim community: Its leader and the obedience due to him.

The Muslim community: Its leader and the obedience due to him.

To stay with the community is obligatory and no community exists without a leader, or imam. The leader of the Muslim community is obeyed in line with the obedience of God, who says: ‘Believers, obey God and obey the messenger and those from among you who have been entrusted with authority’. (4: 59)

The inevitability of death: Resurrection, reckoning, reward and punishment, and other matters related to the life to come.

The inevitability of death: Resurrection, reckoning, reward and punishment, and other matters related to the life to come.

Death is inevitable. God says: ‘All that lives on it perishes; but forever will remain the face of your Lord, full of majesty, granting grace’. (55: 26–7) It is a part of faith that we should believe in what comes after death, including one’s examination in the grave and the resulting happiness or torment.

God’s words and the Qur’an

God’s words and the Qur’an

The Qur’an is God’s word: He truly said it in sounds, words and surahs. We do not say that ‘it is mere meaning without utterance’, but we say that God speaks whenever He wills: ‘God has spoken His word directly to Moses’. (4: 164).

Endowment

Endowment

Endowment means dedicating something that can give benefit, while retaining ownership of it, in order to gain reward from Allah. This means that the principal is retained, but the yield is given freely

The Prayer of Eclipse

The Prayer of Eclipse

Praying it is a communal obligation and it must be prayed in congregation and in the masjid. When the eclipse is visible and can be seen by people, the call is made to gather the Muslims in the mosque. 

The Prayer for Rain

The Prayer for Rain

Offering prayers for rain (salaat al-istisqa’) is a Sunnah, as confirmed by saheeh hadeeths and the practice of the early generations of Islam. 

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