The 200 FAQ On Muslim Belief
Contents
Translator’s Note
Preface
Author's Introduction
Q 1: What is the first (religious) obligation on worshippers?
Q 2: What is that thing for which Allah innovated the Creation?
Q 3: What does the word 'Abd (worshipper) mean?
Q 4: What is worship?
Q 5: When can a deed be an act of worship?
Q 6: What can tell that Allah's slave loves his Lord, the Almighty?
Q 7: How could Allah's slaves know what He loves?
Q 8: How many are the conditions of worship?
Q 9: What does "Sincerity of determination" mean?
Q 10: What does "Sincerity of intention" mean?
Q 11:What is the only religion man is ordered to embrace?
Q 12: How many are the grades of Islam?
Q 13: What is Islam?
Q 14: What is the proof that the word "Islam" is used to denote the whole matter of religion?
Q 15: What is the proof that Islam is defined as being the five pillars of this religion when considered in detail?
Q 16: What is the position of the two testimonies in Islam?
Q 17: What is the proof of the testimony that there is no god but Allah?
Q 18: What does the testimony, "There is no god but Allah mean?
Q 19: What are the conditions of Shahadah (Bearing witness that there is no god but Allah) that must be fulfilled by the one who pronounces it?
Q 20: What is the proof of making knowledge of the meaning of the Shahadah a condition for pronouncing it?
Q 21: What is the textual proof from the Glorious Qur'an and the Prophetic Sunnah (Tradition) that a Muslim must have absolute faith?
Q 22: What is the textual proof from the Glorious Qur'an and the Prophetic Sunnah that a Muslim must submit completely to Allah and that this is a precondition of his faith?
Q 23: What is the textual proof that acceptance (of the Message of Islam) is a precondition of faith in Allah from the Glorious Qur'an and the Prophetic Sunnah?
Q 24: What is the textual proof from the Glorious Qur'an and the Prophetic Sunnah that a Muslim must be sincere?
Q 25: What is the textual proof from the Glorious Qur'an and the Prophetic Sunnah that a Muslim must be honest?
Q 26: What is the textual proof from the Glorious Qur'an and the Prophetic Sunnah that love for Allah and His Prophet is a precondition for faith in the Almighty?
Q 27: What is the textual proof that one should make friends and declare enmity only for Allah's Sake?
Q 28: What is the textual proof of the testimony that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah?
Q 29: What is the meaning of testifying that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah?
Q 30: What are the conditions of testifying that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah? Could the first testimony (relating to Allah) be acceptable without this one?
Q 31: What is the textual proof that Prayer and Zakah are compulsory?
Q 32: What is the textual proof that Fasting (Saum) is obligatory?
Q 33: What is the textual proof that Pilgrimage (Hajj) is compulsory?
Q 34: What is the ruling pertaining to one who denies one of the aforementioned rites, or acknowledges them but neglects them out of arrogance and pride?
Q 35: What is the ruling pertaining to one who acknowledges them, but neglects them due to laziness or false interpretation?
Q 36: What is [man (Faith)?
Q 37: What is the textual proof that Faith must be expressed in words and deeds?
Q 38: What is the textual proof that Faith increases and decreases?
Q 39: What is the textual proof that degrees of Faith vary from one person to another?
Q 40: What is the textual proof that the word "Faith" is used to mean every aspect of the religion (of Islam)?
Q 41: What is the textual proof that when Faith is considered in detail, it refers to the six articles?
Q 42: What is the textual proof of these articles of Faith from the Glorious Qur'an, mentioned together?
Q 43: What does having faith in Allah Almighty mean?
Q 44: What does Oneness of the Worship of Allah mean?
Q 45: What is the opposite of "Oneness of the Worship of Allah "?
Q 46: What does Major Shirk mean?
Q 47: What is [As-Shirk Al-Asghar] Minor Shirk (polytheism)?
Q 48: What is the difference between "and" and "then" in these expressions?
Q 49: What does Oneness of the Lordship of Allah mean?
Q 50: What is the opposite of "Oneness of the Lordship of Allah"?
Q 51: What does the Oneness of the Names and Attributes of Allah mean?
Q 52: What is the textual proof of the Most Beautiful Names of Allah from the Glorious Qur'an and the Prophetic Sunnah?
Q 53: Cite some examples on the Most Beautiful Names of Allah from the Glorious Qur'an?
Q 54: Cite some examples on the Most Beautiful Names of Allah from the Prophetic Sunnah?
Q 55: How many indications do the Most Beautiful Names of Allah denote?
Q 56: Cite some examples on this?
Q 57: How many indications do the Most Beautiful Names of Allah denote by way of Indication?
Q 58: How many types are the Most Beautiful Names pertaining to calling Almighty Allah therewith?
Q 59: Almighty Allah's Names are divided into two categories: those related to the Entity, and those related to His Acting. Cite some examples on those related to the Entity from the Glorious Qur'an?
Q 60: Cite some examples on those Most Beautiful Names that are related to the Entity from the Prophetic Sunnah?
Q 61: Cite some of the examples from the Glorious Qur'an that relate some of Allah's Acting Attributes?
Q 62: Cite some of the examples from the Prophetic Sunnah that relate some of His Acting Attributes?
Q 63: Can Names be derived from all the Attributes related to His Acting, Glorified is He?
Q 64: What does His Name "the Ever Exalted" denote, along with other Names giving the same connotation such as "the Evident", "the Sublime Vanquisher", and "the Supremely High"?
Q 65: What is the textual proof from the Glorious Qur'an that Allah is High in Place?
Q 66: What is the textual proof from the Prophetic Sunnah that Allah is High in Place?
Q 67: What did the earlier godly scholars say pertaining to the issue of [Istiwa'] Rising Over (the Throne)?
Q 68: What is the textual proof from the Glorious Qur'an that Allah is the Sublime Vanquisher?
Q 69: What is the textual proof from the Prophetic Sunnah that Allah is the Sublime Vanquisher?
Q 70: What is the textual proof that Allah is the Most High in Rank? What must be negated pertaining to Allah the Almighty?
Q 71: What is the meaning of the saying of Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) regarding the Most Beautiful Names of Allah that reads: "Whoever knows them will be admitted into Paradise?"
Q 72: What does contradict [TawhidAl-Asma' was-Sifat] the Oneness of the Names and Attributes of Allah?
Q 73: Are all types of [Tawhid] the Oneness of Allah correlative?
Q 74: What is the textual proof from the Glorious Qur'an and the Prophetic Sunnah that a Muslim believes in the existence of Angels?
Q 75: What does believing in the Angels mean?
Q 76: Cite some of their kinds considering their nature and the missions they tackle?
Q 77: What is the Qur'anic textual proof that a Muslim must believe in the Heavenly Scriptures?
Q 78: Have all the Heavenly Scriptures been mentioned in the Glorious Qur'an?
Q 79: What does affirming faith in Allah's Scriptures mean?
Q 80: What is the position of the Glorious Qur'an among the earlier Divine Books?
Q 81: What should the whole (Ummah) Community abide with pertaining to the Glorious Qur'an?
Q 82: What does holding fast to the Qur'an and observing its right mean?
Q 83: What is the ruling pertaining to him who claims that the Qur'an is "Created"?
Q 84: Is the Speech Attribute related to Allah's Entity or is it linked to His Acting Attributes?
Q 85: Who are the Waqifah, and what is the ruling pertaining to them?
Q 86: What is the ruling pertaining to one who says: "My pronunciation of the Qur'an is created"?
Q 87: What is the textual proof that a Muslim should believe in Allah's Messengers?
Q 88: What does "to have Faith in the Messengers of Allah" mean?
Q 89: Did the call of the Messengers correspond with one another regarding the orders and prohibitions they conveyed?
Q 90: What is the textual proof that they call for the same principle of worship (mentioned earlier)?
Q 91: What is the proof of the differences among their Shara'i' (pl. Shari'ah) laws pertaining to what is lawful [Halal] and what is unlawful [Haram]?
Q 92: Have all the Messengers been mentioned in the Glorious Qur'an?
Q 93: How many Messengers are mentioned in the Glorious Qur'an?
Q 94: Who are the Messengers of Firm Will [Ulul 'Azm]?
Q 95: Who was the first Messenger?
Q 96: When did the differing take place?
Q 97: Who is the last (seal) of the Prophets?
Q 98: What is the textual proof of this?
Q 99: What was given by Allah to Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and not to any of the other Prophets?
Q 100: What are the Miracles of the Prophets?
Q 101: What is the textual proof of the miraculous nature of the Glorious Qur'an?
Q 102: What is the textual proof that a Muslim must believe in the Last Day?
Q 103: What does believing in the Last Day mean? What does it imply?
Q 104: Does anyone know when the Last Hour will be?
Q 105: Cite some examples from the Glorious Qur'an pertaining to the portents of the Last Hour?
Q 106: Cite some examples from the Prophetic Sunnah pertaining to the portents of the Last Hour?
Q 107: What is the textual proof of believing in death from the Qur'an and the Prophetic Sunnah?
Q 108: What is the textual proof from the Glorious Qur'an that the trial of the grave and its blessing or torment is a truth?
Q 109: What is the textual proof of the trial of the grave from the Prophetic Sunnah?
Q 110: What is the textual proof that there will be a resurrection from the graves?
Q 111: What is the ruling pertaining to him who belies resurrection?
Q 112: What is the textual proof that there will be the blowing in the Horn? How many are the blowings?
Q 113: How is the manner of Gathering demonstrated in the Glorious Qur'an?
Q 114: How is the manner of Gathering demonstrated in the Prophetic Sunnah?
Q 115: Cite some descriptions of how people would stand in the Day of Judgment from the Glorious Qur'an?
Q 116: Cite some descriptions of how people would stand in the Day of Judgment from the Prophetic Sunnah?
Q 117: Cite some descriptions of the Display and Reckoning in the Day of Judgment from the Glorious Qur'an?
Q 118: Cite some descriptions of the Display and Reckoning in he Day of Judgment from the Prophetic Sunnah?
Q 119: Cite some descriptions of the Spreading of the Records of deeds from the Glorious Qur'an?
Q 120: Cite some descriptions of the Spreading of the Records of deeds from the Prophetic Sunnah?
Q 121: What is the Qur'anic textual proof that the Balance is a truth? How is it described?
Q 122: What is the Textual proof that the Balance is a truth from the Prophetic Sunnah? How is it described?
Q 123: What is the textual proof from the Glorious Qur'an that the Straight Path exists?
Q 124: What is the textual proof from the Prophetic Sunnah that the Straight Path exists?
Q 125: What is the Qur' anic textual proof that being judged rightfully (Just Retaliation} is a fact of the Last Day?
Q 126: What is the textual proof that being judged rightfully (Just Retaliation) is a fact of the Last Day from the Prophetic Sunnah?
Q 127: What is the textual proof from the Glorious Qur'an that the Cistern exists?
Q 128: What is the textual proof from the Prophetic Sunnah that the Cistern exists?
Q 129: What is the textual proof that a Muslim must believe in the existence of Paradise and Hell-fire?
Q 130: What does Faith in Paradise and Hell-Fire mean?
Q 131 : What is the textual proof that they are currently existing?
Q 132: What is the textual proof that they are eternally existing (by the Leave of Allah)?
Q 133: What is the textual proof that the believers will see their Lord on the Hereafter?
Q 134: What is the textual proof of Shafa 'ah Intercession? Who will practice it? For the sake of whom? When?
Q 135: How many kinds of Intercession are there? Which is the greatest one?
Q 136: Would anybody attain salvation on the Day of Resurrection because of his deeds?
Q 137: How can we compromise between the earlier Hadith and the Qur'anic verse that reads: {And it will be cried out to them: This is the Paradise which you have inherited for what you used to do}. (Al-A'raf, 43)?
Q 138: What is the textual proof that a Muslim must believe in the Divine Decree (Predestination)?
Q 139: How many are the ranks of affirming faith in the Divine Decree?
Q 140: What is the textual proof that faith in Allah's Comprehensive Knowledge is one of faith ranks in His Divine Decree?
Q 141: What is the textual proof that faith in the Pre recording of everything is one of faith ranks in His Divine Decree?
Q 142: How many Pre-ordainments are implied in this rank?
Q 143: What is the textual proof of the Eternal Preordainment?
Q 144: What is the textual proof of the Lifetime Pre ordainment on the Day of Covenant?
Q 145: What is the textual proof of the Lifetime Pre ordainment when the Nutfah is first created?
Q 146: What is the textual proof of the Annual Preordainment that takes place during Lailat Al-Qadr (the Night of Might)?
Q 147: What is the textual proof of the Daily Preordainment?
Q 148: What are the requirements of Preordainments?
Q 149: What is the textual proof of the third rank: affirming faith in the Willingness of Allah?
Q 150: How can it be heeded that Allah wills and wishes what He dislikes or does not want?
Q 151: What is the textual proof of the fourth rank: Affirming faith that Allah is the Creator of everything?
Q 152: What does the following statement of the Prophet (Peace be upon him) mean: "And all the goodness is in Your Hand; and the evil is not (attributed) to You"?
Q 153: Do the slaves have any kind of will or ability over their acts?
Q 154: How can we answer the following question: Isn't Allah Able to make all His slaves obedient and guided believers?
Q 155: What is the position of affirming faith in the Divine Decree in religion?
Q 156: How many are the branches of lman (Faith)?
Q 157: How did scholars interpret these branches?
Q 158: Mention what they counted?
Q 159: What is the textual proof of lhsan (Perfection of Faith) from the Glorious Qur'an and the Prophetic Sunnah?
Q 160: What does lhsan (Perfection of Faith) in worship mean?
Q 161: What contradicts Iman (Faith)?
Q 162: Explain how does dogmatic disbelief exclude one from the fold of Islam?
Q 163: How many are the divisions of Major Disbelief?
Q 164: What does "KufrJahl wa Takdhib" mean?
Q 165: What does "KufrJuhud" mean?
Q 166: What does" Kufr 'lnad wa lstikbar" mean?
Q 167: What does "Kufr Nifaq" mean?
Q 168: What is the practical disbelief that does not exclude one from the fold of Islam?
Q 169: If it is said: Prostrating oneself before an idol, mocking at the Qur'an, abusing the Prophet and religion, etc. all these are regarded as aspects of the practical disbelief. The question is! Why do these acts exclude one from the fold of Islam, while the practical disbelief in general does not?
Q 170: Into how many divisions do the following terms divide: Injustice, Debauchery, and Hypocrisy?
Q 171: Cite some examples of the Major and Minor Injustice?
Q 172: Cite some examples of the Major and Minor Debauchery?
Q 173: Cite some examples of the Major and Minor Hypocrisy?
Q 174: What is the ruling pertaining to Sorcery and Sorcerers?
Q 175: What is the [Hadd] Prescribed Penalty for the Sorcerer?
Q 176: What is the Nushrah?
Q 177: What are the lawful Ruqa (Pl. Ruqyah)?
Q 178: What are the unlawful Ruqa (Pl. Ruqyah)?
Q 179: What is the ruling pertaining to necklaces of amulets, strings, rings, threads, cowrie shells (supposedly used to save one from the influence of the evil eye!), etc.?
Q 180: What is the ruling pertaining to Wearing Amulets containing something of the Glorious Qur'an?
Q 181: What is the ruling pertaining to Soothsayers?
Q 182: What is the ruling pertaining to whosoever believes a Soothsayer?
Q 183: What is the ruling pertaining to Practicing Astrology?
Q 184: What is the ruling pertaining to prognosticating rain due to rising or setting of stars?
Q 185: What is the ruling pertaining to Divination and the like?
Q 186: What is the ruling pertaining to the Evil Eye?
Q 187: Into how many divisions are sins (deeds of disobedience) divided?
Q 188: How are sins expiated?
Q 189: What does "Major Sins" mean?
Q 190: How can all sins -Major and Minor -be expiated?
Q 191: What does "Sincere Repentance" mean?
Q 192: When does repentance cease pertaining to each human being?
Q 193: When does repentance cease pertaining to the whole universe?
Q 194: What is the ruling pertaining to whosoever dies from among the monotheists while he insists on committing a Major Sin?
Q 195: Are Al-Hudud (the Prescribed Penalties) expiatory?
Q 196: How can we compromise between the saying of the Prophet" It is up to Allah to forgive or punish him", and between what is mentioned earlier that one hose sins outweigh his good deeds, will enter Hell fire?
Q 197: What is the straight path we are ordered to follow?
Q 198: How can one pass it safely?
Q 199: What is the antonym of Sunnah?
Q 200: What are the divisions of Innovation pertaining to its breach of religion?
Q 201: What are the Blasphemous Innovations?
Q 202: What is that other than the Non-blasphemous Innovation?
Q 203: What are the divisions of Innovation pertaining to the field in which it takes place?
Q 204: What are the divisions of Innovations in Acts of worship?
Q 205: How does Innovation affect the Act of Worship it touches?
Q 206: What are the Innovations pertaining to dealings?
Q 207: What do we must observe regarding the companions of the Prophet and his household?
Q 208: Who is the best amongst the companions of the Prophet (Peace be upon him) in general?
Q 209: Who is the best amongst the companions of the Prophet (Peace be upon him) in details?
Q 210: How many years did the Caliphate last after Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him)?
Q 211: What is the general proof of their (the four Caliphs') right to the Caliphate?
Q 212: What is the detailed proof that the first three Caliphs have a right to the Caliphate?
Q 213: What is the proof of the Caliphate of Abu Bakr and' Umar?
Q 214: What is the proof that Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) has the right to the Caliphate and being a successor to Allah's Messenger?
Q 215: What is the proof that' Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) has the right to the Caliphate and being a successor to Abu Bakr?
Q 216: What is the proof that' Uthman (May Allah be pleased with him) has the right to the Caliphate and being a successor to Abu Bakr and 'Umar?
Q 217: What is the proof that' Ali (May Allah be pleased with him) has the right to the Caliphate and being a successor to Abu Bakr, 'Umar and 'Uthman?
Q 218: What should be observed towards the people of authority?
Q 219: What is the textual proof of all this?
Q 220: Whose is the duty ofenjoining the good and forbidding the evil? What are its ranks?
Q 221: What is the ruling pertaining to Wondrous Acts of Auliya '?
Q 222: Who is Allah's Wali (pl. Auliya')?
Q 223: Who is the group meant by the Prophet (Peace be upon him) in the following Hadith: "A group of people from my Ummah will continue to obey Allah's Command, and those who desert or oppose them shall not be able to do them any harm. They will be dominating the people until Allah's Command is executed (i.e. Resurrection is 263 Established) "?