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Fundamentals of Islam

Fundamentals of Islam

Table of contents

Part 1: Creation

Part 2: Prophecy

Part 3: The Books

Part 4: Quran

Part 5: Sunnah

Part 6: Islamic Law

Part Seven: Main concepts of Shariat

  1. Democracy
  2. Liberalism
  3. Riba and Islamic Finances
  4. Feminism
  5. Hijab
  6. Polygamy
  7. Slavery
  8. Jihad
Part Eight: Aims and Goals of Shariat  

Part 1: Creation:

  1. Before time, at Ttime = 0, there was nothing but Allah SWT. That was a stage which is beyond the comprehension of the human comprehension.

 

  1. At Ttime = 0, Allah SWT created by the power of His word “be”. “بَدِيعُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمۡرٗا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُون” To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth: when He decrees a matter, He says” be”, and it is (2:117). Gods word “be” created an incredibly dense material which caused the first ever event in existence known to scientists as the big bang. The theory of the Big Bang is accepted by all scientists over the world. However, they all agree that they have no clue as to what was there before Ttime = 0. They never introduced a viable explanation except “we don’t know” which is a negative answer. They have proven and admitted to being uncapable of providing such explanation. Please, read the article mentioned in foot note [1] for more exclusive research of this point.
  1. The universe started to disburse and expand since that moment “وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيۡنَٰهَا بِأَيۡيْدٖ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ” And the heaven We constructed in strength, and indeed, We are the Expander (51:47).
  1. Allah SWT told us that His creation of the universe was not the only creation. He also created Angels which we know from Hadith are made from light (Riyad as-Salihin 1846) and Jinn from fire, “وَخَلَقَ الْجَانَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّار” And He created the Jinn from a smokeless flame (55:15). That were in constant state of worship of Him.
  1. At a point in time which there is no way of knowing when this point was, Allah SWT told angels that He decreed to create a human out of clayخَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِن صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّار He created man from clay like like pottery (55:14). By the power of His word “be”, with no father or mother, humans began, and they will worship him on Earth.
  1. Angels did not understand the wisdom behind creating this new being, so, they asked why? Allah SWT told them that He knows all, better than what they, or anyone else knows. Angels and Jinn’s submitted to the “Will” of Allah, except Satan, a master of the Jinn race. Allah doomed him to Hellfire and removed him from His mercy forever.
  1. Satan asked to be reprieved. God granted him his wish and gave him the chance to work his tricks on humans to get most of them to join him in Hellfire, as their creation was the reason of his doom. (Full account of this story can be found in 38:71-88 OR 15: 28-40)
  1. Allah SWT placed the first human, Adam, and created the first female, Hawa (Eve), from one of his ribs. Allah SWT told them both to live happily in heaven but put forth a condition for them to see if they will be truly obedient to Him or not, by ordering them not to eat from a specific tree.
  1. Adam and Hawa were both had the same obligations and duties as well the same merits and privileges.
  1. Satan, as he promised, played his trick on both Adam and Hawa, and swayed them from their obedience and they both ate from the forbidden tree.
  1. It was a common mistake both Adam and Hawa made وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِي هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنِ لِلنَّاسِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ ۚ وَكَانَ الْإِنسَانُ أَكْثَرَ شَيْءٍ جَدَل And We have certainly diversified in this Quran from every kind an example; but man, most of all things, is quarrelsome (18:54). It did not happen as described in the fabricated and interpolated holy books of Christians and Jews (Bible and Torah). They say Hawa brought forth the idea of eating from the tree and she tricked Adam to eat from the tree as well. That idea made females looked down upon throughout history in the Christian world until the Quran came and corrected this mistake. (Know, Allah SWT knew what they would disobey Him, but He wanted them to do it and carry the responsibility of the action themselves. Therefore, humans are left to do what they choose on their own freewill. No one can argue at the day of judgement that he/she would never do such bad things. This also refutes the biblical theory of the “original sin” on which the whole altered creed of Christianity is based upon).
  1. At that time, the earth became inhabitable for humans. So, Allah SWT forgave them for their sin, and ordered them to descend to earth and start procreating to continue the race on this land. (Full account of this story can be found in 2:30-38)

Part 2: Prophecy

  1. We have arrived in the “Creation” section to a conclusion in which a power has caused that very dense ball of material to disperse and expand forming our universe. The event that took place and caused the bang is an action, which cannot, according to physics and logic happen without a cause. Science offered no explanation before Ttime = 0. Islam offers a comprehensive, irrefutable, and simple explanation. It is The Power and Command of God. We know nothing beyond that. However, this conclusion is the ONLY conclusion that makes sense considering all the facts at hand.

 

  1. Hence, this Power of Allah SWT must have the ultimate and most complete attributes in every possible aspect; mercy, power, capability, control, knowledge, wisdom, patience …etc. If, by any one of his attributes, a suggestion of less quality is made, then it is not the God we are considering.
  1. The direct result of this conclusion is that such a God, will never create a creation and then just ignore it, as suggested in the Greek philosophers or by some moderate, modern age philosophers. By default, a God that takes care of His creation is better than one that does not.
  1. Islam presents the Creation of Human beings as a combination of two parts: body and soul. The body is related and attached to this physical world we live in as our father Adam once did. This part survives for a limited time on earth. It preforms good deeds and bad deeds through out the journey of life. It either believes in God, or it does not. It makes its choices freely, but not in vain. The soul, however, never seizes to exist after death. It remains attached to the power which created it. That soul is what will be judged and receive the results of its deed’s.
  1. Allah SWT gave humans three lines of help, to aid them to see the truth; the first being the initial instinct to worship a higher power (Fitrah, which can be defined in English as “natural constitution” or “innate nature”). Second, the brain which can think, analyze, deduce and believe.
  1. Allah SWT, in His ultimate mercy, determined that these two lines of help would not be enough to establish the full knowledge of his existence and his will for us here on earth. Here we can find the third line, Prophecy.
  1. This leads us to the existence of Prophecy and the Prophets who carry a direct message from Allah SWT to humans. It is the way Allah SWT takes care of His creation, educates them about Himself, describes the right path and the wrong path that lead to either heaven or hell.
  1. It is elementary that Allah SWT will choose the best of humans in each nation and time to be His prophets.
  1. This refutes the ridiculous and appalling stories of the old testament, which put the prophets in a morally sub-human category. If a king or a President wants to send ambassadors to another country, he would obviously choose the best of his people to represent himself and his values. Isn’t it obvious that the All-Wise God; Allah, would chose the best humans to present the ultimate being and be the best example for people?  But the astray people just follow what they are told by their priests and rabbis blindly not giving any thought to it.
  1. All prophets came to deliver the message of believing in one God and worshipping him alone. Some prophets came with scriptures or books which makes them a messenger. So, all messengers are prophets, but not all prophets are messengers.
  1. The greatest prophets were known as the “Ultimately determined Prophets”. They are Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Mohammed (Peace be Upon them).
  1. Also, all Prophets and messengers were sent to a specific people and every people had a Prophet “وَلِكُلِّ قَوْمٍ هَادٍ” And for every people is a guide (13:7). However, the last of the messengers, Mohammed Ibn Abdallah PBUH, was sent to all humanity, as the final messenger with the final book, the Quran.

Continued Part two: Prophets

  1. Some sayings mentioned that there were one hundred and twenty thousand Prophets all over history. There is no complete correct reliable account of those prophets at all. However, we were told that each nation had its own messenger or prophet, that conveyed the same message. “وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِي كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولًا أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَاجْتَنِبُوا الطَّاغُوتَ” And We certainly sent into every nation a messenger saying, “Worship Allah and avoid Taghut (16:36) “Taghut" is everything and anything that would be obeyed by people in matters which Allah SWT had already ruled, governed or sanctioned. Examples of Taghut would be man-made laws, false deities, Satan and anything which Allah has forbidden.
  2. The first Prophet was Adam, Father of humanity. After that came Idrees followed by Noah. Then Hud, Salih, Abraham (who is called “Father of the Prophets” as all of the subsequent prophets are from his descendants), his sons Ishmael and Isaac, Lot, who was Abrahams nephew, Isaac’s son Jacob (AKA Israel due to his journey to the heavens) and his son Joseph. Jacob had eleven sons, two from the same mother and ten from a different mother. The twelve children of Israel are known as the “Children of Israel”. Jews are the children of one of the twelve children of Jacob. Then came Shu’ayb, Job, Dhul-Kifl and Jonah. After all these prophets came to pass, Allah sent Moses and his brother Aaron from the descendants of the Egyptian Jews. After Moses came Ezekiel, Elisha, David, Solomon, Zachariah and John. Allah sent the Messenger Jesus the Messiah. (The main concept of the divinity of Jesus and him being the “son of God” came from a so-called disciple of Jesus’ Paul). The final messenger was Mohammed, the descendent of Ishmael, the elder son of Abraham, May Peace be Upon them all.

 

  1. All traces of the correct and real books and guidance of the previous prophets were either vanished, lost or altered and corrupted by the Jews and Christians. The followers of Jesus were led to believe in a strange concept of the Trinity, which does not logically follow. The belief in the Christian catechism is that God is one in three and three in one. They believe; the father is God the, the son is God and the holy ghost is God, but they are not three Gods but one God. Any person who was not brought up with this belief since childhood would never come to this conclusion as it contradicts basic level understanding. While the Jews kept their belief in the one and only God, and that He will send the last messenger for the descendants of the Children of Israel. However, they refused to believe that Allah SWT is the one who choses and selects who that final messenger is, and they insist he will come from within the Children of Israel. وَرَبُّكَ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَاءُ وَيَخْتَارُ ۗ مَا كَانَ لَهُمُ الْخِيَرَةُ ۚ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَتَعَالَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ “ And your Lord creates what he wills and chooses; not for them was any choice. Glory be to Allah and He is high above what they associate (28:68). Allah SWT chose Mohammed PBUH to be his final messenger to humans and to deliver the final book.

 

  1. Allah SWT knows that it is human nature to corrupt his books and to distort them to fit the needs or desires of the powerful individuals. So, he promised in the Quran that it will be preserved and protected and never change. And it will stay until the end of times to be a warning and a message for all. “إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ” Indeed, it is We who sent down the Quran and indeed, We will be will surely be its guardian (15:9). “اسْتِكْبَارًا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَكْرَ السَّيِّئِ ۚ وَلَا يَحِيقُ الْمَكْرُ السَّيِّئُ إِلَّا بِأَهْلِهِ ۚ فَهَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا سُنَّتَ الْأَوَّلِينَ ۚ فَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ اللَّهِ تَبْدِيلًا ۖ وَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ اللَّهِ تَحْوِيلًا” Due to arrogance in the land and plotting of the evil; but the evil plot does not encompass but its own people. Then do they await except the way of the former peoples? But you will never find in the way of Allah any change, and you will never find in the way of Allah any alteration (35:43).

Part 3: The Books

  1. It was essential to send books with the Messengers to reserve the teachings which Allah SWT wishes to convey to humans.

 

  1. The known books are the papers of Abraham, Psalms of David, the Torah of Moses (what they call now the old testament), the Bible (new testament) of Jesus, and the Quran of Mohammed, the final and complete word of Allah SWT all of which are mentioned in the Quran itself. Peace be Upon all the Prophets.
  1. The olden books before the Quran were simple and only reflected the main creed of Tawheed, and some advises such as what was in the ten commandments of the Torah.
  1. The reason of that is that humanity was not mature enough to appreciate the value of the “Book”. They were still simple minded. That is why Allah SWT used the foreseen miracles to convince them such as Abraham and the fire, the staff of Moses and the resurrecting of the dead by Jesus.
  1. Contrary to books, physical miracles worked for the generation they were performed for, and maybe a couple of subsequent generations. But their effect faded-out with time.
  1. As mentioned above the Quran was preserved by the Word of Allah SWT without any change to a single word.

Part 4: Quran

  1. Quran was descended on the Prophet Mohammed PBUH over the course of his life starting when he was forty years old until he died at the age of sixty-three years old. This amounts to twenty-three total years of revelation, ten years of which were reveled in Mecca and thirteen years in Medina (both are in modern day Saudi Arabia).

 

  1. Quraish was the name of the tribe the prophet came from. It was one of the most well known and biggest tribes in the Arab Peninsula because they controlled the Kaaba. Arabs used to go to the Kaaba every year for a pilgrimage called “Hajj”, which was a tradition upheld from the ways of Abraham PBUH, وَقَالُوا كُونُوا هُودًا أَوْ نَصَارَىٰ تَهْتَدُوا ۗ قُلْ بَلْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا ۖ     وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِين  They say “Be Jews or Christians so you can be guided”, Say “No! We follow the religion of Abraham, the upright, and he was not of the polytheists (2:135). However, the Quraish used to put idols inside and outside the Kaaba and went astray of worshipping the one God.
  1. Quraish did not take the message of the prophet well as it contradicted what they believed and would have put a stop to them making money off people who came to worship the idols. They tortured the people who chose to follow prophet and abused the prophet and his followers. Nevertheless, the prophet never seized in his call for Islam and the word of “لا إله إلا الله” “there is no God but Allah”.
  1. Arabs understood what this statement truly meant and what it entailed because they shared the language of Islam. It was not simply a word to pronounce. It was a call to worship only one God alone and not to seek help from anyone but him. It meant to live by what He says and only what he says and to live according to his will.
  1. The word of “لا إله إلا الله” “there is no God but Allah” means linguistically in Arabic that worship is obedience, not just shapes of how to perform certain rituals. On the contrary, performing rituals is a kind of obedience, not otherwise. The name “Allah” in Arabic refers to the supreme being that must be obeyed no matter what as He is the one that created humans, supported them and gave them everything they need to live on earth.  
  1.  So, “Obedience” was the core of the message. Knowing that Allah is the creator and the supporter was never questioned by the non-believers. وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ” لَيَقُولُنَّ اللَّهُ ۚ قُلْ أَفَرَأَيْتُم مَّا تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ إِنْ أَرَادَنِيَ اللَّهُ بِضُرٍّ هَلْ هُنَّ كَاشِفَاتُ ضُرِّهِ أَوْ أَرَادَنِي بِرَحْمَةٍ هَلْ هُنَّ مُمْسِكَاتُ رَحْمَتِهِ ۚ قُلْ حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ ۖ عَلَيْهِ يَتَوَكَّلُ الْمُتَوَكِّلُونَ” And if you asked them. “who created the heavens and the earth?” Surly they would say “Allah”. Then have you considered what you invoke besides Allah? If Allah intends on me harm, are they removers of His harm? Or if He intended me mercy are they withholders of His mercy? Say “Sufficient for me is Allah; upon Him alone rely the relies” (39:39). وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ” وَالْأَرْضَ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ لَيَقُولُنَّ اللَّهُ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُون” If you asked them “who created the heavens and the earth and subjected the sun and the moon to its course?”. Surly they would say “Allah”, then how are they deluded? (29:61).

 

  1. The direct fallout of the meaning of “لا إله إلا الله” “there is no God but Allah” is to not only abandon idol worship but it encompasses the way of life which Allah SWT had ordained for humans on earth. The correct way and right way to live. To put what Allah wants over what we wish for ourselves and to deny and denounce any law or system of rule created by man which goes against Allah’s SWT will.
  1. A fundamental aspect of “Tawheed” is Obedience to Allah SWT. It does not only mean accepting that Allah SWT is the creator and supporter of life. It means that if we accept Allah SWT as the creator and sustainer of life, therefore, we are obligated to obey Him. Our obedience (Worship) is a result of the other aspects of Tawheed that consist of accepting God as one and maintaining His attributes.
  1. Jesus PBUH and Allah Himself said “وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوهُ ۚ هَٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ” “And indeed, Allah is my lord and your lord, so worship Him. That is the straight path” (19:36, 3:51).  “إِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أُمَّتُكُمۡ أُمَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ وَأَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمۡ فَٱعۡبُدُونِ” Indeed this, your religion, is one religion, and I am your lord, so worship me (21:92).  “وَإِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أُمَّتُكُمۡ أُمَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ وَأَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمۡ فَٱتَّقُونِ” And indeed this religion, is one religion, and I am your lord, so fear me (23:51).
  1. The simple meaning of Tawheed Al-Ibadah (Worshiping) has been changed over time. Worshiping Allah became limited to the first two parts of Tawheed which are maintaining that Allah is one (Ar-Rububiyah) and maintaining Allah’s names and attributes (Al-Asma’ was Sifat). All rulings and laws that are dictated by Allah in Quran to us were completely neglected and put aside to make place for the man-made laws and other ways of governing a state. This means that the essential part of Tawheed which is obedience in all matters of life has been neglected and man-made laws and a democratic style of life is now the preference of all humans including those who declare “لا إله إلا الله” “there is no God but Allah”.
  1. This is the true meaning of Jahiliyyah. Jahiliyyah comes from the Arabic root “Jahl” which means ignorance. Generally, this refers to the people of Quraish and the other tribes and peoples who lived before and at the time of prophet. We can see in countries with majority Muslim populations that they are living a lifestyle that is like the times of ignorance. They have been taken over by democratic ideologies and forgot the law of Allah (Sharia Law). Muslims who live in countries as a minority have been completely taken over ideologically. The West specifically implies a form of ideological oppression on new generations that takes them away from Islam and what their religion accually says. “أَفَحُكْمَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَبْغُونَ ۚ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ اللَّهِ حُكْمًا لِّقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ” Then is the judgment of ignorance they desire? But who is better then Allah in judgment for a people who are certain in faith? (5:50).
  1. This does not mean every Muslim now is non-believer (Kafir) as the sect of Khawarij believe (ISIS for example belongs to this sect). It means that recent Muslims have followed the way of other nations and forgot what Islam is and how it is meant to be applied.
  1. The Quran was descended on the prophet PBUH over the twenty-three-year period of revelation. It dealt with the daily life of the Muslims and their problems. It is a practical guide for how Muslims should deal with different situations and matters of life including but not limited to social, economic, political or war time situations.
  1. The Quran includes the “Creed of Tawheed”. Once again, the main parts of which being Tawheed Al-Ibadah (Worshiping), Tawheed Ar-Rububiyah (Maintaining Gods oneness) and Tawheed Al-Asma’ was Sifat (Maintaining Gods names and attributes). Under these three they govern laws pertaining to marriage, inheritance, warfare, treaties with enemies, good social manners, promoting brotherhood amongst Muslims, allowing Muslims to be good and just with those non-believers who do not transgress to Muslims or on Muslim lands and rights. Also, the Quran contains the stories of many messengers and prophets for exemplary purposes. We can ultimately conclude that the Quran is a complete constitution and source of all laws that pertain to Muslim behaviour and actions.
  1. Also, a vital aspect of Tawheed of Ibadah is the concept of “Wala and Bara”, Elegance and Disassociation”. This means Muslims have to give their elegance only to Allah swt, and His messenger, and the brothers in Islam. Islam is Muslims nationality before land or country. This entails Bara from non-believers, which means disassociation with them, in terms of supporting any actions that might hurt Muslims or Islam in any way type or form. Unfortunately “لَّا يَتَّخِذِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَوۡلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَۖ وَمَن يَفۡعَلۡ ذَٰلِكَ فَلَيۡسَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ فِي شَيۡءٍ    Let not the believers take for friends or helpers unbelievers rather than believers: if any do that, in nothing will there be help from God: except by way of precaution, that ye may guard yourselves from them.” آل عمران 28. “يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَتَّخِذُواْ ٱلۡيَهُودَ وَٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰٓ أَوۡلِيَآءَۘ بَعۡضُهُمۡ أَوۡلِيَآءُ بَعۡضٖۚ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمۡ فَإِنَّهُۥ مِنۡهُمۡۗ  O ye who believe take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors: they are but friends and protectors to each other. and he amongst you that turns to them (for friendship) is of them. المائدة 51. There are many verses of Quran that emphasis this concept and clearly explain that Wala and Bara are acts of Tawheed and Shirk (dis-believe). Those actions, like spying or conveying information to non-believers about Muslims or support non-believers in their aggression against a Muslim country, are acts of Kufr that takes the doer right out of Islam.
  2. The verses of Quran which were revealed in Mecca are called the “Mecca verses” and those revealed in Medina are called “Medina verses”. The difference between the two types of verses is that the Mecca verses concentrate on Tawheed. They generally discuss how God is one and none are to be attributed to him as well as the hereafter and the consequences of not following the guidance of Allah SWT in the hereafter. Mecca verses have a distinct tone and characteristics that help drive the meaning into the listener or reader.

 

  1. The Medina verses which were revealed after the migration of the prophet and establishment of the first Islamic society in Medina. They have more to do with the establishment of laws, regulations and setting the rules for social and financial systems as well as the Islamic rituals. Medina verses tend to be long, relaxed and go into detail of covering these subjects.

Part 5: Sunnah

  1. Sunnah is composed of three types. It refers to the Saying, Actions and Approvals of the prophet PBUH. The sayings of the Prophet are called “Hadith” which were reported to us through his companions followed b a chain of narrators. His actions were also reported by the companions in the same manner. Sayings are called the “verbal sunnah”, and his actions are called the “practical sunnah”. Approved actions are actions done by the companions in front of the prophet and him approving the action by simply not rejecting them.

 

  1. The hadiths are the backbone of the Sharia as they are the detailed and practical explanation of the verses of the Quran. For instance, Allah SWT said in Quranوَأَقِيمُوا” الصَّلَاةَ” And Establish prayer (2:83).  However, how we pray and when we pray were taught by the prophet PBUH. The same goes for Zakat and Hajj as well as most of the Islamic rituals and laws. It is known that Sunnah is the explanatory source of the Quran.
  1. As hadith is the second source of Islamic law and thus especially important, Muslim scholars created a unique science to scrutinize every hadith that was reported to be said by the prophet PBUH. They did not accept any claim of a Hadith on its face value. They established the science of hadith which entails fifty-six branches of knowledge under it.
  1. Scholars of hadith examined and scrutinized every chain of men who reported every hadith. They investigated the life, habits, memory, relatives, visited places, teachers, and qualities of every man in each chain. Encyclopedias of Men have been written over the first two centuries after the Prophets death. They categorized hadith into several grades with the “Authentic” grade at at the top. They were successful in separating the correct hadith from the fabricated ones and collected all the accepted and fabricated hadiths in their own books.
  1. The methods of evaluating the authenticity of a person’s life and sayings to the level that Muslims did with the prophet has never been achieved by any other religion or nation. It is unique to the Islamic science. That is why Quran and Sunnah are completely and highly preserved from any interpolation that may come their way. It is not as what happened with the Bible and Torah where they have been altered and changed almost completely.

Part 6: Islamic Law

  1. From what we have learned above, it is imperative that we take Islam as the one and only reliable source of knowledge and information about our universe and life on earth. “سَنُرِيهِمْ آيَاتِنَا فِي الْآفَاقِ وَفِي أَنفُسِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ ۗ أَوَلَمْ يَكْفِ بِرَبِّكَ أَنَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ”We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth. Is it not sufficient concerning your Lord that He is, over all things, a witness? (41:53).

 

  1. Total submission is the natural result of believing that Allah SWT is the one who created us and gave us the chance and resources to live on this earth. He gave each person a specific term on the earth to be tested whether he would believe in Him or not and who amongst the people would do better in life in accordance with His rules and laws. الَّذِي” “خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيَاةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا ۚ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفُورُ  He who created life and death to test you as to which one of you is best in deed – and He is the All Mighty, the All Forgiving (67:2).
  1. It is also an elementary belief that the system of life which Allah SWT has given humans is the best system that offers them the best in all aspects of life. “أَلَا يَعۡلَمُ مَنۡ خَلَقَ وَهُوَ ٱللَّطِيفُ ٱلۡخَبِيرُ” Does He who created not know, while He is the Subtle, Acquainted? (67:14).
  1. No man-made laws would serve humans better than the laws of Allah SWT in any situation or period of time. Man has limited vision and no ability to foresee the future. Man is governed by his own individual ambitions and desires. Reading the history of mankind would teach us how unjust, racist, biased, and cruel man can be to each other.
  1. In Allah SWTs law, society’s rights prevail over the rights of the individuals, as the greater good should always prevail. Its entire framework in based upon protecting the society from the individual, protecting the individual from the society, and protecting the individual from the individual.
  1. It is an act of heresy or disbelief (Kufr) to substitute or prefer the rulings of man-made laws with Allah’s SWT laws. The concept of Church and State does not apply in Islam. It is an act that takes someone out the fold of Islam. As Muslims we are bound to obey Allah’s SWT Laws and rulings based on Quran and Sunnah. “وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَافِرُونَ” And whoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed – then it is those who are the disbelievers (5:44).
  1. There is a huge misconception, founded by the propaganda of the West and the Zionists that Sharia law is all about killing the adulteress and cutting off the hand of the thief. This is simply untrue. There is only a handful of set physical punishments (Hudood) in Islam which take place in exceedingly rare circumstances. For instance, to apply the ruling of stoning the married adulterer, the state needs four eyewitnesses that witness the action taking place, they also must be people with high reputation in society. Three eyewitnesses are not acceptable. On the contrary, the three people who come forth alleging this crime to have taken place are punished for giving a false testimony. That deters people from claiming such an accusation without the correct proof.
  1. Set punishments (Hudood) in Islam are limited to five crimes; murder, adultery, theft, highway robbery, and apostasy. Some scholars said they are seven; adding slandering about false adultery and different punishment for single adulteress. Each one of these crimes has a punishment ranging from death to the severing of limbs on opposite ends. These only take place granted the correct proof and circumstances are present.
  1. However, the vast majority of Sharia laws concerns and preserve all other aspects of life. Punishments only make up a small section. Most punishments are left for the lawful ruler, with authentication of a scholar to determine punishments for other crimes. Shariat also covers teaching manners and good behaviour such as being helpful to others no matter the race or religion, utmost courtesy with parents, caring for wives and children, being responsible for one’s actions and behaviour, talking in a appropriate voice, greeting people and smiling at them, rules involving etiquettes of eating and visiting others and a strict dress code for men and women to preserve piety and minimize temptations and evil desires from corrupting society.

10. Islam advocates for self-defence and not submitting to unfairness, dictatorship, occupation by foreigners or tyranny. It mandates Muslims to spread the message of Allah SWT to all humans tirelessly.

Part Seven: Main concepts of Shariat:

  1. It is vital to understand that Islam is a unique system of life, that is based on a unique ideology, which provides answers to questions human minds failed to answer throughout history; where did we come from, and where are we going!

 

  1. Democracy: The game of the so-called “secular Muslims” is to convince Muslims that the origin of out system is same as their man-made ideologies and laws. However, شورى “Shorah” which is counselling of the ruler, is not democracy. Islam opposes democracy as an ideology where laws made based on what representatives of people agree upon. No man has the right to oppose a law mandated by Allah swt.

 

  1. Liberalism: Islam has nothing to do with Liberalism. Freedom of individuals is guarded in Islam as long as they do not interfere with the rights of others and the society. Freedom is granted but not absolute. It has boundaries and limitations set by Shariat. A neighbour who put up his music speaker to max in his garage, is not allowed to do so in Islamic ruled state. It is considered aggression on the rights of his neighbour’s rights not to listen to what he likes to listen to!

 

  1. Riba and Islamic Finances: For instance, in Shariat, all types of financial contracts (buying and selling), except what was specifically forbidden in Shariat, such as having two contracts in one, or Riba (interest on loan money). Islam see source of money is effort and work. It is based on the idea of “share or bare). People can be partners, with money and effort, carrying out projects and making profit, or loss. Both parties involved share the benefit or bare the loss, equally. This enhances the circulation of money within the society and increase work opportunities as well as stop those who take advantage of the needs of people.
  1. Feminism, as introduced by modern feminists, is not recognized by Islam. Islam has liberated women 14 centuries ago, by giving her the right to inherit, own business, and have her own identity, rather than changing her name after the man she marries! Islam refuted and refused what the Christian Church had held over women’s heads for centuries as they are the source of Adam’s Sin, and treated them as an “object!”. Adam and Hawwa were equally involved in listening to the devil’s advice. Women has the same rights and obligations in Islam and are equally responsible for their own actions in front of Allah swt. In the West, women were still referred to as a “thing” or “property” in the official documentation until early 1900s! Still women are exploited sexually to boost up sales, commercials, waitresses, magazine covers, and put up a tempting face to office managers as “secretaries!”. A female salary is 25% average less than the male who is in the same position. Beaten up woman, single mothers in the west are the highest percentages in the world. And they still lecture Muslims about “Feminism”!

 

Feminism is a trick which was created by financial interest of the wealthy after World war I, to double the work force, and insure a cheaper labour power. Women in Islam are equal to men in rights and obligations. But they are different in nature. That is why, although equal, those rights and obligations are sometimes different in nature. Allah swt knows the physical limitations of both genders and attributed each with the capabilities that grants his/her obligation in life. Opposing the nature of creation only leads to despair, fail and loss in life. For example, Allah swt commanded women to stay home, in general, to take care of the household, and to raise kids and provide a better family environment. Man is obliged to provide all means of life support and expenses to make the family live in comfort as he can. It is the man’s responsibility to provide what is needed for his wife and kids. The wife has no obligation to spend a penny of her wealth, even she is rich. If she chose to help, it is out of her free will.

 

  1. Hijab: Similarly, the issue of Hijab (head cover), it is a natural production of an ideology which build respect for women that is based on personality and intellect, rather than beauty and sexuality. Aside from being a clear exploitation for women, it is coherent with the ideology of protection, prevention and “forbidding the source of evil” rather than curing the consequences. A society that allows female subjects to walk around with most provocative cloths and ask male subjects to ignore their own urges and desires which is built into the DNA and try to stop rap and domestic violence! This is rather ironic. Muslim society respects women and gave them freedom that doesn’t prey on the safety and stability of the society. Muslim women wear Hijab voluntarily due to faith and obedience.

 

  1. Polygamy: Before Islam, there was no limited number of wives a man can have in the Arab peninsula. As Women were also taken as sex objects all over the world. Islam limited the number of wives that a man can have to four. There are certain conditions attached to having a second wife. First being “fair and equal” as humanly possible in treating each of his wives. He also has to be financially able to keep them in a decent living conditions. However, the default is to have one wife, if any doubts of meeting the conditions were present “فَٱنكِحُواْ مَا طَابَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ مَثۡنَىٰ وَثُلَٰثَ وَرُبَٰعَۖ فَإِنۡ خِفۡتُمۡ أَلَّا تَعۡدِلُواْ فَوَٰحِدَةً  amarry women of your choice, two, or three, or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them). then only one,” النساء 3. This measure is consistent with the Islamic ideology of how society lives in harmony and justice. Any society can be subjected to war, and loses a lot of its men, or any other reason for that matter, where men percentage exceeds women’s. There are two solution for a society to approach. One is to keep the limit of a lawful wife to one, under the pretention of “Women dignity”. Or, second to allow capable men to take a second wife.

In the first scenario, it is inevitable that prostitution and adultery will sweep through that society. Many women will be single mothers with minimum resources to live. Many babies will be abandoned with no families. Many kids will grow up in foster homes and be subjected to what we all know about such environment in considerable cases. This society will be incoherent, fragmented and unstable, no matter how rich or technologically advanced it was. Many women will suffer loneliness and depression and suicide rates are much higher in such societies. Muslims consider this is the true indignation of women. A second wife is still a member of the “women” gender and still have the right to live a better “life” as her peers.

On the other hand, the Muslim society will avoid all that chaos and suffer, on the account of understanding of the Muslim women of why Allah swt “allowed” i.e. permitted, such situations to bring the better of two worse cases. Men who chose to take another wife have to understand that it is a great responsibility and should behave in a manly manner, not taking advantage of the desperate situation of some women, such as widows or divorcees. It is a major sin in Islam to play tricks or take advantage of this law, as being unfair is one of the major sins.

Some foes of Islam would say “but some men do break the law and use this permit to undermine women”. However, which low is not being broken by man?! Is it better for a man to sleep around, and have illegal kids, or to have an open and respected relationship with a “woman” and have kids raised within a normal family?!

  1. Slavery: Another subject is “slavery”. Islam came to humans when slavery was a huge source of the financial institutions throughout the whole world. The whole world economy partially depended on that trade, which is inhumane and awful. Cancelling slavery trade would have been a global crisis which only economists would appreciate. However, Islam took two approaches to deal with slavery.

First by guiding those who own slaves to the righteous way of dealing with them.  Allah swt said in Quran “The Prophet said :” وَاعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا وَبِذِي الْقُرْبَى وَالْيَتَامَى وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَالْجَارِ ذِي الْقُرْبَى وَالْجَارِ الْجُنُبِ وَالصَّاحِبِ بِالْجَنْبِ وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ” Serve God, and join not any partners with him; and do good to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbors who are near, neighbors who are strangers, the companion by your side, the way farer (ye meet), and what your right hands possess" النساء 36 . “what your right hands possess” means slaves who are in possession of the person.  This verse clearly made those slaves deserve the same well treatment as the parents, neighbours, friends and close relatives. Also, there are many Hadith (sayings) of the Prophet PBUH which guide Muslims who own slaves to treat them as members of their own families, and feed, cloth and offer courtesy to them as such. The Prophet PBUH said :” إخوانكم خَوَلُكم - أي: عبيدكم- جعلهم الله تحت أيديكم، ولو شاء لجعلكم تحت أيديهم، فمن كان أخوه تحت يده، فليُطعِمه مما يطعم، وليُلبِسه مما يلبَس، ولا تكلِّفوهم ما يغلِبهم، فإن كلَّفتموهم فأعينوهم"  which means “Allah Has made your slaves are under your power, and He wished he might reverse this and make you under their power, so, who ever have his brother/sister under his power, has to feed them from what he eats and cloth them from what he dresses, and never ask them to carry out hard task for them, otherwise if you do, help them do it”  .

The second way, employed by Islam to abolish slavery, was to make “Khaffara “or “Diyyah” which is a bounty to be paid to forgive a sin or as sentence to a crime is by freeing a slave “freeing a nick” as per the Quran text. Sometimes it would be a Muslim slave, and some times it is any slave, even non-Muslims. Many Companions have given freedom to their slaves, abd others usedto buy slaves just to free them such as A’aisha the mother of believers, and wife of the Prophet PBUH with the female slave named “Burayrah”.

Some semi-secular writers, with Muslim names have used the issue of slavery to attach the Islamic Fiqh and its stand in that subject, such as the writer employed by Aljazeera, Mohamed Mukhtar Al-shanqiti, who is supported by news networks to spread lies and twist facts of Islam.

  1. Jihad: the “Jihad” term is one of the most misused, misunderstood and twisted terms in our time. This happened as part of the global campaign by Zionism/Crusaders institutes to create a “progressive/reformed” Islam” that is completely tamed and submissive to its agenda.

However, it is important to mention that many Arabic words have been shifted from its original Linguistic meaning to a “Shariat” meaning and use, such as the word “Salah” prayer. It means Supplication in the Arabic tongue. But the term has been transformed in the Quranic use to mean a specific act of ritual, to be carried out five times every day. Same as the word Zakat, it means to purify. However, it was also used in Quran and Sunnah to refer to amount of money/goods to be paid by Muslims on annual bases to poor, needy people or to free slaves or pay debts of those who can not pay, or for war fair or donation for good cause such as orphanages …etc.

Linguistically, Jihad means “to put an effort to achieve a purpose”. It was transformed in the Quranic use to refer to fighting for the cause of Allah swt  إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَٱلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُواْ وَجَٰهَدُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ يَرۡجُونَ رَحۡمَتَ ٱللَّهِۚ  Those who believed and those who suffered exile and fought in the path of God, they have the hope of the mercy of God “ البقرة 128. “يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱبۡتَغُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِ ٱلۡوَسِيلَةَ وَجَٰهِدُواْ فِي سَبِيلِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُفۡلِحُونَ O ye who believe do your duty to God, seek the means of approach unto him, and strive with might and fight in his cause: that ye may prosper” المائدة 35.

In all Madinah verses which mentioned Jihad, it meant “fighting for the cause Allah”. In Mecca Quran revelation, Muslims have been not ready to fight. So, they were ordered to restrain themselves and stick to spreading Islam by word “أَلَمْ تَرَإِلَى الَّذِينَ قِيلَ لَهُمْ كُفُّوا أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقِتَالُ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ يَخْشَوْنَ النَّاسَ كَخَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ أَوْ أَشَدَّ خَشْيَةً  Have you not seen those who were told, "Restrain your hands [from fighting] and establish prayer and give zakah"? But then when fighting was ordained for them, at once a party of them feared men as they fear Allah or with [even] greater fear” النساء 77. Qatadah said, explaining the context of which this verse was revealed: “قال: كان أناس من أصحاب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، وهو يومئذ بمكة قبل الهجرة، تسرَّعوا إلى القتال، فقالوا لنبي الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: ذَرْنا نتَّخذ مَعَاول فنقاتل بها المشركين بمكة! فنهاهم نبي الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عن ذلك، قال: لم أؤمر بذلك. فلما كانت الهجرة، وأُمر بالقتال، كره القوم ذلك،    People among the companions of the Messenger of God, PBUH, who was that day in Makkah before the emigration, rushed to fight, so they said to the Prophet of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him: Let us take shovels and fight with the polytheists in Mecca! So the Prophet of God, PBUH, forbade them about that. When the emigration was, and he was ordered to fight, the people hated it”. It is clear that the order to restrain themselves and stick to their rituals was in Mecca, and when they moved to Madinah after immigration, it was commanded to fight, and that some of those who asked to fight before, in Mecca declined!. In Mecca the word Jihad was used one time, in a specific context “وَجَاهِدْهُم بِهِ جِهَادًا كَبِيرًا And fight them, using IT (the Quran), by means of explanation and arguing” الفرقان 52. Al-furqan chapter is a Macca revelation. Grammatically, there is a crucial difference between the phrase وجاهدوا أنفسكم"” which means “fight yourselves and desires” and the phrase “وجاهدوا بـــــــأنفسكم” the prefix letter ب or B in Arabic, makes the meaning “fight by yourselves” which means the regular fight using the self, not fighting The self. The point is every nation, over history have made Jihad, but not necessarily used the word that is specific to the Arabic language. All nations had fought for their freedom. All nations had made advances and fought outside their borders for different reason. The difference between Islam and all other nations, is that Islam never aggress on others for economical or control gains. The phrase في سبيل الله  means “for the cause of Allah” which specifies the sole purpose of fighting outside the boundaries of Muslims land; which is to spread the word of Allah, by removing the oppressors and tyrant rulers, with their false media or, in old times, magicians, and leave people to choose their religion, freely. Muslims never enforced or imposed Islam on the people of other countries. Christian Arabs who refused Islam remained Christians, in Palestine, Egypt and everywhere else. So as the Jews, who refuged in the Muslim lands during the medieval times, escaping the killing and torture by Christian church. Part Eight: Aims and Goals of Shariat <>1.أَلَا يَعۡلَمُ مَنۡ خَلَقَ وَهُوَ ٱللَّطِيفُ ٱلۡخَبِيرُ Does He who created not know, while He is the Subtle, the Acquainted” الملك 14. <>2.Each of those five levels have what is called “complimentary attribute” (Mukammelat). And example of that is the ruling of fighting with the leader (Imam). However, if he is an unfair or corrupt, and a battle started with aggressors, Muslims have to fight with that Imam as the attribute of “fair” is complimentary, as if Muslims considered this complimentary attribute, Muslim will be subjected to more harm. This gets the Shariat Matrix up to 150 nodes. It is a beautiful and powerful tool that have been developed by Muslim scholars, based solely of Quran and Sunnah.        

[1] “Will Science know the truth” https://tariq-abdelhaleem.net/ar/post/73076