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IN THE NAME OF ALLAH MOST GRACIOUS MOST MERCIFUL
50 Questions And
Answers On Islamic Monotheism |
Q1 Who is your Rubb? (the Lord,the Creator etc).
A. My Rubb is Allah Who has created me and all that exists. He nourishes me and all creatures by His Bounties.
Q.2. What
is your religion?
A. My religion is Islam, which is submission and obedience to the Order oF
Allah and His Messenger with love, hope and fear.
Q.3. How did you knowAllah?
I know Him by His signs and creation like the day and night; the sun and
the moon; the heaven and the earth, and all that is there in and
between them.
Q. 4.
Where is Allah?
A. Allah is above the
heavens raised over the Throne and separated from His
creatures.
Q.5. Is Allah with us (in person)?
A. Allah is settled
over His Mighty Throne,
but He iswith us by His Knowledge,hearing
,seeing and other attributes.
As He said: "Fear not
verily! I am with you both hearing and seeing (V,20. :46)
Q.6. Who are the friends of Allah?
A. Those people are the friends of Allah
who are pious and
righteous, fear Him much abstain from all kinds of sins and perform all kinds of goods, and holdfast to the Qur`an and Sunnah.
Q. 7. How do you worship Allah?
A. I worship Allah in a manner in which all
my ibadah is dedicated to Him Alone. I do not ascribe anyone with Him in worship.
Q-8. Why did Allah send Messengers?
A. Allah has sent Messengers so that they call the people to worship Him Alone, not ascribing any partner with Him, and in order
that mankind should have no plea against Allah.
Q-9 What is the meaning of Islam ?
A. Islam means i.e. submission to Allah with Tawhid .
Q-10 What are the pillars
of Istam?
A. 1. Testimony of Faith (There is no true God except Allah
and Muhammad
is
the Messenger of Allah )
2. To establish Salat (prayers).
3.To
pay Zakat.
4. To observe Saum (fasting) in Ramadan.
5.Hajj
(pilgrimage to the Sacred House) if one can afford the
journey.
Q-11 What is Iman?
A. Iman (Faith) means to believe in the heart, to confess by the tongue and to act
with the parts of the body.
Q-12 Can there be any variation in Iman?
A. By some words and deeds
it may increase and by some words and deeds it may decrease.
Q-13 What do you mean by increase and decrease in Iman?
A- Iman (Faith) increases by obedience to Allah and good deeds
while it decreases by sins and evil acts.
Q-14 What are the pillars of Iman (Faith)
A. The pillars of Iman are
six i.e. to believe in:
1. Allah.
2. His Angels.
3. His Messengers.
4. His Books.
5. The Last Day.
6. Divine Preordainments good or bad.
Q-15 What is Belief inAllah?
A. The Belief in Allahi is that you should believe
that Allah is the Sole Creator Sustainer Provider and the
One in Whose Hand is the disposal of all affairs. Everything stands in need of Him, but He stands in need of none. He is the Only One Who is
worthy of being worshipped. He has the Best Names and
Perfect Attributes.
0-16 Who are the
angels?
A. The angels are creatures
of light. They are Allah's obedient slaves, they do that which they are commanded and are
incapable of disobedience.
Q-17 What do you mean by Belief in the Book and the
Messengers?
A. It means that Allah sent the Messengers like Moses, Jesus,Abraham.Noah etc. and sent down the
books like the Torah,Injeel,Zaboor (Psalms) etc. to call the people to worship Allah
Alone, associating nothing
with Him. He sealed (finalized) the Messengers with
Prophet Muhammed and abrogated all previous books
with the Qur'an. Therefore
the worship should be done according to the Qur'an and
the Sunnah of the Prophet .
Q-I8 What is meant by Belief inthe Last Day?
A. The Belief in the Last Day means to believe that
Allah has ordained a fixed
term for everything, and a
term for this world. He will assuredly raise the dead from their graves and
will account for everyone their
deeds in this world. On that Day of Resurrection, rewards
and punishments will be assigned.Every one will be justly rewarded or punished.
Q-19 What is meant by Belief
Preordainment(Qadar)?
A. The Belief in Preordainment (Qadar) means to believe that
everything — good or bad — happens or takes place according to what Allah has ordained for it.
He has created everything in
due proportion.
Q-20 What is the meaning of "There is no God
but Allah"?
A. It means there is no true deity except Allah Alone,Negating
all false gods and affirming
that Allah is the only
true God.
Q-21 What is themeaning of ^Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah"?
A. It means total submission to him in whatever he ordered, and avoiding what he forbade and believing in all those matters he informed us about.
Q-22 What are the conditions of
the testimony of Faith?
A. There are seven conditions of
the testimony of Faith:
1- Knowledge whick
negates ignorance.
2- Certainty which
negates doubt.
3- Sincerity and
purity of intent which negates Shirk.
4- Truthfulness which
negates hypocrisy.
5- Love and devotion
which negates disdain of Allah`s religion.
6- Submission which
negates disobedince.
7- Acceptance which
negates rejection or denial.
Q-23 What is the greatest
thing that Allah has enjoined?
A. The greatest thing Allah has enjoined is Tauhid (Monotheism).
Q-24 What is Tauhid(Islamic Monotheism)?
A. Tauhid means declaring Allah to be theonly God who deserves to be worshipped in truth and
confirming all attributes with which He has qualified Himself or that are attributed to Him by His
Messenger .
Q-25 What are the aspects of Tauhid?
A. There are three aspects of Tauhid:
1- Tauhid-ar-Rububiyah.
2- Tauhid-al-Uluhiyah.
3-Tauhid-al-Asma was-Sifat.
Q- 26 What isTauhid-ar-Rububiyah?
A.It
is declaring Allah to be One
and Unique in His work,Iike creation, sustenance,bringing
to life and causing death etc.
Q-27 What is Tauhid-al-Uluhiyah?
A. It is declaring Allah as the Only God to whom all acts
worship must be dedicated such salat (prayers),Zakat, Sawm(fasting), supplications vowing etc.
Q-28 What isTauhid-al-Asma
was-Sifat?
A. It is an
affirmation of all the Divien Names and Attributes of Allah in a manner that
suits His Majesty, as mentioned in the Qur'an
and the Sunnah.
Q-29 How would you describe Ibadah?
A. It is a comprehensive word comprising deeds and words that Allah loves and is pleased with whether manifested or
hidden,
Q-30 What are the conditions of Ibadah?
A. There are two conditions of Ibadah:
1. Sincerity to Allah.
2. Submission to Allah's Messenger i.e. to act according to his
Sunnah.
Q-31 Write some typesof
Ibadah.
A. Some types of Ibadah are the
prayers, the obligatory charity,
fasting, the pilgrimage, fear of Allah, hope in His Mercy, Seeking His aid. and other acts
of worship whichAllah has commanded and enjoined.
Q-32 What is the greatest thing Allah has forbidden?
A. The greatest thing Allah has forbidden is Shirk (polytheism).
Q-33 What is polytheism?
A. It means to believe that there is one who shares Allah in His
acts i.e. ascribing partners or setting up rivals to Allah in His rights.
Q-34 What are the types ofpolytheism?
A. There are three types of polytheism:
1. The greater polytheism (Shirk Akbar).
2. The lesser polytheism (ShirkAsghar).
3. The inconspicuous polytheism (Shirk Khafi).
Q-35 What is greater polytheism?
A. The greater polytheism is
to devote any form of worship to other than Allah Allah
will never forgive one who dies upon Shirk,nor accept his good deeds,
and he would be cast out from
the folds of Islam.
Q-36 What are the types
of greater polytheism?
A. There are four types of greater polytheism:
1- The polytheism in invocation i.e. involving supplications to other thanAllah.
2. The polytheism in intentions i.e.
purpose and intentions not for the sake of Allah but directed towards other deities.
3, The polytheism in obedience i.e. rendering obedience to any authority against
the Order of Allah.
4. The potytheism in love i.e showing love to others which is due
to Allah Alone.
Q-37 What is lesser polytheism?
A. The lesser polytheism
is Ar-Riya, that means the acts of worship done to gain
praise or fame rather than to please Allah, this type of
polytheism, however, does not
cast the person committing it out of thefoldof
Islam.
Q-38 What is inconspicuous polytheism?
A. The inconspicuous
polytheism implies being dissatisfied with the conditions ordained
by Allah.
Q-39 What is the proof of the
inconspicuous polytheism?
A.The proof of the aboveShirk
is the saying of the Prophet "The
inconspicuous polytheism is more hidden among this nation than the track of a black ant
over a black stone on a dark night"(Musnad Ahmad)
Q-40 What are the types of Kufr (disbelief)?
A. There are two types ofKufr :
1. The majorKufr which cast its people out of Islam,
2. The lessor cr
minor Kufr which does not cast
the one who commits it out of Islam.It is Kufrof ungratefulness.
Q-41 What are the types of majorKufr?
A. There are five types of major Kufr :
1. The Kufr of denial.
2. TheKufr of arrogance associated with recognition of the truth.
3. The Kufr of doubt.
4-. The Kufr of disregard,
5. The Kufrof hypocrisy.
Q-42 What are the categories of hypocrisy ?
A. There are two categoriesof
hypocrisy:
1. Hypocrisy in Belief.
2. Hypocrisy in deeds and
actions.
Q-43 What is the hypocrisy in Belief?
A. Hypocrisy in Belief is of six types:
1. Denial of the Messenger .
2. Denial of the thing with
which the Messenger is sent.
3. Hating the Messenger
4.Hating the thing with
which the Messenger is sent.
5. Rejoicing at the disgrace
of Islam.
6. Disliking the prevalence of Islam.
Q-44 What is the hypocrisy in deeds and actions?
A. The hypocrisy in deeds
and actions is of five types:
1- When he speaks, he lies.
2- When he promises., he breaks it.
3. When he is entrusted, he betrays.
4. When he disputes, he acts immorally.
5. When he makes a pact, he makes acts
treacherously.
Q-45 Are good deeds accepted (by Allah) with the polytheism?
A. Never! None of the deeds are accepted when mixed with polytheism.
Allah says: "
If they had joined in
worship others with Allah all that they used to do would have
been of no benefit to them"
(V.6: 88)
"Verily! Allah forgives
not setting up partners in
worship with Him, but He forgives whom He pleases sins other than
that" '(V.4:116)
Q-46 What are the nullifiers of
Islam?
A. The nullifiers of Islam are ten:
1. Polytheism of worship.
2. He who does not believe
that the polytheists are disbelievers, or doubts their infidelity or holds their belief to be valid.
3. He who sets up intermediaries between one's self and Allah, supplicating them, trusting them and
asking them to intercede on his behalf.
4. He who believes that the guidance of others is more perfect than
the Prophet.
5. He who hates anything
that the Prophet was sent with.
6. He who denies the
religion of the Prophet or ridicules its reward or
punishment.
7. Sorcery.
8. Supporting the polytheists
against the Muslims.
9. He who believes that some people are exempted from abiding by the Shari`ah
as Khidr was exempted by the laws of Musa.
10. Turning away from the religion of Allah by neither
learning nor applying it.
Q- 47 What are thethreefundamentalsthat every Muslim must learn?
A. The three fundamentals are:
I, Knowing Your Rubb (the
Lord, the Creator, the Sustainer, and the One in Whose Hand is the disposal of all affairs).
2. Knowing your religion
(Islam).
3. Knowing your Prophet Muhammad
Q-48 What isTaghut?
A. Everything that is worshipped. or followed or obeyed other thanAllahis Taghut.
Q-49 How many Taghut
are there and whoare their leaders?
A. They are many but their leadersare Five:
Q. 50-Who are the leadersof Taghut ?
A. They are:
1. Satan, may Allah curse
him,
2. Anyone who is worshipped with his consent.
3. A person who calls the people to be worshipped instead of Allah.
4.
A person who claims the knowledge of Ghaib (unseen, hidden, invisible, absent etc).
5.The ruler who rules by laws other than the law sent down by Allah.
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