Islam: The Essentials (Pelican Books)

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Likewise, there will be no benefit and fruitful results in the Hereafter without having the correct belief first.

Prayer, five times each day, is required by all Muslim mukallaf (Mukallaf in this context means sane and pubescent. This book presents the foremost principles of Islam in a very comprehensible, reader-friendly, lucid, and concise manner. Muslims firmly believe only one Creator exists, His name is Allâh, and Muḥammad is His Prophet and Messenger. Without comparing Allâh to the creation one can use mental evidences to prove the existence of the Creator. This book consists of topics relating to Aqidah, Fiqh, Qur’an, Hadith, Sunnah Supplications, Salāh, Islamic Etiquettes and Illustrious Personalities.The reviews from Muslim readers appear to engage with Ramadan’s points with an openness that’s impressive, especially given the way the West (mistakenly) perceives the religion, as one unfriendly to criticism and self-examination. Consequently, lying, dishonesty, vileness, stupidity, and dullness were impossible to be among their attributes. To believe in the heart and declare with the tongue: « No one is God except Allâh and Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allâh » is how one becomes Muslim. The belief in the truth of Islam is the same despite the color of the skin, whether one is a man or a woman, how much wealth one might or might not have accumulated, where one lives, and who one's family and/or friends are. Intellectively, this is understood because if there were two partners and one partner willed for one thing to be and the other partner willed the opposite thing - we know opposites do not happen simultaneously - so the one who willed what did not occur is weak.

Ramadan’s text does exactly as required – introduces – while spurring the reader to think beyond mere definitions.Fasting also disciplines the Muslim and brings Muslims together--uniting them by a common, shared experience. Designed with colourful illustrations to aid visual learning, the book is guaranteed to make learning fun and meaningful.