Tuheed: The Arabs say waahid, ahad and
waheed, all meaning one. Allah is Waahid, meaning that He has no rivals or
peers in any way. So Tawheed means knowing Allah is one, with none like unto
Him. Whoever does not acknowledge Allah in these terms and does not describe
Him as being one with no partner or associate does not believe in Tawheed.
Risalat: Muslims
believe that Allah sent his Messengers/Prophets. The Messengers/Prophets were
selected from the people for the people guidance. Muslims believe in these
Messengers/Prophets, their names and their messages.
1)
Allah sent message through his
Prophets.
2)
All are men not angels.
3)
All are men not female.
4)
Prophets are chosen from the people.
5)
Piety and innocents.
6)
Spotless past
7)
Prophet teach Islam
8)
The Angel Jibraeel the only to pass
the messages.
9)
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is the last
prophet.
10)
His teaching will remain till the
last day of the judgment.
11)
All previous teaching were cancelled
except some articles
12)
Universal teaching
13)
All in comprehensive
Akhrat: The word Ákhirah or Akhirat has a meaning of “the
ultimate, the ending, finally”. It has opposite meaning of “before”. In Islamic
literature, it is used to describe “after life, life after death and the other
side”
The world here is the
place for the living things and the Akhirat is the phase of afterlife. It is
the ultimate home and residual place for all of mankind.
Allah (j.j) indicated in
Holy Quran that this world has been created for temporal reasons. Finally, one
day, everything in and about this world will be destroyed, the whole earth
along with firmaments and mountains and grounds will be torn apart into pieces.
As Allah says in
Quran, Surah Al-Anbiya v:16 “We have not created the heaven and earth and all
that is between them for mere play”.
Jihad
Muslims use the word Jihad to describe three different
kinds of struggle:
·
A believer's internal struggle to live out
the Muslim faith as well as possible
·
The struggle to build a good Muslim society
Many modern writers claim that the main meaning of Jihad
is the internal spiritual struggle, and this is accepted by many Muslims.
However there are so many references to Jihad as a
military struggle in Islamic writings that it is incorrect to claim that the
interpretation of Jihad as holy war is wrong.
Internal Jihad
All religious people
want to live their lives in the way that will please their God.
So Muslims make a
great effort to live as Allah has instructed them; following the rules of the
faith, being devoted to Allah, doing everything they can to help other people.
The five Pillars of Islam as Jihad
The five Pillars of
Islam form an exercise of Jihad in this
sense, since a Muslim gets closer to Allah by performing them.
Other ways in which a Muslim engages in the 'greater
Jihad' could include:
·
Overcoming things such as anger, greed,
hatred, pride, or malice.
·
Giving up smoking.
·
Taking part in Muslim community activities.
·
Working for social justice.
·
Forgiving someone who has hurt them.
What can justify Jihad?
There are a number of reasons, but the Qur'an is clear
that self-defence is always the underlying cause.
·
Self-defence
·
Strengthening Islam
·
Protecting the freedom of Muslims to practice
their faith
·
Protecting Muslims against oppression, which
could include overthrowing a tyrannical ruler
·
Punishing an enemy who breaks an oath
·
Putting right a wrong
What a Jihad is not
A war is not a Jihad if the intention is to:
·
Force people to convert to Islam
·
Conquer other nations to colonise them
·
Take territory for economic gain
·
Settle disputes
·
Demonstrate a leader's power
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