--- aida fadriah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> From: aida fadriah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 17:27:18 +0100 (BST)
> Subject: Islam Is The Way of Life
>
> Bsm Allah Alrahman Al Raheem
>
> (In the Name of Allah The Merciful, the
> Compassionate)
>
> As Salamu 'alikum wa rahmatu Allahi wa baraktuh
>
> (Peace, Allah's Mercy and Blessings Be Upon You)
>
>
> Islam A Whole Way Of Life
> Summary of Yahya Ibrahim�s lecture �Islam A Whole
> Way of Life�
>
> Focus: Three Main categories:
>
> a The Call to Islam is more important than the
> person doing the call.
>
> a Allah will send victory to His religion
> whether with us, through us, or with coming
> generation.
>
> a A course of action for each person to live by
> in order to attain success.
>
>
>
> 1. The Call to Islam is more important than the
> person doing the call, even if it is the rasool,
> sala Allahu �alihi wa salam.
>
>
>
> Every single soul, human-being, jinn, insect, etc
> shall taste death. {{Every soul shall taste
> death}}[1]
>
>
>
> However, even if we died the �Aiqidah (belief/Creed
> of) Islam never dies. If Islam was to die by the
> death of a human being, then it would have died by
> the death of the prophet Mohammad sala Allahu �alihi
> wa salam. Yet we are the living proof that Islam
> does not die with the death of a person. The call of
> Islam is more important than the caller.
>
>
>
> Example 1. In the Battle of Uhud, it was rumoured
> that the prophet sala Allahu �alihi wa salam died,
> some of the sahaba (companions) put down their
> weaponry and sat down on the ground. They did not
> know what the do. The prophet, sala Allahu �alihi wa
> salam, was said to have died. In reply (according to
> Yusuf Ibrahim) Allah has revealed:
>
> {{Muhammad is but a messenger, messengers (the like
> of whom) have passed away before him. Will it be
> that, when he dieth or is slain, ye will turn back
> on your heels? He who turneth back on his heels doth
> no hurt to Allah, and Allah will reward the
> thankful.}} � Surat Al-Imran (3): 144.
>
>
>
> So the sahaba learnt this important lesson that the
> death of a person does not stop the da�awah. The
> travelling of the person does not stop the da�awah.
>
>
>
> 2. Allah will send victory to His religion
> whether with us, through us, or with coming
> generation
>
>
>
> First look at the glad tidings found in the Quran.
> Allah explains to us the status of the disbelievers
> in the Quran:
>
>
>
> {{Their (those who do wrong) intention is to
> extinguish Allah's Light (by blowing) with their
> mouths: But Allah will complete (the revelation of)
> His Light, even though the Unbelievers may detest
> (it)
>
> It is He Who has sent His Messenger with Guidance
> and the Religion of Truth, that he may proclaim it
> over all religion, even though the idolaters may
> detest (it).}}[2]
>
>
>
> This is the Truth. There is no hiding away from it.
> What does Allah subhanahu wa Ta�ala tell us in Surat
> Al-Anfal (Spoils of War) (8): 36 explaining to us
> the life we are in today:
>
>
>
> {{Lo! those who disbelieve spend their wealth in
> order that they may hinder (men) from the way of
> Allah. They will spend it,
>
>
>
> But what is the end?
>
> then it will become an anguish for them,
>
> then they will be conquered. And those who
> disbelieve will be gathered unto hell,}}
>
>
>
> Ask yourself, how much money has been spent to make
> the Muslim men, women and children to be
> disbelievers? How much money they spent in printing
> material that would divide the Muslims away from
> Allah? (the True Furqan (US version of the Quran).
>
>
>
> Ask yourself, how much money has been spent to keep
> the interest system of banking in place?
>
>
>
> Ask yourself, how much money has been spent to put
> out the revival in the Muslim communities?
>
>
>
> Ask yourself, how much money has been spent in
> keeping the Muslim nation poor and underdeveloped?
>
>
>
> What is the end? {{They will spend it,}} You cannot
> stop them {{then it will become an anguish for them,
> then they will be conquered. And those who
> disbelieve will be gathered unto hell,}}
>
>
>
> Before we move on to the third point, we ask you
> what is the prophet, sala Allahu �alihi wa salam�s
> as glad-tiding to us?:
>
> Hudhaifah bin Al-Yaman reported that the Messenger
> of Allah sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam said,
>
> "Prophethood (meaning himself) will remain with you
> for as long as Allah wills it to remain, then Allah
> will raise it up wherever he wills to raise it up.
> Afterwards, there will be a Caliphate that follows
> the guidance of Prophethood remaining with you for
> as long as Allah wills it to remain. Then, He will
> raise it up whenever He wills to raise it up.
> Afterwards, there will be a reign of violently
> oppressive [The reign of Muslim kings who are
> partially unjust] rule and it will remain with you
> for as long as Allah wills it to remain. Then, there
> will be a reign of tyrannical rule and it will
> remain for as long as Allah wills it to remain.
> Then, Allah will raise it up whenever He wills to
> raise it up.
>
> Then, there will be a Caliphate that follows the
> guidance of Prophethood."
>
> Then Hudhaifah said, "The Prophet stopped speaking."
>
>
> [Narrated by Ahmad and authenticated by Al-Bukhari
> in As-Silsilah As-Sahihah, vol. 1, no. 5]
>
>
>
> 3. A course of action for each person to live by
> in order to obtain success.
>
> What is your responsibility as a Muslim towards
> Islam?
>
> (a) To Know Islam, your religion:
>
>
>
> {{Seeking knowledge of the religion helps achieve
> Taqwa (fear) from Allah and increases Iman. Allah
> said, what translated means, "It is only those who
> have knowledge among His slaves that fear Allah.}}
> [Quran, 35:28].
>
>
>
> Know the rules of the Shari'ah (Islamic Law), the
> meaning and implications of Ash-Shahadatayn (the two
> testimonies, there is no god worthy of worship
> except Allah, and Mohammad is the Messenger of
> Allah), the wisdom behind the various rules of the
> religionwith regards to the permissible and the
> impermissible, the life story of the Messenger of
> Allah and knowledge in what will occur after death,
> such as the torment in the grave, the hardships of
> the Day of Resurrection, the bounties in Paradise
> and the torment in Hellfire.
>
>
>
> Know what �la ilaha Illa Allah Muhamadan rasool
> Allah� means; Know why you pray, how to pray, when
> to pray, why you fast, how you fast, when to fast,
> why you make hajj, and pay zakat, when to do them,
> and how to do them.
>
>
>
> {{Say, �Are those who know equal to those who know
> not?}} [Quran, 39:9]
>
>
>
> (b) To Call to Allah subhanahu wa ta�ala, in the
> Muslim community to come back to Islam and also with
> the Kuffar.
>
> We are the ummah in the midstream. The people named
> Mohammad are selling drugs, people named Aisha are
> prostituting themselves. Call them, bring them to
> the masjid. Tell them Aisha, hijab cleaned you and
> purified you. Call them, Ya Mohammad, Salat will
> help you stay away from evil things. Bring them back
> to Islam.
>
> But do not also forget Mary, Sue, Patricia, you also
> go to them and tell them �la ilaha Illa Allah
> Muhamadan rasool Allah� if they obey them, then tell
> them about salat, if they obey you then tell them
> about zakat, if they obey them tell them sawm, if
> they obey you tell them hajj.
>
>
>
> So da�awah to Muslims and non-Muslims
>
>
>
> (c) Implementing Allah�s Shari�ah (laws) upon
> yourself.
>
>
>
> Establish the state of Islam and shari�ah with its
> laws, rules, obligations and duties in your heart,
> implement it upon yourself, on your family,
> relatives and children, and you�ll find it
> implemented upon your land.
>
>
>
> Follow the rules of Islam within yourself, whether
> in secrecy, when you are alone by yourself, or in
> public.
>
>
>
> (d) Think & plan & write a strategic plan on How
> you the Muslim, can Islam through yourself, and your
> money and your family.
>
> We need the Muslim doctor. We need the Muslim
> lawyer. We need the Muslim carpenter. We need the
> Muslim baker. We need the Muslim payer. Do not let
> the money of the Muslim go to other. Make a
> community for Islam, where everything, every
> transaction is a Muslim. Contribute to the building
> of a masjid. Towards helping the poor in your city.
>
> (e) Bringing together the organisations, the
> institutions and make them all adhere to one
> establishment of la ilaha illa Allah.
>
>
>
> This is important. Divided we have been for long. We
> need to unite and affiliate with different Muslim
> organisations. Contribute to these institutions by
> volunteering to help.
>
>
>
> Finally, I want to end with a verse from Surat
> At-Tawbah (Repentance) (9): 105:
>
>
>
> {{And say: "Work (righteousness): Soon will Allah
> observe your work, and His Messenger, and the
> Believers: Soon will ye be brought back to the
> knower of what is hidden and what is open: then will
> He show you the truth of all that ye did.}}
>
>
>
>
>
> Source:
>
> Da�awh (Calling to Allah)
> http://islaam.com/Section.aspx?id=6
>
>
>
> Shaykh `Abdul Rahman `Abdul Khaliq, �Iman Must Be
> Taken as a Whole�, From the book, The Clear
> Distinction Between Iman & Kufr, Dar Ihyaa
> at-Turaath http://islaam.com/Article.aspx?id=184
>
>
>
> Shaykh `Abdul Rahman `Abdul Khaliq, �Priorities of
> Islamic Activities in the West�
> http://islaam.com/Article.aspx?id=188
>
>
>
> Shaykh Muhammad Salih al-Munajjid, �Seeking
> Knowledge - a Cure for Weak Iman�, from the chapter
> "Healing Weak Iman" in "The Weakening of Faith - Its
> Symptoms � Causes & Cure", Daar of Islamic Heritage,
> 1997. http://islaam.com/Article.aspx?id=236?
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahya Adel Ibrahim, �Islam A Whole Way of Life�,
>
http://www.islaam.com/audio/lectures/yi/ram/yiawhole.ram
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------
>
> [1] Quran, surat Al-Imran (3): 185.
>
>
> [2] Quran, surat As-Saff (The Ranks, Battle
> Arrays) (61): 8-9.
>
>
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>
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