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The
Rasul believes in what has been sent down to him from his
Rabb as do the Mu’mineen. They all believe in Allah. His
Angels and His Books. No distinction is made between one
and another of them. They say: We hear and we obey.
Forgive us our Rabb. and to You is our final
destination.’
Suratul
Baqara 284 ayah
And
those who have Imaan and do righteousness and have Imaan
in that which has been sent down to Muhammad and it is the
Haqq from their Rabb. He will remove their evils from them
and improve their condition.
Suratul
Muhammad 2 ayah
Al Imam
at Tahawi Rahmatullahi alaih said:
والإيمان:
هو
الإيمان
بالله،
وملائكته،
وكتبه،
ورسله،
واليوم
الآخر،
والقدر
خيره وشره،
وحلوه
ومره من
الله
تعالى.
Belief
consists of belief in Allah, His Angels, His Books, His
Messengers, the Last Day, and belief that the Decree -
both the good of it and the bad of it, the sweet of it and
the bitter or it - is all from Allah. (Aqeedah Tahawiyyah)
I
believe in Allah and His Angels and His Books and
His
Messengers and The Last Day and Qadr. the Good of it and
The Bad of
it
is from Allahu ta Ala and The Ressurection after Death.
Alhamdulillah.
Allahu ta ‘ala commands to that which is correct and
Guides to the way that is straight. The most important
aspect of being, of existence in this world and the next
is True Imaan and proper Aqaa’id (Islamic beliefs).
Without these, we are not Muslim but in fact Kuffar.
It is not enough to have been born into a Muslim family or
to affirm with the tongue our acceptance of Kalima
Shahaadah and say we are Ahli Qiblah while flaunting
incorrect beliefs and actions.
True
Imaan can be described and summed up with one simple
phrase and adherence to the same: Al Imam At Tahaawi
said:
-
والإيمان:
هو
الإقرار
باللسان،
والتصديق
بالجنان
Faith
(belief) is affirmation by the tongue and believing in the
heart and mind.
(Aqeedah
Tahaawiyyah)
-
Wal
Iman huwal Iqraaru bi lisaan wat tasdiqun bil janaan
“Iman
is Acceptance with the Heart (Qalb) and Declaration with
the Tongue (Lisaan) “
Tasdiq
bil Janaan means a firm acceptance and belief
unaccompanied by doubt in ones heart of hearts (Qalb). A
person who has Tasdiq Bil Janaan believes in the Existence
of Allahu ta ala and accepts specific injunctions such as
belief in The Last Day, The Angels, the necessity of
following Rasulullah Sallallahu alaihi as sallim for
Salvation in the Hereafter, etc.
Allamah
Taftaazaani Rahmatullah
alaihi In “Sharhul Aqaa’id states that Tasdiq is the
primary fundamental of Imaan and says that:
Tasdiq
is the acceptance of all that which Muhammad Sall Allahu
alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim brought from Allahu ta
‘ala.”
This
means the acceptance of everything proven to have been
delivered to the Ummah by Rasulullah Sall Allahu alaihi wa
Aalihi wa Sallim. Further evidence of the correctness of
this view of Allama Taftaazaani is found in Suratul Hashr
wherein Allahu ta ‘ala states:
And
accept (take) what The Rasul gives you and
deny
yourselves that which he withholds.
Al
Imaam Tabari
Rahmatullah Alaihi the famous Muffasir (Authority on
Authentic Qur’anic Commentary) commenting on the verse;
Allatheena
yu’minoona bil ghayb” from the third ayah of Suratul
Baqara, ‘presenting the views states that:
…
the four verses sent down to Muhammad Sall Allahu alaihi
wa Aalihi wa Sallim alaihi wa sallim ( from the beginning
of Suratul Baqara ) as a description of all the believers
whose description this is, Arab and Ajam ( non-Arab ),
people of the two scriptures ( Taurah and Injeel ), and
others. This is a description of just a single category of
people: the believers in what Allahu ta ala sent down to
Muhammad Sall Allahu alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim and what
was sent down before him are the believers in the Unseen.
These
Believers accepted with their hearts and testified to this
truth with their tongues (Kalima Shahaadah and Iman
Mufassal etc.) all that was sent down to the Rasul Sall
Allahu alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim.
Ibaadah
(acts of worship) must be accompanied by Imaan, as without
this, we cannot claim to be Ahli Qiblah (Followers of The
Holy Last Messenger Sall Allahu alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim)
even if we make Salaah. pay Zakaah, Fast Ramadhan and go
for Hajj.
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