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Why Are You Muslim?
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‘Why are you Muslim?’ It may sound like an obvious question, but often many of us don’t have a clear answer to it. I remember being asked this question by my elder brother when I was fourteen years of age, my initial answer was ‘Well, our family is Muslim’, his reply to this made me think, he said, ‘If your family were Hindu or Christian, would you be as well?’. I replied with a strong ‘No, Islam is the truth’, the discussion that followed made me question the basis of my life and changed my life for ever. He triggered me to think about how to prove that Islam is the truth rather than just believing it emotionally or blindly. In fact Allah (swt) has condemned people for imitating their forefathers and adopting their belief without clear evidence.

In the Holy Qur’an, He (swt) says:

“And verily guess is no substitute for the truth.” [TMQ 53:28]

“They have no (certain) knowledge. They follow nothing but conjecture. For surely; they killed him not (‘Isa).” [TMQ 4:157]

"These are nothing but names which you have devised, you and your fathers, for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow nothing but conjecture and what their Nafs desire. Even though there has already come to them the Guidance from their Rabb" [TMQ 53:23]

"Do you have Ilm (knowledge) for that which you claim so that you provide us with? You follow nothing but conjecture (Zann)." [TMQ 6:148]

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Fardhu Ain
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Bagi orang mukmin, ilmu adalah penyuluh hidupnya. Pengalamannya adalah pengajaran, iktibar dan penasihatnya. Takutnya kepada Tuhan adalah pengawal diri. Sabarnya adalah perisai hidupnya. Redha dengan Tuhan kerana baik sangka dengan Tuhannya. Tawakalnya adalah harapan masa depannya. Bacaan Al Quran adalah hiburannya dan bercakap-cakap dengan Tuhan. Juga perbualannya dan bercakap dengan Tuhan Pencipta manusia. Selawat adalah penyejuk dan pelembut hatinya. Doa dan permintaannya kepada Tuhannya tanda dia hamba. Hamba adalah hina, lemah, memerlukan pertolongan Tuhannya. Sembahyang adalah pembaharuan ikrar dan membaharukan syahadah. Serta membersihkan jiwa dari mazmumah. Begitulah peranan setengah daripada sifat-sifat mahmudah. Juga setengah daripada peranan mendirikan solat. Kalau begitu cuba gambarkan orang yang tidak bersembahyang. Yang juga memiliki sifat-sifat mazmumah. Ertinya segala masalah berkumpul di kepala dan jiwanya. Bagaimana tidak menderita dan terseksa. Mampukah menanggungnya?
Dalam jalan ke arah Usaha Taqwa, ilmu Fardhu Ain adalah sangat penting dan diperlukan sebagai penyuluh kepada perjalanan menuju Allah  dalam usaha membaiki diri, mempertingkatkan diri, melatih diri, menjadi orang yang bertaqwa serta mendapat redha dan kasih sayang Allah. Maka Fardhu Ain memainkan peranan bagi setiap Muslim sebagai panduan hidup di dunia sebagai persiapan ke alam akhirat yang kekal abadi.
Di dalam ajaran Islam, secara umum ilmu-ilmu Fardhu Ain yang penting itu boleh dibahagikan kepada tiga bahagian iaitu:
1. Usuluddin (aqidah)
2. Feqah (syariat)
3. Tasawuf (akhlak)
Dalam pengamalannya, setiap orang Islam mestilah melaksanakan secara serentak ketiga-tiga ilmu tadi. Sama ada dari segi teori mahupun praktikal, atau dari segi ilmiah dan amaliahnya.
Tiga ilmu ini merupakan tiga serangkai yang tidak boleh dipisah-pisahkan. Kalau dipisah pisahkan salah satu daripada tiga serangkai itu, maka akibatnya rosaklah yang lainnya. Ertinya amalan Islam itu menjadi sah apabila ketiga-tiga ilmu tersebut dilaksanakan sekaligus dan serentak. Ia tidak boleh diamalkan satu-satu sahaja tanpa yang lain. Ber`feqah’ saja atau ber`usuluddin’ saja atau berakhlak saja, tentu akan merosakkan ke-Islaman seseorang. Jadi tiga serangkai ilmu ini tidak boleh dipisah-pisahkan dalam seluruh tindakan hidup. Kalau dipisahkan dalam pengamalan seharian, paling tidak seseorang itu akan jadi orang fasiq. Bahkan berkemungkinan ia akan jatuh kepada kafir tanpa ia sedar.
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Astrology vs. Astronomy
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- by Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid -


Praise be to Allaah.Al-Bukhaari said in his Saheeh: Qutaadah said: “Allaah created these stars for three purposes: to adorn the heavens, to stone the devils and as signs by which to navigate. Whoever seeks anything else in them is mistaken and does not benefit from them, and he is wasting his time and effort in seeking something of which he has no knowledge.”(Saheeh al-Bukhaari, Baab fi’l-Nujoom, 2/240)
The study of the stars is divided into two kinds: 
1-     Study of the influence of the stars (astrology)
2-     Study of the positions and movements of the stars (astronomy)
Study of the influence of the stars (astrology) is divided into three categories: 
1 – The belief that these stars have a real influence in the sense that they create events and evil. This is major shirk (shirk akbar), because whoever claims that there is another creator alongside Allaah is a mushrik in the sense of major shirk, for he is regarding a created thing that is subjugated as a creator which subjugates.
2 – Making this a reason to claim to have knowledge of the unseen, so from the movements and changes in the stars he deduces that such and such will happen because such and such has happened to such and such a star. For example, he may say that one person’s life will be miserable because he was born under this star, and that another person’s life will be happy because he was born under that star. This person is taking knowledge of the stars as a means to claim that he has knowledge of the unseen, and claiming to have knowledge of the unseen is kufr (disbelief) which puts one beyond the pale of Islam, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Say: None in the heavens and the earth knows the Ghayb (Unseen) except Allaah”[al-Naml 29:65]
The grammatical structure used in the original Arabic – starting with the negation laa (translated here as “none”) followed by the word illa (“except”) – is one of the most emphatic ways of expressing exclusivity. So if a person claims to know the unseen, he is effectively disbelieving what the Qur’aan says.
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Sebab- Sebab Terhapusnya Dosa
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- by Syaikhul Islam Ibnu Thaimiyyah-
Syaikhul Islam Ibnu Thaimiyyah berkata:
والذنوب تنقص الإيمان فإذا تاب العبد أحبه الله وقد ترتفع درجته بالتوبة قال بعض السلف كان داود بعد التوبة خيرا منه قبل الخطيئة فمن قضى له بالتوبة كان كما قال سعيد ابن جبير إن العبد ليعمل الحسنة فيدخل بها النار وإن العبد ليعمل السيئة فيدخل بها الجنة وذلك أنه يعمل الحسنة فتكون نصب عينة ويعجب بها ويعمل السيئة فتكون نصب عينة فيستغفر الله ويتوب إليه منها
“Dan dosa-dosa akan mengurangi keimanan. Apabila seseorang hamba itu bertaubat, maka Allah akan mencintainya dan ketika itu diangkat darjatnya kerana taubat tersebut. Telah berkata sebahagian dari para salaf: “Dahulu setelah Nabi Daud ‘alahis salam bertaubat, keadaannya lebih baik dibandingkan sebelum dia terjatuh ke dalam kesalahan. Maka barangsiapa yang ditakdirkan untuk bertaubat, maka dirinya seperti yang dikatakan oleh Sa’id ibnu Jubair radiyallahu anhu, “Sesungguhnya seorang hamba yang beramal dengan amalan kebaikan, boleh jadi dengan sebab amalan kebaikannya itu akan memasukkannya ke dalam neraka. Boleh jadi pula seorang hamba melakukan amalan keburukan akan tetapi membawa dirinya masuk ke dalam surga. Hal itu adalah kerana dia membanggakan amalan kebaikannya. Sebaliknya, hamba yang terjatuh ke dalam kesalahan membawa dirinya untuk beristighfar kepada Allah dan memohon ampun kepada-Nya, kemudian Allah mengampuni kesalahan-kesalahannya.“
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Conditions of La ilaaha illa Allaah
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- by Jamaal ud-Deen az-Zarabozo -


Every Muslim knows that the key to Paradise is the statement, "There is none worthy of worship except Allaah." Yet too many Muslims simply rely upon this statement and believe that as long as they have made this statement, nothing will harm them. They think they will be granted Paradise because of this mere verbal statement of the Shahadah. There is no question that the mere saying of," I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and messenger," is not sufficient for salvation. In fact, the hypocrites used to make this statement quite often yet Allaah describes them as liars and says that they shall abide in the lowest abyss of the Hell-fire.
As many scholars state, though, this statement or testimony is the key to Paradise. The famous follower Wahb ibn Munabbih was once asked, " Isn't the statement of la ilaaha illa Allaah the key to Paradise?" He answered, "Yes, but every key has ridges. If you come with the key that has the right ridges, the door will open for you. Yet if you do not have the right ridges the door will not open for you." That is, the statement must meet certain conditions. These conditions are what will differentiate the person who will benefit from his making of that statement from the one who will not benefit from that statement, no matter how many times a day he may have made that statement.
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'Aqeedah Comes First!
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- by Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan -

The first, main, and primary foundation of the Call to Allaah, and why this is the case.
The ’aqeedah must come first because the only real cause for the differing and destruction that has come upon our Islaamic world is the purified ’aqeedah.  Allaah - the Most High.

WHY MUST ’AQEEDAH COME FIRST?

The ’aqeedah (creed) must come first because it is the foundation of the da’wah (call) of the Prophets as Allaah the Exalted said upon the tongue of every Prophet He sent to his people: “O people! Worship Allaah, you do not have a deity other than Him.” [Soorah Hood 11:84]
The ’aqeedah (creed) must come first because it is the decisive partition between abiding in the Fire (forever) and being saved from it. Have you not heard the statement of Allaah – Sublime is His Affair – :
“Verily Allaah does not forgive that shirk (association) be made with Him, and He forgives whatever is less than that for whomever He wishes. And whoever commits shirk with Allaah, then he has indeed perpetrated a great sin.” [Sooratun-Nisaa‘ 4:48]
Shirk is the greatest of those things which negate Tawheed, which is the basis for the correctness of the correct ’aqeedah.
The ’aqeedah must come first because shirk with Allaah is the greatest form of oppression as Allaah the Exalted says: “Verily Shirk is indeed a great transgression.” [Soorah Luqmaan 31:13]
The ’aqeedah must come first because the only real cause for the differing and destruction that has come upon our Islaamic world is the purified ’aqeedah.
So indeed the creed of many of the Muslims today has become corrupted by matters of greater shirk from making tawaaf (encircling) the graves, and seeking help from the dead people inside of them, and trying to fulfill ones needs and affairs from them. So they return to the first jaahiliyyah (pre-Islaamic times of ignorance), and it is as if they have not heard the statement of Allaah the Exalted:
‘‘Verily those whom you call upon besides Allaah do not hear your calls. And if they were able to hear you, then they would not be able to answer you. And upon the Day of Judgement, they will disown your worship of them, and there is none like He who is the All-Knower.” [Sooratul-Faatir 14]
And we prohibit you from the innovations of the Soofiyyah which many of the common folk of the Muslims have erected to (such) an educational level that whole countries have institutionalized these innovations, such as the celebration of the Birthday of the Prophet (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam).
And (innovations such as) accompanying the Christians in their festivals, not to mention the deviations in dealings and manners and other than that from that which separates their countries from the Book and the authenticated Sunnah, with the permission of Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic.
And after this beloved brother of mine we have shown the truth of our statement that the ’aqeedah must come first.
Translated by Maaz Qureshi
- Source blog.iloveallaah.com-
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