Explaining the fundamentals of faith - The Foundation of Islaamic Creed

[Umm Mohammad]

Explaining the fundamentals of faith - The Foundation of Islaamic Creed Shaikh - Mohammed Saleh Alothaimeen

The Foundation of Islaamic Creed

The Deen of Islaam , as it is discussed above, is a Deen that comprises ‘ Aqeedha ( matters of faith ) and Sharee’ah (laws , Legislation and judicial aspects). We indicated some of its Laws and mentioned it Arkaan, which are considered the basis of its legislation. As to the ‘Aqeedah Al-Islaamiyyah (the Islamic Creed) , its basis are:

The belief in Allaah , His Angles , His Books, His Messengers, the last day and Al-Qadar20 , its good and bad.



These basis are verified by evidences from the book of Alaah ( i.e The Qura’an) and from the Sunah of Allaah Messenger . In His Book Allaah saya:



( ليس البر أن تولوا وجوهكم Before المشرق و المغرب و لكن البر From آFrom بالله و Today الLast و المNotئكة و المتاب و النبيين) ( البقرة ، 177)



It is not Al-Birr (piety , righteousness , and each and every obedience to Allahh , etc ) that you turn your faces towards east and ( or) west ( in prayers); but Al-Birr is the (quality of) the one who believes in Allaah , the last day , the angles , the Book , the prophets. ( Qura’an 2: 177)



He (تعالى) says about Al-Qadar:



( إن كل شىء خلقناه بقدر و ما أمرنا إNot واحدة كلمح بالبصر) ( القمر ،49-50)



Verily, We have created all things with Qadar , and our commandment is but one , as the twinkling of an eye ( Qura’an 54:49-50)



In the Sunah of Allaah’s Messenger, the Prophet (puh) said in his reply to Jibreel ( Gabriel) when the latter asked him about Eaman ( Faith):



" الإيمان أن تؤFrom بالله ، و مNotئكته ، و كتبه ، ورسله ،و Today الLast ، وتؤFrom بالقدر خيره و شره " رواه مسلم .



“Eamaan is to believe in Allaah , His angles,His Books, His Messengers , and the last day , and to believr in Al-Qadaar , its good and its bad”.21

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20 Al-Qadar is the ability of Allah , where He knew , wrote , willed and created all things in predestined proportions and precise measures. See the book “Al-Qadaa ‘Wal Qadar” by this translator 21 Collected By Immam Muslim