Book 1. KITAB AL-IMAN
(The Book of Faith)
Chapter
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- What is Iman and what are its characteristics
- On Prayer (Salat) which is one of the Pillars
of Iman
- Pertaining to Faith In Allah
- Concerning Iman by which a person would enter
Heaven
- Concerning the saying of the Apostle; Islam
is founded on five (fundamentals)
- Relating to the Command for Belief In Allah
and His Prophet and the laws of Islam and inviting (people to) them
- Calling people to testifications and the Canons
of Islam
- Command for fighting against the people so
long as they do not profess that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is
His Messenger
- He who accepts Islam at the death-bed, before
the actual agony of death, is a Muslim.It is forbidden to supplicate blessings
for the polytheists.He who dies as a polytheist is one among the denizens
of Hell and no means would be effective enough to take him out of that
- He who meets his Lord with implicit faith
would enter Heaven and fire would be forbidden to harm him ...
- He relished the flavour of Iman who was pleased
with Allah as his Lord
- Concerning the branches of Iman
- Concerning the comprehensive attributes of
Islam ...
- Concerning the eminence of Islam and of the
affairs which are excellent
- Concerning the attributes by which one gets
the relish of Iman
- It is obligatory to love the Prophet more
than the members of one's household: one's child, father or even the whole
of humanity
- Concerning the fact that it is one of the
characteristics of Iman that one should like the same thing for one's brother-in-Islam
as one likes for one's self
- Concerning the prohibition to harm neighbour
- Concerning exhortation to accord honour
and respect to the neighbour and the guest and obligation to observe silence
except in goodness, and all these qualities come within the orbit of Iman
- Concerning the facts that Interdiction against
abominable is a part of Faith, that Faith increases and diminishes; enjoining
that which is good and for bidding that which is abominable are obligatory(acts)
- Precedence of the believers over one another
and the superiority of the people of Yemen in this respect
- Concerning the fact that no one will enter
Paradise except believers,that love for believers is (a characteristic (feature
of) Faith and giving currency to (the practice of paying salutation by, saying)
As-Salimu'Alaikum (peace be upon you) is the means to achieve it (Faith)
- Din is sincerity and well-wishing
- Concerning diminution of Belief due to sins
and its separation from the sinner;negation of the excellence of Islam at
the time of committing sin
- Concerning the peculiarities of a hypocrite
- The condition of the Faith of one who calls
his brother Muslim as an unbeliever
- The condition of the Faith of one who knowingly
denies his true fatherhood
- Abusing a Muslim is an outrage and fighting
against him is unbelief
- Don't become unbelievers after me by striking
the necks of one another
- The use of the word "Unbelief" in case
of slandering (anyone) or one's lineage, and lamentation
- Calling the fugitive slave as infidel
- The unbelief of one who said: We got rainfall
by the movement (of the stars)
- The love of Ansar (helpers) and 'All (may
Allah be pleased with all of them) is (an Ingredient) of Iman and (one of)
its signs, and hatred against them is a sign of dissemblance
- Ditninution of Imin by failing in submission
and the use of the word "Kufr" for things besides unbelief of Allah, for example
ungratefulness and Ingratitude
- Application of the word "Kufr" on one who
neglects prayer
- Belief in Allah is the best of deeds
- Polytheism is the most shameful of sins and
the mentioning of the gravest sin next to it
- Major sins and the gravest among these
- Forbiddance of pride
- He who dies associating none with Allah would
enter Paradise and he who dies as a polytheist would enter the fire of Hell
- Prohibition of killing of an infidel after
he say's: "There is no god but Allah"
- The utterance of the Apostle (may peace be
upon him) :He who takes up arms against us is not of us (i.e. he ceases to
be a Muslim)
- The utterance of the Apostle (way peace be
upon him). He who acted dishonestly towards us is not of us(i.e. he is not
to be counted amongst Muslims)
- Beating of the cheeks, tearing of the front
opening of the shirt, and calling the calls of the Jihillya (Ignorance) are
forbidden
- Serious prohibition of tale-carrying
- Serious prohibition of letting down the lower
garment: of laying obligation of selling goods by false oaths, and description
of those three (persons) with whom Allah would not speak on the Day of Resurrection
nor would He see towards them nor would absolve them, and for them is a painful
chastisement
- Suicide is the gravest sin
- Strict forbiddance of acting unfaithfully
in relation to the spoils or booty.The believers alone would enterParadise
- Argument in favour of the fact that he who
kills himself does not become unbeliever
- Concerning the wind which would blow near
the Day of Resurrection and would cause to die anyone having anything like
faith in his heart
- Exhortation to be prompt in doing good deeds
before the appearance of turbulence
- Pertaining to the fear of a believer lest
his deed should be lost
- Would (people) be held responsible for the
deeds committed during the state of ignorance?
- Islam effaces all the previous misdeeds and
so do Migration and Pilgrimage
- Pertaining to the virtuous act of a man before
embracing Islam
- The veracity of Faith and its sincerity
- Concerning the Words of Allah whether you
manifest whatever is in your mind or hide it
- Allah disregards the premonition of the evil
promptings of the heart so long as they do not take a firmroot
- Whenever a person intends to do a good deed,
it'is recorded, but whenever he intends to commit evil, it is not written
.
- Pertaining to evil suggestion or prompting
in faith and what should be said when it occurs.to the mind of a man
- Warning for one appropriating the right of
a Muslim by taking a false oath: the fire (of Hell) is his chastisement
- Concerning the fact that violable is the
blood of one who makes an attempt to take possession of the property of another
without any legitimate right.If such a man is killed his abode is Fire and
he who dies in protecting his property is a martyr
- The ruler who is unjust to his subjects deserves
punishment of Fire
- Removal of Trustworthiness and Faith from
somehearts and appearance of discord therein
- Islam was initiated as something strange,
and it would revert to its (old position) of being strange, and it would concentrate
between the two mosques
- The effacing of Faith in the later age
- Permissibility of concealing the Faith of
one who fears
- To habituate the heart with Faith which.
due to its weakness, is scared and the forbiddance to call positively one.a
believer without a definite proof
- The heart is more satisfied on seeing evidence
- The necessity of affirming the Prophethood
of our Apostle Muhammad (may peace be upon him) who is the Apostle sent to
the whole of humanity. and the abrogation of other religions with his religion
- The descent of Jesus son of Mary, and he
will judge according to the Shari'ah of our Apostle, Muhammad(may peace be
upon him)
- Description of the period In which Imin
would not be acceptable to Allah
- The beginning of Revelation to the Messenger
of Allah (may peace be upon him)
- Night journey of the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) to Heaven. and the prayer made obligatory
- Pertaining to Jesus son of Mary and al-Masib
al-Dajjil
- Concerniing Sidrat-ul-Muntabi (remotest Lote
tree)
- The meaning of the words of Allah: "He saw
Him in another descent" (al-Quran 2, liii. 13).Did the Apostle (may peace
be upon him) see his Lord on the night of his journey (to Heaven) ?
- Pertaining to his (Prophet's) words: He is
a Light; how could I see Him?-and his words: I saw the Light
- In proof of the fact that the believers would
see their Lord hallowed be He and exalted) on the Last Day
- The way in which the believers would see
the Lord
- Affirmation of intercession and rescue from
Fire of the believers in Oneness of Allah
- The lowest of the ranks in Paradise
- Pertaining to the words of the Apostle of
Allah (may peace be upon him): "I would be the first among people to Intercede
in the Paradise and among the Apostles I would have the largest following"
- Prayer of the Apostle (may peace be upon
him) for his Ummah and his being moved to tears on account of his affection
for them
- He who died with unbelief would be (thrown)
into the Fire, intercession would be of no avail to him and the relationship
of his favourites would not benefit him
- Regarding the words of Allah: "And warn thy
nearest kindred"
- Intercession of the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) for Abu Talib and some remission for him on this account
- Proof in support of the fact that he who
died in unbelief, his deed would not be of any avail to him
- Friendship with believers and dissociation
with non-believers and severance from the
- The admittance into Paradise of a group of
Muslims without rendering any account and suffering punishment (torment)
- This Ummah (Ummah of Islam) would constitute
half of the inhabitants of Paradise