Faith
Faith is the complete trust or confidence in someone or something (belief)
You can believe in something without having faith, but you cannot have faith without belief.
Faith is a supernatural gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
| In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Eternally Merciful | Faith | بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَانِ الرَّحِيْمِ |
| Say, “If you were to love Allah (SWT) then follow me Allah (SWT) will love you | قُلْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّوْنَ اللهَ فَاتَّبِعُوْنِي يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللهُ | |
| and forgive for you your sins” and Allah (SWT) is Oft-Forgiving, Most-Merciful | 3-31 | وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوْبَكُمْ وَاللهُ غَفُوْرٌ رَّحِيْمٌ |
| So, remember Me, I will remember you and be grateful to Me and never be ungrateful to Me | 2-152 | فَاذْكُرُوْنِي أَذْكُرْكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوْا لِي وَلَا تَكْفُرُوْنَ |
| O you who believe, Seek help through patience and prayer | يَآ أَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ ءَامَنُوْا اسْتَعِيْنُوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاةِ | |
| Truly Allah (SWT) is with the patient | 2-153 | إِنَّ اللهَ مَعَ الصَّابِرِيْنَ |
Book of Faith
1. Sahih Muslim Vol 1, chapter 1, 97-5-9, pg 96
What is Islam, Iman and Ihsan
| In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Eternally Merciful | بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَانِ الرَّحِيْمِ | |
| It was narrated that Abu Hurairah (RA) said, “One day the Messenger of Allah (SWT) appeared before the | عَن أَبِي هُرَيرَةَ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُ يَومًا بَارِزًا | |
| people and there came to him, a man who said, “O Messenger of Allah (SWT), what is faith? he said, ‘to | لِلنَّاسِ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا الإِيمَانُ قَالَ أَنْ | |
| believe in Allah (SWT), His Angels, His Books, the meeting with Him, and His Messengers and to believe | تُؤْمِنَ بِاللهِ وَمَلَائِكَةِ وَكِتَابِهِ وَلِقَائِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَتُؤْمِنَ | |
| in the resurrection hereafter’ he said, ‘O Messenger of Allah (SWT), what is Islam? he said, ‘Islam is to | بِالبَعْثِ الآخِرِ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا الإِسْلَامُ قَالَ الإِسْلَامُ أَنْ | |
| worship Allah (SWT) and not associate anything with Him, to establish the prescribed prayer, to pay the | تَعْبُدَ اللهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكَ بِهِ شَيْئًا وَتُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةَ المَكْتُوبَةَ وُتُؤَدَّى | |
| obligatory tax and to observe the fast in Ramadan’ he said, ‘O Messenger of Allah (SWT), what is Ihsan? | الزَّكَاةَ المَفْرُوضَةَ وَتَصَومَ رَمَضَانَ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا الإحْسَانُ | |
| he said, ‘It is to worship Allah (SWT) as though you can see Him, for although you cannot see Him, He | قَالَ أَن تَعْبُدَ اللهَ كَأَنَّكَ تَرَاهُ فَإِنَّكَ إِن لَا تَرَاهُ | |
| indeed, sees you’ he said, ‘O Messenger of Allah (SWT), when is the hour? he said, ‘the one who is asked | فَإِنَّهُ يَرَاكَ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَتَى السَّاعَةُ قَالَ مَا المَسْؤُولُ | |
| about it does not know more than the one who is asking, but I shall tell you of its portents, when the | عَنْهَا بِأَعْلَمَ مِنَ السَّائِلِ وَلَاكِنْ سَأُحَدَّثُكَ عَنْ أَشْرَاطِهَا إِذَا | |
| slave woman gives birth to her mistress, that is one of its portents. When the barefoot and naked | وَلَدَتِ الأَمَةُ رَبَّهَا فَذَاكَ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِهَا وَإِذَا كَانَتِ العُرَاةُ الحُفَاةُ | |
| become the leaders of the people, that is one of its portents. When the herdsmen of sheep compete in | رُءُوسَ النَّاسِ فَذَاكَ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِهَا وَإِذَا تَطَاوَلَ رِعَاهُ البَهْمِ فِي | |
| construction of lofty buildings, that is one of its portents. The Hour is one of the five things that no one | البُنْيَانِ فَذَاكَ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِهَا فِي خَمْسٍ لَا يَعْلَمُهُنَّ | |
| knows except Allah (SWT)’ then he recited, ‘Verily, Allah (SWT) with Him is the knowledge of the Hour, He | إِلَّا اللهُ ثُمَّ تَلَا صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُ إِنَّ اللهَ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ | |
| sends down the rain and knows that which is in the wombs and no person knows what he will earn | وَيُنَزِّلُ الغَيْثَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِى الأَرْحَامِ وَمَا تَدْرِى نَفْسٌ مَّاذَا تَكْسِبُ | |
| tomorrow, and no person knows in what land he will die. Verily Allah (SWT) is All-Knower, All-Aware'” | غَدًا وَمَا تَدْرِى نَفْسٌ بِأَيِّ أَرْضِ تَمُوتُ إِنَّ اللهَ عَلِيْمٌ خَبِيْرٌ | |
| he said, “Then the man went away, and the Messenger of Allah (SWT) said, ‘bring the man back to me’ | قَالَ ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُ رُدُّوا عَلَيَّ الرَّجُلَ | |
| they went to bring him back, but they did not see him. The Messenger of Allah (SWT) said, “that was | فَأَخَذُوا لِيَرُدُّوهُ فَلَم يَرَوا شَيْئًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُ هَذَا | |
| Gabriel, who came to teach the people their religion | جِبْرِيْلُ جَآءَ لِيُعَلِّمَ النَّاسَ دِيْنَهُم | |
2- Sahih Muslim Vol 7, chapter 1, 6723-1-2643, pg 15, Book of Al-Qadr
Creation in the womb, provision, lifespan, deeds and misery or happiness
| In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Eternally Merciful | بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَانِ الرَّحِيْمِ | |
| It was narrated that Abdullah (RA) said, “the Messenger of Allah (SWT) and he is the truthful, the one who | عَن عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا رَسُوْلُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُ وَهُوَ الصَّادِقُ المَصْدُوقُ | |
| is believed, told us, ‘The creation of any one of you is put together in his mother’s womb for forty days, | إِنَّ أَحَدَكُم يُجْمَعُ خَلْقُهُ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ أَرْبَعِيْنَ يَوْمًا | |
| then, he is during that, an Alaqah for a similar period, then, he becomes a Mudghah for a similar period, | ثُمَّ يَكُونُ فِي ذَلِكَ عَلَقَةٌ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ يَكُونُ فِي ذَلِكَ مُضْغَةٌ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ | |
| then Allah (SWT) sends to him an Angel who breathes the soul into him and is enjoined to write down | ثُمَّ يُرْسِلُ اللهُ المَلَكَ فَيَنْفُخُ فِيهِ الرُّوحَ وَيُؤْمَرُ بِأَرْبَعِ كَلِمَاتٍ | |
| four things, his provision, his lifespan, his deeds, and his misery or happiness, by the One besides Whom | بِكَتْبِ رِزْقِهِ وَأَجَلِهِ وَعَمَلِهِ وَشَقِيٌّ أَو سَعِيْدٌ فَوَالَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ | |
| none has the right to be worshipped, one of you may do the deeds of the people of Paradise until there | إِنَّ أَحَدَكُم لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الجَنَّةِ حَتَّى مَا | |
| is nothing between him and it but a cubit, then the Decree overtakes him, and he does the deeds of the | يَكُونُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا إِلَّا ذِرَاعٌ فَيَسْبِقُ عَلَيهِ الكِتَابُ فَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ | |
| people of the fire and enters it, and one of you may do the deeds of the people of the fire until there is | أَهْلِ النَّارِ فَيَدْخُلُهَا وَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُم لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ حَتَّى مَا يَكُونُ | |
| nothing between him and it but a cubit then, the Decree overtakes him, and he does the deeds of the | بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا إِلَّا ذِرَاعٌ فَيَسْبِقُ عَلَيهِ الكِتَابُ فَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ | |
| people of Paradise and enters it | أَهْلِ الجَنَّةِ فَيَدْخُلُهَا | |
3- Sahih Muslim Vol 7, chapter 1, 6731-6-2647, pg 20, Book of Al-Qadr
Do good deeds for everyone is helped to do their deeds
| In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Eternally Merciful | بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَانِ الرَّحِيْمِ | |
| It was narrated that Ali (RA) said, “We were at a funeral in Baqi Al-Gharqad and the Messenger of Allah | عَن عَلِيِّ قَالَ كُنَّ فِي جَنَازَةٍ فِي بَقِيعِ الغَرْقَدِ فَأَتَانَا رَسُوْلُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُ | |
| (SWT) came to us, he sat down, and we sat down around him, he had a stick and he looked down at the | فَقَعَدَ وَقَعَدْنَا حَوْلَهُ وَمَعَهُ مِخْصَرَةٌ فَنَكَّسَ فَجَعَلَ يَنْكُتُ | |
| ground and started to scratch the ground with the stick then, he said, ‘There is no one among you, no | بِمِخْصَرَتِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا مِنْكُم مِن أَحَدٍ مَا | |
| living soul, but Allah (SWT) has decreed his place in Paradise or the Fire and it has been decreed whether | مِن نَفْسٍ مَنْفُوسَةٍ إِلَّا وَقَد كَتَبَ اللهُ مَكَانَهَا مِنَ الجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ وَإِلَّا وَقَدْ كُتِبَت | |
| he is miserable or happy’ a man said, ‘O Messenger of Allah (SWT), shouldn’t we rely on our destiny and | شَقِيَّةً أَو سَعِيدَةً قَالَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَفَلَا نَمْكُثُ عَلَى كِتَابِنَا | |
| and stop striving?’ he said, ‘Whoever is one of the happy, he will find himself doing the deeds of the | وَنَدَعُ العَمَلَ فَقَالَ مَن كَانَ مِن أَهْلِ السَّعَادَةِ فَسَيَصِيرُ إِلَى عَمَلِ أَهْلِ | |
| happy, and whoever is one of the miserable, he will find himself doing the deeds of the miserable’ he | السَّعَدَةِ وَمَن كَانَ مِن أَهْلِ الشَّقَاوَةِ فَسَيَصِيْرُ إِلَى عَمَلِ أَهْلِ الشَّقَاوَةِ فَقَالَ | |
| said, ‘do good deeds, for everyone is helped, the happy are helped to do the deeds of the happy, and | اعْمَلُوا فَكُلٌّ مَيَسَّرٌ أَمَّا أَهْلُ السَّعَادَةِ فَيُيَسَّرُونَ لِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ السَّعَادَةِ وَ | |
| the miserable are helped to do the deeds of the miserable’ then he recited, ‘As for him who gives and | وَأَمَّا أَهْلُ الشَّقَاوَةِ فَيُيَسَّرُونَ لِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الشَّقَاوَةِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ فَأَمَّا مَن أَعْطَى | |
| keeps his duty to Allah (SWT) and fears Him, and believes in Al-Husna, We will make smooth for him, the | وَاتَّقَى وَصَدَّقَ بِالحُسْنَى فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْيُسْرَى | |
| path of ease, but he who is greedy, miser and thinks himself self-sufficient and belies Al-Husna, We will | وَأَمَّا مَن بَخِلَ وَاسْتَغْنَى وَكَذَّبَ بِالحُسْنَى | |
| make smooth for him, the path for evil'” | فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلعُسْرَى | |
4- Sahih Muslim Vol 7, chapter 8, 6774-34-2664, pg 40, Book of Al-Qadr
Submission to the Devine Decree
| In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Eternally Merciful | بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَانِ الرَّحِيْمِ | |
| It was narrated that Abu Hurairah (RA) said, “The Messenger of Allah (SWT) said, ‘The strong believer is | عَن أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُ المُؤْمِنُ القَوِيُّ | |
| better and more beloved to Allah (SWT) than the weak believer, although both are good, strive to do that | خَيْرٌ وَأَحَبُّ إِلَى اللهِ مِنَ المُؤْمِنِ الضَّعِيْفِ وَفِي كُلَّ خَيْرٌ احْرِصْ عَلَى مَا | |
| which will benefit you and seek the help of Allah (SWT) and do not feel helpless, if anything befalls you, | يَنْفَعُكَ وَاسْتَعِنْ بِاللهِ وَلَا تَعْجِزْ وَإِنْ أَصَابَكَ شَيْءٍ | |
| do not say, ‘if only I had done so than such would have happened’ rather say, ‘Allah (SWT) has decreed | فَلَا تَقُلْ لَوْ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ كَانَ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَلَاكِنْ قُلْ قَدَرُ اللهِ | |
| and what He wills, He does’ for, if only opens the door to the work of the Shaitan | وَمَا شَآءَ فَعَلَ فَإِنَّ لَوْ تَفْتَحُ عَمَلَ الشَّيْطَانِ | |