The Three fundamental Principals
Islamic Mini-Course by Shaikh Muhammad Abdulrahman
Iman: Part 2
The Pillars of Iman are 6: 1ST Pillar
أن تؤمن بالله، Belief in Allah.The conditions for belief in Allah are:
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Belief in the existence of Allah. And this is proven by :
The fitrah. Allah created us with the natural disposition of belief in Him as their creator
- We use our intellect to know that Allah exists. We see his creations and understand his greatness
- We know that Allah exists through his revelation. All of the revealed books state the existence of Allah.
And finally we know Allah exists through experience. For example, we hear those who are distressed supplicate to Allah and Allah answers their prayers.Allah (swt) says in the qur’an: إِذْ تَسْتَغِيثُونَ رَبَّكُمْ فَاسْتَجَابَ لَكُمْ (Anfal (8):9)“When you sought aid and deliverance from your Lord and He responded to you.”
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Belief in Allah’s Lordship that he alone is The Lord and has now share in Lordship. (Tawheed al Rububiyah)
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Belief in Allah’s sole right to be worshiped (Tawheed al Uloohiyah)
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And to belive in all the names and attributes of Allah. We only know 99 of Allah’s names and attributes, and these area the ones that are told to use through the Qur’an and the sayings of Prophet Muhammad (saw). BUT there are more.
2nd Pillar: وملائكته Belief in the Angles
The conditions for belief in the Angles are the following:
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To belive that they are created by Allah
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To belive in their existence.(some say that they are just souls, and don’t have a true form therefore they do not exist)
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To belive specifically in those who are known such as Jibreel. We don’t know their numbers, but we know that they are very, very, VERY vast in number. More than we can even understand! This following kinda says it all.
From Anas radiyallahu ‘anhu, concerning the night-journy and ascension (mi’raaj) of the Prophet (saw), that the “Much Frequented House” (al Batytul-Ma’moor) was shown to the Prophet (saw), and that seventy thousand angles pray in it everyday, and then when they leave, they never return to it, but another group arrives everyday (Collected by Al-Bukhaaree)
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To belive of whatever has been described to us of their attribute. Ex: Prophet Muhammad (Saw) told us that he saw Gabriel with 600 wings and it was filling the horizon. But Allah also gave him the ability to change into the form of a man by his will.
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To belive in the duties that we know of which they carry out by the command of Allah the most high. EX: we know that the angle that is guardian of hell fire is Malik
Allah (swt) says in the qur’an:وَنَادَوْا يَا مَالِكُ لِيَقْضِ عَلَيْنَا رَبُّكَ43:77 They will cry: “O Malik! would that thy Lord put an end to us!” He will say, “Nay, but ye shall abide!”
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