ASWJ- Forewords
Foreword
All Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds. Peace and blessings of Allah be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and on his family and companions.
May Allah the Almighty keep us all on the True Path of the Ahl as-Sunnah wal Jama’ah, and may He flourish the name of Islam due to our behaviour, actions and deeds.
How much you know that much you believe.
WE ASK ALLAHU TA’ALA TO GIVE US ALL A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HIS DEEN. AMEEN
Back To Madina / Back to Rasoolallah ﷺ
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Verily, Belief returns and goes back to Medina as a snake returns and goes back to its hole (when in danger). (Sahih al-Bukhari-Book Of Virtues Of Madina)
Revolution /inqilab (awareness)
1. Promoting Aqidah e ahle sunnat wal jamaat + ahklaq e awliya/sufiya.
2. Socio-Political-Economic change in the society.
Revolution must have dawat(inviting towards haqq/truth(ahle sunnat wal jamaat)+jihad/struggle (social/political/economic ills)
Dawat –jihad/struggle =misguidance AND Jihad/struggle –dawat=destruction
Islam-revolution=present deen AND Islam+revolution=actual deen
Convey the message of islam (complete/kull deen not portion/juzz )and establishing islam all over the earth.
Follow kull deen(tauheed- risalat- ahkirat and islam-iman-ihsan) not juzz/partial deen (means just one aspect of the deen).
“facing the Qiblah” = stands for a person who believes in all the essentials of the Islamic faith.
Man of bid’ah= one whose beliefs are different from the Ahl as-Sunnah faith. Ahle sunnat wal jamaat are upon the methodlogy of the salaf of the ummah.Call the common people and teach them to discover and realize the truth .
BE WITH AHLE SUNNAT WAL JAMAAT (SUNNI’S)(complete-balanced-moderate deen)
Not restricted to 1 madrasa or 1 alim or 1 fiqh or 1 madhab or 1 organisation or 1 place or 1 book of ideology .Its a jammah /congregation of largest muslims of the world
Compare complete-balanced-moderate deen(ahle sunnat wal jamaat/sunni’s) V/S social- political -religious -economic -military -reformist movements in islam .
Islamic movements/Jamaats follow ideology of 1 madrasa or 1 alim or 1 organisation or 1 book of their ideology or their methodology etc etc etc
Know about the person /movement/jamaat before accepting religious advice from him.
Know about islamic movements/jamaats -their leaders –their books –their way of functioning-their ideology-their features-their fatwas-their COMMON propogation etc etc
Associate with sunni organizations and work for ahle sunnat wal jamaat.
Be with ahle sunnat wal jamaat(hanfi/shafi/maliki/hambali—Tawassuf-silsilas/tariqas/khanqas) Those who call out ya rasoolallahﷺ and ya ali (as) .
Safeguarding the kull deen
1.Ibadate elahi /worshipping Allah ﷻ (with love and marifat/knowing)
2.Ghulamane mustafa(ﷺ) /Be a servant of rasoolallah ﷺ to please allah(ﷻ)
3.Mohabbate ahle baith(as) /loving ahle baith(as)
4.Azmate sahaba (ra)/ Esteem status of sahaba(ra)
5.Sohbate auliya(ra).
TASAWUFF
1.iqlas e niyyat (sincerity and purity –seeking only allah and his pleasure)
2.ilm e nafae (profitable knowledge- quran and sunnah )
3.amal e saleh (good deeds/taqwa (avoiding sins))
4.ahklaq e hasana (building good character- free from diseases of heart)
5.salamate sudur (protecting living heart -by sohbate awliya)
UNDERSTANDING DEEN
1.Quran
2.Sunnah
3.Quran /sunnah and its derivatives
4. Ijma/consensus
5.Qiyas/research
BALANCED DEEN(6/153, 29/69,91/9,3/31,2/45,2/143)
Our deen lies between law(sharia) and spirit(marifa),
Our deen lies between intellect and love,
Our deen lies between theology and spirituality,
Our deen lies between negligence and extremisim,
Our deen lies between Hope and fear,
Our deen lies between moderation and justice.
Khilafat=prayers/zikr +jihad/struggle against ills
The political inheritance/ Caliphate of governance/ khilāfah rāshidah (the rightly-guided caliphate) –(hazrath abu bakr(ra) ,hazrath umar(ra) ,hazrath usman (ra) and hazrath ali (ra)).
Spiritual khilāfah/ spiritual inheritance(known as wilāyah (spiritual sovereignty) and imāmah (spiritual leadership)—Ahle Baith.
General inheritance/ Caliphate of guidance –-given to other Companions and the Successors(ra).
Don’t fall prey to deviant knowledge/sects etc.
Be a sunni muslim (ahle sunnat wal jamaat )
1.Aqidah e ahle sunnat wal jamaat (sunni) AND 2.ahklaq e hasana(sufi)
Don’t be a tablighi/deobandi/barelvi/ahle hadis/jamaat e islami/salafi etc etc
Compare complete-balanced-moderate deen(ahle sunnat wal jamaat/sunni’s) V/S social- political -religious -economic -military -reformist movements in islam . Not restricted to 1 madrasa or 1 alim or 1 fiqh or 1 madhab or 1 organisation or 1 place or 1 book of ideology. Its a jammah /congregation of largest muslims of the world.
Haqiqi iman=noor e islamic fitrah+noor e risalat e muhammadi.
No nafs when dealing with people and No MYSELF/I when seeking allah.
SECURITY=verbal profession+verification+obediance with gnosis(marifat)
SUCCESS=ilm with adab +amaal with love
Believing Niyamat/fazal of allah= they seek only fazal/pleasure NOT adl/justice from allah
Qurb /nearness of Allah
1.ilm e nafae (tasawuff)
2.adab /rights of Allah and his creation
3.taharat/cleanliness of nafs ,heart and soul
Iqlas=no riya/show off +no sight on good deeds/people/nafs (NO I/MYSELF) +ONLY FOR ALLAH
Living for rasoolallah ﷺ means following him (seerat/sunnah with love and adab) +working for his deen (tabligh e deen/calling towards quran/islam iman ihsan(kull deen))
ITTEHAD E UMMAT/UNITING UMMAH
Calling towards khair/goodness.
khair/goodness is with aqida e ahle sunnat wal jamaat+ ahklaq e sufiya/aulia
Single strength =tauhid AND jamaat strength =risalat
Iman=aqidah + Amal/deeds=fiqh + Tazkiya=ihsan/iqlas
Calling towards good=kull deen(islam/iman/ihsan)
calling towards good (deeds)+steadfastness/istiqamate iman
Hizbullah=making friendship with allah/prophet/momineen
Jihad/struggle –dawat=terrorism/oppression AND Dawat-jihad/struggle=ignorance/no impact
Tabligh =ulema AND tasbih/zikr=sufiya (Ambiya=tazkiya+tasbih)
Dawat/tabligh= ulema AND zikr/hikmat /ilm=sufiya
Jihad /struggle +dawat e haqq=revolution
Khair /goodness is in iman(thankfulness)
Stopping from bad=kufr
ROLE OF ULEMA
Firqa (ulema and their associates)=thought/perception + promoting their school of thought /there akabirs + differences are mentioned .
preventing people from committing bad (hand/tonque/feeling bad)
Aleem/knowledgeable =fear allah the most.
Difference among scholars is good for enriching knowledge.
Don’t get divided because of difference in opinions.
ROLE OF UMMAH
Work as a servant of rasoolallah ﷺ to please allah(swt)
Allah will not change the ummah unless ummah doesnot change itself first.
Muslims status is associated with islam (not with personal achievements)
Zaati/Personal sins =wiped out through taubah/sohbat e awliya/good deeds etc
Entire ummah/ijtemai sins(society sins like bribery/corruption/aqidah/ahklaq/unjustice /violation of rights etc etc)=changed with revolution/inqilab
When I want to talk to allah I say prayers and when I want that he talk to me I recite quran- Hazrath Ali(ra)
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