“Bismillahir Rahmannir Raheem””Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil ‘Aalameen was Salaatu was- Salaamu ‘Alaa Sayidinaa Muhammadin wa Aalihi wa Asabihi Ajma ‘een (tauheed- risalat- ahkirat and islam-iman-ihsan)

 

Imaan in the light of hadith

Also from ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, there is that he said, “While we were sitting with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless with him and grant him peace, one day a man came up to us whose clothes were extremely white, whose hair was extremely black, upon whom traces of travelling could not be seen, and whom none of us knew, until he sat down close to the Prophet, may Allah bless with him and grant him peace, so that he rested his knees upon his knees and placed his two hands upon his thighs and said, ‘Muhammad, tell me about Islam.‘ The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless with him and grant him peace, said, ‘Islam is that you witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and you establish the prayer, and you give the Zakat, and you fast Ramadan, and you perform the hajj of the House if you are able to take a way to it.’ He said, ‘You have told the truth,’ and we were amazed at him asking him and [then] telling him that he told the truth. He said, ‘Tell me about iman.’ He said, ‘That you affirm Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, and the Last Day, and that you affirm the Decree, the good of it and the bad of it.’ He said, ‘You have told the truth.’ He said, ‘Tell me about ihsan.’ He said, ‘That you worship Allah as if you see Him, for if you don’t see Him then truly He sees you.’ …… Then he asked, ‘Umar, do you know who the questioner was?’ I said, ‘Allah and His Messenger know best.’ He said, ‘He was Jibril who came to you to teach you your deen’.” (Muslim )

It is a hadith of tremendous importance which comprises an explanation of the whole deen. For this reason, the Prophet, ﷺ, said at the end of it, “This was Jibril who came to you to teach you your deen,” after explaining the degree of Islam, the degree of iman and the degree of ihsan, all of which he called ‘deen’.

1.AS FOR ISLAM

Beginning

outward manifestation/dhaahir

pre-requisite for iman

muslim

Arkan e islam(pillars in islam)

Outward actions of the limbs such as words and deeds (amaal)

kalima e shahadat  which is an action of the tongue.

Physical actions such as prayer and fasting.

Actions involving wealth, which is the production of the zakat.

Both physical and wealth such as the hajj

One whose heart and mind is according to the teachings of Islam.

His heart is the reflection of his mind and his limbs (actions) are the reflection of his heart. His/her tongue is moist by the remembrance of Allah.

Practice increases the obedience to Allah.

Be in the world as a stranger but don’t keep dunya/world in your heart .

“The Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe.”

“That you feed [people] food and greet with the greeting of peace whomever you recognise and whomever you do not recognise(best islam).”

“A part of the excellence of a man’s deen is his leaving what does not concern him.”( That will come in its proper place, if Allah wills)

what is meant by iman is everything that comprises affirmation from the heart, and by Islam everything that comprises action.

Ilm is from books

Ahklaq is from sohbat/companionship.

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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