Basic Tenets of Faith

It is has become a common habit of people around the world that they mock each other based on the race as well as color. The whites have been degrading blacks for generations. In retaliation, the blacks have also started discriminating the whites. Some nations of the world consider themselves as superior race than others. This mocking, making fun of ...

Learning about Kufr is an essential part of Muslim’s knowledge about his faith. Without knowing Kufr, you cannot do justice to Tawheed. Kufr is used in the Glorious Qur’an for people who cover up or hide the truth. It also uses this word to point out those who denied the favors of Allah by not accepting his Dominion and Authority. ...

Linguistically Bid’ah (innovation) means ‘a newly invented matter’. The Sharee’ah definition of Bid’ah is: “A newly invented way [beliefs or action] in the religion, in imitation of the Sharee’ah (prescribed Law), by which nearness to Allaah is sought, [but] not being supported by any authentic proof – neither in its foundations, nor in the manner in which it is performed.” ...

There has been increasing misconceptions about this concept in many groups of Muslims. The increasing ignorance in this matter also led people to move away from the right path of Islam. Intercession means mediating for someone else to gain some benefit or ward off some harm. It is of two types: Intercession that will take place in the Hereafter, on ...

Shirk basically is polytheism, i.e., the worship of others along with Allah. It also implies attributing divine attributes to any other besides Allah. It particularly implies associating partners in worship with Allah or to believe that the source of power, harm or blessings is from others besides Allah. Types There are three types of Shirk, namely: (1) Ash-Shirk-al-Akbar, i.e. major ...

Tawheed in Arabic means attributing Oneness to Allaah and describing Him as being One and Unique, with no partner or peer in His Essence and Attributes. The Arabs say waahid, ahad and waheed, all meaning one. Allaah is Waahid, meaning that He has no rivals or peers in any way. So Tawheed means knowing Allaah is One, with none like ...