Glossary
1. (S): Sallallahu ‘Alayhi wa ’Alihi wa Sallam. O Allah send salutations upon Muhammad and his family.
2. (a.s.): ‘Alayhi al-Salam. Salutations be upon him, them.
3. (s.a.): Salamulla’hi ‘Alayha. Salutations be upon her.
4. (r.a.): Rizw’anull’ahi ‘Alayhi. May Allah be pleased with him.
5. (a.j.): ‘Ajjala Allahu Farajahu. May Allay quicken his appearance.
- What Everyone Should Know about Islam
- Dedication
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Theology
- 1.1. Acquiring of Knowledge
- 1.2. Theology
- 1.3. God’s Characteristics
- 1.4. Characteristics of Essence and Deed
- 1.5. Attributes that cannot apply to God
- 1.5.1. Some Attributes that cannot apply to God
- A. God is not compounded
- B. God is not a Body
- C. God is Unseen
- D. God is not an Illiterate and Ignorant
- E. God is not Helpless and Powerless
- F. God’s Essence is not a Place of Incidents to Occur
- G. God does not have a Partner
- H. God does not have a Place
- I. God is not needy
- J. God is not a Tyrant and Oppressor
- 1.5.1. Some Attributes that cannot apply to God
- 1.6. Monotheism
- 1.7. Justice
- Chapter 2: Prophethood
- Chapter 3: Imamate (Leadership with Divine Authority)
- 3.1. Imamate (leadership with Divine Authority)
- 3.2. Characteristics of an Imam
- 3.3. Appointment of a Successor and Number of Imams (a.s.)
- 3.4. First Imam (a.s.)
- 3.5. Second Imam (a.s.)
- 3.6. Third Imam (a.s.)
- 3.7. Fourth Imam (a.s.)
- 3.8. Fifth Imam (a.s.)
- 3.9. Sixth Imam (a.s.)
- 3.10. Seventh Imam (a.s.)
- 3.11. Eighth Imam (a.s.)
- 3.12. Ninth Imam (a.s.)
- 3.13. Tenth Imam (a.s.)
- 3.14. Eleventh Imam (a.s.)
- 3.15. Twelfth Imam (a.j.)
- 3.16. Shi’a
- 3.17. Our Beliefs about Other Muslims
- Chapter 4: Resurrection or Hereafter
- Chapter 5: Moral Ethics
- Chapter 6: Branches of Religion
- 6.1. Branches of Religion
- 6.2. Prayer
- 6.3. Ablution
- 6.4. Adhan
- 6.5. Call for Establishing of Prayer
- 6.6. Instructions for Recitation of Prayer
- 6.7. Essentials of Prayer
- 6.8. Prayer of a Traveler
- 6.9. Prayer of Signs
- 6.10. Fasting
- 6.11. Charity
- 6.12. One-Fifth Savings of Yearly Income
- 6.13. Hajj
- 6.14. Encouraging of Good and Forbidding of Evil
- 6.15. Some of the Illegitimate Transactions
- 6.16. Unclean Things
- 6.17. Some of the Purifiers
- 6.18. Compulsory Washing or Bath
- 6.19. Instructions for Ablution with Earth or Sand
- 6.20. Some of the Illegitimate Deeds
- 6.21. Some of the Compulsions
- 6.22. Imitation or Following
- Bibliography
- Glossary