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Basic Islam:
introducing Islam
simply to nonMuslims and new
converts.
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Introduction
Praise is to Allah and peace and blessing be
upon His messenger Mohammad and upon his
family and comrades and then:
Many people who want to learn Islam or are
new converts find it hard to have a simplified
guide that explains to them the basics of Islam
in a nutshell; so I decided to collect the basic
guidelines and gather them in an e-book I
named "Basic Islam"; introduces Islam in
English to New converts and non-Muslims. I
tackled the significant and most important
topics that a new Muslim or a person
interested in Islam should know in a form of
questions and answers instead of writing
continuous articles that might make the reader
bored, and I concluded the book with how to
convert to Islam and what are the deeds that
you must do to be a Muslim until you die, I ask
Allah to make a benefit of this book for
everyone who wants to know Islam in no time.
Author,
ibn Al-Sharif Monday 17th of April 2006
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Dedication
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Index
Introduction......................................p2
Chapter1: Three Main
Fundamentals...................................p8
Chapter2: Types of
Monotheism.......................................p13
Chapter3: Beleiving in
Allah .........................................................
p15
Chapter4: Beleiving in
Angels..............................................p18
Chapter5: Believing in
Books.............................................p21
Chapter6: Believing in
Messengers....................................p24
Chapter7: Beleiving in Day of
Resurrection...................................p29
Chapter8: How to convert to
Islam..............................................p39
Chapter9: Frequently Asked
Questions........................................p40
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Q: How many Gods are there?
A: There is only one God not two or three; and
no partners He has or co-Gods.
Q: What is your religion?
A: My religion is "Islam" it means "submission"
to the one and only God [ALLAH] and to have
full obedience to Him and to His messengers.
Q: Who is your messenger?!
A: Mohammad the son of Abdullah from the
tribe of Quraish who received revelation from
Allah through angel Gabriel to all mankind; to
worship Allah and no other God or Gods.
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Q: What is Emaan (Faith)?
A: Emaan is to believe in Allah, His Angels, His
Books, His Messengers and the Day of
Resurrection and in destiny with its goodness
or badness.
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Q: What is 'Ihsan?
A: 'Ihsan is to worship Allah as you are seeing
Him; but though you can't see Him; He sees
you.
Q: What is the difference between a
Prophet and a Messenger?
A: a Prophet is a person who obtained a
revelation from Allah without delivering it to
specific people (i.e. Ishmael, Isaac, Job...); but
a messenger is a person who obtained a
revelation from Allah with the task of
delivering it to either specific people or to all
people, for example; Jesus Christ was a
messenger only to Israelis but Mohammad was
a messenger to all mankind and jinn.
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3- Alms-Tithe (Zakah)
It is paid in kind in varying proportions
according to the nature of the goods. The
payment is meant for the welfare of the poor
and the needy (2.5% of the capital money
yearly; it was set to 2.5% because at the time
of the Prophet they used to spend 25 Dinar out
of 1,000). Zakah differs from charity; a small
table explaining the differences and similarities
between both is shown below:
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Alms-Tithe (Zakah)
Charity (Sadaqa)
Given annually.
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That day will for sure take place; its the top of
wisdom to award the right doers and punish
the wrong doers, Allah said: (Did ye then think that
We had created you in jest, and that ye would not be
brought back to Us (for account)?) Chapter: 23 Verse:
115. The infidels denied the occurrence of the
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