Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

What Everyone Should Know about Islam

Author: Ayatullah Ibrahim Amini
Publisher: www.ibrahimamini.com
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• Dedication
• Preface
• Childhood and Youth
• Everyone is Responsible
• The Present Book
• Chapter 1: Theology
• 1.1. Acquiring of Knowledge
• 1.2. Theology
• 1.2.1. Order and Discipline of World
• 1.2.2. The Period of Childhood
• 1.2.3. Let Us Make a Judgment
• 1.2.4. Every Possible Existence Requires a Cause
• 1.3. God’s Characteristics
• 1.3.1. Provable Characteristics
• First Reason
• Second Reason
• 1.3.2. Some Provable Characteristics
• 1.3.3. A Necessary Reminder
• 1.4. Characteristics of Essence and Deed
• 1.4.1. Characteristics of Essence
• 1.4.2. Characteristics of Deed
• 1.4.3. A Narration
• 1.5. Attributes that cannot apply to God
• 1.5.1. Some Attributes that cannot apply to God
• 1. God is not compounded
• 2. God is not a Body
• 3. God is Unseen
• 4. God is not an Illiterate and Ignorant
• 5. God is not Helpless and Powerless
• 6. God’s Essence is not a Place of Incidents to Occur
• 7. God does not have a Partner
• 8. God does not have a Place
• 9. God is not needy
• 10. God is not a Tyrant and Oppressor
• 1.6. Monotheism
• First Reason
• First Probability
• Second Probability
• Third Probability
• Second Reason
• Result of Monotheism
• 1.7. Justice
• First Reason
• Second Reason
• Chapter 2: Prophethood
• 2.1. Prophethood
• Reason of this Matter
• 2.2. Conditions of Prophethood
• 1. Infallibility
• 2. Knowledge
• 3. Miracles
• 2.2.1. Path of Identification of a Prophet
• First Path
• Second Path
• 2.2.2. Number of Prophets
• 2.3. Muhammad (SAW) - Seal of the Prophets
• 2.4. Eternal Miracle
• 2.5. A Brief History of Holy Prophet’s (SAW) Life
• 2.6. Islamic Laws
• Chapter 3: Imamate (Leadership with Divine Authority)
• 3.1. Imamate (leadership with Divine Authority)
• 3.2. Characteristics of an Imam
• 1. Infallibility
• 2. Knowledge of Imam
• 3. Distinctions and Perfection
• 4. Miracles
• 5. Imam’s Identification
• First Path
• Second Path
• Difference between an Imam and Prophet
• First
• Second
• 3.3. Appointment of a Successor and Number of Imams (AS)
• 3.4. First Imam (AS)
• A Story from Imam Ali (AS)
• Another Story
• 3.5. Second Imam (AS)
• Firstly
• Secondly
• A Story from Imam al-Hasan (AS)
• 3.6. Third Imam (AS)
• 3.7. Fourth Imam (AS)
• 3.8. Fifth Imam (AS)
• 3.9. Sixth Imam (AS)
• 3.10. Seventh Imam (AS)
• 3.11. Eighth Imam (AS)
• 3.12. Ninth Imam (AS)
• 3.13. Tenth Imam (AS)
• 3.14. Eleventh Imam (AS)
• 3.15. Twelfth Imam (AS)
• 3.15.1. Our Belief Regarding Imams (AS)
• 3.16. Shi’a
• 3.17. Our Beliefs about Other Muslims
• Chapter 4: Resurrection or Hereafter
• 4.1. The Day of Judgment
• First Argument
• Second Argument
• 4.2. Death
• 4.3. Interval between Death and Resurrection
• 4.4. Day of Judgment and General Resurrection
• 4.5. Paradise
• 4.6. Hell
• 4.7. Intercession
• 4.8. Repentance
• Chapter 5: Moral Ethics
• 5. Moral Ethics
• Chapter 6: Branches of Religion
• 6.1. Branches of Religion
• 6.2. Prayer
• Daily Prayers
• Time of Prayers
• 6.3. Ablution
• 6.4. Adhan (Call to Prayer55)
• 6.5. Call for Establishing of Prayer
• 6.6. Instructions for Recitation of Prayer
• First Reminder
• Second Reminder
• Third Reminder
• 5. Prostration (Sajdah)
• 6. Submission (Qunut)
• First Reminder
• Second Reminder
• 6.7. Essentials of Prayer
• Invalidities or Cancellation of Prayer
• 6.8. Prayer of a Traveler
• First Reminder
• Second Reminder
• 6.9. Prayer of Signs
• Reminder
• 6.10. Fasting
• Reminder
• Those who could break their Fasting
• Reminder
• Reminder
• First Reminder
• Second Reminder
• 6.11. Charity
• The amount required for Wheat, Barley and Raisins
• Amount of Charity
• 1. Forty sheep
• Reminder
• The Number or Quantity (Nis'ab) liable for Charity Tax for Cows
• Reminder
• The Number or Quantity (Nis’ab) liable for Charity for Gold
• The Number or Quantity (Nass’ab) liable for Charity Tax for Silver
• First Reminder
• Second Reminder
• Third Reminder
• Utilization of Charity
• Reminder
• 6.12. One-Fifth Savings of Yearly Income
• First Reminder
• Second Reminder
• 6.13. Hajj
• Reminder
• 6.14. Encouraging of Good and Forbidding of Evil
• First Stage
• Second Stage
• Third Stage
• Fourth Stage
• 6.15. Some of the Illegitimate Transactions
• 6.16. Unclean things
• 6.17. Some of the Purifiers
• 6.18. Compulsory Washing or Bath
• Instruction of the Bath (Ghusl)
• First Reminder
• Second Reminder
• 6.19. Instructions for Ablution with Earth or Sand
• First Reminder
• Second Reminder
• Third Reminder
• 6.20. Some of the Illegitimate Deeds
• 6.21. Some of the Compulsions
• 6.22. Imitation or Following
• Bibliography
• Glossary
• Notes