Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Invitation to Islam

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• Chapter 1: Preface
• Chapter 2: Introduction
• What is Islam?
• Chapter 3: Islamic beliefs (the Pillars of Islam)
• Describing God
• The 99 Names of Allah
• The Viewpoints of Islam and Christianity Regarding Allah (God)
• The Family of the Prophet (Ahl al-bayt)
• Death and Life after Death
• Repentance and Forgiveness
• Chapter 4: Islamic Practices
• The necessity of connection with the Absolute
• When a society ceases prayer
• Details of the Five Prescribed Prayers
• Place
• Purity of the body
• Clothing
• The prayers
• 2. Fasting (sawm)
• 3-4. Almsgiving (zakaat and khums)
• Specifics of the zakaat and khums
• 5. Pilgrimage to the city of Makkah (hajj)
• Significance of the hajj
• The rites of hajj
• 6. Jihad
• 7-8. Enjoining good (amr bil-ma'rouf) and forbidding evil (nahiy an al-munkar)
• 9. Supporting those who walk in the path of Allah (tawalli li awliyaa' Allah)
• 10. Turning away from the enemies of Allah (tabarri min a'daa Allah)
• Chapter 5: Religious Texts
• The Qur'an
• Science and the Qur'an
• The Qualities of the Qur'an
• The du'a, or supplications to God
• Du'a Kumail
• Chapter 6: Other Islamic Issues
• Leadership of the Muslims after Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family)
• Social life in Islam
• Marriage and Family Life
• Women in Islam
• Human Rights in Islam
• Islamic Law and Punishment
• Notes