Discovering Islam

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Author: Sayed Moustafa al-Qazwini
Publisher: www.alhassanain.org/english
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PREFACE
AUTHOR’S NOTE
INTRODUCTION
WHAT IS ISLAM?
WHO ARE THE MUSLIMS?
HOW DOES ONE BECOME A MUSLIM?
PILLARS OF ISLAM: ISLAMIC BELIEFS
I: Monotheism of Allah (Tawhid)
DESCRIBING GOD
THE 99 NAMES OF ALLAH
VIEWPOINTS OF ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY REGARDING GOD
II: DIVINE JUSTICE (‘ADIL)
COMPULSIONIST (JABIR) OR FREE WILL (TAFWID)
III: PROPHETHOOD (NUBUWWA)
WHY DID GOD SEND DIFFERENT PROPHETS AND DIFFERENT RELIGIONS?
THE LIFE OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD
IV: SUCCESSION TO THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD (IMAMA)
THE FAMILY OF THE PROPHET (AHLUL-BAYT)
V: THE DAY OF JUDGMENT AND THE RESURRECTION (QIYAMA)
DEATH AND LIFE AFTER DEATH
REPENTANCE AND FORGIVENESS
ISLAMIC PRACTICES
I: PRAYERS (SALAAT)
THE NECESSITY OF CONNECTION WITH THE ABSOLUTE
WHEN A SOCIETY CEASES TO PRAY
DETAILS OF THE FIVE PRESCRIBED PRAYERS
II: FASTING (SAWM)
III-IV: ALMSGIVING (ZAKAAT AND KHUMS)
SPECIFICS OF THE ZAKAT AND KHUMS
V: PILGRIMAGE TO THECITY OF MAKKAH (HAJJ)
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HAJJ
THE RITES OF HAJJ
VI: STRIVING (JIHAD)
VII-VIII: ENJOINING GOOD AND FORBIDDING EVIL (AMR BIL-MA’ROUF -NAHIY AN AL-MUNKAR)
IX: SUPPORTING THOSE WHO WALK IN THE PATH OF God (TAWALLI LI AWLIYAA’ ALLAH)
X: TURNING AWAY FROM THE ENEMIES OF GOD (TABAARI MIN A’DAA ALLAH)
RELIGIOUS TEXTS
THE QURAN
SCIENCE AND THE QURAN
THE QUALITIES OF THE QURAN
SUPPLICATIONS TO GOD (DUA)
DUA KUMAYL*
OTHER ISLAMIC ISSUES
LEADERSHIP OF THE MUSLIMS AFTER THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD
SOCIAL LIFE IN ISLAM
MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE
WOMEN IN ISLAM
HUMAN RIGHTS IN ISLAM
ISLAMIC LAW AND PUNISHMENT
MOSQUE (MASJID)
EPILOGUE
GLOSSARY
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