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2. Between Islam and Disbelief
Why Are Muslims Humiliated Today?
3. How Muslims Treat the Qur’ān
Incomprehensible Contradictions
No Islam Without Submitting to the Qur’ān
Difference the Kalimah Creates
Meaning of the Kalimah
Covenant With Allah
Accepting the Prophet’s Leadership
Obligations of Commitment
Our Behaviour
5. Why is the Kalimah Unique?
The Parable
Two Kinds of Trees
Characteristics of the Kalimah Tayyibah
Characteristics of the Kalimah Khabīthah
Contrasting Results
Why Are Believers in the Kalimah Not Flourishing?
Are Followers of the Kalimah Khabīthah Prospering?
6. Why Believe in the Kalimah?
Success in the Hereafter
This-world and That-world
Success in That-World
True Purpose of the Kalimah
What Does the Kalimah Teach Us?
Actions Must Accord With Knowledge
PART II: ISLAM
7. The False Gods
What is Disbelief and Islam?
Islam: Total Surrender
Three Reasons for Going Astray
Self-worship — Society and Culture — Obedience to Human Beings
Condition of Muslims Today
8. Can We Call Ourselves Muslims?
A True Muslim
What is Hypocrisy?
Serving the Self — Adherence to Society and Culture — Imitating Other People
The True Faith
Abstinence From Alcohol — Confession of Crime — Severance of Familial Ties — Giving Up Cultural Norms and Customs
The Way to God’s Pleasure
Muslims of Today
9. Are We True Muslims?
Two Types of Islam
Legal Islam — True Islam
Two Kinds of Muslims
Partial Muslims — True Muslims
What Kind of Muslims God Desires
Supreme Loyalty to Allah
Where Do We Stand?
10. Why Obey God?
Our Well-being
Obeying Others Besides Allah
The Only True Guidance
How to Benefit
No Blind Obedience
11. Difference Between Din and Shari‘ah
Meaning of Din
Meaning of Shari‘ah
Nature of Differences
Juristic Differences Between Muslims
Ignoring the Nature of Differences
Sectarianism
12. True Meaning of ‘Ibadah
Meaning of ‘Ibadah
Misunderstanding ‘Ibadah
‘Ibadah, Lifelong Service
PART III: SALAH
13. Meaning and Blessings of the Prayer
Remembering God
Blessings of the Prayer
Constant Reminder
Sense of Duty
God-consciousness
Knowledge of God’s Law
Collective Life
14. What We Say in the Prayer
Adhan and its Effects
Wuḍū’: Ablution
Niyyah: Intention
Tasbīḥ: Glorification
Ta’awwudh: Seeking Refuge
Bismillah: In His Name
Ḥamd: Praise and Thanks
The Qur’ān Reading
Surah al-Mā ‘ūn — Surah al-Humazah
Rukū’: Bowing Down
Sujūd: Prostration
At-taḥiyyāt: Salutation
Ṣalāt ‘ala ’n-nabiy: Blessings Upon the Prophet
Seeking Protection
Salām: Greetings
Du‘ā’ qunūt
Character-building
15. Blessings of the Congregational Prayer
Private Worship of God
Assembling on One Call
Purposeful Assembly
Fellowship
The Sacred Purpose
Brotherhood
Uniformity in Movements
Uniformity in Prayers
Leadership
Nature and Qualities of Leadership
Piety and Virtue — Majority Representation — Sympathy and Compassion — Vacating Office — Obedience to Leaders — Criticizing and Correcting Mistakes — No Obedience in Sin
16. Has the Prayer Lost its Power?
Parable of the Clock
Aim of Muslim Ummah
Wholeness of Islamic Teachings
Abusing the Clock
Why Worship Rites are Ineffective
Our Deplorable Condition
PART IV: SAWM
17. Meaning and Blessings of the Fasting
Life of Worship
Rituals Lead to a Life of Worship
How Does Fasting Develop Us?
Exclusively Private Worship — Sure Sign of Faith — Month-long Training — Practising Obedience — Communal Fasting
Where Are the Results?
18. True Spirit of the Fasting
Spirit and Form
The Outward Replaces the Real
Wrong View of Worship
Fasting as a Way to Piety
Conditions of True Fasting
Abstention From Falsehood — Faith and Selfscrutiny — Shield Against Sins — Hunger for Goodness
PART V: ZAKAH
19. Fundamental Importance of Zakah
Meaning of Zakah
Zakah, a Test
Early Practice
Categorical Imperative
The Sign of Faith
Foundation of the Ummah
Conditions for God’s Help
Warning to Muslims
Fate of Zakah Defaulters
20. Meaning of Zakah
Becoming God’s Friends
Wisdom and Understanding — Moral Strength — Obedience and Dutifulness — Sacrificing Wealth
Requirements for Admittance to God’s Friendship
Large-heartedness — Magnanimity — Selflessness — Purity of Heart — Giving in Adversity — Giving in Affluence — Giving for Allah Alone — Stressing Benevolence — Amassing Wealth — Making Excuses — Spending Reluctantly and Resentfully — Considering Spending a Fine — Niggardliness
The Real Test
21. Zakah, a Social Institution
Allah’s Unique Beneficence
Man’s Selfishness
What Selfishness Leads To
Individual and Collective Welfare
What is the Solution?
22. General Principles of Spending
Remembrance of God
Spending in the Way of Allah
Essential Prerequisite to Guidance
Spend Only to Please Allah
Do Not Stress Your Benevolence
Give Only Good Things
Give Unobtrusively and Secretly
Guard Against Misuse
Do Not Harass Debtors
Take Due Care of Family
Give to the Deserving
23. Specific Injunctions of Zakah
Produce of the Earth
On Wealth and Financial Assets
Jewellery
Who Are Entitled to Receive Zakah
Fuqarā’: the poor — Masākīn: the destitute and needy — ‘Amilīna ‘alayhā: who administer Zakah — Mu’allafatu ’l-qulūb: who need to be reconciled — Fī’r-riqāb: freeing from bondage — Al-gharimīn: overburdened debtors — Fī-sabīli ’llāh: in the way of Allah — Ibnu ’s-sabīl: travelers
Other Important Principles
Need For Collective System
PART VI: HAJJ
24. Origin and Significance of Hajj
Life and Mission of the Prophet Ibrāhīm
Ibrāhīm’s Times
Commitment to the Truth
Tribulations and Calamities
Migration
Raising a New Generation
The Greatest of Trials
The Universal Islamic Movement
Lūṭ in Sodom — Isḥāq in Palestine — Construction of the Ka’ba
Prayers of Ibrāhīm
25. Restoration of True Hajj
Idol Worship Among Ibrāhīm’s Descendants
How Corrupted Hajj Became
A Yearly Carnival — Perverse Rites — Sacrilege of Sacred Months — Self-imposed Restrictions
Restoration of Hajj
Fulfilment of Ibrāhīm’s Prayer — Revival of Ibrāhīm’s Ways — End of Idolatry — Prohibition of Indecent Acts — Bragging and Showing Off — End of Ostentatious Generosity — Spattering of Blood and Flesh Banned — Prohibition of Perverse Rites — Changing the Months of Hajj Forbidden — Hajj Provisions Made Obligatory — Permission to Work During Hajj — End of Other Customs — Fixing Boundaries — Ensuring Peace and Security
Importance of Hajj
26. Renewal of Self
The Journey
Virtue and Piety
Iḥrām and its Conditions
Talbiyyah: the Cry of Response
Ṭawāf: Walking Round the House
Sa’ī: Hurrying Between Ṣafā’ and Marwah
Wuqūf (Stay) at Minā’, ‘Arafāt and Muzdalifah
Ramī Jimār: Stoning the Pillars
The Impact of Hajj
Hajj, a Collective Worship
27. Renewal of Society
Growth in God-consciousness
A Season of Reawakening
Inspiring Spectacle of Unity
Greatest Movement for Peace
Centre of Peace and Equality
Our Lack of Appreciation
Deriving Full Benefit From Hajj
PART VII: JIHAD
28. Meaning of Jihad
The Ultimate Objective
Root of All Evil
The First Step
Origin of Corrupt Rule
God’s Lordship Over Man
Temptation of Power
Rituals, a Training Course
Governments Run by God-conscious People
29. Central Importance of Jihad
Din, Shari’ah and ‘Ibadah
Duality of Din
Every Din Wants Power
Popular Sovereignty — Monarchy — British Rule
Din of Islam
Jihad in Islam
Recognizing True Believers
Change Only Through Struggle
Preface to the Eighth Reprint
Index of Quranic Verses
