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Pillars
Of
Faith
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“Every child is born with the pure nature. It is his parents who change him to a Jew, a
Christian, or a pagan” (Bukhari & Muslim)
The Prophet (sallalaahu ‘alayhi wasallam) was asked about “Faith” to which he
responded:
"…It is that you believe in Allah and His angels and His Books and His Messengers and in
the Last Day, and in fate (qadar), both in its good and in its evil aspects..."
IMPORTANT!
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1ST PILLAR |Belief in Allah (Tawheed – Monotheism)
“That is Allah, your Lord. There is no (true) god other than Him. He is the Creator of
everything, so worship Him. And He also takes care of everything.”
[Al-An‘aam, 6: 102]
Belief in Allah consists of three parts 1. That He is the Creator and Master of
everything. He is the true Lord. (al-
Ruboobiyyah)
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His Excellent Names Only Allah knows how many they
are
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More Qualities • Allah speaks
• Allah Loves and Hates
• Allah Laughs
Seeing Allah in this life No Human can see Allah in this life
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Shirk (Polytheism) | The Opposite of Tawheed
“Surely Allah will not forgive the association of partners with Him, but He forgives (sins)
less than that of whomever He wishes.”
[An-Nisaa, 4: 48]
The belief that others share Allah’s Recognising a main God or Supreme Being
Lordship over creation as His equal or over creation, but that His dominion is
near equal or to believe that there exists shared by other lesser gods, spirits, mortals,
no Lord over creation at all. heavenly bodies or earthly objects
Acts of worship are dedicated to other This occurs when any act of worship is
than God and the reward of worship is directed to other than Allah.
sought from the creation instead of the
Creator. (ii) Ash-Shirk Al-Asghar (Minor Shirk)
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