Sunnah

give something to a poor man brings one reward, while giving the same to a needy relation brings two: one for charity and the other for respecting the family ties” The concept of charity is explained in many different places in the Quran and the Sunnah(teachings of profit). “Allah says sustenance will come and even more of it will come, if your concern is not only yourself. Your…

bigger problems” (Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2013) than to oppress one another for practicing different faiths. According to the Constitution of Malaysia, Shia Islam is “not allowed to be spread” (Gooch, 2011) because through the teachings of Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah under the Shafii school, Muslims are prohibited from spreading Islam, according to Jamil Khir Baharom, who is the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Musa, 2013). RE students can link this contemporary issue to the spread…

can be seen through an examination of the doctrinal, ritual, narrative, ethical and social dimensions of religion. Islam is an Abrahamic religion whose doctrinal beliefs and understandings are recorded in Islam’s sacred texts (Qur’an, hadith and sunnah). The Quran is the most well known of Islam’s sacred texts and is considered to be the literal word of god (Gordon, 2010) by those in the Islamic tradition.…

you from harm. In Laughing all the way to the Mosque, Nawaz asks her husband if he recited the last three chapter of the Quran to his “possessed” patients to help and cure them, and in The story of the Qur’an, Ingrid Mattson describes how it is a Sunnah to read the last two surah’s of the Quran, “collectively known as ‘The Two Protections’, should be regularly recited for protection from all harm” (166). Ingrid Mattson also describes how people just like Nawaz’s husband do not believe in…

At the first time when I read about the Malcolm X, it recall me on some of the Sahabat of Prophet Muhammad that had made so many sacrifices in order to spread the truth of Islam. Malcolm X has been neglected because of the skin colour. Nowadays, being racist is such unacceptable thing to do regardless the religion. If we take this matter from the moral perspective, racist is injustice act and this will lead to violation of human rights. Racist also might lead the extremist to be more aggressive…

3.The Holy Hadith and Al’-Buhkari The literary or language meaning of the word Hadith is communication, story, conversation, whereas, religious or theological meaning of this term signifies The Prophet Muhammad’s sayings and teachings. According to Bill Warner(2010) Hadith is “ what Prophet Mohammad did or said”. Islamic scholars distinguish different categories of Hadith, according to the degree of reliability,there are three types: Weak Hadith, which have been narrated by a single…

and evaluation of laws, making it responsive to a society in which religion is "a way of life" (Dammer & Albanese, 2014, p. 58). Second, Sacred Law provides flexibility, especially in areas not specifically identified or discussed in the Qur’an and Sunnah (Ansary, 2015). The Sacred Law of Systems has a disadvantage of "complex rules dependent upon interpretation and local developments"(Dammer & Albanese, 2014, p. 59), creating bureaucratic and possibly random processes of hearing and resolving…

Background on Boko Haram The Boko Haram is a terrorist organization whose belief is that the western way of education is a sin. By virtue of this, all of the thirty six states in Nigeria have to shun this ‘sin’, this western education and embrace the Islamic system of education. The Islamic system of education is in such a way that a child is brought up to learn and memorize the entire Quran in Arabic (not their native language), while also learning a few mainstream courses on the side. Now, the…

During the tenth year of Hijjah, the Prophet left to perform the annual pilgrimage along with thousands of followers led by Abu Bakr. On ninth of Dhu al-Hijjah, the Prophet mounted his camel and delivered his historical sermon at the Mount of Mercy. In order to address the people at a distance, one of the Prophet’s companion repeated his exact words in a loud voice. This was the last sermon delivered by the Holy Prophet during the only pilgrimage he performed. For this reason, the speech that he…

financial debts, and seek out those they have hurt or with whom they have differences, paying their debt of kindness and mercy. In addition, the follower must follow the prophet’s example in both word and deed. This requires an extensive knowledge of the Sunnah; the normative way of life for Muslims based on both the teachings of the Quran and the life and practices of Muhammad. During the Hajj pilgrimage, Muslims follow a prescribed pattern…