About This Book
What Must be Known About Islam goes through the five pillars of Islam in detail. It then offers a tafsir (explanation) of several short chapters of the Qur'an, sections on the Sunnah, supplications, and Islamic manners, and a closing discussion of marriage.
The coverage runs from the foundations of belief to the practical rulings of prayer, zakat, fasting, and Hajj, which makes it a useful single reference for everyday religious life.
What's Inside
- Foundations: the completeness of the Shari'ah, the three foundations a Muslim must know, and the levels of Islam, Iman, and Ihsan
- The two testimonies: worship, tawhid and its categories, shirk and its categories, and exaggeration about righteous people
- Prayer: the prescribed prayers, congregational prayer, the adhan and iqamah, the Friday prayer, and funeral rulings
- Zakat, including the categories of wealth on which it is due
- Fasting and Zakat al-Fitr
- Hajj and 'Umrah, and how the Prophet (peace be upon him) performed Hajj
- Tafsir of Surahs Al-Fatihah, An-Nas, Al-Falaq, Al-Ikhlas, An-Nasr, Al-Kafirun, Al-Kawthar, Al-Asr, Al-Bayyinah, and Al-Qadr
- Daily supplications, the Prophet's biography and manners, and lawful and forbidden deeds
- Marriage: its benefits, the Muslim family, marital rights, and rulings on menstruation and postnatal bleeding
Who It's For
- New Muslims building a foundation in belief and practice
- Young Muslims and families
- Study groups looking for a broad introductory text