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TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................................................................................................1
CHAPTER - I ..........................................................................................................................................4
THE IDEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF ISLAM ...........................................................................4
Allah (God)......................................................................................................................................4
T
HE
M
EANING OF
I
SLAM
......................................................................................................................8
T
HE
F
UNDAMENTAL
A
RTICLES OF
F
AITH
I
N
I
SLAM
............................................................................11
R
EMARKS
............................................................................................................................................19
CHAPTER - II ......................................................................................................................................20
THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF ISLAM ..............................................................................................20
The Concept of Faith (Iman) .........................................................................................................20
T
HE
C
ONCEPT OF
R
IGHTEOUSNESS
(B
IRR
)..........................................................................................22
T
HE
C
ONCEPT OF
P
IETY
(T
AQWA
) ......................................................................................................22
T
HE
C
ONCEPT OF
P
ROPHETHOOD
........................................................................................................23
T
HE
C
ONCEPT OF
L
IFE
........................................................................................................................24
T
HE
C
ONCEPT OF
R
ELIGION
................................................................................................................25
T
HE
C
ONCEPT OF
S
IN
..........................................................................................................................26
T
HE
C
ONCEPT OF
F
REEDOM
................................................................................................................28
T
HE
C
ONCEPT OF
E
QUALITY
...............................................................................................................29
T
HE
C
ONCEPT OF
B
ROTHERHOOD
.......................................................................................................30
T
HE
C
ONCEPT OF
P
EACE
.....................................................................................................................30
T
HE
C
ONCEPT OF
C
OMMUNITY
...........................................................................................................31
T
HE
C
ONCEPT OF
M
ORALITY
..............................................................................................................33
T
HE
C
ONCEPT OF THE
U
NIVERSE
........................................................................................................39
CHAPTER 3..........................................................................................................................................43
THE APPLICATION OF FAITH ......................................................................................................43
T
HE
P
URPOSE OF
P
RAYER
...................................................................................................................44
T
HE
C
ONDITIONS OF
P
RAYER
.............................................................................................................45
T
HE
K
INDS OF
P
RAYER
.......................................................................................................................46
T
HE
T
IMES OF
P
RAYER
.......................................................................................................................46
T
HE
P
ARTIAL
A
BLUTION
(W
UDU
’) .....................................................................................................47
N
ULLIFICATION OF THE
A
BLUTION
.....................................................................................................48
C
OMPLETE
S
UBSTITUTE FOR THE
A
BLUTION
(T
AYAMMUM
)...............................................................48
S
PECIAL
F
ACILITIES IN
A
BLUTION
......................................................................................................49
T
HE
C
OMPLETE
A
BLUTION
(G
HUSL
/B
ATH
) ........................................................................................49
T
HE
P
RAYER
C
ALL
(A
DHAN
) ..............................................................................................................49
E
NTRANCE
I
NTO
P
RAYER
(I
QAMAH
) ...................................................................................................50
T
HE
P
ERFORMANCE OF
P
RAYER
.........................................................................................................50
T
HE
E
ARLY
M
ORNING
P
RAYER
(
SALATU
-
L
-F
AJR
) ..............................................................................50
T
HE
N
OON
P
RAYER
(S
ALATU
-
Z
-Z
UHR
) ..............................................................................................52
T
HE
M
ID
-A
FTERNOON
P
RAYER
(S
ALATU
-
L
-'A
SR
)..............................................................................52
T
HE
S
UNSET
P
RAYER
( S
ALATU
-
L
-M
AGHRIB
) ....................................................................................52
T
HE
E
VENING
P
RAYER
(S
ALATU
-
L
-‘I
SHA
’) ........................................................................................52
T
HE
C
ONGREGATIONAL
(J
AMA
’
AH
) P
RAYERS
....................................................................................54
T
HE
F
RIDAY
P
RAYER
(S
ALATU
-
L
-J
UMU
’
AH
) ......................................................................................55
T
HE
H
IGHLIGHTS OF THE
F
RIDAY
P
RAYER
..........................................................................................55
T
HE
S
IGNIFICANCE OF
‘E
ED
P
RAYERS
................................................................................................56
T
HE
P
ERFORMANCE OF
‘E
ED
P
RAYERS
(S
ALATU
-
L
-‘E
ED
) ..................................................................58
S
HORTENING OF THE
P
RAYER
.............................................................................................................60
T
IMES
W
HEN
P
RAYER IS
F
ORBIDDEN
..................................................................................................60
M
AKING
U
P
F
OR
D
ELAYED
P
RAYERS
.................................................................................................60
T
HE
T
ARAWEEH
P
RAYERS
..................................................................................................................60
I
NVALIDATION OF
P
RAYERS
................................................................................................................61
T
HE
F
UNERAL
P
RAYERS
(S
ALATU
-
L
-J
ANAZAH
) .................................................................................61
G
ENERAL
R
EMARKS ON
P
RAYER
........................................................................................................63
The Fatihah (The Opening or Al-Hamd) .......................................................................................64
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