Pillars of Islam

Shahadah (Faith)

Basics of Shahadah

Components of Shahadah
Attributes of Allah
Belief in Book's of Allah
Belief in Rusul (Messengers)
Belief in Mala"ikah (Angels)
Belief in Akhirah (Life after Death)
Belief in al-Qadar (Destiny)

Taharah (Purification)

Background

Teaching about Taharah (Purification)
Najasah (Impurity)

Background
Najasah (Impurity)
Haqiqi (Actual)
Definition Khafifah (Minor)
Ghalizah (Serious)

Najasah (Impurity) Hukmiyah (Effective)
Definition
Hadath Asghar (Minor Impurity)
Hadath Akbar (Major Impurity)

Ghusl (Bath)
Definition
What is Fard
Sunnah for Ghusl
Fard components

What is Clean?

How to Clean?
Human Body
Clothes
Shoes
Carpets & Rugs
Utensils
Soil & Lawn


Salah (Prayers)

Adhan (Call for Prayers)
Background
History
Words
Method

Wudu (Ablution)
Background
Pre-requisites
Niyah
Method
Fard Components
Sunnah Components
Desirable Acts
Undesirable Acts
Wudu of the Sick
What breaks Wudu
Wudu remain valid

Mas-h
Mas-h over Socks
Method of Mas-h
Duration of Mas-h

Tayammum (Dry Wudu)
Conditions
Fard Components
Method

Iqamah (Second Call for Prayers)

Place & Direction of Salah (Prayers)

Times for Salah (Prayers)
When Salah can be offered
When Salah cannot be offered

Dress for Salah (Prayers)

Act of Salah (Prayers)
1st Rak'ah (Set)
Niyah (Intention)
Qiyam (Standing)
Ruku' (Bowing)
Sajdatayn (Two Prostrations)
2nd Rak'ah (Set)
3rd Rak'ah (Set)
4th Rak'ah (Set)

Salah (Prayers) of the Sick

Sajdatayn Sahw (Two Prostrations for
correcting Mistakes made during Prayers)

Janazah Salah (Funeral Prayers)
Background
Method
According to Imam Abu Hanifah
According to Imam Ahmad bin Hambal
According to Imam Malik
According to Imam Shaf'i

Qada Salah (Missed Prayers)

Qasr Salah (Shortened Prayers)
Background
Eligibility
Method

Types of Salah (Prayers)

Background

2 Tiers of Salah (Prayers)

Fard Salah (Compulsory Prayers)
Background
Fajr Salah (Morning Prayers)
Zuhr Salah (Early Afternoon Prayers)
'Asr Salah (Late Afternoon Prayers)
Maghrib Salah (Sunset Prayers)
'Isha" Salah (Night Prayers)
Jumu'ah Salah (Friday Prayers)

Nafl Salah (Extra Obligatory Prayers)

Muwakkadah Sunnah (Emphasized
Tradition of Muhammad S) Salah (Prayers)

Offered every day

Witr Salah (Prayers with Odd number of
Rak'ah, the Last Prayers of the Night)

'Idayn Salah (Prayers of the Two Festivals-
'Id ul Fitr & 'Id al ad-ha)
Background
Time Before & After
Salah Method

Ghayr Muwakkadah Sunnah (Non-emphasized
Tradition of Muhammad S) Salah (Prayers)

Nafl Salah (Extra Obligatory Prayers)
Background
Tahajjud Salah (Late Night Prayers after
-'Isha")
Tarawih Salah (Night Prayers after
-'Isha" in Ramadan)
Sunnatul Wudu Salah (Prayers after doing
-Wudu)
Tahyatul Masjid Salah (Prayers after entering Masjid)
Kusuf and Khusuf Salah (Solar and Lunar
-Eclipse Prayers)
Istikharah Salah (Prayers for asking
-well-being from Allah)
Ad-Duha Salah (Forenoon Prayers)
Salatut Tasbih

4 Tiers of Salah (Prayers)

Fard Salah (Compulsory Prayers)
Background
Fajr Salah (Morning Prayers)
Zuhr Salah (Early Afternoon Prayers)
'Asr Salah (Late Afternoon Prayers)
Maghrib Salah (Sunset Prayers)
'Isha" Salah (Night Prayers)
Jumu'ah Salah (Friday Prayers)

Wajib Salah (Essential Prayers)

Witr Salah (Prayers with Odd number of
-Rak'ah, the Last Prayers of the Night)
Background
Time Method
Before & After Salah

Sunnah Salah (Extra Obligatory Prayers)
Muwakkadah Sunnah (Emphasized Tradition
-of Muhammad S) Salah (Prayers)
Ghayr Muwakkadah Sunnah (Non-emphasized
- Tradition of Muhammad S) Salah (Prayers)

Nafl Salah (Extra Obligatory Prayers)
Background
Tahajjud Salah (Late Night Prayers after 'Isha")
Tarawih Salah (Night Prayers after 'Isha" in
- Ramadan)
Tahyatul Wudu Salah (Prayers after doing
-Wudu)
Tahyatul Masjid Salah (Prayers after entering
- Masjid)
Kusuf and Khusuf Salah (Solar and Lunar
-Eclipse Prayers)
Istikharah Salah (Prayers for asking well-being
-from Allah)
Ad-Duha Salah (Forenoon Prayers) Salatut
-Tasbih


Sawm (Fasting)

Background

Conditions

Dateline

Categories

Sighting of Moon

Importance of Sawm (Fasting)

How to Fast?
Niyah (Intention)
Sahur (Pre-dawn Meal)
Iftar (Breaking Fast)
Validity


ZAKAH (Poor Due Charity)

Background

History

Why Pay Zakah (Poor due Charity)

Who Pays Zakah (Poor due Charity)

How to Pay Zakah (Poor due Charity)

Whom to Pay Zakah (Poor due Charity)

Can't Pay Zakah (Poor due Charity)

To Pay or Not to Pay

Nisab (Minimum Possessions on which Zakah
becomes due)

Calculations

Amwal (Possessions on which Zakah
becomes due)

Rate of Zakah (Poor due Charity)

Regulations

'Ushr (Zakah on Farm Produce)

Zakah (Poor due Charity) on Cattle

Weights & Measures


Hajj (Pilgrimage to the Ka'bah)

Background of Hajj

History of Hajj
Ka'bah before Islam
Reconstruction of Ka'bah
Hajj after Islam

Prerequisites for Hajj
Who can go for Hajj
Expenses for Hajj
Do's & Don'ts

Types of Hajj
Hajj Ifrad
Hajj Qiran
Hajj Tamattu'

Fard Part of Hajj

Wajib Parts of Hajj

Places of Hajj
'Arafat
Al Masjid al Haram
Hajr Aswad
Hatim
Ka'bah
Maqam Ibrahim
Mina (First Trip)
Mina (Second Trip)
Miqat
Mizab Rahmah
Multazam
Muzdalifah
Safa and Marwah
Zamzam

Rituals of Hajj

Animal Sacrifice
Background
Purpose of Sacrifice
Time and Place
Which Animal
Method

Ihram

Qasr & Halq

Rami
Background
Pebbles
Method
Sequence of Rami
Why is Rami done
Time of Rami

Sa'i
Background
Time
Method

Tawaf

Background

Kinds of Tawaf
Tawaf Qudum
Tawaf 'Umrah
Tawaf Ziyarah
Tawaf Vada'
Method

'Umrah
What is 'Umrah?
Time to perform 'Umrah
How to perform 'Umrah

Mistakes During Hajj

5 Days of Hajj
1st day of Hajj
2nd day of Hajj
3rd day of Hajj
4th day of Hajj
5th day of Hajj

Basics of Islam

A

Ablution (Wudu)
Abortion
Adhan (Call for prayers)
Adhan (Call for prayers) at birth
Adoption
Adultery (Zina)
Ahadith (Sayings of Muhammad S)
Akhirah (Life after Death)
Alcohol in Medicine
Alcohol in Perfumes
Alcohol in Soft Drinks
Allah O Akbar - A war cry?
Allah of Muslims is different?
Anger 'Aqiqah (Shaving the head of a child)
Arabic language
Are Muslim Backward?
Asking for forgiveness from Allah (Istighfar)
Attraction of Islam


B

Backbiting
Bai'ah (Pledge of Allegiance) in modern context
Bai'ah (Pledge of Allegiance), History
Bath (Ghusl) Definition
Bath (Ghusl) when it is Fard
Bath (Ghusl) Fard component
Bath (Ghusl) Sunnah component
Beard
Begging
Begining with the name of Allah (God)
Belief in Allah (God)
Belief in Book of Allah (God)
-/The Holy Qur-an
Belief in Muhammad S
Belief in Rusul (Messengers) of Allah (God)
Better human beings
Bible (Injil)
Birthday of Muhammad S
Boasting
Breast Feeding
Bribe
Bukhl (Miserliness)
Burial


C

Call for Prayers (Adhan)
Caste-System in Islam
Charms (Tamimah)
Christianity, Judaism and Islam
Circumcision
Contribution of Muslims to the world
Conversion to lslam
Creation of Mankind
Creation of Universe


D

Dancing
Death (Mout)
Dependence upon Allah (Tawakkal 'Alallah)
Divorce (Talaq)
Dry Wudu (Tayammum)
Darud and Salam (Salutation /Greetings) to
-Muhammad S
Dual standards for Muslims
Duties of Muslims
Duties towards Children
Duties towards Girls
Duties towards Husband
Duties towards Parents
Duties towards Relatives
Duties towards Society
Duties towards the Sick
Duties towards Yatim (Orphan)


E

Eating with right hand
Euthanasia (Mercy Killing)


F

Faith (Shahadah)
Fasting (Sawm)
Fear of God, Righteousness (Taqwa)
Festival of Sacrifice ('Id al Ad-ha)
Festival of Breakinf fast ('Id ul Fitr)
Fiqh (Islamic Law)
Forgiveness
Funeral (Janazah)
Funeral Prayers (Janazah Salah) Imam
-Abu Hanifah
Funeral Prayers (Janazah Salah) Imam Ahmad bin -Hambal
Funeral Prayers (Janazah Salah) Imam Malik Funeral Prayers (Janazah Salah) Imam Saf'i


G

Gambling
Ghusl (Bath) Definition
Ghusl (Bath) When it is Fard
Ghusl (Bath) Fard component
Ghusl (Bath) Sunnah component
Ghusl Mayyit (Bathing the dead body)
Ghusl Mayyit (Bathing the dead body)
- How to?
Good and evil?


H

Hadith (Saying of Muhammad S)
Hajj (Pilgrimage to the Ka'bah)
Halal (Lawful) Food
Halal (Lawful) & Haram (Unlawful) in Islam
Halal (Lawful) Meat
Homosexuality
Human rights in Islam


I

I'tikaf (Praying in Isolation)
'Id al-Ad-ha (Festival of Sacrifice)
'Id ul-Fitr (Festival of Breaking Fast)
Ikhlas (Purity of Intention)
Interest (Riba)
Intermediaries in Islam
Intoxicants (Alcohol and drugs)
Injil (Bible)
Isal Thawab (Sending Rewards to the death)
Isalm, a tolerant Religion
Is Man superior to others?
Islam Discriminates Women?
Islam synonymous to Violence?
Islamic Dress Code
Islamic Law (Fiqh)
Isra" (The Night Journey)
Istighfar (Asking or forgiveness from Allah)


J

Janazah (Funeral)
Janazah Salah (Funeral Prayers) Iman Abu Hanifah
Janazah Salah (Funeral Prayers) Iman Ahmad bin -Hambal
Janazah Salah (Funeral Prayers) Iman Malik
Janazah Salah (Funeral Prayers) Iman Shaf'i
Jealousy
Jesus ('lsa A) God or a Prophet ?
Jesus ('lsa A) Son of God ?
Jesus ('lsa A) and Mary (Maryam) in Islam
Jesus ('lsa A) Picture & Satues
Jews and Muslims
Jihad (Struggle)
Jihad (Struggle) against Inner-self
Jihad (Struggle) against non believer
Jihad (Struggle) against Shaytan (Satan)


K

Kafn (Shroud)
Kafn (Shroud) for Females
Kafn (Shroud) for Males
Khiyanah (Misuse of Trust)
Kindness


L

Lawful (Halal) food
Lawful (Halal) Meats
Lawful (Halal) and Unlawful (Haram) in Islam
Laylatul Bara"t (Night of Blessings)
Laylatul Qadr (Night of Decree)
Learning about Islam
Lesser Pilgrimage to the Ka'bah ('Umrah)
Life after Death (Akhirah)
Losers and gainers Lottery


M

Marriage Ceremony in Islam
Marriage in Islam
Marriage not allowed with
Masjid (Mosque)
Masjid (Mosque), Etiquette of
Masjid (Mosque), History
Masjid (Mosque), Role of
Masjid (Mosque), Structure of
Miserliness (Bukhl)
Misinformation about Islam
Misuse of trusts (Khiyanah)
Moderation
Moderation in Eating
Moderation in Living
Moderation in Prayers
Moderation in Talking
Moderation in Walking
Mout (Death)
Murder
Muslim, a Monolith?
Muslims children in the West
Muslims Must not follow Shaytan (Satan)
Mysticism (Sufism)


N

Naming the Child
The Night Journey (Isra")
Night of Blessing (Laylatul Bara't)
Night of Decree (Laylatul Qadr)
Non-Muslim Friends


O

Organ Transplant
Overlooking Mistakes of Others


P

Palmistry & Numerology
Patience (Sabr)
Pilgrimage to the Ka'bah (Hajj)
Pledge of Allegiance (Bai'ah) modern context
Pledge of Allegiance (Bai'ah) History
Polygamy in Islam
Poor Due Charity (Zakah)
Practice what you Preach Prayers (Salah)
Praying in Isolation (I'tikaf)
Priesthood in Islam
Prohibition of Intoxicants History
Purification (Taharah)


R

Remarriage of the Divorced Muslim Women
Remarriage of widowsResponsibility of Human
-being


S

Sabr (Patience)
Saint/ Saints (Wali / Awlia")
Salah (Prayers)
Salat O Salam (Salutation/ Greetings)
- on Muhammad S
Sawm (Fasting)
Saying of Muhammad S (Hadith)
Saying Alhamdulillah
Schools of Thought in Islam
Seafood
Sending Rewards to the Death (Isal Thawab)
Shahadah (Iman) Faith
Shaving the head of a child ('Aqiqah)
Shroud (Kafn)
Shroud (Kafn) for Females
Shroud (Kafn) for Males
Shukr (Thanking God)
Stunning the animal before slaughtering
Sufism (Mystisism)
Sucide
Sunnah (Traditions of Muhammad S)
Sword of Islam?


T

Taharah (Purification)
Talaq (Divorce)
Tamimah (Charms)
Taqwa (Fear of God)
Tawakkal Alallah (Depends upon Allah)
Tayammum (Dry Wudu)
Teaching about Islamic Dress Code
Teaching about Taharah (Purification)
Teaching children with Picture
Teaching How to Pray
Teaching Islamic Greetings
Telling Lies
Thanking God (Shukr)
The Ten Commandments
Traditions of Muhammad S (Sunnah)


U

'Umrah (Lesser Pilgrimage to the Ka'bah)


V

Vegetarianism
Visiting graves


W

Wali / Awlia" (Saint / Saints)
What is Islam?
What Muslims must not do?
Who are Muslims?
Women in Islam
Wudu (Ablution)


Z

Zakah (Poor Due Charity)
Zina (Adultery)