Aqeeda

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Aqeeda

• The Muslims Belief

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Definition of Aqeeda

• Aqada, meaning to bind
• A firm, unwavering belief that is not open to any
  doubt
• Creed
• Eemaan, or Faith

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The correct aqeeda and why it comes first.

• The correct aqeeda is the foundation stone of the
  Islamic nation. It is known through evidences of
  the Shariah from the book and the Sunnah, that
  ones actions can only be correct and acceptable
  to Allah when they arise from a correct aqeeda.
  If the aqeeda is not correct then the actions and
  statements that arise due to it are invalid.
• Whosever rejects faith, the fruitless is his
  work and in the hereafter he will be among the
  loosers. Surah al Maidah 55

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The basis of Aqeeda

• The Messenger believes in what has been
  revealed to him from His Lord, as do the men of
  faith. Each one believes in Allah, His Angels,
  His Books, and His Messengers. We make no
  distinction between one and another of His
  Messengers. And they say We hear, and we obey
  we seek your forgiveness, our Lord and to You is
  the end of all journeys Al Bakarah 2285
• Oh you who believe! Believe in Allah, His
  Messenger, the Book which He has send down to His
  Messenger, and the Scripture which He has sent
  down to those before. Whosoever disbelieves in
  Allah, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, and
  the Last Day has strayed far away. An Nisaa
  4136
• The Prophet said Eeman is to believe in
  Allah, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, the
  Last Day and to believe in Qadr, the good of it
  and bad of it. Bukhari and Muslim

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The reality of emaan

• Eemaan is the belief of the heart, the profession
  of the tongue and the actions of the limbs. It
  increases with obedience to Allah and decreases
  with disobedience to Allah
• The believers are only those who, when Allah
  is mentioned, feel a fear in their hearts and
  when His verses are recited unto them, they
  increase their faith and they put their trust
  their Lord. Al Anfaal 2

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How to increase Eemaan

• Knowledge
• First we learnt Eemaan, then we learnt Quran
  and we increased in Eemaan. ibn Umar
• It is only those who have knowledge among
  His slaves the fear Allah. Faatir 28
• Deeds
• Eeman has over seventy braches. The most
  excellent of them is to testify that there is
  nothing worthy of worship except Allah, the
  lowest of them is to remove a harmful thing from
  the path. Bukhari and Muslim
• Remembrance and Deep thought (tafakur)
• And think deeply about the creation of the
  heavens and the earth. Al Imran 191