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The Ottoman Fellowship
The Ottoman Empire shall reemerge in Pakistan and Indonesia.
We must not be to quick to denounce a member of the Shia, or a Sufi Muslim. Clearly there is no reason for us to reject Sunni Muslims even though many of them may do this to us. HOWEVER, the more we do not promote Sufi-Sunni Islam over the other forms of Islam we enable the deterioration of the Islamic world.
People tend to find mistakes in scholars so that they can satisfy their inner conscience by saying, "At least I’m not a hypocrite,". You must have heard people saying, "I hate that religious man. Once I saw him doing this, and from that day I don’t like him. I don’t want to listen to what he says as he, himself, is not doing it!" This is not an attitude we can fully condemn, but it is also conveniently used as an excuse for godless behavior. For instance, the oppressive heretical sects of Muwahhidun were never intended by Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab to be the heretical sects of Muwahhidun. Many use the extremist actions of the Muwahhidun to justify and even precondition fellow Muslims into hating all Salafiyyah. The 1744 pact between Muhammad bin Saud and Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab marked the emergence of the first Saudi state, the Emirate of Diriyah. By offering the Al Saud a clearly defined religious mission, the alliance provided the idealogical impetus to Saudi expansion. This shows that Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab was not a saint. His writing, however, should not be disregarded, at the same time they are not infallible.
Sufi-Sunni Muslims vs Sunni Muslims
Question, What is a Sufi-Sunni Muslim? The answer is a Sufi-Sunni Muslim is a Sunni Muslim.
Question, What is a Sunni Muslim? The answer is a Sunni Muslim is a Muslim.
Even though Sufi-Sunni Muslims make up a very small minority of Muslims today this wave of Islam is growing and, in fact, Qadiriyyah the Salafi Mystical Islam is growing in large and unexpected numbers. As Muslims, we are in the most challenging period of our history we are seeing Pan-Arabism rise in place of the Umah. Many of us fear the fascism and totalitarianism of the west to the point of self destruction. Many of us refuse to see the benefit of protecting the other religions, many of us are exclusivist or pluralist, both of which are blasphemous trends of extremism.
The Sufi-Sunni Islamic Ottoman Fellowship shall stands as the discussion group in were the legal matters in Islam are decided based on Shari'ah. http://www.facebook.com/groups/OttomanFellowship/
We must not be to quick to denounce a member of the Shia, or a Sufi Muslim. Clearly there is no reason for us to reject Sunni Muslims even though many of them may do this to us. HOWEVER, the more we do not promote Sufi-Sunni Islam over the other forms of Islam we enable the deterioration of the Islamic world.
People tend to find mistakes in scholars so that they can satisfy their inner conscience by saying, "At least I’m not a hypocrite,". You must have heard people saying, "I hate that religious man. Once I saw him doing this, and from that day I don’t like him. I don’t want to listen to what he says as he, himself, is not doing it!" This is not an attitude we can fully condemn, but it is also conveniently used as an excuse for godless behavior. For instance, the oppressive heretical sects of Muwahhidun were never intended by Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab to be the heretical sects of Muwahhidun. Many use the extremist actions of the Muwahhidun to justify and even precondition fellow Muslims into hating all Salafiyyah. The 1744 pact between Muhammad bin Saud and Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab marked the emergence of the first Saudi state, the Emirate of Diriyah. By offering the Al Saud a clearly defined religious mission, the alliance provided the idealogical impetus to Saudi expansion. This shows that Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab was not a saint. His writing, however, should not be disregarded, at the same time they are not infallible.
Sufi-Sunni Muslims vs Sunni Muslims
Question, What is a Sufi-Sunni Muslim? The answer is a Sufi-Sunni Muslim is a Sunni Muslim.
Question, What is a Sunni Muslim? The answer is a Sunni Muslim is a Muslim.
Even though Sufi-Sunni Muslims make up a very small minority of Muslims today this wave of Islam is growing and, in fact, Qadiriyyah the Salafi Mystical Islam is growing in large and unexpected numbers. As Muslims, we are in the most challenging period of our history we are seeing Pan-Arabism rise in place of the Umah. Many of us fear the fascism and totalitarianism of the west to the point of self destruction. Many of us refuse to see the benefit of protecting the other religions, many of us are exclusivist or pluralist, both of which are blasphemous trends of extremism.
The Sufi-Sunni Islamic Ottoman Fellowship shall stands as the discussion group in were the legal matters in Islam are decided based on Shari'ah. http://www.facebook.com/groups/OttomanFellowship/
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Bayramiyyah hopes to be busy this year.
Bayramiyyah hopes to be busy this year. All of our allies are free to help us in our causes. We just got a message from The Nigerian Qadiriyyah Community, who takes in all kinds of Muslims, regardless of whether they are Sufi-Sunni, Sunni, Shia or Sufi. They have some friends in the Orthodox Christian Churches. Due to the tight financial death grip, none of the charities have enough to give and foreign Soldiers continue the resent shadow invasion of Nigeria. Children are still being solid into slavery. We are requesting the assistance of the United Sufi-Sunni Muslim Union.
http://www.facebook.com/groups/UnitySunniSufism/ Bayramiyyah shall be in Nigeria on the 23rd of this mouth of February to help insure that everyone is given food and will be making sure that we are able to take as many requests for supplies as possible. We are also hoping our friends in the Ba'Alawi tarqa will be there to help us do what ever we need to do for our down trodden brothers and sisters. We are also taking four of our best scholars of the Bayramiyyah to Pakistan that we in May hoping to help our Al-Hadith Muslim allies in explaining to the public why Salafiyyah is not the negative thing many have been preconditioned to assume it is. Today United Sufi-Sunni Muslim Union is in Indonesia helping to ensure a better future. We are really looking forward to the progression of keeping Islam going in the direction that Allah requires of us, but what Bayramiyyah really needs is for you the reader to join us and help us establish better communication with all Muslims. Many of us have not had the opportunities that we now have, but thanks to your donations we have given out seven thousand copies of the Qur'an and we have gotten twelve of the most intelligent children in to Mālik and six other highly exceptional young ones to Hanafi. Before now, the Order of Bayramiyyah was being discriminated against, and we were cut off for three full years, so we could not send anyone anywhere. Thanks to your help and advocacy we were able to show our case to Arabia and thanks to our Al-Hadith friends in Pakistan we will be insuring not only that Bayramiyyah is given the best of the best from the four Shariah schools, we are going to send more kids to school. We are not out of the woods yet we have a hard round ahead of us. Thanks to your support and your requests and your devotion to Allah we are going to prosper Mashallah.
Sufi-Sunni Muslims V.S Sunni Muslims
Sufi-Sunni Muslims have been around longer than Sunni Muslims. Just as, non-Sunni Muslims are not genuine Muslims. LIKEWISE, Sufi-lacking, Sunni Muslim are not genuine Sunni Muslims. Islam can be divided in 4 kinds of Islam, only 2 of which are really Islamic, and only 1 of which carries the accurate Islamic Vision.
Just as there are devote Sunni Islamic Salafiyyah who are patient to call Moderate Sunni Muslims and
Al-Fatwah Muslims to Tawhid, likewise the Sufi-Sunni Islamic Salafiyyah are also very patient to call Contemporary Sunni-Sufi Muslims and liberal Sufi-Sunni Muslims to Tawhid. This is why this blog is Sufi-Sunni Islam rather than Bayramiyyah.org which, there have been requests for such a website.
Even though, Sufi-Sunni Muslims make up a very small minority of Muslims today this wave of Islam is growing and, in fact, Qadiriyyah the Salafi Mystical Islam is growing in large and unexpected numbers, not everyone is completely capable of embracing Orthodox Islam even if it is in its rich and Original form that holds fast to the Mystical tenets of the Salaf. That is why we who remain Bayramiyyah formed this blog: to bring the Qadiriyyah Muslims who are still in ties with the Bayramiyyah Order. With their help, we got the Suhrawardiyya, Ba'Alawi tarqa and Badawiyyah. We can be found congregating on Facebook at "https://www.facebook.com/groups/SunniSufism/". Qadiriyyah is reemerging in Turkey. The Turkish Republic is unhappy about this because it not only has gotten respect form Sunni Muslims who are Joining, but Eastern Christians and Sephardi Jews have been endorsing them as well as possibly Restoration of the Ottoman Caliphate is seen as a Threat to Pan-Turkism. Fortunately many of the younger generation Turks are identifying that Pan-Turkism as a form of Pan-Arab Nationalism and these younger Muslims are identifying Pan-Arab Nationalism as a wave of Nazism no better than Zionism or Reichism.
So why Sufi-Sunni Islam over Sunni Islam?
#1 Sunni Islam always leans to either Religious Pluralism or Religious Exclusivism and even Islamic Inclusivism. Usually it's the Salafiyyah who deviate from Ṭarīqah that might teach Religious Exclusivity something Muhammad always looked down on. Usually, the partakers of Islamic Inclusivism are moderate Sunni Muslims. Superiority is not the spirit nor attitude of a Muslim; this very attitude is where the Islamists usually come with the Islamic Modernization shirk, even though Islam is eternal and the Modern World should apply itself to Islam rather than Islam applying itself to the Modern World. Inclusivism is, in fact, a clear trend of Anti-Religion and Islam is the most Religious of Religions thus Anti-Religion is our arch enemy because it is the Army of Satan and thus all Muslims who hate Religion are self hating. Al-Fatwah Muslims tend to be into Religious Pluralism, and this is almost as bad as Religious Exclusivism. To understand this better, please read the english Fatwah for Islamic Seekers'.
"Is every Religion true?" says the Sunni Muslim "Yes" says the Sufi-Sunni Muslim. "Are the other Religions equal to Islam?" says the Sunni Muslim "No" says the Sufi-Sunni Muslim. Now, the Sunni Muslim thinks himself superior to members of other faiths and later is rebuked by the Imam. The Sufi-Sunni Muslim hears this and says to his Sunni Muslim friend and says "Why would you exult yourself like that?" "This is not what the Deen is about" The Sunni Muslim replies "Because you said Islam is the superior Religion" The Sufi-Sunni Muslim replies "I never said a Muslim was superior to someone else of another Religion. I only meant that Islam has the full truth. Every Religion is true, and every Cult is false, but only Islam has the total Truth that is why Islam is the superior Religion" The Sunni Muslim starts to do well by other Religious people of every faith but then he starts to bully Occultists until he is rebuked by the Emir for attacking Cults who have not provoked Muslims or any other Religious Group. The Sufi-Sunni Muslim hears about this and asks his friend if he is a sane man to which the Sunni Muslim replies "Are we not to stomp out those who are false?" The Sufi-Sunni Muslims say, "No. Because every Cult has a period of hiding and a period of attack. Then, and only then, do we fight back". The Sunni Muslim then says, "Why not attack them before they attack us?" The Sufi-Sunni Muslim says, "Because everyone always remembers who the instigator was in matters such as these. Let it be the Occult and not Islam and, indeed, not any other Religion. Anti-Religion is too big as it is, and other Cults are attacking all Religions now, especially Islam. Thus, we stand in the light, of history as being wrongfully persecuted so that humanity may say, in the times to come, 'Religion was not the enemy. Religion was the good of Humanity, and Islam the Purest among them,". Islam is the path of dedicated diplomacy as well as submitting to Allah. "This is what Sufi-Sunni Muslims know about the True Islam, every Religion is true that's why it is Religion, but only Islam has the full truth. Sufi-Sunni Muslims do not fall into the extreme traps they do not sell out the Sufism of Muhammad nor do they know whether they or anyone Muslim or non-Muslim shall go to Heaven or not. Sufi-Sunni Islam is about the true Mysticism and responsibility we are aware they other Religions are not false because we know that Muhammad rejected Religious Exclusivism. If a Muslim thinks Mysticism is forbidden in Islam then he clearly thinks the Qur'an is blasphemous because nothing is more Mystical than the Qur'an. Universalism is just a weak way of saying Religious Pluralism, and this is almost as bad as Religious Exclusivism.
#2 Sufi-Sunni Islam teaches Religious Interiorism. Religious Interiorism sees the words of Allah hidden within the religions of the world. We do not know if anyone of another Religion is going to Heaven or Hell nor do we know if we are going to Heaven or Hell, why should we if Muhammad did not know then why would we? We are not better than the Prophet so this should keep us humble before Allah that we might receive his Mercy. Remember there is no such thing as a false Religion every Religion is true. We should never assume that the other Religions are false or that we are assured a seat in paradise. We need to remind everyone that only Islam contains the full truth like every Religion we hold that ours is the one with the most facts, and we must respect those who do not agree with us, but make no mistake only Islam holds the full message of Allah to humanity.
#3 Sufi-Sunni Islam also teaches the full truth about the religions. No religion in its full context teaches that the other religions are false. No religion in its full context claims some kind of monopoly on salvation. Now indeed most every religion has it's batches or brake offs that insinuate such absurdities. This is not a religious concept at all. This is the definition of occultist supremacy which always stands out more than occultist cross-culturalism. Now Islam does teach - just as every religion teaches - that it holds the most facts this is undeniably the truth. Islam rejects Universalism because it is a mask for Crossculturalism and the pluralist view of Crossculteralism is a threat to all religions. Another thing that Sufi-Sunni Islam highlights - and every Sufi-Sunni Muslim is obligated to highlight due to the confusion that is growing around this issue - is that true multicultural society will always flourish best under the Caliphate. This is what gives Islam the most value, in our statement that we really do hold the most facts than any other religion. Do not be bullied or pressured into believing the secular propaganda that humanism and secularism somehow work better than religious systems, these systems are censoring Anti-Zionist Jews - even co/opting conspiracy theorist forums in order to convince everyone that the Talmud is Zionist EVEN THOUGH THE TALMUD IS THE REAL ROOT OF JEWISH ANTI-ZIONISM & JEWISH ANTI-RACISM - they are even persecuting Jews who simply wish to end the Occupation of the west Bank, and Gaza, this system of secularism and humanism is also why the Tibetan Buddhists are being killed off - even though the Dalai Lama is supposedly well respected by the secular-world because he authored a bunch of life changing books - that's right the Buddhists are being persecuted as a bold effort by Atheist Extremists to destroy them. This same secular system is behind most of the increasing Islamophobia. So this indeed shows that the true ambition of the secular-world is not multiculturalism but instead the assimilation of the whole world in slow motion. The hostile takeover of the world in slow motion fueled mostly by corporate interests, and this is becoming more clear every day. The process of cross-culturalism is the first step in doing this. Sufi-Sunni Islam emphasizes that Mysticism is the only way to make peace in the advancing world we live in not Universalism. Mystics emphasize how all is connected there are countless references in Qur'an and Hadith that show this in the most clear cut way. Universalism is something that most schools of Sufi Islam teach, and this is what latter gives rise to the cut-off indifferent Muslim who only feeds Islamophobia. Sunni Islam rejects Mysticism, and this is an innovation if you reject Mysticism you reject that Allah made all things and that everything is truly in his control. Most of our people have things backwards that you could give them all the proof in the world and yet still they will reject it. The same traps that the Christians and the Jews have been known to fall into many of us are bathing in. Indeed we even find that many of the people of the Book hold fast to their Deen that we most of us are holding fast to our Deen. Nothing would be more conferring than for us all to be titled Muslim but due to the methods of following Qur'an and Sunnah first and then - AND THIS SECOND PART NEEDS TO BE DONE AS WELL - considering every thing else that does not contradict sound aqidah we must identify by Sufi-Sunni, Sunni, Shia, and Sufi and so us who are Sufi-Sunni Muslims should not fear explain this by pointing out this definition to our Sunni Muslim kin.
& Allah knows best..
Just as there are devote Sunni Islamic Salafiyyah who are patient to call Moderate Sunni Muslims and
Al-Fatwah Muslims to Tawhid, likewise the Sufi-Sunni Islamic Salafiyyah are also very patient to call Contemporary Sunni-Sufi Muslims and liberal Sufi-Sunni Muslims to Tawhid. This is why this blog is Sufi-Sunni Islam rather than Bayramiyyah.org which, there have been requests for such a website.
Even though, Sufi-Sunni Muslims make up a very small minority of Muslims today this wave of Islam is growing and, in fact, Qadiriyyah the Salafi Mystical Islam is growing in large and unexpected numbers, not everyone is completely capable of embracing Orthodox Islam even if it is in its rich and Original form that holds fast to the Mystical tenets of the Salaf. That is why we who remain Bayramiyyah formed this blog: to bring the Qadiriyyah Muslims who are still in ties with the Bayramiyyah Order. With their help, we got the Suhrawardiyya, Ba'Alawi tarqa and Badawiyyah. We can be found congregating on Facebook at "https://www.facebook.com/groups/SunniSufism/". Qadiriyyah is reemerging in Turkey. The Turkish Republic is unhappy about this because it not only has gotten respect form Sunni Muslims who are Joining, but Eastern Christians and Sephardi Jews have been endorsing them as well as possibly Restoration of the Ottoman Caliphate is seen as a Threat to Pan-Turkism. Fortunately many of the younger generation Turks are identifying that Pan-Turkism as a form of Pan-Arab Nationalism and these younger Muslims are identifying Pan-Arab Nationalism as a wave of Nazism no better than Zionism or Reichism.
So why Sufi-Sunni Islam over Sunni Islam?
#1 Sunni Islam always leans to either Religious Pluralism or Religious Exclusivism and even Islamic Inclusivism. Usually it's the Salafiyyah who deviate from Ṭarīqah that might teach Religious Exclusivity something Muhammad always looked down on. Usually, the partakers of Islamic Inclusivism are moderate Sunni Muslims. Superiority is not the spirit nor attitude of a Muslim; this very attitude is where the Islamists usually come with the Islamic Modernization shirk, even though Islam is eternal and the Modern World should apply itself to Islam rather than Islam applying itself to the Modern World. Inclusivism is, in fact, a clear trend of Anti-Religion and Islam is the most Religious of Religions thus Anti-Religion is our arch enemy because it is the Army of Satan and thus all Muslims who hate Religion are self hating. Al-Fatwah Muslims tend to be into Religious Pluralism, and this is almost as bad as Religious Exclusivism. To understand this better, please read the english Fatwah for Islamic Seekers'.
"Is every Religion true?" says the Sunni Muslim "Yes" says the Sufi-Sunni Muslim. "Are the other Religions equal to Islam?" says the Sunni Muslim "No" says the Sufi-Sunni Muslim. Now, the Sunni Muslim thinks himself superior to members of other faiths and later is rebuked by the Imam. The Sufi-Sunni Muslim hears this and says to his Sunni Muslim friend and says "Why would you exult yourself like that?" "This is not what the Deen is about" The Sunni Muslim replies "Because you said Islam is the superior Religion" The Sufi-Sunni Muslim replies "I never said a Muslim was superior to someone else of another Religion. I only meant that Islam has the full truth. Every Religion is true, and every Cult is false, but only Islam has the total Truth that is why Islam is the superior Religion" The Sunni Muslim starts to do well by other Religious people of every faith but then he starts to bully Occultists until he is rebuked by the Emir for attacking Cults who have not provoked Muslims or any other Religious Group. The Sufi-Sunni Muslim hears about this and asks his friend if he is a sane man to which the Sunni Muslim replies "Are we not to stomp out those who are false?" The Sufi-Sunni Muslims say, "No. Because every Cult has a period of hiding and a period of attack. Then, and only then, do we fight back". The Sunni Muslim then says, "Why not attack them before they attack us?" The Sufi-Sunni Muslim says, "Because everyone always remembers who the instigator was in matters such as these. Let it be the Occult and not Islam and, indeed, not any other Religion. Anti-Religion is too big as it is, and other Cults are attacking all Religions now, especially Islam. Thus, we stand in the light, of history as being wrongfully persecuted so that humanity may say, in the times to come, 'Religion was not the enemy. Religion was the good of Humanity, and Islam the Purest among them,". Islam is the path of dedicated diplomacy as well as submitting to Allah. "This is what Sufi-Sunni Muslims know about the True Islam, every Religion is true that's why it is Religion, but only Islam has the full truth. Sufi-Sunni Muslims do not fall into the extreme traps they do not sell out the Sufism of Muhammad nor do they know whether they or anyone Muslim or non-Muslim shall go to Heaven or not. Sufi-Sunni Islam is about the true Mysticism and responsibility we are aware they other Religions are not false because we know that Muhammad rejected Religious Exclusivism. If a Muslim thinks Mysticism is forbidden in Islam then he clearly thinks the Qur'an is blasphemous because nothing is more Mystical than the Qur'an. Universalism is just a weak way of saying Religious Pluralism, and this is almost as bad as Religious Exclusivism.
#2 Sufi-Sunni Islam teaches Religious Interiorism. Religious Interiorism sees the words of Allah hidden within the religions of the world. We do not know if anyone of another Religion is going to Heaven or Hell nor do we know if we are going to Heaven or Hell, why should we if Muhammad did not know then why would we? We are not better than the Prophet so this should keep us humble before Allah that we might receive his Mercy. Remember there is no such thing as a false Religion every Religion is true. We should never assume that the other Religions are false or that we are assured a seat in paradise. We need to remind everyone that only Islam contains the full truth like every Religion we hold that ours is the one with the most facts, and we must respect those who do not agree with us, but make no mistake only Islam holds the full message of Allah to humanity.
#3 Sufi-Sunni Islam also teaches the full truth about the religions. No religion in its full context teaches that the other religions are false. No religion in its full context claims some kind of monopoly on salvation. Now indeed most every religion has it's batches or brake offs that insinuate such absurdities. This is not a religious concept at all. This is the definition of occultist supremacy which always stands out more than occultist cross-culturalism. Now Islam does teach - just as every religion teaches - that it holds the most facts this is undeniably the truth. Islam rejects Universalism because it is a mask for Crossculturalism and the pluralist view of Crossculteralism is a threat to all religions. Another thing that Sufi-Sunni Islam highlights - and every Sufi-Sunni Muslim is obligated to highlight due to the confusion that is growing around this issue - is that true multicultural society will always flourish best under the Caliphate. This is what gives Islam the most value, in our statement that we really do hold the most facts than any other religion. Do not be bullied or pressured into believing the secular propaganda that humanism and secularism somehow work better than religious systems, these systems are censoring Anti-Zionist Jews - even co/opting conspiracy theorist forums in order to convince everyone that the Talmud is Zionist EVEN THOUGH THE TALMUD IS THE REAL ROOT OF JEWISH ANTI-ZIONISM & JEWISH ANTI-RACISM - they are even persecuting Jews who simply wish to end the Occupation of the west Bank, and Gaza, this system of secularism and humanism is also why the Tibetan Buddhists are being killed off - even though the Dalai Lama is supposedly well respected by the secular-world because he authored a bunch of life changing books - that's right the Buddhists are being persecuted as a bold effort by Atheist Extremists to destroy them. This same secular system is behind most of the increasing Islamophobia. So this indeed shows that the true ambition of the secular-world is not multiculturalism but instead the assimilation of the whole world in slow motion. The hostile takeover of the world in slow motion fueled mostly by corporate interests, and this is becoming more clear every day. The process of cross-culturalism is the first step in doing this. Sufi-Sunni Islam emphasizes that Mysticism is the only way to make peace in the advancing world we live in not Universalism. Mystics emphasize how all is connected there are countless references in Qur'an and Hadith that show this in the most clear cut way. Universalism is something that most schools of Sufi Islam teach, and this is what latter gives rise to the cut-off indifferent Muslim who only feeds Islamophobia. Sunni Islam rejects Mysticism, and this is an innovation if you reject Mysticism you reject that Allah made all things and that everything is truly in his control. Most of our people have things backwards that you could give them all the proof in the world and yet still they will reject it. The same traps that the Christians and the Jews have been known to fall into many of us are bathing in. Indeed we even find that many of the people of the Book hold fast to their Deen that we most of us are holding fast to our Deen. Nothing would be more conferring than for us all to be titled Muslim but due to the methods of following Qur'an and Sunnah first and then - AND THIS SECOND PART NEEDS TO BE DONE AS WELL - considering every thing else that does not contradict sound aqidah we must identify by Sufi-Sunni, Sunni, Shia, and Sufi and so us who are Sufi-Sunni Muslims should not fear explain this by pointing out this definition to our Sunni Muslim kin.
& Allah knows best..
The five pillars of Islam
The Qur'an presents them as a framework for worship and a sign of commitment to the faith. They are (1) the shahada (creed); (2) daily prayers (salat); (3) almsgiving (Zakāt; (4)fasting during Ramadan (sawn), and (5) the pilgrimage to Mecca (hajj) at least once in a lifetime.
Shahadah
Shahadah is a saying professing monotheism and accepting Muhammad as God's messenger. The shahadah is a set statement normally recited in Arabic: ašhadu an lā ilāha illá l-Lāhu (wa ashhadu 'anna) Muḥammadan rasūlu l-Lāhi "there is no god except ALLAH and Muhammad is the Messenger of ALLAH". Also, it is said that when dying one should recite this declaration of faith. In Azaan, "call to prayer) it is recited. Reciting this statement is a key part in a person's conversion to Islam.
Salat
Salat is the Islamic prayer. Salat consists of five daily prayers: Fajr, zuhr, Asr, Maghrib, and Isha'a. Fajr is performed before the light of dawn; zuhr is performed when the sun starts to decline from its zenith; Asr is performed in the afternoon. Maghrib is the sunset prayer, and Isha'a is the evening prayer. Each prayer consists of a certain amount of rakaʿāt. A prayer either consists of two, three, or four rakaʿāt. All of these prayers are recited while facing the Ka'bah in Mecca. Muslims must wash themselves before prayer. This washing is called Wudu. The prayer is accompanied by a series of set positions including; bowing with hands on knees, standing, prostrating and sitting in a special position (not on the heels, nor on the buttocks, with the toes pointing away from Mecca), usually with one foot tucked under the body.
Zakāt
Zakat or almsgiving is the practice of charitable giving by Muslims. It is based on accumulated wealth and is obligatory for all who are able to do so. It is considered to be a personal responsibility for Muslims to ease economic hardship for others and eliminate inequality. Zakat consists of spending 2.5% of one's wealth for the benefit of the poor or needy, including slaves, debtors and travelers. A Muslim may also donate more as an act of voluntary charity (sadaqah), rather than to achieve additional divine reward. There are two main types of Zakat. First, there is the kajj, which is a fixed amount There are five principles that should be followed when giving the Zakat:
The giver must declare to God his intention to give the Zakat.
The Zakat must be paid on the day that it is due.
After the Offering, the payer must not exaggerate on spending his money more than usual means.
Payment must be in kind. This means if one is wealthy then he or she needs to pay 2.5% of their income. If a person does not have much money, then they should compensate for it in different ways, such as good deeds and good behavior toward others.
The Zakat must be distributed in the community from which it was taken.
Sawm of Ramadan
Three types of fasting (Sawm) are recognized by the Qur'an: Ritual fasting, fasting as compensation for repentance (both from sura Al-Baqara), and ascetic fasting (from Al-Ahzab).
Ritual fasting is an obligatory act during the month of Ramadan. Muslims must abstain from food and drink from dawn to dusk during this month, and are to be especially mindful of other sins. Fasting is necessary for every Muslim that has reached puberty.
The fast is meant to allow Muslims to seek nearness to God, to express their gratitude to and dependence on him, atone for their past sins, and to remind them of the needy. During Ramadan, Muslims are also expected to put more effort into following the teachings of Islam by refraining from violence, anger, envy, greed, lust, profane language, gossip and to try to get along with fellow Muslims better. In addition, all obscene and irreligious sights and sounds are to be avoided.
Fasting during Ramadan is obligatory, but is forbidden for several groups for whom it would be very dangerous and excessively problematic. These include prepubescent children, those with a medical condition such as diabetes, elderly people, and pregnant or breastfeeding women. Observing fasts is not permitted for menstruating women. Other individuals for whom it is considered acceptable not to fast are those who are ill or traveling. Missing fasts usually must be made up for soon afterward, although the exact requirements vary according to circumstance.
Hajj
The Hajj is a pilgrimage that occurs during the Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah to the holy city of Mecca. Every able-bodied Muslim is obliged to make the pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their lifetime. When the pilgrim is around 10 km (6.2 mi) from Mecca, he must dress in Ihram clothing, which consists of two white sheets. Both men and women are required to make the pilgrimage to Mecca. After a Muslim makes the trip to Mecca, he/she is known as a hajj/hajja (one who made the pilgrimage to Mecca). The main rituals of the Hajj include walking seven times around the Kaaba, touching the Black Stone, traveling seven times between Mount Safa and Mount Marwah, and symbolically stoning the Devil in Mina. The pilgrim, or the haji, is honoured in the Muslim community. Islamic teachers say that the Hajj should be an expression of devotion to God and not a means to gain social standing. The believer should be self-aware and examine their intentions in performing the pilgrimage. This should lead to constant striving for self-improvement. A pilgrimage made at any time other than the Hajj season is called an Umrah, and while not mandatory is strongly recommended. Also, they make a pilgrimage to the holy city of Jerusalem in their alms giving feast.
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