Belief
What a Muslim believes, the words that carry it, and what is owed to the Prophet.
Creed
- The Five Kalimas The five declarations of faith every Muslim learns, in Arabic, transliteration and translation, with what each one means.
- Kufr, shirk, and treating a sin as permitted What counts as disbelief or associating partners with Allah, the two kinds of sin, and the three steps of repentance.
Faith
- Belief in Allah The first article of faith: what a Muslim believes about who Allah is and the qualities that belong to Him alone.
- Belief in the angels What a Muslim believes about the angels, their nature, and the four angels of the highest rank.
- Belief in Allah's books The scriptures Allah revealed to His prophets, the four best known among them, and why only the Quran's rulings stand today.
- Belief in destiny (Qadr) The sixth article of faith: that Allah has written all that happens, while people still choose and are answerable for their own actions.
- Belief in the prophets, and the life of the Prophet ﷺ What a Muslim believes about the prophets and their miracles, and a brief account of the life of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
- Paradise and Hell What a Muslim believes about Paradise and Hell: that both already exist, will never end, and who is destined for each.
- The Companions and the Prophet's family Who the Sahabah are, the four Rightly Guided Caliphs in their order, and the honour owed to the Prophet's ﷺ household.
- Saints, jinn, and further matters of belief Wilayah and karamat, seeking wasilah, why no one is exempt from Shariah, the jinn, why we exist, and following a madhhab and a Sufi teacher.
- Belief in the Last Day What happens from the questioning in the grave through the signs of Qiyamah, the Scale, the reckoning, the Bridge, and the Prophet's intercession.
- The virtue of sending salutations on the Prophet ﷺ What the Prophet ﷺ brought to the world, what he said about sending blessings upon him, the days it is best recited on, and why durood is woven into the prayer itself.
- What faith means, and the words that carry it What iman is, its two parts, who a believer is, and the declarations of faith said with the tongue.
Practice
- The categories of Islamic rulings, and Din The eight categories Islamic rulings fall into, from fard to mubah, and how belief (iman) and practice (Islam) together make up Din.
- Islam and its five pillars What Islam means, and the five pillars its practice is built on: the declaration of faith, prayer, fasting, zakat, and Hajj.