Lesson three
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Lesson three Course Content
[Lessons 1-3] • Why should we study Islam? • Goals and objectives. • Elements of the curriculum.
Lessons of 'Aqidah • (The Islamic belief system)
[Lessons 4-7] • Proofs of faith • Inimitable eloquence of the Qur’an • Proofs of modern science • Legislative inimitability
[Lessons 8-14] • Pillars of faith • Pillars of faith • Belief in Allah • Belief in the Angels • Belief in the revealed Books • Belief in the Prophets and Messengers • Belief in the Last Day • Belief in destiny.
[Lesson 15 ] • Nullifiers of faith • Seeking help from other than Allah • Belief in bad omens and amulets • Astrology • Black magic
[Lessons 16-17] • Comparative religion • Hinduism • Buddhism • Magianism • Judaism • Christianity
[Lessons 18-21] • Science of Qur’an • Ways of revelation • Qur'an revealed in Mecca and in Al-Madinah • Reasons behind revelation • Compiling the Qur'an • Interpretation and translation • Clear and consimilar verses • Repealing
[Lessons 22-26] • Science of Hadith • Chains of Hadith narration • Identification of narrators reliability • Levels of Hadith acceptance • Rigorously and authenticated Hadith • Kinds of inacceptable Hadith • Classification of Hadith • Reclassification of Hadith
[Lessons 27-30] • Science of Sources • Legal evidence • Injunctive and stipulatory rulings • Competency • Fundamental rules • Shari’ah intentions • Arabic lexical rules
[Lessons 31-34] • Purification • Impurities • Toiletry • Ablution: obligatory elements, Sunnah, offensive acts and nullifiers • Bathing: obligatory elements, Sunnah, offensive acts and nullifiers • Dry ablution • Wiping.
[Lessons 35-42] • Prayer • Obligation, merit and wisdom behind • Conditions of correctness • Obligatory elements – Sunnah - permissible and offensive acts – nullifiers • Congregational prayer • Leading the prayer - Adhan (call to prayer) • Shortening and combining prayers • Fear prayer - Friday prayer - Confirmed Sunnah prayers - Voluntary prayers -Funeral prayer
[Lessons: 43-44] • Zakah • Obligation and wisdom • Zakah on diffent types of wealth • Channels of Zakah • Al-Fitr Zakah
[Lessons: 45-46] • Fasting • Obligation and merit of fasting in Ramadan • Licences to break the fast • Sunnah, permissible and offensive acts • Nullifiers • Preferable voluntary fasting • Offensive fasting - Prohibited fasting
[Lessons 47-48] • Hajj and `Umrah (Major and Minor Pilgrimage) • Obligatory and recommended • Rites of Hajj: Ihram - standing on the mount of Arafat – circumambulation – hastening between Safa and Marwa • Obligatory elements and Sunnah of Hajj • Visiting the Prophet's mosque • Al-Qiran and Al-Tamattu` • Enclosure from entering Mecca • Sacrificial slaughtering
[Lessons 49-55] • Morals • Excellence - Virtues: advice – chastity – faithfulness – forbearance – forgiveness – generosity – honesty – humility – justice – mercy – modesty – pardon – patience – perfection (Ihsan) – preference – sincerity – trust – truthfulness – • Evil characters: backbiting - envy – idleness and helplessness – mockery – obscenity – ostentation – tale bearing – vanity and arrogance
[Lessons 56-67] • Manners • - Proper manners towards Allah, Qur'an, the Messenger, knowledge and scholars, oneself and parents. • Manners between spouses, towards children, linking blood relationship • Caring for the poor, guardianship of orphans, rights of neighbors, brotherhood of Muslims, treating non-Muslims • Sitting in public and road manners, when traveling • Hospitality, feasts, consuming food and beverages • Dressing, cleanliness and traits of instinct, sports, sleeping, during illness, funerals, mercy towards animals
Islamic Law • (Ash-Shari’ah)
[Lessons 68-73] • Family • Marriage: conditions – dowry - contract – conditions therein - annulment - rights of the spouse - prohibited marriages • Divorce: types - Non-compliance- forswearing - dhihar - khul` - `Iddah (post-marital waiting period) - financial support – custody • Inheritance: obligatory inheritance – universal heirs - share elimination - bequest
[Lessons: 74-79] • Economy • Finance: prohibition and kinds of usury - good loans – deposits – loans – gifts - `umra and ruqba donations – endowment - Lost and found- Taking wrongly - Suspension from dealings • Trade: sale elements, conditions and intercession –choice sale – prohibited sales – forward buying – credit sale – preemption
Economy (contd.) • Business partnerships: cooperative, manual, well-known, profit-sharing, comprehensive – sharecropping and irrigation partnerships – wage jobs - sponsor-guaranteeing – collateral – commissioning - land ownership - cultivation of virgin land
[Lessons 80-85] • Nation • State :unity - role - Shari'ah- ruling system - consultation and justice - freedom of faith- treaties and conventions • Penalties: alcoholics - false accusation - fornication, adultery and sodomy – theft and highway robbery – manslaughter and wounds • Jihad: legality, reasons and merits – Ar-Ribat – military preparedness – conditions and good manners of fighting - spoils of war – poll taxes - reconciliation
[Lesson 86-100] • Brief Summary • Events from birth to the end of his lifetime in fifteen lessons.