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AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST EDITION
 All praise is for Allaah, we praise Him, we seek His aid and His forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allaahfrom the evils of ourselves and from our evil actions. Whomsoever Allaah guides then there is none whocan misguide him and whomsoever Allaah leaves to stray then there is none who can guide him. I bearwitness that none has the right to be worshipped except Allaah alone, having no partners and I bear witnessthat Muhammad (SAW) is His Slave and His Messenger.To proceed: Verily Islaam is the great Religion of Allaah, the religion He approved for mankind, so that byit they can rectify the affairs of their lives, through the passing of time and the changing of ages.
"Should He not know what He created? And He is the Most Kind and Courteous (to His slaves), Allaware of everything."
1The Islamic ummah (nation) was the best ummah raised up for mankind. This is because it carried themessage (of Islaam) and conveyed it to the other nations. The Islamic ummah remained in this state up untilthe day it distanced itself from the Book of its Lord - the One free from all imperfections and Most High -and from the Sunnah of its Prophet (SAW).Therefore it is obligatory upon all Muslims, in all parts of the world to return to the Book of Allaah,Exalted is His Power and Blessed be His Name, and to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allaah (SAW).Such that they unite upon the Book and the Sunnah, becoming heedful of them with understanding, as wellas fulfilling their Islamic duties and fulfilling the rules and regulations of their worship.Verily I have become sure that from amidst the causes which Islaam incorporates, putting it at the forefrontof its fundamental principles as well as making it the pinnacle of its teachings is to increase the ways of unifying the Muslims and binding them together.Included in this, is that the congregational prayer has been made compulsory upon them2 five times a day.They tie their hearts to one Imaam, following his moves and actions, one by one. They remain conscious of their Lord, fulfilling what they have been appointed to do. They have mercy and compassion for each otherdistancing them selves from transgression and causing evil on the land.
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