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    Message of Islam

    THE MESSAGE OF ISLAM


    No; 07 January 2011
    03 Safar 1432
    Email:
    imamsedin@gmail.com

    Allah said in sura Ar-Ra'd 11 „Verily! Allah will not change the good condition of a people as long as they do not change their
    state of goodness themselves“. ,

    Introduction
    CONTENTS

    Imam/ Sedin Agic Introduction in this message 1


    Actions are judged by intentions 1
    It is considered to be one of the greatest hadith in Islam 2
    All Praise is due to Allah, We praise Him and we seek Ways to obtain ikhlas (sincerity) 2
    help from Him. We ask forgiveness from Him. We Daily supplications 2
    repent to Him; and we seek refuge in Him from our
    own evils and our own bad deeds. Anyone who is
    guided by Allah, he is indeed guided; and anyone who companions as muhajir Umm Qais. On the basis of this
    has been left astray, will find no one to guide him. I hadith, “ulama” are of the unanimous opinion that the
    bear witness that there is no god but Allah, the Only real basis of one’s actions is niyyah (intention) and
    One without any partner; and I bear witness that everyone will be requited according to his niyyah
    Muhammad, is His servant, and His messenger. (intention). It is true that niyyah is founded in one’s
    “O You who believe, Fear Allah, as He should be heart, that is to say, one has first to make up one’s mind
    feared, and die not except as Muslims”. “O You who for what he intends to do. The point which becomes
    believe, be aware of Allah, and speak a evident from this hadith is that ‘’ikhlas’’ sincerity is a
    straightforward word. He will forgive your sins and must for every action. In other words, in every righteous
    repair your deeds. And whoever takes Allah and His deed, one should seek only the pleasure of Allah;
    Prophet as a guide, has already achieved a mighty otherwise, it will not be accepted by Allah.
    victory”.
    It is considered to be one of the greatest hadith in
    Actions are judged by intentions Islam

    Dear brothers’ and sisters, in this message I'll talk Al-Imam al-Shafie said; ‘’this hadith is one third of the
    about something that is very important in our daily knowledge of Islam, related to about 70 topics of fiqh’’.
    lives, and that is a (niyyah) or intention. Al-Imam Ahmad said; ‘’Islam is based on three
    It is narrated on the authority of Amirul Mu'minin, Abu fundamentals’’ (all are among the 40 hadith). Hadith;
    Hafs Umar al-Hattab, who said; I heard the Messenger which is stated above, narrated by Umar Ibn Khattab.
    of Allah (pbuh) said; ''The deeds are considered by the Hadith; narrate by Aisha; ‘’whosoever introduces into
    intentions, and a person will get the reward this affairs of ours (Islam) something that does not
    according to his intention. So whoever emigrated for belong to it, it is to be rejected’’. Hadith; narrated by
    Allah and His Messenger, his emigration will be for Nu’man Ibn Basheer; ‘’truly, what is lawful is evident,
    Allah and His Messenger; and whoever emigrated for and what is unlawful is evident, and in between the
    worldly benefits or for a woman to marry, his two are matters which are doubtful which many
    emigration would be for what he emigrated for''. (Al- people do not know’’. These three hadiths are agreed
    Buhari and Muslim). upon by Bukhari and Muslim.

    Background; according to some hadiths, the reason for These hadiths can be seen as three criteria to help
    this hadith is that a person sent a proposal of marriage Muslims evaluate and judge what they do and say as
    to a woman named ‘’Umm Qais’’ which she turned ‘’ibadah’’ in their daily life; to evaluate and judge our
    down saying that he should have to emigrate to al- internal actions (actions of the heart), to evaluate and
    Medina for it. Accordingly, he did it for this specific judge our external actions (actions of the limbs), to
    purpose, and the two were married there. On account evaluate and judge our dealings ‘’mu’amalaat’’,
    of this event, the man came to be known among the (interaction between people).
    Page 1 of 2
    The Prophet Muhammad starts the hadith with the
    Page 2 Message of Islam

    This hadith emphasizes ‘’ikhlas’’ (sincerity- to be truthful


    and honest to Allah alone, performing an act solely for 2. Dua upon Waking Up
    Allah’s sake whereby no other witness except Allah is
    sought). Ikhlas is one of the conditions of accepting All praise to Allah, who gave us life after having given
    us death and to him is our final return. (Bukhari).
    good deeds.
    ُ ‫ِى اَحْ يَا َنا َبعْ ََّد مَا اَمَا َت َنا ََّو ِالَ ْي َِّه ال ُّن‬
    َّ‫ش ْو ُر‬ َِّ ِ ‫اَ ْلحَ ْم َُّد‬
    َّْ ‫لِل الَّذ‬
    Ways to obtain ikhlas (sincerity)
    3. Dua When Entering the Toilet
    - Do righteous deeds, the more good deeds we do and
    hence get closer to Allah, the more sincere we will be. In the name of Allah, O Allah, I seek your protection
    - Before we do any deed we should firstly seek from male and female devils. (Bukhari).
    knowledge (ilm) our actions/deeds should be guided by
    knowledge so that we do them in accordance to the َّ‫ث‬ َ ‫ث ََّو‬
    ِ ‫الخبَا ِئ‬ َِّ ‫ِن الخ ُب‬ ََّ ‫ي أَع ُْو َُّذ ِب‬
    ََّ ‫ك م‬ َّْ ‫ِبسْ َِّم للاَِّ اَللّهُمَّ إِ ِّن‬
    sharia.
    4. Dua When Leaving the Toilet
    – Do not give false impressions; do not make others
    believe that an action we did was good when it was not. O Allah. I seek your forgiveness. All praises are due to
    Al-Imam Ahmad said: ‘’before you do anything, check Allah who has taken away from me the discomfort and
    your intentions (niyyah) ask yourself before performing granted me comfort. (Bukhari).
    an action; is it for the sake of Allah?’’.
    َ ‫بَّ َع ِّنيْ َّاألَ ّذ‬
    َّ‫ى ََّوَّ َعا َفان ِْي‬ َ ‫كَّاَ ْل َح ْم ُدَّلِللهَِّال ِذيْ َّأَ ْذ َه‬
    َ ‫ُغ ْف َرا َن‬
    Ibn Qayyim says; any action we do is subject to three
    defects; first; being conscious that others are observing 5. Dua When Starting Wudu
    our action, second; seeking a return (benefit/reward) for
    O Allah, forgive my sin, widen my home and bless my
    the action, and third; being satisfied with the action.
    livelihood. (Tirmidhi).

    ‫ار ْك لِي فِي ِر ْزقِي‬ ِ ‫اللَّهُ َّم ا ْغفِرْ لِي َذ ْنبِي َو َو ِّس ْع لِي فِي د‬
    ِ َ‫َاري َوب‬
    From this above saying we can understand the
    importance of sincerity in our daily life. Because 6. Dua on Completion of Wudu
    everything and every action we do, we should do it for
    the sake of Allah, otherwise our actions will be dust. And O Allah, make me from amongst who are the repenters
    on the Judgment Day we will not have from these action and among those who keep very clean. (Tirmidhi).
    any reward from Allah, so I can tell you just as Imam
    Ahmad said: ‘’before you do anything, check your َ ‫ِن ا ْل ُم َت َطه ِِّر‬
    َّ‫ين‬ ََّ ‫ين َواجْ َع ْلنِي م‬ ََّ ‫اللهُمَّ اجْ َع ْلنِي م‬
    ََّ ‫ِن التو ِاب‬
    intentions (niyyah) ask yourself before performing an
    action; is it for the sake of Allah?’’.

    To be continued insha Allah


    Daily Dua’a (supplications)

    1. Dua before Sleeping

    O Allah, with Your name I die and live. (Bukhari)

    َّ‫ت ََّو أَحْ َي‬


    َُّ ‫ك أَم ُْو‬
    ََّ ‫اَللّهُمَّ ِبسْ ِم‬

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