Human Need for Religion

1. To answer questions about

ultimate concern
2. To overcome difficult problems
3. To ensure better life after
death
The Aims of Religion
(Syari>ah)
To guide mankind
To take care of mind
To protect ones life
To protect property (wealth)
To take care of descent
The Classification of Religions
Revealed and non-revealed religions
Semite and non-Semite religions
Primitive and modern religions
Local or national and international
religions
Missionary and non-missionary religions


Islam: the only true religion
Islam is the religion of all prophets
(messengers)
Muhammad is the last prophet
(messenger)
All prophets (messengers) preached the
same mission
Islam brought by Muhammad completes
previous messages (religions)
Muhammad corrected deviations made by
some leaders of previous religions
Proofs on the originality of Islam
as truly divine religion
The authenticity of the Qura>n
Incomparable literary work
Comprehensive code of life
The universality of its teachings

The Sources of the Islamic
Teachings
Al-Qura>n: Allahs words revealed to the
prophet Muhammad p.b.u.h. through the
angel Jibril.
H}adi>th: Muhammads words; Sunnah:
The prophets tradition
Ijtiha>d: logical reasoning
The Position of Ijtiha>d (logical
reasoning) as source of
Islamic teaching
Man is rational creature
Al-Qura>n and H}adi>th do not explain
everything in detail
The dynamic of human life
The Qura>n and the H}adi>th instruct us
to think