Sheikh Waleed Basyouni Language: English | Format: PDF | Pages: 192 | Size: 1.5 MB
A seminar to enlighten the minds and
hearts, as we continue on our journey towards Allah SWT and explore the
deeper meanings of the last five of the six articles of Islamic faith:
Angels, Divine Books, Messengers, the Day of Judgment and Al-Qadar.
In Islam, the creed is directly taken from the Qur’an and the Sunnah of the prophet (SAW)
unlike any other religion. There are only three ways someone can believe something:
See it (this is obvious)
See a similar thing (also obvious)
Listen to someone trustworthy (e.g. The Qur’an and Sunnah).
The famous Hadeeth: Hadeeth Jibreel
Angel Jibreel (Gabriel) came to prophet
(SAW) while he was sitting with his companion. Umar (RA) described that
he was wearing very white cloth and had dark hair. There were no signs
of travel in him. He sat close to the prophet (SAW) and
He said, “Tell me about eman.”
He (the prophet SAW) replied, “It is to
believe in Allah, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, and the Last
Day, and to believe in Divine Destiny (Al-Qadar), both the good and the
evil of it.”
He said, “You have spoken rightly.”
The scholars divide the belief into these 6 (six) categories, i.e. believing in
– Allah SWT
– His angels
– His books
– His Messengers
– The Last Day
– Al-Qadar (Divine Destiny).
The first pillar of Eemaan i.e. believing
in Allah SWT is covered in detail in two separate AlMaghrib aqeedah
courses. The focus of this seminar is ‘belief in the five remaining
pillars of Eemaan’. Sheikh Waleed mentioned that the purpose of this
seminar is to make us familiar with the Unseen world as these five
pillars are from the unseen world. Even though the people in their time
met the respective Messenger, to us it is also from the unseen. Sheikh
also included the discussion about the Jinn since this also is part of
the unseen world.
In addition to proofs from the Qur’an and
the Sunnah, sheikh tried to include a rich mixture of intellectual
material, heart-softening topics, and interesting stories; serious,
funny and even spooky.
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