THE VALIDITY OF IMAANDEPENDS ON TWO IMPORTANT POINTS

1. The validity of Imaan depends on two important points:
1. Respect for Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam), and
2. To love him above all creation within the universe.
2. If, at any time, anybodyshows the slightest disrespect for the
station of Sayyiduna Muhammadur Rasoolullah (sallal laahualaihi
wasallam), then there must not remain an atom of love and respect for
that person in your heart. It can be anybody whom you love and
respect, for example, father, Ustaaz (teacher), children, brother,
Murshid (Spiritual Guide), Molvi, Mufti, Hafez, lecturer, Imam, or
friends, etc.
3. Such a person should be totally severed from family and community.
His name should cause great discomfort to you. His knowledge or status
should be absolutely rejected and discarded.
4. If you accepted or observed silence to his insult to Rasoolullah
(sallal laahu alaihi wasallam), kept good friends with him, did not
regard him as a wretched and mean-spirited person, you should check
where you stand in the test of Imaan!

THE VALUE OF IMAAN

1. Until such a time a person does not love and respect the exalted
Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) , even though that person
worships all his life, his worship is fruitless and rejected.
2. Numerous Jogees, Monks and Hermits taketo seclusion and spend their
lives in the Remembrance of Allah Ta'ala. Some of them even indulge in
the Zikrof "La ilaha illal lah" (There is no god but Allah), but they
do not respect and love Rasoolullah (sallal laahualaihi wasallam).
What benefit is such Ibaadah? Allah Ta'ala states in the Holy Quran:
"Whatever deeds they have performed, I have destroyed them all." (Para
19: Ruku 1)

WHAT ASPECTS MAKES A PERSON A MUSLIM

1. For a person to becomea Muslim it is necessary for him or her to
believe Islam as the true religion and not toreject any of it's
necessary aspects. A person should also not have beliefs contradictory
or against the religion's necessary aspects (Zaroriyaat-e-Deen).
2. A Muslim must love and respect all those who are the beloved of
AllahTa'ala and His Rasool (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) even though
that person may be his enemy.
3. He must disrespect and hate all those who disrespect and hate Allah
Ta'ala and His Rasool (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) even if that
person may be his beloved son.
4. Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) states : "One
who loves for Allah, hates anyone because of Allah, spends for Allah
and holds back forAllah, then, indeed, he has completed his Imaan."
5. If the person does not have the knowledge about all the religion's
necessary aspect, i.e. even if he is a completeand utter illiterate,
he must believe in Islam and in the Messenger ofIslam (sallal laahu
alaihiwasallam) and not haveany beliefs against the necessary aspects
of Islam (Zarooriyat-e-Deen).
6. Whether he cannot pray the Kalima (submission into Islam) properly
he is still a Muslim and not a Kaafir. Therefore, if he misses Salaah,
Saum, Hajj, etc. he will be a grave sinner, but will remain a Muslim.
This isbecause deeds are not a part of faith.
7. Whatever is without doubt Haraam (forbidden) and to believe it as
Halaal (allowed), and to believe something Haraam, which is no doubt
Halaal, is Kufr, when there is no suspicion of a particular thing
being Halaal or Haraam or theperson knows this.

What is Imaan and Kufr ?

1. Imaan is to accept every word of Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal
laahu alaihi wasallam) as the absolute truth and to testify
whole-heartedly the reality and truth of Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal
laahu alaihi wasallam).
2. One who observes the above would be called a Muslim, that is, if
any of his words, actions or conditions does not reject, insult or
falsify Allah Ta'ala and His Rasool (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam).
3. If you reject one aspect,which you know that tobelieve is part of
Islam, then this is Kufr. For example, to reject Qiyamat, Angels,
Jannat,Dozakh, Hisab, or not tobelieve that Salaah, Saum, Zakaah or
Hajj is Fardh (obligatory) would make one out of the folds of Islam.
4. It is also Kufr not to believe that the Holy Quran is the Words of
Allah Ta'ala.
5. To insult the Holy Ka'aba, the Holy Quran, or any of the Prophets
or Angels is also Kufr.
6. To degrade any of the Sunnats (actions of the Holy Prophet sallal
laahu alaihi wasallam) , to make jokes of the orders of Shari'ah
(Islamic law) or to reject or suspect it untrue any known and
recognised aspects of Islam is also definitely Kufr.
7. To be a Muslim you have to, together with faith and belief, also
pledge your status as a Muslim.
8. One must pledge his faith unless there is a difficulty, for
example, you cannot speak, or tospeak would mean to lose your life or
would lose a part of the body, then it is not necessary to pledge your
faith with your tongue. However, it is always best and a means of
great reward not to sayanything against Islam even to save your life.
9. To perform actions thatare signs of Kufr and if you perform them
you will be recognised as a Kaafir. For example, to wear a "Janeo" (a
sacred thread worn by Hindus), or to have a lock of hair (plats for
men) the same as Buddhists have, or to wear a cross are all actions of
Kufr.

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