REAL PRACTICE OF ISLAM

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim

Almighty Allah has created the Jinn and mankind only for worship Him. As
Allah says: "And I have created the Jinn and mankind only for worship
me" (56: Dhariyat). This is the unique faith for the mankind, towards which
all the prophets and the messengers invited to their nations: "(O my people),
you do not worship anyone other than Allah” (14: Ha-mim As-Sajda);
Allah more says: "Verily, we have raised up in every nation a messenger for
saying that worship Allah alone and keep away from Taghut" (36: Nahl).

The first word for this principle is to disbelieve in Taghut; that means: to
disbelieve in Taghut as ilah and Rabb; and the real practice is to deny the
man-made party and system. The full range is to disbelieve in Taghut and to
believe in Allah and His Rasul; the declaration of which: Ash-hadu al La-
ilaha illallahu wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadar Rasulullah (Muslim,
Hadith-01); which means: we shall not worship anyone other than Allah, we
shall not associate any partner with Allah, we shall not take anyone as a
Rabb instead of Allah and we shall not follow anyone instead of the last
prophet Muhammad (S); and the real practice of which is to deny the man-
made party and system and to establish the Deen only for Allah by
setting the unique emirate and to follow the last prophet Muhammad (S).

Now those of the mankind who accept the principle of this unique faith,
they are only believers. Allah has ordained to these believers to follow the
guidance (i.e. order and forbid) of Allah given in His Book. As Allah says: "O
believers, believe in Allah and His Rasul, and the Book which He has sent
down to His Rasul, and the Books sent down to those before him. And
whosoever disbelieves in Allah, His Angels, His Books, His Rasuls, and the
Last Day, then he is far away from the straight path" (136: Nisa). Allah more
says: “No calamity befalls on the earth or in your life but it is inscribed in a
book before we bring it into existence. Verily, that is easy for Allah. This is
done so that you may not grieve for the things that you miss, nor rejoice over
that you gain, And Allah does not like any prideful boasters” (22-23: Hadid).

And the Last prophet stated that : "The Iman (faith) implies that you affirm
your faith in Allah, in His angels, in His Books, in His Prophets and the
messengers, in the day of resurrection for Judgment, and also you affirm
your faith in the divine Decree about good and evil" (Muslim, Hadith No-01).

So there are six articles for this principle; one of which is the Book of Allah,
Al-Qur’an, one and only guide book for the believers. As Allah Says: “This is
the Book (Al-Qur’an) in which there is no doubt, the one and only
guidance to those who are pious believers (who follow the order and the
forbid of Allah with fear), who believe in ghaib (unseen things) and
perform Salah and spent out of what we have provided for them. And
who believe in that which has been sent down to you and in that which
was sent down before you and they believe in the last Day. They are on
the guidance from their Rabb and they are successful” (2-5: Baqarah).

Now those of the believers who follow the guidance of Al-Qur’an, that means
those of the believers who follow the order and the forbid of Allah without any
hesitation, they are only Muslim and they will be the resident of the Paradise.
And those of the believers who disobey the order and the forbid of Allah, they
are the included of Kafir (disobedient of Allah). Such as Iblis has become the
included of Kafir by disobeying one order of Allah. As Allah says: “And
(remember) when we ordered to the Angels: Prostrate yourselves before
Adam. And they (the Angels) prostrated all except Iblis (Satan), he
refused and was proud and became the included of Kafir” (34: Baqarah).

And when the first man- Adam (A) disobeyed one forbid of Allah, then Allah
got them out from the Jannat (the Paradise). And says: “Get down all of you
together from this place (i.e. from the paradise), then whenever there
comes to you the guidance from Me, and those who will follow My
guidance, there shall be no fear on them, nor shall they grieve” (38: Al-
Baqarah). So the follow up of this guidance is the worship of Allah.

Such an order of Allah is “O believers, establish Salah and pay Zakah”

(110: Baqarah). According to this order, the last prophet Muhammad (S)
implemented how to perform Salah and stated: ‘you establish salah as you
are seeing me how to perform Salah’ (Bukhari, ifb-6752). Now those of the
believers who avoid Salah and deny paying Zakah, they disobey the order of
Allah. And those of the believers who perform Salah as per their system other
than the last prophet; they disobey the prophet Muhammad (S). Whereas
Allah says: "O Rasul, tell the people: if you love Allah, then follow me,
Allah will love you and forgive you your sins, and Allah is forgiving,
merciful. And also tell them: Obey Allah and his Rasul. And if they turn
their face from this word, Allah does not like the Kafir" (31-32: Imran).

Allah more says: "O believers, fear Allah as He should be feared. And die not
except in a state of Muslim. And hold fast the rope of Allah (i.e. the Islam as
the system and the Islam as the unique party) all together and do not make
any division among you (i.e. do not make any rules in the Islam and make no
groups among the believers)" (102-103: Al-Imran). Now those of the
believers who have broken the rope of Allah (by making rules in it and
denying the unique emirate of the Islam), they disobey the order of
Allah. As Allah says: "O believers, you are a nation among the mankind, who
will invite the mankind to the goodness (i.e. to the Islam), and order for right
work (i.e. establish the Deen only for Allah) and forbid from bad work (i.e. do
not make any division by denying the unique emirate). And it is they who will
be the successful. And be not like those who disputed among themselves and
divided into groups after the clear proofs had come to them. Those who are
responsible for the divisions will be punished seriously" (104-105: Al-Imran).
 Allah more says: "O believers, Obey Allah and his Rasul, and those of
you who are your Amir. And if you differ in any matter, then refer it to
Allah and His Rasul, if you believe in Allah and in the Last Day. That is
better and more suitable for final determination” (59: Nisa). In this Ayah,
Allah has ordained to the believers that if there is any dispute among the
believers, then the Qur’an and the clarification of Rasul are to be followed.
Now those of the believers who do not follow the Qur’an and the clarification
of Rasul, they disobey the order of Allah. As Allah says: “O Rasul, have you
not seen those who claim they believe in that which has been sent down
to you and in that which was sent down before you, and they wish to go
for judgment to the Taghut, while they have been ordered to avoid
Taghut? But Shaitan wishes to lead them far away" (60: An-Nisa).

Allah more says: “O believers, do not take the Jews and the Christians as
your friends but they are friends of each others. And those of you who take
them as friends, then surely they are included of them. Verily Allah does not
guide the people who are Zalim” (51: Maida). Allah more says: “O believers,
you do not take your fathers and your brothers as your friends if they love
kufr above Iman. And those of you who take them as friends, they are Zalim.
O prophet, tell them: if your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your spouses,
your relatives, the wealth that you have acquired, the business in which you
fear a loss, and the homes which you like are dearer to you than Allah and
His Rasul, and doing jihad in His way, then wait until Allah brings about
His decision. Allah does not guide the people who are fasiq” (23-24: Tauba).

Allah more says: “O believers, establish the Deen (of Allah) and make no
division in it” (13: Shura). In this ayah, Allah has ordained to the believers
to establish the Deen only for Allah and to establish the unique emirate by
avoiding all the man-made party. Now those of the believers who have
established the emirate in the name of different party by denying the unique
emirate of the Islam and developed many systems instead of establishing the
Deen absolutely for Allah, they disobey the order of Allah. Whereas Allah
says: "And they (the mankind) were not commanded, except that they
would worship Allah by establishing the Deen only for Allah and perform
Salah, and pay Zakah. This is the established Deen” (5: Bayyinah).

So those of the mankind who disbelieve in Taghut and believe in Allah and
His Rasul (messenger), they are only believers. Allah has ordained to these
believers: "O believers, you enter into the Islam completely and do not
follow the system of Shaitan (i.e. the system of Taghut). Verily, He is
your open enemy" (208: Baqarah). In this Ayah, Allah has ordained to the
believers to enter into the Islam completely; the boundary of this Islam is
the message (Al-Qur’an) revealed for the mankind to the last prophet
Muhammad (S) and the clarification of the message (Al-Quran) given by the
last prophet and the messenger Muhammad (S); and to deny the system of
Taghut, which have been developed by a few leader of the believers after the
death of the prophets and the messengers; such as the man-made party,
mazhab, tarika, democracy, communism, nationalism etc. Now those of the
believers who have entered into the Islam completely, that means:
those of the believers who have established the Deen absolutely for
Allah by establishing the Islam as the unique party and will follow the
last prophet and the messenger Muhammad (S), they are only Muslim.

And those of the believers who disobey the order and the forbid of Allah,
they are included of Kafir. Now if they die without tawba that means without
coming back to the Islam they will be the dweller of fire. As Allah says: “those
of you who turn back from their Deen and die as the unbelievers, their all
works will become void in this life and in the hereafter, they will be the
dweller of fire and they will alive therein forever” (217: Baqarah). So Allah
says to the believers: “O believers, you save yourselves and your
families from the fire of Jahannam, whose fuel is men and stones; in
which the appointed Angels are stern and severe who do not disobey the
command of Allah but do that which they are commanded” (6: Tahrim).

So those of the mankind who disbelieve in Taghut and believe in Allah and
His Rasul, they are only believers. If these believers do worship (i.e. follow the
order and the forbid of Allah) by obeying three conditions, then Allah will
accept their worship. The three conditions for acceptance of worship are: (1)
there is none to associate any partner with Allah; (2) there is none to
take as a Rabb instead of Allah; and (3) there is none to follow except
the last prophet and the messenger Muhammad (S). Now if the believers
disobey any of these conditions, then all of their work will be in vain. As Allah
says: “whosoever disbelieves in faith, then all of his works will be
fruitless and in the Hereafter he will be included of losers” (5: Maida).

1st condition: there is none to associate any partner with Allah; that
means: the Islam is one and only Deen of Allah (i.e. the Islam is one and only
system for the mankind), but those of the mankind who have divided their
Deen and established the separate groups, they are included of mushrik. As
Allah says: "the mushrik are those who have divided their Deen and become
separate groups, each group rejoicing in what is with them" (32: Rum).

So those of the mankind who believe in Islam as their Deen but do not
follow the Islam as the unique party, that means: those of the mankind
who believe in Islam but follow the emirate of the man-made party by
denying the unique emirate of the Islam, they are included of mushrik.

2nd condition: there is none to take as a Rabb instead of Allah; That

means: there is no rules to follow except the order and the forbid of Allah;
that means: Allah is one and only Rabb for the entire universe; He is the
creator, organizer, planner, law maker etc. so there is none has right to
invent any rules in the system of Allah. As Allah says: "when Allah and his
Rasul have decreed a matter, and then there is no option for a believer,
man or woman, to differ with their decision. And whoever disobeys Allah
and his messenger, he is far away from the straight path” (36: Ahzab).
 So those of the mankind who believe that one and only Rabb for the
entire universe is Allah but in practice they follow the rules invented by
their leaders instead of Allah, they are also included of mushrik.

3rd condition: there is none to follow except the last prophet

Muhammad (S). As Allah says: "O Rasul, tell the people, if you love Allah,
then follow me, Allah will also love you and forgive you your sins, and Allah is
forgiving, merciful. And also tell them: Obey Allah and his Rasul. And if they
turn their face from this word, then Allah does not like the Kafir" (31-32:
Imran). In this Ayah, Allah has ordained to the believers to follow the last
prophet Muhammad (S). But Allah has ordained to His Rasul to follow the
message revealed from His Rabb. As Allah says: “(O Rasul), follow what has
been revealed to you from your Rabb, La ilaha illa Huwa (there is none to
worship other than Allah) and turn aside from the mushrik” (106: An’am).
Allah more says: “(O Rasul) If you obey most of the people on the earth
then they will mislead you far away from the way of Allah. They follow
nothing but guesswork and they do nothing but falsehood” (116: An’am).

Now those of the mankind who testify that ‘Ash-hadu al La-ilaha

illallahu wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadar Rasulullah’ and claim that
they are follower of the last prophet but in practice they do not follow
the Islam as the unique system for the mankind and the Islam as the
unique party for the mankind, they are included of Mushrik. As Allah
says: “those of the mankind who believe and do not mix the Iman with
Shirk, for them there is security and they will be guided” (82: An’am).

So let us do tawba (i.e. avoid all Taghut as well as their system) and
believe in Allah and His Rasul and follow the guidance of Al-Qur’an only.
And if you do not agree with it, be witness that we are Muslim. Amin.

Compiled and circulated by: Muhammad Atiar Rahman, Contact: +880-1711 650052