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Volume 1 Issue 3 AN INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM August 2006

Quranic Studies

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[al-Maida 5:2] O ye who believe! Violate not the sanctity of the
(S.W.T.), my position symbols of Allah, nor of the sacred month, nor of the animals brought for
in this enewsletter is sacrifice, nor the garlands that mark out such animals, nor the people resort-
not more than a com-
ing to the sacred house, seeking of the bounty and good pleasure of their Lord.
piler of other’s work.
We believe in Allah But when ye are clear of the sacred precincts and of pilgrim garb, ye may hunt
alone, same Holy and let not the hatred of some people in (once) shutting you out of the Sacred
Book The Qur’an and Mosque lead you to transgression (and hostility on your part). Help ye one
the same Prophet
Mohammad (S.A.W.),
another in righteousness and piety, but help ye not one another in sin and
but the difference in rancour: fear Allah: for Allah is strict in punishment.
Muslims of earlier
time and now is Sura al-Maida the fifth (5) Sura of The Holy Qur’an begins with :
remarkable. We need
to find out what is
missing to be a
Muslim like Muslims O ye who believe! fulfil (all) obligations
were in the earlier
time of Islam?
Islam provides comprehensive guidelines for all people to follow
Your brother and in different walks of life. The guidance it gives includes the social, eco-
friend, in need of nomic, political, moral and spiritual aspects of life. Qur’an reminds man
your “Dua”. the purpose of life on earth, and his duties and obligations towards him-
self, his community, and his Creator and demands “O ye who believe! fulfil
Syed S. Z. Hashmi. (all) obligations”.
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It is the mercy of Allah, (Subhan Wa Taala) His immense grace and
the completion of his favours upon us that He has taught us about the
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months of the year also.
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H a d i t h & S u n n a h Rajab 1427 A. H.

[al-Israa : 17:1] Glory to (Allah) Who did take His servant for a Journey by night from the Sacred
Mosque to the farthest Mosque, whose precincts We did bless,- in order that We might show him some of
Our Signs: for He is the One Who heareth and seeth (all things).
The night journey of Prophet Mohammad (sallallahu alayhi wassalam) is perplexing to the
imagination of non believers that is why it is not given any heed. Some of the Makkans asked
Prophet Mohammad (sallallahu alayhi wassalam) to describe the mosque of Jerusalem, though
Prophet Mohammad (sallallahu alayhi wassalam) had never visited there but the description was
correct and Prophet Mohammad (sallallahu alayhi wassalam) was successful. Some of the compan-
ions of the Prophet Mohammad (sallallahu alayhi wassalam) differed with regards to the actual na-
ture of his ascent. Among them some believed it was physical, or spiritual or in dream. Most of
the companions and their successors hold the doctrine of physical ascent. The word used in The
Holy Qur’an is :

There are so many incomprehensible things, like Predestination, Paradise, Hell etc. Man
can not comprehend those things due to the limitations of knowledge and experiences he has.
We confess that we are not in better position to give light in an unseen thing. Doesn’t God have
power enough to lift human body to Haven? Indeed He had shown this power by taking Jesus
to Heaven. To deny is to limit the power of The God.
From the verses of The Holy Qur’an and the traditions of The Prophet Mohammad
(sallallahu alayhi wassalam) the Prophet’s night journey from the Holy Kaaba to the mosque of the
Jerusalem and from there crossing the seven Heavens up to the Lote tree which is the farthest
limit of man and angles has been firmly established. The Holy Prophet Mohammad (sallallahu
alayhi wassalam) alone went little further and spoke with Allah (Subhan Wa Taala) behind a veil
and received revelations which no mortal had attained before. In Sura an-Najm (the star) of The
Holy Qur’an it is mentioned with beautiful verses as: (continued page 4)
Quranic vocabulary
they estab- prep. and, those who
lish, they this, (that)
and also ward off
are steadfast evil, pious

they believe unseen, prep. in this,

secret, in , at, on, no doubt ,
invisible within no suspicion

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A N I N T R O D U C T I O N T O I S L A M
from page 1 Quranic Studies Deaths in Rajab:
In above ayat 2 of Sura al-Maida Allah
Imam Abu Hanifa (R.A) passed away on the
(Subhan Wa Taala) warns about the
sacred 15th of Rajab 150 A.H.
months of the year. The names of these sacred Imam Shafi'ee (R.A) passed away on the 14th
months are mentioned in an authentic hadith Rajab 204 A.H.
said by the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wassalam), in Imam Muslim (R.A) passed away on the 24th of
Rajab 261 A.H.
the Farewell Pilgrimage. According to this Imam Nawawee (R.A) passed away on the 14th
hadith, the sacred months are four, three in of Rajab 677 A.H.
succession—that is, Dhul-Qi`dah, Dhul-Hijjah, from page 2 Hadith & Sunnah
and Muharram and the fourth is Rajab, which
comes between Jumada Thani and Sha`ban.
Rajab is the seventh month of Islamic Calendar.
The starting point for the Islamic Calen-
dar was fixed at the date of the new moon dur-
ing the first lunar month in the year which
Mohammad (sallallahu alayhi wassalam), and his
followers left Makkah for Medina. The abbrevia- [1] By the Star when it goes down,-
tion A.H. stands for “Anno Hegirea” (Latin for [2] Your Companion is neither astray nor being misled.
the year of the Hegira , the Hegira is pronounced [3] Nor does he say (aught) of (his own) Desire.
[4] It is no less than inspiration sent down to him:
Hijra). This is believed to have occurred on
[5] He was taught by one Mighty in Power,
20th. September 622 C.E. [6] Endued with Wisdom: for he appeared (in stately form);
[7] While he was in the highest part of the horizon:
[8] Then he approached and came closer,
Events of Rajab:
[9] And was at a distance of but two bow-lengths or (even)
nearer;
The Holy Prophet ascended to Heaven on
[10] So did (Allah) convey the inspiration to His Servant-
the 27th of Rajab on either Sunday or Monday. (conveyed) what He (meant) to convey.
Hadhrat Bilal Ibn Haritha (R.A) brought a con- [11] The (Prophet's) (mind and) heart in no way falsified
gregation of four hundred men named Banu that which he saw.
Muzeena in the presence of the Holy [12] Will ye then dispute with him concerning what he saw?
Prophet. They all embraced Islam and became [13] For indeed he saw him at a second descent,
followers of the Holy Prophet in the year 5 A.H [14] Near the Lote-tree beyond which none may pass:
The battle of Tabook took place in the year [15] Near it is the Garden of Abode.
9 A.H. This was the last battle which the Holy [16] Behold, the Lote-tree was shrouded (in mystery un-
Prophet participated in. The second Oath of speakable!)
Aqabah took place in Rajab, 12 A.H. [17] (His) sight never swerved, nor did it go wrong!
[18] For truly did he see, of the Signs of his Lord,
the Greatest!

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