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ISLAMIC LITERACY
WHAT EVERY AMERICAN NEEDS TO
KNOW - AND DOESN'T
ISLAM, AS A FAITH AND RELIGION EXPLAINED IN DETAIL FOR BOTH MUSLIMS AND NON-
MUSLIMS
SYED N ASAD, MD
MUSLIM NOBEL LAUREATES
• As of 2021, thirteen Nobel Prize laureates have been Muslims, more than half in the
21st century. Seven of the thirteen laureates have been awarded the Nobel Peace
Prize, while three have been for the sciences. The recipient of the 1979 Nobel Prize in
Physics, Abdus Salam, was a member of the Ahmadi community of Pakistan. Aziz
Sancar is the second Turkish Nobel laureate and was awarded the Nobel prize in
Chemistry in the field of molecular biology in 2015.[1]
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Zewail
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aziz_Sancar
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naguib_Mahfouz
MUSLIM NOBEL LAUREATES
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naguib_Mahfouz
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orhan_Pamuk
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulrazak_Gurnah
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_al-Sadat
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasser_Arafat
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_El_Baradei
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladeshhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirin_Ebad
i
MUSLIM NOBEL LAUREATES
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Yunus
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawakel_Karman
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Abdus_Salam
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ISLAM
• Islam as a religion dates back to sixth century CE 562-632, Mohammad(M), the
Prophet, was the founder of Islam.
• Islam is a continuation of Abrahamic Monotheistic Belief system as practiced and
propagated by Judeo- Christian conventions.
• Islam therefore considers people of monotheistic faith Muslims before the birth
of Prophet Mohamad(M).
• God is Allah(A), Prophet (M) is the messenger of (A), Quran(Q) is the word of (A),
the book revealed to M.
• Shahada: That A is the only one God and M is his messenger.
CORE
PRINCIPLES OF
ISLAM
• Shahada. Testimony that A is the only one God
and M is his final and last Messenger
• A created the universe and A is omnipotent,
omnificent and omnipresent. You worship only A
and his will prevails, the time of your Birth and
Death is already determined, you are from his
spirit and you will rerun to A and, in after life ,
there will a day of reckoning and heaven and hell
will be accorded depending on your deeds that
pleases or displeases A.
• M is the last and final prophet and Quran(word of
A) and Practices of M (Sunnah) replaces earlier
biblical and nonbiblical prophets, scriptures and
Gospels.
PILLARS OF
ISLAM (
OBLIGATORY
PRACTICES)
• Shahada: ( testimony)
• Salat: ( Mandatory prayers, five times a day according to
solar times)
• Swam: (Fasting ):(During the lunar month of Ramadan)
• Zakat: (Charity Annual giving or service to the needy)
• Hajj: (Pilgrimage once in a life time to Mecca, (Saudi
Arabia) during a specified lunar month and days, that takes
about two weeks of stay.
• Jihad ( Personal struggle) control your urgings and to
engage in the A’s cause.
• Dawah (proselytizing) to introduce and spread Islamic faith.
JIHAD
• Jihad (English: / dʒ ɪ ˈ h ɑː d /; Arabic: ‫جهاد‬ jihād [dʒɪˈhaːd]) is an Arabic word
which literally means striving or struggling, especially with a praiseworthy aim.
In an Islamic context, it can refer to almost any effort to make personal and
social life conform with God's guidance, such as struggle against one's evil
inclinations, religious proselytizing, or efforts toward ...
SPIRITUAL
COMPONENTS
• Tawheed
• Iman
• Ehsan
• Kalamas
• Tinnut
• Taqlid
• Aqeeda
• Manhaj
• Tazkiya
ISLAMIC
SCHOOL OF
JURISPRUDENCE
• Faith
• Taqdir
• Fiqh
• Taqlid
• Ijtihad
• qiyas
• Sunnis
• Schools of Jurisprudence
• Hanafi
• Safi
• Hambali
• Maliki
• Shias( Followers of Ali and Family of Prophet and Imams)
schools: Zahiri, Jafari, Zaidi
• Other sects. Ismaelis, Qadyani, Ahmadi's, Agha Khanis
ISLAMIC ESCHATOLOGY
• Day of Resurrection
• Bodily resurrection, Heaven and Hell
• Predestination Alqada wal qadar
• Quranic Recitation and memorization
• Mystism (Sufism)
• Fana
MAIN COMPONENTS IF ISLAM
• Allah
• Prophet Mohammad
• Quran
• Sunnah based on Hadith
• Sharia
• Khalifs:(divinely inspired companions )
• Abubakar Siddiqui
• Omar
• Osman
• Ali
ISLAMIC SOCIAL LIFE
• Family life
• Morality
• Humanity
• Etiquette and Diet
• Hudood Boundaries Darul salaam and Darul Haram
• Fatwas by Ulamas
BELIEF SYSTEM IN ISLAM
• Jinn
• Shaitan
• Belief in Earlier prophets, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus
• Angels
• Revealed Scriptures, Tora, Gospels, Psalms of David
ISLAMIC ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL LIFE
• Usury
• Zakat
• Bayt al-mal
• Hijab
• Inheritance
• Business
• Agreements and contracts and wills
ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE
• Sources of Sharia
• Quran, Hadith
• Qiyas, Ijma, Legal schools Ijtihad
• Traditional jurisprudence
• Ibadat (rituals) Muamalat (social relations)
• Mandatory, recommended, permitted, abhorred, prohibited
• Aqeeda
• Manhaj
• Tazkiya
ISLAMIC
MOVEMENTS
AND SCHISMS
• Sunnis and Shia ( after Ali)
• Sufism
• Kharijites
• Mu'tazila's
• Asha rites
• Al Ghazali
• Wahabi ideology
• Salafi ideology
OTHER TOPICS
IN ISLAM
• Tawheed
• Taqwa
• 'Aqeedah
• Manhaj
• Tazkiyah
• Fiqh
• Ahadeed and prohibitions
• Ijra
REFORMERS IN
RECENT TIMES
• Iqbal
• Maududi
• Mohammad Abdu
• Jamal Afghani
• Syed Ahmed
• Tariq Ramadan
• Mustafa Aykol
ISLAM VS
OTHER FAITHS (
CHRISTIANITY,
BUDDHISM,
JUDAISM)
• Islam is distinct by virtue of the Emphasis on
Orthopraxy, the practical aspect of faith are more
important than merely having a belief.
• Other faiths put more emphasis on Orthodoxy.
• Both orthodoxy and orthopraxy are the same in
terms of doctrines and beliefs but orthopraxy has
more emphasis on practical and action oriented
approach to religion. Will be explained in detail as
to why the daily rituals prayers, charity, fasting,
dress code, dietary prohibitions and so on become
critical. More discussion on this subject later.
45 best authored
books
FAMOUS AMERICAN AUTHORS
Omar Suleiman
Omid Safi North
Carolina
Ovamir Anjum Ohio
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
(born 1933)
Sherman Jackson
California
Wael Hallaq (born
1955) New York
Warith Deen
Mohammed (1933–
2008) Illinois
Yasir Qadhi (born
1975) Texas
Yasir Nadeem al
Wajidi (born 1982)
Chicago
Zaid Shakir (born
1956) California
Trinidad Imran N. Hosein Oceania Australia
Charis Waddy (1909–
2004)[6]
Fehmi Naji (1928–
2016)
Ibrahim Abu
Mohamed
Taj El-Din Hilaly
(born 1941)
Muqtedar Khan (born 1966) Delaware
Muzammil H. Siddiqi (born 1943)
Omar Khalidi (1953–2010)

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Islamic concepts and tenants 2021

  • 1. ISLAMIC LITERACY WHAT EVERY AMERICAN NEEDS TO KNOW - AND DOESN'T ISLAM, AS A FAITH AND RELIGION EXPLAINED IN DETAIL FOR BOTH MUSLIMS AND NON- MUSLIMS SYED N ASAD, MD
  • 2. MUSLIM NOBEL LAUREATES • As of 2021, thirteen Nobel Prize laureates have been Muslims, more than half in the 21st century. Seven of the thirteen laureates have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, while three have been for the sciences. The recipient of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics, Abdus Salam, was a member of the Ahmadi community of Pakistan. Aziz Sancar is the second Turkish Nobel laureate and was awarded the Nobel prize in Chemistry in the field of molecular biology in 2015.[1] • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Zewail • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aziz_Sancar • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naguib_Mahfouz
  • 3. MUSLIM NOBEL LAUREATES • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naguib_Mahfouz • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orhan_Pamuk • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulrazak_Gurnah • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_al-Sadat • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasser_Arafat • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_El_Baradei • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladeshhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirin_Ebad i
  • 4. MUSLIM NOBEL LAUREATES • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Yunus • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawakel_Karman • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Abdus_Salam
  • 5. THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ISLAM • Islam as a religion dates back to sixth century CE 562-632, Mohammad(M), the Prophet, was the founder of Islam. • Islam is a continuation of Abrahamic Monotheistic Belief system as practiced and propagated by Judeo- Christian conventions. • Islam therefore considers people of monotheistic faith Muslims before the birth of Prophet Mohamad(M). • God is Allah(A), Prophet (M) is the messenger of (A), Quran(Q) is the word of (A), the book revealed to M. • Shahada: That A is the only one God and M is his messenger.
  • 6. CORE PRINCIPLES OF ISLAM • Shahada. Testimony that A is the only one God and M is his final and last Messenger • A created the universe and A is omnipotent, omnificent and omnipresent. You worship only A and his will prevails, the time of your Birth and Death is already determined, you are from his spirit and you will rerun to A and, in after life , there will a day of reckoning and heaven and hell will be accorded depending on your deeds that pleases or displeases A. • M is the last and final prophet and Quran(word of A) and Practices of M (Sunnah) replaces earlier biblical and nonbiblical prophets, scriptures and Gospels.
  • 7. PILLARS OF ISLAM ( OBLIGATORY PRACTICES) • Shahada: ( testimony) • Salat: ( Mandatory prayers, five times a day according to solar times) • Swam: (Fasting ):(During the lunar month of Ramadan) • Zakat: (Charity Annual giving or service to the needy) • Hajj: (Pilgrimage once in a life time to Mecca, (Saudi Arabia) during a specified lunar month and days, that takes about two weeks of stay. • Jihad ( Personal struggle) control your urgings and to engage in the A’s cause. • Dawah (proselytizing) to introduce and spread Islamic faith.
  • 8. JIHAD • Jihad (English: / dʒ ɪ ˈ h ɑː d /; Arabic: ‫جهاد‬ jihād [dʒɪˈhaːd]) is an Arabic word which literally means striving or struggling, especially with a praiseworthy aim. In an Islamic context, it can refer to almost any effort to make personal and social life conform with God's guidance, such as struggle against one's evil inclinations, religious proselytizing, or efforts toward ...
  • 9. SPIRITUAL COMPONENTS • Tawheed • Iman • Ehsan • Kalamas • Tinnut • Taqlid • Aqeeda • Manhaj • Tazkiya
  • 10. ISLAMIC SCHOOL OF JURISPRUDENCE • Faith • Taqdir • Fiqh • Taqlid • Ijtihad • qiyas • Sunnis • Schools of Jurisprudence • Hanafi • Safi • Hambali • Maliki • Shias( Followers of Ali and Family of Prophet and Imams) schools: Zahiri, Jafari, Zaidi • Other sects. Ismaelis, Qadyani, Ahmadi's, Agha Khanis
  • 11. ISLAMIC ESCHATOLOGY • Day of Resurrection • Bodily resurrection, Heaven and Hell • Predestination Alqada wal qadar • Quranic Recitation and memorization • Mystism (Sufism) • Fana
  • 12. MAIN COMPONENTS IF ISLAM • Allah • Prophet Mohammad • Quran • Sunnah based on Hadith • Sharia • Khalifs:(divinely inspired companions ) • Abubakar Siddiqui • Omar • Osman • Ali
  • 13. ISLAMIC SOCIAL LIFE • Family life • Morality • Humanity • Etiquette and Diet • Hudood Boundaries Darul salaam and Darul Haram • Fatwas by Ulamas
  • 14. BELIEF SYSTEM IN ISLAM • Jinn • Shaitan • Belief in Earlier prophets, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus • Angels • Revealed Scriptures, Tora, Gospels, Psalms of David
  • 15. ISLAMIC ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL LIFE • Usury • Zakat • Bayt al-mal • Hijab • Inheritance • Business • Agreements and contracts and wills
  • 16. ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE • Sources of Sharia • Quran, Hadith • Qiyas, Ijma, Legal schools Ijtihad • Traditional jurisprudence • Ibadat (rituals) Muamalat (social relations) • Mandatory, recommended, permitted, abhorred, prohibited • Aqeeda • Manhaj • Tazkiya
  • 17. ISLAMIC MOVEMENTS AND SCHISMS • Sunnis and Shia ( after Ali) • Sufism • Kharijites • Mu'tazila's • Asha rites • Al Ghazali • Wahabi ideology • Salafi ideology
  • 18. OTHER TOPICS IN ISLAM • Tawheed • Taqwa • 'Aqeedah • Manhaj • Tazkiyah • Fiqh • Ahadeed and prohibitions • Ijra
  • 19. REFORMERS IN RECENT TIMES • Iqbal • Maududi • Mohammad Abdu • Jamal Afghani • Syed Ahmed • Tariq Ramadan • Mustafa Aykol
  • 20. ISLAM VS OTHER FAITHS ( CHRISTIANITY, BUDDHISM, JUDAISM) • Islam is distinct by virtue of the Emphasis on Orthopraxy, the practical aspect of faith are more important than merely having a belief. • Other faiths put more emphasis on Orthodoxy. • Both orthodoxy and orthopraxy are the same in terms of doctrines and beliefs but orthopraxy has more emphasis on practical and action oriented approach to religion. Will be explained in detail as to why the daily rituals prayers, charity, fasting, dress code, dietary prohibitions and so on become critical. More discussion on this subject later.
  • 22. FAMOUS AMERICAN AUTHORS Omar Suleiman Omid Safi North Carolina Ovamir Anjum Ohio Seyyed Hossein Nasr (born 1933) Sherman Jackson California Wael Hallaq (born 1955) New York Warith Deen Mohammed (1933– 2008) Illinois Yasir Qadhi (born 1975) Texas Yasir Nadeem al Wajidi (born 1982) Chicago Zaid Shakir (born 1956) California Trinidad Imran N. Hosein Oceania Australia Charis Waddy (1909– 2004)[6] Fehmi Naji (1928– 2016) Ibrahim Abu Mohamed Taj El-Din Hilaly (born 1941) Muqtedar Khan (born 1966) Delaware Muzammil H. Siddiqi (born 1943) Omar Khalidi (1953–2010)