The face of truth is a short series an attempt to brief what is Islam

1. THE INTRODUCTION

2. WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT ?
I am a very common man. So much common that I do not have any thing important to tell
any one.
A few years back I just got an urge to know why am I a MUSLIM? Just as I was born in a
Muslim family? What if I was born in a non-Muslim family? Who is a Muslim any ways ? I
was only aware that We are Muslims and we will go to heaven because we pray, we belief
of one Allah and we consider Muhammad SAW as our last messenger from Allah.
That was enough for me when I did not knew the TRUTH.
I started to read and read and read. Books of different authors even of those who as per
my belief (at that time) were not Muslims.
Then finally I had to revert to what was in front of me yet I was under the impression that
it is a very hard book to read and understand. Though I had completed reading it when I
was in 5th standard.
The first look was shocking…It was a bomb on my understandings. Then I started to read
(in the language I understand) again.

3. WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT ?
I found a number of translations then came the “ASAN QURAN” which was translating in a
different manner.
I came to know that the AUTHOR of the book who happens to be our CREATOR termed it
as the most easiest book to understand.
That book is Quran. The final revelation and the final testament.
What I had understood was being written by me but never published as it is still very
dangerous to tell people that what you belief is not what Allah wants you to belief and
practice.
I have seen a number of Anti-Islamic and Anti-Prophet movies and book. I even have a
copy of Satanic Verses and I am so shameful that this kind of negative propaganda is
based on the recordings which do not have a 100% authenticity.
I had kept my mouth shut and only a few close people are aware about what I state. But
recently I decided to use what Allah has granted me.

4. WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT ?
My CREATOR has given me a good life, education and a pain for the Muslims and I
decided not to stay quite.
This series is certainly not meant for the Muslims of the East as I belief one day or the
other they have to come to the light …the TRUTH. This is meant for the Muslims living in
the west where on the name of FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION they are bombarded with all
sort of negative propaganda about Islam. They are into more difficulty as compared to us
who live in the East. They see their parents mostly maintaining the beliefs they carried
from their parents yet when they go out the see a FREE society where they observe that
Islam is terrorism, Islam is not true. They do not have any one who can inform them that
what they are observing is not the TRUTH. Hence they are converting at a fast pace.
Mostly to atheism.
I would put this series on Slide Share so if any one wants to KNOW or any one wants to
DEBATE shall be welcome.

5. WHAT SHALL I TRY TO COVER IN THIS SERIES?
1: WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE ?
2: WHO IS ALLAH AND IS HE THE CREATOR ?
3: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DEEN AND A MAZHAB?
4: IS ISLAM REVELAED 1400 YEARS AGO?
5: WHO IS A PROPHET?
6: WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE LAST ONE PBUH?
7: WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE END OF KHILAFAT-E-RASHIDA?
8: SECTS AND WHY?
9: WHAT IS ISLAM ?
10: WHAT IS THE SYSTEM BRIEFED IN ISLAM?
11: WHAT IS SALAT? AND WHY IT MOST OF THE TIME COME WITH ZAKAT?
12: WHAT IS HAJJ?
13: WAS ISLAM SPREAD THROUGH SWORD?

6. WHAT SHALL I TRY TO COVER IN THIS SERIES?
14: TERRORISM AND ISLAM?
15: WHY THE PROPHET PBUH HAD TO INITIATE MILITARY CAMPAIGNS?
16: WHAT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A HUMAN BEING A MUSLIM?
17: WHY THE WEST IS AGAINST ISLAM?
18: THE SOCIAL SYSTEM AS IMPOSED ON A MUSLIM
19: THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM OF ISLAM?
20: WHY THE MUSLIMS ARE HUMILIATED ACROSS THE GLOBE?
21: IS ISLAM A TRUTH?
I am always open for criticism.

7. DUA
Allah Tallah I am a very sinful person, I am a very weak person, I am lost in the world YOU
created, I am a nobody and do not want to be any body.
I pray to YOU to forgive me from my sins and grand me strength so I may dedicate some
of my time to at least inform about the TRUTH that YOU had revealed to us through YOUR
last MESSENGER.
I am aware that it is dangerous now a days to let the people know what is TRUE and what
is FALSE and I am aware that its not an easy path yet I beg for YOUR support and help.
AMEEN

8. THE SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE
PART 1

9. When we were young we were sent to the school to acquire education. This education
was helpful for us to progress in our lives as we grew up. We study maths, science,
biology, chemistry and languages. We learn as we grow as we have to pass an
examination to enter the next standard. Finally we all graduate and enter into practical
life.
Like wise most of us are born in some religion. Some are Christians, some are Hindus,
some Muslims and like wise.
Have you ever thought what is our source of information and learning? Our Parents at
the first place. What ever our parents belief we start to belief and then the religious
teacher start teaching us.
A very few think about anything else beside what is written on our minds by our
parents and the religious teacher.
Hence the identified people are our first source of knowledge about the religion we
then follow all our lives with a perception that since our parents had followed what
we follow hence it must be right. We think this is enough for the life we will start
when take leave from where we are now.

10. In our minds most of us create a hallucination that what our primary source of
knowledge had engraved on our minds is the TRUTH and enough for us.
We never thought what if they were wrong ?
At a place where we will be questioned by the CREATOR about what had we done and
we state what our parents had and the CREATOR say that they were WRONG. What
will we do?
Most of us be Muslim, Hindu, Christian, Bushist or a Jew some way or the other belief
that there is an after life. So if we do not know the truth it is possible that our
CREATOR will not be happy.
And the result depends on how happy HE will be…that’s the biggest TRUTH.

11. THE SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE
The first question that you must ask yourself is
Why it is important to know?
As I stated in the last slide that most of us belief on a life after death. No debate on
the details but almost every religion tell us that there is a life waiting for us.
One thing is for sure. We do not belong to this place called Earth. This place was
created by a SUPREME AUTHORITY who later sent the first human on this place. We all
have to leave either we like it or not.
The importance of TO KNOW increases automatically in order to
1: Find out are we right ?
2: Find out what does the CREATOR wants from us?
and
3: Are we following HIS desire?

12. THE SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE
THE MUSLIM POINT OF VIEW TODAY
As off today on 7th June 2016 following are a few point of views of the Muslims across
the globe knowledge is concerned.
1: THE BOOKS AHADIS AND SAYINGS OF THE PROPHET PBUH OR
THE SAYINGS OF THE IMPORTANT HISTORICAL RELIGIOUS FIGURES.
2: HOW THE SAYINGS UNDERSTOOD BY THE PEOPLE WHO CAME AFTER THE
INITIAL RECORDISTS AND WHAT DO THEY UNDERSTAND.
3: THE EXPLAINATION OF QURAN SHARIF CALLED TAFSEER BY RELIGIOUS
LEADERS OF THEIR TIMES.
4: THE SERMONS GIVEN BY THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF OUR TIME WHOM
WE THINK ARE RIGHT.
5: GENERAL PRACTISE OF THE PEOPLE OF OUR OWN SECT.
I am not taking into consideration on the sayings of our parents and our religious
teachers.
Let me discuss the most important one.

13. THE SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE
1: THE BOOKS AHADIS AND SAYINGS OF THE PROPHET PBUH OR THE SAYINGS OF THE
IMPORTANT HISTORICAL RELIGIOUS FIGURES.
In the present day our faith is based NOT on Quran but on the books of Ahadis that
were compiled after the demise of the LAST MESSENGER. Ironically these books are
different in the two basic sects who consider themselves as Muslims. The intensity of
irony is that the larger sect has other sub-sects and all of them consider themselves
right and the other one as a “kafir”.
What are these books ?

14. THE SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE
1: THE BOOKS AHADIS AND SAYINGS OF THE PROPHET PBUH OR THE SAYINGS OF THE
IMPORTANT HISTORICAL RELIGIOUS FIGURES.
In the Sunni branch of Islam, the canonical hadith collections are the six books, of
which Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim generally have the highest status. The other
books of hadith are Sunan Abu Dawood, Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Al-Sunan al-
Sughra and Sunan ibn Majah. However the Malikis, one of the four Sunni "schools of
thought" traditionally reject Sunan ibn Majah and assert the canonical status
of Muwatta Imam Malik. The Fath al-Bari commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari and Al-
Nawawi's commentary on Sahih Muslim are studied alongside the hadith, although
they are sharh and not part of the hadith themselves.

15. THE SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE
1: THE BOOKS AHADIS AND SAYINGS OF THE PROPHET PBUH OR THE SAYINGS OF THE
IMPORTANT HISTORICAL RELIGIOUS FIGURES.
In the Shi'a branch of Islam, the canonical hadith collections are the Four Books: Kitab
al-Kafi, Man la yahduruhu al-Faqih, Tahdhib al-Ahkam, and Al-Istibsar.

16. THE SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE
1: THE BOOKS AHADIS AND SAYINGS OF THE PROPHET PBUH OR THE SAYINGS OF THE
IMPORTANT HISTORICAL RELIGIOUS FIGURES.
There are all together 10 books that are considered as the source of knowledge and to
understand Islam.
Let me share the history of these books

17. THE SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE
1: THE BOOKS AHADIS AND SAYINGS OF THE PROPHET PBUH OR THE SAYINGS OF THE
IMPORTANT HISTORICAL RELIGIOUS FIGURES.
THE SUNNI BOOKS OF AHADEES
Sahih Bukhari, collected by Imam Bukhari (d. 256 AH, 870 CE), includes 7,275 ahadith
Sahih Muslim, collected by Muslim b. al-Hajjaj (d. 261 AH, 875 CE), includes 9,200
ahadith
Sunan Abu Dawood, collected by Abu Dawood (d. 275 AH, 888 CE), includes 4,800
ahadith
Jami al-Tirmidhi, collected by al-Tirmidhi (d. 279 AH, 892 CE), includes 3,956 ahadith
Sunan al-Sughra, collected by al-Nasa'i (d. 303 AH, 915 CE), includes 5,270 ahadith
Ibn Majah al-Qazwini, who died in 273/886–7.

18. THE SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE
1: THE BOOKS AHADIS AND SAYINGS OF THE PROPHET PBUH OR THE SAYINGS OF THE
IMPORTANT HISTORICAL RELIGIOUS FIGURES.
THE SHIA BOOKS OF AHADEES
Kitab al-Kafi Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni al-Razi (329 AH)16,199
Man la yahduruhu al-FaqihMuhammad ibn Babawayh 9,044
Tahdhib al-AhkamShaykh Muhammad Tusi 13,590
Al-IstibsarShaykh Muhammad Tusi5,511
The Shia books collected all the sayings of their considered Imams also.

19. THE SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE
1: THE BOOKS AHADIS AND SAYINGS OF THE PROPHET PBUH OR THE SAYINGS OF THE
IMPORTANT HISTORICAL RELIGIOUS FIGURES.
By this list it should be understandable that
1: The said records were collected much later after the demise of the LAST
MESSENGER PBUH.
2: The recordings started in the regime of Banu-Abbas. Even when the
regime of Banu Ummayah had ended.
3: The two sects who claims to be Muslims do not accept the records of
narrations of each other.
Also what is accepted is
1: All of the records are not authentic and it may have doubts of truth and
false.

20. THE SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE
1: THE BOOKS AHADIS AND SAYINGS OF THE PROPHET PBUH OR THE SAYINGS OF THE
IMPORTANT HISTORICAL RELIGIOUS FIGURES.
Despite of all the above mentioned facts when we ask any claimed religious scholar
that why shall we base the source of our knowledge on these not confirmed Ahadees
? They will reply that there is no source to “properly” understand the religion as
preached to us by the Last Messenger PBUH. When asked why Quran is not enough
for us they reply Quran is a difficult book to understand and only proper education in a
few courses may enable any one to understand Quran. Since the people before have
done enough hard work to understand Quran their books are enough for us.
On the other hand Allah Tallah states about Quran in Quran
Chapter (54) sūrat l-qamar (The Moon)
“And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is
there any that will receive admonition?”
The bottom line is there is no other source to understand Quran but Quran it self
which is easy to understand and remember.

21. THE SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE
1: THE BOOKS AHADIS AND SAYINGS OF THE PROPHET PBUH OR THE SAYINGS OF THE
IMPORTANT HISTORICAL RELIGIOUS FIGURES.
May be many of you get the impression that I am negating Hadees completely. This is
not what I mean when I debated on Ahadees.
However I may have my point of view. When the source of Knowledge is concerned in
the present day Quran is the only authentic source. Secondly The system to judge the
authenticity of Ahadees is based on judging the authenticity of the narrator. Instead
we shall understand that The Prophet PBUH cannot say or do any thing against the will
of Allah. To Him PBUH Quran was revealed to let the others know and He PBUH cannot
go against it. While I find a number of recordings in which the Prophet PBUH is shown
saying or doing against Quran hence the said narrations are not True.