1. Rays of Faith Seminar
Report (2012)
Prepared by Nor AiniAslah (16128)
Nor Hidayah (10915)
Noor Syahidah(10906)
HanisahNadhirah (18586)
HafsahSyakirah (12574)
NurulFarhana (18223)
Tia Rahmiati (G02050)
Norashiqin (16645)
Haifa (15653)
NurdiniAlya (15551)

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Table of Contents
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................3
Schedule........................................................................................................................................................4
Day Report ....................................................................................................................................................6
Lesson Learnt ................................................................................................................................................8
BELIEF IN THE ANGELS ..............................................................................................................................8
What are the Mala’ikah(Angels)?.........................................................................................................8
A common misconception: Angels are creatures of light that have no physical attributes.................8
How do others view the angles?...........................................................................................................9
The ruling regarding Belief in the Angels:.............................................................................................9
Why is belief in the Angels the 2nd
pillar of Eeman?.............................................................................9
Characteristics of the Angels...............................................................................................................10
Things angels will pray for you............................................................................................................10
Things angels will pray against you.....................................................................................................11
Each Angels has task ...........................................................................................................................11
Wisdom behind their creation............................................................................................................11
The effects of Belief in the Angels on the Life of the Muslim.............................................................11
BELIEF IN THE JINN..................................................................................................................................12
The creation of the Jinn ......................................................................................................................12
The ruling regarding Belief in the Jinn ................................................................................................12
Ash-Shaytan ........................................................................................................................................12
Among the Jinn are the Good and Evil................................................................................................13
Abilities of the Jinn..............................................................................................................................13
The Jinn‘s weakness............................................................................................................................13
Possession...........................................................................................................................................13
BELIEF IN ALLAH’S BOOKS.......................................................................................................................14
The meaning of Belief in the Books ....................................................................................................14
What is our position regarding the books remaining today (the Tawrah and the Injeel)? ................15
Believing in the Last Book : Al-Qur’an.................................................................................................15
What are the unique qualities of the Quran?.....................................................................................16
Eeman in the Quran has two levels: ...................................................................................................16
Al-Quran: The Greatest Miracle..........................................................................................................16

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BELIEF IN ALLAH’S MESSENGERS ............................................................................................................18
Is every Nabiyy a Rasool and vice versa?............................................................................................18
Why did Allah send Messengers? .......................................................................................................18
The meaning of Belief in the Messengers...........................................................................................19
BELIEF IN AL-QADAR ...............................................................................................................................20
Definitions...........................................................................................................................................20
The Pillars of Al-Qadar ........................................................................................................................20
Principles.............................................................................................................................................20
BELIEF IN THE LAST DAY......................................................................................................................23
What does Belief in the Day of Judgment Entail?...............................................................................23
The Hour .............................................................................................................................................23
The signs of the Day of Judgement.....................................................................................................23
Death and Life in Al-Barzakh...............................................................................................................23
The Resurrection.................................................................................................................................23
The Great Gathering ...........................................................................................................................24
The Standing Awaiting Judgment .......................................................................................................24
The Judgment......................................................................................................................................25
Al-Hawl (The Pool) ..............................................................................................................................26
As-Siraat..............................................................................................................................................26
Al-Qantarah.........................................................................................................................................26
Al-A’raf ................................................................................................................................................27
Paradise and Hellfire...........................................................................................................................27
Seeing Allah.........................................................................................................................................27
Recommendation........................................................................................................................................28
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................28
Appendix .....................................................................................................................................................29

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Introduction
Rays of Faith seminar that was conducted for the full two weekends highlights about the
fundamental of our faith, fundamental of our aqidah, and most commonly misunderstood
topics regarding our faith and aqidah. These fundamentals were being emphasized and
organized into six categories of beliefs: Beliefs in the Angels, Belief in the Jinn, Belief in Allah’s
book, Belief in Allah’s Messengers, Belief in Al-Qadar and Belief in the Last Day. The class was
taught bySyeikhWaleedBasyouni, in English at Main Auditorium (of Accountancy) in University
Malaya.
There were ten participants attended the seminars as listed below.
Name Student No.
Nor AiniAslahCheJaafar 16128
Nor HidayahBinti Khalid 10915
Noor SyahidahBintiRamli 10906
HanisahNadhirahBintiMohdNasir 18586
HafsahSyakirahBinti Ahmad Kamil 12574
NurulFarhanaBintiSazalli 18223
Tia Rahmiati G02050
Norashiqin Zawawi 16645
Haifa Salman Baladram 15653
NurdiniAlyaHazali 15551

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Schedule
Schedule – Weekend 1st
(22nd
June – 24th
June)
Time Tentative
Friday 3.00pm Departure from UTP
7.55pm Arrived at Main Auditorium of Business and Accountancy, UM
8.00pm
Seminar Registration
Introductory Class
- Introduction to the course and class etiquette
- Introduction to 1st
Chapter – Belief in the Angels
10.00pm
End of Class
Departure to Hostel at UM (Kolej Ke-11)
Saturday
9.30am
Arrived at Main Auditorium of Business and Accountancy, UM
Breakfast
10.00am
Class Start
Chapter Covered:
Belief in the Angels (cont. from last the previous day’s class)
Belief in the Jinns
1.30pm Lunch &Solat Break
3.30pm
until
7.00pm
Class Start
Chapter Covered:
Belief in the Jinns (cont.)
Class Start
Chapter Covered:
Belief in Allah’s Books
Sunday 9.30am
Arrived at Main Auditorium of Business and Accountancy, UM
Breakfast
10.00am
Class Start
Chapter Covered:
Belief in Allah’s Books (cont. from last the previous day’s class)
Belief in Allah’s Messengers
1.30pm Lunch &Solat Break
3.30pm
until
7.00pm
Class Start
Chapter Covered:
Belief in Allah’s Messengers (cont.)
Belief in Al-Qadar

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Schedule – Weekend 2nd
(20th
June – 1st
July)
Time Tentative
Saturday 5.00am Departure from UTP
9.00am
Arrived at Main Auditorium of Business and Accountancy, UM
Breakfast
10.00am
Class Start & Revision of Previous class
Chapter Covered:
Belief in Al-Qadar (cont. from last week’s class)
1.30pm Lunch &Solat Break
3.30pm
until
7.00pm
Class Start
Chapter Covered:
Belief in the Al-Qadar (cont.)
Sunday
9.30am
Arrived at Main Auditorium of Business and Accountancy, UM
Breakfast
10.00am
Class Start
Chapter Covered:
Belief in The Last Day
1.30pm Lunch &Solat Break
3.30pm
until
7.00pm
Class Start
Chapter Covered:
Belief in The Last Day (cont.)
Rays of Faith Photo Contest Winner announcement*
All chapter conclusion
7.00pm Class End
7.30pm Departure back to UTP
* One of UTP Student (Nor Hidayah) won the photo contest, and received scholarship price for
the next Al-Maghrib class conducted in Kuala Lumpur entitle: Divine Link: Fiqh of Salah.

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Day Report
Two weeks attendance:
Name Student No. Attendance (Yes/No)
22/6 23/6 24/6 30/6 1/7
Nor AiniAslahCheJaafar 16128 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Nor HidayahBinti Khalid 10915 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Noor SyahidahBintiRamli 10906 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
HanisahNadhirahBintiMohdNasir 18586 Yes Yes Yes Yes No*
HafsahSyakirahBinti Ahmad Kamil 12574 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
NurulFarhanaBintiSazalli 18223 Yes Yes Yes Yes No*
Tia Rahmiati G02050 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Norashiqin Zawawi 16645 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Haifa Salman Baladram 15653 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
NurdiniAlyaHazali 15551 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Nadhirah and Farhanaare foundation student and they have Down to Earth event that
they have to attend as it is a requirement for their Islamic Study course.
Chapters and Topics Covered during the Seminar are shown below:
Chapters Topic / Sub-Topic
Belief in The Angels What are theAngels?
How do others view the Angels?
The Ruling regarding Belief in the Angels.
Characteristics of the Angels.
What is the wisdom behind their creation?
What are the effects of belief in the Angels?
How can we understand these Two versus?
Belief in the Jin What are the Jinn?
How do others View the Jinn?
The ruling regarding Belief in the Jinn.
Ash-Syaitan.
Among the Jinn are the Good and Evil.
Life of the Jinn.
Abilities of the Jinn.
Possession
Belief in Allah’s book The Meaning of Belief in the Books.
Our position regarding the Previous Scriptuires in
their Present form.
Believing in the Lass Book: Al-Quran

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Chapters Topic / Sub-Topic
Belief in Allah’s Messenger Definitions of Nabiyy and Rasul.
Why did Allah send Messengers?
The Meaning of Belief in the Messengers.
Special Qualities of the Prophets.
Believing in Prophet Muhammad’s SAW
Prophethood.
Nullifiers of Belief in the Prophet.
Evidence for the Prophethood of Muhammad
SAW.
Belief in Al-Qadar What is Qada’ wal-Qadar?
The History of Innovation in Al-Qadar.
The Pillars of Al-Qadar.
Allah is the Creator of all things.
Allah’s Will and Knowledge.
Tawakkul in Allah while Taking the Means.
Free Will.
At-Taufeeq and Al-Khudhlan.
Can Qadar be changed?
Religion and Predestination do not Contradict.
Belief in Al-Qadar is part of Tauheed.
Benefits of Belief in Al-Qadar
Belief in the Last Day Why does Belief in the Day of Judgement entail?
The Hour.
The Signs of the Day of Judgement.
Death and Life in Al-Barzakh.
The Resurrection.
The Great Gathering.
The Standing: Awaiting Judgment.
The Judgement.
The Hawd (The Pool).
As-Siraat.
Al-Qantarah.
Al-A’raf.
Paradise and Hellfire.
Seeing Allah (Ar-Ru’yah).
Important Principles.

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LESSON LEARNT
Each of the participants who attended the seminar learnt a lot of lessons and gains a lot of
knowledge and understanding. Below are the compilation of the summary notes and lesson
learnt throughout the seminar which has been divided into its respective chapter.
BELIEF IN THE ANGELS
What are the Mala’ikah(Angels)?
Linguistic Definition of Mala’ikah: Plural of Malak
Malak means Malik (owner/take things to the great strength) or Almuka (message)
Mala’ikah carry message from Allah.
The do not have free will. They will not do something to disobey Allah.
A common misconception: Angels are creatures of light that have no physical attributes
However, it is mentioned in Al-Quran and Hadith that angels have physical attributes. They
made by light but don’t mean they don’t have physical attributes.
Angels have wings.
“All the praises and thanks be to Allah, the (only) Originator *or the (only)+ of the heavens and
the earth, Who made the Angels messengers with wings, -two or three or four. He increases in
the creation what He wills. Verily, Allah is Able to do all things. “ *35:1+
Angels can teach human.
- Eg: Jibrael sent down to see Nabi Muhammad and teach him
Angels have haya(shyness)
- Eg: Angels feel shy when they see Uthman because he’s also shy. Because angles
have haya so we need to have haya too
Angels usually come in form of male to counter back the thought of pagan arab that
they are female (daughter of Allah)
Smokes, smells, irritates them
They have hand, can speak and pulling
Israfel holding trumpet and blow it
They made by the light but doesn’t mean the light that we are imagined
Angels listening to our recitation
- Eg: Rasulullah recites Al-Quran in front of Jibrael

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How do others view the angles?
- Pagan Arab – angels are daughters of Allah
- Philosopers
- Jewish – can ‘shape’ the malaikat
- Christian – believe angels have wings
The ruling regarding Belief in the Angels:
Belief in the Angels is the 2nd
pillar of Eeman. A person is not a believer without this pillar.
“The messenger believes in what has been revealed to him from his Lord, as do the men of Faith.
Each one (of them) believes in Allah, His Angels, His Books, and His Apostles. “We make no
distinction (they say) between one and another of His Apostles. “And they say, “We hear, and
we obey. (We seek) Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the end of all journeys” *2:285+
Why is belief in the Angels the 2nd
pillar of Eeman?
Evidence for the Obligation to Believe in the Angels
Al-Quran
“Whoever is an enemy to Allah and His Angels and Apostles, to Jibreel and Meeka’eel, then
surely Allah is an enemy to those who reject Faith” *2:98+
Belief in
The Angels
is the 2nd
Pillar of
Faith
Quran
Sunnah
Ijma'
Logic

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As-Sunnah
- Eg: The Prophet said, “Eemaan is to believe in Allah, and His Angels, and His
Books…).” *Al-Bukharee and Muslim]
Ijma’
- IbnHazm mentioned the consensus on this issue in his book maratib Al-Ijma’.
IbnTaymiyyah and others also reported this consensus
Logic
- Believing in the Quran and Messengers necessitates.
Characteristics of the Angels
They were created to worship Allah and carry out His command
They commit no sins and have no free will (Jews and Christian claims that devil is a
falling angels who committed sins)
They are levels (near to Allah, bottom) [37:165] – the best among them is who witness
the battle of badr. Jibreel is the chief of Malaikat.
They do not have gender- it is wrong to claim that they are daughter of god
They have the ability to change form
They never tire of worship [21:20]
Angels are of an enormous number
- Eg: There are no spot in the heaven that doesn’t contain angels who prostrate
towards Allah always.
They love the righteous and pray for them
They pray against the wrongdoers
They don’t eat and drink
Things angels will pray for you
Pray for somebody else, angels will pray for you
Attending class to seek knowledge or to teach knowledge
Sleep in wudhuk
Visit sick person, Allah will send angel to protect you
Sedekah – Allah will replace it with a better made
Who fill gap between saf
Take sahur during Ramadhan
Those who comes mosque early

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Things angels will pray against you
Angels cursed for those treat their parents bad
Those who terrified others/brothers, angel will cursed you until you pull it down
Died in kufur
Woman who don’t answer husband call for no reason
Each Angels has task
19 angles – guide the hellfire, the chief is Malik
4 angels – protect human from thing that might harm you
Allah protect children through angels, shows His Mercy
2 angels, write the good and bad deeds
Allah counted every breath, some companions said angels write everything but based
on Ibnu Abbas RA, he said, angels write everything but during the presentation to Allah,
Allah raises everything He wants.
Iblis not an angle, because they against the command of Allah. Iblis made by fire. Iblis
are among Jinns. The prove is stated in Al-Baqarah: 34. Iblis is with angel but doesn’t
mean they are one of angle. Iblis commit sins and have choices to make.
Angels will not enter a house with pictures of animal/human or have black dogs but
what about other angels?
- Angels that protect you still there only angels of the mercy will not enter
Wisdom behind their creation
General: All Angels were created to worship Allah and glorify Him
“They celebrate his Praises night and day, and never do the flag or intermit” *21:20+
Specific: For example, the archangel Jibreel revealed the message of Allah to all the
Prophets (including the Zaboor, Tawrah, Injeel and Quran). Other angels include
Meeka’eel, who discharges control of vegetation and rain, and Israfeel who will blow
the trumpet on Yawm Al-Qiyamah (the Day of Resurrection).
The effects of Belief in the Angels on the Life of the Muslim
Protects from false beliefs and heresy
Aids the Believers in remaining steadfast in their religion
Helps the Believers to be patient
Shows the honor of the believing human
Demonstrates the Greatness of our Lord

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BELIEF IN THE JINN
The creation of the Jinn
a) Why were the Jinn created?
Worshipping Allah
‘I have only created Jinn and men, that they may worship Me Alone.’ [51:56]
b) The nature of their creation
Created from fire
‘And the Jinn, We had created before, from the fire of a scorching wind.’ [15:27]
Created before Adam
The ruling regarding Belief in the Jinn
Believing in the Jinn is obligatory. Denying their existence is Kufr by the consensus of the
scholars.
‘Say, “It has been revealed to me that a company of Jinn listened (to the Qur’an). They said, ‘We
have surely heard a wonderful recital!”*72:1+
Ash-Shaytan
a) Who is Ash-Shaytan
He is Iblees
He is one of the Jinn
‘When we said to the Angels, “Bow down yo Adam”, they bowed down except
Iblees. He was one of the Jinn’[18:50]
‘the father’ of all Jinn
b) The wisdom behind the creation of Ash-Shaytan
Struggling with Ash-Shaytan and his allies is a manifestation of completing one’s
servitude to Allah
Fearing sin
A test
A manifestation of Allah’s complete power
Appreciating the opposite
Demonstrating Allah’s complete control and ownership
Manifestation of Allah’s complete wisdom
Praising Allah for suppressing the Shaytan and showing His patience

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Among the Jinn are the Good and Evil
‘There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary. We follow divergent
paths.’ [72:11]
Iblees will never be a Muslim
Abilities of the Jinn
‘A ‘Ifreet of the Jinn said, “I will bring it to you before you can rise from your place. Surely, I am
strong and trusty for such work.” Then one who had knowledge of the Book said, “I will bring it
to you within the blink of an eye!’ [27:39-40]
The Jinn‘s weakness
They fear some believers
o Fear with Saidina Umar al-Khattab
o Faithful servants
‘Surely, My (faithful) servants; over them you have no power; and your Lord
suffices as their guardian’
[17:65]
Their powers are limited
Anas reported that the Prophet said, “The Shaytan cannot come in my shape.”
[Muslim]
Possession
3 ways the Jinn possess humans:
Magic
Revenge
Adoration or lust

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BELIEF IN ALLAH’S BOOKS
The meaning of Belief in the Books
Belief in Allah’s Books is a pillar of Eeman. A person is not a believer without this pillar. Allah
SWT says
O you who believe! Believe in Allah, and His Messenger, and the book that He has sent
down to His Messenger, and the Scripture that He sent down to those before, and
whosoever disbelieves in Allah, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, and the Last
Day, then indeed he has strayed far away. [4:136]
Belief in the books entails:
Believing in the previous Books that Allah revealed to His messengers. Included are
those that Allah has specifically mentioned in the Quran such as:
The scriptures of Ibraheem:
And this is in the former Scriptures, the Scriptures of Ibraheem and Moosa. [87:18-
19]
The Zaboor:
….and unto Dawood We gave the Zaboor. [17:55]
The Tawraah:
Verily, We did send down the Tawrah [to Moosa]. Therein was guidance and light.
[5:44]
The Injeel:
Then, We sent after them, Our messengers, and We sent 'Eesa son of Maryam,
and gave him the Injeel…. *57:27+
There are many other books of an unknown number and with unknown names. Allah
had told the Prophet (PBUH) that other Prophets were not believed before, even
though they were given books and clear proofs.
Then if they reject you (O Muhammad), so were Messengers rejected before you,
who came with Al-Bayyinat (clear signs, proofs, evidence) and the scripture and the
book of enlightenment. [3:184]
Believing in the Quran and that it is the last book Allah revealed
Believing in the wahy(revelation)
Verily, We have inspired you (O Mohammad) as We inspired Nooh and the Prophets
after himl We (also) inspired Ibrahim, Ismail, Ishaq, Yaquob, and Al- Asbat, Eesa,
Ayoob, Yoonus, Haroon, and Sulaiman, and to Dawood We gave the Zaboor. [4:163]

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The word book is 'kitab' in 'Arabic. Linguistically 'katb' is the root for 'kitab'. 'Katb' means
gathering something. The reason we call books as kitab as we gather or collect our thoughts
together in a book. From Islamic point of view messengers received books piece by piece
instead of a complete collection at
one shot. When the messengers received a book that get it in a verbal form instead of a written
one. The only exception was that once Musa (AWS) received a written
tabletwritten directly from Allah SWT. All of the books are Allah’s words. This entails that Allah
speaks.
What is our position regarding the books remaining today (the Tawrah and the Injeel)?
We believe in original revelations.
We also believe that there is change happened to them. We have example of
'Thalmud' was invented after the time of Prophet Musa (AWS) or those
'Gospels/testaments' that was invented after Prophet 'Eesa (AWS).
IbnulQayyim specifies five (5) kinds of 'Tahreef' (change) that crept into those scriptures:
Part of the text was lost.
Additions were put in.
Incorrect translation occurred.
Meaning: incorrect 'tafseer' or interpretation happened.
Words and phrases were substituted with others.
Believing in the Last Book : Al-Qur’an
Characteristics of the previous Wahee (revelation):
They called for Tawheed
Source of guidance to people.
Gave glad tidings of the coming of the Prophet (SAW)
Gave the rules
Made the lawful and unlawful
Discusses the Day of Judgment.
The Qur'an is Allah’s last revelation and the best of His speech.
The Qur'an means recitation. Prophet Dawood’s book was also recited, so it was also
called Qur'an.
It has been given different names and descriptions. Al-Qur'an has been given different
names by Allah SWT. Such as Al-Qur'an, Al-Furqaan, Al-Kitab, Al-Hudaa, As-Shifaa', Az-
Zik'r, An-Noor, Al-Bayan, Al-Hayat, Ar-RooH, Ar-Rahmah

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What are the unique qualities of the Quran?
The Quran covers all the teachings of previous books:As Allah SWT says:
And We have sent down to you (O Mohammad) the Book (this Quran) in truth,
confirming the Scripture that came before it and Muhayminan (trustworthy in
highness and a witness) over it (old Scriptures)..[5:48]
Allah promised to safeguard it:
Verily, it is We Who have sent down the dhikr (i.e. the Quran) and surely, We will
guard it (from corruption). [15:9]
Part of safeguarding the Qur'an is also to save the Sunnah of the Prophet (SAW).
Eeman in the Quran has two levels:
The first level is a rukn of Eeman and leaving it is Kufr (Nawaqid Al-Eeman). It includes
believing that the Quran is the word of Allah, was revealed to the Prophet (PBUH), it is
the last revelation, it was delivered to us completely, it is protected from addition and
subtraction, it is a source of legislation, etc.
The second level includes obligations and recommendations. Leaving them is not
considered Kufr. It includes applying all its rules, reading it, memorizing it,
understanding it, etc. Sahabah would consider it a sign of hypocracy that someone
doesn't finish the Qur'an in 40 days.
Al-Quran: The Greatest Miracle
Al-Quran is a continuous miracle.
1. The language of the Qur'an itself.
2. Knowledge or meaning. Al-Qur'an brought a lot of science and meaning which no
human was capable of bringing. For example, the scientific phenomena that Qur'an has
described long before they were understood. Such as
- Separation of Fresh/Salt water in the sea instead of their mixing,
- Embryonic development stages in the mother's womb, etc.
3. Fulfilled many prophecies. Some examples:
- Abu Lahab will not accept Islam. Abu Lahab could come forward an said that he had
accepted Islam and that would immediately nullify surah Lahab (or Masad).
- Allah told the Prophet (PBUH) that he would fight with Quraish and he will defeat
them in Surat al-Qamarayat 145. This verse was revealed when there were only few
people accepted Islam from Prophet (SAW) and light of Islam was about to be put
out. And this prophecy did not fulfill until 16 (sixteen) years later.

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4. Effects on the soul: Al-Qur'an has a profound impact on one's soul. Even non-muslims
will feel the effect and see the difference.
5. Protection from change since its revelation.
6. Free from contradictions. If some verses were abrogated and replaced by other verses it
was abrogated out mercy from ar-Rahman.

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BELIEF IN ALLAH’S MESSENGERS
Believing in the messengers is a pillar of Eeman. A person is not a believer without this pillar.
Base on verse *2:285+, it is stated that “Each one believes in Allah, His angles, his books, and his
messengers. They say, “we make no distinction between one another of his messengers,”.
Basically, Nabiyy is known as a prophet and Rasool in known as messenger.
Is every Nabiyy a Rasool and vice versa?
There are two opinions regarding this question.
1st
Opinion: Every Prophet is a Messenger and every Messenger is a Prophet.
No prove in Al-Quran and Sunnah that state the differences between Prophet and Messenger.
For the first few minutes, he is selected as a prophet, then once they convey it to others they
become a Messenger. Besides that, if the prophet get the knowledge and just seal it to himself,
then how scholars can spread it to the others if the knowledge is not from prophet.
2nd
Opinion: There is a difference between a Nabiyy and a Rasool.
Base on the hadeeth of Abu Dharr: The Prophet s.a.w was asked about the number of the
Prophets and Messengers. He replied that there were 124,000 Prophets among whom 315
were Messengers [Ahamd, IbnHibban, At-Tabaranee].
Why did Allah send Messengers?
Allah did send Messengers to us because humankind is in great need of messengers. In verse
*57:25+ it is stated that “Indeed We have sent Our Messengers with clear proofs, and revealed
with them the Scripture and the Balance (justice) that mankind may keep up justice.” Besides,
in verse [4:165], [17:15], and [42:52], it is also stated the reasons why did Allah send
Messengers to us.
1. Bring life to our life: Messengers did bring a real life with soul.
2. Messengers teach us what Allah’s wants: Messengers convey message from Allah.
3. Messengers help us to protect humanity by humanity: They teach us justice

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The meaning of Belief in the Messengers
Twenty five Prophets are named in the Quran. There are people claim that Luqman is on the
the prophets and there are twenty-six prophets stated in the Quran, but this in wrong since
Luqman is just a wise man and not a Prophet.
All the Prophets and Messengers have no divine attributes. Base on verse [25:20], where it is
stated that “And We never sent before you (O Muhammad s.a.w) and of the Messengers but
verily, they ate food and walked in the markets”.
All Prophets and Messengers were male.

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BELIEF IN AL-QADAR
Definitions
Al-Qadar :
Linguistically this word is taken from the root qadara, meaning knew, predetermined and
planned perfectly. Technically, Al-Qadar means Allah’s complete Knowledge, Writing in the Safe
Tablet, and Willing of all things before their existence.
Al-Qada’ :
This word comes from the word qada’, which means judged, ordained, executed perfectly.
Technically, it is Allah’s creation of all things by His Command and Will.
The phrase Al-Qada’ wal-Qadar was not mentioned as such in the Quran or Sunnah, and
was not used by the Pious Predecessors. However, it became common in the works of
Ahl As-Sunnah later.
The Pillars of Al-Qadar
1. Al-‘Ilm (Allah’s Knowledge)
2. Al-Kitabah (The Writing)
3. Allah’s Mashee’ah (The Will of Allah)
4. Al Amr (The Command)
5. Al Khaliq (The Creation)
Things that never take place, Allah knows what will happen if it happens.
Principles
#Allah is the Creator of All Things
1. All creation falls under one of the two categories; good (Al-Khayr, Al-Hasanah) and bad
(Ash-Sharr, As-Sayyi’ah).
2. It is undisputable that all good is attributed to Allah. Ahl As-Sunnahbelieve that we
cannot attribute evil to Allah; not as a name, Action or Quality. In Al-Quran, the act of
evil is mentioned in the passive voice.
3. Sunni agreed that everything Allah created or allow to happen in this world is either
100% good or more good than bad only.
When bad things happen, there are so many good things happen behind it.

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Wisdom behind the existence of calamaties and sinfulness;
o shows the Power of Allah
o Allah wants us to pray to Him and praise Him
o He is reminding us to remember and appreciate Him always
o to make us be patient
Outcome of Allah’s decision is much better than ours.
Allah always wants to make us better, everything happen to us was not for nothing.
#Allah’s Will (Mashee’ah) and Wisdom (Hikmah) are the reason behind all of His Actions. Will
and Wisdom are based on His Knowledge.
We will NEVER know all the wisdoms behind Allah’s creation (because it is beyond our
knowledge. Never compare it with our standard level.
Everything happen for a wisdom, everything that didn’t happen also for a
reason/wisdom.
#Tawakkul in Allah while Taking the Means
Tawakkul is one of the greatest acts of worship.
Praying Istikharah
o misunderstanding among society is waiting for Allah’s signs
o just ask for His guide continuously
o WE ourselves are responsible for our choices
o all things that we got all this time are bless from Him.
Rely on Allah, submit ourselves fully to Allah, after everything we have done. We will
gain a great satisfy.
”I am most satisfied for what Allah chose for me than what I chose for myself” –Sa’ad
bin AbiWaqas
Sometimes resistance in life keeps us balance.
#Free Will
Human’s free will  also part of Allah’s creation. Human acts according to Allah’s will.
Allah created body for us, but it is our responsible on how we use it. Allah will guide us
on how to use it in good/bad way. Our choice to do it is our free will.

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#At-Tawfeeq and Al-Khudhlan
Al-Hidayah is guidance
Al-Khudhlan means to be left to oneself
Allah will never put us down & let us alone unless we really give/submit ourselves to
Allah.
Hidayah (Guidance) can be;
o Worldly (is offered to everyone)
o Religious (Hidayat Al-Bayan or Al-Irshad, and Hidayat At-Tawfeeq)
Qadar can be changed if we change ourselves
Wisdom behind the Book (The Tablets) that Angels write;
o to show that nobody knows except Allah
o to show the power of good deeds
Logical possibilities in our life  Allah might;
Will things that He doesn’t loves (e.g : the sin of Adam)
Will things that He loves (e.g : sending Muhammad)
Not will things that He loves (e.g : all creations become Muslim)
Not will things that He doesn’t loves (e.g : all creations become Kafir)
Religion and Predestination do not Contradict.
#Belief in Al-Qadar is part of TawheedAr-Ruboobiyyah, Al-Ilahiyaah, and Al-Asma and As-Sifat
Benefits of Belief in Al-Qadar
1. Peace of mind
2. Our concern is not so much with the past or future. Our main concern is our present
actions. (do not give up, take necessary steps to change the situations)
3. It gives us the will power and determination to go forward in the way of Allah.
4. It teaches us to be modest and humble. (no fear in heart, because Allah is always with
us).
5. Leads to total dependence upon Allah. We take precautions; do as much as we can and
then depend upon Him.

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BELIEF IN THE LAST DAY
What does Belief in the Day of Judgment Entail?
Sheikh WaleedBasyouni touched on the its definition, effects of the Belief in the Last Day and
showed us some names of the Last Day.
Belief in the Last Day is one of the pillars of Iman.
The Hour
No one knows when the Hour will come. The Hour is near and the Hour falls on a Friday.
The signs of the Day of Judgement
The Signs are classified into Major Signs and Minor signs.
Sheikh Waleed conducted a group activity: To mention the minor signs we know.
Death and Life in Al-Barzakh
Sheikh Waleed explained the Death as the first station of the Hereafter.
Al- Khatimah (A Person’s End) can be either Husn Al-Khatimah or Soo’ Al-Khatimah. Sheikh
Waleed explained the causes and signs for each type of Khatimah.
Next, he talked about the Grave: The Pressing, the Questioning of the Angels, discussed what
happens to the Soul and Body and the reward and punishment in the Grave.
The Resurrection
The resurrection includes resurrection of bodies and soul. The Sheikh explained how different
beliefs e.g. The Pagan Arabs, the Jews, the Christians and the Buddhists view this occurrence.
The Blowing of As-Soor:
- The role of the Angel Israfeel.
The Sheikh discussed the opinions of scholars: some say the Trumpet will be blown three times
and others say two times.

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The Great Gathering
The Sheikh discussed where the land of resurrection is and how it will look like.
- The Land of the Gathering
- The Disbelievers
- Animals being resurrected and gathered
- The first to be resurrected
- The first to be dressed/ covered on the Day of Resurrecion
- People will be gathered in groups
Sheikh also described how the people in the Gathering will look like including:
- The Arrogant
- The Wealthy Beggar
- Those who steal from the War booty
- Those who perform wudoo’
- Those who call adhan
- Those who give charity
- Those who memorize surat al-baqarah and Ali Imran
- The one who betrays the Muslim leader
The Prophet – saw – said: “Every slave (of Allah) shall be resurrected upon that which he died
upon.”
The Standing Awaiting Judgment
Sheikh discussed what will happen during the Mawqif:
1. Allah will come
2. Bringing of Jannah and Hellfire
3. Intercession to start judgment : The Prophet Muhammad –saw- will have the special
intercession to start the judgment day.
The intercessors on the Day of Ressurection:
- Allah ( The Most Merciful)
- The Prophet – saw-
- The Messengers
- The Angels
- The Martyrs
- Children who pass away
- Believers to one another
- The Qur’an
4. Judgment and placing of Balance and passing out of books
5. Approaching the pool

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The Judgment
Sheikh touched on:
- How all people be brought forth (Before Allah)
- Books given out
- Asking and Judgement for Deeds that were recorded in their books
- Whether all Creation be Judged?
- Witnesses at the Judgement:
Body parts, The earth (ground) and Prophets and messengers.
The nation of Muhammad –saw- will be the first to be judged. The second would be the
followers of Musa.
When first brought forth to meet Allah we will first be asked: Who did you worship? (Your
belief) and the second thing would be our salat. If our salat was incomplete, Allah –swt- will
punish us until we are purified then only our records will be looked at.
We will be brought in front of Allah 3 times, the first two times, our records will be showed to
us and the third time we will be asked 4 things about:
- Your life
- Your youth
- Your wealth
- Your health
Every single page of the book represents one day of your life and it does not miss any single
detail.
When flipping through the book, you might see good deeds you have never seen / done
before. Those deeds were because of things you taught your children or others and then they
passed it on to their children and children’s children therefore the good deeds multiply.
Sheikh also talked about:
- The wisdom behind weighing deeds.
- The Description of Al-Meezan
- What will be weighed?
- Will the Non-Muslims’ deeds be weighed
- How will Allah judge people
- Whether there will be one scale for all nations, or different ones?

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Al-Hawl (The Pool)
Sheikh Waleed discussed the khilaf scholars had regarding when will the Hawltake place,
whether it will be located after the bridge or before the bridge (sirat-ul-mustakim).
The Prophet -saw- said: “I will precede you at the Pool. Whoever comes to it will drink from it,
and whoever drinks from it will never be thirsty again. Some people will come to me, whom I
will recognize and who will recognize me, and then there will be a barrier between me and
them.”
Sheikh gave detailed descriptions of the Pool.
As-Siraat
In this section, Sheikh Waleed gives the description of as—siraat linguistically as well as
technically. Linguistically, As-siraat means clear straight path while in its technical term it means
‘the bridge placed over the hellfire, over which Muslims will pass to enter Jannah’.
He also mentioned the characteristic of the bridge in great detail as well as described the ways
different people will pass that bridge during that day according to their level of Iman. For
example, some will pass with the speed of light, some will crawl and some who do not make it
will fall straight into the Hellfire. In addition, the light provided for each person will also vary
according to their level of faith.
Al-Qantarah
Al-Qantarah is, as mentioned in a hadeeth by Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudree, is a small arched bridge
the believers have to pass before they enter paradise. Here is where retributions for injustice
between people will be held until the people will be purified. Since there is no money or
materialistic things present, people will do the transactions between the people with their
deeds.

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Al-A’raf
Linguistically, Al-A’raf means a high place, ie. A wall. Technically, there are many opinions about
this place. These are the four famous opinions by Muslim scholars-
1. A high place from where you see Paradise and Hellfire
2. A wall between paradise and hellfire
3. A mountain between Jannah and Hellfire
4. It is the bridge (As-sirat)
The Sheikh said that the people who will be held in Al-A’raf are those whose bad and good
deeds are equal, or the person lived at a time where no prophets were present or they died as
a shaheed but they disobeyed their parents.
Paradise and Hellfire
In this section, Sheikh WaleedBasyouni described the paradise and hellfire by giving us various
opinions from different scholars.
Ahl As-sunnahwal-Jama’ahbelieve that Jannah will last forever, but there is a difference in
opinion regarding the eternity of the Hellfire.
For example: opinion 1 is that Hellfire will exist forever while opinion 2 believes that the hellfire
will come to an end one day.
Seeing Allah
Lastly, the Sheikh mentioned about the greatest nikmah the people of Paradise will
experience.That is, to be able to see their creator, to see Allah (Ar-Ru’yah). Furthermore, the
sheikh also gives the opinions of different scholars regarding whether the non-Muslims will also
be able to see Allah and whether women will be able to see Allah too.The majority of opinion
believe that none of the non-Muslims will be able to see Allah. The matter regarding the 2nd
matter is more controversial depending on the Islamic sects one believe in. But as mentioned
by the sheikh, the most correct view is that everyone, including women will be able to see Allah
as many clear evidence are mentioned in the Quran regarding this.

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Recommendation
1. Since the seminar does not provide lunch food (unless there are students who are
sponsoring), it is better to have transportation provided by UTP to help students grab
their lunch. Since the environment and place is very new, it is hard to find lunch food
available around the seminar area, because all of them are closed for the weekend.
2. Each participant should be informed accordingly for the change of plan in departure
time and arrival time, because some are not aware (or did not receive notification/sms
in advance).
3. This course or seminar is excellent for the students and it is recommended that the seat
is open to more than 10 students in the future.
4. There will be another class on ‘Divine Link: Fiqh of Salah’ on 16th
-18th
November and
24th
-25th
November, which Syeikh highly recommend us to go. We recommend that this
can be another opportunity for the others (or if possible the same students with
additional of new students) can be sponsored to seek knowledge on the Fiqh of Salah.
Conclusion
As a conclusion, this seminar gives all of the students attended a point of realization, as each
chapter learnt, uncovered a great deal of knowledge and developedunderstanding regarding
our faith, tauhid and aqidah. This seminar does not limit ourselves to personal knowledge
enhancement only, but encourage us to be open for sharing, knowledge exchange and personal
improvement. It is believed that only through the dissemination of the knowledge gained from
the seminar that the knowledge will be preserved and put into actions, not for the participants
only, but also for the others who did not attend the seminar. With Allah wills, the official
sharing session from the participants to the other students, will be conducted for an hour, on
Wednesday.
Finally, all of the students attended the seminar is very grateful for this precious opportunity.
We would like to express our gratitude to all of the Ustaz from Pusat Islam An-Nur, especially
UstazAdiley for driving us to our destination and UstazRahmat for monitoring our involvement
in the seminar. Lastly, thank you to UstazahMashitah for informing and offering this
opportunity to us.

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Appendix
Below are some of the pictures taken from the Rays of Faith seminar with
SyeikhWaleedBasyouni.
Figure 1: SyeikhWaleed while giving his lesson
Figure 2: Students taking picture with the seminar's facilitators
(from the left: Aslah, Syahidah, Hidayah, Facilitator I, Facilitator II, Haifa, Hafsah, Nurdini&Nurashiqin)
(absent from picture: Farhana, Nadhirah)

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Figure 3: Environment during class
in the picture from the left (MsAinul, Aslah [in cream hijab], TiaRahmiati [in navy hijab])
Figure 5: Studentss posing before the class start
from the top left (Nurdini, Norashiqin, Aslah)
from the bottom left (Syahidah, Hidayah, Hafsah, Haifa)
absent from picture (Farhana, Nadhirah, Tia Rahmiati)
Figure 4: Students posing before the class start
from the left (Aslah, Norashiqin, Haifa, Hafsah, Nurdini,
Syahidah, Hidayah)

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Figure 6: Students during break time
Figure 7: Gem board - all of the participants attended the seminar are encouraged to share good quotes that they came
across throughout the class and post it at the Gem Board to encourage sharing among the other participants

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Figure 8: Winner of Ray of Faith Photocontest by Ms Nor Hidayah
The Prize is scholarship for the next class: Divine Link – FiqhSalat
Figure 9: Other photos sent by UTP students for ROF photo contest
from top left, photo by: Aslah, Hafsah, Norahiqin, Nurdini