BOOK. Ramadaan. Sh Muhammad West

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1 Ramadaan BOOK The information provided in this booklet will form the basis of the quiz questions to be asked after Taraweeg salaah at Masjid Boorhaanol Islam in Longmarket Street, Bo-Kaap COMPILED BY Sh Muhammad West 6 June 2016

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3 1 1. Islam means submission to Allah 2. Imaan means belief or faith 3. Islam is built on 5 pillars a. The declaration of faith b. To establish the five daily prayers c. To pay Zakah d. To fast in the month of Ramadan e. To perform the Hajj once in your life if your able to do so 4. The declaration of faith is to testify that none has the right to be worshipped other than Allah and that Muhammad is Allah s messenger 5. Imaan is based on 6 articles a. to believe in Allah b. His angles c. His books d. His messengers e. the Last Day and f. to believe in the divine decree, [both] the good and the evil thereof. 6. The most fundamental principle of Islam is called Tawhid. Tawhid relates to affirming that Allah is one and He alone should be worshipped 7. Allah created the seven heavens and the earth in 6 days and then rose above the Arsh or Throne. 8. The Kursi refers to the footstool of the Arsh. 9. Allah has many names. We only know 99 of them. 10. Nothing in the creation resembles Allah 11. Allah has no beginning and no end. 12. The Christians say Jesus is the son of Allah and the Jews say Uzair is the son of Allah. However Allah does not take any partners or sons. 13. If Allah wills a matter He only says be and it is. 14. Allah s mercy encompasses every creation. 15. None of the creation has seen Allah. 16. The believers will see Allah in the life after death. 17. Everything that has been created is for purpose of worshipping Allah alone 18. The Angels of Allah are created from light 19. They obey Allah perfectly without any will to commit sin 20. They have wings 21. They do not eat or sleep 22. Jibrael is the arc angle 23. Jibrael is the angel who brings revelation from Allah to the prophets. 24. Jibrael has over 600 wings 25. Jibrael is also called the Ruh Al Qudos, the holy spirit. 26. Michael is an angel mentioned by name in the Quran 27. Michael is the angel of mercy and rain 28. Malik is mentioned by name in the Quran 29. Malik is the warden of the Jahanum 30. Malik leads the 19 angels who watch over Jahanum 31. Israfeel is the angel who shall blow the trumpet that will begin the end of the world 32. The 19 angels of Jahanum are called the Zabaniya 33. Rayaan is the angel in charge of Janna 34. Munkar and Nakir are the angels of the grave 35. Munkar and Nakir ask the following questions: a. Who is your Lord? b. What is your religion? c. What did you do with regards to the prophet that was sent to you? 36. Jinn are created from a smokeless fire

4 2 37. They were created after the angels but before man 38. They are like humans as they have free will 39. They live on earth with us 40. They see humans but humans cannot see them 41. They have the ability to fly and have great strength 42. Some of the Jinn are good and some are bad 43. Iblees was from amongst the Jinn and he disobeyed Allah 44. Jinn can influence the thoughts and dreams of humans 45. Prophet Adam AS was the first human created 46. Prophet Adam was created from clay 47. Allah shaped Prophet Adam with Allah s own hands 48. The only things created by Allah by hand was Prophet Adam, The Throne, The Pen and Garden of Adan 49. Allah taught Prophet Adam the names of all things. 50. Prophet Adam was able to comprehend that which the angels were not able to. 51. Allah commanded the angels and the jinn to bow to Prophet Adam. 52. All the angels bowed but Iblees from the Jinn refused. 53. Iblees was proud and envious of Prophet Adam and promised to mislead Adam from Allah s worship 54. Prophet Adam lived in paradise and Allah created for him his wife Howa from the rib of Prophet Adam 55. Allah permitted Prophet Adam and Howa to do as they pleased in paradise but to not eat from a specific tree. 56. Iblees tempted Prophet Adam and Howa to eat from the tree by promising them immortality. 57. Both Prophet Adam and Howa ate from the tree and were expelled from paradise along with Iblees 58. Prophet Adam and Howa were sent to the earth were they repented to Allah and were forgiven. 59. Christians belief that due to the sins of Prophet Adam and Eve all of mankind carries a curse. This is known as original sin. 60. Muslims reject this concept and belief no one carries the sin of anyone else. 61. On Earth Prophet Adam and Howa had a family and were commanded by Allah to worship him Alone 62. The very first place established for mankind to worship Allah was at Bakkah (Makkah). 63. Prophet Adam became the first prophet of Allah from mankind. 64. Prophet Adam is mentioned 25 times in the Quran 65. Amongst the sons of Prophet Adam was Habil and Cabil 66. Due to a dispute Cabil killed his brother Habil and committed the first act of murder in humanity. 67. The murder saw how a crow dug a hole and did the same and buried his brothers body 68. Prophet Adam was given a 1000 years of life but gave 40 of those years to Prophet Dawood 69. When Prophet Adam died his other son Seth took over prophet hood from his father. 70. Allah sent down one hundred and four psalms, of which fifty were sent down to Prophet Seth. 71. Prophet Idris lived between the time of Prophet Adam and Prophet Nuh

5 3 72. He is mentioned twice in the Quran 73. Prophet Muhammad (s) met Prophet Idris in the 4 th heaven on the night of the Miraj 74. Prophet Nuh AS is mentioned 43 times in the Quran 75. An entire Surah (71) named after him 76. Prophet Nuh AS is the first messenger Allah sent to mankind 77. Prophet Nuh AS is one of the 5 selected messengers known as the ulool-azim 78. The period between Adam and Noah was ten centuries 79. Prophet Nuh s people were the first to commit shirk by worshipping idols 80. Idol worship began a few generations prior to Nuh As through venerating the graves of the pious 81. Nuh AS called his people to tawhid for 950 years 82. His people rejected his message and threatened to kill all the believers 83. Nuh AS made duah against his people and Allah sent a flood against them 84. Nuh AS, the believers and animals boarded a ship built by Nuh AS and were saved. 85. The flood destroyed all the people who committed shirk 86. The ship settled on Mount Judi. 87. Prophet Hud AS mentioned 7 times in the Quran th chapter (Hud) of the Quran is named after him and the 46th (Al- Ahqaf) chapter named after the land he came from. This land lies between Yemen and Oman 89. Hud (AS) was sent to a people called Aad 90. He was an Arabian prophet and his story was not revealed in the Torah or Injeel, but only found in the Quran. 91. The people of Aad were even larger and stronger than the generations before them.they were the most powerful nation of their time and no nation after them had strength like them 92. The people of Aad built a powerful city made of pillars and towers called the city Iram 93. The people of Aad committed shirk and were tyrants in the land 94. They refused the message of Hud AS so Allah destroyed them with a cold shrieking wind. 95. The wind persisted for 7 nights and 8 days until nothing was left of the people of Aad. 96. After the destruction of the Ad, the tribe of Thamud succeeded them in power and glory 97. Like the people of Ad, they erected huge buildings on the plains and hewed beautiful homes out of the hills, in a land called Al-Hijr 98. They also fell to idol-worshipping, building huge tombs for those holy men who died 99. Salih was a well loved man from his people and Allah blessed him with Prophet hood 100. He called his people to worship Allah alone 101. His people demanded a miracle be sent t to them 102. Allah granted Salih this miracle and a huge, unique, she camel appeared to come out of a rock Still the people of Thamud rejected Salih AS message. It was said to them not to harm the she camel 104. The worst of them killed the camel 105. Allah punished them with a loud shriek that destroyed them

6 Prophet Shuaib AS is mentioned ten times in the Quran 107. He was sent to the people of Madyan 108. They were an Arab people in the North of Arabia 109. The lived very close to the City of Sodom 110. The committed shirk, indulged in haram business, cheated in trading and waylaid the travellers 111. They rejected Shuaib AS message and threatened to kill him and his followers so Allah sent a gloomy cloud over them that covered them and a huge cry descended upon them 112. They were destroyed like Thamud 113. Ibrahim AS is known as the Khaleel (close friend) of Allah 114. Ibrahim AS lived in the town of Ur in modern day Iraq 115. The Prophet Muhammad (SAW) met prophet Ibrahim AS in the 7 th heaven on the night of Miraj 116. He is one of the ulool-azim 117. He is mentioned 63 times in the Quran th Surah of Quran named after him 119. The people of Ur committed shirk by worshiping idols fashioned in the shape of holy people and ancestors who they believed interceded on their behalf with Allah Ibrahim AS father Aazar was an idol maker from whom the people would buy idols to worship As a young boy Ibrahim AS rejected the shirk of his people and tried to show them the folly of their actions by destroying their idols and hanging the axe around the neck of the largest idol When questioned Ibrahim AS told them to ask the biggest idol who did it as he had the axe. The people realised that the idols have no power to hear or respond Instead of following Ibrahim they sentenced him to death and cast him into a huge fire Allah saved Ibrahim from the fire and made him of the Allah s prophets Ibrahim AS left his people and along with him only a young lady named Sarah and Ibrahim s nephew Loot believed in him Loot AS became a prophet and was sent to the people of Sodom The people of Sodom committed shirk, practices homosexuality and abducted travellers Allah sent angels in the form of beautiful men to Sodom. Loot AS tried to protect these men from the people of Sodom but he was overpowered Loot AS made duah for Allah to help him so the angels informed him that Loot As should leave the city with his family before dawn The angels, with Jibrael being one of them, destroyed the city of Sodom by turning it upside down and raining down upon it stones of baked clay Only Loot AS and his two daughters survived Ibrahim AS married Sarah and they travelled to Egypt where the kind abducted Sarah As due to her extreme beauty Allah saved Sarah As and the king let her go, gifting her a servant girl named Hajar Ibrhaim As Sarah and Hajar left Egypt and settled in Palestine Years passed with Ibrahim As longing for a son to inherit his teaching of tawhid after him 136. Allah permitted Ibrahim As to marry Hajar who bore him a son Ismail AS Allah instructed to take Hajar and Ismail to the barren valley of Makkah

7 5 and leave them there without any food or water Ibrahim prayed for his family s well being After all the water had run out, Ismail AS started to scream from the thirst. Hajar desperately ran 7 times between two hills Safa and Marwa invoking Allah for help Suddenly near the spot where the Ka aba would one day be rebuilt an angel appeared and stomped the ground with his foot causing the well of Zamzam to burst forth Hajar and Ismail AS lived from the well of Zamzam and soon other Arab tribes settled in the area to have access to the blessed water Ismail AS grew up and learnt the language and ways of the Arabs Ibrahim As returned to visit his son and informed him Allah has instructed him to sacrifice Ismail AS 144. Ismail AS encouraged his father to do as Allah commanded Just as Ibrahim AS was about to sacrifice his son Allah stopped him and informed Ibrahim AS that they had passed Allah s test Allah then instructed Ibrahim AS and Ismail AS to rebuild the Ka aba in Makkah Years later Allah would bless Sarah and Ibrahim AS with a son Ishaq who lived in Palestine After Ibrahim s AS death his sons Ismail and Ishaq AS inherited prophet hood from Allah and taught their people about tawhid in Makkah and Palestine Ishaq AS had a son Yacoub who was known as Israel and was blessed with prophet hood like his father and grandfather (Ibrahim) Yacoub AS had 12 sons the second youngest of them was Yusuf AS Yacoub AS hoped that one of his 12 sons would succeed him as a prophet and follow the example of his forefathers Yusuf AS as a young boy informed his father of a strange dream where he saw the son, the moon and 11 stars prostrating before him Yacoub AS understood that this was a sign from Allah that Yusuf AS would grow up to be a prophet Shaytaan had sowed the seeds of jealousy between the sons of Yacoub and they resented Yusuf due to Yacoub s love for him They plotted to rid themselves of Yusuf by throwing him in a well The brought Yusuf s blood soaked clothes to Yacoub and said a wolf ate him 157. A caravan found Yusuf in the well and took him to Egypt where he was sold as a slave 158. Al Aziz, the man who bought Yusuf, raised him and treated him well 159. When he became older Yusuf was incredibly handsome and Al Aziz s wife sought to seduce Yusuf Yusuf rejected her advances and was imprisoned 161. In prison Yusuf met two men. The first dreamt of himself pouring wine the other dreamt of birds eating bread he carried on his head 162. Yusuf explained that one would pour wine for the king and the other would be crucified and birds will pek at his head Yusuf stayed in prison for many years 164. The one who poured wine for the king heard that the king had a strange dream of 7 fat cows and 7 thin cows and 7 lush stalks of grain and 7 dried

8 6 stalks. No one could interpret the kings dream 165. The kings cupbearer approached Yusuf in prison and asked him to explain the king s dream. Yusuf explained that this referred to 7 years of prosperous years will first occur where Egypt will store the excess food followed by 7 years of drought where the food stores will be eaten The king wanted to free Yusuf but he requested that his name be cleared first. When it was discovered that he was falsely imprisoned the king appointed Yusuf as chief over the stores of Egypt Yusuf AS become very powerful and oversaw the distribution of Egypt s surplus Due to the drought people from all over the region came to Egypt for food and one day his brothers came to buy food. Yusuf recognised them but they didn t recognise him 169. Yusuf planted the cup of king in his youngest brother s (Binyameen) bag so as to keep him with him in Egypt His ten older brothers begged Yusuf to let their younger brother. Finally Yusuf revealed himself to them and pardoned them all 171. He sent his shirt to be put on his father s face who had become blind from the sadness he felt 172. Yusuf brought his family to Egypt where they were known to the Egyptian s as the banu Israel ie the children of Yacoub Prophet Ayoub AS was of the progeny of Nuh (AS) and Ibrahim (AS) 174. He is mentioned 4 times in the Quran 175. He is known by all for his patience 176. Allah bestowed on Ayoub (AS) strength, a loving wife, a large family and masses of wealth Allah caused Ayoub s lands and livestock to be lost 178. Then his children died one by one 179. Then his health started to fail 180. Every organ of his body suffered except his heart and tongue 181. He was totally shunned by all his friends and supporters and left alone 182. Only his wife remained by his side 183. After 7 years had past in this manner Ayoub s wife became despondent and said to Ayoub (AS): How much longer will Allah allow this to go on? He became deeply upset. He asked her How long had Allah blessed me with goodness? 184. Ayoub (AS) told her: If I am healed I would surely lash you 100 times for this 185. He made duah and Allah ordered him to strike the ground where a spring gushed forth for him to wash in it and drink from it His wife returned and he struck her 100 times using a blade of grass Allah resorted his health, wealth and family Prophet Jonah (Yunus) (pbuh) also known as Dhan-Nun 189. He came from the town of Nineveh whose people worshipped idols 190. His people denied him and said for Yunus to bring the punishment from Allah 191. Yunus left his people in anger before Allah had instructed him to do so While on a ship storms continued to crash against them and the captain decided one of the people of ship had to be thrown overboard They drew three lots and Yunus AS name appeared each time.

9 Yunus jumped overboard and was swallowed by a whale In the whales belly Yunus AS repented to Allah by saying La ilaha illa Anta (none has the right to be worshipped but You (O Allah), Glorified (and Exalted) be You (above all that evil they associate with You), Truly, I have been of the wrong doers." (Ch 21:87 Quran) 196. Allah forgave Yunus AS and the whale expelled Yunus AS on a beach 197. His skin was inflamed from the acid that burnt him and when the sun rose over him he suffered tremendously Allah caused a plant to grow over his body and he was healed Yunus AS returned to his city and was surprised to find that the punishment Allah sent against them had not destroyed them 200. Yunus s AS people were the only people ever to be saved from the punishment while seeing it coming as they all repented sincerely and Allah accepted from them Prophet Musa AS is the most mentioned nabee in the Quran, mentioned over 130 times 202. He Is of the ulool azim ie the 5 highest prophets 203. Prophet Muhammad (SAW) met him in the 6 th Samaa on the Miraaj 204. Allah favored him above all other prophets through Allah s direct speech to him Prophet Harun AS is the older brother of Musa 206. Mentioned 20 times in the Quran 207. He supported Musa through his mission 208. Harun was a nabee (prophet) while Musa was a nabee and rasool (prophet and messenger) 209. The story of Musa and Harun is the most repeated story in the Quran 210. During the time of Yusuf (AS) Yacoub (AS) and his tribe was brought to Egypt. They were given status and honour and grew stronger in Egypt 211. As time went by the Bani Israel were seen as a threat to the Egyptians and so the Pharaoh oppressed them 212. They were forced to work like slaves and were not allowed to leave Egypt 213. The religion of the Egyptians was that they worshipped the Pharaoh, which went against the religion of Ibrahim (AS) 214. Pharaoh saw or was informed a dream where a fire came from Palestine to Egypt and destroyed the homes of the Egyptians but left the homes of the Israelite unharmed 215. The Egyptians understood that this dream was a prophecy for the destruction of the Pharaoh at the hands of an Israeli boy 216. Pharaoh ordered all male children born that year to be executed. This was the same year Musa As was born Allah inspired Musa AS mother to put him in a basket and cast it into the Nile 218. Pharaoh s wife Aasiyah AS found the baby boy and accepted Musa and took him as a son who she would raise Allah made it so that Musa did not drink from any other woman except from his mother When Musa grew up he came to learn that he was an Israelite and his people were being oppressed by Pharaoh 221. One day he found an Egyptian abusing an Israelite. Musa intervened and by accident killed the Egyptian Musa fled Egypt to city of Madyan where he married and become a shepherd for ten years.

10 After ten years Musa returned to Egypt and on his way got lost in the desert 224. He saw a burning bush in the distance and when he approached it a voice spoke to him 225. Allah spoke to Musa from the burning bush instructing him to go to Pharaoh and call him worship Allah alone and to set the Banee Israel free Musa asked that his brother Harun be tasked to assist him in this duty. Allah accepted Musa s request and appointed Harun as a nabee Musa AS and Harun AS came to Pharaoh calling him to Allah but he refused to believe and asked for a sing from Musa AS Musa AS cast his staff on the floor and it became a huge snake and he pushed his right hand to his left side and it came forth shinning Pharaoh said this was plain magic and he too had magicians who would challenge Musa AS at a festival in front of all of Egypt Musa AS challenged the magicians of Pharaoh and defeated them. The ropes and sticks of the magicians appeared to be snakes but Musa AS staff turned into a huge snake and ate that of the magicians The magicians fell down in sujood and were the first to believe Pharaoh continued to disobey Allah so signs were sent against him. Allah caused drought and crops to fail. The Nile flooded, then Allah sent the locust, frogs, lice and Nile became like blood Musa AS took the Banu Israel away by night and Pharaoh chased them Musa AS struck the Red Sea and it parted The Israelites passed through the two parts and when Pharaoh entered it the Sea joined and drowned Pharaoh 236. Musa AS took his people through the desert. Musa AS struck a stone and 12 springs of water gushed forth 237. Allah sent down from Jannah Manna and Salwa for them to eat 238. When they reached Jerusalem the Israelites refused to fight the Canaanites so Allah made it haram to them for forty years to wonder in the desert 239. Musa AS left his people for forty days to receive the Torah from Allah 240. When he returned he found his people worshiping an Idol made by a man called Saamiri 241. Musa AS destroyed the idol and Allah forgave them They then asked Musa AS to show them Allah for them to see so Allah seized them with a lightning bolt and resurrected them and forgave them A man was killed and they asked Musa AS to help them find the murderer so Allah commanded them to slaughter a cow Surah Al Baqarah is so referred due to the story of the Israelites reluctance to obey Allah The finally obeyed Musa AS and Allah commanded them to touch the dead man s body with the meat of the cow and he came back to life to identify his murderer When Musa s AS people still disbelieved Allah sealed their hearts and the entire generation of people passed away in the desert before reaching Jerusalem After Musa AS and Harun AS, Prophet Yousha (Joshua) guided the Israelites He lead his people to Jerusalem and was instructed by Allah to liberate the city before sunset When the sun started to set he made duah And Allah delayed the sun from

11 9 setting to Allah him to enter Jerusalem Many years after Musa (AS) had passed away and the children of Israel had been blessed with a succession of prophets to lead them. Each time a nabee died Allah appointed a new prophet to succeed him One such Prophet was nabee Shammil (Samaul) who is not named in the Quran but is mentioned 252. The Israelites lacked a king and asked prophet Samaul to ask Allah to appoint a king Allah appointed TalÛt (Saul) as their king and he lead a small army against a mighty enemy lead by a fearsome warrior Goliath 254. A young shepherded boy named Dawood challenged Goliath and killed him Allah made Dawood AS to become the next king and prophet of Banu Israel It was nabee Dawud s habit to go into the wilderness to make thikr, and Allah caused the mountains to make thikr with him Allah revealed the Holy Book The Zaboor (Psalms) to Dawood AS 258. The most beloved fasting to Allah was the fasting of the Prophet David, who used to fast alternate days. And the most beloved prayer to Allah was the prayer of David, who used to sleep the first half of the night, and pray for one third of it and again sleep for a sixth of it.'" 259. Allah taught nabee Dawud the ability to use iron which allowed their army to have the most advanced weapons amongst the people Allah blessed Dawud (AS) with a mighty son who was given knowledge and wisdom as a child. His name was Sulaiman AS 261. Dawud (AS) lived to a 100 years thanks to the 40 or 60 years gifted to him by Adam (AS). On Dawud s death thousands of people including the birds came to attend prophet Dawud s janzah Sulaiman AS took over the position as the king and prophet of the Israelites Sulaiman ruled with guidance and wisdom and was given might and strength 264. Allah further increased him by giving Sulaiman the power to speak to animals and to control the wind and to be master over all of the Jinn controlling them with his will His kingdom was so powerful that no one kingdom will equal his in answer to the duah he made to Allah 266. He heard of a queen of the country of Sa ba were worshiping the son 267. He called her to his kingdom and brought her mighty throne to him before she reached his city 268. When she saw that Sulaiman AS was not a normal king she believed in Islam and Sulaiman AS married her Zakariyah (AS) is mentioned 7 times in the Quran. He was a prophet sent to Banu Israel after Dawud and Sulaiman and just prior to the coming of Isa (Jesus) (AS) at the time of Zakariyah the children of Israel were ruled by a guided leader known as Imran. The third Surah of the Quran Ali Imran (Family of Imran) is named after him 271. The wife Imran longed for a son who would serve in the path of Allah but Allah blessed her with a daughter named Mariam 272. Prophet Zakariyah AS was married to Mariam s aunt 273. When lots was drawn as to who would care for Mariam Prophet Zakariyah AS

12 10 watched over her as she stayed in the temple He saw how Allah would send her special fruits out of season 275. He too longed for a son but had reached old age 276. He stood long in prayer in his Mihrab praying for a son. Allah accepted his duah and healed his wife Allah named this boy Yahya Zakariyah (AS) fasted from speech for three days as a sign from Allah Yahya AS grew up to be caring and loving to all creatures and especially caring to his old parents All blessed Yahya AS with prophethood 281. Yahya spoke out against the king of the time who wanted to marry his niece and was killed Prophet Isa is mentioned 25 times in the Quran, the term Masiah 11 times and Maryam 23 times. Three surahs are named in reference to Isa AS surah Al Imran, Surah Maaidah and Surah Maryam Isa (AS) is one of the 5 ulool Azim and the final messenger to come before Muhammad (SAW) 284. While Mary was praying in her temple, an angel in the form of a man appeared before her and told her Allah will miraculously bless her with a son She was shocked as she was a virgin 286. She left Jerusalem as she became heavy with the baby and gave birth under a palm tree She gave birth to a son named Isa AS 288. The people accused her of zina 289. Isa AS speaking from the cradle was his first miracle defending his mother from slander 290. He had exemplary character and learned mercy from his teacher Yahya Allah revealed a new revelation the Injeel (Gospel) to Isa (AS) along with the Torah HE called his people to islam and showed them his miracles. He was born without a father, spoke as a baby, breathed life into a clay bird, he informed people of their secrets, he healed the blind and leaper and brought life back to the dead all by the grace and power of Allah Isa s following grew and people flocked to him. Those closest to him were the kawarioon the disciples. Isa s AS disciples asked him to perform a miracle for them so Allah sent down a table laden with food The children of Israel were now split into two groups. Those who believed in Isa s prophet hood, were called the Nasaara and those who rejected him remained as Jews The majority of his people disbelieved in him and asked the Romans to kill him 296. Allah saved Isa AS and made another man appear to be Isa AS whom they killed Allah took Isa AS up to the heavens 298. The prophet Muhammad (SAW) met ISA and YAhay AS at the second heaven on the Isra and Miraj 299. Allah will return Isa AS to the earth during the end of times as his coming is one of the major signs of Qiyama Isa AS will killm Dajal