The Fundamental Beliefs of Islam

Each religion has a few fundamentals that set out the system of that specific religion. The followers then guarantee that the fundamentals are kept up and saw on consistent premise to guarantee that the religion stays consistent with its unique structure and that the people have a solitary way to take after.
Like different religions, Islam likewise has its arrangement of fundamentals. The fundamental of Islam can be conveyed into two classifications. The main class of the fundamental of Islam is identified with practice that requires demonstration, while the second classification can be the fundamentals that remain as center Islamic beliefs.
The lines below discuss about core Islamic beliefs so that the readers of this post can increase their knowledge about Islam and the fundamental of Islam.
Fundamental Beliefs: 
In addition to the fundamentals that have to be practiced, there are others that comprise the belief of a Muslim. A Muslim has to believe in these fundamentals in order to have pure and complete belief. The core fundamental beliefs in which a Muslim must believe from the bottom of the heart are discussed below.
Believe In Allah: 
Firstly a Muslim has to believe in Allah as the Lord of this universe and whatever is in it. No matter whatever a Muslim says from the tongue, this belief should be instilled and engraved in the heart of a Muslim.
Believe in Angels: 
Secondly, a Muslim has to believe in angels as the creation of Allah Almighty. These angels are servants of Allah and all they do is carry out His orders and praise and worship Him.
Believe in Prophets: 
Besides Muhammad (PBUH) a Muslim has to believe in all the other Prophets that Allah Almighty sent for the guidance of mankind and give them equal respect and reverence.
Believe In Divine Books: 
Like other Prophets, a Muslim has to believe in all the other books that were revealed to those Prophets for the guidance of their nations. Therefore, in addition to the Holy Book Quran, the other divine books are also to be believed in by a Muslim.
Believe in Judgment Day: 
A Muslim is to have the belief that the Judgment day is inevitable and once it arrives, all the people will be held accountable for their deeds which they committed in this world.
Believe in Destiny: 
A Muslim must also believe that there are some things that are beyond human power and comprehension and should be regarded as elements of destiny or faith.
Believe In Resurrection: 
A Muslim must believe that there is life after death and once a person dies, he or she will rise again and the life that will be given to a person then will be the eternal life with no end.
Conclusion: 
In a nutshell, in order to be a true Muslim and complete in belief, a Muslim has to believe in and practice the core fundamental of Islam. The personification of these fundamentals can be seen in the personality of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH); therefore, every person must find guidance from His Sunnah.

The fundamentals of Islam

The literal meaning of the word `Islam' is `to yield and submit.’
The prophet (PBH) explained it is the name of the five basic pillars in Islam:
(I) The first fundamental of Islam is to say `Ash'hadu Alla ilaha illallah-Va Ash ahadu Anna Muhammadu Rasoolullah' (there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah) vocally and making the meaning firm in the heart and to believe in this absolutely with all his heart.
"On the earth or in the sky, there is no one but Allah worthy of worship. The real being to be worshiped is Allah alone. Every kind of superiority exists in within him. No defect exists in him. His name is Allah." And Muhammad bin Abdullah is the servant and messenger of Allah. He was born in holy Makkah in the year 571 Monday April 21st and died July 12th 632 in holy Madeena.
(II) The second fundamental of Islam is to perform the ritual prayer five times a day at the prescribed times in accordance with all its conditions and compulsions. To perform it before its times by adapting wrong calendars prepared by ignoramuse’s people is a grave sin and such a prayer is not accepted. The ritual prayer has to be performed before the prescribed time is over, paying attention to its compulsions, conditions, and sunnats. In Islam ritual prayer is called `salah'. And salah is certain action and recitations, between takbeeratul ihram (the recitation of Allah Akbar with which salah begins) and `salam' with which the salah ends turning head into both right and left sides respectively.
(III) The third fundamental of Islam is to give `Zakat' of one's wealth. In Islam, Zakat means to give a certain percentage of one's property (its prescribed scale or amount called nisab) to eight kinds of people named in Qur'an. There are four kinds of zakats: Zakat of gold and silver, the Zakat of commercial goods, the Zakat of stock animals (sheep, goat and cattle) and the Zakat of all kinds of substances necessity produced from earth. The first three are given at the completion of a year and the fourth is given immediately after the harvest.
(IV) The fourth fundamental of Islam is to take fast every day of the month of Ramadan, one of the months of 'Hijrah' calendar. In Islamic sense fast (sawm) is abstention from three things during the day times: eating, drinking and sexual interaction or intercourse. The months begin upon seeing the new moon in the sky. It must not begin by the means of calculation or prediction.
(V) The fifth fundamental of Islam is to perform Hajj if possible once in the life. One, who is healthy and safe and has enough money to go and come back from the city of Makah, after the sufficient property for the subsistence of his family during the time of his absence, has to perform Hajj and Umrah.
This is the sequence of fundamentals of Islam (five pillars of Islam). Most of the scholars gave prominence to this sequence. Also please visit us for morals in Islam.

Co-existence of Morals and peace in Islam

Good morals and high ethical values are the major teaching of Islam. The entire Quran talks about morals and observing them under different circumstances. Observing and practicing moral values are indeed a must in Islam. There are established conduct of morals and ethics that one need to follow under different situations. Islam ordains Muslims to be trustworthy, faithful, loyal, social, and helpful towards others and show sympathy and compassionate to the general society. Islam asks a Muslim to shun all those activities that are harmful for the society as a whole and ay greater importance to the morals in Islam. It devoid a Muslim to strictly leave all those habits that hurts others and disadvantageous for the humanity, such as backbiting, mocking, cheating and other such activities. Islam asks Muslims to be humble and well wishers or others under all circumstances. The Holy Book Quran makes compulsory for a Muslim to show love and respect towards others and it furthermore ask to be clean-hearted and fair in justice. It is not feasible according to Islamic law for a Muslim to stop communication with other Muslim for more than three days. After three days, no matter how hostile is the relation; a Muslim should converse with his or her collateral.

A Muslim should not even use abusive language or any other language that is resentful towards others. A Muslim should not defame anyone’s name such as making fun of one’s name via adding some prefix or suffix to the name. They should call each other with their names and that too in a respectful tone. During the entire life of Muhammad (peace be upon him) he asks people to be respectful and helpful towards others. He stressed Muslims to love each other and show epitome good mannerism to each other. In one of the Hadith it is mentioned that Muhammad (peace be upon him) said that the people who are good in manners will be the most nearer to him on the day Qiyamah. In one another hadith it is said that Muhammad (Peace be upon him) said that a Muslim is not Muslim until he or she thinks exactly the ways they think about themselves. In other words muslim should think fairly about his companion Muslim.

The morals preaching of Islam covers almost every arena of life and it clearly says or directs human being on observation of moral values in different situations. In a nutshell Islam never preaches immoral values in any circumstances. Moral values are the basis to lead a good life and also to generate a good society. A good morals leads to have a good social and personal life and it is only good morals that foster a good relationship between brothers and sisters, between spouses, among parents, among friends and society at large. Therefore, Islam and Morals go hand in hand. One is inevitable without the other.

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