Table of Contents
Chapter of Belief
- Chapter 1 Lesson 1 - The True Belief
- Chapter 1 Lesson 2 - The Accountable (Mukallaf)
- Chapter 1 Lesson 3 - Allah is the Creator of This World
- Lesson 4 The Oneness of Allah
Lesson 5 The Attributes of Allah
- Lesson 6 The First Creation: Water
- Lesson 7 The Order of Creation After the Water and the Throne
- Lesson 8 Miracles and Karamahs
- Lesson 9 Believing in What the Prophet Conveyed—Part 1: The Torture and Enjoyment in the Grave and the Questioning by the Two Angels: Munkar and Nakir
- Lesson 10 Believing in What the Prophet Conveyed—Part 2: The Day of Judgment, Resurrection, and Assembly
- Lesson 11 Believing in What the Prophet Conveyed—Part 3: The Bridge, Basin, and Intercession
- Lesson 12 Believing in What the Prophet Conveyed—Part 4: Paradise and Hellfire
- Lesson 13 The Types of Blasphemy and Blasphemers
- Lesson 14 Believing in the Qadar
Chapter of Acts of Worship
- Lesson 1 The Islamic Judgment Concerning the Actions of the Mukallaf
- Lesson 2 Purification from the Najas-Filth
- Lesson 3 Ablution (Wudu’ ): Its Integrals and Recommended Matters
- Lesson 4 The Invalidators of Wudu’
- Lesson 5 Istinja’
- Lesson 6 The Ritual Impurity (Hadath) and The Obligatory Purificatory Bath (Ghusl)
- Lesson 7 Times of Prayer
- Lesson 8 The Integrals of Prayer and Its Recommended Matters
- Lesson 9 Conditions for the Validity of Prayer
- Lesson 10 Invalidators of Prayer
- Lesson 11 Congregational Prayer (Jama^ah)
- Lesson 12 The Friday Prayer (Jumu^ah)
- Lesson 13 Fasting
- Lesson 14 Zakah
- Lesson 15 Hajj & ^Umrah
Chapter of Islamic Manners
- Lesson 1 Sincerity in Obedience, Insincerity in Performing the Good Deeds, and Priding Oneself in Obeying Allah
- Lesson 2 Patience and Subjugating Oneself to Allah
- Lesson 3 Loving Allah and His Messenger
- Lesson 4 Arrogance, Enmity, and Envy
- Lesson 5 Gossip, Fabrication and Talebearing
- Lesson 6 Lying
- Lesson 7 The Merit of Knowledge and Abiding By It
- Lesson 8 The Prohibited Games and Depicting That Which Has a Soul
- Lesson 9 Immense Hurting of the Parents (^Uquq)
- Lesson 10 Severing the Obligatory Ties of Kinship
- Lesson 11 Respecting the Muslim
Introduction
Praise and thanks are due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. We ask Allah to raise the rank of our master Muhammad, the Prophet who did not learn to read or write, his Al, and Companions, and to protect his nation from whatever he feared for it.
Allah revealed in the Qur’an: Which means: “O you who believed, protect yourselves and families from fire, the fuel of which will be people and stones. In charge of this fire are stern and rough angels who do not disobey Allah and who carry out what they are ordered.” (Suratut-Tahrim, Ayah 6)
Our Prophet, may peace be upon him, said: Which means: “Seeking the [obligatory] knowledge is an obligation upon every [accountable] Muslim.” (Related by al-Bayhaqiyy.)
Protecting one’s self and family from the unbearable fire is achieved by one learning the religious knowledge that Allah made obligatory upon every accountable person to acquire, and then by one teaching it to the family. One cannot be a pious Muslim when one does not fulfill the religious obligations and does not avoid the matters that Allah made forbidden.
The way to knowing the obligations and prohibitions is by acquiring the religious knowledge from those who have it. Hence, the guardian of the children must teach them the belief that Allah is clear of having any similarity to the creations. Moreover, the guardian must teach to the children the obligatory and forbidden matters, such as the essential parts of taharah (purification) and salah (prayer).
In the present time of social decay, the religious education and raising of the children is not an easy matter, especially because most schools do not place such education as their top priority. There is no doubt that such education improves the welfare of the children and results in their well being in this life and the life after.
As a result, the Islamic Studies and Research Division (ISRD) at the Association of Islamic Charitable Projects (A.I.C.P.) embarked on preparing “The Islamic Education Series” (T.I.E.S.) for our children at the elementary level and for those who are at the beginner level in their Islamic education.
Each of the five (5) books in this Series consists of three (3) chapters that deal with: the Belief, the Acts of Worship, and the Islamic Manners. In addition to this Series, Qur’anic Recitation (Tajwid) and Prophetic Biography (As-Siratun-Nabawiyyah) are needed. The A.I.C.P. has its series of Islamic History for children and beginners. Tajwid is taught at the Islamic Education Schools (T.I.E.S.) of the A.I.C.P.
“The Islamic Education Series” (T.I.E.S.) is meant to prepare the beginners for the Islamic material that makes them successful servants of Allah. God willing, this knowledge will help them contribute to building communities based on sound values and will make them safe in the Hereafter.
The Publisher
Book Review by the University of Al-‘Azhar
Praise and thanks are due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. We ask Allah to raise the rank of our Master Muhammad, the last prophet and messenger, his Al, Companions and followers, and to protect his nation from whatever he feared for it.
After reviewing “The Islamic Education Series” (T.I.E.S.) we state that it achieves its objective. It contains studies of the belief, acts of worship, and Islamic manners to instill in the young people the ideals and values of Islam. Moreover, the Series has a captivating style and easy expressions along with exact statements.
We thank the Association of Islamic Charitable Projects and its Islamic Studies and Research Division for exerting efforts in preparing this curriculum. We ask Allah to make their work beneficial and blessed.
Dr. Abdul-Mahdiyy Abdul-Qadir Dr. Safwat Mubarak
Hadith Teacher ^Aqidah Teacher
Usulud-Din College Usulud-Din College
University of Al-‘Azhar University of Al-‘Azhar
Dr. Abdul-Mun^im Najm Wakil Dr. Muhiyid-Din As-Safi, Dean
Usulud-Din College Usulud-Din College
University of Al-‘Azhar University of Al-‘Azhar
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Signed and sealed April 30, 1997
Footnote
A cubit is the distance from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow of an average-size man.
Maytah: all dead animals that are not edible and the edible animals that are not slaughtered properly, except for fish and locusts.
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. Al-Hamdu lillahi Rabbil-^alamin. Ar-Rahmanir-Rahim. Maliki Yawmid-Din. Iyyaka na^budu wa iyyaka nasta^in. Ihdinas-Siratal-Mustaqim. Siratal-ladhina an^amta ^alayhim, ghayril-maghdubi ^alayhim wa lad-dallin.
Allahumma salli ^ala Muhammad, (This completes the obligation.) wa ^ala ‘Ali Muhammad, kama sallayta ^ala ‘Ibrahim, wa ^ala ‘Ali ‘Ibrahim. ‘Innaka Hamidum Majid. Allahumma barik ^ala Muhammad, wa ^ala ‘Ali Muhammad, kama barakta ^ala ‘Ibrahim, wa ^ala ‘Ali ‘Ibrahim. ‘Innaka Hamidum Majid.
Wajjahtu wajhiya lilladhi fataras-samawati wal-‘arda hanifam Muslima, wa ma ’ana minal-mushrikin. ‘Innasalati wa nusuki wa mahyaya wa mamati lillahi rabbil-^alamin(a), la sharika lah(u), wa bi dhalika ‘umirt(u), wa ‘ana minal-Muslimin.
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