At the outset, entry into Islam
requires a restricted form and objective in its outlook and
purpose which has much to do with that same
form.
But as far as Islam of the
non-Muslim person is concerned, he has only to utter the two
testimonies. The content of the text should run as follows: "I
bear witness that there is no deity but Allah and bear witness
that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
The utterance of these
testimonies can serve as a confession of the "Oneness of Allah
and the prophesy of His Messenger Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) to be
engaged then to the duty of strengthening his faith through
abiding by the original principles of religion represented in:
unification; justice as a part of it, prophet-hood, imamate as an
extension of it and last of all is resurrection on
Doomsday.
The achievement of these basic
principles is to be self-confirmed, that is, deepened within
one's conscience, true consent and true faith in them through
verified arbitrary proofs, not through imitation and reference to
religious legal authorities.
Then, it is incumbent upon the
Muslim to establish the practical applications of Islam which can
be named as: Branches of religion and what relates to them of
practical judgments represented in: establishing the Prayer,
giving the Zakat, Fasting Ramadhan, Pilgrimage to Macca (Al-Haj)
for those who afford to go there, in addition to the necessity of
becoming a follower of the true guardians of Islam and releasing
his part from Islam's enemies as well as enjoining good and
forbidding evil.
Based on these pre-requisites,
any Muslim who shows these details properly will be looked upon
as a real Muslim; Of rights he wins what others win and of duties
he does what others do, in matters like: cleanness, purity,
inheritance and marital affairs.
Islam never differentiates
between its affiliates, companions and attendants and places no
preference with regard to ethnics or class distinction or
religion or any kind of racial segregation because all are under
its protective shade.
Islam, as narrated by our Prophet
of Mercy saying: "People are all equal like the teeth of a
comb."
"So, when a person declares his
Islam and becomes pious Allah, the Almighty, will expatiate all
his misdeeds; and there came the judgment of head for head
together with the moral criterion for the Muslim which advocates
the Muslim to follow as narrated by the Prophet of
Mercy:"
A true Muslim is the one whom
Muslims get rid of his hand and his tongue," and thus brothers
should show one another, love, fraternity and friendliness which
necessitates him not to scorn him nor to do injustice to him nor
betray him or tell him lies or upset him so as to be a mirror in
front his friend.
Sun -
22 Jamadilawal 1446H -
