AL AHKAM AS SULTANIYYAH - Abul Hassan Al Mawardi

AL AHKAM AS SULTANIYYAH - Abul Hassan Al Mawardi

RELIGION
OF ISLAM

Indeed,
all praise is due to Allah. We praise Him and seek His help.
Whomsoever Allah guides there is none to misguide, and whomsoever
Allah leaves to stray there is none to guide.

I
testify that there is no god except Allah alone, who has no partner,
and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger ( صلى
الله عليه و سلم ) .
As for what follows:

The
purpose of this series is to clarify the reality of Islam and the
necessity of the Jama’ah. We ask Allah to grant both us and you
understanding of Islam and to keep us firm in the Jama’ah of the
Muslims.

Allah
( سبحانه
وتعالى )
said,

“ This
day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor
upon you and have approved Islam as the religion for you”

(Surah
Al Maidah 5:3)

Allah
( سبحانه
وتعالى )
also
said,

“ Indeed,
the religion with Allah is Islam”

(Surah
Al ‘Imran 3:19)

Allah
( سبحانه
وتعالى )
also
said,

“ And
whoever desires other than Islam as a religion – never will it be
accepted from him, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the
losers”

(Surah
Al ‘Imran 3:85)

Thus,
the religion which Allah is pleased with for the people and other
than which He does not accept from them is Islam. Its reality, both
linguistically and religiously is: salamah, meaning ikhlas, and
istislam to Allah, meaning submission to Him.

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