islam beliefs

• ISLAMIC BELIEFS

  predestination: god knows everything and determines everything. "only what god has decreed will happen to us" Allah controls everything, supremacy of gods will

  
  

  god will judge humans for their actions on earth , god puts responsibilty back to people despite knowing what they are going today

  " nothing can change qadr except dua " - praying to god can change your destiny as written in the hadith
• ISLAMIC BELIEFES

  life after death

  akhirah is the belief in everlasting life after death

  when in the grave 2 angels will question them about faith

  the prophet said " it is in the grave when it is said to him " who is your lord ?

  what is your religion?

  who is your prophet ?

  
  

  day of judgement: angel israfil will blow the trumpet and everyone will rise to be judged

  
  

  heaven: book in right hand and reward for good faith

  
  

  hell : book in left hand and punishment for those who reject god
• ISLAMIC BELIEFS

  prophet Muhammad and the Imamate

  prophet Muhammad was the last prophet and had the quran revealed to him over 20 years by angel jibril. he ascended to heaven on the night journey and spoke to past prophets,

  Imamate

  when Muhammad( pbuh) dies, muslims were split into 2 sects, Sunni ( believed Abu Bakr should be sucessor) and shias.

  shia believed Ali was sucessor and became the 1st imam, believed ali was appointed by divine intruction .

  believes there are 12 imams in total and that they rule justly and can can interpret the quran without fault.
• Holy books:

  "this is a scripture in which, no doubt, containing guidance for those who are mindful of god "

  "indeed the quran is a reminder"

  it is the direct word of god and most scared text in islam

  other holy books mentioned in the quran are

  Torah

  the psalms

  the gospels

  the scrolls of abraham
• sunni and shia beliefs

  sunni

  elected abu bakr as caliph , dont make the rules just enforce them

  six articles of faith

  • Tawhid: belief in 1 god
  • angels: communication from god to humans
  • The prophets of God
  • Day of judgement : when humanity will be judged by Allah
  • The supremacy of god's will
  • Holy books
• shia beliefs:

  believed ali should be sucessor

  believes imamate was chosen by God

  Five roots of Usul Ad Din

  • Tawhid: belief in 1 god
  • Ressurrection
  • The prophets of god
  • Justice of god
  • Imamate
• ONENESS OF GOD

  both sunni and shia belief in tawhid

  the shahadah "there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger"

  God is an undivided entity and no one else has Gods attributes. God will not forgive shirk.

  " he is God , the one , the eternal. He begot no one nor was he begotten . No one is comparable to him"
• Islam does not burden a soul more than it can bare
• “sabr” patience and trust in god
• shias believe that god knows everything, but doesnt determine everything, freewill

  
  

  "God does not change the condition of a person for the worse unless they change it themselves "