Articles of faith

• What are the six articles of faith

  Tauhid

  Angles

  Books

  prophets

  Life after death

  Predestination and decree
• -Prophethood is a gift from Allah.

  -Allah has chosen specific people to convey His message.

  -Prophets are there to guide us to the right path and teach us

  who to worship, how to worship, when to worship etc.

  -They are selected as role models for mankind.
• As Muslims it is essential to believe in all prophets, respect them and make no distinction between them. Mention and hadith related to this point. 


  "We make no distinction between one and another of His messengers."
• What are some of the verses and hadiths related to belief in prophethood and the holy prophet?

  "We sent not a messenger but to be obeyed in accordance with the will of Allah"

  "We have not sent thee but as a universal (messenger) to men giving them glad tidings and warning them (against sins)"

  "But he is the messenger of Allah and seal of prophethood."

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• "This day i have perfected your religion for you completed my favor upon u and have chosen for you Islam as your religion."
• There was a prophet sent to each nation

  -124000 in total

  -25 mentioned in the Quran
• What are the 25 prophets mentioned in the Quran

  1- Adam 2-Idris 3 -Nuh 4-Hud

  5-Salih 6-Ibrahim 7-Ismail 8-Ishaq

  9-Lut 10-Yaqub 11-yusuf 12-Shuaib

  13-ayyud 14-Musa 15-Haroon 16-Dul kilf

  17-Dawood 18-Sulaiman 19-Llyas 20-Al yasa

  21-Yunus 22-zakariya 23-Yaliya 24-Isa

  25-Muhammad.
• What is the diffrence between a prophet/Nabi and messenger/Rasool

  -Nabi was brought revelations through angles and wahi

  -Rasool was given a book or scripture ex. HA Muhammad-Quran,

  HA Isa-Bible, HA Ibrahim-Scrolls

  -Both were close to Allah and loved by Him
• Characteristics of prophets:

  • Honest, truthful, innocent, free of sins
  • Immune to diseases
  • Possess finest character and best morals
  • Moral = intellectual superiority
  • All prophets spoke the language of their nation
  • continued the teachings of the previous prophets and confirmed the teachings of the future prophets
• These characteristics were important for prophets to make good leaders and role models, to convince people, understand the message themselves, and teach others
• Prophets were given miracles to assist them, especially with nations that were harder to convince, to demonstrate Allah's power
• Miracles were tailored to what the nation excelled in, for example, Prophet Musa was given the staff as his nation excelled in magic, and the Holy Prophet was given the Quran as his nation excelled in poetry
• All prophets were men due to the societal treatment of women during that time, where women were treated like merchandise, had no rights, and weren't taken seriously
• Men were chosen as prophets to protect women for their safety
• Prophet Muhammad

  He was the last prophet- "seal of prophethood" "Khatem-un-nabiyyan"

  1. the guidance he brought was universal. It is for all the generations to come. for all races, ages etc
  2. His prophethood is eternal. He brought the end to prophethood. His teachings will last forever. there is no need for more guidance. His is enough.
  3. He brough the Quran. the divine revelation. The perfect compilation of all the books. He brought Islam the perfect religion.