FOREWORD.. 5
A. ACCEPT ISLAM AND FIND SALVATION.. 9
B. DELIGHTFULNESS OF FAITH.. 16
C. INTENTION AND SINCERITY.. 24
1. Intention. 24
2. Sincerity. 29
D. KNOWLEDGE and PRACTICE.. 34
1. The Virtue of Knowledge. 34
2. Beneficial Knowledge (Ilm) 39
3. Putting Knowledge into Practice. 44
E. THE PRACTICE OF WORSHIP. 49
1. Virtues of Ablution (Al-Wudhu) 49
2. Being Respectful to Call to Prayer (Adhan) 55
3. Five Daily Ritual Prayers (Salah) 60
a. Significance of Salah.. 60
b. The Virtue of Prayer. 64
c. Having Awe in Salah (Prayer). 69
d. Observing prayer early in its period.. 77
e. Praying in Congregation.. 80
4. The Friday Prayer (Salat Al-Jum’a) 89
5. Ramadan and Fasting. 94
a. The Virtues of Ramadan and Fasting. 94
b. The Virtues of The Night of Power (Al-Laylat al-Qadr). 99
c. Utilizing the Festivity (Eid) Days. 103
6. Zakat (Obligatory Alms) 108
7. Sadaqah (Charity) and Infaq (Donating) 113
a. Abundance in Infaq.. 113
b. To Hurry up in Giving Charity. 120
c. The Manners of Giving Charity. 125
d. Those who can afford to give only a few indeed give from their heart 131
8. Hajj (Major Pilgrimage to Mecca) and Umra (Minor Pilgrimage). 136
9. Sacrifice. 146
10. Being in the same state as in the Noble Qur’an. 152
a. The Effort to understand the Qur’an.. 152
b. Living the Qur’an.. 158
c. Cure with the Qur’an.. 165
d. The Intercession of the Qur’an.. 173
11. Times of Dawn. 179
12. Dhikr (Remembrance of Allah) 190
13. Praising and Thanking Allah. 202
14. Saying Blessings for the Prophet Muhammad. 213
15. Supplication (du‘a) 222
16. Steadfastness in Supererogatory Deeds. 232
17. Worshiping during the period of widespread turmoil 241
18. I’tikaf. 246
F. AVOIDING SINFUL ACTS. 251
1. Allah has a sense of jealousy so He doesn’t like when His servants perform sinful acts. 251
2. Major Sins. 257
a. Ascribing Partners to Allah and Disobedience to Parents. 257
b. Killing someone or Committing Suicide. 266
c. Lying and False Oath (Perjury). 272
d. Interest 282
e. Alcohol Consumption.. 290
f. Fornication and Adultery. 301
g. Betrayal, being disloyal 310
h. Backbiting and Being a Talebearer. 320
i. Oppression.. 333
j. Arrogance and continuously reminding favors. 341
k. Practicing Sorcery and Other Sins. 347
3. Not to belittle sins. 358
4. Staying away from suspicious things. 366
5. Repentance and Asking for Forgiveness. 373
6. Piety (Taqwa). 383
7. To Leave Certain Desires and Passions. 397
8. Not to be fooled by Satan. 409
G. CALLING TO ISLAM AND SERVING IN THE WAY OF ALLAH.. 421
1. The Responsibility of Calling to Islam.. 421
2. The Virtue of Delivering the Message of Islam and Calling Others to It 434
3. The Love of Serving Islam.. 439
a. Being a Key to Goodness. 439
b. Pursuing Good Deeds. 445
c. The Ease of Performing Good Deeds. 452
4. Struggle (Jihad) in the Way of Allah. 459
BIBLIOGRAPHY.. 473