Pillars
of Eemaan
by Muhammad ibn Jameel Zainoo
Jibreel said: "Then tell me about eemaan." Allaah's Messenger
replied: "Eemaan is to believe in:
1. Allaah (i.e. to believe firmly that Allaah is the Creator, Who alone
has the right to be worshipped and that He has Names and Attributes
which befit His Majesty and He does not resemble His creation - ( There
is nothing like Him: Soorah Ash-Shooraa 42:11)-)
2. His angels (i.e. that they are created from light and that they
implement the Commands of Allaah and that we do not see them).
3. His Books (i.e. the Tauraah, the injeel, the Zaboor and the Qur'aan
which abrogates all previous Revelations).
4. His Messengers ( the first of whom was Nooh and the last of whom
was Muhammad.)
5. The Last Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection when all of mankind will
held to account).
6. And to believe in Al-Qadr, the good and the bad of it (i.e. to accept
all that Allaah ordains for us, at the same time undertaking the necessary
action to achieve our objectives)." Narrated by Muslim)
source: Take Your Beliefs From the Qur'aan
and Sunnah by Muhammad ibn Jameel Zainoo pg. 5