This book is an English version of Sayyid Mawdudi's Urdu Khutubat. Originally delivered to ordinary, almost illiterate, farmers and servicemen, it met the real and great spiritual and cultural needs of Muslims, particularly in Southeast Asia, in the twentieth century.
It includes sections on belief; each Pillar of Islam (faith, prayer, fasting, charity, and pilgrimage); and the meaning of jihad.
Mawlana Sayyid Abdul A'la Mawdudi (1903-1979), one of the chief architects and leaders of the contemporary Islamic resurgence, was an outstanding Islamic thinker and writer of his time.
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Höhe: 208 mm
Breite: 147 mm
Dicke: 20 mm
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978-0-86037-157-1 (9780860371571)
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Mawlana Sayyid Abdul A'la Mawdudi (1903-1979), one of the chief architects and leaders of the contemporary Islamic resurgence, was an outstanding Islamic thinker and writer of his time. He devoted his entire life to expounding the meaning and message of Islam, inviting individuals to renew their commitment to their Creator, and to organizing a movement for people to establish Islam in their lives fully.
Khurram Murad (1932 - 1996) was the director general of The Islamic Foundation, UK, and a renowned teacher who spent forty years in the spiritual teaching and training of thousands of young Muslim people around the globe.
Introduction
Preface
PART I: IMAN
1. Knowledge, the First Step
2. Between Islam and Disbelief
3. How Muslims Treat the Qur'an
4. True Meaning of Iman
5. Why is the Kalimah Unique?
6. Why Believe in the Kalimah?
PART II: ISLAM
7. The False Gods
8. Can We Call Ourselves Muslims?
9. Are We True Muslims?
10. Why Obey God?
11. Difference Between Din and Shari'ah
12. True Meaning of 'Ibadah
PART III: SALAH
13. Meaning and Blessings of the Prayer
14. What We Say in the Prayer
15. Blessings of the Congregational Prayer
16. Has the Prayer Lost its Power?
PART IV: SAWM
17. Meaning and Blessings of the Fasting
18. True Spirit of the Fasting
PART V: ZAKAH
19. Fundamental Importance of Zakah
20. Meaning of Zakah
21. Zakah, a Social Institution
22. General Principles of Spending
23. Specific Injunctions of Zakah
PART VI: HAJJ
24. Origin and Significance of Hajj
25. Restoration of True Hajj
26. Renewal of Self
27. Renewal of Society
PART VII: JIHAD
28. Meaning of Jihad
29. Central Importance of Struggle
Preface to the Eighth Reprint
Index of Quranic Verses
