"The Four Foundations of Islamic Belief"
ZHThe Four Foundations of Islamic Belief
"The book "This is Islam" is an educational and simplified doctrinal guide in which His Eminence Sheikh Haytham bin Muhammad Jamil Sarhan explains three pivotal foundations of the Islamic creed: The Four Foundations, The Three Questions of the Grave and The Actions That Nullify One's Islam. The book is characterized by its pedagogical approach, utilizing diagrams and clear classifications to simplify jurisprudential and doctrinal concepts for Chinese-speaking Muslims. It focuses on warning the public against polytheism (shirk) and falling into nullifiers of faith, while emphasizing that judicial rulings and takfir (excommunication) are strictly the prerogative of scholars and judges, not ordinary individuals."
The book "This is Islam" translated into Chinese, stands out as one of the prominent educational and dawah works by His Eminence Sheikh Haytham bin Muhammad Jamil Sarhan (former teacher at the Prophet's Mosque Institute). The book compiles three core doctrinal and jurisprudential texts that are indispensable for every Muslim to know and implement in order to ensure the soundness of their faith: The Four Foundations in creed to clarify the reality of monotheism (Tawhid) and its distinction from polytheism (shirk), the three questions of the grave that every human will be asked (knowledge of the servant regarding their Lord, their religion, and their Prophet Muhammad ﷺ), and the nullifiers of Islam that take a person out of the fold of faith. In its presentation, the book adopts a contemporary educational methodology based on mind-mapping information, deconstructing complex issues, and using illustrative diagrams to simplify concepts for Chinese speakers. It details precisely the rulings on those who commit nullifiers and highlights the gravity of committing them, whether a person acts intentionally, jokingly in mockery, or out of fear for their worldly status and wealth. Furthermore, the book establishes very strict jurisprudential guidelines and five combined conditions for a person to be considered "coerced" and legally excused in Sharia when uttering disbelief, thereby protecting the creed from dilution while simultaneously preserving Muslims' lives. At the conclusion of the book, the author devotes highly important instructional warnings against extremism and takfir, emphasizing definitively that the primary goal of clarifying these nullifiers and warnings is to educate Muslims to protect their faith and out of fear of punishment and dangerous actions, not to judge specific individuals as disbelievers. He stresses that issuing rulings of apostasy and excommunication is not entrusted to the general public or individuals, but is rather an inherent right of the rulers, judges and deeply rooted scholars to prevent chaos and strife, reflecting the tangible compassion, care and good intentions in the author's approach.
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Publisher
The publisher is the official dawah and educational platform of His Eminence Sheikh Haytham bin Muhammad Jamil Sarhan, represented by the websites (Sarhan) and (Al-Tasseel Al-Elmi). This platform is dedicated to spreading the correct Islamic creed and simplified Islamic sciences to all Muslims worldwide, with a total focus on providing all these publications and translated books in multiple languages (including Chinese) as completely free educational endowments (Waqf) for the sake of Allah, which may not be sold or commercialized. Through its digital and print publications, the platform aims to facilitate the understanding of the fundamentals of religion, promote moderation and protect the creed from extremism.
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