O'Levels Islamiyat

Reference List
Paper 1
Chapter 1: Quranic Passages
Theme: Allah in Himself
➜ “There is no God but He” (2:255)
➜ “There is none like him.” (112:4)
➜ “Say He is Allah the One the Only. The eternal, the absolute.” (112:1)
➜ “O people! Adore your Guardian-Lord who created you and those who came
before you that you may have the chance to learn righteousness” (2:21)
➜ “Allah forgives all sins but shirk" (4:48)
➜ “He begets not, nor is begotten” (112:3)
➜ Allah forgives not that partners be set up with him" (4:48)
➜ "He is Allah, the Creator, the Inventor"
➜ “To Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth” (3:109)
➜ “ It is He who knows what is open in speech and what is hidden in your hearts.”
➜ “Say: He is Allah, the One and Only. Allah the Eternal, the Absolute. He neither
begets nor is He begotten. And there is none like Him.” (112)
➜ “Allah! There is no god but He, the Living, the Self-Subsisting, the Eternal.”
(2:255)
➜ “To Allah belongs the east and the west; so wherever you turn, there is the face of
Allah. For Allah is All-Knowing.” (2:115)
➜ "You we worship, and your aid we seek". (1:6)
➜ "How can He have a son when He has no consort?” (7:101)
➜ "Surah Ikhlas is equal to one third of the Quran.”

Theme 2: Allah and his created world

➜ “No prayer is acceptable without Al-Fatiha.” (Tirmizi)
➜ “Hold tight to the rope of Allah”
➜ “This world is nothing but the enjoyment of deception”

Theme 3: Allah & His Messengers

➜ “O Lord, we have wronged our own souls and if you do not forgive us, surely we
will be among the losers.”
➜ “Among His signs are the night and the day and the moon and the sun. Adore not
the moon and the sun, but adore Allah, who created them if it is He you wish to
serve.”
➜ “Verily with every hardship there is relief.”

Chapter 2: History & Importance of Quran

Revelation of Quran
➜ “Jibrael squeezed my chest so hard that I felt that my ribcage would collapse."
➜ “Read in the name of your Lord, who created. Created man out of a clot of
congealed blood. Read! And your Lord is Most Bountiful, He Who taught (the
use of) the pen. Taught man what he knew not.” (96:1-5)
➜ “This day I have perfected your religion for you, completed my favour upon you,
and chosen for you Islam as your religion.” (5:3)

Quran as a source of legal thinking

➜ “We have certainly sent down this Quran and We shall guard it from corruption.”
(15:9)
➜ “Marry women of your choice, two, three or four, but if you fear that you shall not
be able to deal justly, then only one.” (4:3)
➜ “And establish prayer and pay Zakat.” (73:20)
➜ “O you who believe! Indeed intoxicants and sacrificing to stones are an
abomination of Satan’s handiwork. Shun them so that you may prosper.” (5:90)
➜ “The woman and man guilty of adultery, flog each of them with a hundred lashes.”
(24:2)

Hadith as a source of legal thinking

➜ “He who obeys the messenger, obeys Allah. (4:80)
➜ “Pray as you have seen me praying.” (Agreed)
➜ “Obey Allah and obey the messenger.”

Ijma as a source of legal thinking

➜ “My community will never agree upon an error.” (Hadis)
➜ “You are the best of the people evolved for mankind, enjoining what is right and
forbidding what is wrong.”(3:110)

Qiyas as a source of legal thinking

➜ “Every intoxicant is Khamr so every intoxicant is haram.”
➜ "When azan is proclaimed on Friday, leave your businesses and hasten towards the
mosques for the remembrance of Allah.” (62:9)
➜ The Holy Prophet asked Muaz bin Jabal when he was deputed to Yemen as a
governor, “How will you decide when a matter comes to you?” He replied, “I shall
decide according to the Book of Allah.” The Prophet said, “If you do not find it in the
Book of Allah?” Muaz said, “Then according to the Sunnah of the Prophet.” He
asked, “If you find nothing therein?” Muaz replied, “Then I will exert myself to form
my own judgment.”
Chapter 3: Life and Importance of the Prophet
Life before Prophethood
➜ “Did He not find you an orphan and give you shelter.” (93:6)

Call to Prophethood
➜ “O Uncle! Even if they place the sun in my right hand and the moon on my left, on
the condition that I abandon this course, I will never abandon it, until Allah has made
me victorious or I die therein.” (Hadis)
➜ “For you is your religion and for me is mine.” (109:6)
➜ “Your Lord has not forsaken you, nor is He displeased. And truly the hereafter will
be better for you. And soon your Lord will give you and you will be pleased.” (93:3)

Isra wa Mairaj
➜ “He then took out my heart. Then a gold tray of Belief was brought to me and my
heart was washed with Zam Zam and was filled with belief and then returned to its
original place.” (Bukhari)
➜ “I have asked my Lord till I am ashamed to face Him.” (Bukhari)
➜ “And We have put a barrier before them and a barrier behind them and We have
covered them up so that they cannot see.” (Quran)
➜ "The two were in the cave, and he said to his companion, have no fear for Allah is
the third one with us.”

Battle of Badr
➜ “Against those whom war is made, permission is given to fight, as they are
wronged, and verily, Allah is the most powerful for their aid.” (22:39)

Treaty of Hudaibiya
➔ “Verily we have granted you a manifest victory.”

Conquest of Makkah
➔ “And say the truth has come and falsehood has perished. Surely falsehood is bound
to perish.” (17:81)
➔ “There shall be no reproach against you this day, go, you be free!” (Hadith)

Tabuk Expedition
➜ They say, “Go not forth in the heat.” Say, ‘The fire of Jahannum is hotter, did they
but understand. (9:81)
➜ “From now on, nothing will harm Uthman regardless of what he does.” (Hadith)
➜ Umar said: “None can surpass Abu Bakr in serving for the cause of Islam.”

Farewell Sermon
➜ “Listen to me very carefully as I might not be with you the next year”
➜ “O people! Listen to me, worship one God, say your five daily prayers, fast
in the month of Ramadan, give Zakat and perform Hajj if you can afford.” (Hadis)
➜ “Do treat your women well and be kind to them for they are your partners and
committed helpers.” (Hadis)
➜ “O people! No prophet will come after me, nor a new ummah will come after you.”
➜ “I leave behind me two things which if you hold fast to, you will never go astray.
These things are the Quran and the Sunnah.” (Hadis)
➜ “This day I have perfected your religion for you and completed my favour upon
you and chose Islam as your religion.” (5:3)
Character of the Holy Prophet
Qualities of the Prophet
➜ Hazrat Aisha narrated, “The Holy Prophet is the practical demonstration of the
Quran.” (Sahih Muslim)
➜ “He who obeys the messenger obeys Allah” (4:80).
➜ “We only sent you as a mercy for all the worlds.” (21:107)

Women in Islam
➜ “Paradise lies under the feet of mothers.” (Hadis)
➜ “A man who has two daughters and he brings them up properly, he will enter
Paradise.” (Musnad Ahmad)
➜ “Women have rights over men just as men have rights over women.” (2:228)
➜ “They are your garments and you are their garments.”
The Holy Prophet’s behaviour towards others
Behaviour towards Children
➜ On killing children of unbelievers, he stated: “Even the children of unbelievers are
better than you. Beware! Do not kill children.” (Hadis)
➜ “No father can give his child anything better than good manners.” (Tirmizi)

Slaves, Poor, Orphans & Widows

➜ “One who treats his slaves badly and unkindly will not enter Paradise.” (Hadis)
➜ “I and the man who brings up an orphan will be in paradise like this.” And he
pointed with his two fingers, the index finger and the middle finger” (Bukhari)
➜ “One who manages the affairs of the widow and the poor man is like the one who
exerts himself in the way of Allah, or the one who stands for prayer in the night or
fasts in the day.” (Bukhari)
The Holy Prophet as the Last Messenger
➜ “Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah and the seal of the Prophets.” (33:40)
First Islamic Community
Fatima
➜ “Fatima is a part of me; whoever hurts her hurts me”

Hassan and Hussain

➜ “Hassan and Hussain are my flowers in the world.” (Tirmizi)
➜ “O Allah! I love them, please love them too.”(Agreed upon)
➜ “Hassan and Hussain are the leaders of youth in Paradise.” (Hadis)
➜ “Hussain is from me and I am from him”

Khadija Bint Khuwailid

➜ “And He found you in need and made you independent.”
➜ “She believed in me when others disbelieved, and confirmed my truthfulness when
others called me a liar.” (Hadith)
Zainab bint Jahsh
➜ “We joined her in marriage with you”

Umar bin al Khattab

➜ “O Allah; strengthen Islam with Amr bin Hisham or Umar bin Khattab.” (Hadis)
➜ “If there were to be any prophet after me, he would be Umar, but I am the last
Prophet.” (Hadis)

Talha bin Ubaidullah

➜ “Talha has made Paradise mandatory for him.” (Hadis)
➜ “Talha and Zubair are my companions in Paradise.” (Tirmizi)

Zubair bin al Awam

➜ “Talha and Zubair are my companions in Paradise.” (Tirmizi)
➜ “There is a helper for every prophet and my helper is Zubair ” (Hadis)

Abu Sufyan
➜ “Anyone who takes refuge in the house of Abu Sufyan will be safe.” (Hadis)
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History & Importance of Hadith
Collection & Compilation of Hadith
➜ “Pass on knowledge from me even if it only be one sentence.”
➜ “Take help with your right hand.”

Pillar of Islam
➜ “Islam is based on 5 things: Declaring that there is no God but Allah and
Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, establishment of Salah, payment of Zakat,
fasting in the month of Ramadan and performing Hajj.”

Shahadah
➜ “I bear witness that there is no god but Allah; and I bear witness that Muhammad is
the Messenger of Allah." (Shahadah)
➜ “You we worship and your aid we seek.” (1:5)
➜ “Say: He is Allah, the One and Only. Allah the Eternal, the Absolute. He neither
begets nor is He begotten. And there is none like Him.” (112)

Salah
➜ “Establish prayer…”
➜ “The first thing which a person will be called to account for on the Day of
Judgement is Salat” (Tabarani)
➜ “Verily prayer is enjoined on the believers at fixed hours”
➜ “When a Muslim offers his prayers to please Allah, his sins shed away from him as
leaves fall off a tree.”
➜ “If you knew the reward of performing prayer in the first row, you would fight for
it.” (Hadith)
➜ “Actions are judged by intentions.” (Hadith)

Purification
➜ “Purification is the key to prayer.”
➜ “Allah loves those who keep themselves pure.” (9:108)
➜ “Purification is half of faith.” (Muslim)
➜ “And purify your garments.”

Tayammum
➜ “If you are ill or on a journey and you find no water, then take for yourselves clean
sand or earth and rub therewith your faces and hands” (5:6)

Friday Prayer
➜ “Whoever misses three Friday prayers will have a seal put over his
heart by Allah.” (Ibn-e-Majah, Ahmed)
➜ "O Believers! When you hear the call to the Friday prayer, hasten to the
remembrance of Allah and this is better for you only if you know it" (Quran)
Private Prayer (Dua)
➜ “Verily supplication is a worship.” (Hadith)
➜ “Dua is the excellent form of worship.” (Hadith)

Mosque & Congregational Prayer

➜ “A prayer performed in congregation is twenty seven times more rewarding than
the prayer performed individually.” (Hadith)

Fasting
➜ “O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those
before you so that you may learn self-restraint.” (2:183)
➜ “Fasting is for me and I will compensate it.” (Hadith-e-Qudsi)
➜ “Take little meal in sehri as there is a blessing in it.” (Agreed)
➜ “O Allah! I fasted for you and now I am breaking my fast for you.”

Zakat
➜ “Establish prayer and pay zakat.” (2:110)
➜ “Neither divide your property nor gather it for the fear of zakat.”
➜ “Zakat is payable until a year passes over it.”

Hajj
➜ “Pilgrimage to the house of Allah is a duty for those who can afford the journey.”
➜ “Behold! Safa and Marwa are among the Symbols of Allah.”
➜ Talbiyah: “Here I am at your service. O Allah! Here I am. No partner do you have.
Here I am.”
➜ “And make station of Ibrahim a place of worship.”
➜ “Halting in the field of Arafat is Hajj.”
➜ “When a person makes tawaf, his sins will be pardoned on each step and virtues
will be added to his account.”

Articles of Faith
➜ “O you who believe, believe in Allah, His Messengers, His Books, His angels and
the Last Day. And he who has not believed has certainly gone far astray.”

Shirk
➜ “Allah forgives not that partners should be setup with Him but He forgives
anything else to whom He wills.”

Angels
➜ “Seventy thousand angels enter Bait ul Mamoor every day and never have the
chance to re-enter it again.”
➜ “And truly this Quran is a revelation from Allah which angel Jibrail has brought
down.” (26: 192-193)
➜ “Allah made the angels with wings, two, three or four.” (35: 1)

Revealed Books
➜ “And We bestowed the Zubur on Dawood” (4:163)
➜ “And We bestowed Injil upon Isa.” (57:27)
➜ “Verily, it is we who have sent down this Quran and we shall guard it from
corruption.” (15:9)
➜ “Verily these are former scriptures. Scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.”
➜ “And to David we gave Psalms.”
➜ “So woe to those who distort the Scripture with their own hands and then say, ‘This
is from Allah’—seeking a fleeting gain!”

Belief in Prophets
➜ “Muhammad is the messenger of Allah and the seal of the prophets.” (33:40)
➜ “They ate food and walked in the market.” (25:20)
➜ “And we sent messengers and we appointed for them wives and off springs.”
➜ “And there is not a nation, but a warner has passed among them.” (35: 24)
➜ “O people! I do not ask you of any reward, my reward is from the Lord of the
worlds.”
➜ “And we sent not before you any messenger but men.” (Quran)
➜ “We have sent no messenger save with the tongue of his people.” (14:4)
➜ “Allah knows better where to place His message.”

Belief in Last Day

➜ “Every human being is bound to taste death.”
➜ “Your grave is either a garden of paradise or a ditch of Hell.” (Hadith)
➜ “Everyone will be worried about their own sufferings and problems. No one will
care for anyone else.” (80:34-37)

Belief in Allah’s Predestination & Decree

➜ Verily, the first thing Allah created was the pen. He said to it: “Write.” It replied:
“My Lord! What shall I write?” He said: “Write all that will occur and all that has
occurred.” So in that hour, everything that will occur until the Last day was recorded.
➜ “Dua can even alter your destinies” (Hadith)
➜ “Charity repulses the calamity.” (Hadith)

Jihad
➜ “The best of the believers is he who fights in the way of Allah with his wealth and
his life.” (Agreed)
➜ “Ink of a scholar’s pen is more holy than the blood of a martyr.”
➜ “Wage war against the infidels with your wealth, your lives and your speech.”
➜ “To those against whom war is made, permission is given to fight because, verily
they are wronged and Allah is the most powerful for their aid.”
➜ “Successful is he who purified his nafs and and lost is he who succumbed to his
nafs.”
➜ “Indeed satan is your enemy, so treat him like your enemy.”
➜ “Greatest Jihad is to fight against evil of oneself.”