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THE ISLAMICTEXT INSTITUTE YOUTH TEXTBOOK

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MIND BODY AND SOUL

PART 1 SAMPLE

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ISBN 978-0-620-78676-8

This textbook contains a set of guidelines for the teacher. Adhering to it will

ensure that the learner receives a sound and solid foundation of the basics of

Islamic practises and beliefs, especially the spirit in which these ideas were

transmitted and conveyed. The orthodox and authentic spirituality found within

the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad has been woven into the text as it is

without doubt what the fiqh of Islam is aimed at, which is to produce a spiritual

and God-conscious human being.


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INTRODUCTION

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of

the worlds.

This short treatise is designed to aid the teacher with some general ideas

fundamental to the growing learner. The ideas expressed in the textbook should be

expounded upon in due measure to the learners and spread across multiple

sessions until the meanings become firmly rooted within their developing and

receptive hearts.

The educator will find it covering the outward acts of worship referred to as Fiqh,

the fundamental beliefs referred to as „Aqīdah, and the conditions and states of the

heart referred to as Tasawwuf or Ihsan. These three spheres of knowledge are

fundamental to any human being and are in fact the holistic education and

nourishment process, which the Prophet Muhammad was sent with to all

creation.

Graphics have been added to stimulate the learner and at the same time allow the

minds of both the learner and educator to run freely in the most positive manner.

May Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful, accept this humble effort and allow this

text to be a source of blessings in our lives, especially that of our young learners.

Allie Khalfe Director – IslamicText Institute Jupiter Road Surrey Estate Cape Town


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INTENTIONS

The Muhammad Tree

THE PROPHET SAID:

“ACTIONS ARE JUDGED BY THEIR INTENTIONS…”

A good deed is like a seed planted in this dunyā. If nurtured and given sufficient

sunlight and water, it will grow into a fruit-bearing tree. The fruits of this tree will

be experienced and enjoyed in the ākhirah. These deeds are nourished with good

intentions.


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MERCY Muslims begin their actions by saying In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the

Merciful. This sacred formula, whose author is Allah, is based firstly on the supreme

name Allah, then on the two names al-Rahman and al-Rahim, both of which are

derived from rahmah, or mercy, a word which can also mean love, kindness, and

compassion. This formula is repeated before every surah in the Qur’an except surah

Tawbah.

Our beloved Prophet Muhammad is referred to in the Qur’an as a mercy to the entire

creation (rahmatan lil-‘alamin) and has having a sublime and beautiful character

(khuluqin ‘adhim).

There are many verses in the Qur’an where Allah stresses His vast mercy:

Allah says: “Your Lord hath prescribed for Himself mercy” (Qur’an 6:54)

and “My mercy embraceth all things” (Qur’an 7:156)

and “Announce, (O Muhammad) unto My slaves that verily I am the Forgiving, the

Compassionate. (Qur’an 15:49)”

And from the hadith of the Prophet “Allah says, ‘My mercy outstrips my wrath.’”

and “Allah is not merciful to one who is not merciful to people.”

and: The Messenger of God kissed (his grandson) Hasan, the son of ‘Ali, while Aqra‘

bin Habis al-Tamimi was sitting nearby. Aqra‘ said, “I have ten children and have not

kissed any of them.” The Messenger of God looked at him and said, “He who does

not show mercy shall not be shown mercy.”


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and: An old man came looking for the Prophet, and the people were slow in making

way for him, so the Prophet said, “He who is unkind to the young and disrespectful to

the old is not one of us.”

and: “The merciful are shown mercy by the Merciful. Be merciful to those on earth,

and He who is in heaven will be merciful to you.”

and: “Allah made mercy one-hundred parts. He held back ninety- nine parts, and

sent down one part to earth. It is from that part that creatures show mercy to each

other, such that a mare will lift her hoof over her foal, fearing that she might harm

him.”

Our studies and teachings are done with the primary purpose of developing a

healthy, positive and merciful human being. The very word “madrasah” comes from

the word “darrasa”, which means to chisel away at a rock to finally arrive at the

diamond in the centre. The teacher “mudarris” is the chiseller whose primary

objective is to bring out the diamond in the learner. The reality is that this purpose

and objectivity has been forgotten or at least sidelined. A revival of these Quranic

and prophetic ideas of mercy is needed if we are to connect to the heart of the most

merciful of all creation, Muhammad .


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HOLISTIC NOURISHMENT

In a well-known hadith known as the hadith Jibrīl, Sayyidunā „Umar, may Allah be

pleased with him, said that a man came to the Prophet Muhammad., peace be

upon him, enquiring about 3 things: Islām, Imān and Ihsān.

islām

īmān

ihsān


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FIQH

THE 5 PILLARS OF ISLAM The two testimonies of faith (shahādatayn)

To establish the Prayer (salāh)

The give charity (zakāh)

To perform the pilgrimage (hajj)

To fast during the month of Ramadan (sawm)


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BIOGRAPHY - ALLIE KHALFE

Allie Khalfe spent a decade learning various traditional texts from Shaykh Seraj and

Shaykh Ahmad Hendricks who are the current Shaykhs of the Azzawia Institute in

Walmer Estate, Cape Town. They in turn graduated from the Umm al-Qura

University in Mecca specializing in Usūl Al-Fiqh and spent about ten years at the feet

of the ocean of knowledge, Al-Sayyid Muhammad bin ‘Alawī al-Mālikī, may Allah be

pleased with him. Allie received from them licence (ijāza) to transmit various

branches of knowledge including Islamic Jurisprudence (Al-Fiqh), Theology (Al-

Tawhīd) as well as the Spiritual Sciences (Al-Tasawwuf). He also spent two years at

the Grand Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo sitting at the feet of some of the foremost

scholars alive today, including Shaykh Sa’īd Mamdūh, Shaykh ‘Alī Jumu’a, Shaykh

Fat’hī ‘Abdurahmān Al-Hijāzī, Shaykh Hasan Al-Shāfi’ī and Shaykh Hishām Kāmil,

may Allah be pleased with them, all of whom he read traditional texts to and received

from them ijāza to transmit these texts. He is currently completing his Masters in

Islamic Studies with a focus on Theology at UNISA and is the founder of The

IslamicText Institute in Surrey Estate, Cape Town. He also lectures on Theology at

the International Peace College of South Africa (IPSA).

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