Important Lessons for the Muslim Ummah

All Praise is due to Allâh, we praise Him, and seek His help and forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allâh, the Most High, from the evils of our own selves and from our wicked deeds. Whomsoever has been guided by Allâh, none can misguide him, and whomsoever has been misguided by Allâh, none can guide him. I bear witness that there is no true god worthy of being worshipped except Allâh, alone, without partner or associate. I further bear witness that Muhammad is His true slave and Messenger. May Allâh, the Exalted, bestow His peace and blessings on the final Prophet Muhammad, upon his good and pure family, and upon all of his noble companions.

"O ye who believe! Fear Allâh (by doing all that He ordered and abstaining from all that He has forbidden) as He should be feared, and die not except in the state of Islâm(as Muslims with complete submission to Allâh)" (the Holy Qur'ân 3:102)

"O mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord, Who created you from a single person (Adam) and from him He created his wife, and from them both He created many men and women; and fear Allâh through Whom you demand your mutual (rights) and (do no cut the relations of) the wombs (kinship). Surely, Allâh is ever an All Watcher over you" ( Qur'ân 4:1).

"O ye who believe ! Keep your duty to Allâh and fear Him, and speak (always) the truth, He will direct you to do righteous good deeds and will forgive you your sins. And whosoever obeys Allâh and His Messenger, he has indeed achieved a great success" (Qur'ân 33:70-71).

Know that the most truthful speech is that of Allâh's Book (the Qur'ân), and that the best of guidance is that of Muhammad, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam. The worst of evils are innovations (foreign to the true teachings of Islâm), and every innovated matter (in religion) is a Bid'ah, and every Bid'ah is a misguidance, and every mean of misguidance is in the Fire of Hell.

This is an introductory book for every Muslim. It is a summary of basic Islâmic beliefs and acts of worship. We ask Allâh by His Names and Attributes to accept this work and make it a benefit for those who read it and/or distribute it.

Khalid Al-Awadh and Dr. Saleh As-Saleh
24/2/1413
8/12/1993

CONTENTS

• The First Lesson - Memorise the Small Chapters of the Qur'ân
• The Second Lesson - The Conditions of the Shahadaa
• The Third Lesson - The Six Fundamentals of Faith
• The Fourth Lesson - What is Tawheed and Shirk?
• The Fifth Lesson - The Five Pillars of Islâm
• The Sixth Lesson - The Nine Conditions of Prayer
• The Seventh Lesson - The Basic Elements of Prayer
• The Eighth Lesson - The Obligatory Acts of Prayer
• The Ninth Lesson - The Contents of at-Tashahud
• The Tenth Lesson - The Sunan Acts of Prayer
• The Eleventh Lesson - Invalidation of the Prayer
• The Twelfth Lesson - The Conditions for Ablution
• The Thirteenth Lesson - The Obligatory Elements of Ablution
• The Fourteenth Lesson - The Six Nullifying Acts of Ablution
• The Fifteenth Lesson - Recommend Morals
• The Sixteenth Lesson - Islâmic Decencies
• The Seventeenth Lesson - Warning Others
• The Eighteenth Lesson - The Funeral Prayer