Taleem Syllabus Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya Australia Taleem Department MKA Australia Website: khuddam.org.au Email: [email protected] 1 The Purpose of Man's Life ..................................... 1 Means of Attaining Purpose of Life ........................... 6 Significance of Religion ............................................ 10 The Continuity of Religion ........................................ 11 The Apex of Religious Development ......................... 13 Unity of Religions ..................................................... 13 2 Islam− and a Muslim ................................................. 14 Unification of Humanity Through Islam− ................... 20 Ahmadi± − Muslims ....................................................... 25 3 The Islam− ic Beliefs (The Articles of Faith) ......... 27 Unity of All−a h ............................................................ 29 The Isla− mic Concept of God Almighty ...................... 30 God's Attributes (Divine Names) ........................ 36 Angels ........................................................................ 39 TheIslamic − Concept of Angels ........................... 40 Books ......................................................................... 43 Prophets ..................................................................... 43 The Day of Judgment ................................................ 47 Divine Decree (Taqdi− r) .............................................. 48 The Islamic− Concept of Predestination and Free Will 49 Some Other Beliefs of Muslims ............................ 53 4 Islamic− Worship ....................................................... 54 The Five Pillars of Islam− ........................................... 55 Salat± − (Prayer) ............................................................. 58 Mosque ............................................................... 58 Visiting a Mosque ..................................... 59 Wudu±− ’ ................................................................. 61 Tayammum ......................................................... 63 Mu’ adhdhin ........................................................ 64 Adhan− ................................................................. 64 Iqamat− ................................................................ 68 Imam− .................................................................. 70 Daily Prayers ...................................................... 70 Types of Prayers .................................... 73 Obligatory Prayers .................................. 73 Number of Rak‘at− in Each Prayer .............. 74 Timings of the Prayers ............................ 75 Forbidden Times for Prayers ..................... 77 Offering Prayer While on Journey .............. 77 Pre-requisites and Conditions Regarding Offering Prayers ....................... 78 Prayer (Arabic Part) ................................ 80 Vitr Prayer .............................................. 89 Friday Prayer .......................................... 91 Sujudus− Sahv (Prostrations of Condonement) 96 Voluntary Prayers .................................... 97 Nawafil− ............................................................ 98 Tahajjud Prayer ................................................. 99 Remembrance of Allah− After Finishing the Prayer 100 Dhikr-i-Ilahi− − (Remembrance of Allah)− .......... ....... 103 Du‘a− ’ (Silent Supplication) ........................ ......... 107 Various Other Prayers ......................................... 112 ‘Istikharah− Prayer ................................... 112 Janaza− Service (Funeral Prayer) ................ 113 Fasting ........................................................................ 120 Kinds of Fasts .................................................. 124 Travih− − Prayers ................................................. 126 I‘tikaf− or Retreat .............................................. 126 Lailatul Qadr ................................................... 127 Hajj± ........................................................................... 129 The Requirements of Hajj± ................................ 130 Obligations of Hajj± ........................................... 132 Ihram± − .............................................................. 134 Hajj± Service ..................................................... 134 ‘Umrah ............................................................ 137 Types of Hajj± .................................................... 137 Indiscretions During Hajj± and the Reparations ..... 140 Zakat− ......................................................................... 140 5 Islamic− Law ............................................................. 143 The Holy Qur’an− ....................................................... 146 Some Facts About the Holy Qur’an− .................... 148 sa Practice of the Holy Prophet (Sunnah) ..................... 152 sa Sayings of the Holy Prophet (Hadith)± − ...................... 154 Categories of the Books of Hadith± − ...................... 154 The Categories of Hadith± − .................................... 155 Criteria to Judge Authenticity of a Hadith± − ............ 156 sa 6 The Holy Prophet of Islam− .................................. 158 Charter of Freedom .................................................. 161 sa The Farewell Address of the Holy Prophet (Hajjatul± Wida‘)− .......................................................... 162 sa The Holy Prophet's Illness ....................................... 165 7 Khilafat− (Succession) in Islam− ............................... 167 ra Hadrat± ± Abu− Bakr Siddiq± − .......................................... 170 ra Hadrat± ± ‘Umar Faruq− − ................................................. 172 ra Hadrat± ± ‘Uthman− Ghani− .............................................. 174 ra Hadrat± ± ‘Ali− Bin Abu− Talib±− ........................................ 176 ra Accession of Hadrat± ± Hasan± ................................ 178 8 Sects in Islam− .............................................................. 179 The Sunnis− ...................................................... .......... 180 The Schools of Jurisprudence ............................ 180 The Wahhabis− − .......................................................... 181 The Shi'ites ............................................................. 181 The Larger Shi‘ah Subsects ............................... 185 9 Ahmadiyyat,± The Ahmadiy± ya Muslim Jama‘at− ... 187 The Name 'Ahmadiyya± Muslim Jama‘at'− ............ ........ 197 Hadrat± ± Mirza− Ghulam− Ahmad± Qadiani,− as the Promised Messiah and Imam− Mahdi− .................... 200 as Children of the Promised Messiah and Mahdi− ..... 204 as Claims of the Promised Messiah and Mahdi− ....... 20 5 as The Mission of the Promised Messiah and Mahdi− 208 as Status of the Promised Messiah and Mahdi− ......... 210 Heavenly Signs in Support of the Promised Messiah as and Mahdi− ........................................................... 213 The Eclipses of the Sun and the Moon ......... 214 Extraordinary and miraculous Knowledge of the Holy Qur’an− and Arabic Language ..... 217 Fulfillment of the Prophecies of as the Promised Messiah and Mahdi− ........................ 218 The Prophecy Concerning Birth of a Son ....... 218 Prophecy Regarding Pundit Lekh Ram− .......... 223 Dire End of Alexander Dowie of Zion ........... 226 as A list of the Promised Messiah and Mahdi's− Books 233 Beliefs of Ahmadiyya± Jama‘at− ............................ 236 Conditions of Bai‘at (Initiation) ......................... 243 The Ten Conditions of Bai‘at ..................... 245 10 The Differences Between Ahmadi± − and Non-Ahmadi± − Muslims .............................................. 247 as Jesus Christ's Demise .............................................. 248 The Second Advent of the Promised Messiah as and Imam− Mahdi− ........................................................ 250 Non-Ahmad± −i Muslim's Concept of the Advent of Messiah .......................................... 276 The Correct Interpretation According to Ahmadi± − Muslims ............................................. 252 Messiah and Mahdi− are the Same Perso n ............. 254 The Interpretation of the Finality of sa Hadrat± ± Muhammad's± Prophethood .................... 256 The Institution of Khilafat− ................................... 261 The Concept of Jihad− ......................................... 263 11 The Khilafat-i-Ahmadiyya− ± ..................................... 268 Need for a Khilafat− ...................................................... 270 Establishment of Khilafat− ........................................... 271 Signs of Khilafat− ......................................................... 272 Blessings of Khilafat− ................................................... 273 Functions and Powers of Khilafat− ............................... 273 Era of Khilafat− ............................................................. 274 Election of Khalifatul− Masih− ± ....................................... 276 Status of Khalifatul− Masih− ± .......................................... 277 The Khulafa-i-Ahmadiyyat− ± ......................................... 278 − − ra Hadrat± ± Khalifatul Masih± I .................................. 279 ra Hadrat± ± Khalifatul− Masih− ± II ................................. 281 Election as Khalifah− and Split in the Jama‘at− 282 ra Some of the Writings of the Khalifatul− Masi− h± II 284 rh Hadrat±