Let Us Be Muslims. Sayyid Abul A'la Mawdudi

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       True Purpose of the Kalimah

       What Does the Kalimah Teach Us?

       Actions Must Accord With Knowledge

       PART II: ISLAM

       7. The False Gods

       What is Disbelief and Islam?

       Islam: Total Surrender

       Three Reasons for Going Astray

      Self-worship — Society and Culture — Obedience to Human Beings

       Condition of Muslims Today

       8. Can We Call Ourselves Muslims?

       A True Muslim

       What is Hypocrisy?

      Serving the Self — Adherence to Society and Culture — Imitating Other People

       The True Faith

      Abstinence From Alcohol — Confession of Crime — Severance of Familial Ties — Giving Up Cultural Norms and Customs

       The Way to God’s Pleasure

       Muslims of Today

       9. Are We True Muslims?

       Two Types of Islam

      Legal Islam — True Islam

       Two Kinds of Muslims

      Partial Muslims — True Muslims

       What Kind of Muslims God Desires

       Supreme Loyalty to Allah

       Where Do We Stand?

       10. Why Obey God?

       Our Well-being

       Obeying Others Besides Allah

       The Only True Guidance

       How to Benefit

       No Blind Obedience

       11. Difference Between Din and Shari‘ah

       Meaning of Din

       Meaning of Shari‘ah

       Nature of Differences

       Juristic Differences Between Muslims

       Ignoring the Nature of Differences

       Sectarianism

       12. True Meaning of ‘Ibadah

       Meaning of ‘Ibadah

       Misunderstanding ‘Ibadah

       ‘Ibadah, Lifelong Service

       PART III: SALAH

       13. Meaning and Blessings of the Prayer

       Remembering God

       Blessings of the Prayer

       Constant Reminder

       Sense of Duty

       God-consciousness

       Knowledge of God’s Law

       Collective Life

       14. What We Say in the Prayer

       Adhan and its Effects

       Wuḍū’: Ablution

       Niyyah: Intention

       Tasbīḥ: Glorification

       Ta’awwudh: Seeking Refuge

       Bismillah: In His Name

       Ḥamd: Praise and Thanks

       The Qur’ān Reading

      Surah al-Mā ‘ūn — Surah al-Humazah

       Rukū’: Bowing Down

       Sujūd: Prostration

       At-taḥiyyāt: Salutation

       Ṣalāt ‘ala ’n-nabiy: Blessings Upon the Prophet

       Seeking Protection

       Salām: Greetings

       Du‘ā’ qunūt

       Character-building

       15. Blessings of the Congregational Prayer

       Private Worship of God

       Assembling on One Call

       Purposeful Assembly

       Fellowship

       The Sacred Purpose

       Brotherhood

       Uniformity in Movements

       Uniformity in Prayers

       Leadership

       Nature and Qualities of Leadership

      Piety and Virtue — Majority Representation — Sympathy and Compassion — Vacating Office — Obedience to Leaders — Criticizing and Correcting Mistakes — No Obedience in Sin

       16. Has the Prayer Lost its Power?

       Parable of the Clock

       Aim of Muslim Ummah

       Wholeness of Islamic Teachings

       Abusing the Clock

       Why Worship Rites are Ineffective

       Our Deplorable Condition

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