I was thinking about what to put up as my latest entry, and "the six qualities of sahabah" came to mind. So..lets do a quick muzakarah on it. =)
Allah swt has placed the success and happiness in this world and the hereafter in the complete religion. The complete religion is the religion brought by Prophet Muhammad saw, but at this time people still don't have the strength and ability to practice the religion completely. The companions of Prophet Muhammad r.hum had succeeded in practicing the complete religion because they had sublime qualities in their life. These are essential points in Islam, prescribed by our masyaikh (scholars) which if we can incorporate into our life, will make it easy for us to practice the entire Deen. These qualities are not the complete Deen, because the complete Deen is contained within The Holy Quran and the hadith of the Prophet saw. But by bringing these qualities in our daily life, practicing the rest of Islam will be easy for us insyaallah. So, the six qualities are;
Firm belief in the kalimah La ilaha illallah muhammadur rasulullah
Solah (prayers) with full devotion & concentration
'Ilm ma' dzkir (knowledge with remembrance of Allah)
Ikramul muslimim (serving muslim brothers)
Tasihun-niyah (purity of intention)
Tafriqul Auqot (sparing time for deen)
1) Firm belief in the kalimah La ilaha illallah muhammadur rasulullah
This sentence is the kalimah of iman (faith). If there is an effort of iman, our iman will increase, but if there is no effort on iman then our iman will go down or even damaged. Each act of worship ('amal) will be accepted when it is based on iman. Iman is a force that can drive a person to obey the commands of Allah swt, by the way of Prophet Muhammad saw. If there are defects in the 'amal, they may be pardoned directly by Allah or through intercessions (syafaat.) But if there are defects in iman then Allah swt will not forgive. The confession of iman is uttered on the lips but reality is found in the heart. Minimum of iman is the iman that can drive a person to obey the commands of Allah SWT by way of the Prophet. Iman of the size of an atom will be rewarded ten times the world and everything it contains. Maximum of iman is the iman that is not affected by atmosphere and conditions.
How to acquire the reality of iman:
* Preach the importance of iman.
* When there is talk about iman, we listen with tawajuh (full attention.)
* Changing the worldly talks to the talks of iman.
* Pray to get the reality of iman.
When someone says the kalimah "La ilaha illallah muhammadur rasulullah" then he must remove all the beliefs in creations and materials, inserting the one belief in Allah swt and changing his life by way of the Prophet as whole.
When a person works on his iman consistently (with istiqamah), then his iman will get stronger and he will be able to perform all the commands of Allah swt and the sunnah (teachings) of Prophet Muhammad saw and at this time the religion in him is complete, and if he died before reaching the target of complete iman, then Allah swt will raise him with those people with complete iman.
Translated & edited from: original source
Wallahua'lam
