[LESSON THREE] Building the Foundations, Lessons for Beginners and New Muslims – By Abu Fuḍayl ‘Abdur Raqīb حفظه الله. Lesson series at Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, Aston, Birmingham, UK.

[LESSON THREE]

- Proof from the Qur’ān and Sunnah for the foundations of the Islamic creed. 
- The four ways in which belief in Allāh’s existence is established:
- Al-Fiṭrah (the natural inclination). 
- The meaning of fiṭrah, and proof for it from the Sunnah.
- Clarification regarding the statement, “Everyone is born a Muslim.”
- Al-‘Aql (the sound intellect). 
- The impossibility of something creating itself or coming about by mere chance. 
- A decisive, rational, intellectual proof from the Qur’ān in this regard, and the effect these verses had upon Jubayr b. Muṭ’im (رضى الله عنه). 
- An example that highlights the absurdity of those who claim the universe brought itself into existence without an Originator or Creator. 
- Ash-Sharī’ah ( the legislation/textual evidences).
- All of the divinely revealed scriptures mention the existence of Allāh. 
- Al-Ḥiss (that which is perceived by the senses).
- Allāh’s answering of the supplications of those who call upon Him. 
- Proof from the Qur’ān and Sunnah for this.
- Some conditions of making du’ā (supplication).

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