Ten Principles on Al-Istiqaamah

TEN PRINCIPLES

ON AL-ISTIQAAMAH

"VERILY, THOSE WHO SAY: "OUR LORD IS ALLAH (ALONE)," AND THEN THEY ISTAQAMU, ON THEM THE ANGELS WILL DESCEND (AT THE TIME OF THEIR DEATH) (SAYING): "FEAR NOT, NOR GRIEVE! BUT RECEIVE THE GLAD TIDINGS OF PARADISE WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN PROMISED! WE HAVE BEEN YOUR FRIENDS IN THE LIFE OF THIS WORLD AND ARE (SO) IN THE HEREAFTER. THEREIN YOU SHALL HAVE (ALL) THAT YOUR INNER-SELVES DESIRE, AND THEREIN YOU SHALL HAVE (ALL) FOR WHICH YOU ASK FOR. AN ENTERTAINMENT FROM (ALLAH), THE OFT-FORGIVING, MOST MERCIFUL."

ISTIQAAMAH BRINGS ABOUT HAPPINESS IN THE DUNYA & THE HEREAFTER, SUCCESS FOR THE SLAVE AND RECTIFICATION OF ALL HIS AFFAIRS. THEREFORE IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ONE WHO WISHES TO ADVISE ONESELF AND DESIRES THE JOY OF AL-ISTIQAAMAH TO PAY IT GREAT ATTENTION. THIS IS

DONE THROUGH KNOWLEDGE, ACTION AND FIRMNESS UPON THAT UNTIL DEATH AND BY RELYING UPON THE HELP OF ALLAH.

A COMMON QUESTIONS FOR THE SCHOLARS, STUDENTS OF KNOWLEDGE, CALLERS TO ALLAH AND THE RIGHTEOUS ARE OFTEN CONCERNING AL-ISTIQA- AMAH. ITS REALITY, THE THINGS THAT HELP TO BE FIRM UPON ALLAH'S STRAIGHT PATH, ETC. I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR MYSELF AND MY BROTHERS IN ISLAM TO GATHER SOME OF THE IMPORTANT AND COMPRE- HENSIVE PRINCIPLES ON THIS SUBJECT SO THAT THEY MAY BE A LIGHT FOR US. I GATHERED THESE PRINCIPLES AFTER STUDYING THE SAYINGS OF THE PEOPLE OF

KNOWLEDGE (MAY ALLAH HAVE MERCY UPON THEM) ABOUT AL-ISTIQAAMAH AND THAT WHICH IS CONNECTED WITH IT. I SHALL MENTION IN THIS TREATISE IO GREAT PRINCIPLES CONCERNING The topic of al-IstIQAAMAH. THESE

PRINCIPLES ARE IMPORTANT FOR EVERY ONE OF US TO PAY ATTENTION TO.

I RELY UPON THE HELP OF ALLAH ALONE & MAY ALLAH GRANT ME SUCCESS.

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