With Love to the Muslims of the World — Page 9
9 what has been made lawful in Islam, is an infidel and a rene- gade. We admonish our Jam a‘ at that they must adhere tenaciously to the fundamental article of Islamic faith: "There is no God but Allah; Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," and that as long as they live they shall die holding fast to this belief. Also, they must have firm faith in all the Messengers of Allah and revealed Books authenticated by the Holy Qur’an. They should strictly abide by the Quranic injunctions, ob- serve Prayers, keep Fast, pay the Zak a t and perform the Hajj. They should practice Islam by fully complying with all the injunctions, obligations and prohibitions prescribed by God and His Messenger. In short, all such matters on which there is consensus of belief and practice among our righteous predecessors, and all those matters which are considered Islamic on account of the collective judgement of the umma should be accepted, as a matter of course, to be a part of faith. We call to witness the Heaven and the Earth that this is exactly our faith. '' (Ayy a mus S ul h a, R uha n i Khaz a’ in, vol. 14, p. 323) "We are Muslims, we believe in God Who is One, and we also believe in the Kalimah. We believe that the Qur’an is the Book of Allah and Muhammad sa is His Prophet and Kh a ta- mul Anbiy a’. We believe in the existence of the Angels, in the Day of Judgement, and in the existence of Heaven and Hell. We say our daily prayers, keep fast during Ramadan and turn towards Ka‘bah to pray. "We consider it our duty to refrain from whatever Allah and His Prophet forbid us to do and do whatever they command us to do. We have no authority to add or detract anything from the Islamic Sharia. We accept as part of Islam all that has come to us from the Holy Prophet sa , whether or not we understand its raison d’etre. By the Grace of Allah, we are true believers, Muslims and believers in the Oneness of God. " (N u r-ul- H aq, Part I, R uha n i Khaza’in, vol. 8, p. 7)