General

The First Condition – Sincerity

The Order to Worship Allaah in Sincerity:

Allaah ordered us in His Book (the Quraan) to worship Him in sincerity.  He said: 

{ He is the Ever Living, there is no one that has the right to be worshipped but He, so invoke Him (call upon Him = make Du’aa to Him), making all your worship sincere for Him Alone.  All praise be to Allaah, the Lord of the Worlds(all that exists) } [Surat Ghaafir (65)].

{ He is the Ever Living }; He was, is , and will always be Living.  He does not die, while everything else does.

{ There is no one that has the right to ...

The sending of Prophet Muhammad (SAAWS):

Allaah said: { O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians)! Our Messenger (Muhammad SAAWS) has now come to you, explaining to you much of that which you used to hide from the Scripture, and leave (i.e. leaving out without explaining) much (of what you used to hide). Surely, there has come to you from Allah a light and a clear Book (the Qur'an) <15> With it (the Quraan), Allah guides all those who seek His Pleasure to the ways of peace, and He brings them out of darkness, by His Will, into light, and guides them to ...

The status of the people of the Book before Islaam – 3:

2) Allaah said: { And from those who call themselves Christians, We took their covenant, but they have abandoned a good part of the Message that was sent to them. So We planted amongst them enmity and hatred till the Day of Resurrection, and Allah will inform them of what they used to do }

Allaah said that, just like He took the covenant from the Jews, He also took the covenant { from those who call themselves Christians }, meaning: those who claimed to follow Issa (SAAWS).

So what ...