O Level Islamic Studies by Ahsan Naqvi

Control Your Tongue- An Islamic Perspective Most of the conflicts in this world arise from our speech whether they are personal, national or even international. We say something without realizing the deep effects and results leaving behind us. The roots of most of the psycho problems are in the use of uncontrolled use of tongue. We cannot imagine those deep scars we leave behind when we insult a person abusing them or using a sarcastic language. The holy Prophet Mohammad (saw) has stopped us hurting others. Many Ahadith of the Prophet (saw) ask us to avoid such words which hurt others. In a long Hadith, the Prophet emphasized on encouraging the worshipping of God through prayers, charity, fasting and pilgrimage to Makkah (Hajj) but at the end of the Hadith, he says that all these things are useless. Then he held his tongue and said: “control it and do not be careless of using it”. One of the companions said:  “Will Allah ask us about whatever we say?” The Prophet said: “Yes,

Anger-Islamic Perspective Anger is one of those human weaknesses which, most of the time, causes many different troubles.It creates numerous social problems. Most of the crimes are committed when a person is in a state of rage and loses his mental control. It also causes many physical problems. It is one of the important reasons of high blood-pressure, hypertension, loss of facial beauty and other related diseases. The Prophet (saw) himself was a soft person and he has taught humanity to control their anger as much as possible. The most difficult task for an individual is to control his inner-self (nafs). The Prophet (saw) says: “The real wrestler and fighter is not the one who defeats his opponent in fight but the one who controls himself at the time of anger” (Al Bukhari and Al Muslim). Once a man asked the Prophet (saw) to advice him something. The Prophet said: “Make it a habit to control your anger”. This man asked to advice something else but the Prophet repeated the same

Students should read the following topics for the relations of Muslims with the Muslims and the other communities: ·        Respect of women ·        Children ·        Old people ·        Strangers ·        Animal ·        Friend ·        Strangers ·        Business partners ·        Partners in marriage ·        Enemies ·        Between the Muslims ·        Non-Muslims ·        Opposition ·        Business transactions, financial relationship ·        Taking interest ·        Wives ·        Muslim individuals ·        Muslim community ·        Modesty towards God, members of the opposite sex, friends at school or at work, men and           women towards others ·        Communal life of Muslims under a Muslim government ·        Muslim states and non-Muslim states ·        Non-Muslim communities

GCE QUESTION Paper 2  Q 1: Choose any two of the following Hadith, and:           (a)  describe their teachings about what Muslims believe          [4]           (b)  explain how Muslims can put these teachings into action.   [4]                                         In part (a), explain the meaning and the concept of Hadith. Give support from the               Quran or Hadith or both.                   In part (b) say how you can apply the teachings in your life. Support it by the             examples of the life of the holy Prophet (saw) and a Quranic quote or Hadith.          Do not write more than fourteen lines or half the page of the Cambridge           examination answer sheet.          Do not copy the Hadith given in the question.      

MAJOR TEACHINGS IN THE HADITH OF THE PROPHET (SAW)

PAPER 2   SYLLABUS 2058 1        Major teachings in the Hadith of the Prophet (saw) ·         20 Ahadith related to (i)           Individual conduct (ii)          Life in the community ·         Arabic and the translation of the Hadith will be provided in the exam. 2        The history and importance of the Hadith ·         The history of the compilation of Hadith ·         The earliest collections ·         The main Musnad and Musannaf collections ·         The main compilers and their activities ·         The methods based on the examination of the chain of transmitters (Isnad) and the text (Matn) of a Hadith to test the reliability of Hadith ·         The main features of the six collections of Sunni Hadith and the four collections of Shi’a Hadith ·         The major themes of the Hadith as these are contained both in the passages set for special study and in other similar passages ·         Their use in legal thinking and their relationship with t

SYLLABUS 2013 PAPER 1 1        Major themes of the Quran ·         15 passages are divided into three major themes: ·         God in Himself       ·         God’s relationship with the created world ·         God’s messengers ·         Arabic and the translation of the passage will be provided in the exam. 2        The history and the importance of the Quran ·         The Revelation of the Quran to the Prophet (saw) between 610- 632 ·         Compilation of the Quran under the Rightly Guided Caliphs ·         The major themes of the Quran as contained both, in the  passages set for special study            and in other  similar passages ·         The use of the Quran in legal thinking, and its relationship with  the Hadith, consensus            (Ijma) and analogy (Qiyas) ·         Its significance as the basis of all thought and action in Islam 3        The life and importance of the Prophet Mohammad (saw) ·         The main events of the Pr

Dear Sir, I have seen your blog and i want to thank you that it is very useful for me to prepare with the help of your blog. I want to ask you that i am confused How to solve 4 marks question in Islamyiat? Can you please give me some tips about it? Secondly please tell me the most important companions of Holy Prophet PBUH as per o level exams and the most important compilers of Hadith? I'll be very thankful of you.  Thanks for appreciation. Your answers one by one: 1: 4 marks questions are based on analysis of the A part in the sense that you have to        show importance or the benefits of a certain event. Generally this answer is not found in       the books. Use your knowledge of events and relate them to the present life of Muslims. 2: Most important companions are those about whom you will find in the past papers. See      unsolved questions. 3: Most important compilers are six most authentic that is Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawood,      Ibn Maj

Sahih Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 56, Number 669: Narrated Jundub: Allah's Apostle said, "Amongst the nations before you there was a man who got a wound, and growing impatient (with its pain), he took a knife and cut his hand with it and the blood did not stop till he died. Allah said, 'My Slave hurried to bring death upon himself so I have forbidden him (to enter) Paradise.' "

                                 TIMELINE FOUR PIOUS CALIPHS YEAR           RULE                         AH                                          CALIPH 632             (2.5 years)            11      Abu Bakr (ra)                 First Caliph 634             (10 years)             13      Umar (ra)                       Second Caliph 644             (12 years)             23      Uthman (ra)                   Third Caliph 656             (4.5 years)            35      Ali (ra)                           Fourth Caliph 661                   ----                  40      Assasination of Ali (ra)          

Syllabus The period of rule of the Rightly Guided Caliphs and their importance as leaders ·        The main events of the rules of the four caliphs ·        Their policies in maintaining and expanding the state ·        Their approaches to leading the community ·        Their main achievements ·        The main difficulties they encountered ·        Their significance as examples of leadership ·        The importance of their rules as models for governments today ·        Their importance as examples for Muslim communities in their relations with the other states