Lesson Summary:
- Who are “The Ten” of the Companions?
- What do we say about the companions?
- Believing in the Decree of Allah, what does this mean?
📖 What did we learn in the last lesson (#6)?
- The virtues of the Companions
- The 10 companions who were given the glad tidings of paradise
The first four of these ten are the “Khulafā Ar-Rāshideen” (The Rightly Guided Caliphs). They each have great many virtues, see previous lesson. Their names are (may Allah be pleased with them all):
- Abu Bakr As-Siddeeq
- Umar Ibn Abi Al-Khattāb
- Uthmān Ibn Affān
- Ali Ibn Abi Tālib
Who are the additional six companions who are referred to amongst the ten? These are (may Allah be pleased with them all):
- Saeed Ibn Zaid Ibn Amr Ibn Nufail
- The son of the uncle of Umar Ibn Al-Khattāb (i.e. Uma’s first cousin)
- Married to Umar’s sister
- Sa’d Ibn Abi Waqās
- Abdulrahmān ibn Auf
- From amongst the wealthy of the companions, he spent a great amount in the path of Allah
- Talha Ibn Ubaidullāh
- Āmir Ibn Jarrāh
- Named as the trustworthy of this Ummah
- Az-Zubair Ibn Awwaam
- Why are these ten companions called the “The ten”? are there any more who were given glad tidings?
💡 Short Recap: What is the definition of a companion?
- Someone who met the Prophet
- Believed in him
- Died up[on Islam
What do we say about the Companions? What is the correct approach?:
- We say the best of statements in regards to all the companions
- We do not speak ill of the companions. Why?
- All of the companions have virtue
- Can the later generations of Muslims be better than the Companions? If not then why?
- It is not permissible to find faults in the Companions, why not?
- The Qur’an and the Sunnah have spoken about the virtues of the companions. What are some examples?
NOTE: We will leave a section of the Al-Ha’iyah, there is doubt whether or not it is part of the original
The Decree of Allah
Belief in the Decree of Allah is part of Imān (Faith). There are six pillars of Imān, they are:
- Belief in Allah
- Belief in the Angels
- Belief in His Books (e.g. Torah, Injeel (Bible) etc)
- Belief in the Prophets and Messengers
- Belief in the Day of Judgement
- Belief in the Decree of Allah
Allah Knows and Decrees everything that occurs, when, where and how it takes place long before it ever happens. The belief in the Decree of Allah can be explained using 4 parts:
- 1st Part: The Knowledge of Allah
- To believe that Allah’s Knowledge encompasses everything
- Allah says:
- “And with Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them except Him. And He knows what is on the land and in the sea. Not a leaf falls but that He knows it. And no grain is there within the darknesses of the earth and no moist or dry [thing] but that it is [written] in a clear record.” [Chapter 6 Surah An-Aam (The Cattle) verse 59]
- 2nd Part: That Allah has recorded everything in the Preserved Tablet
- To believe that Allah has written everything in the Preserved Tablet
- ❓Question: What is the Preserved Tablet?
- What is the evidence from the Hadith?
- ❓Question: What was created first, the throne of Allah or the Pen?. Understanding Arabic grammar is very important here.