MUSLIM STUDENTS’ SOCIETY OF NIGERIA (MSSN)
NIGER STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, MINNA.
SECOND WEEKLY DA’AWAH PROGRAMME ON 26TH
JIMADAL AKHHIR 1442AH, 14TH FEB 2021
SECOND SEMETER 2019/2020 ACADEMIC SESSION.
Introduction
Assalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatul Allah Wa
Barakatuh.
In many
religious, philosophical, and mythological traditions, the soul is the incorporeal essence of a living being.
The Quran, the holy book of Islam, uses two words to refer to the soul: rūḥ (translated
as spirit, consciousness, pneuma or "soul") and nafs (translated
as self, ego, psyche or "soul"),cognates of the Hebrew nefesh and ruach.
The two terms are frequently used interchangeably, though rūḥ is
more often used to denote the divine spirit or "the breath of life",
while nafs designates one's disposition or characteristics.[45] In Islamic philosophy, the immortal rūḥ
"drives" the mortal nafs, which comprises temporal desires and
perceptions necessary for living.[46] Two of the passages in the Quran that
mention the rûh occur in chapters 17 ("The Night Journey") and 39
("The Troops"):
Allah
say “And they ask you, [O Muhammad], about the Rûh. Say, "The Rûh is of
the affair of my Lord. And mankind has not been given of knowledge except a
little”. (Q ch:17, v:85).
Allah says “Allah takes the souls at the time of their death,
and those that do not die [He takes] during their sleep. Then He keeps those
for which He has decreed death and releases the others for a specified term.
Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought..” (Q ch:39, v:42)
Islam
views murder as a crime and a major sin
QURANIC QUOTES
Ø Allah
says “Whoever kills a believer deliberately, the
penalty for him is Hell, where he will remain forever. And Allah will be angry
with him, and will curse him, and will prepare for him a terrible punishment.”
(Q ch:4, v:93 ).
Ø “And do not kill one another, for God is indeed
merciful unto you,” (Q ch:4, v:29). Islam views murder as both a crime by
law in this world and as major sin punishable in the afterlife as well.
Ø “[w]hoever
kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land - it is as
if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one - it is as if he had
saved mankind entirely.”
(Q CH:5, V:32 ).
Ø “And
do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden [to be killed] except by [legal]
right. This has He instructed you that you may use reason."
(Q 6:151).
Ø “O
you who have believed, be persistently standing firm for Allah, witnesses in
justice, and do not let the hatred of a people prevent you from being just. Be
just; that is nearer to righteousness. And fear Allah; indeed, Allah is
Acquainted with what you do.”
(5:8)
Ø “Indeed,
those who have believed [in Prophet Muhammad] and those [before Him] who were
Jews or Sabeans or Christians - those [among them] who believed in Allah and
the Last Day and did righteousness - no fear will there be concerning them, nor
will they grieve.”
(5:69)
HADITH
QUOTES
Ø "Whoever
killed a Mu'ahid (a person who is granted the pledge of protection by the
Muslims) shall not smell the fragrance of Paradise though its fragrance can be
smelt at a distance of forty years (of traveling).”
Source: Sahih Bukhari Vol. 9, Book 83, Hadith 49 – Sunnah.com
Ø "The
protection granted by Muslims is one and must be respected by the humblest of
them. And he who broke the covenant made by a Muslim, there is a curse of
Allah, of his angels, and of the whole people upon him, and neither an
obligatory act nor a supererogatory act would be accepted from him as recompense
on the Day of Resurrection."
Sahih Muslim, Book 7, Hadith 3167
Ø "Whoever
wrongs one with whom a covenant has been made, burdens him with more than he
can bear or forcibly takes something from him, I will be his adversary on the
Day of Judgment," as narrated by Sawfan Ibn Sulaim through a number of
the Companions' children [30 narrators according to the version of Ibn
Zangawiyah and al-Baihaqi] who directly narrated from their fathers. [Recorded
by Abu Dawud in his Sunan, Ibn Zangawiyah in Al-Amwal and al-Baihaqi in
As-Sunan Al-Kubra]
Ø “You
would soon conquer Egypt and that is a land which is known (as the land of
al-qirat). So when you conquer it, treat its inhabitants well. For there lies
upon you the responsibility because of blood-tie or relationship of marriage
(with them).”
Sahih Muslim Book 31, Hadith 6174 – Sunnah.com
The blood-tie refers to Hajar, the Egyptian wife of Prophet Abraham, who gave
birth to Ismail. The marriage, as argued by many scholars, refers to Mariah the
Copt, who was gifted to Prophet Mohamed by Muqawqis, the Christian ruler of
Egypt at the time.
Assalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatul Allah Wa
Barakatuh.
WRITTEN
BY
IBRAHIM
ADAM
ASST. DA’AWAH COORDINATOR (ADC)
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