Their names were mentioned previously [on page 13].

Their names were mentioned previously [on page 13]. Resurrection means that Almighty Allah will revive creation on the day of resurrection and reward those who do good and punish those who do bad. eAnd whoever does a speck’s weight of good will see it and whoever does a speck’s weight of bad will see itf30.

tails of these five fundamentals please refer to the books and encyclopaedias of the Sh:!a such as: shar9 al-tajr:d31, !abaq"t alanw" r32, al-ghad:r33, al-fuNYl al-muhimmah34, or al-mur"ja!"t35. These are amongst thousands of books authored by the Sh:!a scholars in this regard. 2. Shi!a View of Islamic Law In the view of the Sh:!a, Islamic law or shar:!ah consists of: Acts of Worship.

These are the acts by which nearness is sought to Allah and include daily prayers (Nal"h), fasting (s}awm), tithe (khums), almsgiving (zakah), pilgrimage (hajj), struggle (jihad), purification (taharah), spiritual retreat to the Mosque (i‘tika f), and enjoining the good and forbidding the bad etc. Contracts (mu‘amila t) such as selling, renting, endowments and mortgages etc.

Ethics (akhla>q) which consist of: virtues which Islam has made either obligatory or recommended such as truthfulness, honesty, bravery, chivalry, activity and the like; and vices which Islam discourages either by forbidding or by considering them reprehensible such as betrayal, lying, cowardice, inactivity, causing corruption etc.

Etiquettes (a>da>b) which are the actions Islam considers to be courtesies such as the courtesies of sleep and wakefulness, of marriage, or of gatherings, travel and the like. Laws (ah}ka>m) which comprise obligatory (wa (haram), recommended (mustah}ab), reprehensible (makruh), and neutral (muba>h}). They are also divided into takl:f:yah (duty bound) and wa+!:yyah (statuary) such as the laws of marriage and divorce and inheritance, and justice, penal codes and compensations. Previous…