| PRACTICES AND BEHAVIORAL STANDARDS: Hanafi Mussulmans practice and encourage good conduct, chastity, and honest dealing. Islam stresses obedience to the law and equality and justice for all. Islam forbids the eating of pig and other forbidden foods, usury, sodomy, lesbianism, gambling, deviate acts, adultery, and any intoxicating drinks or liquids that takes one out of moral character. All able bodied Mussulmans are required to fast during the holy Month of Ramadan. The Period of fasting begins twenty minutes before the Azan (call to prayer) is called for Fajr Prayer. Fasting demands abstention from eating, drinking and sexual intercourse. Nothing is to enter the body, stomach or bladder, including enemas. Anything taken inward, including food, medicine, vitamins or any type of injection, breaks the fast. Fasting ends after the Azan is called for Maghrib prayer. It is obligatory for all Mussulmans to observe in practice all Mussulmans Holidays and Festivals. Hanafi Mussulman women cover themselves from head to toe. Their arms are to be covered to the wrist. Garments are to be clean and loose fitting for both the men and women. Hanafi Mussulman men and women are required to have their heads covered when making prayer, when eating, and at all times except when retiring to bed. The Beard is a required order of Allah and the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.S.), for all Mussulman men. This obligatory upon all Mussulman men as stated in the Holy Qur'an AlBurhan; Sura Hashr (The Gathering or Banishment), Sura Nisaa (The Women), and the Hadiths of Bukhari and Muslim. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE: Khalifa Hamaas Abdul Khaalis and all Mussulmans are guided by Standards of Islam: The Holy Qur'an Al-Burhan and the Hadiths. ROLE OF MINISTERS: Imams are the chief religious scholars in the Muslim faith. They assume leadership responsibility for all religious activities, deliver sermons, lead in prayers, render counsel, officiate at conversions and marriages, and direct mosque activities. Imams lead the prayers and are guiding examples for the believers in Islam. WORSHIP: The most qualified in Character and Worship requirements, and Knowledge of the Faith Islam may conduct worship services. Group worship is required. All Friday Jumah prayers and prayer on Mussulman Holidays are to be made in congregation. (It is also preferable that other daily prayers be made in congregation.) A sincere Believer in the Faith Islam obeys the Standards to the Letter. He or She must follow the Holy Qur'an AlBurhan and the Hadiths. The Mussulman must always have access to the Holy Qur'an AlBurhan and the Hadiths. Each Believer is to have prayer robe, prayer beads, and prayer rug. Each man is to have enough cloth to make into a turban to cover his head during prayer. Each woman is to have a scarf large enough to cover her head. Under no circumstances may the head of the Believer, man or woman, be bare when making prayer. There is to be a clean place to pray with plenty of clean running water available. This will serve as a Masjid (Mosque). No mirrors, crosses, Menorahs, idols, or pictures of animate objects are allowed on the walls of the Masjid, or anywhere in the area. The Masjid and the entire vicinity are to be clean at all times. The special Mussulman Holidays and Festivals are New Year's Day (1 Muharram); Ashura (10 Muharram); Maulid anNabi (Birthday of the Prophet (S.A.S.), 12 Rabbi 1); Isra and Miraj (Anniversary of the Night Journey of the Prophet (S.A.S.) and his Ascension to the Heavens, 27 Rajab); Nisfu Shaban (Middle of Shaban); Beginning of the Month of Fasting (30 Ramadan); Idul-Fitr (Feast marking the end of fasting, 1 Shawwal); Wafatu Arafat (Pilgrims assemble on Arafat, Mecca, 9 Zul-Hijjah); and Idul-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice, 10 Zul-Hijjah). Note: With regard to "Special Religious Holidays," the Muslim (Lunar) calendar is eleven days less than the Gregorian calendar every year. The Holidays listed in this section do not present permanent dates on the standard Western calendar. DIETARY LAWS OR RESTRICTIONS: Pork and its derivatives, intoxicating beverages or liquors, and harmful drugs, (such as cocaine, heroin, marijuana, or any drug that is taken without a doctors specific orders for a specific illness) are absolutely forbidden in Islam. FUNERAL AND BURIAL REQUIREMENTS: The body of the dead Mussulman is to be washed, wrapped and shrouded in white seamless sheets, or white cloth. Funeral services for a Mussulman accompany burial and must be in accordance with Islamic Law. The Imam, or a Believing, practicing Mussulman who knows the prayers, conducts the burial services. Autopsy is not allowed in accordance with the Faith Islam. The cremation of Mussulman is not allowed. The body of the Believer must be returned in its natural state to the earth. MEDICAL TREATMENT: Generally no restrictions except that no intoxicants may be taken. OTHER: Service in the Armed Forces for the purpose of his country's defense, is regarded as necessary by the Hanafi Mussulman. It is also the duty of the Believer to defend the lives, freedom, and personal property of Mussulmans. The essences of Islam Faith are Pristine Character and Respect. The duty of all military orders with character and respect in a military manner. It is incumbent upon all Mussulmans, serving in the military to perform their duties without question in a military manner. Mussulmans serving in the military cannot exempt themselves from their affirmed oath to carry out their military obligations. When the order is to fight the enemy of your country, there can be no question nor hesitation, you fight. Mussulmans cannot attack Islam Holy Shrines, unless they are secured by the enemy. Mussulmans do not send non Mussulmans to take their Islam Holy Shrines, without a fight to recapture them. This is a principle all religions will fight to prevent. Mussulmans do not attack Holy Shrines of other religions, nor kill their religious leaders, women, children, old people, farmers, etc., that are noncombatants. If any of the above are active combatants and will not surrender, they are killed. It would be out of character for a sincere Mussulman to let others fight and die for their country and family. Mussulmans perform their duty in the Vanguard to defend country and family. The Hanafi Mussulman is a patriot and is obedient to the laws and authority of his country. The Hanafi Mussulman follows the Prophets' Side of Islam, which states that one generation born in a country makes that your country. In the event of conflict, Mussulmans will fight to defend their Faith and their lives. Mussulmans believe strongly in their duty to defend their Faith and their country against enemies of their Practices, Basic Teachings, or Beliefs. Islam Law takes priority over anything that is contrary to the Faith of the Mussulman. Islam recognizes the brotherhood of Mankind. All of us are children of Adam and Eve. Islam does not judge men by so called skin color; Any human being can reclaim the Faith Islam. The Hanafi Mussulman can coexist with all religions, as long as they do not try to enforce their religion upon the Hanafi Mussulman. Mussulmans in the Faith Islam await the return of Isa ibn Maryamm (Jesus) (P.H.), as zealously as our Christian brothers to destroy the Antichrist (Durjal). Information and knowledge of the Faith Islam are passed on to those interested by word of mouth and the distribution of literature. There is no formal recruitment program. Mussulmans do not engage in active proselytizing. GENERAL SOURCE BOOKS: The Holy Qur'an AlBurhan and Hadiths. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Khalifa Hamaas Abdul Khaalis AlHanif MadhHab Center. Islam Faith United States of America. American Mussulmans. 1700 16th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20012 |
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| ADDRESS: AlHanif MadhHab Center Islam Faith United States of America American Mussulmans 770.0 16th St., N.W. Washington, DC 20012 OTHER NAMES BY WHICH KNOWN: AlHanif Muslim LEADERSHIP: The leader of the Hanafi Madhhab in America and Worldwide is Khalifa Hamaas Abdul Khaalis, i.e. "The leader of the Community. " MEMBERSHIP: All Mussulmans who follow by way of the Prophet's Side of Islam are Hanafi. Exact number unknown HISTORICAL ORIGIN: Allah is the author of Islam and all Hanafi Mussulmans submit to Allah and bear witness that Our Beloved Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.S.) is and was the Seal of all Prophets and Prophecy. All Mussulmans bear witness and believe in the basic principles of Islam. Hanafi Mussulman is not a sect. The first Adam and all the 124,000 Prophets, major and minor were AlHanif. (Sura BaqaraHoly Qur'an Ayat, 135 and throughout the Holy Qur'an AlBurhan.) In 1950, Khalifa Hamaas Abdul Khaalis and his teacher Dr. Tasibur Uddein Rahman, began teaching publicly the Prophet's side of Islam in New York City. The U.S. Headquarters moved to Washington, D.C. in 1969. BASIC BELIEFS: The Shahadah is obligatory for all Mussulmans. The reciting and |
| believing in all of the Kalimas is obligatory for all Mussulmans. Islam is the absolute submission to Allah and obedience to the Guiding Standards in Islam; the Holy Qur'an AlBurhan and the Hadiths. The Mussulman observes the basic duties of worship in accordance with Islam Law. These include: Shahadah (the confession of Faith), Salat (prayer five times daily), Zakat (poor rate) Sadaqat also included in this category, i.e. giving alms to the poor, Fasting (during the Holy month of Ramadan), and Hajj (pilgrimage to the Holy City of Makkah at least once in a lifetime). The moral and legal codes of Faith are obeyed at all times. All Mussulmans are to know their Kalimas and Fundamental principles of Islam, which are: |
| 1) Belief in Allah. 2) Belief in Angels. 3) Belief in the Revealed Holy Books. 4) Belief in all of the 124,000 Prophets, major and minor, and in Our Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.S.), as the Seal of all Prophets. 5) Belief in the First and the Last, from Creation to Destruction (Judgment Day). 6) Belief in the predestination of Good and Evil 7) Belief in Life after Death. |
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