Introduction:

This essay that I am writing about the importance of the

furu-e-deen and how it reflected on Imam Hussain and
how he acted upon it throughout his life. Furu –e-deen is
the commandment and acts of worship that show you are
a Muslim. There are 10 furu-e-deen and they are wajib.
They are a test of ones faith and the intention (niyyat)
when you carry them out must be for the pleasure of all--.
Throughout my essay, I will be talking about each one,
however before I start that, we have to know whom Imam
Hussain is. Hazrat Imam Hussain (A.S.) was born on the
3rd of Shaban. Imam Hussain is the grandson of the holy
prophet Muhammad –s.a.w- and son of Imam Ali and Bibi
Fatema Zahra (as). He was the third Imam. The holy
prophet (saw) loved Hassan and Hussain so much he said,
“Whoever loves them, loves me and whoever hates them
hates me”. It is also said that The Prophet (saw.), picked
Hussain up in his lap and recited the Azaan in his right ear
and Aqamat in the left one. Also when the holy prophet
used to be in Sujood, Imam Hussain used to climb his
back, and the prophet loved him so much, he’d stay in
sujood until Hussain got off. Without Imam Hussain, Islam
would be destroyed. He did not pay allegiance to the
tyrant Yazid and sacrificed himself and his beloved family
for the sake of Islam. If he paid allegiance to Yazid, Islam
would be ruined. Yazid was a drunken man, he wanted to
corrupt the faith and run it his own way, such as making
Haram things Halal (Such as Alcohol and Wine). Hussain
could not let the religion of Islam get destroyed so he
sacrificed himself for Islam. He was martyred on the 10th
of Muharram, Ashura by Yazid and his army, a saying from
Hussain to the men of Yazid was ‘Those who worship and
adore God do not worship others.” however the army men
of Yazid wanted the pleasures of this life and went so far
for this by killing the Prophet s.a.w grandson.
Prayer:
Now we all know a bit about Imam Hussain, I’ll start about
Prayer.
Prayer is the first thing that will be asked about on the day
of resurrection. It is even mentioned in the Quran about
how important prayer is, in 2:3 it says “And performs
prayer “. Prayer is a sign of loving All--. Prophet
Muhammad (s.a.w.) said "The person that does prayer
properly, the prayer itself, blesses him with good wishes."
According to a hadith a companion of Prophet Muhammad
(s.a.w.) came to him one day and asked him "What is the
thing that Allah (s.w.t.) loves most?" Prophet Muhammad
(s.a.w.) replied "The thing that Allah (s.w.t.) loves most is
when his people pray salah on time." During our day we
often forget All-- and All— does not want us to forget him
and also why we are in this world.

That's the purpose of Salah and why Allah made Salah.

Salah not only helps us to remember Allah and that we are
his servants. But it also keeps us on the right path, it helps
us from not doing bad, it makes us clean and healthy and
also it gets us closer to Allah. If you stopped offering Salah
you would no longer be a proper Muslim. When you are
reading Salah you must be facing the Qiblah. The Qiblah is
the direction, which faces the Kaa'ba. There are a number
of ways you can pray Salah, so people should not have
excuses. For example: If you broke your leg and are in a
hospital bed, you can still pray Salah by having the niyat
and doing the actions correctly. Now look at Imam
Hussain (as), and how he perfected Prayer. When he was
in Karbala and time went for prayer, he got ready and
performed the salah at the right time. This shows us the
importance of prayer, and not only of prayer, but to also
pray on time. And when the tyrants of Yazid wanted to
fight him, he asked for one more days so he could perform
extra prayers. The importance of prayer is so high; it is
even mentioned in the Quran. In Surat Taha Ayat 20 it says
"Verily, I am Allah: There is no god but I: So serve thou Me,
and establish regular prayer for celebrating my praise. In
Surat Ankabut it says that Prayer is a safety from Sin --
Prayer restrains from shameful and unjust deeds; and
remembrance of Allah is the greatest (thing in life) without
doubt. And Allah knows the (deeds) that ye do. – In Surat
Al Ma’un ayahs 4-5 it says so woe to the worshippers, who
are neglectful of their prayers.
Fasting

All - - advised us that fasting is very important and that it

has many benefits. Fasting not only requires staying away
from food but to also watch all of your actions carefully.
When you fast all of your senses should fast, for example
you use the sense of touch, to not touch anything bad,
you use the sense of sight to not look at anything bad, you
use the sense of hearing to not hear anything bad such as
music. This builds and strengthens a person's self-control,
making them closer towards All--. Fasting gives person
patience and also manners. Whenever you eat, you don’t
think of the poor people in the world who have no food, let
alone water. Most of them die with starvation, so fasting
makes a person feel of the poor and hungry people living
all around the world. Fasting also has health benefits and
it can make people who feel ill, feel a lot better. Although
fasting is recommended on many days, it is required
during every day in the Ramadan. One reason why the
month of Ramadan was for fasting is because the Quran
was first revealed during the month of Ramadan on laylat
al-qadr. The importance of Fasting is mentioned in the
Holy Quran in the following verses:

“And men who fast and women who fast…God has

prepared for them forgiveness and a vast reward.” (33:35)

O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was

prescribed to those before you, that you may learn self-
restraint. 2:183

Fasting for a fixed number of days; but if any of you are ill,
or on a journey, the prescribed number (should be made
up) from days later. For those who can do it with hardship,
is a payment, the feeding of one that is indigent. But he
that will give more, of his own free wills, it is better for
him. And it is better for you that you fast, if you only knew.
2:184
Now look at Imam Hussain and how fasting was perfected
in his life. While all of his family and friends were dying,
being struck down one by one in front of him. Imam
Hussain refrained from anger and had self-control. Imam
Hussain and his family fasted for days without food and
water. Being struck with an arrow killed little Baby Asghar!
, The tyrants did not even let a little baby live. Imam
Hussain could have reacted in anger and go kill everyone
as he was so strong, but he restrained his anger. His little
daughter Sakina was asking for water and did not even
get a drop. This is a good example now because whenever
you see water, you should not waste it. You should restrain
yourself from everything that leads you away from Islam.
Fasting makes you feel the pain of the poor and feel what
Imam Hussain and his family and friends had felt. On the
7th of Muharram, when Yazid wanted Hussain and his
family and friends tent to move away from the river he
didn't fight for it, he simply agreed and moved away. Then
on Ashura when Hazrat Abbas when to get water for baby
Sakina, when he saw it he was about to drink and he said
to himself, how could I drink this water when children like
Ali Asghar and Sakina are thirsty. Another example is that
when Ali Akber went out to fight and came back, he was
very thirsty. Imam Hussain then put his tongue in Ali
Akber’s mouth to give him any water droplets left in his
mouth. Then Ali Akber replied, “Father Your mouth is even
drier than mine”. This meant that Imam Hussain fasted
and refrained from water so that other people could get
the water before him.

Hajj
Hajj is a unique gathering for Muslims, which every adult
Muslim must undertake at least once in their life if they
can afford it and are physically able. The importance of
Hajj is very high, because there is a whole surah in the
Quran that is named Al Hajj. It is also mentioned in other
Surahs of the Quran, for example in Surah Al – Imran it
says In it are clear signs, the standing place of Ibrahim,
and whoever enters it shall be secure, and pilgrimage to
the House is incumbent upon men for the sake of Allah,
(upon) every one who is able to undertake the journey to
it; and whoever disbelieves, then surely Allah is Self-
sufficient, above any need of the worlds.

"Do not associate with Me anything, and purify My house

for those who circle around it and stand to pray and bow
and prostrate themselves. And proclaim among the
people the pilgrimage. They will come to you on foot and
on every lean camel from every remote path that they
may witness the benefits for them and mention the name
of Allah during the appointed days over what He has given
them." (22:26-28)

Every year about two million Muslims come together in

Mecca - the holiest place in Islam. Many Muslims save for
years in order to perform Hajj, as it is expensive for some.
They often have to travel thousands of miles to get to
Mecca, some travel by plane, some walk, some even go by
boat. Then, once they arrive, they must go through the hot
heat of the desert as they perform the Hajj. All—gifted
everyone who goes on Hajj with a celebration, which is
called Eid. It is thanks to Prophet Ibrahim who was willing
to sacrifice his own son for All— that now everyone does
Qurbani. All—was impressed that Prophet Ibrahim was
willing to sacrifice his own son for the sake of Islam, that
he put a sheep in place of Ismael.

Now that is one sacrifice for All--, however if you look at

Imam Hussain (as) you will be amazed. Seventy of his
closest friends and family were all brutally killed and
murdered one by one in front of him for Islam. He then
sacrificed himself for the sake of Islam. Look at Imam
Hussain, When Yazid sent men with daggers and spears to
kill him in Mecca, he could have had the battle in Mecca,
and however he left it because he didn’t want to spill
blood on the holy land. This shows us all how important
Hajj is and how important the place is.

Jihad
If you look at this world now, the enemies of Islam use
Jihad as a weapon to attack the religion. Jihad simply only
means to strive or to struggle. If you now go look at the
news, the enemies of Islam will say that Jihad is just
blowing yourself up and killing many innocents , however
the true meaning has been ruined by the so-called
Muslims who committed these terrorist attacks. This
makes people think of Islam as a religion where people
just blow each other up, but these Wahabbi’s have ruined
the whole words meaning. There are two types of Jihads.
Jihad al Akber (to control the spirit) and Jihad al Asgher
(the physical struggle). We can remember these two types
by Ali Asgher & Ali Akber who were brutally martyred in
Karbala. Wars in the holy prophet (s.a.w) time were all
fought in self-defence. And by the soul and Him Who
perfected it, then showed it what is right and what is
wrong for it - indeed, he succeeds who purifies his soul,
and, indeed, he fails who corrupts his soul." (91:7). Jihad
as fighting must be for just causes and to defend the
freedom, liberty, and integrity of societies - and when
these issues are at stake, fighting is not only permitted,
but required. "Fight against oppressors until oppression is
stopped." (2:193) Now by looking at Imam Hussain (as),
he perfected both of these Jihads. He saw all of his
companions killed in front of him one by one, however he
did not attack them, he only attacked when he was
attached, that is self defence. Imam Hussain got martyred
in Karbala for the sake of Islam, that is Jihad Al Akber. The
way Imam Hussain perfected Jihad Al Asghar is that if he
paid allegiance and went with Yazid he would be teaching
them wrong, but by not paying allegiance to the tyrant, he
was teaching everyone the right path.

Amr bil Ma'rūf & Nahy al-Munkar

These are the 7th and 8th furu-e-deen. Both of these help to
make a better community and keep society on track. Amr
Bil Maruf means to means to encourage people to do the
good in life, when they forget to do for example forgetting
Salah.and Nahy Al Munkar means to forbid evil. If
someone is talking about Islam being wrong, it is our duty
as Muslims to speak up for it. There was a story when
Prophet Shoaib had 100,000 people, 60,000 of them were
bad and 40,000 of them were good. But because the good
people did not teach the bad about being good they got
slightly punished. Now look at Imam Hussain as a shining
example, when Imam Hussain left Medina he said, “This
fight is not for power but for Amr Bil Maruf and Nahy Al
Munkar.” The importance of this is mentioned in Surah
22:41 where it says, “Those who enjoin the right and
forbid wrong All- - has a good end decision of them.” In
Surah 3: 104 it says: “The best of people are those who
joining in what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and
believing in Allah.”

Tawala & Tabara:

These are the ninth and tenth furu–e-deen. Tawala means
expressing love and acting on the examples of all of the
Ahlulbayt and give obedience to them. Tabara means to
stay clear and stay away from people who are enemies of
Islam & the AhlulBayt. We should disassociate from the
opressors, for example Zionists. Zionists supports
countries that love to oppress people. For example, Ali
should stay away from Marks and Spencer’s because they
support Israel and then the Jews kill the Muslims. Some
ayahs from the Quran about this is on Surah 33:57, it says
in this ayah “Those who annoy Allah and his
Messenger, Allah has cursed them in this world and
in the hereafter, and has prepared for them a
humiliating punishment.” This tells us to stand up for
our religion. "Let not the believers take the disbelievers as
supporters and helpers and friends instead of the
believers. And whoever does that will never be helped by
Allah in any way." (3:28) this ayat tells us to not be friends
of the Zionists and evil, so don’t associate with them.

Zakaat and Khums;

Zakaat. The zakaat is a type of giving which must be paid
yearly on the following items if a person owns them:
wheat, barley, dates, raisins, gold, silver, camels, cows,
and sheep. Most of the mosques on eid day, they have
two boxes... One is the green box, and the other is white
box. The green box is the seyed box, where all the seyed
have to pay their zakat. The white box is the non-sayeds,
and they put their zakat in it.
Khums. Khums should be paid yearly on 20% 1/5 of the
profit that a person gains. The profit is the extra money
that remains after a person pays for food, clothing,
shelter, and other important items for his family. The
money must be given to a person who is a worthy person,
such as a marja. For example I have a shirt that I haven’t
worn for a year, and it cost £20, you have to give 20% of
that £20 which is 4 pounds away.

The khums has been mentioned in the Qur'an: "And know

that whatever profit you may attain, one fifth of it is
assigned to Allah and the Messenger, and to the near
relatives [of the Messenger] and the orphans, the
destitute, and the wayfarer, if you have believed in Allah
and that which We sent down to our servant
[Muhammad]." (8:41)