Islamic Beliefs and Practices? Learn About Islamic Faith (Pillars)
Islamic beliefs and the practices have a strong inter relation with each other. Islamic beliefs are six pillars of faith on the other hand practices are derived from premises built on these beliefs. The elaborated concept of Islamic beliefs and practices with examples is written below read it attentively.
Believing in oneness of Allah (SWT) is the first fundamental Islamic belief. A person believing in the oneness of Allah the almighty will not associate partners with Him, he starts to worship Him alone and will follow only His commands in his actions and practices of life.
Let’s move to next belief, "believing in Prophets and Messengers" the person who belive on this concept will start thinking that Prophet Muhammad SAWW is the Prophet of Allah (SWT), in addtion to this the person will discover that Prophet Muhammad SAWW is last and final Messenger from Allah SWT. When he reaches the point discussed above, he will start following Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (SAWW), as a result the practice of beliefs can be seen implemented in his public and private life. Thats how his beliefs will lead him to practice.
Here is another example which will show you how the beliefs can influence the actions of a person in his life. "Life after death, believing the Day of Judgment" a belief of Islam on which each muslim have a strong faith. You’ll observe a person having firm belief that he/she will be risen after death, and will be accountable for his/her actions in front of Allah (SWT).
The person with this faith will fear from Allah (SWT), in his actions and relations to other people, and will start caring for permissible and forbidden. Moreover, it may also lead to signify the sense of bravery in his personality, the fear of death will have been vanished, as person will have known that there would have another life after this life and death is a mean of shift and nothing more.
This is how Islamic beliefs shapes the personality and creates radical change in their practices. If you have any question regarding the issue, you can surely ask through email, contacting directly or through commenting following box.
Last Updated: 21/7/2015