Heavenly Jewels

have to read the Kalima again and make Nikah again with his wife if he was married. Rule: To say that to be haraam, which is prove to be halaal from the Quran and to say something which is ordained as haraam to be halaal is Kufr, on condition that this command is from the necessities of Deen and the one who is rejecting it is well aware of the command. Rule: In the principle beliefs (Usool-e-Aqaaid), one is not allowed to make Taqleed (To have difference of opinion like the four Imams have on issues of practice such as Namaaz, Fasting etc). To make taqleed in certain practical aspects of Deen is allowed. It is for this reason that there are two basic branches in the Ahle Sunnat. One is the "Maatureediya" in other words those that prescribe to the school of thought of Hazrat Abu Mansoor@ Maatureedi (radi Allahu anhu) and "Ash'a'ira, who prescribe to the school of though of Hazrat Imam Sheikh Abul Hassan Ash'ari (radi Allahu anhu). Both these branches are proper branches of the Ahle Sunnat Wa Jamaat. Both are on Haq (The True Path). They do not differ in principle beliefs Aqida. Their differences are i . certain practical issues (such as Namaaz, wudhu etc and how these practices should be performed). Their differences are like that of Hanafi and Shafi'i etc. Both are on righteousness and one can not contradict one another. Rule: There is no increasing or lessening in Imaan. Only that which has form, shape, height, width and length can be increased or lessened and Imaan is pure of all these. Imaan is declaration and a declaration is a condition of submission. In certain verses of the Quran Almighty Allah has mentioned e;1hanced Imaan. This refers to faith with true conviction in Imaan (It does not mean that the value of Imaan is more. It however does signify the strength of Imaan). In the time 01 the revelation of the Quran, there was no limit fixed for this. As the verses of the Quran were revealed, people brought Imaan on them the commands which were 97