Absolute Essentials of Islam : Faith, Prayer, and the Path of Salvation According to the Hanafi School

A Basic Hanafi Primer on Faith, Prayer, & the Path of Salvation

God has commanded us to worship and obey Him, with sincerity, out of reverence, love, and thankfulness. He says in the Qur’an, "And they are ordered only to serve God, keeping religion pure for Him, to remain upright, and to establish worship and to pay the poor-due. That is true religion" (Qur’an, 98.5).

This worship is not possible without knowledge. This short work outlines the absolute essentials of this knowledge: in faith, prayer, and key points related to one’s life and dealings.

It is based on the methodology of traditional Sunni Islam, according to the Hanafi school, the largest school of Islamic law, and its purpose is to make one’s worship valid, sound, and proper in a short amount of time.

• Learn the basics & essentials of Islamic beliefs
• Make your purification and prayer proper, sound, & valid
• Learn key issues on the path to Paradise

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani is a student of Hanafi fiqh and the Islamic sciences. After graduating from the University of Toronto with a degree in Commerce and Economics, he spent three years in Damascus where he studied fiqh, 'aqida, and other subjects with Shaykh Adib al-Kallas, Shaykh Hassan al-Hindi, Shaykh Muhammad Jumu'ah, Shaykh Muhammad Qaylish, Shaykh Mu'min al-Annan, and others.

He then moved to Amman in the summer of 2000, where he has lived since then, continuing his studies with teachers in Jordan, and corresponding regularly with scholars in the Indian Subcontinent. Shaykh Faraz is a student of Shaykh Nuh Keller and teaches Hanafi fiqh and other subjects in Amman..

With few students of knowledge, he established Hanafi Fiqh list toward the end of 2001. In 2003 he helped establish SunniPath.com.