Advice of Scholars - TEACHINGS OF ISLAM

In thanking Allâhu ta’âlâ, people who have reason should adapt themselves to Hadrat Muhammad (’alaihi ’s-salâm). His path is called  Islam. The person following Muhammad (’alaihi ’s-salâm) is called a Muslim. Thanking Allâhu ta’âlâ, that is, following Muhammad (’alaihi ’s-salâm), is called ’ibâda (worship). Teachings of Islam are of two parts: religious and scientific.

The former has two branches:

1) Teachings that must be believed through the heart and are called the teachings of usûl ad-dîn or îmân;

2) Teachings of ’ibâdât that are to be done through the body or the heart and are called the teachings of furû’ ad-dîn, ah’kâm al-Islamiyya or the Sharî’a.