'AQEDAH ISLAMIYAH

‘Aqedah can be understood as ‘belief’.  It’s come from word عقد which means “contract”. In Islamic teaching, ‘Aqedah is someone’s belief, which believes in oneness of God, ALLAH S.W.T.

There two Syahadat (confession) that all Muslim must believe and live with:

“I bear witness that there is no other God but Allah and Muhammad is His Messenger”.

 These confessions are the root to Aqedah of every Muslim. Muslims must have faith in HIM, the one and worthy of all worship (Tawhid), faith in HIS Angels (Mali’ka), faith in HIS Books (kutub) send by ALLAH to HIS Messenger and Prophets (Taurat, Zabur, Injil and Quran), faith in HIS Messengers and Prophets, faith in the Day of Judgment (Qiyama) and the Resurrection Day (life after death), and faith in Destiny (fate/ Qada and Qadar). These are the six article of belief call Pillars of Iman (faith) which derives from the famous Hadith of Gabriel (Jibril). In Quran Surah al- Baqarah:

“… Whoever disbelieved in God and HIS Angels and HIS Scriptures and HIS Messenger and the Last Day, he verily wandered far astray…” [Al- Baqarah : 136].

‘Aqedah is like a tree which its root is Syariah Islamiah, which means Allah’s Laws. Which the fruits is our ‘amal soleh (good deeds), which its fertilizers with Iman and Taqwa (God fearing) to Him.

Faith (IMAN)

Islam means Obedience to God, fully surrender and submit our self to HIM. Iman can lead us to the only one path to good life in the world and also to succeed in the life which begins after death. As a Muslim, we have not only to accept the existence of God, but we must accept what follows from our belief in God, namely:

1.      ALLAH is one. There is no like HIM, nor can there ever be. He has no shape, nor can He assume any shape.

2.      ALLAH is neither a son nor a father. He does not have wife, nor sister, nor brother nor does He beling to any community or family. Nothing can be compared with ALLAH.

In Quran;

“Say, He is ALLAH, the only one; to Him all creatures depend on; He got no son nor He is begotten; and no one comparable to Him”. [Al- Ikhlas: 1-4]

3.      The attributes of ALLAH cannot be found in anyone else. He is the creator of all.

4.      ALLAH knows the unseen. He knows everything whether it si obvious or hidden. Whatever has happened before or what will happen later on, only Him who knows the past and the future.

5.      He has full control over loss and gain. None can harm or benefit anyone accept ALLAH. In Al- Baqarah:

“Allah, there is no God but Him, who Living Eternal, who manage his creatures; he who is never sleepy nor sleep. He is all that is in heaven and on earth. Can intercede in the side of Him without His permission? He is the all knows what is before them and behind them, and they do not know anything of His knowledge save in what He wills…” [Al Baqarah: 255].

6.      It is only Allah who can make laws for us, and hence we should obey Him.