The Prophetic Way of Life (Rah-e-Amal)

Contents
I. Sincerity of Intent		9
II. Elements of Belief and Faith		13
	1. The Meaning of Belief in Allah	15
	2. The Meaning of Belief in the Apostle of Allah	20
	3. The Meaning of Belief in the Qur'an	27
	4. The Meaning of Belief in Pre-destination Fate	30
	5. The Meaning of Belief in Life After Death	34
III. Devotional Acts (Worship)		48
	1. The Importance of Salat Prayer	48
	2. Congregational Prayer	54
	3. Leading the Prayer	58
	4. Zakat	62
	5. Sadaqah Fitr	64
	6. Ushr	65
	7. Fasting	66
	8. E'tikaf (Seclusion in a Mosque for remembrance of Allah)	76
	9. Hajj (Pilgrimage to the Sanctum of Makkah)	77
IV. Dealings		80
	1. Honest Livehood	80
	2. Trade	83
	3. Liberality in dealing with Debtor	89
	4. The Importance of paying debts & Probibition of Evasion & Dilly-Dalling	92
	5. Usurption and Missappropriation	94
	6. Farming and Horticulture	96
	7. Wrongful withholding of surplus water	97
	8. The Wages of Workers	97
	9. Unapproved Bequest	98
	10. Usury or interest	101
	11. Bribery	102
	12. Abstinence from Doubtful	103
V. Social Relations		106
	1. Nikah (Marriage contract or wedlock)	106
	2. Mahr (Dower) and Waleemah (Marriage Feast)	110
	3. Obligations to the Parents and Relatives	113
	4. Obligation to the Wives	117
	5. Women's Obligation to their Husbands	122
	6. Rights of the off-spring	128
	7. The Rights of the Orphans	136
	8. The Rights of the Guest	139
	9. The Rights of the Neighbour	140
	10. The Rights of the Needy and the Indigent	144
	11. The Rights of the Servants	147
	12. The Rights of the fellow Traveller	151
	13. Visit to the Sick	154
	14. Obligations of non Muslim to another	156
	15. The Rights of non-Muslim Citizens	167
	16. The rights of the Animals	167
VI. Moral Evils		174
	1. Pride	174
	2. Wrong-Doing (Tyrany and Oppression)	176
	3. Anger	179
	4. Mimicry	182
	5. Gloating over other's Misery	182
	6. Falsehood: Telling lies and it's practice (falsehood)	183
	7. Bawdy (Foul-mouthedness)	187
	8. Double-facedness	188
	9. Back-Biting or Slander	189
	10. Wrongful support and partiality	191
	11. Misplaced (undeserved) prise	192
	12. False Evidence	195
	13. Distasteful Jokes, Breach of Promise; Wrangling and Polemics	196
	14. Fault-Finding	197
	15. Spreading Rumours	198
	16. Tale-Bearing	199
	17. Jelousy	200
	18. Ogling (Casting Amorous Glances)	200
VII. Moral Excelence		202
	1. Importance of Moral excellence	202
	2. Solemnity and Serenity	203
	3. Simplicity and Cleanliness	204
	4. Greeting or Salutation	206
	5. Carefulness in Speech (Guarding the Tongue)	207
VIII. The Call to Faith		209
	1. What is the Prophet Called to?	209
	2. Faith as a Political System	213
	3. Formation of Jama'at (Party)	218
	4. The Nature Relationship between Ameer (leader) and Ma'mur (led)	220
	5. Love of Truth, Aversion to Evil, Enjoining Good & Forbiding Evil	229
	6. Preaching withour precept	234
	7. Acquisation of Knowledge of Faith	238
	8. Important Principles of the call to Faith	240
	9. Glad Tiding to those Engaged in Serving the Faith	245
IX. Reqisite Qualities for Serving the Faith		248
	1. Thankfullness	248
	2. Modesty	255
	3. Patience and Perservence	256
	4. Trust in Allah (Tawakkul)	261
	5. Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness	263
	6. Love of Mankind	267
	7. Sincerity of Deeds	271
X. Means of Reformation & Trading		273
	1. Remembrance of the Divine Attributes	273
	2. Lack of interest in the Empheral and Enxity for the Eternal	276
	3. Recitation and Contemplation of the Qur'an	288
	4. Supererogatory prayers and late night Prayer (Tahajjud)	291
	5. Infa'q (Spending in the way of Allah)	295
	6. Remembrance and Supplication	298
	7. From the lives of the Prophet & his Companions	306
	(1) Devotional Acts	306
	(2) Mode of Teaching	307
	(3) Affection for Mankind	310
	(4) In the way of the Establishment of the Divine Order	315
	8. Some facts from the lives of Holy Companions: Thoughtfullness about the Accountability Hereafter, Devotional Acts, Chariable Acts, Austerity & Sacrifices in Striving in the way of Allah	319
	9. Anxiety for Doomsday	329