Islamiyat March Test Review

• The name of the surah means-

Almsgiving= helping the poor and needy with charity and small kindnesses

• The surah discusses almsgiving, avoiding hypocrisy and perfect devotion to Allah

• Chapter of the 30th part of the Quran

• It has 7 verses

• Surah-Al-Maa'un is the 107th surah of the Quran.

• Other names for the surah are-

⚪ Surah Ara' aaital Lazhi ㅤㅤㅤ⚪ Surah Al-Din

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ⚪Surah Al-Yateem

• Maa'un refers to a small, little thing useful to people

• Counted as the pillars of Islam-

Belief in the Day of Judgement

Salah

Almsgiving(Zakat)

Ibn Jurayj reported: Abu Sufyan was in the habit of slaughtering two camels every week. On one occasion, an orphan came to him begging for a piece of flesh.

Abu Sufyan responded by hitting him with a stick. And so Allah (SWT) revealed this surah.

The surah was revealed to inform Muslims about:

The way to stay on the right path

What it means to be a true Muslim

Earning from noble ways

Core Teachings

How one prays = Huqooq-al-Allah

How one gives = Huqooq-al-Ibad

Character of those who claim they are Muslims but are oblivious of the Hereafter

Meaning that somebody who prays five times salah but does not help the needy and oppresses the orphans is not a complete and good Muslim and vice versa.

Pushing away or torturing orphans means that that person is not afraid of the Day of Judgement

It is a crime against humanity to treat orphans badly

Allah comes to the defence of orphans

Treating orphans in a wrong way and depriving them of their rights (father's properties) etc.

Neglectful to their salah

Repelling the orphans

Do not feed the needy

The Prophet Muhammad (SAW) said, "The best of the houses is the house where an orphan gets love and kindness."

Our deeds irrespective of what we do will be paid back on the Day of Judgement

Excepting Islam but then denying the facts about it is hypocrisy.

Small deeds are important

People who refuse to give even the smallest help are described as 'Al-Maa'un' in the surah.

The Prophet (SAW) narrated that,

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤAllah will forgive the sins of whoever recites it, and he will be regarded as having paid his Zakat

Ja'afar bin Muhammad Al-Sadiq (PBUH) has said-

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤIf someone recites this surah in his obligatory and optional prayer, Allah will except his prayers and fasts and will not try himabout what he did in the short life of this world