الابتلاء في ميزان العقيدة

Abstract

ABSTRACT I look up the investigation and study of a -topic with the title: "Tribulation in the Balance of Faith". The study is composed of four chapters, an introduction and a conclusion. - This topic is one of the important topics of faith in general and the Islamic faith in particular, hence tribulation is one of the cores of fate which is one of the firm basis of Islamic faith whereby belief is incomplete without believing in it. . The first chapter of this study carries the title: " Definition of Faith, its Characteristics, its Effects and Indicators of Adherence to it". There are models of faiths in four topics. The first topic includes definition of faith in general and definition of Faith, its characteristics, its effects and Indicators of Adherence to it". There are models of faiths in four topics. The first topic includes definition of faith in general and definition of Islamic religion in particular. The definitions included the old and modern eras; then the characteristic of faith which were deducted from definitions. I look up models of positivism faiths in the second chapter which were represented by the two faiths of Hinduism and Phoerism. Then I dealt with heavenly religions (excluding Islam) which were represented by Judaism and Christianity; then the faith of hypocracy. The most important point included in the study of important models are acquainting with the religion in question, and their view about God, fate and the day of reckoning. The third and chapter was devoted to Islamic religion as far as acquaintance with it, belief in God, belief in fate, in detail because the subject ofthe study is based on it; then belief in the day of reckoning. Lastly, the" fourth chapter which included the_ effects of Islamic faith on believers and appearance of adherence to it. The second chapter which contained three topics and carries the title: "Definition of Tribulation, its types and finn bases in it, its position, and the wisdom behind it, its benefits and its good manners. The first topic included definition of tribulation, its linguistic synonyms such as affliction, seduction and ordeal. Types of tribulation are good and evil and firm bases in tribulation. The second topic included sites of tribulation which are the self, family, children, wealth and religion. A The third topic included the wisdom of tribulation which is divided into worldly wisdom, that is to say the wisdom behind it in the present day world and after world wisdom,.and it also includes the benefits of tribulation and some of it are benefits, and lastly the topic included the good manners of tribulation. The third chapter was titled models of tribulations of positive faith believers in four topics. The first topic included samples of true believers‘ tribulations, each represented by a sample for Buddhism and Geesinism. The second topic contains samples of tribulations of true believers in heavenly religions (excluding) Islam. These samples were 2 in each of Judaism and Christianity. The third topic included samples of Muslim believers. It included tribulation of prophets, prophet Mohamed (Prayer and Peace be upon Him), his Comrades and their followers and 3 specimens of tribulation in modern age. The fourth and last chapter carried the title: "Factors for Success in Tribulation" in three topics. I tackled in the first topic patience: its definition, its types, its conditions, its good manners and virtues. I tackled thankfulness: its definition, motives and causes its divisions, its firm bases and its virtues. _ - The third topic dealt with invocation of God. Its study included its defmition, its good marmers and site of rejection of invocation. The study arrived at the most important following results:~ - Tribulation is the true yard stick for the strength or weakness of faiths. ‘ - Belief in fatalism is one of the important auxiliary factors for believers to sacrifice for them if they are subjected to tribulations and this is what they are hoping for in after world happiness; if they miss happiness in present day world. - If faith is firmly ingrained inabeliever's soul, his sacrifices for it become bigger and easier. - Any believer in a religious faith must be ready even partial readiness, to be ready to give sacrifice for the sake of his faith.