ask a question Prayer Times  Dear sir, I have found that Muslims
in South Asia, especially Pakistan and Bangladesh but including
India, all memorize two phrases called "al-iman al-mujmal" and
"al-iman al-mufassal" as well as the "six kalimahs." The first
Iman is: امَنْتُ بِاللهِ كَمَا هُوَ بِاَسْمَائِه وَصِفَاتِه
وَقَبِلْتُ جَمِيْعَ اَحْكَامِه وَاَرْكَانِه the second is:
امَنْتُ بِاللهِ وَمَلئِكَتِه وَكُتُبِه وَرَسُوْلِه وَالْيَوْمِ
الْاخِرِ وَالْقَدْرِ خَيْرِه وَشَرِّه مِنَ اللهِ تَعَالى
وَالْبَعْثِ بَعْدَالْمَوْتِ and the kalimahs are kalima-e
tayyiba, kalima-e shahada, kalima-e radd kufr, kalima-e tamjid,
kalima-e tawhid, and a sixth that I forget.  My question is: why
are these popular in South Asia only? I know they are
fundamental beliefs of Islam (belief in angels, the Prohpet
(SAWS), tawhid, etc., but they occur together only in that
geographical area. I am researching a book written in the 1500s
based on these phrases, and I am wondering if there is a Sufi
background for them since the Mughal empire