“There is no compulsion in religion”
What do you understand from this? What does this mean to you? Be it just one word, one sentence or one paragraph, please provide your comments.
Thanks.
ps. No copy-paste pls. 
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It means that even if you think that you were so correct you couldn’t be more sure you would still:
(25:63) يَمْشُونَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ هَوْنًا وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمْ الْجَهِلُونَ قَالُوا سَلَمًا
walk on the earth in humility, and when the ignorant address them, they say, “Peace!”;
and say:
(109:6) لكُمْ دِينُكُمْ ولِيَ دِينِ
To you be your Way, and to me mine.
but not try to impose your belief on another… quite revealing when we notice how inappropriately we, as a people, conduct ourselves these days.
PS: As for cut and paste … no choice
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my knowledge is limited in rlgs matters, as i'm not part of any organized religions, but to me compulsion is the fear put in people by organized religion about life after death, you do what we want you to do and you will enter paradise, you do what you want to do and you will go to hell.
I believe that yes there should be some control of masses, as it was needed in the olden days, but we've grown with time and now as sensible society we have certain rules that we follow for ur own good, As humans we should be following these simple rules, so that we can create a society where every one has equal rights, regardless of there choice of god or no god or there color.
My two cents.
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To me it means that it should be upto an individual to decide whether to embrace or leave any particular faith.
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What do you understand from this? What does this mean to you? Be it just one word, one sentence or one paragraph, please provide your comments.
Thanks.
ps. No copy-paste pls. :)
Your not forced to believe in Islam or its message. However this is not an exemption from wanting to live your own way in an Islamic system. You obey the laws of the land you live in as long as they do not force you to convert.
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As my personal opinion consider Quran as a constitution, Islam as a way of life and Muslims who submits to the obligation in the Quran.
Let me draw corresponding lines, A law book, and the citizens of the country follow it and if you submit to it and well within the limits bounded by the laws set by the country fine otherwise you are punished.
Well, then to my aforementioned point, what would be anyones answer, considering Quran as a constitution.
P.S As far as I remember the word Deen translated as religion is not right, this is just to persuade the non-arabs, but the right word would be Madhab.
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many ppl misunderstand this verse and say that "there is no compulsion in religion" means that if someone does not pray or does not adhere to the principles of Islam, then let him be, "to each his own"....
but they fail to realise that the verse actually means that there is no compulsion on anyone to accept Islam....
the verse continues and says that truth (i.e. Islam) stands out from the error (kufr)....
and anyone who is wise enuff to distinguish right from wrong shud willingly accept Islam and hence there need not be any compulsion in accepting Islam....
once a person accepts Islam, he/she has to abide by the laws of Islam, and has to pray and fast and give off zakat and follow all other rules, and if someone refuses to do so then he/she is punishable by law where there is a punishment defined (like Abu Bakar (ra) fought against those 'muslims' who refused to pay zakat)....
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you 100% right brother if you look in to history, religion which was expended by love is for ever , and one example of using power and force was Spain, where people were killed and forced to embraced islam, as a result there not as single mosque in opeation. it was basically reaction fo that power, which changed all the mosques into churches...
TALIBAN IS THER ANOTHER EXAMPLE, who smugelled drugs and going to mosque with showers. so Afhanistan is another example.
ALLAH AP SAB KA HAMI WA NASIR HO.
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but even if that is the case, it is the state’s responsibility to have the proper laws then, not the responsibility of every aera ghera nathu khera mullah wanna be to get in other people’s face.
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^ correcting something wrong that u see is fardh on every muslim....
mullahs r an invention of recent times otherwise the religious obligation of 'amr bil maaroof wa nahi an almunkar' is on all muslims....
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Correct but I think what Fraudia meant was the implementation of punishments (where defined)... They must be executed under Islamic Judiciary System of the govt. Sure, you should preach good and forbid evil as an individual muslim but can not punish people without a proper authority.
Other than that, my point of view is the same about the topic what armughal has described.
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right AQ. you got it mostly right.
I would go a step further...you have to approach the person properly and be mindful of their comfort levels etc. No need to become a khudai faujdaar as some do. say it once if you think you should say something, and then let it be.
Matlab, jaan ko hitler naheen ban-na chahiyay
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Thanks all for your answers.
I'll wait for armughal to explain how he defines the follow-up after the initial *'amr bil-marouf w'nahi an-il munkir' *has been initiated. It is interesting because this shows how all of us resolve conflicts.
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You can never force religion upon another person against their will.
Allah never makes an order for us to do something which is beyond our capability.
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The tafseer that goes along with this verse is interesting. And thats my view of it.
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God says that the Truth (i.e His Word => Quran) stands out from error. Islam is submission and being at peace with His Word that is the Truth. If you go by tradition, you will see a wide array including 4 Fiqh schools and then the shiite school of thought.
Unless you choose to consider only the Quran as the legislation there will be total chaos. There are varying interpretations by each school of thought so accomodation will have to be given.
The question is not whether people will accept something sensible, but rather if you can force it or not… granted they may comply, but will they really be “muslim” if you force even something sensible on them? Do not kid yourself!
Sorry bro, but God is not a tyrant.
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is it a Qur'anic injunction or one based on historical literature?
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Enjoin the Good and Forbid the Evil.
This doesn't mean we live and let live. It is our responsibility, for the sake of the UMMAH to at least tell the other person if we think they are doing something incorrect. The CHOICE is theirs. We cannot FORCE them. Just inform them. That's the whole point isn't it? Think about how Islam was initially propagated...
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That I agree with… and it is living and letting live… informing someone does not mean the other person may accept our information, in which case we have no choice but to let them be and not force it on them.