why is it always those people that are in total emotional pain that get convinced to convert to islam though?
muslims never go through emotional hell or suffer from pain ever? I guess muslims are so special that they are exempt from going through any type of emotional pain. God has made sure of that.
i seriously would like to know the prayers that are recited that actually ward off any human tragedy, injustice or pain. i would convert to islam right this second if that was the case.
Went to Data Darbar few times with my SIL…didn’t feel anything spiritual. I guess it doesn’t happen to everyone, besides, prayer is enough to get that feeling if you pray with khushu o ghuzu.
why is it always those people that are in total emotional pain that get convinced to convert to islam though?
muslims never go through emotional hell or suffer from pain ever? I guess muslims are so special that they are exempt from going through any type of emotional pain. God has made sure of that.
i seriously would like to know the prayers that are recited that actually ward off any human tragedy, injustice or pain. i would convert to islam right this second if that was the case.
Recite Quran....it will give you peace and tranquility if you are in pain.
Recite Quran....it will give you peace and tranquility if you are in pain.
the quranic verses that refer to nonmuslims don't give me peace though, there's always a comparison between pure muslims and the impure nonmuslims. when i did read parts of the quran, even in the inspirational, motivational verses, a reference is always made to the nonmuslims and how a muslim should not be like nonmuslim and how a nonmuslim and nonmuslim practices tempt a muslim towards the hellfire....a sense of arrogance is felt.
even wishing a nonmuslim on their festivals is the biggest sin because it's like congratulating a nonmuslim on their very impure unislamic practices/rituals. saying "merry christmas" is unislamic, yoga is unislamic..... I hope i'm totally wrong but i've had it explained to me by countless learned muslims that have studied the religion in depth. but even then i'm hoping it's a misinterpretation of the verses.
please start a thread in the religion section explaining in detail all those quranic verses in the correct context that refer to nonmuslims.
It would totally bring me closer to islam if they are explained and the correct interpretation of those verses is given.
the quranic verses that refer to nonmuslims don't give me peace though, there's always a comparison between pure muslims and the impure nonmuslims. when i did read parts of the quran, even in the inspirational, motivational verses, a reference is always made to the nonmuslims and how a muslim should not be like nonmuslim and how a nonmuslim and nonmuslim practices tempt a muslim towards the hellfire....a sense of arrogance is felt.
even wishing a nonmuslim on their festivals is the biggest sin because it's like congratulating a nonmuslim on their very impure unislamic practices/rituals. saying "merry christmas" is unislamic, yoga is unislamic..... I hope i'm totally wrong but i've had it explained to me by countless learned muslims that have studied the religion in depth. but even then i'm hoping it's a misinterpretation of the verses.
please start a thread in the religion section explaining in detail all those quranic verses in the correct context that refer to nonmuslims.
It would totally bring me closer to islam if they are explained and the correct interpretation of those verses is given.
In those days..whole arab wanted to kill muslims, who were very few in number.
If all had died then you would not have quran to read ?? right?? so there is much stuff in it trying to educate prophet and mulims about the situation at hands.
There are non muslims who are spoken about in quran with respect.
When a pop dies all muslim counties send condolences.
I'm sorry to be off-topic here but what spiritual and physical wonders visiting a dead person's grave is going to do you? One should visit the graveyards anyway, for they are a good reminder of the temporary nature of this life. And yeah, one should definitely pray for the departed souls to rest in peace. Thats about it. As for spiritual and physical benefits, one could ask the almighty directly. He is quite accessible if I am not mistaken. It is not a sarkari daftar where you need to make contacts with the clerk badshah first.
True, we can ask directly from Allah (swt), but there are certain sins the slave commits which more than often prevent his dua from being answered or at least lowers the chance of it being answered, therefore Allah (swt) Himself tells us to take His representatives as a door to Him.
We have a hadith on this ayah: “By no means! But on their hearts is the stain of the (ill) which they do.” which says that when one sins, a black spot emerges within their heart. When you sin more, it becomes blacker (ghetto heart). Once it is completely ghetto, it will not become white again.
When you perform sins, you ruin the relationship between yourself and Allah (swt), or at least you cannot rightfully call yourself an obedient slave of Allah (swt), so when you are like that, you cannot expect Allah (swt) to give you what you want when He has a reason not to give it to you.. Therefore you are in need of someone who is accepted by Allah (swt), so He can give you what you need by the respect and honor that particular holy person has with Allah (swt).
If I ask my mom for Call of Duty: Black Ops, she will say no because it's going to be like 70 bucks. If I ask my Dad to ask my Mom to buy me it, she will be more likely to say yes.
I'm not talking about all those Pir Baba dargahs, but I am referring to those who Allah (swt) loves dearly, the Ahl-al-Bayt (as).
Code_Red, there's not much. She learned a lot from her father and brother, both Imams. She was travelling to Khurassan to meet Imam Ali Raza (as) and died on the way in Qum, along with her other brothers. They were attacked. I think we have some ahadith in Uyun Akhbar al-Raza which is a compilation of ahadith narrated from Imam Raza (as) where he says one who visits her haram in Qum will attain jannah.
Edit: When one loves such a person so much, you can just tremble in front of their grave. Rasoolallah (saw) says that in the heart of the believer, there is a fire for the love of Imam Hussain (as) which can never be extinguished. There can be an amazing, spiritual feeling..
In those days..whole arab wanted to kill muslims, who were very few in number.
If all had died then you would not have quran to read ?? right?? so there is much stuff in it trying to educate prophet and mulims about the situation at hands.
There are non muslims who are spoken about in quran with respect.
When a pop dies all muslim counties send condolences.
Monk how does your comment answer my question, there are verses that talk ill of nonmuslims though right? why should nonmuslims even be mentioned and used for comparison? you know what it reminds me of, reading some of those verses in context, it reminds me of the corrupted caste system except in islam the "pure brahmins" are the muslims and the ones below even a muslim slave girl/boy are the nonmuslims, no? it's hard to see it as the most perfect religion as some claim it to be
a learned muslim told me that even a selfless soul like mother theresa burned in hell b/c she didn't submit to Allah and died a nonmuslim.....is his explanation correct?
the quranic verses that refer to nonmuslims don't give me peace though, there's always a comparison between pure muslims and the impure nonmuslims. when i did read parts of the quran, even in the inspirational, motivational verses, a reference is always made to the nonmuslims and how a muslim should not be like nonmuslim and how a nonmuslim and nonmuslim practices tempt a muslim towards the hellfire....a sense of arrogance is felt.
even wishing a nonmuslim on their festivals is the biggest sin because it's like congratulating a nonmuslim on their very impure unislamic practices/rituals. saying "merry christmas" is unislamic, yoga is unislamic..... I hope i'm totally wrong but i've had it explained to me by countless learned muslims that have studied the religion in depth. but even then i'm hoping it's a misinterpretation of the verses.
please start a thread in the religion section explaining in detail all those quranic verses in the correct context that refer to nonmuslims.
It would totally bring me closer to islam if they are explained and the correct interpretation of those verses is given.
Does it say in Quran? Never heard or read such thing before. Quran does talk about people who left the right path and became confused and warn us not to be like them but it also says that ,
“Verily, those who believe and those who are Jews and Christians, and Sabians, whoever believes in Allaah and the Last Day and do righteous good deeds shall have their reward with their Lord, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.” [al-Baqarah 2:62]
And “Surely, those who believe, those who are the Jews and the Sabians and the Christians – whosoever believed in Allaah and the Last Day, and worked righteousness, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.” [al-Maa’idah 5:69]
When you perform sins, you ruin the relationship between yourself and Allah (swt), or at least you cannot rightfully call yourself an obedient slave of Allah (swt), so when you are like that, you cannot expect Allah (swt) to give you what you want when He has a reason not to give it to you.. Therefore you are in need of** someone who is accepted by Allah (swt), so He can give you what you need by the respect and honor that particular holy person has with Allah (swt).
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I am just asking for clarity...
how does anyone determine that a particular person is accepted by allah? because all i knew is that Allah communicated to mankind through a messenger a.k.a The Prophet SAW....so any communication to humans from the divine can only be through the Prophet.....so how can u determine that a particular person at a particular time is accepted by allah (unless you get a wahi/revelation from allah himself)??
how does anyone determine that a particular person is accepted by allah? because all i knew is that Allah communicated to mankind through a messenger a.k.a The Prophet SAW....so any communication to humans from the divine can only be through the Prophet.....so how can u determine that a particular person at a particular time is accepted by allah (unless you get a wahi/revelation from allah himself)??
Getting a dream is a type of wahi that is revealed to common people sometimes and it's proven in several ahadith.
how does anyone determine that a particular person is accepted by allah? because all i knew is that Allah communicated to mankind through a messenger a.k.a The Prophet SAW....so any communication to humans from the divine can only be through the Prophet.....so how can u determine that a particular person at a particular time is accepted by allah (unless you get a wahi/revelation from allah himself)??
The Ahl-al-Bayt (as) knew who they were, and the Abbasids during the time of Masooma-e-Qum (sa) knew who the Ahl-al-Bayt (as) were as well. Rasoolallah (saw) asked the people to hold onto the Qur'aan and his progeny after his death, so that we are not led astray. That means these two thaqalayn are the only chances to get closer to Allah (swt) after the death of the Prophet (saw).
So the Prophet (saw) is definitely accepted by Allah (swt). The Prophet (saw) says he is leaving behind two things, not his companions, not his wives, not Wahhabi scholars, but the Qur'aan and his Ahl-al-Bayt. Why would it still be so difficult to determine who the accepted ones are?
It is not you or I who determines the person. All tawassul goes to Allah (swt), the final decision is by Him, the choice is His.
Hareem: sidenote but i always thought you were a girl…your pic is a guy, sorry if i assumed you were a woman all this time. thanks for responding to my question.
Fatwa:**
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, is His Slave and Messenger.
A Muslim should be thankful to Allaah for His great blessings upon him. He Who Guided him to the right path. So he should keep on supplicating Allaah to make him steadfast on this path which is the path of blessed people and to keeping him away from the path of those who deserve His Anger and of those who went astray.
The non Muslims spare no efforts to draw the Muslims away from the straight path and to cut their relation with their true religion. Allaah says (what means): *{Many of the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) wish that if they could turn you away as disbelievers after you have believed, out of envy from their ownselves, even, after the truth (that Muhammad, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, is Allaah’s Messenger) has become manifest unto them. But forgive and overlook, till Allaah brings His Command. Verily, Allaah is Able to do all things.} *[Quran 2:109]
We the Muslims are proud of our religion that was revealed to us by Allaah and are thankful that Allaah has chosen us for his religion. Allaah says (what means): {… This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion. …} [Quran 5:3]
It is not permitted for Muslims to participate in the festivals of non Muslims because it is a kind of cooperation in the disobedience of Allaah. Allaah says (what means): {…Help you one another in Al-Birr and At-Taqwa (virtue, righteousness and piety); but do not help one another in sin and transgression….} [Quran 5:2]. The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, said: *“Whoever imitates a nation is but one of them.” *[Abu Daawood]
Celebrating festivals such as Christmas Day, Halloween, Valentine Day, etc. comes under the falsehood that should be avoided. Allaah says (what means): {And those who do not bear witness to falsehood, and if they pass by some evil play or evil talk, they pass by it with dignity.} [Quran 25:72]. Many scholars of Qur’an like Ibn Seereen and Mujaahid, may Allaah have mercy upon them, interpret “falsehood” as the festivals of unbelievers.
Anas, may Allaah be pleased with him, reported: "The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, came to Madeenah while they had two days they celebrated. The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, asked, “What are these two days?” They said, 'These are two days we used to celebrate in our pre Islamic era. The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, said: “Allaah has replaced them with two better days: 'Eed Al-Adh-Haa and 'Eed Al- Fitr.” A person came to the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, and said: "I have taken a vow to sacrifice a camel at Buwaanah.” The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, asked: “Did the place contain any idol worshipped in Jaahiliyyah (pre-Islamic times)?” They (the people) said: “No.” He asked: “Was any pre-Islamic festival observed there?” They replied: “No.” The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, said: “Fulfil your vow, for a vow to do an act of disobedience to Allaah must not be fulfilled, neither must one do something over which a human being has no control."
No doubt celebrating such feasts is actually imitating disbelievers. Abdullaah Ibn Amr Ibn al-'Aas, may Allaah be pleased with him, said: “Whoever celebrates the Persian New Year’s Day or their carnival and imitates them till his death he will be resurrected with them on the Day Judgment.”
Therefore, a Muslim is neither allowed to celebrate such festivals nor is he allowed to congratulate non Muslims for their feasts because congratulating them for their feasts is synonymous of accepting their wrongdoing and disbelief in Allaah. It is also accepting their rites and rituals, which are nothing but disbelief.
Imaam Ibn Al-Qayyim, may Allaah have mercy upon him, reported the consensus of all scholars that congratulate non Muslims for their religious occasions is forbidden. He said: “As for congratulating the unbelievers for their rituals, it is forbidden according to the agreement of all scholars like congratulating them for their feasts and fast by expressing good wishes: happy feast or enjoy your feast… etc. If the Muslim who says this does not become a disbeliever himself, he, at least, commits a sin as this is the same as congratulating him (a non Muslim) for his belief in the Trinity, which is a greater sin and much more disliked by Almighty Allaah than congratulating him for drinking alcohol or killing a soul or committing fornication or adultery…etc.”
*Therefore, no Muslim is allowed to participate in the festival celebration of non Muslims or greet them on this occasion. Know that partially participating in such occasions is enough to involve one in sin even if one does not intend to participate wholly in the celebration. * Finally, if they congratulate us for our feasts, we do not congratulate them for their feast as we are on the right path and they are in error. Allaah says (what means): {And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted of him and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers} [Quran 2:85].
As regards your statement that it is rude not to congratulate them, then the answer is that if a Muslim behaves in a good manner with them throughout his stay with them, they would certainly have known that he is not rude and he is not a person of a bad character even if he does not congratulate them on the day of their celebration. Indeed, being rude is when one disobeys Allaah. It is an obligation on a Muslim to fear Allaah and endeavour in calling the non Muslims to Islam but not be kind to them at the expense of his religion and creed. It should also be noted that pleasing Allaah comes in priority over pleasing His creation, and that whoever pleases people by ensuing the wrath of Allaah, Allaah will be angry with him and He will make people be angry with him.
Allaah knows best.
the underlined part is what i’ve always heard from learned muslims that have studied islam in depth. and in the verses you’ve quoted why have hindus, buddhist, jains, sikhs, and all other nonmuslims been excluded from being mentioned, are they not humans? if hindus are to be seen as “idol worshipers” then some of those verses speak so negatively of them, and since christians do pray to idols of jesus and mary, are they not human either. It’s just hard for me to get my mind around some of those verses that’s all. can’t think of a fellow human being in that way
^I am a woman, the guy in my avatar is from my favourite tv series.
As for your question, you know that there were only these few main religions in the Arabic Peninsula when the verse was revealed but I don't think why this verse can't be implied to anyone other than a Jew, christian or a Sabian who believes in God.
Also, there's a huge difference between word non-muslim(ghair muslim) and non-believer(kaafir). A Jew or a hindu is a non-muslim but we cannot call him kafir because only Allah knows what's in his heart. But if you know the truth in your heart about Prophet(SAW) and islam ad you still reject the truth then yes you will be considered as a non-believer in the hereafter.
We're suppose to celebrate our own festivals but there's no harm in congratulating others or even exchanging gifts with them. Well, this is what I've seen or heard from muslims all around the world, Christians and Muslims exchange gifts on Eid and Christmass in Syria and Iraq and likewise Muslims and Hindus share celebrations of Eid and Diwali by exchanging gifts or just seeing thefireworks together.
Please find me a verse from Quran that clearly says that we cannot congratulate non muslims or can't receive gifts or halal food from them?
I'm not interested in any further arguments as I have no intention to convert you. lol
If you wanna learn about Islam then seek the help of true scholars like Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Hanson and Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad aka T.J. Winter, and others traditional scholars like them.
The Ahl-al-Bayt (as) knew who they were, and the Abbasids during the time of Masooma-e-Qum (sa) knew who the Ahl-al-Bayt (as) were as well. Rasoolallah (saw) asked the people to hold onto the Qur'aan and his progeny after his death, so that we are not led astray. That means these two thaqalayn are the only chances to get closer to Allah (swt) after the death of the Prophet (saw).
So the Prophet (saw) is definitely accepted by Allah (swt). The Prophet (saw) says he is leaving behind two things, not his companions, not his wives, not Wahhabi scholars, but the Qur'aan and his Ahl-al-Bayt. Why would it still be so difficult to determine who the accepted ones are?
It is not you or I who determines the person. All tawassul goes to Allah (swt), the final decision is by Him, the choice is His.
Okay this is going nowhere.....main thing is that both shia and sunni believe in miracles of Prophets(SAW) and karamahs of pious muslims. Right Jafri saab?
