or is about, how do u express that in one 10 line para?
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third major Abrahimic religion, proclaims worship of only One God. Muhammad is the messenger of God, Just like Jesus Moses. It is the most hygenic religion and provides most comprehensive set of rules and guidance for everyday life, Starting from cleanliness of body with daily prayers 5 times, cleanliness of cloths , offer guidance regarding matter like marraige and divorce, inheritance and general etiquettes. and puts lots of emphasis on taking care of parents neighbours and charity to poor. getting education is an obligation for each and every muslim. Islam suffers from ignorance of its follower, as it is technically advanced religion so it requires technical know how as how to follow it properly, thats why Islam puts education as prerequisite and must for its apreciation.
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Just read what is Tawheed, which is the first foundation of Islam or the first basic tenet of faith.
Islam’s Concept of Monotheism
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Most christians get in the argument that even though we muslims believe in Jesus but still give high level to Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h). They think we dont level our messengers all equal..even though our first qalma says it all that we do believe in em. But how do u answer this to christians in simple way?
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dear evilminded,
somethings do not need to be argued about. i think.
just like we cannot argue about the validity of the trinity concept, so we can't about the Tawihid concept. we can only state it with a firm belief in its affirmation.
that is where mutual respect for each others' beliefs esp. religious convictions comes in handy.
best,
Dush
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Assalamu Alaykum.
ISLAM....is a way of life.
It's as simple as that. Everything in this religion is based on common sense. I'll give you a few examples:
1) As muslims we are not allowed to keep nails. Why? Scientifically you may know that keeping nails is hazardous to one's health especially if you eat with your hands. Bacterias grow under soft wet places. The area under our nails are soft. Keeping nails shelters that bacteria and helps it to expand. Gross!
2) In Islam women are told to practice modesty. Simply because Islam wants to prove the fact that women are worthy of respect and the best way for a woman to receive that is by practicing modesty (hayaa). A woman in Islam is encouraged to become educated, have a career but all with modesty. Islam wants its women to be judged by their character, and intellectualism................not their body!
3) We as muslims are not allowed to eat pork. Simply because pigs are animals that are not clean. They practically live in mud! Compare pigs to the other animals we eat such as cow, chicken, fish........you will see that pigs are the dirtiest out of the others. Eating the flesh of an animal who has been around dirt or mud can be hazardous to the human body because the flesh can contain diseases, sickness, germs,,etc.
and the list goes on.....LOL
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Then a person would not require religion, why not just follow common sense.
please which other monotheist religion asks you to grow nails. Again the common sense says stay clean.
Yes I agree to you.
What about chicken which also eats its own feaces.
Maybe :) , innocent till proven guilty....
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LB.. a caveman does not have that much common sense.. You know there jungle/desert tribes out there who don't "live" in 2006. Islam is the answer. :)
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walaikum as salaam,
Science is actually not a very good way to prove the validity of Islam, because scientific research is constantly changing and something that may support Islam today may not support Islam tomorrow.
For example, if pork is so dirty then just boil it long enough and all diseases will disappear or it’s okay to cook with alcohol because the alcohol itself evaporates from the food. My point is that this is not a good way to explain Islam, and if someone answers back the way I have then what will be the response.
Here’s a good lecture by Yasir Qadhi on this issue and he explains how to answer these questions
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5289081445493804871
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When it says ‘knowledge’ or ‘seek knowledge’…does it mean knowledge of Deen, re religion and Quran, or does it mean knowledge of science, medical science, mathematics, geography etc.
Kindly explain with proper verses from Quran and contexts!
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Well, what is Islam? If you ask me following:
Aslam? Tasleem? Salaam?
My answer would be: Na’am … but you may or may not know what’s that?
You see Islam is not like any other religions or isms on this earth because it is a verb besides being used as a noun..
what is a verb? an action that you do…!!!
what is the root for Islam in arabic language? SA - LA - MA => SILM
What does it mean? some say, it means peace, some say it means surrender… well it does not… it means the total combination of following 5 things:
Surrender
Submit
Obey
Sincere
Peace
It’s an action pointing to direction without mentioning to the subject..
If i tell you go! go!.. I am not moving.. I want you to leave..
If I say come…Come… I want you to come to me?? right? I do not have to say.. I WANT YOU TO COME HERE… I can only say COME…
If I say Islam!
Islam!
Islam man!
IF you do not know what Islam means then you would not know what I am telling you…
I am in fact telling u to do something..
What am I telling you?
submit… you will say ok…
Surrender.. err, okay man
obey… … oooooooOOo
sincerely. ouch man! that’s the hardest part
with peace… hmmmm
Islam means… to surrender, submit yourself sincerely with peace in obidience of pointing to the direction of Allah:swt:.. Not to me, Not to any govt., not to any nation, not to any ‘ism’ etc… to do what?
Do you agree that human being should not make his/her own religion and tell God to accept it?
Do you agree that if God shows you some way to take then you should take that way than some man-made system?
Do u agree human being human being should agree to surrender, submit, and obey to his Lord in His terms with sincerity and in peace…??? If you do, then guess what? you are already accepting Islam.
This is Islam.
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Ask them if they believe that Moses was higher in rank than Jesus?
They will ask you many other questions.. there are much harder factual questions that they ask and many of muslims do not even know the actual answer to those... :-)
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Make it simple,
In the Holy Quran,
3:59 " The similitude of Jesus with Allah is the same as Adam"
Jesus peace be upon him, is mentioned 25 times in the Quran same as Adam.
Anyways Anwaar Qureshi, concise explanation written
Allahamdullillaah.
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"'The similitude of Jesus is same with Adam "' also refers to the fact that Prophet Adam and Prophet Issa do not have biological fathers
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AQ beautiful explanation about Islam
Jazakallah
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AQ very interesting post.
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Assalamu Alaykum.
Without religion, there would be chaos in the world. God has given religion so that certain limits can be set. The human mind and Allah's mind are not alike. Human's mind is limited. Allah's is limitless. He knows the ultimate truth. He knows what will happen in the future and what has comed to pass. Making a decision that religion is not necessary in one's life is ignorance and challenging Allah that we know better that he does. Astagfirullah! I don't want to elaborate on that. It's self explanatory, really.
please which other monotheist religion asks you to grow nails. Again the common sense says stay clean. Other religions may not say that it's okay to grow nails................but they don't prohibit it either.
Yes I agree to you.
What about chicken which also eats its own feaces. We are asked to stay away from it and Allah knows best.
Maybe :) , innocent till proven guilty....
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Assalamu Alaykum.
Religion is necessary in life because it helps create guidelines, and the specific reasons behind these guidelines. Without religion there would be no rules and complete chaos in the world. Allah swt know what will happen and what has comed to pass. Our minds are limited, meaning we can grasp only so much as Allah wills. Allah's mind is limitless! He know why he created religion in the dunya. We can't question him on that. Questioning Allah is kufr, and shows ignorance. Astagfirullah!
Other monotheistic religions may not ask its followers to grow nails but they don't prohibit it either!
We are asked to stay away from it (pork) and Allah swt knows best. I will reiterate again, we do not know why Allah has prohibited certain things but a true believer knows that it must be followed because it is the order of his lord and it is the ultimate best.
please which other monotheist religion asks you to grow nails. Again the common sense says stay clean.
Yes I agree to you.
What about chicken which also eats its own feaces.
Maybe :) , innocent till proven guilty....
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Assalamu Alaykum.
Really, I think science and Islam fits perfectly together. I know for a fact that certain people don't want to give Islam credit for discovering medicine and arithmatic (science). You can guess why, but that doesn't mean that science can't fit into Islma.
a) look at the scientific miracles in the holy Quran.
b) Medical institutions in kufr lands are taking the Quran into the field of medicine to help them find answers.
Can you deny that these miracles are fake? Do not worry about what science will be like tomorrow. Science has proved that Islam is the solution yesterday, and it will continue to prove it tomorrow, Inshah-Allah. If you hear otherwise it is probably because the kufars are trying to hide this fact. But the fact remains. It has happened before so don't be surprised if you see that Islam is not given credit for the medical miracles.
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Kindly explain with proper verses from Quran and contexts!
Assalamu Alaykum.
Seeking knowledge in every field eg. deen, Quran, Sunna, math, science, geography...everything. There is an Islamic quote, it goes something like this: "One should seek knowlege from the cradle to the grace" If Allah wanted us to seek knowlege only in deen it would've said so clearly in the Quran and Sunnah. Allah did not prohibit us from seeking knowledge of any kind.