Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “If anyone travels on a road in search of knowledge, God will cause him to travel on one of the roads of Paradise. The angels will lower their wings in their great pleasure with one who seeks knowledge. The inhabitants of the heavens and the Earth and (even) the fish in the deep waters will ask forgiveness for the learned man. The superiority of the learned over the devout is like that of the moon, on the night when it is full, over the rest of the stars. The learned are the heirs of the Prophets, and the Prophets leave (no monetary inheritance), they leave only knowledge, and he who takes it takes an abundant portion.“ - Sunan of Abu-Dawood, Hadith 1631
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Sunday, February 17, 2013
124-year old Muslim woman Refuses to Take off her Hijab
SubhanAllah, what a story!
124-year-old Muslim woman refused to sell her religion for money and fame
Publication time: 3 February 2013, 14:41
The head scarf was the only hindrance in the way for the oldest woman in the world to enter the so-called Guinness World Records.
124-year-old Palestinian Maryam Hamdan Ammash, her sons and grandsons refused to meet the condition of the Guinness team for the aged woman to take off her head scarf and appear on TV.
Maryam's family members said that their grandmother who has performed the Haj (Pilgrimage) five times in her life and performed Umrah ten times refused to commit a sinful act even for getting eternal with entering the Guinness World Records.
"There have been serious discussions about Maryam entering the Guinness World Records breaking the record of the French Jeanne Louise Calment who lived 122 and a half years. A team of the Guinness team visited Maryam and her family last March to this end", said Mahdi Helmi Ammash, a grandson of Maryam in an interview with Gulf News.
"Armed with official documents including her birth certificate, identity card and other documents, we will not give up our grandmother's right to enter the Guinness World Records for the longest human lifespan even after her death," he said.
Maryam died last Saturday after she lived for 124 years and scores of people from around the world are attending her ongoing condolence session held in her home village of Jisr Al Zarqa'a, near Haifa of the 1948 areas.
Maryam who held a Turkish birth certificate and an identity card which clearly stated that the woman was born in 1888, became undoubtedly the oldest woman in the world.
"This fact is beyond doubt and that all officials who paid visits to my grandmother have confirmed it and this is documented with the family", said Mahdi.
Maryam had ten children, the youngest of whom died a long while ago. With four sons and five daughters who survived, she had hundreds of descendants, estimated at 600.
"Maryam's grandsons were grandfathers when she died as the grandmother of four generations," he said.
"Maryam's relationship with her children, grandchildren and their children and grandchildren was astonishing, knowing them one by one and following their lives in details," he said.
"The wise Maryam, despite her old age, was the spiritual leader to all her family members who trusted her views and followed them almost blindly," he stressed.
The woman was known in her village to be totally focused and balanced and she acted as a paediatrician who provided medical treatment for the newly born and infants.
"We keep instruments which Maryam carefully kept since the Turkish rule in Palestine to treat the little ones", he said, adding that visitors from around the 1948 areas visited Maryam seeking treatment which she provided for free.
The aged Maryam was an active woman despite her years and known to be a social entity who visited people on all their occasions.
When a representative of the Guinness told her that they can make her a well-known personality, she answered with a question - "And will that make me happy?"
Representative, with a little hesitation, replied that probably it would make happy her and her family.
She asked a second question:
"How old are you?" To which he replied - 43.
She smiled and said - "And most of all, you are not a Muslim ...?"
Surprised man asked why these issues may be of any importance and what she wanted to say?
To which Maryam replied.
- "You are old enough to distinguish between what is right and what is not. But you are not a Muslim. That means either you are too small to distinguish truth from delusion, or you are an imbecile. Because only a child or imbecile would believe that it will make him/her happy to be glorified among the same mortals like himself. When he risks being thrown into shame in the eyes of the Creator.
So what should I choose - the woman said - to be glorious amongst those themselves are inglorious or to be glorious amongst the lucky owners of the Contentment of the Creator, me, you, him and all those whom you represent"?
Guinness representative did not know what to say.
Maryam said:
- "Go away and grow up to start thinking if you do not have the answer. And I promise not to die until you get back - she joked at the end".
The most surprising fact was that the man embraced Islam in 7 months afterwards. And after another 4 months Maryam Hamdan Ammash died.
It is quite a mystery - why Guinness Book needed the old Muslim woman to remove her scarf ...?
Department of Monitoring
Kavkaz Center
124-year-old Palestinian Maryam Hamdan Ammash, her sons and grandsons refused to meet the condition of the Guinness team for the aged woman to take off her head scarf and appear on TV.
Maryam's family members said that their grandmother who has performed the Haj (Pilgrimage) five times in her life and performed Umrah ten times refused to commit a sinful act even for getting eternal with entering the Guinness World Records.
"There have been serious discussions about Maryam entering the Guinness World Records breaking the record of the French Jeanne Louise Calment who lived 122 and a half years. A team of the Guinness team visited Maryam and her family last March to this end", said Mahdi Helmi Ammash, a grandson of Maryam in an interview with Gulf News.
"Armed with official documents including her birth certificate, identity card and other documents, we will not give up our grandmother's right to enter the Guinness World Records for the longest human lifespan even after her death," he said.
Maryam died last Saturday after she lived for 124 years and scores of people from around the world are attending her ongoing condolence session held in her home village of Jisr Al Zarqa'a, near Haifa of the 1948 areas.
Maryam who held a Turkish birth certificate and an identity card which clearly stated that the woman was born in 1888, became undoubtedly the oldest woman in the world.
"This fact is beyond doubt and that all officials who paid visits to my grandmother have confirmed it and this is documented with the family", said Mahdi.
Maryam had ten children, the youngest of whom died a long while ago. With four sons and five daughters who survived, she had hundreds of descendants, estimated at 600.
"Maryam's grandsons were grandfathers when she died as the grandmother of four generations," he said.
"Maryam's relationship with her children, grandchildren and their children and grandchildren was astonishing, knowing them one by one and following their lives in details," he said.
"The wise Maryam, despite her old age, was the spiritual leader to all her family members who trusted her views and followed them almost blindly," he stressed.
The woman was known in her village to be totally focused and balanced and she acted as a paediatrician who provided medical treatment for the newly born and infants.
"We keep instruments which Maryam carefully kept since the Turkish rule in Palestine to treat the little ones", he said, adding that visitors from around the 1948 areas visited Maryam seeking treatment which she provided for free.
The aged Maryam was an active woman despite her years and known to be a social entity who visited people on all their occasions.
When a representative of the Guinness told her that they can make her a well-known personality, she answered with a question - "And will that make me happy?"
Representative, with a little hesitation, replied that probably it would make happy her and her family.
She asked a second question:
"How old are you?" To which he replied - 43.
She smiled and said - "And most of all, you are not a Muslim ...?"
Surprised man asked why these issues may be of any importance and what she wanted to say?
To which Maryam replied.
- "You are old enough to distinguish between what is right and what is not. But you are not a Muslim. That means either you are too small to distinguish truth from delusion, or you are an imbecile. Because only a child or imbecile would believe that it will make him/her happy to be glorified among the same mortals like himself. When he risks being thrown into shame in the eyes of the Creator.
So what should I choose - the woman said - to be glorious amongst those themselves are inglorious or to be glorious amongst the lucky owners of the Contentment of the Creator, me, you, him and all those whom you represent"?
Guinness representative did not know what to say.
Maryam said:
- "Go away and grow up to start thinking if you do not have the answer. And I promise not to die until you get back - she joked at the end".
The most surprising fact was that the man embraced Islam in 7 months afterwards. And after another 4 months Maryam Hamdan Ammash died.
It is quite a mystery - why Guinness Book needed the old Muslim woman to remove her scarf ...?
Department of Monitoring
Kavkaz Center
http://kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2013/02/03/17338.shtml
Are we Really this Foolish?
There lived in a town a very rich man, who was given every comfort and luxury by Allah. He had a servant who was slightly foolish. One day the rich man called him and presented him with a gift saying: “Keep this in a safe place until you find someone more foolish than yourself. When you do, give it to Him.”
The servant replied: “Very good, Sir!”
After some time, the rich man became very ill. Many doctors treated him but there was no sign of recovery. He finally lost hope and called for his servant and said to Him: “I am leaving now. If I have caused you any grief, please forgive me.”
Servant: “Sir, where are you going?”
Rich Man: “Where everyone has to go.”
Servant: “When wil you return?”
Rich Man: “I am going to a place from where there is no return.”
Servant: “I see…Have you made your preparations for your comfort there, sir?”
Rich Man: “No.”
Servant: “Sir, have you made arangements to safeguard yourself from heat and cold?”
Rich Man: “No.”
Servant: “What have you done about your food and drink, sir?”
RichMan: “Nothing.”
Hearing this, the servant laughed and said: “Sir, this is most surprising. In your temporary home, you have made all sorts of arrangements of joy and comfort; buildings and bungalows, gardens and parks, servants and maids, beautiful cars, shops, factories and all sorts of luxuries, but for your permanent home, you have made no preparations whatsoever.
Now tell me sir! Where will I find someone more foolish than you? Hence I am giving this gift to you.”
The moral of the story is that we should take time out and review frequently whether our actions are solely for the life of this world or for the eternal life in the hereafter.
The servant replied: “Very good, Sir!”
After some time, the rich man became very ill. Many doctors treated him but there was no sign of recovery. He finally lost hope and called for his servant and said to Him: “I am leaving now. If I have caused you any grief, please forgive me.”
Servant: “Sir, where are you going?”
Rich Man: “Where everyone has to go.”
Servant: “When wil you return?”
Rich Man: “I am going to a place from where there is no return.”
Servant: “I see…Have you made your preparations for your comfort there, sir?”
Rich Man: “No.”
Servant: “Sir, have you made arangements to safeguard yourself from heat and cold?”
Rich Man: “No.”
Servant: “What have you done about your food and drink, sir?”
RichMan: “Nothing.”
Hearing this, the servant laughed and said: “Sir, this is most surprising. In your temporary home, you have made all sorts of arrangements of joy and comfort; buildings and bungalows, gardens and parks, servants and maids, beautiful cars, shops, factories and all sorts of luxuries, but for your permanent home, you have made no preparations whatsoever.
Now tell me sir! Where will I find someone more foolish than you? Hence I am giving this gift to you.”
The moral of the story is that we should take time out and review frequently whether our actions are solely for the life of this world or for the eternal life in the hereafter.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Scientific Miracle or a Sign of God: The Sweet and the Salty Water
If you have ever looked at the view from an airplane window and marvelled at how two differently-coloured water bodies meet and yet stay separate, you need to see this video. The Quran mentioned the barrier between sweet and salty water 1400 years ago, but modern scientists have only recently discovered that truly, a barrier does indeed exist.
Modern Science has discovered that in the places where two different seas meet, there is a barrier between them. This barrier divides the two seas so that each sea has its own temperature, salinity, and density.
(Principles of Oceanography - Davis, pp. 92-93)
For example, Mediterranean sea water is warm, saline and less dense, compared to Atlantic ocean water. When Mediterranean sea water enters the Atlantic over the Gibraltar sill, it moves several hundred kilometers into the Atlantic at a depth of about 1,000 meters with its own warm, saline and less dense characteristics. The Mediterranean water stabilizes at this depth (Principles of Oceanography p. 93).
The Mediterranean sea water as it enters the Atlantic over the Gibraltar sill with its own warm, saline and less dense characteristics, because of the barrier that distinguishes between them. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius (C).
Even in depths (indicated here by darker colors) up to 1,400 meters and at distances ranging from a minus -100 to +2,500 meters, we find that both bodies of water maintain their individual temperatures and salinity.
Although there are large waves, strong currents, and tides in these seas, they do not mix or transgress this barrier.
The Holy Qur'an mentioned that there is a barrier between two seas that meet and that they do not transgress. God said:
{He has let free the two seas meeting to gather. There is a barrier between them. They do not transgress.} (Qur'an 55:19-20)
But when the Qur'an speaks about the divider between fresh and salt water, it mentions the existence of "a forbidding partition" with the barrier. God said in the Qur'an:
{He is the one who has let free the two bodies of flowing water, one sweet and palatable, and the other salty and bitter. And He has made between them a barrier and a forbidding partition.} (Qur'an 25:53)
One may ask, why did the Qur'an mention the partition when speaking about the divider between fresh and salt water, but did not mention it when speaking about the divider between the two seas?
Modern science has discovered that in estuaries, where fresh (sweet) and salt water meet, the situation is somewhat different from what is found in places where two seas meet. It has been discovered that what distinguishes fresh water from salt water in estuaries is a "pycnocline zone with a marked density discontinuity separating the two layers." (Oceanography p. 242)
This partition (zone of separation) has a different salinity from the fresh water and from the salt water (Oceanography p. 244 and Introductory Oceanography pp. 300-301)
This information has been discovered only recently using advanced equipment to measure temperature, salinity, density, oxygen dissolubility, etc. The human eye cannot see the difference between the two seas that meet, rather the two seas appear to us as one homogeneous sea. Likewise the human eye cannot see the division of water in estuaries into the three kinds: the fresh water, the salt water, the partition (zone of separation).
And which of the favours of your Lord will you deny?
Modern Science has discovered that in the places where two different seas meet, there is a barrier between them. This barrier divides the two seas so that each sea has its own temperature, salinity, and density.
(Principles of Oceanography - Davis, pp. 92-93)
For example, Mediterranean sea water is warm, saline and less dense, compared to Atlantic ocean water. When Mediterranean sea water enters the Atlantic over the Gibraltar sill, it moves several hundred kilometers into the Atlantic at a depth of about 1,000 meters with its own warm, saline and less dense characteristics. The Mediterranean water stabilizes at this depth (Principles of Oceanography p. 93).
The Mediterranean sea water as it enters the Atlantic over the Gibraltar sill with its own warm, saline and less dense characteristics, because of the barrier that distinguishes between them. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius (C).
Even in depths (indicated here by darker colors) up to 1,400 meters and at distances ranging from a minus -100 to +2,500 meters, we find that both bodies of water maintain their individual temperatures and salinity.
Although there are large waves, strong currents, and tides in these seas, they do not mix or transgress this barrier.
The Holy Qur'an mentioned that there is a barrier between two seas that meet and that they do not transgress. God said:
{He has let free the two seas meeting to gather. There is a barrier between them. They do not transgress.} (Qur'an 55:19-20)
But when the Qur'an speaks about the divider between fresh and salt water, it mentions the existence of "a forbidding partition" with the barrier. God said in the Qur'an:
{He is the one who has let free the two bodies of flowing water, one sweet and palatable, and the other salty and bitter. And He has made between them a barrier and a forbidding partition.} (Qur'an 25:53)
One may ask, why did the Qur'an mention the partition when speaking about the divider between fresh and salt water, but did not mention it when speaking about the divider between the two seas?
Modern science has discovered that in estuaries, where fresh (sweet) and salt water meet, the situation is somewhat different from what is found in places where two seas meet. It has been discovered that what distinguishes fresh water from salt water in estuaries is a "pycnocline zone with a marked density discontinuity separating the two layers." (Oceanography p. 242)
This partition (zone of separation) has a different salinity from the fresh water and from the salt water (Oceanography p. 244 and Introductory Oceanography pp. 300-301)
This information has been discovered only recently using advanced equipment to measure temperature, salinity, density, oxygen dissolubility, etc. The human eye cannot see the difference between the two seas that meet, rather the two seas appear to us as one homogeneous sea. Likewise the human eye cannot see the division of water in estuaries into the three kinds: the fresh water, the salt water, the partition (zone of separation).
And which of the favours of your Lord will you deny?
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
A Difficult Life?
Assalamualaikum,
A few days ago, my local newspaper ran a column by a popular author promoting his new book. The book was mainly about why God can not exist. Because if He did, people would not suffer. The author wrote how his son was born handicapped, and this experience made him come to the conclusion that there is no God.
Astaghfirullah. (May Allah forgive us.)
This is the most common argument we'll hear atheists say: "If God is all-Loving, why does He not prevent atrocities in the world?","How can people be poor and hungry, and so many wars take place, and God just calmly watches?" In other words, they conclude that Difficulties = No God.
Is that a rational argument? Is God just some Cure-All for all our sufferings and worries?
One of the greatest attributes of Allah is Wisdom. One of His names is "Al-Hakeem", or The Most Wise. This means that whatever Allah creates, He creates for a reason, and nothing is created in vain. Allah says to us in the Quran:
“Did you think that We had created you in play (without any purpose), and that you would not be brought back to Us?”
So Exalted be Allaah, the True King: Laa ilaaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the Lord of the Supreme Throne!” [Al-Mu'minoon 23: 115, 116]
And I (Allaah) created not the jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me (Alone)” [al-Dhaariyaat 51:56]
So if we all exist to only serve one purpose, ie. to worship God and to obey His Will, do we have any right to complain when punishments happen to us as a result of us falling short of that command? We've been given the perfect way to live our lives - on a personal level, familial level, societal level and universal level. There is no aspect of our life which God has not given us instructions for. We have things laid out for us straight - what to follow, and what to avoid. All we have to do is listen to the rules, obey them, not stray out of line or be out of bounds. That's it. I know its easier said than done, but when we as mere petty humans stray from what we're supposed to be doing, bad things may happen to us. In brief, punishments happen because:
1. We deserve it because of our sins.
2. God is testing our faith. Like a diamond roughed out and polished from coal, trials have the potential to bring out the best in us, and bring us to our highest nature.
3. A blessing may be hidden in a calamity. We just don't know since God works in miraculous ways, and it may be that we like a thing which is bad for us, or we dislike a thing which is good for us. Usually something good always comes out of a calamity - we just don't see it.
Strangely enough, people see punishments as just that - punishments. Something bad, something we don't like, something we need to get away from. Psychologists, on the other hand, term punishments as 'negative reinforcements.' But we only see the negative side of what befalls us. And we fail to realize that this is just another form of discipline from God, a reinforcement; that we're supposed to reflect, learn from our mistakes, and correct our behaviour so as not to have the same thing happen to us again.
Doesn't a parent use punishments to control the behaviour of a child, save him or her from harm, teach him to only follow certain behaviour whilst avoiding things which may be harmful to them? Doesn't a classroom teacher punish students to teach them proper discipline and the value of hard work? Would it make sense if I'm sitting in a classroom, and the teacher is scolding me because I didn't do my homework, but I just say there isn't a teacher there? People would say that's nonsensical! And yet, people deny God's existence for the same reasons. I mean, rewarding good behaviour and punishing bad behaviour is such an essential fundamental to learning. Even the overly commercialized Santa Claus, a mere fairytale portrayed as a generous, kind hearted guy brings presents to the good and a lump of coal to the naughty kids, right?
So why is it then, that when God uses punishments to discipline human beings and tries to bring us back to the right path, we turn our back on Him and negate His existence? Shouldn't the same rules apply?
God's attribute of being All-Loving does not mean He lets human beings run amok without any form of discipline, letting them eat, drink and be merry without a care in the world. That is not love, its irresponsibility - and thankfully, God is not irresponsible!
This is God we are talking about. God, the Most High, the One who created us out of nothing wants to let us reflect on our life's priorities, and to humble ourselves before Him. He wants what is best for us. He doesn't need us or our worship in the slightest. And yet, we need Him. We need Him every second of our lifetime. And even if it takes a punishment for us to fumble and find the straight path again, to earn His Pleasure, is it really that bad? Maybe we deserved it; maybe it's a trial to test our strength and our faith; or maybe we just can't see the good in it. But a punishment does not, in the slightest, mean that God does not exist - because only the Most Caring would put us through hardships for our own sakes.
Does it still make sense to say that just because bad things happen in the world, there is no God?
A few days ago, my local newspaper ran a column by a popular author promoting his new book. The book was mainly about why God can not exist. Because if He did, people would not suffer. The author wrote how his son was born handicapped, and this experience made him come to the conclusion that there is no God.
Astaghfirullah. (May Allah forgive us.)
This is the most common argument we'll hear atheists say: "If God is all-Loving, why does He not prevent atrocities in the world?","How can people be poor and hungry, and so many wars take place, and God just calmly watches?" In other words, they conclude that Difficulties = No God.
Is that a rational argument? Is God just some Cure-All for all our sufferings and worries?
One of the greatest attributes of Allah is Wisdom. One of His names is "Al-Hakeem", or The Most Wise. This means that whatever Allah creates, He creates for a reason, and nothing is created in vain. Allah says to us in the Quran:
“Did you think that We had created you in play (without any purpose), and that you would not be brought back to Us?”
So Exalted be Allaah, the True King: Laa ilaaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the Lord of the Supreme Throne!” [Al-Mu'minoon 23: 115, 116]
And I (Allaah) created not the jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me (Alone)” [al-Dhaariyaat 51:56]
So if we all exist to only serve one purpose, ie. to worship God and to obey His Will, do we have any right to complain when punishments happen to us as a result of us falling short of that command? We've been given the perfect way to live our lives - on a personal level, familial level, societal level and universal level. There is no aspect of our life which God has not given us instructions for. We have things laid out for us straight - what to follow, and what to avoid. All we have to do is listen to the rules, obey them, not stray out of line or be out of bounds. That's it. I know its easier said than done, but when we as mere petty humans stray from what we're supposed to be doing, bad things may happen to us. In brief, punishments happen because:
1. We deserve it because of our sins.
2. God is testing our faith. Like a diamond roughed out and polished from coal, trials have the potential to bring out the best in us, and bring us to our highest nature.
3. A blessing may be hidden in a calamity. We just don't know since God works in miraculous ways, and it may be that we like a thing which is bad for us, or we dislike a thing which is good for us. Usually something good always comes out of a calamity - we just don't see it.
Strangely enough, people see punishments as just that - punishments. Something bad, something we don't like, something we need to get away from. Psychologists, on the other hand, term punishments as 'negative reinforcements.' But we only see the negative side of what befalls us. And we fail to realize that this is just another form of discipline from God, a reinforcement; that we're supposed to reflect, learn from our mistakes, and correct our behaviour so as not to have the same thing happen to us again.
Doesn't a parent use punishments to control the behaviour of a child, save him or her from harm, teach him to only follow certain behaviour whilst avoiding things which may be harmful to them? Doesn't a classroom teacher punish students to teach them proper discipline and the value of hard work? Would it make sense if I'm sitting in a classroom, and the teacher is scolding me because I didn't do my homework, but I just say there isn't a teacher there? People would say that's nonsensical! And yet, people deny God's existence for the same reasons. I mean, rewarding good behaviour and punishing bad behaviour is such an essential fundamental to learning. Even the overly commercialized Santa Claus, a mere fairytale portrayed as a generous, kind hearted guy brings presents to the good and a lump of coal to the naughty kids, right?
So why is it then, that when God uses punishments to discipline human beings and tries to bring us back to the right path, we turn our back on Him and negate His existence? Shouldn't the same rules apply?
God's attribute of being All-Loving does not mean He lets human beings run amok without any form of discipline, letting them eat, drink and be merry without a care in the world. That is not love, its irresponsibility - and thankfully, God is not irresponsible!
This is God we are talking about. God, the Most High, the One who created us out of nothing wants to let us reflect on our life's priorities, and to humble ourselves before Him. He wants what is best for us. He doesn't need us or our worship in the slightest. And yet, we need Him. We need Him every second of our lifetime. And even if it takes a punishment for us to fumble and find the straight path again, to earn His Pleasure, is it really that bad? Maybe we deserved it; maybe it's a trial to test our strength and our faith; or maybe we just can't see the good in it. But a punishment does not, in the slightest, mean that God does not exist - because only the Most Caring would put us through hardships for our own sakes.
Does it still make sense to say that just because bad things happen in the world, there is no God?
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Ramadan Kareem
Assalamualaikum,
I want to wish everyone who stumbles upon my blog a blessed Ramadan. May Allah's blessings shower upon us. Ameen. May He forgive us our sins and accept our prayers, worship and fasts. Ameen. May He help all those who need help all over the world, and may He correct all our affairs, increase us in faith and guide us on the right path. Ameen.
Officially, fasting starts on Tuesday for me, but I already am feeling the Ramadan spirit!
I want to wish everyone who stumbles upon my blog a blessed Ramadan. May Allah's blessings shower upon us. Ameen. May He forgive us our sins and accept our prayers, worship and fasts. Ameen. May He help all those who need help all over the world, and may He correct all our affairs, increase us in faith and guide us on the right path. Ameen.
Officially, fasting starts on Tuesday for me, but I already am feeling the Ramadan spirit!
Friday, July 15, 2011
The Best Thing About Islam?
Assalamualaikum, how is everyone today?
Here are a few things which muslims say is the best thing about their religion:
* The perfection in defining how to live life
* The beauty of the Quran and its teachings
* It gives humankind a bond of brotherhood and unity, no matter what their race or color, our religion gives us a common ground
* How it all makes perfect sense
* It brings out the "Human Being" out of a man or a woman
* Waking up early morning at dawn and praying the morning prayer freshens and energizes our mind, and prepares us for the day ahead. It assures we have a good day, day after day, since our heart and mind start off with a good mood
* It is so simple to practice, and rids you of confusion
* It's the only Truth in a world full of Lies. We are the light in the darkness
* Our religion tells us exactly how to live regarding every single facet of our lives. Can anyone come up with a better way to live?
* Islam not only teaches us *What* we must do to attain a perfect life, but *How* to do it. It not only preaches good things, but it actually tells us how to achieve that state of goodness. By the example of our Prophet Muhammad (May peace be upon him), it has been practically demonstrated to us how to achieve that state. For example, others may say 'help the poor' but they fail to state how to help, how much to give, and what happens if we don't. But Islam goes ahead and tells us not only to help, but exactly how to go about doing it - it puts the duty of zakat (charity) on every Muslim who has wealth above a certain level, tells us to pay an exact 2.5% of that wealth to the poor, describes the rights/obligations, categorizes the people who are to receive that charity, and even tells us the consequences of not paying this money. It is the only solution to poverty. And this is just one solution to society's problems. Islam is chalkfull of examples of how to lead the perfect life.
* It gives your life a purpose, and a direction
Here are a few things which muslims say is the best thing about their religion:
* The perfection in defining how to live life
* The beauty of the Quran and its teachings
* It gives humankind a bond of brotherhood and unity, no matter what their race or color, our religion gives us a common ground
* How it all makes perfect sense
* It brings out the "Human Being" out of a man or a woman
* Waking up early morning at dawn and praying the morning prayer freshens and energizes our mind, and prepares us for the day ahead. It assures we have a good day, day after day, since our heart and mind start off with a good mood
* It is so simple to practice, and rids you of confusion
* It's the only Truth in a world full of Lies. We are the light in the darkness
* Our religion tells us exactly how to live regarding every single facet of our lives. Can anyone come up with a better way to live?
* Islam not only teaches us *What* we must do to attain a perfect life, but *How* to do it. It not only preaches good things, but it actually tells us how to achieve that state of goodness. By the example of our Prophet Muhammad (May peace be upon him), it has been practically demonstrated to us how to achieve that state. For example, others may say 'help the poor' but they fail to state how to help, how much to give, and what happens if we don't. But Islam goes ahead and tells us not only to help, but exactly how to go about doing it - it puts the duty of zakat (charity) on every Muslim who has wealth above a certain level, tells us to pay an exact 2.5% of that wealth to the poor, describes the rights/obligations, categorizes the people who are to receive that charity, and even tells us the consequences of not paying this money. It is the only solution to poverty. And this is just one solution to society's problems. Islam is chalkfull of examples of how to lead the perfect life.
* It gives your life a purpose, and a direction
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