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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Introduction of Islam


Introduction of Islam

The name of this religion is Islam, the root of which is Silm and Salam which means peace. Salam may also mean greeting one another with peace. One of the beautiful names of God is that He is the Peace. It means more than that: submission to the One God, and to live in peace with the Creator, within one's self, with other people and with the environment. Thus, Islam is a total system of living. A Muslim is supposed to live in peace and harmony with all these segments; hence, a Muslim is any person anywhere in the world whose obedience, allegiance, and loyalty are to God, the Lord of the Universe. Islam is one of the greatest religions which was the second religon in the world. Islam means peace. It believe that there is no god but Allah (the loard). Every muslim who has right believe of god pray 5 times in a day.The prophet mohammed suffered for this religon. He did above his power to get this religon for coaraishes in maccah. At first, no one beleived him exception Abu Bekar and some poor men, but then he opened Maccah, and also all quraishes (families in maccah) came into islam.After the death of mohammed,the friends of prophet continue the way which mohammed follow it, and then they opened the world.


ALLAH THE ONE AND THE ONLY GOD

Allah is the name of the One and Only God. Allah has ninety-nine beautiful names, such as: The Gracious, The Merciful, The Beneficent, The Creator, The All-Knowing, The All-Wise, The Lord of the Universe, The First, The Last, and others.He is the Creator of all human beings. He is the God for the Christians, the Jews, the Muslims, the Buddhists, the Hindus, the atheists, and others. Muslims worship God whose name is Allah. They put their trust in Him and they seek His help and His guidance. God has given human beings a choice between good and evil and to seek God’s pleasure through faith, prayer and charity. Islam believes that God created mankind in His image and by imbuing the attributes of God on a human level mankind can attain His nearness. Islam’s main message is to worship God and to treat all God’s creation with kindness and compassionThe prime message of Islam is the Unity of God, that the Creator of the world is One and He alone is worthy of worship and that Muhammad (peace and blessings on him) is His Messenger and Servant.


MUHAMMAD (P.B.U.H)


Muhammad was chosen by God to deliver His Message of Peace, namely Islam. He was born in 570 C.E. (Common Era) in Makkah, Arabia. He was entrusted with the Message of Islam when he was at the age of forty years. The revelation that he received is called the Qur'an, while the message is called Islam.Muhammad is the very last Prophet of God to mankind. He is the final Messenger of God. His message was and is still to the Christians, the Jews and the rest of mankind. He was sent to those religious people to inform them about the true mission of Jesus, Moses, Jacob, Isaac, and Abraham.Muhammad is considered to be the summation and the culmination of all the prophets and messengers that came before him. He purified the previous messages from adulteration and completed the Message of God for all humanity. He was entrusted with the power of explaining, interpreting and living the teaching of the Qur'an.


The Life Of The Prophet Mohammed

Mohammed was born in 570 into the commericial society. He was born after the death of his father. After many years of his birth day, his mother died. He lived with his grandfather (Abdulmotalib). when he was born, his grandfather took him and put him on the alkaba (where the muslims face their faces for it to pray), and then his grandfather surounded Alkaba to thanke the loard for this gift. His grandfather got him a special name which was Mohmmed. It means the thank of god.After many years, his grandfather dead. His uncle (Abutalib) took his response. He grew up with his cousines and he was loved from his family and korish. He was faithfull and honest, so every one in Maccah trasted him. For that, they put their valiable things with him.when he reaced 40 years old, he married a rich widow. Her name was Kadijah. She was a business woman. She asked him to marry her because he was faithfill with her working. She was the first person who believe his massage.Muhammad was forty years old, and it was the fifth consecutive year since his annual retreats, when one night towards the end of the month of Ramadan, an angel came to visit him, and announced that God had chosen him as His messenger to all mankind. The angel taught him the mode of ablutions, the way of worshipping God and the conduct of prayer. He communicated to him the following Divine message:With the name of God, the Most Merciful, the All-Merciful.Read: with the name of thy Lord Who created, Created man from what clings, Read: and thy Lord is the Most Bounteous,Read:and thy Lord is the most Bounteous,Who taught by the pen,Taught man what knew not,(Quran 96:1-5).


The Starting Of Islam
When the prophet Mohammed practiced piety in Al heira corrie, Gabriel came to him and said "read". he said "I am not reader" (That means that he was uneducated). The Gabriel said again "read" and Mohammed said "I am not reader". In third time, Gabriel emobosomed him and said "read in the name of your Lord Who created, he created man from a clot, read and your Lord is Most Honorable, who taught (to write) with the pen, taught man what he knew not.After that, he went back to home with alot of stress and told his wife (khadijah) to cover him. His wife covered him by a blanket. Then he went in the deep of sleep. Gabriel came back to him, when he slept and said "you who are clothed!Arise and warn, and your Lord do magnify." Mohammed woke up and told his wife about what happened. His wife went to somebody who believed the massages of the last massangers from God, and told him about what happend to Mohammed. He said to her "your hussband will be a prophet from Allah (God) and I am witness for that because the word told that in the end of the world will be a man who is name Ahmad". Ahmad is another name of Mohammed.The Prophet Mohammed started his work in secret. He worked on his family and neighbors at first. AbuBeker was the first man who believed Mohammed and Ali was the first boy who believed Mohammed. After one day of AbuBeker's islam, AbuBeker gave ten men to Mohammed to be muslims.


MUSLIMS AND ARABS


The followers of Islam are called Muslims. Muslims are not to be confused with Arabs. Muslims may be Arabs, Turks, Persians, Indians, Pakistanis, Malaysians, Indonesians, Europeans, Africans, Americans, Chinese, or other nationalities. An Arab could be a Muslim, a Christian, a Jew or an atheist. Any person who adopts the Arabic language is called an Arab. However, the language of the Qur'an (the Holy Book of Islam) is Arabic. Muslims all over the world try to learn Arabic so that they may be able to read the Qur'an and understand its meaning. They pray in the language of the Qur'an, namely Arabic. Supplications to God could be in any language.While there are one billion Muslims in the world there are about 200 million Arabs. Among them, approximately ten percent are not Muslims. Thus Arab Muslims constitute only about twenty percent of the Muslim population of the world.


SOURCE OF ISLAM

The legal sources of Islam are the Qur'an and the Hadith. The Qur'an is the exact word of God; its authenticity, originality and totality are intact. The Hadith is the report of the sayings, deeds and approvals of the Prophet Muhammad. The Prophet's sayings and deeds are called Sunnah. The Seerah is the writings of followers of Muhammad about the life of the Prophet. Hence, it is the life history of the Prophet Muhammad which provides examples of daily living for Muslims.

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SOME ISLAMIC PRINCIPLES
A. Oneness of God:
He is One and the Only One. He is not two in one or three in one. This means that Islam rejects the idea of trinity or such a unity of God which implies more than one God in one.
B. Oneness of mankind:
People are created equal in front of the Law of God. There is no superiority for one race over another. God made us of different colors, nationalities, languages and beliefs so as to test who is going to be better than others. No one can claim that he is better than others. It is only God Who knows who is better. It depends on piety and righteousness.
C. Oneness of Messengers and the Message:
Muslims believe that God sent different messengers throughout the history of mankind. All came with the same message and the same teachings. It was the people who misunderstood and misinterpreted them. Muslims believe in Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Ismail, Jacob, Moses, David, Jesus, and Muhammad. The Prophets of Christianity and Judaism are indeed the Prophets of Islam.
D. Angels and the Day of Judgment:
Muslims believe that there are unseen creatures such as angels created by God in the universe for special missions.Muslims believe that there is a Day of Judgment when all people of the world throughout the history of mankind till the last day of life on earth, are to be brought for accounting, reward and punishment.
E. Innocence of Man at Birth:
Muslim believe that people are born free of sin. It is only after they reach the age of puberty and it is only after they commit sins that they are to be charged for their mistakes. No one is responsible for or can take the responsibility for the sins of others. However, the door of forgiveness through true repentance is always open.
F. State and Religion:
Muslims believe that Islam is a total and a complete way of life. It encompasses all aspects of life. As such, the teachings of Islam do not separate religion from politics. As a matter of fact, state and religion are under the obedience of Allah through the teachings of Islam. Hence, economic and social transactions, as well as educational and political systems are also part of the teachings of Islam.


PRACTICES OF ISLAM

God instructed the Muslims to practice what they believe in. In Islam there are five pillars, namely:

Creed (Shahada): The verbal commitment and pledge that there is only One God and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God, is considered to be the Creed of Islam.
Prayers (Salat): The performance of the five daily prayers is required of Muslims.
Fasting (Saum): Fasting is total abstinence from food, liquids and intimate intercourse (between married couples) from dawn to sunset during the entire month of Ramadan.
Purifying Tax (Zakat): This is an annual payment of a certain percentage of a Muslim's property which is distributed among the poor or other rightful beneficiaries.
Pilgrimage (Hajj): The performance of pilgrimage to Makkah is required once in a life time if means are available. Hajj is in part in memory of the trials and tribulations of Prophet Abraham, his wife Hagar and his eldest son Prophet Ishmael.

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