Learning of Islam: Hazrat Mohammad(PBUH)

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Concept of Brotherhood in Islam

12:31 AM Mohammad

Many of today's problems derive from the fact that the world in which we live is rapidly becoming one world. With modern technology, communication and transport, mankind is no longer isolated from each other; instead mankind out of necessity must learn to live close together in intimate contact with each other. In other words, they must become a true brotherhood. This requires many adjustments. First of all mankind needs some sort of rules of conduct to help them interact with each other. Since all mankind desires peace, then the only real way to achieve that is through religion. Religion is not the cause of many of today's problems; it is the misuse of religion.

What is Religion?
Religion is a divine system of beliefs, acts of worship, and rules of conduct to enable human beings to achieve nearness to Allah and to lead a peaceful life.

But a faith, if it is to fulfil man's needs of today, must, therefore, transcend tribal, national, racial and cultural limits, and must speak to men at a universal level; This is achieved by Islam. The Holy Quran opens with the verse:-

All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of all the worlds. (Ch. 1: verse2)
This presents the reader with a unified concept of humanity and of the universe. The message of Islam is not confined to any section of mankind; instead it embraces the whole of mankind and the entire universe. As the Holy Quran relates“

Say; 'O mankind! truly 1 am a Messenger to you all from Allah to Whom belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth. There is no God, but He. He gives life and He causes death...” (Ch. 7: verse159)

The advent of the Holy Prophet (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is described in the Holy Quran as:“ a mercy for all peoples.(Ch. 21: verse108)Furthermore, Islam proclaims to be for the universal brotherhood of man.

"And hold fast, all together, by the rope of Allah and be not divided; and remember the favour of Allah which He bestowed upon you when you were enemies and He united your hearts in love, so that by His grace you became as brothers; and you were on the brink of a pit off re and He saved you from it. Thus does Allah explain to you His commandments that you may be guided."” (Ch. 3: verse 104)

Islam recognises mankind's diversity of colour, race, language etc. The Holy Quran relates:

“And among His signs are the creation of the heavens and earth, and the diversity of your tongues and colours. In that surely are Signs for those who possess knowledge.”(Ch. 30: verse 23)

But it proclaims that the standard that we should judge one another, should be that same standard that God judges us by; not by the position, wealth or colour but by the purity and righteousness of a person's life. The Holy Quran relates:

"O, mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognise one another. Verily, the most honorable among you, in the sight of Allah, is he who is most righteous among you Surely Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware."(Ch 49:14)

Islam makes no distinction or privilege, whether pertaining to colour, race or caste or derived from family, rank, or wealth. Instead it makes all mankind one great brotherhood, and exhorts all of us to seek and win the pleasure of God through the righteousness and beneficence of our conduct towards each other.

This has been nicely explained by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community who has stated:

The mission for which I have been appointed is to remove that growing gap in the relationship between God and His creation and replace it once again with the relationship of love and sincerity; and by allowing the truth to manifest itself, cause religious wars and discord to end and thus lay the foundations for peace; and disclose such religious truths as had become hidden from the eyes of the world; and display an example of that spirituality that had become buried under the darkness of the pleasures of the self; and by my condition rather than by word of mouth, I should tell and explain God's powers that enter man and re-emerge as meditation or prayer” (Lecture Lahore, Page 47)

Therefore the only real answer to resolve many of today's problems is to have one universal religion for all mankind and Islam claims to be that religion. Through following the teachings of Islam it will enable man to recognise his God and be able to interact with God's creation and thus find the peace that he desires.

I really Hate You

5:59 AM Mohammad

No one likes to hear those words. We have all experienced those very sad days when we hear that someone who we thought was close to us and loved us actually dislikes us. Or the day that we find out that someone has been saying hurtful things behind our back. The reality is that this is how mankind is: very unpredictable. One day someone may love you and the next they may hate you.

So how does a Muslim find contentment with all this unpredictability? The answer is very simple

The only thing that we truly need to fret about is whether or not Allah loves us. If our relationship with Allah is great, we will easily realize that it really doesn't matter whether an individual loves us (or likes us) or not.
And the great thing about seeking Allah's love is that if Allah loves us, then people will automatically love us. Consider this:

The Prophet (salallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said: "When Allah loves a slave, He calls [the angel] Jibril and says: `I love so-and-so; so love him.' And then Jibril loves him. Then he (Jibril) announces in the heavens saying: Allah loves so-and-so; so love him; and the inhabitants of the heavens also love him; and then people on earth also love him..."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

So, seek Allah's love and you will find that you will not have to seek the love or praise of anyone else. And that, my brothers and sisters, is how we find contentment and tranquility in this life of ours :)

HARDSHIPS BENEFIT THE BELIEVER

10:24 AM Mohammad

Allah has decreed that, in this life, hardships and disasters strike both believers and non-believers. For a non-believer, they are inconveniences that hinder him from proceeding with his normal involvement in the worldly life. For a believer, on the other hand, they are instances of rest and remembrance, tests that promise great rewards, and indications of atonement and expiation of sins. Regardless of how little is the harm that strikes a believer, it carries with it good news of forgiveness and elevated rank (in Jan-nah). The Righteous Predecessors used to be pleased when a hardship afflicted them, seeing it as a token of Allah’s forgiveness and benevolence.

The Ten Ways to Expiate Your Sins

6:53 AM Mohammad

If a believer falls into sin, it’s punishment would be repelled from him in ten ways:

1. He repents and therefore Allah would accept his repentance. The one who repents from a sin is as the one who hasn’t sinned.

2. He asks for forgiveness and he would therefore be forgiven.

3. He performs acts of righteousness that would erase his sins, for indeed righteous actions erase sins.

4. His brothers supplicate for him; that his sins be forgiven - while he is alive and after his death.

5. His brothers gift the reward of their actions to him so that Allah may benefit it him through them [Translator’s note: Not all actions can be gifted as reward, only those that were specified by the Qur'an and Sunnah].

6. That his Prophet Muhammad - صلى الله عليه وسلم - intercedes for him.

7. That Allah puts him through trials in the life of this world that would expiate his sins.

8. That Allah puts him through trials in the Barzakh and the Sa’iqah that would expiate his sins.

9. That Allah puts him through the trials of the Day of Resurrection and its horrors, that which would expiate his sins.

10. Or that the Most Merciful of the merciful has mercy over him.

Whoever lets these ten pass him by, then let him blame no one but himself, as Allaah the Elevated said in a Hadeeth that was narrated by His Messenger:

“O My servants, they are only your own deeds, I take them into account for you, and then give (their reward or punishment) back to you. So whoever finds good then let him praise Allah. And whoever finds other than that then let him blame no one but himself.”

Christian accepts Islam after Challenging a question to Dr. Zakir Naik Video

6:43 AM Mohammad

Christian accepts Islam after posing a question to Dr. Zakir Naik. Young, brave and confident Christian from the audience in Toronto challenges Dr. Zakir Naik on the divinity of Jesus (pbuh). By the end of Dr. Zakir Naik's answer, brother Patrick becomes convinced, accepts Jesus and Muhammad (peace be upon them both) as messengers of Allah (God in English) and embraces Islam. May Allah bless him and keep him steadfast, ameen. Amazing Shahadah with Zakir Naik during Q&A at Journey of Faith

The time has now come for you to use your reason and ask yourself: How could Christ ("God"!) be in the womb of a created woman? Is the mother of this "God" (!) -- the Virgin Mary -- a creator or a created being? Who was crucified on the cross in the light of this belief that the divine was not separated from the human; was the divine crucified with him or did it leave him at the time of the crucifixion? Was the Lord God unable to find a way to forgive the sins of mankind except this repugnant way in which His only son was killed?

Does God want to show mercy to mankind and for that reason He punished His son?!

The time has come to think about the idolatrous ideas that Paul introduced to this religion, as he introduced the idea that Christ was created from the divine, after the Christians had been unanimously agreed that he was a created being, a slave or servant of God. Who is Christ according to the Christians? Is he the Lord or the son of the Lord or the third of three? The time has come to think about the belief in Trinity which is contrary to sound human nature and common sense.

The time has come to think about the contradictions in the attitude towards the cross; instead of burning every cross and treating it in a disrespectful manner because it was on something like this that the Lord or the son of the Lord was crucified -- God forbid -- as the Christians claim, we see them venerating it and regarding it as holy and worshipping it. The time has come to think about the embarrassing differences between the Gospels, from which there is no way out except to admit that they have been tampered with and the wording and meaning has been distorted.

Wealth , love and success

10:21 AM Mohammad

A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said "I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat."

"Is the man of the house home?", they asked.

"No", she replied. "He's out."

"Then we cannot come in", they replied.

In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened.

"Go tell them I am home and invite them in!"

The woman went out and invited the men in.

"We do not go into a House together," they replied.

"Why is that?" she asked.

One of the old men explained: "His name is Wealth," he said pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one, "He is Success, and I am Love." Then he added, "Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home?"

The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed. "How nice!", he said. "Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!"

His wife disagreed. "My dear, why don't we invite Success?"

Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion: "Would it not be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!"

"Let us heed our daughter-in-law's advice," said the husband to his wife.

"Go out and invite Love to be our guest."

The woman went out and asked the three old men, "Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest."

Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other two old men also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: "I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?"

The old men replied together: "If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would've stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever He goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!!!"

What does Islam mean?

10:05 AM Mohammad

The Arabic word 'Islam' simply means 'submission', and derives from a word meaning 'Peace'. In a religious context it means complete submission to the will of God. 'Mohammedanism' is thus a misnomer because it suggests that Muslims worship Muhammad (SAW) rather than God. 'Allah' is the Arabic name for God, which is used by Arab Muslims and Christians alike.

What is Islam?

9:50 AM Mohammad

Islam is not a new religion, but the same truth that God revealed through all His prophets to every people. For a fifth of the world's population, Islam is both a religion and a complete way of life. Muslims follow a religion of peace, mercy, and forgiveness, and the majority have nothing to do with the extremely grave events which have come to be associated with their faith.

Why Islam Chose Me? A Short true story of an american converted Girl

6:14 AM Mohammad

Some of you ask me about my reversion to Islam , so I am sitting down and writing my story..with the new year here..now is a good time to share what changed my life. I say Islam chose me because it came to me. As you read my story you will see why I say this.

I was born and raised in North Carolina. Not from a rich family or prestigious family…just a normal everyday dysfunctional family. Through my years in my life I have searched for my place with God..never really knowing where I fit. I have been Christian for the most part..then there were the years of Paganism….13 years I was a practicing wiccan. I won’t bore you with all details of my life but rather I will get to the point.

As many of you know…the economy here in the US is not great so finding work is hard. Back in 2007 I had my first stroke. Yes, I am diabetic and really didn’t take care of my health..so in 2007 I got my first wake up call…sad I didn’t listen to it. I was working at that time and studying in school..Needless to say due to the stroke I lost my job, most of my memory and my life changed. Still I didn’t think about “God”. I just moved on with my life…restoring my reading and writing skills and struggling in school. I did find another job and just went on with my daily life. This job was not a great job so I wasn’t happy there. I had a good friend who lived in Tennessee and he said come on up here and get a job, there are lots of jobs here. So, I went. Moved in with him and his husband..yes I said husband. Still practicing my wicca and believing, for me, that I was on the right path. I don’t speak bad of anyone’s religious path but this was not the way for me.

Well, I continued my life, partying, raising hell, drinking and drugs. Yes, I said drinking and drugs. I had a great job, nice car, good friends (so I thought) a nice place to live…money in my pocket. Of course you know when you are “riding high” something, sooner or later, will bring you down. My time was coming but I didn’t see it. Well, things started falling apart. Due to reasons I won’t mention I had a huge fight with my mom and dad and cut ALL contact with them. Stupid me huh? As time passed my friends showed their true faces, as we all know sometimes this happens. I was kicked out of my friend’s house to be on my own. Nice friend huh? Soooo, I’m in Tennessee with no one, no family and knew very few people there. Tennessee is about 9 hours away from my home state of North Carolina..when you are alone..that seems like a billion miles. Spent a few nights sleeping very little in my car..but was still working. I took what money I had saved and moved into a motel. It was not a good time for me. Realizing for the first time in my life, that I was totally alone……so I thought.

I wasn’t sleeping or eating and my diabetes was taking a toll on me but I didn’t care. I had lost everything so why keep living. Those were dark days for me. One night, I remembered that I had a Quran. I bought it months before this time because I was going to read about Islam and see what this religion was all about. I had looked in many places so I thought, I’ll see what this is too. It was on a Friday night and there were no parties to go to so why not…read the Quran. I don’t know why something said to me…..read….read…..read…but for once I listened. I started reading and reading and reading…next thing I knew it was Saturday afternoon. I went to sleep with the Quran in my hand. That was the best sleep ever for me. Well, as you know, Saturday night was approaching so surely there was a party somewhere…and I was gonna be the first one there. But this time, it was different. I felt out of place and wasn’t having a good time. So I went back to my room. There is was, the Quran saying…..hello…remember me?????? Again I began to read. Woke up again Sunday morning with the Quran in my hand. I said, man, there is something to this Islam thing. For the next few weeks I moved, got myself together BUT put that Quran away. Bad idea.

One day at work…here we go..I knew what was happening to me….another stroke. Was rushed to the hospital…but remember…I was alone. So I’m laying there..with IV’s everywhere, surrounded by people I didn’t know and thinking to myself……WAKE UP!!!!!!!!! I spent 2 days in the hospital…..alone. I didn’t remember much about the time right after the stroke..BUT I COULD recall all the things I had read in the Quran. I thought, why can I remember this and nothing else???????? Islam was choosing me. ALLAH was calling. When I was released from the hospital…I went back to my place and looked for my Quran right away. I began to read…funny after a stroke many times you lose the ability to read…but this…I could read very well and very clear. I picked up the Quran and I said, ok God, if this is for me, I will read whatever page I turn to and listen to you. I randomly opened the Quran and the first verse I read was about mothers. I started to cry…I picked up the phone and I called mom. Months and months had passed since we had spoken. She picked up the phone and said, are you ok, I felt like something was wrong. All I could do was cry and say yea..mama there has been a lot wrong. This is when I realized, as the Quran says, heaven is indeed at the feet of the mother. She still loved me even though I had not been good to her. She told me that she too had been sick and needed me. I needed mama too. I went back to work and told them…I need to leave. I worked my notice of 2 weeks at my work then started packing to come home. I needed to heal my relationship with my mama. I needed to get back on track and I needed to listen this time to God. I packed what I could in my car and started my 9 hour drive home. This time, things were different. On the passenger seat of my car was a box and on top of that box was my Quran..this time..it was by my side…Not packed away to be forgotten this time but right In my sight.

I got home, got settled, helped my mom and ALHAMDULILLAH…I am a MUSLIM! I still remember the first time I got on my knees and prayed…..all of this..was my miracle from ALLAH (swt) and I have never looked back since.

See, Islam chose me, just this time…I accepted :)

Scientific proof that ALLAH exists? Very Interesting

6:02 AM Mohammad

Allah is God. If God does not exist then why do i? If my father didnt exist, would i be here? Scientists say that the world was created by a "Big Bang". This big bang must of course happened for a reason. If there was nothing, then how could a random bang appear? They say, all there was, was a single point, which had the density of 0, and basically, a pointless dot. From this dot, somehow a bang occurred. This doesn't make sense, how can something happen from nothing? If i was to put a glass on a table, and made sure that nothing made it move, or shake, or anything, if i went back to the glass, would i find it shattered? Or just sitting at where i had placed it? The beauty of our universe, if the Earth was placed even 1mm to where it is now, we would be drifting forever. So it happened to have been formed and placed in the exact place?

If your argument is about us seeing God with our eyes, then i can give a quote from Albert Einstein. (from what remember) "You say that God doesn't exist because we cannot see him, then your mind doesnt exist. I cannot see your mind, so therefore it doesn't exist because i cannot see it and never will be able to". Here when he talks about the mind, he doesnt mean the actual brain, he means the thinking and stuff. angel.png Also, there are many things we cannot see using our eyes, i have never seen the wind. Have you? I have never seen an Alien before, does it mean that they are not there? Iv never seen you, does that mean you dont exist?

And mainly, why i believe in God, is because of the fact that i believe everything has its own purpose. NOTHING in this life is meaningless, NOTHING. Even wrappers you see in the ground have a purpose to them, even the dirt on the streets has its purpose. Even an Ant, possibly one of the smallest and harmless creatures has a purpose in life. Things may not always go according to plan, but it has its meaning. Like i heard from a shaykh in the Mosque, he told us a story, "An Iraqi man was forced to fight against the Iranians during the Iran-Iraq war. He hated this, he didn't like the fact that he had to kill his own Muslim brothers. So in the battle-field, he decided to run away, to get away from all this. So he started to run and the Iraqi soldiers chased after him, he got to a point where there was a ditch, so whilst he was running he prayed to Allah, please let me get away. He tried to jump the ditch, but didnt make it, he fell and injured himself. So the Iraqi's punished him for running away by removing one of his eyes. He was very dissapointed in Allah. Several years later, when the war was over, he and his friends where going to Afghanistan (i think), when a bunch of Wahhabi extremists, killed each one of his friends infront of them, as they say its Halal to kill the Shia. When they got to him, the leader said, as i can see that your already suffered enough and that your blind, i will let you go." I refuse to believe something like this could happen by chance.

The Mother is a School Heart Touching

12:27 PM Mohammad

The Mother is a school.

The Mother is a school , who if you raise properly, then you are raising an entire generation of noble descent.The Mother is a beautiful garden,who, when properly preserved with hayaa’produces many flowers.The Mother is the teacher of teachers,whose many important actions fill the horizon."

The Lifetime Of A Boy To Man- When I Was Born , A Great Woman Was There To Hold Me- My Mother When I Grew As A Child A Woman Was There , To Care For Me And Play With Me- My Sister.

When I Went To School A Woman Was There To Help Me Learn- My Teacher , When I Became Depressed And Whenever I Lost When I Needed Company, Compatability And Love A Great Woman Was There For Me- My Wife.

When I Became Tough, A Woman Was There , To Melt Me- My Daughter , And When I Die, A Woman Is There To Absorb Me In- My Motherland ,If You Are A Man Value Every Woman And If You Are A Woman Be Proud To Be The One ♥

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