Ask About Islam 5

[Jericho786]

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

As you know, all the details and beliefs of Islam were revealed over 23 years, after the Prophet (pbuh) was 40.

Before that, he was a "hanif" which means he was a simple monotheist who practiced religion like Abraham (pbuh)

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

Salaam.

See my knowledge on prophets (pbut) is not too strong, know quite a bit about Moses and Jesus (pbuh) some good about Muhammad (pbuh) but not loads either.

So Abraham was a Muslim wasen't he like all of them, so should you not be saying he followed Islam?

a) Muhammad never prayed 5 times a day then before revelation?

b) So there was no such thing as fasting, pilgrimage to Haji, praying 5 times after Muhammad received revelation? What kind of acts did people perform to please God?

c) Islam would have been easier then than now would it not?

[Jericho786]

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

That's good. It takes more follow-up to make sure people learn about the religion properly and understand it.

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

Yeah I know how you told me off to stop wasting time and learn more for the deen, these videos help me where I can invite too, learn alot already, so needed that push.

Salaam.

[Jericho786]

Salaam.

We know prophets (pbut) were given certain books at the time like Torah to Injeel, Psalms, zabur I believe etc. But then God says they were Muslims, this is of course before the Quran because books were corrupted. So how could they be Muslims when they were called bibles and torahs etc, would they not have been a Jew or Christian? (Jesus, Moses pbut) at that time, I'm confused big time.

[mstrwaheed]

Salaam.

We know prophets (pbut) were given certain books at the time like Torah to Injeel, Psalms, zabur I believe etc. But then God says they were Muslims, this is of course before the Quran because books were corrupted. So how could they be Muslims when they were called bibles and torahs etc, would they not have been a Jew or Christian? (Jesus, Moses pbut) at that time, I'm confused big time.

Hi Jericho, "muslim" just means a person who submits to god, thats the definition. "muslims" are the followers of the CORRECT UNALTERED teachings of the Prophets sent by god. So the followers of Jesus(pbuh), Abraham(pbuh), Moses(pbuh), etc, are DEFINITELY "muslims", even just based off the definition since they are people who submit to God. So your probably wondering why Christians, jews, aren't considered muslims now?
you kind of answered it yourself in that their teachings were corrupted and compromised, SK can give you links. The reason the followers of Prophet Muhammad(pbuh) are "muslims" is because we have proof that the teachings of the prophet and the Quran are unaltered from revelation. So essentially

Follower of the Quran = muslim
Follower of the original injeel = muslim
follower of the original psalms = muslim
follower of the original taurat = muslims
follower of the CURRENT bible = non-muslim
follower of the CURRENT torah = non-muslim

So all in all i just wrote a long way of saying a muslim BY DEFINITION is a person who submits to God, thats why you could have hypothetically followed the UNCORRUPTED injeel,zabur, taurat THUS being a muslim. Hope i helped, Wasalam.

[SYRIANKID]

Salaam.

We know prophets (pbut) were given certain books at the time like Torah to Injeel, Psalms, zabur I believe etc. But then God says they were Muslims, this is of course before the Quran because books were corrupted. So how could they be Muslims when they were called bibles and torahs etc, would they not have been a Jew or Christian? (Jesus, Moses pbut) at that time, I'm confused big time.

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

"Muslim" means "one who submits to God". So anyone who followed a true Prophet (pbuh) of the time was a Muslim.

Today's Muslims follow Muhammad (pbuh). In the past, "Muslims" were what we today would call the previous Jews following Moses (pbuh) or the Christians who followed Jesus (pbuh).

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

[SYRIANKID]

Yeah I know how you told me off to stop wasting time and learn more for the deen, these videos help me where I can invite too, learn alot already, so needed that push.

Salaam.

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

That's good. Keep your priorities on learning the basics. But whatever motivates you is beneficial.

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

[SYRIANKID]

Salaam.

See my knowledge on prophets (pbut) is not too strong, know quite a bit about Moses and Jesus (pbuh) some good about Muhammad (pbuh) but not loads either.

So Abraham was a Muslim wasen't he like all of them, so should you not be saying he followed Islam?

a) Muhammad never prayed 5 times a day then before revelation?

b) So there was no such thing as fasting, pilgrimage to Haji, praying 5 times after Muhammad received revelation? What kind of acts did people perform to please God?

c) Islam would have been easier then than now would it not?

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

1) All Prophets and their followers were "Muslims" in the sense that they submitted to God. But each Prophet (pbuh) was given a law. So the way God commanded Muslims of today to pray would be different from the way "Muslims" who followed Moses (pbuh) (the Jews of the time) would have prayed. But all are considered part of the history of Islam.

a) Islamic law was revealed gradually when the Prophet (pbuh) was between the age of 40 to 63. So no, five daily prayers were not revealed immediately. There used to be no daily prayer, then 2, then 5.

b) For the first few years the requirements were very basic: believe in One God, don't kill, don't steal, don't fornicate, general acts of charity and kindness etc. Then over time the more detailed laws were required by God.

c) Each time had its difficulty. The early Muslims were killed for even believing in One God.

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

[Hanzala]

Salama Alaikum SK

is there anything a muslim can do for a sinful muslim brother that has passed away? can you give charity on his behalf or do something for him to lighten his azab/punishment?

[SYRIANKID]

Salama Alaikum SK

is there anything a muslim can do for a sinful muslim brother that has passed away? can you give charity on his behalf or do something for him to lighten his azab/punishment?

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

Supplications (dua) are the best, but any good deeds you perform with the intention of the reward being contributed to their leger is also good.

http://www.livingislam.org/maa/amld_e.html

http://www.albalagh.net/qa/practices...deceased.shtml

http://spa.qibla.com/issue_view.asp?HD=1&ID=831&CATE=3

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

[skinpoppin]

Salaam, Saudi have announced Eid on Sunday?

Also, why do people say boneless chicken and other boneless meat is haram? Why do some people say you have to have the bone in it to be halal?

[Jericho786]

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

1) All Prophets and their followers were "Muslims" in the sense that they submitted to God. But each Prophet (pbuh) was given a law. So the way God commanded Muslims of today to pray would be different from the way "Muslims" who followed Moses (pbuh) (the Jews of the time) would have prayed. But all are considered part of the history of Islam.

a) Islamic law was revealed gradually when the Prophet (pbuh) was between the age of 40 to 63. So no, five daily prayers were not revealed immediately. There used to be no daily prayer, then 2, then 5.

b) For the first few years the requirements were very basic: believe in One God, don't kill, don't steal, don't fornicate, general acts of charity and kindness etc. Then over time the more detailed laws were required by God.

c) Each time had its difficulty. The early Muslims were killed for even believing in One God.

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

Salaam.

Thanks very detailed, I hope to memorise this inshAllah and as well as other info you provide, I tend to repeat myself as I know you notice without even mentioning. Thanks aswell Waheed.

1)But just another question on this subject. If they were all Muslims in the sense they submitted to God, why would they be called Jews and Christians? Just call them Muslim and only Muslim, no Jew no Christian, just Muslim.

2) If a Christian was saying that our religion is true because its older, yours came after so how can yours be true, whats your answer to that, how will you refute them?

3) Can we actually find the old testaments now? Torah Injeel.

a) If the Jew or Christian follows the teachings of the old testaments and nothing of today, can they be considered Paradise bound? Or do they have to be proper Muslim and follow Quran instead?

Salaam.

[Jericho786]

Salaam, Saudi have announced Eid on Sunday?

Also, why do people say boneless chicken and other boneless meat is haram? Why do some people say you have to have the bone in it to be halal?

Clear your PM's, salaam.

[Jericho786]

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

Supplications (dua) are the best, but any good deeds you perform with the intention of the reward being contributed to their leger is also good.

http://www.livingislam.org/maa/amld_e.html

http://www.albalagh.net/qa/practices...deceased.shtml

http://spa.qibla.com/issue_view.asp?HD=1&ID=831&CATE=3

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

Salaam.

So a person can do obligatory prayers for the dead person that they did not perform?

2) If a person is who is very religious but does not spread the deen much and keeps doing all the good deeds to himself, of course for the sake of God, but for whatever reason does not inform people around him that he/she should do this and do that, whats his stance by God? Is that person a major sinner?

3) Why do people celebrate Eid on different days, like some are going to on Sunday while some Monday? Why cant we all just do it same day?



Salaam.

[Jericho786]

Salaam. (I did not know swallowing it breaks fast)

I have had an very bad phlegm for months where its just stuck in my throat, I swallow up to hundreds a day. I cannot spit it out at all, there is no way for it. I went to the Docs and they prescribed me with a nose inhaler because they think its from my hay fever, I always knew it would not work but at least it helped my hay fever. Anyway I know swallowing phlegm breaks the fast, but this is beyond my control I cant stop swallowing it, I'm going to ask the Doc for some serious tests to be done as I'm pretty scared what this is.

Salaam.

[mstrwaheed]

Salaam, a muslim who is a "bad" muslim but still "good" enough to be considered to be in the fold of Islam will first go to jahannam for punishment but then ultimately be brought up to jannah? Obviously Allah(SWT) knows best but i was wondering your opinion based off of the Quran and the Sunnah. Wasalam and JZK.

[Jericho786]

Salaam.

IS there anything wrong with this? Adhan in the Church?

a) Will the shaytaan still drop to his knees and pass wind even though the adhan is in the church?

Salaam.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k71Zv...eature=related

[SYRIANKID]

Salaam, Saudi have announced Eid on Sunday?

Also, why do people say boneless chicken and other boneless meat is haram? Why do some people say you have to have the bone in it to be halal?

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

Being boneless doesn't make meat haram. These are the criteria for halal meat:

http://spa.qibla.com/issue_view.asp?...=2492&CATE=127

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

[SYRIANKID]

Salaam.

Thanks very detailed, I hope to memorise this inshAllah and as well as other info you provide, I tend to repeat myself as I know you notice without even mentioning. Thanks aswell Waheed.

1)But just another question on this subject. If they were all Muslims in the sense they submitted to God, why would they be called Jews and Christians? Just call them Muslim and only Muslim, no Jew no Christian, just Muslim.

2) If a Christian was saying that our religion is true because its older, yours came after so how can yours be true, whats your answer to that, how will you refute them?

3) Can we actually find the old testaments now? Torah Injeel.

a) If the Jew or Christian follows the teachings of the old testaments and nothing of today, can they be considered Paradise bound? Or do they have to be proper Muslim and follow Quran instead?

Salaam.

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

1) Calling everyone Muslims can be confusing, you need to specify when they were alive and what Prophet (pbuh) was alive. It adds more detail to the discussion

2) You can have a very old and very fake religion. What does age have to do with whether a religion accurate quotes a Prophet (pbuh) or not? If modern Christianity is true, it would prove it the same way anyone else has to, by showing how the New Testament is linked to Jesus (pbuh) and proving the Prophethood of Jesus (pbuh) (which we accept, we don't accept the New Testament is reliable though). You can't just say "older therefore true"

http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Bible/Text/Canon/

http://individual.utoronto.ca/fantas...ompilation.pdf

There are many corrupted religions that came before Christianity, that doesn't help them either.

3) You can't any more, that's the problem with not preserving all the texts then later trying to figure out what they used to say. What exists today has a lot of correct information, but you can no longer tell where it has been fabricated (in some obvious cases you do where it contradicts the Qur'an)

a) No, as I explained, anyone who disbelieves in a Prophet (pbuh) will go to Hell forever. If a Jew rejected Jesus (pbuh), they are disbelievers. Does it make sense to you that someone would enter Paradise while rejecting everything God revealed to Jesus (pbuh) and considering him a liar? God says that one is not a believer if they accept some and reject some of what God revealed. Their beliefs and actions are not rewarded at all. Similarly, anyone who rejects Muhammad (pbuh) and what was revealed to him will enter Hell forever, regardless of what they believe or practice. There is no difference of opinion on this:

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showpo...postcount=8394

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

[SYRIANKID]

Salaam.

So a person can do obligatory prayers for the dead person that they did not perform?

2) If a person is who is very religious but does not spread the deen much and keeps doing all the good deeds to himself, of course for the sake of God, but for whatever reason does not inform people around him that he/she should do this and do that, whats his stance by God? Is that person a major sinner?

3) Why do people celebrate Eid on different days, like some are going to on Sunday while some Monday? Why cant we all just do it same day?



Salaam.

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

1) I don't think so. Other obligations you can, but not the prayer. That's why it's so important to offer obligatory prayers. The companions of the Prophet (pbuh) considered the person who didn't pray to be a disbeliever.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showpo...postcount=2716

http://islamqa.info/en/ref/95220

http://www.islamweb.net/emainpage/in...cles&id=159771

2) That's not a major sin, but they are missing out on the huge rewards of commanding the right and forbidding the wrong

http://www.sunnipath.com/library/Hadith/H0004P0023.aspx

http://spa.qibla.com/issue_view.asp?HD=1&ID=161&CATE=14

http://spa.qibla.com/issue_view.asp?HD=1&ID=165&CATE=14

3) Ramadan (and any month) starts and ends with sighting the moon. Depending on where you are on Earth, the moon will appear on different days. (We don't all pray at the same times, we look at the sun). You can start and end the month with a local moon sighting or global moon sighting.

http://spa.qibla.com/issue_view.asp?...D=681&CATE=115

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

[SYRIANKID]

Salaam. (I did not know swallowing it breaks fast)

I have had an very bad phlegm for months where its just stuck in my throat, I swallow up to hundreds a day. I cannot spit it out at all, there is no way for it. I went to the Docs and they prescribed me with a nose inhaler because they think its from my hay fever, I always knew it would not work but at least it helped my hay fever. Anyway I know swallowing phlegm breaks the fast, but this is beyond my control I cant stop swallowing it, I'm going to ask the Doc for some serious tests to be done as I'm pretty scared what this is.

Salaam.

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

Swallowing significant phlegm doesn't break the fast according to some schools, so you are fine. Swallowing it after it leaves your mouth breaks the fast.

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

[SYRIANKID]

Salaam, a muslim who is a "bad" muslim but still "good" enough to be considered to be in the fold of Islam will first go to jahannam for punishment but then ultimately be brought up to jannah? Obviously Allah(SWT) knows best but i was wondering your opinion based off of the Quran and the Sunnah. Wasalam and JZK.

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

It is possible, but not necessary. There are some sinful Muslims (who didn't repent for their major sins) who God may forgive because they did something very sincere elsewhere in their life. However, in many cases God seriously warns Muslims with major sins who didn't repent that Hell is a possibility.

Either way, nobody should rely on the mere possibility of being forgiven when they know they are committing major sins and yet persist until dying and haven't even repented.

The Prophet (pbuh) said:

Many people will be thrown into the Fire. But by His mercy and grace He will admit them to Heaven, and they will be called Jahannamiyyun (Bukhari)

An old sect of Islam (mu'tazalites) used to think that any Muslims that committed major sins would go to Hell forever, but this was refuted by Classical Scholars.

http://www.livingislam.org/n/qms_e.html

http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/misc/tahawi.htm

Those of the Ummah of Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who have committed grave sins will be in the Fire, but not forever, provided they die and meet Allah as believers affirming His unity even if they have not repented. They are subject to His will and judgement. If He wants, He will forgive them and pardon them out of His generosity, as is mentionied in the Qur'an when He says:

`And He forgives anything less than that (shirk) to whoever He wills' (al-Nisa' 4: 116);

and if He wants, He will punish them in the Fire out of His justice and then bring them out of the Fire through His mercy, and for the intercession of those who were obedient to Him, and send them to the Garden. This is because Allah is the Protector of those who recognize Him and will not treat them in the Next World in the same way as He treats those who deny Him and who are bereft of His guidance and have failed to obtain His protection. O Allah, You are the Protector of Islam and its people; make us firm in Islam until the day we meet You.

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

[Kapeesh42]

Islam and bodybuilding? I was wondering how can i use islam with bodybuilding? I know this kinda doesnt make sense because im finding it difficult to make my point clear.

[SYRIANKID]

Islam and bodybuilding? I was wondering how can i use islam with bodybuilding? I know this kinda doesnt make sense because im finding it difficult to make my point clear.

I'm not sure exactly what you mean, how about this:

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showpo...1&postcount=34

[SYRIANKID]

Salaam.

IS there anything wrong with this? Adhan in the Church?

a) Will the shaytaan still drop to his knees and pass wind even though the adhan is in the church?

Salaam.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k71Zv...eature=related

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

There's nothing wrong with making athan in a church, but one shouldn't pray in a place of idolatry unless there are no other options and the idols are covered and the place of worship isn't shared with idolatry.

As for what Satan does, Satan's goal is to disrupt the truth, and he is annoyed by true worship and righteousness. Devils frequent places of sin and false religions, so it's not clear what exactly would happen within the church.

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

[Jericho786]

Salaam.

You say companions believed that a person who does not pray is a disbeliever, but you mentioned that they are just major sinners?

Salaam.

[Kurd4evah]

Salaam.

1) When Muhammad was giving the revelation at the age of 40, was he practicing Islam before them years? I mean how was his life then?

I recommend you read this book on the life of the prophet PBUH

http://www.islamhouse.com/mobile2/ge...tr.php?q=51776

[SYRIANKID]

Salaam.

You say companions believed that a person who does not pray is a disbeliever, but you mentioned that they are just major sinners?

Salaam.

As-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
Allahuma Salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi ajma'een wa sallim

Yes, that's correct. Classical scholars understood that to mean "during the time of the companions" and that's understating the importance of prayer. There is really no polite way to put it: missing even a single obligatory prayer on purpose means one has not understood the religion or has questionable faith.

Jazakum Allah Khair
Barak Allah Feekum
W'as-Salaamu aleikum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatahu

[Kurd4evah]

Salamou alakoum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu

Subhan Allah at how fast this month went... can't help but feel down at its departure.

May Allah grant us the privilege to live another month of Ramadan.

Shay’tan is going to come hard, keep stead fast Insha Allah.

Keep what Allah gave you this month(reading Quran, doing constituent good deeds, grew a beard, covering properly, stopped cursing,etc) for if you let go of it, surely you will be asked about it in the here after.

That's all, I have some questions in mind but Il leave that till tomorrow Insha Allah.

Walakoum Salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu

[mstrwaheed]

Salam, you guys have any tips on how to tell your wife how to lose a few pounds or eat better, wasalam.

[skinpoppin]

Salam, you guys have any tips on how to tell your wife how to lose a few pounds or eat better, wasalam.

Get her enthusiastic about training and diet as a 'couple thing' and it will inshallah indirectly sort this problem. I have an understanding with my wife that we're upfront about appearance since its a very important aspect of deen and marriage.

If all else doesn't work and she lets herself go then you may threaten to leave her. For now i suggests the odd fat joke, one a week, to let it sink into her conscience.

Wasalaam.