What are the rules of being Muslim?

Question

Like, what do you have to wear to be a muslim. Can you show alot of skin, can you go out on dates? You know, stuff like that.

Answer 1

Believe and worship One God.
Believe in Angels.
Believe in all previous Prophets.
Believe in all previous scriptures - Pslams - Torah - Gospel and follow Qur'an.

There is no dress code given in Qur'an for Muslims. Muslim men and women are commanded to dress modestly. The Muslims wear in different countries are cultural and traditional. Women head covering is the law taken from Bible.

Guys its you all who are showing your extreme hatred towards Muslims. As a Muslim never insulted or attacked anybody's religious beliefs here on Yahoo Answer.

Answer 2

A Muslim women(or we believe all women, but only Muslims practice) is to cover her entire body(some say face and hands are ok, difference of opinion) in front of non relative men. The cloths are to be loose and not see though. Men are to cover the area between the navel to the knees at all time except in front of their wife. The chest is not mandatory but a pious man does not walk around with this uncovered either, just when necessary.

As for dates, no not alone. When you get engaged you can visit each other and go out with a chaperon. This keeps both partys safe until marriage. No matter how pious a person is when your alone with the opposite sex, Satan has ways of making things happen.

Answer 3

salam In addition to what Sister Umm Abdel Hamid had mentioned, I desired so as to add that one does no longer in anyway inherit Islam. When a individual turns into bodily mature, he* encounters a option to take delivery of Islam and its required ideals and practises. Many humans who're born into Muslim households do make the option of Islam. There are a few, even though, that both reject Islamic ideals and difference religions or who attempt to difference Islam acording to their whims. Once a individual has dedicated apostacy, he can not be viewed a Muslim. Islam isn't an ethnicity. It is a faith, and one demands to select it totally with a view to be viewed a Muslim. Otherwise, he can handiest be known as an Asian, or an Arab, or an American, or anything his ethnicity is.

Answer 4

being a muslim is not only for the spiritual or religious part. It is a complete way of life so it embraces all the aspects in the world we lived in, be it economics, political, social, environmental, etc.
Being a muslim has many rules to follow, which is of course for our own benefit.you can have the liberty to disobey either in private or public, depending on your culture.Islam is made not to be a burden to mankind but served as our guidance for our well being as well as the whole society or world.
As you only want to know about clothing, islam guide us not to reveal our private parts, show so much skin as you refer it.It is not even recommended to wear clothes that reveal our body forms.The wisdom is revealed by God that women can not be molested with improper clothings, it could be protection from the impure eyes of men, as well as other women. It could also be protection from the elements, namely: environment, uv rays from the sun as well as flourescent lamp, harsh polluted winds, etc.Take note the head scarf (hijab) or the one which also cover the eyes(burqah), it protects the head and hair from the dirts of the environment ,the eyes covered with screen is protection against the uv rays which is very destructive to the eyes.
Modern Western psychologist stated even that women who dressed to showed so much skin or the private parts are EXHIBITIONIST, and that is detremental to their mental health. This also applies to men.The women's skin exposed to uv rays are easily aged and wringkel prematurely.So women aged easily if the skin is not covered .Least you prefer to spend so much for plastic surgery,and the psychiatrist to boost your ego to calm you as you are no longer young, fresh, curvaceous, tempting,etc.
About dating, it is allowed when the two of you is in the process of being acquainted more to each other when a marriage plan is included.The female should always be chaperoned by a close male relative, such as brother or uncle or father. Dating places should be not in a place where nobody can disturb or distract you. It is to avoid temptation
again, this rules are not to constrict our freedom but serve as a guidance for our well being.

Answer 5

there are 5 main things u have to do in order to be a good muslim

- faith [ believe there is only 1 god and mohammed is his profet]
- charity
- pilgrimage [ to MECCA ]
- prayer [ 5 times a day ]
- fast during the month of ramadan


dress-up = > women have to be fully covered with no skin showing except for eyes

n no u cant go out on date....u are not allowed to talk to men...n men arent allowed to talk to women...[till after marriage]

u cant drink alcohol, gamble, lie [almost errthin in d 10 commandment]

read the holy book Qu'ran




[ by the way...ignore all the losers above who have no respect for other religions....they cant follow their own so how will they respect other....right?? ]....=]

Answer 6

Five pillars of Islam:
1. To believe in God (Allah)
2. To pray 5 times a day
3. To give charity (zakat)
4. To fast during the month of Ramadaan
5. To go on pilgrimage to Mecca (hajj) at least once in a lifetime

DRESS-CODE
Women in public should wearing loose-fitting clothing which covers their bodies except for face, hands and feet - although there's a bit of debate around this (i went to Egypt last year and saw women wearing gloves and socks despite it being unbearably hot). Men should dress modestly too (although they can wear clothing that doesn't have to cover their legs from the knee downwards).

While in the comfort of your own home, you can wear whatever you want. When you go outside, it's a different ballgame.

INTERACTION BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN
A fundamental rule is that men and women cannot speak to people of the opposite sex who are unrelated to them (i.e. a person eligible for them to marry). Times are a bit different now and this rule has been bent because of cultural and economic factors (i.e. more women in the workplace so interaction between the sexes is necessary - from my understanding, this is for work-related purposes and therefore okay). Interaction between the sexes varies from country to country as cultural norms are not the same (i.e. If you go to the Middle East, a man will not speak to a woman - he could get arrested). Women should always be accompanied by a "guardian" in public (even if it is a young son).

As far as dating goes, it's forbidden by Islamic law (Shariah). But this has changed in many societies and now become acceptable to a degree (especially in the West).

GUARDIANSHIP OF WOMEN
Generally, women (and their honour) are supposed to be protected and this is usually achieved by them being under the protection of a "guardian" (often called a "wakeel"). By default, your wakeel would be your father (and if he's dead, it's your brother). If you don't have a brother and your father is dead, then your wakeel would be one of your father's immediate male relatives.

If a man dies, his sons will inherit more than what his wife and daughters will inherit. The primary reason for this is so that the son/s can look after his mother and sister/s as he will be their wakeel after his father's passing.

ISLAM AS A WAY OF LIFE
The qu'ran is a holy book which prescribes the code of conduct for all Muslims. Ideally, all Muslims should strive towards leading lives according to the qu'ran and the actions of prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him). Among the rules, Muslims should:
* Not consume alcohol (except for medicinal purposes)
* Not consume meat of pigs
* Eat only halaal (permitted) meat. That is, where the animal has been slaughtered according to Muslim rites (similar to what the Jews call "kosher"). If halaal meat (or any food) comes into contact with haraam (forbidden) meat or alcohol, it becomes tainted and cannot be consumed by Muslims.
* Not take part in gambling (i.e. wage money on a game/action that is purely based on chance in order to gain something, this includes playing the lottery)

Be aware that EVERY rule set out for Muslims can be traced back to a particular rationale (i.e. these rules aren't there to make you struggle). For example:
* Eating halaal meat - this is to ensure that the animal is killed in the most humane way (praying and then slitting the throat to make it swift). A prayer is always said because this animal's life is being sacrificed to sustain yours.
* Drinking alcohol clouds your judgement and can become addictive and can potentially ruin families (generally, ANYTHING that is addictive is forbidden as Islam aims to prevent slavery of the body and mind).
* Gambling is addictive and a social evil that ruins families
* Dressing modestly in public helps to protect your honour and reputation (a basic reason i hear from a lot of muslims are "why should i show off my body to absolute strangers in the street?").

What i've written above is only a glimpse into Islam, hope it helps. Please bear in mind that a lot of terrible things reportedly get done in the name of Islam - this is misconception where people confuse CULTURE and RELIGION.

Answer 7

Hate all non-muslims. Treat women as second class citizens. Send suicide bombers to kill innocents because you don't agree with the rest of the world. Dance in the street after 9/11. Send rockets into Israel then complain when they fight back - but don't stop sending rockets. Need I go on?

Answer 8

See if your local library has a book called "The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam"

Answer 9

Angle is kind of off in looking in to islam- if you are a man you have to wear (hijab) but not on the outside of your body mens hijab in islam is invisible men, have to be dressed from the navel to the knees at all times men must not look at women in a sexual way, men must not go out on dates married-not married BUT if marrige is your goal in mind then it is okay to date and meet other women but you must not have and phisical contact or have a sexual conversation with them.Men cannot have sexual relations with other women exept their wives. praying and fasting (every ramadan) is a must man or woman.

For a woman-their hijab is visibale everthing must be cover on the body exept hands and face women must not have physical contact with any man other than their husbands,brothers father,grandfather(s) (both sides of family) uncle (both sides of family)and when a woman gets married her husband father becomes like a second dad to her therefor all physical contact is okay.Women must not look at men in sexual way.Talking to another man is okay but you must not talk in a sexual way with men (man woman).In general the hijab is worn, when one has to go outside of the house you don't have to wear hijab at home. Going on dates(with other men) is forbidden for a married woman.Going somewhere where people drink,buy,sell alchohol is forbidden(man - woman).Wearing hijab in front of women is not neccsary.

But if you are not married you can go out with someone under two rules-first your dad or mom or someone from you family (elders) have to be present. Second you can go out and get to know that man and talk to him and it isn't forbidden if you want to get married.

There is a way for a man and a woman to have sexual relations for a short amount of time first the two of you have to agree and then a{any} time must be set like, 30min to an hour or two hours or one day or one year ect, then the man touches your hair or your hand and reads something I don't remember, them he gets to be your husband for the amount of time you set then he can to anything to you is okay...If you want to do this you have to ask a shikh for the exact words...

I hope this info has been helpful to you....

THANK YOU!!

Answer 10

wear a diaper on your head and grow facial hair (women too)