I am just curious, because all of the answers and opinions on here (even from muslims) are kind of different. I am not a muslim I am just wondering whats the religion about? And who started it?
2006-12-23 03:26:42 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For you idiots telling me "rememebr the only god is god" and all that crap, I alrady believe that. I am Christian. I am not asking for answers from you, I am asking muslims about their religion so I can understand them better and to figure out where all the hate towards them(and from some of them) is coming from.
2006-12-23 04:10:41 · update #1
Islam is composed of three main areas: Utterance (to testify that there is no god worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is His slave and messenger), faith, and deeds.
Faith is to believe in Allah, the Angels, the Heavenly Scriptures, Prophets, the last Day, and in the ability of Allah to will the existence of good or bad.
Deeds are: Salat (Prayers,) Zakat (a certain fixed proportion of the wealth - liable to Zakat - of a Muslim to be paid yearly for the benefit of the poor,) Siyam (Fasting,) and Hajj (Pilgrimage.)
Faith in Allah
1. We believe that Allah is one God, our Lord and the Lord of everything, and the Creator of everything.
2. All other than Him are created, and are servants who share nothing with Allah. Even Angels and Prophets are merely created servants submitting to Allah.
3. Among them are Jesus and Muhammad (Peace be upon them); both have no trace of deity (godhood).
4. Allah is the Living Self-Subsisting, Eternal, the First without a beginning and the Last without an end.
5. He hears everything and sees everything.
6. He is Most Gracious, Most Merciful, All-Dominating and He has the Most Beautiful Names and the Noblest Attributes.
7. He has created us out of nothing, and made us in the best form and He has given us all graces and bounties.
8. Hence we are not permitted to worship or submit to any other than Him, whether a favorite Angel or a chosen Prophet.
9. Whoever directs his prayers, bows or prostrates (in worship), or offers sacrifice to any other than Allah, he is an infidel and not a Muslim even if he declares that he is a Muslim. Allah says: "Say: Truly, my prayer and my service of sacrifice, my living and my dying are (all) for Allah, the Cherisher of the Worlds. No partner has He. And of this I have been commanded and I am the first of those who submit to His Will." (Holy Qur'an; 6:162-163)
10. Islam is the religion of Monotheism: it denies the Dualism of Magians and the Trinity of Christians. Islam teaches that Allah is One and only One. No one shares with Him, His Dominion or His Command. He has the Most Beautiful Names and the Noblest Attributes. Allah says: "Say! He is Allah, the One. He is The Most Unique, The Eternal, The Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none like unto Him." (Holy Qur'an; 112)
Faith in Angels
1. Allah has created Angels to worship Him, to carry out His commands and to be His messengers to His Prophets.
2. One of the angels is Gabriel who used to bring down Revelation to our Prophet Muhammad .
3. Another Angel is Michael who is in charge of rain falling.
4. A third one is the "Angel of Death" who is in charge of taking the souls of people whose death is due.
5. Angels are but servants honored by Allah.
6. Hence we honor them and speak of them respectfully.
7. But we worship none of them, nor do we take them as Allah's sons or daughters (as infidels claim).
8. We worship only Allah who created them in this wonderful kind of creation.
Allah (Glory be to Him) says: "And they say: The Most Gracious has begotten a son, Glory be to Him! They are but honored servants. They do not speak before He speaks, and they act (in all things) by His command. He knows what is before them, and what is behind them, and they offer no intercession except for those whom He accepted, and they stand in awe for the fear of Him. If any of them should say, 'I am a God besides Him', such one We should reward with Hell. Thus do We reward those who do wrong." (Holy Qur'an; 21:26-29)
Faith in Holy Scriptures
1. Allah has sent down to a number of Messengers, Books in order to proclaim them to mankind. These Books contain the Words of Allah.
2. Among them are the Sheets of Ibrahim (Abraham,) Taurat revealed to Musa (Moses,) Az-Zabour (Psalms) revealed to Dawud (David,) The Injil (Gospel) revealed to Isa (Jesus,) and the Qur'an sent down to Muhammad (Peace be upon them all).
3. Jews and Christians distorted some parts of their Books (Taurat and Injil).
4. Being the last Book assuredly guarded from corruption, the Qur'an confirms the truth in the previous Books and guards it.
5. Whatever, in those Books, differs from the Qur'an is corrupted or abrogated. Allah (Glory be to Him) says: "And We have sent down to you the Book (this Qur'an) in truth, confirming the scripture that came before it, and guarding it..." (Holy Qur'an; 5:48)
6. Allah revealed the Qur'an in Arabic and has firmly promised to protect it. His last Message is free from all corruption; He, Most High, says about the Qur'an: "We have, without doubt, sent down the Message, and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption)" ( Holy Qur'an; 15:9)
Faith in Prophets
1. We believe that Allah chose from among mankind some Prophets to deliver His Guidance. From among those Prophets He selected Some Messengers.
2. He sent to the Messengers Laws and commanded them to proclaim these laws and to clarify them to their people.
3. Some of the great Messengers of Allah were Nooh (Noah,) Ibrahim (Abraham,) Musa (Moses), Isa (Jesus,) and Muhammad (peace be upon them all).
4. Embracing Islam does not mean to disbelieve in Moosa, Isa, or any other Prophet.
5. Islam teaches you how to believe correctly in all Prophets.
Allah (Glory be to Him) says in the Qur'an: "And We have sent down to you the Book (this Qur'an) in truth, confirming the scripture that came before it, and guarding it (clarifying the truth they distorted)..." (Holy Qur'an; 5:48)
6. Allah mentioned the names of a number of Prophets, He, Most High, says: "Say you (Muslims): We believe in Allah, and the revelation given to us and to Ibrahim, lsma'il, Isaac, Ya'qoob (Jacob) and the Tribes, and that which was given to Moosa (Moses), and Isa (Jesus), and that which was given to all Prophets from their Lord. We make no difference between one and another of them, and we submit to Allah (in Islam)." (Holy Qur'an; 2:136)
7. The first Prophet was Adam, father of mankind .
8. Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam is the seal (the last) of the Prophets. No Prophet is to come after him up to the end of this world.
9. Hence the fact that Islam is the only true religion to remain up to the Last Day.
10. He is Muhammad son of Abdullah son of Abdul-Muttalib. He is an Arab from (the famous tribe) of The Quraysh, a descendant of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Isma'il (Ishmael) (peace be upon them all).
11. He was born in Makkah (Mecca) in 571 AD (Known as the Year of the Elephant).
12. Allah sent Revelation to him when he was 40 years old.
13. He stayed in Makkah 13 years calling people to (believe in) Allah. Only a limited number of people believed in him.
14. After that he emigrated to Al-Madinah and invited its people to believe in Allah, they accepted.
15. He established the Islamic state, and in the year 8 AH (After Hijrah) He died at the age of 63 after the whole of the Qur'an was revealed, and all Arabs embraced Islam.
Faith in the Last Day
1. We believe that there will be another life after this life.
2. When the determined term of this life comes to an end, Allah will command an Angel to sound the Trumpet and all mankind and all other creatures will die.
3. Then he (Angel) will sound it again, when, behold, all dead since Adam will stand out of their graves.
4. Then, Allah will gather all people to account them for what they did.
5. Those who believed (in Allah), accepted the Messengers (as truthful) and did good deeds (commanded by Allah), Allah will put them in Paradise. In Paradise, they will enjoy eternal Bliss.
6. But those who rejected the Messengers and disobeyed Allah's commands will be put in Hell. In Hell Fire, they will be in continuous eternal punishment.
Allah (Glory be to Him) says: "As for him who had transgressed all bounds, and preferred the life of this world his abode will be Hell-Fire. And for him who feared of standing in front of his Lord's (Tribunal), and restrained (his) soul from lower desires, his abode will be Paradise." (Holy Qur'an, 79:37-41)
Faith in Fate and Divine Decree
1. We believe in the timeless knowledge of Allah and in His power to plan and execute His plans and nothing could happen in His Kingdom against His will.
2. His knowledge and power are in action and command at all times over His creation.
3. He is Wise and Merciful and whatever He does must have a meaningful purpose.
4. If this is established in our minds and hearts, we should accept with good faith all that He does, although we may fail to understand it fully, or think it is bad.
[From: "Your Way to Islam" by Dr. Muhammad Suleiman al-Ashqer]
for more info on islam click here http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/archive/index2.php?vPart=44&startno=1&thelang=E
2006-12-23 03:36:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
The Muslim religion thinks there is no god except Allah and Muhammad (S) is his messenger. we have 5 pillars of Islam, the Shahadah-declaration of faith, Salah-prayer, Zakat-obligatory prayer, fasting, and hajj. In other words, Allah is the only god. He has no brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, mother, father, etc. o and also, this life is a test and u get good deeds and bad for everything u do. more good deeds in your life means heaven, more bad means hell. there are 7 heavens and differnet sections of hell. Christians think Jesus is a son of god, right? But Muslims don't. Some arguements that aren't spiritual are that humans are imperfect. we all have to admit, we cant be perfect. also, humans have to eat, drink, use the restroom, etc. those are needs. god is all powerful and has no needs. god's son would have to be a god, and since god is all powerful, and humans aren't we think Jesus cant be the son of god. by which i mean that is an arguement. it says in the Quran that Allah has no sons, daughters, etc. Speaking as a Muslim, our god (Allah) started this religion. Some people think that Islam (the word for the Muslim religion) is a new religion because they think our only prophet is Prophet Muhammad (S), but according to Islam he is our last prophet. We have had many prophets to help the world when it went astray, including Prophet Isa (the Christian's Jesus), and Prophet Musa (the Jew's Moses). Basically, its the meaning of Surah Al Iklas. Look up the meaning, it doesnt change ur religion if u do. it will help u understand. and the hate comes from bad muslims, like Usama bin Ladin and Saddam Hussein. Islam says not to kill people, but they did. they gave islam a bad reputation and every one thinks islam tells them to do this stuff. it doesn't. hope this helps.
2006-12-23 12:13:27 · answer #2 · answered by mariam 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You already have a couple of good answers here- the Wikipedia one and the long explanation of what appears to be a practitioner. I would like to add this link www.muslim-refusenik.com. This is the web site of Irshak Manji. She is an author of the Trouble with Islam and is Muslim. She reviews the history and makes very interesting observations regarding the state of the religion. I found it to be very informative and interesting.
2006-12-23 11:48:35 · answer #3 · answered by Fergita 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A man named Muhammad who lived 600 years after Christ thought himself to be a Prophet of God but misunderstood God's teachings or that Christ was the Son of God who died on the cross to atone for sin. He also purposely changed the word to reflect that Ishmael was the son of Abraham who was entitled to the promise. He changed the word of God to support his own people yet the lie does not make sense to anyone who knows the word of God. The Bible many times teaches spiritual things that Muhammad never understood the deity of Christ the doctrine of the trinity even the method of our creation and God's purpose for us. Little did Muhammad know that God has a truth that can not be counterfeited as in the story of Abraham and the trinity. what did god mean when he taught that the first would be last and the last would be first? It is spiritual and Muhammad had no understanding of it. First God created the flesh and then he breathed in his spirit and the flesh will serve the spirit. First came the law and then came grace. It is God's plan and it can not be corrupted by Muhammad. Who was the first between Ishmael and Issac? Which was the one of the promise the physical or the spiritual? Do we now worship God in flesh? No Muhammad never understood the truth because he did not know God.
2006-12-23 11:40:50 · answer #4 · answered by djmantx 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Islam is to believe in Allah and that there is no god but Allah..
and Obey the Prophet Mohammad - peace be upon him-
and to work-ship what Mohammad brought from Allah..
I have posted here a very nice website about the miracle of Allah, Islam, and Mohammad..
2006-12-23 12:00:20 · answer #5 · answered by Proud 2 B Saudi 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
the first and the most important believe is to believe there is no other God to be worshiped except God alone, not three, and no partner beside him in worship.
then everything goes under this one , believe in the day of judgement, believe in the existance of Angels, Hell and paradise, all the prophets of God included Jesus, all the holybooks that God has sent. do your prayers, give charity, fast, doo good deeds for the sake of your lord...etc
and it started since Abraham, the religion of Islam means submition to the one God.
2006-12-23 11:35:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
The religion is Islam, it couldn't be described in a sentence or two, in order to have a clear impression what Islam is all about, you have to study it in the Holy Quran. The Almighty Allah had descended the religion of Islam.
2006-12-23 11:36:45 · answer #7 · answered by S.K. Chan46 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Well Islam is a religion of Allah and Prophet Mohammed P.B.U.H is his most beloved prophet.For more details please check this website www.Islamicacademy.org. If you need more help you may visit my 360 profile.Ok good luck.
2006-12-23 11:53:19 · answer #8 · answered by zabist 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It was started by some dude named Mohammed that wrote the Koran as it was dictated to him by the angel Gabriel. They claim that their Abrahamic lineage comes through Ishmael. They are deluded and their faith is totally fabricated. Please just check into the real faith of Christianity.
2006-12-23 11:31:41 · answer #9 · answered by jonathan x 3 · 4⤊ 3⤋
a guy called mohamed from a place called mecca in what is now saudi arabia , creaed the religion from bits of pagan arabian religions, chritianity and judaism
2006-12-23 11:32:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Get a Koran (Quran) and read it. You read the Bible to find out about Jesus and God. Do the same with the Koran.
2006-12-23 11:30:14 · answer #11 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋