It is a CRIME?!!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Question

for me to be interested in my religion??? Well is it??? Sorry if I'm sounding annoyed but the fact is I AM annoyed. I am a Muslim (Alhumdulillah), my purpose in life is to worship my Lord. I do my level best to pray Salat 5 times daily, I recite Quran, I like learning about Islam etc, but some members of my family make fun of me. Sometimes if it's almost time for Salat, I don't go shopping because to me, Salat is more important than shopping and besides it doesn't take long, unlike shopping does. If I'm out, I'll make an effort to pray Salat if I have wudu and if I can find a suitable place. I try never to miss Salat, but if for some unavoidable reason I do miss it, I always make up for it. I always wake up for Fajr. Since the last couple of years I've made it my aim to recite the entire Quran at least once a year by Ramadan. I enjoy learning about Islam. But some of my family make fun of me for taking my religion so seriously. Sometimes if I don't wanna go out cuz it's time for Salat

they'll get annoyed with me. Just because they don't realize the importance of Salat, they shouldn't be annoyed with me or make fun of me for praying regularly and enjoying Islam. After work I also pray Salat, but they usually don't. They shoudln't have a problem with me praying regularly. It's my choice.

They shoudln't make fun of me or get annoyed with me for taking my religion seriously. Is it such a CRIME for me to do so?!!?!!!!?!???????!!!!

(I also have another question to post, please look out for that later. Thankyou all.)

Answer 1

Its not a crime, even you know that, that is why you dont listen to them.

What your family does not realise is that one day we are going to be held accountable for our actions in this world, and by making fun of you of how much you worship is just dumb. Why should anyone get in the way of worship between an individual and Allah? Infact they should be proud of you but sadly it seems that all of them seem to have forgotten our purpose in this world.

Its a really sad thing to see but I hope you can focus your energy on something else other than becoming angry. Let them have their laughs, if you respond to their stupidity you will only become more enraged and as a matter of fact it will encourage them to keep on doing it.

Learn to silence yourself against their foolishness and you wil be a wiser as a result.

Answer 2

As salaamu alaikum, my sister.

Mashallah, you are a very good and a pious person to be taking your religion to heart. I am in the same situation such as yourself, and often my family will make fun of me. Ever since I started high school this August, I had a whole new outlook on life and became more serious about the duties of a Muslim. I do the prayers 5 times too, and when guests come over, they are often more interested in continuing their conversation than to pray Salat at the correct time. Because I started to leave those conversations to pray, the adults in my family would often say that I am taking Islam too seriously. But I bite back all retorts, and continue on with my duties. You are doing a very good job, and it takes will power to be so pious.

So here is my advice to you and I speak as your sister: Ignore others who make fun of you, and focus all your attention to being a good Muslim by praying at the right times, reciting the Quran, fasting, etc. Keep it in your heart that Allah is All-Hearing, All-Seeing, and All-Knowing, and has good reward in store for the believers who believe and do their duty. I admire the fact that you are facing your obstacles with such dignity and keep learning more and more about Islam. We all have to face battles in life---and those who truly stand up for their actions and what they believe are the true warriors.

May peace and blessings of Allah be upon you, my friend.

Answer 3

No, it is not a crime at all but what they are doing is a crime.
I have a book that talks about injustice. It describes three types on injustice.
1) Injustice with one'sself which means doing things to yourself that you know they will harm you.
2) Injustice with other people. Which means hurting other people and attacking their possesions.
3) Injustice towards G-d. Which means either you don't follow G-d's commandments or you try to prevent in some way others to follow G-d's commandments.
You have'nt (alhamdulilah) commited any type of these injustice so don't be sad, sister. Just keep on doing what you are doing now and be strong, don't care to what your family members say because at the end you are the winner and they are the losers. I wish I can be like you one day, but I consider myself a bad Muslim. I rarely read the Quran, I skip prayers, I don't fast Ramadan, and I don't believe or read Hadith. I wish I can be like you. G-d loves you and he showed you the bright way so never lose it.
May Alla'h bless you!
Salaam

Answer 4

ISLAMIC CONCEPT OF LIFE

The chief characteristic of the Islamic Concept of Life is that it does not admit a conflict, nay, not even a significant separation between life-spiritual and life-mundane. It does not confine itself merely in purifying the spiritual and the moral life of man in the limited sense of the word. Its domain extends to the entire gamut of life. It wants to mould individual life as well as the social order in healthy patterns, so that the Kingdom of God may really be established on the earth and so that peace, contentment and well-being may fill the world as waters fill the oceans. The Islamic Way of Life is based on this unique approach to life and a peculiar concept of man's place in the Universe. That is why it is necessary that before we proceed to discuss the moral, social, political and economic systems of Islam, we should have a clear idea of the Islamic Concept of Life.

There are certain basic postulates which should be understood and appreciated at the very outset. These postulates are as follows:
http://www.islamawareness.net/Way/islamicway.html

Answer 5

Peace to all you users after a long break.
and Assalamualaikum to all Muslims.

You have the same problem as I do except that mine is dealing with friends. You know, I just finished my first quarter in school. One of the things I did was to carve "Allah" on clay. Alhamdulillah, I managed. Some of my friends view it as a positive one while some "jokingly" said I'm so religious. I don't get it. I don't think that I am religious. I think that what I'm doing every day is already part of me. Going to the mosque, reading the Holy Qur'an etc. Even some of my friends say that I'm a religious dude in school because I bring my Qur'an to school for revising.

Now, is it something bad to be religious? I mean, I have my Qur'an class every evening and I have to revise for the Tahfiz. But some people just are against me or something. Alhamdulillah, my family encourages me to follow the Qur'an and the Sunnah.

May Allah guide us all.

Answer 6

Don't get upset over this instead of the frustration and annoyance turn it to being proud of yourself. MashAllah you have got to the stage where a lot of your brothers and sisters in Islam are still struggling to get to . This is a testing time for you, keep doing what you are doing - take that vent up feeling and put it into making yourself even stronger. I wouldn't be surprised when not too long down the road people who laugh at you will in fact be more respectful of who you are and what you are.

Answer 7

listen you should keep it up either way and you should induce ur other family members to do so.i must say its avery good habit of urs.i wish i were like u.but remember each and every person in the history was teased a lot while preaching good deeds and true religions.don't get upset lets get going.and yes plz. plz. plz. pray for me after every salat so that i shall also have strong habit of offering my salat like you.{ and ur family also}

Answer 8

Salam

What you believe is what you have been granted as a mercy and blessing to you. What you don't believe is also a mercy and a blessing to you from Allah SWT. What you can achieve is based on what you are able to do, as the fingers in my hand don't do the same things and are not the same but they perform a fuction together. As the sister said ignore them that is not an option anymore you cannot ignore ignorance you must learn from it and correct it.

What you do with your Salat is not of anyone's business unless ask question and that answer is to be given in peace and patience from those who are able to provide that you can take that information as you see fit with you. They are not your creator and your creator has created Islam as a mercy granted with guidance to you. He has given you examples of those before you and aske you to take warning and blessings from those examples. As I stated manytimes the deen was made easy not hard, and no one has the right to involve themselves with the relationship you have with Allah SWT that is for you and him alone!

The problems is that we are easily annoyed by others, and that is a human quality. Is it a good one, sometimes it does take a good kick in the head to wake up yourslef and or others and other times you have to break a branch to make it straight again. What you do with your life is your choice and what you do with your deen again that is your choice. To stand before the face of ignorance is always a trial, unfortuantly there is more ignorance than goodness in people today and they rather force their crap on you than understand what your saying or doing. If its granted in mercy and peace to you then you listen, and so goes the same when its granted in ignorance. If you don't understand the ingorance of people then you cannot distingish who you should and should not be talking to and associating with. Humans are full of error that is why we have repentance. But Humans where created in goodness and that is the role of the human race not all this garbage you keep watching on tv. Again I have yet to see a sister do anything wrong unless it was allowed against her. Peace and mercy to you and inshAllah we all practice to remind each other in tolerance but that is not easy thing to do with the faces of so much ignorance.

Answer 9

Noble Quran, Surah Al-Maa'un #107 :

Have you considered him who calls the judgment a lie?
That is the one who treats the orphan with harshness,
And does not urge (others) to feed the poor.
So woe to the praying ones,
Who are unmindful of their prayers,
Who do (good) to be seen,
And withhold the necessaries of life.


Noble Quran, Surah Al-Muddaththir #74 :

Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
Except the people of the right hand,
In gardens, they shall ask each other
About the guilty:
What has brought you into hell?
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
And we used not to feed the poor;
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
Till death overtook us.
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.

Answer 10

Assalaam Alaykum

It's funny how one wants to practice their Deen yet many condem and make fun, yet if you do something for the Dunya ( which may be wrong) many will praise you and be happy!!!

Sis remember Allah (swt) is all Knowing and hears everything, you are not alone, many go through this!

Sister I think many can relate to you. I myself in this postion, it's really weird though as My family are born muslims. For me i personally felt it was a test from Allah (swt) to see if I really had the passion and intention to do what I wanted to do.

Listen to this It really keeps me going, it so touches my heart!!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KUIyrwr0Oq8

Don't give up hope, their hearts will Insha'Allah be humbled, make du'a for them. I myself have seen a little change in my family. and 1 year back I thought I wouldn't!

Stick to the right even if many dislike it/ make fun of it, just remember Allah's promises and you will pull through Insha'Allah (",)

*You are in my Dua's*

Get in touch if you ever want to talk Insha'Allah. x x