I don't truly believe that Allah exists, nor do I believe that ALL the info in the Quran are facts... But I am still want to be a bit cautious INCASE Allah exists... I don't think that my prayers and fasts will be valid if I don't truly believe in God... I am also a bit lazy to cover my hair, not listen to music etc....
Can anyone please >>>Suggest the bare minimum<<< that I can do so that I can avoid spending a lot of time in HELL..., I will try to get in a Hajj in the next 20-30 years... (I am only 13)
I will also appreciate it if someone can tell me a free website that I can try to make myself believe in Allah....
2007-12-31 11:00:22 · 6 answers · asked by Seeker 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
My whole family is Muslim, so I automatically avoid Alcohol and Pig Products, accidentally ate Starbucks once :)
2007-12-31 11:02:47 · update #1
lol ok. If u dont believe in God, all your prayers and fasting is useless. Prayers are not exercises, it is a way to connect with Allah. Its not like u do such and such thing 1 million times and u will go to heaven. Hajj will be no good either if u dont believe in Allah
I think your too young to be thinking like that and your question asking the 'bare minimum' suggests that as well. The bare minimum to go to heaven is to believe in Allah. Prayers , fasting and Hajj come AFTER that. So you cant build the second or third floor of a building before finishing the first one.
Go to these sites, maybe they will help u
http://www.godallah.com/evidence.php
http://www.scienceislam.com/index.php
2007-12-31 11:18:00 · answer #1 · answered by Ṣaḥābah . 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Real happiness and peace can be found in submitting to the commands of the Creator and the Sustainer of this world. God has said in the Quran:
“Truly, in remembering God do hearts find rest.” (Quran 13:28)
On the other hand, the one who turns away from the Quran will have a life of hardship in this world. God has said:
“But whoever turns away from the Quran,[1] he will have a hard life, and We will raise him up blind on the Day of Judgment.” (Quran 20:124)
This may explain why some people commit suicide while they enjoy the material comfort money can buy. For example, look at Cat Stevens (now Yusuf Islam), formerly a famous pop singer who used to earn sometimes more than $150,000 a night. After he converted to Islam, he found true happiness and peace, which he had not found in material success
2007-12-31 16:35:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
no
2007-12-31 13:41:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
in order not to spend a lot of time in hell u have to follow the pillars of Islam
1) to bare wittiness that their is no god worthy of being worshiped except Allah alone and that mu hammed is his slave and messenger.
2)pray 5 times a day at their appointed times (get the book prophets prayer described)
3)tax 2.5 of your yearly earnings in charity if able
4)fast the month of Ramadan
5)make hajj if able
plz check out these sites
salafipublations.com
triod.com
therighteouspath.com
2007-12-31 11:56:24 · answer #4 · answered by ummkhadijah 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Allah says in Quran that those who do not believe on unseen God, can not get guidance from Quran. Therefore I advise you to first read articles on the following web sites to learn about Islam and see if it make any sense to you.
http://www.islam101.com
http://www.islambasics.com/
http://www.islamreligion.com/
http://www.islamworld.net/true.html
http://www.searchtruth.com/chapter_display.php?chapter=1&translator=2
I copy/past an Answer I wrote for another member of R&S.
Read this and think if God exists or not.
Think if God eliminate any one of the listed below, ask yourself will this earth be able to support life for ever.
1. Earth round & tilted on an angle. If it didn't have tilt at this
angle we wouldn't have four seasons. If it was flat, we
would have night and sun would burn every thing. Nothing
will grow on earth.
2. Sun grows our crops, gives sweetness to our fruits and vegetables. If it was too close nothing would live on earth. It was too far, earth would be frozen. No life on earth.
3. If we had only one whether all the time nothing will grow on earth. Constant summer whether would dry up all water resources. No life on earth.
4. Without sun heat rain would never happen. Leaves of fruit trees convert sun light into sugar and sweeten the fruits. Without sun heat agriculture would be impossible.
5. Without Oceans there would be no rain and fish for our food. The current of warm water in oceans affect weather in coastal areas.
6. Without mountains, we won't have natural water reservoirs that supply us water through out the years.
7. Without night constant day light will destroy all trees and plants and nothing will grow. Humans and animals regain their strength in night and plants get enough oxygen in night to survive next day light.
8. Constant night would make it impossible to grow food.
9. Without Arctic and anarchic zones think what will happen
10. Moon also affects weathers and may have other benefits which I don't know to mention here.
11. Without Oxygen there would be no life on earth.
12. Without trees and bushes we won't have oxygen to live.
11. Without water there would be no life on earth.
12. Without birds and insects trees won't polarize and we won't have fruits.
13. Without animals and all life forms on earth we won't have balance in ecology on earth. Remember American sheep owners killed all the wolves and in result population of dears grew in millions. The grass in jungle wasn't enough for them to survive and they starting eating crops and also started coming into towns to eat plants and bushes by houses. Then American Government brought Wolves from Canada some 40 or more years ago to correct human mistakes.
14. Without vegetarian animals, humans won't have source of their protein. So God creates more females in such animals than males to keep their population balanced.
15. Every specie of animals and birds etc. help balance the ecology of earth. It is meant to support life on earth..
16. W/O good soil on earth food production isn't possible
17. W/O trees, plants and crops we won't survive. Where is barren, people and animals are hungry and migrate to fertile areas.
18. If producing electricity wasn't possible, think what would be our life.
19. If steel wasn't in earth, we wouldn't have durable goods and high rises wouldn't be possible to build.
20. If plants and minerals were not here, we will not find cures of diseases.
I am running out of things to add. May be many of you will add more in this list.
Please explain:
Did this near perfect life supporting system evolved by itself without any creator ? If you say Yes, you are not accepting your wrong belief.
There is God who created this perfect life supporting system. In it if sun wasn't placed, could life be possible?
You know life wouldn't be possible if God eliminates even one of these things from the system life wouldn't be possible. For example Sun, Earth being round and its tilt, Water, Oxygen, Oceans, plant life etc.
Every living thing on earth is playing its role to support life on earth. How all needed things came into existence by themselves without any creator?
How is it possible that every thing needed to support life on earth happened by itself? Some one has created every needed thing in the system by planning. And this planner and creator if Allah - God - High Spirit what ever people in
different languages. He is the one who created Heavens, earth and every thing between the two.
If you say all are evolved by itself, you are wrong because if mere Oxygen wasn't here
NO LIFE COULD HAVE EVOLVED.
2007-12-31 11:49:55 · answer #5 · answered by majeed3245 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course you need to believe in God and the the Quran and the prophets and books etc. You dont have to be perfect or never commit a sin because then only the Prophets would be in heaven.
Even Muslims who only believe in the shahadah enter Paradise- Allah's wrath is awesome but his Mercy is far far greater,there are but the important thing is to believe.
http://www.beconvinced.com/en/main.php
The 'Hadith of the Parchment'
Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al 'Aas said, I heard Allaah's Messenger (saws) say:
"Allaah will take out a man from my Ummah before the creation on the Day of Resurrection and ninety-nine scrolls will be unrolled for him. Each one as long as the eye can see. Then He will say 'Do you deny any of this? Have my watchful scribes wronged you?' He will reply 'No, O my Lord!' So, He (Allaah) will say 'Do you have any excuse (or any good deed)? So he will reply 'No, O my Lord!' So, He (Allaah) will say 'Rather you do possess a good deed with Us and you will not be wronged this Day.' So a parchment is brought containing 'I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped except Allaah and I bear witness that Muhammad is His Slave and Messenger.' So He (Allaah) will say 'Witness the weighing.' So he will reply 'O my Lord! What is this parchment compared to those great scrolls?' So He (Allaah) will say 'Indeed you will not be wronged.' So the scrolls will be placed on one scale and the parchment on the other scale. So the scrolls will be lighter and the parchment heavier. Nothing will outweigh the name of Allaah."
[Ahmad, at-Tirmidhee and Ibn Maajah]
2007-12-31 11:11:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋