When someone connects to their natural state of Islam, for which he or she was created, an overwhelming and indescribable sense of peace takes over from that very first Shahadah. It is only through the religion of Islam that a human can truly connect with our Creator. Look around you. Whether you look in your own community, family or even the television screen — there is a massive disconnect between non-Muslims and their Creator evident in our world today.
The side effects of that disconnect are evident in everyday society in the form of crime, lewdness, vice, bullying and the like. Humans, by their very nature, are pulled back towards their Creator. And each of us possesses a free will to either heed the call or ignore it. A few years ago, I met a single mother online who was divorced and was an Atheist. Her daughter was in elementary school and had never been around Muslims or even heard much about the religion of Islam.
Then one day, she came to her mother and declared that she wanted to become a Muslim. Her mother supported her decision, even when she began wearing the hijab. Custody of children from a divorce is given the mother, boys till age 9 and girls till age Thereafter custody reverts to the father, provided that he is fit.
However, the fact that there is not absolute parity in all rights and privileges does not mean that women do not share an overall equality with men.
It must also be noted that certain social practices in some Muslim countries are not required by Islam, but have simply evolved in the course of time as a result of indigenous cultural factors. Islam differentiates between Muslims and non-Muslims and between the "People of the Book" dhimmi and others. Only Muslims have the right to elect the khalifa. In judicial matters the oath of the Muslim prevails over that of the non-Muslim.
There are therefore some differences between males and females in Islam, between Muslims and Dhimmis, and Muslims and non-Dhimmis. One of almost mosques on the Tunisian island of Jerba. These glimmering, whitewashed structures dominate the landscape, their colors shift with the changing light, and their flights of architectural fantasy seem to come in an infinite variety.
Individual Responsibility. The search for justice is one of the continuing quests of humankind. It is the quest that is prescribed by the Qur'an for every Muslim. Social and individual justice are evolving concepts which depend largely upon a variety of external considerations. Above all, Islam seeks to inculcate within every Muslim the need to seek justice and to apply it to himself as well as to others.
Because Muslims believe that God is the beginning and the end of everything, all is preordained by Qadar divine will. Qadar does not imply inaction, but, rather, acceptance. It requires the strength to change what can be changed and the fortitude to accept what cannot. Individual responsibility is a cornerstone of Islam. Every Muslim is accountable to his Creator for what he himself does or fails to do—as well as for others for whom he may be accountable—and for things that he has control over.
As in Western legal codes, individual responsibility is predicated on the intent and motive of the actor in light of his ability to do good and to avoid evil or harm to others.
Thus Islam believes in free will, and to the extent that this exists a person is responsible for its exercise in the framework of Islamic morality. But the relativity of human justice is not to be confused with the absoluteness of divine justice whose application every Muslim expects without fail on judgment day.
Because of the Muslim's belief in accountability in the hereafter, his oath is valid evidence in any judicial or extra-judicial process. Serve God, and join not any partners with Him; and do good—To parents, orphans, those in need, neighbours who are near, neighbours who are strangers; the companion by your side, the way-farer ye meet , and what your right hands possess: For God loveth not the arrogant, the vainglorious;— Qur'an A Muslim is accountable for what he does and what he fails to do in accordance with not only the letter but also the spirit of the law.
However, even though Islam imposes a number of very rigid requirements and appears formalistic and inflexible, one of the basic premises of the relationship among Muslims, and between Muslims and others, is derived from one of the basic premises of the relationship between a Muslim and his Creator, namely, forbearance and forgiveness.
In one of the Prophet's Hadiths it is stated that a person could do such evil during his lifetime that there might be between him and the doors to hell only one step and then he could repent and ask for God's forgiveness and do one good deed and enter heaven. By the same token, a person may during his life do so much good as to be one step removed from heaven and then do one evil deed that would be sufficient to earn him hell.
The meaning of the Hadith is to emphasize that, even though a person may do good throughout his life, he should never be absolutely certain that the good he has done all along is sufficient to carry him through; he should not forget that one bad deed could overcome all the good ones. Conversely, a person who has done evil all his life may repent even at the last moment and with one good deed earn paradise. The element of forbearance and forgiveness has to be predicated on knowledge, awareness, and truth.
Forbearance and forgiveness depend on the believer's recognition and acceptance of what he has done and his genuine repentance with an intent not to repeat the misdeed. That is why Muslims are encouraged to forgive the bad deeds of others committed against them.
Allah is described in the Qur'an as the Forgiving and the Merciful. Everything is forgivable by Allah except Shirk the negation of the existence of the Singularity, Uniqueness and Oneness of the Creator. Even so the mercy of God is infinite.
A man was once brought to the Prophet for trial because he denied the existence of God. Upon review of the facts, it appeared that the man was in despair over a personal tragedy. He had been found in the desert throwing his spear to the sky and screaming that he wanted to kill God for the injustice that he had suffered.
The Prophet replied, "Is it not enough that he acknowledged the existence of God to want to kill him?. If he even smiles for his brother in Islam, this will be worship. In addition, Islam cares about the relation between friends and encourages them to help each other in materialistic or religious matters. In my family , we gather every week, we help each other with our problems and many other things.
Islam encourages us to settle this earth, to learn, and to look after our bodies and souls. In addition, Islam rejects the idea of taking a corner away from people to worship Allah.
Instead, it encourages us to engage in life, and to reform the corruption. And We placed in the hearts of those who followed him compassion and mercy and monasticism, which they innovated; We did not prescribe it for them except [that they did so] seeking the approval of Allah. But they did not observe it with due observance. There is no formal ceremony for conversion. People must merely believe in and recite the shahada to convert to Islam. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published.
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