Because it shows the unity of Muslims. It is said in one of the hadiths that if one part of the body is in pain the whole body is in pain.. which is what the Muslim ummah is, so if Muslims are dieing then the whole of the Muslim community feels the pain.
'Treat your brother the way you would like to be treated' .
Ummah is important to Muslims because it shows unity regardless of your skin colour background etc..
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An example of Ummah in Britain would be Ramadan. As a community all the Muslims fast together as acommunity.
The Islamic nation is called " Al-ummah".
You cannot go to ummah. Ummah is an arabic word meaning one nation/community. It is also used as a collective Islamic state. Ina lame mans definition ummah is one familyof muslims despite the race or nationality. The only laws in Islam are the shari'ah laws-these laws are used in muslim countries. Ummah is not a law. :P
Today we muslims are defeated ummah today because we are away from quran and sunnah
Ishmael. It is important to note that Ishmael is not the father of the Muslims, but the father of the Arabs. The distinction is important since Muslims in the Indian subcontinent and Indonesia (roughly 60% of all Muslims) do not claim direct descendence from Ishmael, but spiritual descendence.
The Muslims all over the world belong to the single nation or Ummah. However, The Arabs, the Pakistanis, the Indonesians, the Egyptians, the Turks are a few important nations of Islam.
Well there are 1977.24 million Muslims in the world so i would say there are about 4000-5000 Muslims in the UK!
It is the occasion of the gathering of Muslims from all over the world. It shows the unity of the Muslim Umma.
Ummah is an Arabic word for Nation. Ummah is used to refer to the Muslim nation. The Muslim Ummah is considered to be a single body and so it is binding upon the other Muslims to help one Muslim if he needs help.The word Umma means community.
Jihad becomes necessary when the Ummah(muslim nation) is being attacked in any part of the world and there is not enough people to hold the enemy back.I leave it to you to decide if the ummah (Muslims around the world)is safe.
People who follow Islam today are called Muslims. They were still called Muslims in Prophet Muhammad's (pbuh) time, but his community of faithful were also called the ummah.