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Islam
Islam is a monotheistic faith and the world's second largest religion. Followers of Islam, called Muslims, believe that God revealed His will to Muhammad and other prophets, including Moses, Abraham, Adam, and Jesus.
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Why do Muslims eat only halal?
Answer 1
"Halal" just means "permitted" as "haram" means "forbidden." For many things and actions there are three degrees between: "encouraged," "neutral" and "discouraged."
But perhaps the question is about WHY some things should be halal and others not. This is more difficult. From a time too distant to account, certain foods have been avoided by both Jews and Arabs. Pork is the best known forbidden food, but there are others. In practice, halal is the same as kosher. In fact, before there were halal butcher shops, Muslims simply shopped kosher.
Was it a question of sanitation (pigs do carry human diseases)? Or were swine once sacred animals, too holy to be eaten, as cows are to the Hindus? Or was it just a matter of distinguishing one people from their neighbors. All these viewpoints have their advocates.
Probably the truest answer, though not the most satisfying, is, "Because it's our tradition."
Commentary on Answer 1
"Halal" and "Kosher" are not synonymous. The process of Islamic Slaughter (Dhabiha) and Jewish Slaughter (Shechita) are different in their specifics, making Halal meat not-Kosher. Additionally while Judaism prohibits shellfish and other marine invertebrates, only the Sunni Hanafi School follows these prohibitions. Additionally, Islam prohibits alcohol, which is permitted in Judaism.
What happens if you draw Prophet Muhammad or Allah?
Depends on how you draw his picture. Iran is a country with Shiite Muslim population and their religion sect, it is not considered wrong to draw Muhammed or Allah as long it is a normal picture or a picture to show a part of his life or his beauty. If the picture is insulting like the ones drawn in Denmark there will most probably be an uproar by the Muslims all over the world. But then what can you do? The people are brainwashed into believing that whoever insults Islam must be killed. It's a sad world.
What kind of crops did the Muslims grow?
As whe know the muslims grow very important bananas, they were so important in this age , that without big and long bananas they would survive, this age was very hard
What languages are spoken by Muslims?
Prophet Muhammad (saw) spoke Arabic.
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Arabic
Muhammad (PBUH) spoke in Arabic, one which differs slightly from the modern Arabic spoken today.
The Prophet Muhammad spoke Fus'ha Arabic, which is the type of Arabic that the Qur'an is written in.
Weather or not the above answer is true or false doesn't matter because whatever language Muhammad (PBUH) spoke wasn't what Jibril (Gabriel) spoke because Muhammad (PBUH) was unlearned in the language of The Holy Qur'an.
Prophet Mohammed (peace upon him) spoke Arabic.
What surah in the Quran is prophet Ibrahim mentioned?
In many verses (surahs) prophet, Adam peace upon him, is mentioned:
- Albaqara, 31-37
- Al-Omran, 33, 59
- Al-Maeda 27, 31,52
- Al-Israa, 61, 70
- Al-Kahf, 50
- Maryam, 58
- Taha, 115-117, 120-121
- Yasin, 60
If Muslims don't believe in Allah are they still a Muslim?
Prayer is one of the five pillars of Islam. If one doesn't pray, you have to ask another question. Is this person not praying out of disbelief or laziness? If one doesn't pray because they don't believe prayer is necessary, then they are not considered Muslim. If one doesn't pray because they are lazy, they are considered sinners. However, they are not out of the realm of Islam.
Any sin can be forgiven by God with the exception of disbelief.
Why do Muslims consider Muhammad the most important historical figure in Islam?
sooooo many things!! amazing Prophet!!! look up the Prophet Muhammad online.
just see this video about how bible talk about prophet muhammed from the web site (youtube.com) the title is: The Absolute Truth About Muhammed in The bible
i think he mother and father looked after Muhammad but they died then Muhammad was being looked after by someone else. everyone thought that if you looked after Muhammad you would die? then muhammads uncle was looking after him
How many daughters does Prophet Muhammad have?
Some believe Prophet Muhammad (peace upom him) had four daughters; namely Umm Kulthum, Ruqayah, Zainab, and Fatimah bint Muhammad.
But a large percentage of Muslims also believe he only had one, namely Fatima.
Looking from a mathematical and physiological perspective, it is unlikely he fathered more daughters after Fatima.
How did Muhammad encourage people to treat each other?
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) called people of Mecca to prevent themselves from worshiping Idols as partners to Allah (God) and to worship the one and only one God (Allah) with no partner, no father, no son, no companion, and no resemblance and to believe in Muhammad as His prophet and messenger.
and after he was rejected from Mekkah and resided in Medinah he changed 180 degrees and the last teachings of his abrograte the misleading "softer" verses of Mekkah.
People of Mecca were idol worshippers. They wer plunged into the darknss of ignorance. They were drunkards, gamblers, cheaters and superstitious. They buried their daughters alive and had no respect for women. They exploited the poor and the weak. They followed no rule. Their motto was, "Might is right."
When the last Prophet of Islam Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) preached the message of Almighty Allah inviting the Meccans to worship only One Almighty Allah, to be honest, truthful, fair, and straightforward in their dealings, they turned against him. They were not ready to change their traditions, culture and the power over the poor and the slaves. They felt a threat.
When did Prophet Muhammad live and Islam emerge?
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Muhammad peace be upon him, did not start Islam. He was Allah's last messenger just like Mooses ,Jesus and many others. Angel Gabriel was sent by Allah to the Prophet to reveal the Holy book Quran over him so he would preach it to others.
Answer B Islam religion is not a human religion to have a human founder. Islam religion is the religion per God revelation of Quran to prophet Muhammad (PBUH) through the angel Gabriel. Quran revelation started by year 610 AD and continued through year 632 Ad (year of prophet Muhammad death).
It is also important to highlight that Islam is an Arabic word that means submission to God and surrender to His will. The root of the word Islam is 'selm' that means peace. This indicates that peace between you and yourself and God and between yourself and mankind is achieved through submission to God, the Creator, i.e through Islam.
In light of this universal sense of Islam, God says in Quran that Islam is the faith of all prophets and their followers since start of mankind, including Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad (Peace be upon them all). Islam is even God mission to all God creations including our universe, the planets, the sun and the moon, the rivers and the seas, ..., and all that we know and that we don't know. All these creatures have full submission (Islam) to God, the one and only one God with no partner, no son, and no assoiciate.
Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) was the last prophet of Islam, the first being Hazrat Adam (AS). In between come about 1,24,000 prophets including Hazrat Noah (AS), Hazrat Abraham (AS), Hazrat Ismaiel (AS), Hazrat Ishaque (AS), Hazrat Moses (AS), and Hazrat Jesus Christ (AS). Islam is, infact, the same and only religion given to mankind by its Sole Creator-Almighty God (Allah in Arabic).
Do Muslims worship in a synagogue?
No; Jews pray to God, creator of the universe. Muhammad is associated with Islam, not with Judaism. Judaism has no connection to Muhammad and does not have an official religious position on him other than him not being a prophet.
Note that Muslims also do not pray to Muhammad. Muslims pray to Allah (using the Qur'an which they say that Muhammad revealed).
Where are the most followers of Islam located?
Many people think, by mistake, that the majority of Islam followers live in the Middle East or are Arabs. In reality 62% of all Muslims worldwide live in the Asia-Pacific region, which includes 61 countries and territories, where six Asian countries are having the largest Muslim populations; namely:
- Indonesia (203 million),
- Pakistan (174 million),
- India (161 million),
- Bangladesh (145 million),
- Iran (74 million) and
- Turkey (74 million).
These only six countries are home to more than half (53%) of the global Muslim population and about 85% of Asia's Muslim population.
Whereas, the Middle East together with North Africa region, which includes 20 countries and territories, is home to only about 20% of the world's Muslim population and having around 315 million Muslims. Of these, 315 million Muslims, around 79 million Muslims live in Egypt, meaning that about one-in-four (25%) Muslims in the region live in Egypt.
Also, by mistake some think that the Majority Muslims are surrounding Israel. This is again wrong. Out of around 1600 million Muslims world wide, the Muslim countries surrounding Israel totals around 105 million Muslims. These countries are: Egypt (~79 million Muslims), Jordan (~ 6 million Muslims), Syria (~ 20 million Muslims) and Lebanon (2.5 million Muslims). Even the Muslim Palestinians are ~ 4 million Muslims.
Muslims in the US are less than 2.5 millions (~0.8% of US total population).
For more information on the data above, it could be referred to link below.
Why did Muhammad destroy idols in the ka'ba?
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) destroyed the Idols around Kaaba because Islam is the religion of monotheism that means no God except one and only one God with no partner and no associate. Worshiping idols is against Islam main belief.
Who was the angel that visited Muhammad and told him he was a prophet?
The Archangel GABRIEL or Jibril (جبريل) told Muhammad that he was to recite the Qur'an. It Waraqah ibn Nawfal, an Ebionite Christian Priest who specifically used the term "prophet".
What was the name in the sacred book in islam?
Al-Qur'an is the sacred book of Islam, which is very important
Why is toblerone haram for Muslims?
It is haram only if including haram ingredients such as pork fats, alcohols, ingredients composed of haram components as Di-sodium inosinate that may include extracts from pigs.
What are Islamic churches like?
There is no such thing called 'church' in Islam.
If you were referring to the worshipping place of Muslims, it is typically called a "Mosque" in English. In Arabic, there are two names for such a structure: Jame'a (جامع) also Latinized in Turkish as Camii refers to a large Mosque and Masjid (مسجد) also Latinized in Turkish as Mescid which refers to a smaller community building. Muslims in the mosque; during praying; face the direction of Kaaba in Makkah (or Mecca) in Saudi Arabia.
Mosques are generally large open rooms with designs on the walls and a curtain to separate the women (who pray in the rear) from the men (who pray towards the front). Unlike Christian churches, there are no pews and those who pray sit and prostrate themselves on the floor. Services are relatively quick (from a Christian perspective), with prayer lasting roughly 10-30 minutes at any given time with the exception of Friday afternoon prayers which may be longer.
What is the name of mother of Muhammad?
There aren't many Islamic sources available on the topic so we don't know what all the names of the mothers of the prophets of Islam. A few names are known but most are not. Some are named in the Judeo-Christian tradition but not in the Islamic*.
The Prophet Muhammad's mother was called Amina.
Moses' mother was Yocheved* (His natural Hebrew mother), Asiyah was his adoptive Egyptian mother.
Joseph's mother was Rachel*
Ishmael's mother was Hagar (Hajara)
Isaac's mother was Sarah
Adam didn't have a mother of course
His son Seth's (considered a prophet, but much less known) mother was obviously Eve
and of course, Mary (Maryam) was the mother of Jesus
What did Sunni and Shia Muslims disagree about?
How the Muslim community was to be governed.
They just disagreed on the way the successor of the prophet (after his death) should be. Muslims elected Abou Bakr to be the first Caliph after prophet Muhammad (PBUH) death. However, some Muslims believed that the successor should be from the family of the prophet and hence should Ali Ibn Abou Taleb (the prophet cousin and husband of his daughter). However, after the election of AbouBakr, they joined the majority and even Ali Ibn Abou Taleb (God be pleased with him) supported the elected Caliph. The same scenario was repeated after election of Omar Ibn Alkhattab as the second Caliph and Othman Ibn Affan as the third Caliph. Ali Ibn Abou Taleb was then elected as the fourth Caliph.
However, Sunnis and Shiites are just two Islamic schools that differ in minor issues.The outsiders are trying to feed up assumed differences and conflicts between Muslim groups to gain control on Muslim countries and on their resources. The two main groups are Sunnis and Shiites. Both groups agree upon basic Islam pillars, believe in same and only version of Quran, believe and follow the sunnah of same prophet (PBUH), pray to same direction (facing Kaba in Makkah or Mecca in Saudi Arabia, go to same places on pilgrimage (or Hajj), and adhere to same Islam morals and ritual worships. They only differ on some side issues that are not critical.
Why was the Islamic expansion so successful?
I think it is the whole ideology. It recognized everybody to be the same standard. That is Mohammad himself his somebody like anyother person. Anyone can lead prayer. Specially at that time it came like a social revelution which includes human rights. It is funny but true that at that time Mohammad introduced women voting etc. Later they become very advanced in Science and technology which made this religeon attactive.
What is the place where Prophet Muhammad's mother died?
On her journey back from madinah she died at city Abwa and was buried there.
