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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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Can a husband drink wife's milk in Christianity?
In all God religions; including Christianity; drinking wife's milk is not allowed.
who's HAZRAT ALI ASGAR(as) and when HE born?
He was the youngest son of HAZRAT IMAM HUSSAIN(as) and he was born on 10 of Rajab 60 hijri.
Which city has the most mosque?
Istanbol
CORRECT ANSWER:
Mecca
(btw, it is spelled Istanbul.)
MOST CORRECT ANSWER:
Mega Dhaka city, because of more than 700 mosques in the city, and Dhaka is almost 10 times smaller than Istanbul. You will always hear the Azaan more than 5-10 times from different mosques at any given particular area in Dhaka.
Can a Muslim use mouth wash when fasting?
Technically yes because you are not taking any thing inside to control your hunger, But if you are taking with an intention that your mouth has to be fesh from the bad smell comming during the fast it is un acceptable. reason being this smell is not from the mouth but from the stomuch and Allah love this smell and it is preffered such people.
I am not an expert to comment but what ever experts passed on to me I am just sharing, Ask any Moulvi.
Purportedly, he was fond of green things, green being a kind of hard-to-get dye in his day, and since he is alledged to have mended his own clothes, a man with a few favorite garments.
Prophet Ishmaeels(pbuh) wife's name was Hajar. Here is a Hadith about Hajar.
Hajar sees Zam-zam - by Prophet MuhammadThe Prophet Muhammad said: 'This is the source of the tradition of the Sa'y (One of the rituals of the hajj, or pilgrimage) the going of people between them (i.e. As-Safa and Al-Marwa). When she reached Al- Marwa (for the last time) she heard a voice and she asked herself to be quiet and listened attentively. She heard the voice again and said: '0, (whoever you may be)! You have made me hear your voice; have you got something to help me?' And behold! She saw an angel at the place of Zam-zam, digging the earth with his heel (or his wing) till water flowed from that place. She started to make something like a basin around it, using her hand in this way, and started filling her water-skin with water with her hands, and the water was flowing out after she had scooped some of it."The Prophet added: "May Allah bestow mercy on Ishmael's mother! Had she let the Zam-zam (flow without trying to control it or had she not scooped from that water to fill her water-skin), Zam-zam would have been a stream flowing on the surface of the earth."
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Hajar is prophet Abraham (Ibrahim) wife and mother of prophet Ishmael (Ismaila). She is not the wife of prophet Ismail.
Who is the current today's Islam leader?
Muslims follow the Quran and the Sunnah. Quran is the sacred book that God has sent to Earth and Sunnah is the ways of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. If the followers of Islam are seeking for the answers (ie. what to do if such and such happened) that are not mentioned during the time of Prophet, peace be upon him... there are Islamic scholars who have the high possibility answers according to the Quran, most likely and that they thinks is correct.
What is the second most holy city of Islam?
The Most Holy sites in Islam respectively are :
1. Mecca (KSA)
2. Al-Madena or Yathreb (KSA), particulary the Mosque of the prophet Muhammad PBUH or ( Al-Masjd Al-Nabawi )as it's called in Arabic.
3. Jerusalem where the Farthest Mosque is located ( Palestine ).
What can you give a Muslim for dessert?
Something delicious! I personally like fruit trifles with lots of cream.
You could offer me a virgin bride aswel.
Okay seriously, avoid gelatin and other stuff that could have pig or alocohol.
Besides that I don't think there is any such things as 'the Muslim desert' or even 'a Muslim desert.
If you're still not sure just go buy or make something most normal people in the world enjoy for desert and you have nothing to worry about :)
Strictly a Muslim cannot practice Buddhisme. But a Muslim can study Buddhisme only for general knowledge. Islam promote its followers to learn & get knowledge as much as possible because Islam is a religion to those who are thinking.
Muslim need to fully understand their religion in order to make them a better Muslim. All of the knowledge of other religion are an extra knowledge will only strengthen Muslim belive toward Islam if they are really study it & understand what was revealed by God Almighty (ALLAH S.W.T).
There is no 'strict Muslim' or 'not extremly strict Muslim' in Islam. As a Muslim, we have to hold tight the faith declaration that we have done. which is 'There is no God except ALLAH & Muhammad (peace be upon to him) is the messenger of Allah'. Which means a Muslim cannot against what God was revealed & Prophet's (P.B.U.h) teaching.
The meaning of Muslim linguistically mean "a man who bow or obey to God's will". Any Muslim who break the faith basic requirement will autmatically not longger being a Muslim and called a 'Murtad' which means out of Islam.
Any Muslim who introduce teaching that contradict God's Words are really in a great misleading.
Islam is a perfect religion & way of life. It will not outdated & suitable in any place, anytime even in the past, present & future.
Islam is the reasonable religion with practical teaching in any condition & any life aspect with great detail & also understandable. I.e economically, socially, educationally, technologically, marriage, charity, law, hygenically, dietry, philosophy & so on (present life & after life knowledge). Therefore all Muslim already have a perfect guidance (Al-Quran & Prophet tradition) to face anything peacefully. We don't even need other religion dogma or teaching to make us the best human being. But what a Muslim have to do is fully understand our true religion teaching & practicing it.
Honestly I'm also studying Buddhisme & always make discussion with my Buddhist best friend for general knowledge & dialouge. And finally as a Muslim,
we respect all religions & in Islam there is no compulsion in religion. My answer over here is not to insult anyone, but for clarification only. Thanks..
AnswerYES ! ( My Belief is) Since BUDDHISM is a PHILOSOPHY A MUSLIM can Study BUDDHISM...It depends on how you interpret it. Buddhism is sometimes called "the faith of no faith," because there are no gods in Buddhism, but if you believe in Islam and study Buddhism, then you can make your own combination. Just go with whatever you want to believe.
It depends upon how strict a Muslim you are. If you are not extremely strict then yes, a Muslim and anyone else can look at Buddhism as a philosophy. But, if you are strict, then no, a Muslim must only follow their own philosophies and the ideas of their religion.
AnswerSince Buddhism is a Philosophy and not a Religion, then you can study Buddhism. It will definitely make you a better Muslim. Buddhism is all about ending sufferings. Sufferings afflicts both Theists and none Theist. In fact there are Christian-Buddhist, Jewish-Buddhist, Islam-Buddhist, etc...ANSWER BY A BUDDHIST
Anyone can study Buddhism. The practices of meditation help many people of all races, religions, and cultures. You need not be a Buddhist to practice the beliefs of Buddhism. The main thing we care about is the relief of suffering for all beings, and I have no doubt that any religion would agree with that. No matter who you are, you can follow the Dharma. When it comes to just studying it, that is kind of silly. Can a Buddhist study the Muslim religion? Of course! Can a Christian? why not? study to your heart's content and if you decide you want to practice it, give it a try or so, then try meditating and I would suggest reading The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh. This book gives you good methods of meditation. For those with troubled pasts like me, read Noah Levine's book Dharma Punk or Against the Stream. The first is a biography that will keep you on the tip of your toes till the last page and the second is a very clear cut explanation of Buddhist beliefs, written in Levine's attention grabbing style. If you want more of a long read with better explanation and detail get The Buddhist Bible.Though we have no bible this is just a great book with information from many different Pali sources. And last but not least, Noah Levine's website has many audio downloads if you do not wish to read. For more go to Buddhistebooks.com and there are many other sources where you can even have actual free books shipped to you, or locate a retreat or local Budddhist Temple or Meditation Hall. namaste!
What is the difference between an Islamic state and a non Islamic state?
A state could be a country or people. the Islamic state refers to the people who practice Islam. the religion is in a system where you have a religious leader who is also a political leader. he is their king and prophet, so to speak. many people consider this to be a dangerous way to have a government, because one man controls the minds and bodies of its people.
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Why did many conquered people accept Islam and what happened to those who did not?
There are two questions here. Correspondingly, the answer will be split in two parts. However, as the second question's answer feeds useful information into the first question's answer, the order of the answers will be reversed.
What happened to those conquered people who did not accept Islam?
In the Middle Ages, Muslims treated Non-Muslims in a way that was superior to contemporaneous civilizations and introduced the concept of religious tolerance (as opposed to Europe which was practicing the exact opposite at the time). However, it is nothing close to equality or Rights. An important thing to note is that the concept of Rights comes out the Enlightenment. Prior to this point, there was a system of privilege wherein the Ruler would provide privileges (out of the kindness of his heart) to a certain group of people to do acts. A person did not have the "right" to anything and this was the mentality worldwide.
The Pact of Omar was a document of submission signed by the Caliph Omar and defeated Christians and Jews during one of Omar's Wars. While the factual accuracy of that story may be doubted, there is no doubt that the Pact of Omar formed the basis for the treatment of non-Muslims in the conquered territories. The Pact of Omar set out a number of regulations that will be described in this answer.
The Dhimmi, or non-Muslim under Muslim occupation was required by the Pact of Omar to pay a number of taxes that were connected with his Dhimmi status. The most famous was the jizya, which was a tax that Dhimmi had to pay for Muslims for the right to not be killed where they stood for not acknowledging Mohammed's Prophecy; it was a form of humiliation. Additional taxes included the kharaj, which was a tax on non-Muslim* land-holdings in the Muslim World. The kharaj was so untenable that most Dhimmi were forced to live in the cities where the tax would not be applicable. There was also inequality concerning the justice system. On paper, a Christian or Jew could testify against a Muslim, but in reality, such testimony was not acceptable and the attempt to defame a Muslim would receive retribution. Christians and Jews were not allowed to build new houses of worship, restore old houses of worship, proselytize in any way (this included religious debate or dialogue), or allow wine or pigs to be shown in public.
Polytheists were forced to convert to Islam with some rare exceptions (such as the Hindus in India). Zoroastrianism was the majority faith in Iran until Islam almost completely extinguished it, both by sword, economic inequality, and brutal repression of Zoroastrian customs (unless they could be Islamicized like Nourouz).
This system of inequality between Muslims and non-Muslims persisted up to the colonial period, when it reversed. As a result of colonization, the segregated Dhimmi System gave way to a new, modern bureaucratic system where Europeans were the dominant class and natives, regardless of their religion were second-class, unless they became part of the bureaucracy. To do this, a person would require an education in order to become literate and be able to successfully perform functions in the Arab World. As Jews and Christians sought education, they were able to ascend the hierarchy and become relatively powerful compared to the Muslim majority. When the Islamic World became independent, only the Lebanese Christians were able to maintain this dominant position (and only until the Lebanese Civil War of 1975-1991). In other countries, the end of colonization saw a brief rise in Anti-Semitism followed by a mass exodus of Jews from majority-Muslim countries for Israel, UK, France, the United States and Canada. Those Jews and Christians who remained garnered a more equal status than anything that they had previously had under Muslim leadership, but still are unequal in terms of their inability to proselytize, the unofficial "requirement" to avoid offending Islam in public, and the need to seek the authority of high government officials to build new houses of worship or to repair existing ones.
*Although Muslims also had to pay the kharaj in theory, in practice the tax rate for kharaj on Muslims was slight compared to the amount required by the Dhimmi peoples.
Why did many conquered people accept Islam?
It depends on where the conversion took place and the individual converting. Muslims can detail the Islamic claims that Islam is the correct religion and being desirable for society, which I find rather unconvincing. However, there are reasons for conversion to Islam both currently and historically that have much more relevance.
Forcible Conversion
As to the claim of forcible conversion even between sects of Islam, there is quite a bit of evidence to show that this did occur. It was never the dominant form of conversion to Islam, but it existed. There are those perpetrated by the Almohads throughout their Empire. 120,000 Muslims were killed in addition to Jews and Christians in the city of Marrakesh alone due to their "incorrect belief". There were also massacres in Safavid Persia against the Jews. There is also Aurangzeb's forcible conversion of Hindus in India and his slaughter of several groups of Hindus who lived outside of his direct authority. There was repression and consistent attacks by the Ottomans of Christian vassals in Europe. Finally, the Ottoman act of Devshirme, ripping Christian boys and girls away from their families to serve the Sultan, is a violation of a person's inalienable right to family.
As mentioned before, in most cases, Polytheists were forcibly converted since their religions were not deemed acceptable under Islam.
To Escape Dhimmi Status
If a Dhimmi converted to Islam, all of the legal and social inequalities discussed would drop away. Islamic States have historically created a set of benefits that only Muslims could partake, making a choice to be Muslim tied to choices about economic viability (which trades you could work - especially in government) or tied to choices of social standing. These would strongly weight the choice and produce a steady stream of converts by their very nature.
Social Benefits
The majority of Islamic converts in India came from the Untouchable and Sudra Hindu Castes who never would have had a chance to be treated well in Hindu society. However, in Islam all men were equal before God, making conversion an escape from this social suppression. There were similar conversions among slaves in order to find a way to escape from slavery, since it is much more difficult for a Muslim to justify having a Muslim slave than a non-Muslim slave, according to Islamic Law.
Is the name natasha a Muslim name?
While "Natasha" is not an Arabic name, most probaby Russian or Ukranian, it can certainly be the name of a Muslim. In Islam, it is not necessary to change one's name when converting / reverting to Islam. To paraphrase William Shakespeare, "A Muslim by any other name, would be as sweet". The true sign of a Muslim is not just a name but his/her intentions and actions and their method of practising of the 5 pillars of Islam.
What is the central theme of the Islam religion?
The central theme is to witness that no god except Allah (God in English) and that prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is His prophet and messenger.
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Does Barack Obama have any Muslim background?
President Obama is a devout Christian who was raised as a Christian. He had a Muslim paternal grandfather named Hussein. However, Obama's father was raised Muslim but became an atheist by the time his wife Ann Dunham (a Christian) gave birth to Barack Obama.
Let me add to the above response. My information comes from the book Barack Obama wrote about his life: Dreams From My Father. President Obama grew up without much concern for religion of any kind. He converted to Christianity over 20 years ago, as a result of being exposed to the faith through his work in black neighborhoods, where the churches were the center of community life.
His Christian faith is very important to him, as is often the case with people who choose their religion, rather than being chosen by it. His grandparents probably grew up in a Christian household when they were growing up in Kansas, but in his memoir, the President described his mother and her parents as "ambivalent." Religion was not important to them. He says they tried out being Unitarians for a while.
Barack Obama's mother could probably best be described as a humanist. She spent her life doing work in Third World countries, trying to create better conditions for people who lived in poverty. She taught him to respect all religions and wanted him to know something about all of them, including Buddhist, Hindu, Christian and Muslim.
Since he actually never knew his father, that branch of the family didn't have any impression on him or on his religious affiliation or practice. His father may have been raised in a Muslim household in Kenya. I say "may," because his paternal grandfather grew up practicing African nature religion. As a grown man, the President's father converted to Christianity for a short time, then decided it was too restrictive. Barack Obama, Sr. belonged to a tribe that practiced polygamy (most African tribes do), and Christianity would not allow him to have more than one wife. So he signed on as a Muslim, where having more than one wife was okay.
Barack Obama's father considered himself an atheist at the time he met Ann Dunham, Barack Obama's mother. Ann Dunham's second husband was an Indonesian who had grown up in a Muslim household, just as nearly everybody in his country had. He was not a particularly religious man, but he did follow the Muslim religion, mixed with a little of the old religion that had been practiced in his country before people were persuaded to Islam.
For two of the four years that Barack Obama lived with his stepfather (from age 6 to 10), he attended a public school where students were required to study the Quran for a few hours each week. During the other two years, he attended a Catholic school where he was required to study Catholicism. Non-parochial schools either didn't exist or did not provide quality educational opportunities.
However, the type of fundamentalist Muslim school that some people say he attended in Indonesia did not exist during the time that he lived there. They only began to pop up several years later. When he was 10, his mother sent him to live with his grandparents in Hawaii so he could get a good American education.
What is the meaning of the Muslim name Ayesha?
Ayesha is a girl's name with different origins. First, it is often used as a variant (anglicised) transcription of the Arabic name 'Aisha', meaning "she-who-lives". Secondly, in Persian, the name means "womanly", but also sporty, active. Ayesha is a common female first name in countries such as the United States, where it was ranked 2020 out of 4275 for females of all ages in the 1990 US Census. The same survey found that Ayesha is a rare surname and it was not ranked for people of all ages. Ayesha is a common Indian girl name, where it means the same, a girl with life. These names are generally found in the southern part of India. One of Prophet Muhammad's wives was also named Ayesha.
What are the advantage and disadvantage of Eid ul fitr?
Diwali is also known as the Festival of Light. An advantage of Diwali is that it encourages the whole family to spend quality time together. A disadvantage of the festival is the pollution caused as a result of firecrackers.
What is the significance of 786?
The Arabic letters of the opening phrase of the quran sum to the numerical value 786 in the system of Abjad numerals. Not all muslims place emphasis on this numerological analysis; however, some - mostly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar - use 786 as a substitute for the phrase بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم bism illāh ir-raḥmān ir-raḥīm ("in the name of Allah, the merciful, the compassionate")
Erkan Petekkaya in his official profile on Facebook has said on Relision Info. "As every muslim is". He is MUSLIM.
Why do Muslims stand on the Day of Arafat?
Performing Hajj is obligatory on each Muslim once in life. The chief ritual of Hajj is staying at the field of Arafat on the 9th of Zil- Hajja. The Muslims stay there to pray to Almighty Allah and complete the Hajj.
What are five pillars of lslam?
The Five Pillars of Islam are the essential practices and/or duties incumbent on every Muslim. These duties are Shahadah (profession of faith), Salat (prayers), Zakat (giving of alms), Sawm (fasting) and Hajj (pilgrimage).
Shahadah is a profession of monotheism and statement making clear the acceptance of Allah as the one true deity.
Salat is the requirement to pray 5 times a day at the recommended times. This is typically done on a rug facing the Kaaba in Mecca. It is a communication time with Allah and a time to express gratitude.
Zakat is the practice of giving charitably from accumulated wealth to help the poor and the needy. There is a 2.5% accepted rate but more is certainly welcome.
Sawm or Siyam includes several types of fasting of which ritual fasting is more common and obligatory. Here Muslims are not allowed to eat, drink, or have sex from dawn to dusk during the month of Ramadan. This is a time to atone for sins and to try and become a better person by being conscious of sins and other desires.
Hajj is the traditional pilgrimage made to Mecca which every able-bodied Muslim must complete sometime within their lifetime if possible.
The 'Five Pillars' of Islam are the foundation of Muslim life: 1)Faith or belief in the Oneness of God and the finality of the prophethood of Muhammad; 2)Establishment of the daily prayers; 3)Concern for and almsgiving to the needy; 4)Self-purification through fasting; and. 5)The pilgrimage to Makkah for those who are able.
