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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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The Arabic word ISLAM is derived from the root s-l-mwhich is translated directly as peace. However, there are many translations of the word Islam. The Shariah (Islamic law) officially translates Islam as meaning "to submit to God's will".
How do you know it is time for prayer for Muslims?
Muslims are required to offer formal prayers, salat, five times per day:
Fajr: between dawn and sunrise
Zhur: between noon and midafternoon
Asr: between midafternoon and sunset
Maghreb: between sunset and full darkness
Isha: between fulll darkness and Fajr, although it is preferred to offer it before midnight
The times of these prayers are determined by observation of the natural world, so that people living in undeveloped or developing countries, as well as those in developed countries, can easily ascertain the correct times for prayer.
Because celestial observations are sometimes obscured by clouds, Muslims have made up prayer time charts based on previous observations or on astronomical calculation, so that they can still determine the correct times of prayer, no matter what the weather is like.
nowadays they have prayer time tables on a calendare but in olden days they were used to look at the sky and decide wether it is prayer time or not, and they inform other people by saying ''azaan'' in speaker which can be heard in far places.
nowadays they have prayer time tables on a calendare but in olden days they were used to look at the sky and decide wether it is prayer time or not, and they inform other people by saying ''azaan'' in speaker which can be heard in far places.
What are the Islamic rules for men?
Men and women in Islam have equal and complementing roles. They are both responsible; in front of Allah (God in English); of their deeds and sayings. In the meantime their social role in life is complementing each other. Although they are equally sharing family responsibilities and running their own business and careers, man is primarily responsible of securing family expenses and finance while woman is primarily responsible of raising up children and taking care of them. Refer to links below.
Do all Muslims have to have a Qur'an?
Most of them do. The point is not about having the Holy Book of Quran, it is about reading it and working by the instructions in it.
Islam, despite all the negative media, is one of the biggest world religions, second only to Christianity.
zath- Islam is acually the forth biggest religions, behind buddism, Christianity, and athiesim.
How did Christianity and Islam spread?
Early Christians did not force their religion on others but relied on missionaries, preaching, and leading godly lives to draw people to the one true God.8
Muslims, on the other hand, did not rely solely on preaching to spread their faith-they turned also to the sword. While it is true that some did convert willingly to Islam, when they attacked or occupied new territory, they gave its inhabitants three options: convert to Islam, pay a special tax, or die.
Islams spread was mainly through invasion--hate your enemies...Allah hates unbelievers. The message of God's love through Christ cut to the heart of those who heard it--Love your enemies.
All of those who spread Christianity were murdered but a few. They never raised their hands to fight back. Muslims murdered anyone who forcefully resisted them.
Christianity has no parallel. It contains the only person ever to claim to be God and be believed by the masses. The only one to rise from the dead and be believed. Thousands of people witnessed Jesus alive after death and spread his words and miracles. Many healed people and displayed God's power as proof. Islam was spread out the word of just one man who said he received corrections to the Bible in a cave 600 years after the fact. He performed no miracles and no one witnessed anything.
Christianity was akin to a few Guatemalans rowing up to America and claiming Jose rose from the dead and Americans just tore down their religions and believed these foreigners that they considered to be inferior to them.
That is what happend to the Greeks and Romans--eventually the Germans, Russians, and on to virtually every country in the world.
A map of the spread of Islam is just what is to be expected from a local religion like Buddhism. Its center is where it started and branches out modestly in the densely populated Middle east--it also spread to Indonesia much later.
Taoism and Islam are vastly different. Taoism worships a pantheon of gods, while Islam worships only one God. Taoism teaches reincarnation, with hope of becoming an immortal after a number of lifetimes. Islam teaches that when each person dies, his or her soul goes to heaven or hell.
What both religions share is that they teach high moral values.
Do prophet yusuf have children?
The Qur'an does not say how many children Yusuf had, but the Qesas al-Anbiya, as informed by the Bible, note that Yusuf had two children: Efrayim and Menase. (English - Ephraim and Manasseh.)
What does islam think of jesus?
Islam believed that Jesus is a true prophet of Allah(God).He is not God nor the son of God.When the Jews tried to kill him,Allah(God) ascended him to the heavens and before the day of judgement he will come back to the earth as a follower of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).When the Christians will see him they will all become Muslim.
What is the Muslim population in England?
According to the 2001 census, 1,546,626 Muslims live in England and Wales, where they form 3.3% of the population (although this figure does not include unregistered, or 'illegal' immigrants). According to The Times, there were 2.4 million Muslims in Britain as a whole as of January 2009.
due to lack of knowledge of Islam in earlier days people don't know what to do and what to not,what is halal and what is haram.after advent(after the arrival of Islam) of Islam people slowly gained the knowledge of Islam this lead to the impact on society by passing the principles of Islam to ane by one.
Is eggs allowed to eat in Islam?
yes eggs are allowed to eat in Islam,in as much the egg or the eggs are not
matured to be incubate.
God in Islam is same God in Christianity and Judaism and other Heaven religions. God is named in Arabic Allah; as named in English God and in French Dieu. Even Arab Christians, they have in their Arabic Bible God is written as Allah. So, the question should say What word means God in Arabic?
Which two countries is Islam practiced today?
Islam is the official religion in many countries e.g.(Saudia Arabia ,Iran ,Yemen,Egypt,Jordan ,Syria,Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia ,Pakistan..etc)but Saudia Arabia especially is made (the holy Quran )its charter ,and all problem answered by Islamic laws only. Iran and many countries also pracrice Islamic laws in most of its problems .
What is one thing a Muslim man is not allowed to do?
There are many things that a Muslim must NOT do, like telling lies, deceiving others, earning livelihood by unlawful means, backbiting, slandering, grabbing the property of others, killing any innocent human being, taking usury, committing adultery, doing sex with a woman other than his legal wife, but the most Unwanted and UNPARDONABLE sin is Shirk, attributing off-spring, parents, Partners or Associates to Almighty Allah.
How do you convert someone to islam?
ok first of all , if u want to be a Muslim say this :
" Ash hado ana la elaha ela Allah WA ash hado ana mohammed rasool Allah "
which means by English :
" I bear Witness that there is no god but Allah and i bear witness that mohammed is god's messenger "
and read this site it will give u steps http://www.islamreligion.com/articles/204/
peace bro
Who would lead a service of worship for Muslims?
The official religious leader of the mosque. If not present, then a leader is chosen among the prayers according to the priority of age, degree of Quran memorizing, capacity of reciting Quran properly, ...
Agar kisi larki ki lash mile to kese pata chale ga k wo Muslim he?
uske hasab o nasab se. Q K har bachcha fitarte islaam per paida hota hy, uske ma baap use kisi or mazhab ka banadete hy.
Where is the grave of the hazrat ayoub a s?
Questions on Islam provides this answer: "There are various narrations in Islamic sources about where the grave of Hazrat Adam is. According to Ibn Ishaq, the grave of Adam is somewhere in the east of Paradise; according to other narrations, it is the Abu Qubays cave in Makkah, or in Nevz mountain in India. (see Thalabi 37) According to another narration, Noah put the coffin of Adam on the Ark and buried it in Baytulmaqdis after the deluge. (see ibid; Süleyman Hayri Bolay, Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı Ansiklopedisi, İstanbul."
Although the historicity of Adam and Eve remains a strong article of faith among Muslims, many Christians now regard the story of Adam and Eve as allegorical, which means there can be no grave.
Can a woman marry a non Muslim?
- If she is Muslim she must marry only a Muslim man,
- if she is Christian or Jewish she can marry a Muslim man, and
- if she is neither Muslim, Christian, nor Jewish she can marry a Muslim man only if she converts to Islam, Christianity, or Judaism (of course preferably to convert to Islam religion).
Did Aurangzeb spread Islam by the sword?
Aurangzeb didn't force Hindus directly to convert to Islam. Aurangzeb (1618-1707) was the sixth Mogul emperor of India and the last of the "Great Moguls." He extended the Mogul Empire to its farthest boundaries, but his reign was harsh and marked by revolts.
Committed to making India an orthodox Muslim state, Aurangzeb restricted Hindu festivals and destroyed many Hindu temples. Poll tax on Hindus was imposed in 1679 and he tried to enforce morals, and edicts were issued against drinking, gambling, prostitution, and narcotics. Employment of non-Moslems was restricted in the imperial bureaucracy. Such discriminatory policies naturally led to rebellions. Refer to link below.
It is to be noted that Quran rules state that no compulsion in religion and that people of other faiths should be treated kindly and with tolerance so far they don't attack Muslims or expel them from their homes or prevent them from practicing their ritual worships.
What is the importance of tawheed in Islam?
Having faith in ONENESS (Tauheed) of Almighty Allah is the basic principle of Islam. There is no god, but ONE Almighty God (Allah). Almighty Allah is the Sole Creator, Sustainer, Cherisher, Provider, and Ruler of all the worlds. HE and HE alone is worthy of worship. He has no Parents, No Off-spring, No Son, No Helper, No Associate whatsoever. Even all the Prophets, all Humans, all Jinnis etc combined together can not move a single leaf or twig of a tree from its place if He does not permit. He enjoys Absolute POWER on all His creatures. He and He alone is the Master of our Destiny (good or bad). We must worship only Him, we must bow only to Him, we must implore and beg only from Him. All our hopes and desires cn be fulfilled only by Him and none else.
If somebody does not have this faith from the heart of his heart, he is NOT a True Muslim. Associating associates to Him is Shirk, an unpardonable sin.
Sunni Islam is an offshoot of Islam who represent majority of Muslims all around the world. The larges single nation containing Sunni Muslim population is Indonesia. However; they also live as a majority in Turkey, Saudia Arabia, UAE, Bosnia, and Pakistan.
What does a Muslim have to say to follow the shahadah?
La Ilaha Illa Allah, Muhammad Rasoulullah That means in English no god Except Allah (God in English) and Muhammad is His Messenger
Answer:
"Shahadah": Testimony. Witness.
In Arabic, the testimony of faith is:
Ashadu an laa ilaaha illa Allah
wa
Ashadu anna Muhammadan Rasool Allah
"I testify (or bear witness) that there is none worthy of worship (lit. 'no god') but the One, True, Unique God"
"And"
"I testify (bear witness) that Muhammad is the Messenger of God"
This testimony of faith means that: I will not worship anyone other than the One God, and that since Muhammad came as the Final Prophet, I also believe in all the Prophets that came before him.
No because it is actually attached to a Muslim's head. Is bull and silly. Turbans are part of Sikh and Hindu beleave's however some Muslims were skull cap type things don't know what there called though.
