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To mark the start of the new Muslim year 1428 Hijrah, Islamic-world.net is initiating a new section entitled “Invitation to Understanding Islam”. This is a series of succinct yet inspirational write-ups leaflet from on various topics in Islam.
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Buy a translation of The Qur’an and present it to a non-Muslim friend. Subscribe to an Islamic magazine and circulate the copies to others after you have read them.
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How do I become a Muslim? Do I have to register? Do I have to change my name? ... You become a Muslim when you accept that there is no god to be worshipped except Allah and Muhammad is His final Messenger.
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The foundation of Islam is the shahadah or the declaration of faith. The translation of the meaning of the shahadah is “I testify that there is no other god to be worshipped except Allah and Muhammad is the final Messenger of Allah.”
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Belief in One God is the core of Islam. Mere acceptance that God exists does not make one a Believer. A Believer accepts God in the way God describes Himself.
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Is Allah the god of Muslims? Why are there no pictures or statues of Allah? Allah is referred to as “Him”. Is He human-like? Are there other names for Allah? Who created Allah?
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Answer: Unless you’ve decided not to “see” Him, you cannot “miss” Him! We cannot see Allah The Most Exalted the way we see other things. Allah is The Creator of time and space. The Creator cannot be of the same nature as the things He created.
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Embrace Islam in the knowledge that it is the correct and best decision you have made about your life. Embrace Islam with the aim of becoming a True Believer. Love for The One who created and sustains you should be the paramount reason for embracing Islam
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No pictures, no idols, no symbols, then what do Muslims pray to? No burning of incense or paper money, no lighting of joss sticks, no flowers, then what do Muslims use for prayers? No priests, the who guides the Muslims in their prayer?
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Islam’s call to prayer or azan is unique in that it is an oral call. Others beat drums, blow horns or ring bells. Azan is a ball to the Believers to hasten to worship Allah The Merciful.
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Muslims are required to pray 5 times a day at fixed times. During these prayers, they recite verses from The Noble Qur’an which is in Arabic. The prayer positions include standing, bowing, prostrating and sitting.
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In Islam, cleanliness is considered a part of one’s iman or faith. The heart must be clean of evil thoughts and the body must be clean of impurities. Muslims are required to be clean to perform the prayer.
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Muslims are required to pray five times daily at fixed times. Islam places great emphasis on performing the obligatory prayers in congregation or jama’ah. The Prophet (pbuh) valued the prayer in congregation to be 27 times superior to
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Muslims fast every day in the month of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. The Arabic word for this exercise is sawm or ‘abstaining from certain things’. Muslims are required to abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn to sunset.
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Eat of the pure things and do good deeds. [The Qur’an 23:51] In Islam, one does not eat to meet a physical need or for pleasure. All acts of a Believer, including the act of eating, are acts of worship [ibadah].
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Is learning to recite The Qur’an very difficult? What is the purpose of reciting The Qur’an? What is the benefit of reciting The Qur’an? What should I do after I have recited The Qur’an?
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[ Al-Fatiha ]
Al-fatiha or “The Opening” is the first of the 114 chapters of The Noble Qur’an. This was the first complete chapter revealed to Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).
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A Believer [Mu’min] does not hesitate to spend his or her wealth in the cause of Allah. One of the obligatory duties in Islam is paying the poor-due or zakat. It differs from charity [sadaqah]
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Jihad is not terrorism. Jihad is not killing innocent people. Jihad is not the strong bullying the weak. Jihad is not collateral damage. Jihad is not a man-made concept..
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In Islam, death is the end of this life and there is no returning to this life in any form. Life does not end at death. Belief in life after death is a basic principle of Islam.
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Death knocked on a bedroom door.
“Who is there?” the sleeping one cried.
“I’m Angel Izrael, let me inside.”
At once, the man began to shiver as one sweating in deadly fever.
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In Islam, all righteous sexual acts bring divine rewards and blessings. Only permitted sexual acts performed within a marriage context are righteous in Islam. All sexual acts performed outside of marriage are forbidden (haram) in Islam.
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If you fear that you will not do justice, then (marry) only one. [The Qur’an 4:3] Polygamy was practiced in many societies before the rise of Islam. It is Islam that restricted the practice of unlimited polygamy.
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Just about everything that feminists in the West strived for in the ‘70s was already available to Muslim women 1400 years ago. Women enjoy more protection and respect within Islam compared to any other faith.
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