Monday, February 7

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ISLAM, MUSLIM AND ISLAMIC COUNTRY.

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH[GOD] THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE MOST MERCIFUL.

DEAR FRIENDS, TODAY I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE BY NAYZAK

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ISLAM, MUSLIM AND ISLAMIC COUNTRY.

SOME NON-MUSLIMS MAKE THE MISTAKE OF THINKING "WHATEVER A MUSLIM DOES IS DICTATED BY ISLAM". AND "WHATEVER IS DONE IN A MUSLIM COUNTRY IS DICTATED BY ISLAM".

THIS IS NOT ALWAYS TRUE. AMONG THE MUSLIMS, THERE ARE THE GOOD PRACTICING MUSLIMS AND THE BAD AND NON-PRACTICING ONES. THERE ARE DEVOUT AND SINCERE MUSLIMS AND THE OPPOSITE.

ISLAM IS A SET OF GUIDELINES FOR LIVING AND WORSHIPING GOD. BUT ISLAM DOESN'T FORCE PEOPLE TO FOLLOW IT. FOR EXAMPLE, PRAYER IS OBLIGATORY IN ISLAM. [OBLIGATORY MEANS "AN ORDER FROM GOD"]. BUT THERE ARE MUSLIMS WHO PRAY AND MUSLIMS WHO DON'T PRAY.

QUESTION #1:

WHY SOME MUSLIMS DON'T PRAY?

ANSWER:
BECAUSE THEY ARE EITHER LAZY, THEY DON'T HAVE GOOD FAITH, THEY'RE AFFECTED BY NON-PRACTICING MUSLIMS... THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS.

QUESTION #2:

WILL THOSE WHO DON'T PRAY BE PUNISHED?

ANSWER:
THERE IS NO PENALTY TO BE APPLIED IN THIS LIFE FOR THOSE WHO DON'T PRAY. BUT GOD WILL DEAL WITH THEM IN THE HEREAFTER

ALSO, ALCOHOL IS FORBIDDEN IN ISLAM. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN NO MUSLIM DRINKS IT SECRETLY. NOT ALL PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF FAITH IN THEIR HEARTS.

SOME PEOPLE WITH WEAK FAITH WORRY ABOUT PUBLIC OPINION, SO THEY DON'T DRINK IN PUBLIC BUT MAY DRINK SECRETLY. THEY FORGET THAT GOD SEES ALL. AND HAS ACCOUNT OF EVERYTHING THEY DO

IF YOU MEET A MUSLIM WHO IS BEHAVING IN A WAY. YOU CAN'T SAY HE/SHE IS REPRESENTING ISLAM UNLESS HIS/HER WAY IS THE WAY OF ISLAM.

FOR EXAMPLE: SADLY, THERE ARE SOME MUSLIMS WHO USE BAD LANGUAGE WHILE BAD LANGUAGE IS PROHIBITED IN ISLAM. THESE MUSLIMS DON'T REPRESENT ISLAM.

ALSO, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO MISUNDERSTAND THE REAL TEACHINGS OF ISLAM. SO THEY LIVE DOING THE WRONG THINKING IT'S THE RIGHT. THESE PEOPLE WILL CERTAINLY GIVE A BAD IMAGE ABOUT THE TRUE ISLAM. AND A PERSON WHO IS BORN FROM A MUSLIM FAMILY IN A MUSLIM COUNTRY IS NOT NECESSARILY A GOOD MUSLIM. BEING A GOOD MUSLIM IS BEING A GOOD PRACTICING MUSLIM. ^_^

NOW SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THE WORD SHARI'AH. SHARI'AH IS THE CODE OF LAW DERIVED FROM THE HOLY QUR'AN AND FROM THE TEACHINGS AND EXAMPLE OF THE PROPHET MOHAMMED -PEACE BE UPON HIM-

FROM THIS DEFINITION, ANY LAW THAT IS NOT DERIVED FROM THE HOLY QUR'AN OR THE TEACHINGS OF THE PROPHET CAN NOT POSSIBLY CONSIDERED SHARI'AH LAW AND CAN'T BE CALLED "ISLAMIC".

SOME PEOPLE MAY CLAIM "UNDER SHARI'AH LAW, A MUSLIM WOMAN IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH BECAUSE SHE REMOVES HER VEIL". WHEN ASKED WHY, THEY REPLY "BECAUSE IT'S APPLIED IN 'THAT' MUSLIM COUNTRY".
NOW THE QUESTION IS:

DOES SHARI'AH LAW REALLY SAY "A MUSLIM WOMAN IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH IF SHE REMOVES THE VEIL"? AND IS THIS REALLY SHARI'AH LAW? IS IT DERIVED FROM THE QUR'AN AND THE TEACHINGS OF THE PROPHET?

IF WE SCAN THE QUR'AN FROM COVER TO COVER AND IF WE FOLLOW ALL THE SAYINGS AND DOINGS OF THE PROPHET, WE WON'T FIND A SINGLE EVIDENCE OF A WOMAN PUT TO DEATH BECAUSE SHE SHOWS HER HAIR. THERE IS NOT EVEN A SINGLE VERSE IN THE HOLY QUR'AN STATING DEATH PENALTY FOR SUCH BEHAVIOR. WHICH MAKES US CONCLUDE THIS IS NOT AN ISLAMIC LAW. IF ONE ISLAMIC COUNTRY IS APPLYING THIS PENALTY, THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT ISLAMIC. AND DOESN'T MAKE IT ALLOWED IN ISLAM.


LET'S JUST FACE THE TRUTH. MOST ISLAMIC COUNTRIES DON'T APPLY TRUE ISLAMIC LAWS. THEY USE A MIXTURE OF ISLAMIC LAWS, SOME WESTERN LAWS AND OTHER MAN-MADE LAWS THAT ARE, IN SOME POINTS, OPPOSITE TO ISLAM. MOST ISLAMIC COUNTRIES [IF NOT ALL] ARE UNDER THE TYRANNY OF THEIR GOVERNMENTS THAT USE ISLAM AS A COVER TO JUSTIFY THEIR LAWS. KNOWING THAT ISLAM STANDS AGAINST TYRANNY, WE CAN'T SAY THIS IS SHARI'AH AND THIS IS ISLAMIC LAW. SOMEONE NEEDS TO LOOK AT THE ROOTS OF EVERYTHING AND COMPARE IT WITH THE QUR'AN. ANYTHING OPPOSITE TO THE QUR'AN IS REJECTED BY ISLAM.


SO NOW, WE NEED TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN:

ISLAM: SET OF TEACHINGS AND GUIDELINES TO HELP PEOPLE LIVE A BETTER LIFE ON EARTH AND GET GOD'S REWARD IN THE HEREAFTER. THESE GUIDELINES WORK WELL WITH LOGIC AND MORAL VALUES. BUT NOT ALL MUSLIMS ARE FOLLOWING THEM CORRECTLY. THIS IS BECAUSE NOT ALL PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME KNOWLEDGE AND THE SAME UNDERSTANDING...

MUSLIM: A PERSON WHO IS SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW ISLAM. HE/SHE COULD BE A 90% MUSLIM, 50% MUSLIM, 10% MUSLIM OR EVEN 0.001% MUSLIM... DEPENDING ON HOW FAITHFUL HE/SHE IS TO THE ISLAMIC TEACHINGS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT FAITH IS IN THE HEART. ONLY GOD CAN KNOW IF SOMEONE IS GOOD MUSLIM. WE PEOPLE CAN ONLY JUDGE BASED ON APPEARANCE AND BEHAVIOR. WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS CORRECT...

MUSLIM COUNTRY: A COUNTRY WHERE MOST PEOPLE ARE MUSLIMS. MOST MUSLIM COUNTRIES CLAIM TO FOLLOW THE ISLAMIC LAW. BUT TO TELL YOU THE SAD TRUTH: NO MUSLIM COUNTRY IS FOLLOWING ISLAM 100%. SOME OF THEM ARE FOLLOWING EVEN LESS THAN %10. T___T

THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY. I HOPE THAT WAS HELPFUL TO CLEAR SOME MISUNDERSTANDING...

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