/islam/ - 8kun Masjid

>>32488 (checked)

Wa-alaikumussalam.

One of the first thing you should do is visit your local masjid. It's better to ask them.

Try learning about the five pillars of Islam and six pillars of iman. Islam is a religion of submission and it's better for you to have a strong foundation (faith) before looking at rituals.

>>32490

Wa-alaikumussalam.

Thank you for guidance. I do have faith, I have now understood and seen the wonders performed by Allah in my life, and now is the time for submission. I will do as you say.

>>32493

Thank you.

>>32491

Tell us more about how you found the truth of Islam?

>>32493

All this is secondary, first we teach him tawheed, then salat, then zakat. Fiqh comes later. Don't rush him.

Mu'adh (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent me as a governor to Yemen and (at the time of departure) he instructed me thus: "You will go to people of the Scripture (i.e., the Jews and the Christians). First of all invite them to testify that La ilaha ill Allah (There is no true god except Allah) and that Muhammad (ﷺ) is His slave and Messenger; and if they accept this, then tell them that Allah has enjoined upon them five Salat (prayers) during the day and night; and if they accept it, then tell them that Allah has made the payment of Zakat obligatory upon them. It should be collected from their rich and distributed among their poor; and if they agree to it, don't take (as a share of Zakat) the best of their properties. Beware of the supplications of the oppressed, for there is no barrier between it and Allah."

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

>>32497

I was sitting in the mall, watching the faces pass by, many Middle Easterners, and I felt a calling.

>>32497

>All this is secondary, first we teach him tawheed, salat..

sure, but I assume most people know the fundamentals before converting.

>>32500

Can you elaborate? I don't understand the connection.

>>32502

To be honest it reminded me of college when I used to hang out with all Pakistani friends and how that was a better me.

>>32504

Oh, I see, so for self-improvement/self-help.

>>32505

I would put the spiritual first but yes.

>>32501

Some do, some don't. OP clearly indicated that he didn't. Fiqh is secondary to Shahadah.

>>32507

Welcome to Islam

السلام على من اتبع الهدى

Peace be upon those who follow guidance

If you have questions go ahead brother.

>>32518

What is the most important commandment?

>>32520

From Qur'an:

"Your god is One god; there is no god save Him, the Beneficent, the Merciful." [2:163]

>>32521

Thank you brother but that is not in itself a command.

>>32522

It's basically the same thing Jesus said when asked the same question: Worship the one and only God and love your neighbor.

From hadith:

Abu Hamzah Anas bin Malik, radiyallahu 'anhu, who was the servant of the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, reported that the Prophet, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, said:

"None of you truly believes (in Allah and in His religion) until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself"

[Al-Bukhari & Muslim]

>>32523

So, what we are to love for ourselves and our brother?

>>32524

It's a sort of "do unto others" thing. Love your neighbor as yourself. If you live in plenty and prepare a great feast, but turn away the hungry; then you are seriously screwin' up.

>>32524

Also from Qur'an:

"They believe in Allah and the Last Day, and they enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and hasten to good deeds: those are among the righteous." [3:114]

>>32525

>Love your neighbor as yourself.

Is that from hadith?

>>32527

See: >>32523

"Brother" doesn't necessarily mean blood relation. It has many meanings, including spiritual brother and fellow man. Further, it was stated explicitly by the Prophet Jesus and the Prophet Moses.

>>32528

If your brother loves your father, and you hate your father and want him killed, will you desire that your brother become fatherless?

>>32529

killing your father is not good

so you might want something bad

but the hadith implies you want something good for yourself, which is accepted by others as also good, things everyone wants

>>32530

Like what?

>>32529

"Come, I will recite what your Lord has made sacred to you. He commands that you do not associate anything with Him and to be good to your parents." [6:151]

>>32534

Can a good Muslim be outwardly good to his father while secretly despising him and wishing that he be killed?

>>32535

In Islam, intent is everything. You can perform the most holy and righteous deed, but if your intent is selfish, then your good deed is meaningless. You may fool everyone around you, but you'll never fool God.

>>32535

Maybe, but it's not good, the important thing is to treat them fairly. For example if someone's father is a kaffir that hates Islam, like the father of Abraham pbuh, then there is hatred allowed, but he still served his father well until the proof showed itself that he was an enemy of Allah swt.

>>32541

>>32544

Surely then we can destroy our father who is evil, provided proof?

Another question: are we commanded to “love” Allah?

>>32547

No, only disassociate form them if they fight you for being muslim. Are there problems with your father?

>>32548

He is vehemently anti-Muslim. Suffice to say there is no love between us.

>>32552

We ask Allah to bless our parents, to forgive them, to have mercy upon them, and to assist us in fulfilling our duties toward them.

"Shall I not tell you about the worst enormities? They are three: idolatry against Allah, disobedience to parents, and false witness." (Sahih Bukhari 2511)

>>32552

Then move out he won't bother you anymore. What about your mother?

>>32553

>"Shall I not tell you about the worst enormities? They are three: idolatry against Allah, disobedience to parents, and false witness." (Sahih Bukhari 2511)

Thank you, this is the guidance I need. But if our father commands us to worship other Gods against Allah, what are we to do?

>>32556

If my father is a tyrant, my mother is a blessing.

>>32557

>But if our father commands us to worship other Gods against Allah, what are we to do?

Follow the example of Ibrahim (pbuh), when his father threatened him:

AND, LO, [thus] spoke Abraham unto his father Azar: "Takest thou idols for gods? Verily, I see that thou and thy people have obviously gone astray!" - 6:74

He answered: "Dost thou dislike my gods, O Abraham? Indeed, if thou desist not, I shall most certainly cause thee to be stoned to death! Now begone from me for good!" - 19:46

[Abraham] replied: "Peace be upon thee! I shall ask my Sustainer to forgive thee: for, behold, He has always been kind unto me. - 19:47

But I shall withdraw from you all and from whatever you invoke instead of God, and shall invoke my Sustainer [alone]: it may well be that my prayer [for thee] will not remain unanswered by my Sustainer." - 19:48

Later he disavowed himself from his people and asked forgiveness for his father

Indeed, you have had a good example in Abraham and those who followed him, when they said unto their [idolatrous] people: "Verily, we are quit of you and of all that you worship instead of God: we deny the truth of whatever you believe; and between us and you there has arisen enmity and hatred, to last until such a time as you come to believe in the One God!" The only exception was Abraham's saying to his father "I shall indeed pray for [God's] forgiveness for thee, although I have it not in my power to obtain anything from God in thy behalf." [And Abraham and his followers prayed:] "O our Sustainer! In Thee have we placed our trust, and unto Thee do we turn: for unto Thee is all journeys' end. - 60:4

Then it became clear his father is an enemy of Allah swt

9:114 And Abraham's prayer that his father be forgiven was but due to a promise which he had given the latter [in his lifetime]; but when it was made clear unto him that he had been God's enemy, [Abraham] disavowed him - [although;] behold, Abraham was most tender-hearted. most clement.

So move out and disavow him, your hatred is justified since he is a pagan.

>If my father is a tyrant, my mother is a blessing.

Keep contact with your mother and tell her about Islam.

>>32564

Thanks for the advice brother.

>Keep contact with your mother and tell her about Islam.

Already did.

>>32566

>Already did.

Well you know your mother best and want the best for her, there's still time ahead and with your good intention Allah swt may guide her ameen.

>>32557

>If my father is a tyrant, my mother is a blessing.

Well, as that may be, your mother is your father's wife; so tread carefully.

>>32568

Ameen brother.

>>32573

Point taken.

>>32493

Hello, Tri-theist.

Quick rundown on why democracy is shirk:

Democracy is based on the majority will of the people and the absolute authority to mankind.

But the quran says majority isn't guided:

And if you obey most of those upon the earth, they will mislead you from the way of Allah. They follow not except assumption, and they are not but falsifying. 6:116

And that authority to legislate is only for Allah (swt):

“The Hukm (Legislating, Commands, Judgment) is for none but Allah. He has commanded that you worship none but Him, that is the (true) straight religion, but most men know not.” [12: 40]

"Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah , and those who disbelieve fight in the cause of Taghut. So fight against the allies of Satan. Indeed, the plot of Satan has ever been weak." [4: 76]

What is a taghut?

“Have you seen those (hypocrites) who claim that they believe in that which has been sent down to you, and that which was sent down before you, and they wish to go for judgment (in their disputes) to the Taghut while they have been ordered to reject them. But Shaytan (Satan) wishes to lead them far astray.” [4: 60]

Taghut (ar. طاغوت, ṭāġūt, pl. ṭawāġīt) is an Islamic terminology denoting a focus of worship other than Allah. In traditional theology, the term often connotes idols, Satan and jinn. The term is also applied to earthly tyrannical power, as implied in surah An-Nisa (4) verse 60

So anyone who does not rule with the law of shariah is a taghut. Fighting in the army of the taghut makes one a kaffir described in the quran.

مَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِ مِن وَلِيٍّ وَلَا يُشْرِكُ فِي حُكْمِهِ أَحَدًا 18:26

أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ شَرَعُوا لَهُم مِّنَ الدِّينِ مَا لَمْ يَأْذَن بِهِ اللَّهُ 42:21

تَّخَذُوا أَحْبَارَهُمْ وَرُهْبَانَهُمْ أَرْبَابًا مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ 9:31

“They (Jews and Christians) took their rabbis and their monks to be their lords besides Allah”

[9: 31]

Once while Allah’s Messenger (pbuh) was reciting this verse, Adi bin Hatim (RA) said, ‘O Allāh’s Messenger! They do not worship them’. Allah’s Messenger (pbuh) said: ‘Yes they did. They (rabbis and monks) prohibited the allowed for them (Christians and Jews) and allowed the prohibited, and they obeyed them. This is how they worshiped them’. [Narrated by Ahmad, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Jarir]

And this shows that the candidates of democracy are claimants of lordship and godhood since they claim to have the right to create laws and remove other laws, and those who vote for them, or work with their system, take them as lords other than Allah(swt), and their status in Islam, is kufr apostasy and exit from the ummah as polytheists.

more info:

https://www.ummah.com/forum/forum/islam/general-islamic-topics/231328-rejecting-taghut-and-their-systems-is-the-condition-of-tawheed