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darren
I have just started my journey in Islam and I don't know where to start. I know the first part to Islam is believing there is no god but God and Muhammad (p.b.u.h) is his messenger. But where to go from there? Any help?
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There is no secret to being a Muslim, you do as little or as much based on where you are.. Prophet PBUH never spoke above anyone's level of understanding, and never made difficult requirements of others..
I think a good place to start is really perfect your prayers and do some light readings on the biographies of early Muslims, and then take it from there.. I know we all want to be scholars, but the secret to anything really is taking it one day at a time...
I have always loved this hadith.
إن هذا الدين متين فأوغل فيه برفق ولا تبغض إلى نفسك عبادة الله فإن المنبت لا أرضا قطع ولا ظهرا أبقى)
أخرجه أحمد من حديث أنس والبيهقي من حديث جابر
And Rasoul Allah PBUH said “This religion, 'Islam' is strong/vast, so, learn with ease, and don’t ever reduce the importance of a worship to Allah” and he gave an example of a traveler who spend days on his journey abusing the horse i.e beating it to get to his destination faster, at the end he didn’t achieve his goal by getting to his destination, and even worse his mode of transport gave out from the abuse ...
and Allah swt knows best
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