Why do you have to be religious if you're muslim? But not if you're christian?

[ma23]

I feel bad sometimes because I do give but not enough. I don't give the excess like I should because I'm scared I'll need it later. Instead of having faith.

i have a hard time giving to charity collectors..

sometimes i wait for hours for customers and then charity collectors follow them in lol.

hard to appear generous lol.

i pay my zakat and stuff although i suppose they require it to the penny so thats always a worry.

money corrupts i suppose..

although i aint ever tried to haggle.

 

[ma23]

Yeah I don't follow people but I do follow the Quran. It's not just that GOD deserves to be worshipped but also that I forever owe it because I mean I would be nothing without him. So I agree with you. Like I said there's no need to convince me I know it's just more thought into action then there's life and stuff gets all busy. So yeah....

Because it's about obeying Allah. Islam is not comparable to Christianity. While the muslim believes the Quran to be the word of God (all of it) and that it was preserved since the time of the prophet Mohammad, the Christian has none of that. The Bible exists today in thousands of different versions, it is not considered to be the complete word of Jesus (except by ignorant Christians). A verse (in John I believe) that spoke of the core of the Christian belief, the trinity, clearest in all of the Bible, was taken out from the Revised Standard Version as a fabrication. You can probably see where I'm going with this: They do not have a solid foundation like we do. Therefore it only makes sense for them to not be religious.

Reference:

Allah deserves to be obeyed, and how do we obey him? By following what he says and what his prophet has said. Your parents made mistakes and they should repent. You're obviously not supposed to follow in their footsteps when it comes to the whole boyfriend/girlfriend thing as having a sexual relationship like that is a major sin.

There are many educated muslims that have produced video material online, I really do recommend you check them out. Names I know of are: Ahmad Deedat (counters Christianity), Hamza Tzortzis (counters Atheism), Abdul Raheem Green.

Not all people who supposedly preach about Islam are good though, if you have the correct understanding of the basics of Islam (for example that Allah is one, what is considered shirk, that Allah is the only one who deserves to be worshipped) you will be able to eventually differentiate between the good and the bad, that is when you have enough knowledge about Islam and about the people in question.

 

[sister_39738]

That's the thing though. I'm not a cultural muslim. I have history in America since the slave trade for the most part. I consider myself apart of the muslim faith as I believe in GOD the way the Quran teaches to. And I think it's the only religious text that actually is true. Just like may Christians do. There are religious christians but not all are some believe in the bible and are christians due to beliefs.

But then there are many reasons I have thought to not do something sinful because I feel like maybe GOD is protecting me from it all this time that I should probably just go with it. That's why I don't drink plus my dad was a drunk so I know like it's not feasible for me. Same with men and sex I don't because after all this time I think maybe it's GOD telling me I shouldn't so I don't. I don't do any major sins for those reasons. And I just don't find the time to pray or fast. It's more with fasting I don't get up early enough to start fasting. Then praying is the same. I get up when I can't pray and got to sleep when I can't pray so I'm left with not much time really.

Did you know that most slaves brought from Africa came from Islamic countries? That means your ancestors may have been muslim. Many black people don't know this because so much of our history has been hidden or lost. I understand that black people have our own culture but that doesn't have to contradict islam unless its something that goes against it like eating pork.

 

[ma23]

Did you know that most slaves brought from Africa came from Islamic countries? That means your ancestors may have been muslim. Many black people don't know this because so much of our history has been hidden or lost. I understand that black people have our own culture but that doesn't have to contradict islam unless its something that goes against it like eating pork.

look up tuaregs hausa and shuwa arabs. They are all muslim for the most part. I'm very aware my family's been muslim for a while. But none of my family is middle eastern they were northern Africans. I actually really appreciate this fact that I have family with sense and weren't dumb enough to be any other faith. I just don't equate the middle east with islam. I'm not middle eastern. I am a Muslim. And proud of that at that.

But yeah I don't think being a black American goes against being muslim I just experience that a lot. That appearing to dress in western attire etc... To mean I don't seem so "culturally muslim" and plus my own mistakes.

 

[sister_39738]

look up tuaregs hausa and shuwa arabs. They are all muslim for the most part. I'm very aware my family's been muslim for a while. But none of my family is middle eastern they were northern Africans. I actually really appreciate this fact that I have family with sense and weren't dumb enough to be any other faith. I just don't equate the middle east with islam. I'm not middle eastern. I am a Muslim. And proud of that at that.

But yeah I don't think being a black American goes against being muslim I just experience that a lot. That appearing to dress in western attire etc... To mean I don't seem so "culturally muslim" and plus my own mistakes.

You seem to be under the belief that Islamic country means middle eastern, it does not. Islam is a global religion. Many countries in Africa have been Islamic for centuries. Secondly the slaves brought over were forced to adhere to the teachings of Christianity, they didn't do it because they were stupid. They did it so they wouldn't get beaten or starved. Another note, you don't have to adopt the cultural customs outside of Islam.

 

[talibilm]

The term Muslim means willingly submitting to the will of the Creator as seen in the below verse

10:90 ''And We took the Children of Israel across the sea, and Fir'aun (Pharaoh) with his hosts followed them in oppression and enmity, till when drowning overtook him, he said: "I believe that La ilaha illa (Huwa): (none has the right to be worshipped but) He," in Whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am one of the Muslims (those who submit to Allah's Will)."

So We have to live by what we call ourselves. A bottle with sticker of 'honey' ought to contain honey than something else. A muslim is promised the Priceless Paradise after our death , if you believe and also success in this world too. Success is always measured by money but that not the same with Islam.

 

[Snel]

Yeah I don't follow people

Neither do I.

 

[Insaanah]

The hadith was made after the Quran and the Quran says don't follow any scripture after the Quran so I can't listen to it on a religious level

This is a gross misunderstanding. The authentic hadeeth is essential for a proper understanding of Islam.

I am skeptical of reading the hadith or Sunnah because of what I've heard. My mom had to put the Sunnah down

The Qur'an, in fact, contrary to what you've said, mandates that we follow the sunnah of the prophet :saws:

Please read this thread from the linked post onwards. It may be a bit long (eight posts), but perhaps read a post a day. You owe it yourself.

http://www.islamicboard.com/hadith/134325546-follow-hadeeths.html#post2845588