Why does God demand worship?

faith without the light of reason and science degenerates into superstion.
Islam is against blind belief and superstition......therefore faith is.....
faith/trust= belief arising out of reason and intelligence that leads to conviction.


Human reason, which is a reflection of the intellect, when healthy and balanced, leads naturally to Tawheed rather than to a denial of the Divine and can be misled only when passions destroy its balance and obscure its vision. ----S.H. Nasr "An introduction to Islamic cosmological doctrines"
 
Hey Siam

This is so true. We believers should always remmber that we must
have reason where reason is required.

However, today there are also people who base their life upon pure
reason and this is not less dangerous than basing your life on pure
faith, maybe even more problematic.

Blessings
 
Gabriel Ibn Yus said:
Hey Siam

This is so true. We believers should always remmber that we must
have reason where reason is required.

However, today there are also people who base their life upon pure
reason and this is not less dangerous than basing your life on pure
faith, maybe even more problematic.

Blessings
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If you have blind faith, you will be a christian (or hindu, or buddha, etc)

Islam is the faith founded firmly on reason.

By the way, if you are really a christian missionary, why do you need to hide behind the facade that you are a muslim scholar?
Is christianity a faith too fragile and rotten in the inside that you have to be deceitful to spread its teachings?
 
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naidamar said:
why do you need to hide behind the facade that you are a muslim scholar?
Is christianity a faith too fragile and rotten in the inside that you have to be deceitful to spread its teachings?
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Pretty much..

I think the thread in a nutshell can be answered in two or three concise statements:..
Worship is God's gift to us to have open and free communications with him from cradle to the grave. It is a way for us to grow spiritually and heighten our metaphysical acuity. It is the best anti-depressant, it is a form of discipline and exercise.. it is a way for us to connect with our fellow man not just through charity but through fast where no riches or wealth compensate for a few hours anyway the feelings shared by those who have the least.. and finally a way for us to connect with the rest of the ummah for in making pilgrimage one gets to see Muslims from all over the globe and Allah swt as per Quran created us for this purpose as well:

49:13 O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise each other). Verily the most honoured of you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And Allah has full Knowledge and is well-acquainted (with all things).

:w:
 
Gabriel

faith/trust= belief arising out of reason and intelligence that leads to conviction.

Both the brain and heart have to be balanced----We have to use our intellectual reasoning(brain) that leads to conviction at an instinctive/intuitve level (heart) for our faith/trust to have the transformative power that leads to greater Taqwa (God-awareness)
 
Naidmar. I really do not understand why you think that I am a Christian missionary.

Really, I would be glad if you explain me.

First of all. There is a huge difference between the firm reason you speak about to
the reason I had in mind in this post.

The reason you speak about is the supreme reason that Allah has given us in order
that it would be immediate for us to accept his message. In order to see this reason
you do not have to think at all. The world exists, there is night, day, rain, clouds, heat
cold and thats the end of it. If you are a normal person and not mis-guided you become
a Muslim and that is the end of the matter.

However, there is a different kind of "reason" which we call human reason and has become
very popular lately. I do not say that it is bad but I say that it should be used with care. For
instance people say that it is reasonable to believe that atoms exists or that this theory or
the other is reasonable. If one thinks of it one sees that these theories are man made, at
best, and therefore should be taken with care. I do not say that we should not consider them
or learn from them when there is a valuable lesson to be learnt - but always remember that
human reason is, by definition, flawed.
 
Gabriel your views fall outside the folds of Islam, hence Br. Naidamar states what he does.. and I join him in the belief.. I am not exactly sure what brand of Islam you subscribe to if at all but it isn't sunnat illah wa rasolih!

:w:
 
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Do you pray ?? NO….WHY ?????




SEE,

( الشيوخ ) لم يتركوها


The elderly have not abandoned it

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( النساء ) لم يتركنها

Women have not abandoned it

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( الأطفال ) لم يتركوها

Children have not abandoned it

في ( الطرقات ) لم يتركوها

On the roads, they have not abandoned it

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في ( بلاد الفساد ) لم يتركوها

In corrupt countries, they have not abandoned it

في ( الغابات ) لم يتركوها

In the forests and jungles, they have not abandoned it

على ( آثار الدمار ) لم يتركوها

In the midst of ruins and destruction, they have not abandoned it

تحت ( القصف ) لم يتركوها

Under the bombings, they have not abandoned it

( تحت الأمطار ) لم يتركوها

Under the rain, they have not abandoned it

على ( الدَّرَج ) لم يتركوها

On the stairs, they have not abandoned it

على ( السيارات ) لم يتركوها
On top of car roofs, they have not abandoned it

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في ( محطات القطار ) لم يتركوها

In train stations, they have not abandoned it

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في ( الطائرات ) لم يتركوها

In planes, they have not abandoned it

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On the snow ,they have not abandoned it


على ( الشواطىء ) لم يتركوها

On the beaches, they have not abandoned it

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.

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UNDER WATER, they have not abandoned it

He is under water diving, it?s his work …


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he can’t leave his job undone…but he can’t lose the FAJAR PRAYER…

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so he prayed underwater’ SubhanAllah !!!.

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وهم ( سيأسرون ) لم يتركوها

Before they are captured, they have not abandoned it

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و( بعد أسرهم ) لم يتركوها

And after they are captured, they have not abandoned it

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( المعاقين ) لم يتركوها

The disabled have not abandoned it

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فلماذا تتركها أنت ..!!

So why would you


لماذا ..!!

WHY?? YOU HAVE ABONDONED IT ??


ألم تعلم بأنها أحب الأعمال

وأعظم الطاعات

وأفضل القربات إلى الله

Didn’t you know that this is the most
loved deed by Allah, and the greatest ibadah?


فإن لم تحافظ على هذه الصلاة
وتصلي كما أمرك ربك

If you do not observe prayer as you are ordered to

فسيأتي اليوم الذي يصلى عليك

Then there will come a day when you will be prayed upon

ولن تستطيع ذلك الوقت أن تقضي ما فاتك

You will then be unable to make up what you’ve missed

وستدخل هذه الحفرة ( وحدك )

ولن تجد فيها إلا ( عملك )

You shall then enter alone…
No companions except your deeds
And what you have presented forward

صَـلُّوا قــَـبْلَ أنْ يُصَلَّى عـَلـَـيْكُمْ

Pray before you are prayed upon

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Below is a picture of a pilgrim
who died in Madina in the position of sujood (prostration)


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And another one (beneath it) of a pilgrim who died in Makka while raising his hands with prayer (du’aa)


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وإن كنت من ( المتكاسلين )
فستموت ميتة ( الخاسرين )
فلاتدع الصلاة تفوتك

Do not miss a prayer
Do not die a loser’s death

والله تعالى يقول : (( إِنَّ الصَّلاَةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَابًا مَّوْقُوتًا )) .

Allah swt says in the Quran that prayer is prescribed upon the believers according to a precise timely record

so,

صَـلُّوا قــَـبْلَ أنْ يُصَلَّى عـَلـَـيْكُمْ

Pray before you are prayed upon


والذين هم على صلاتهم دائمون
والذين هم على صلاتهم يحافظون اللهم اجعلنا من الذين هم في صلاتهم خاشعون
Oh Allah, make us among those you described in your Book
Those who have khushoo’ in their prayers
Those who are continually observing their prayers and are heedful of them
Ameen
 

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