Offering Islamic Answers

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thread starter FatalSpear Aug 11 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Basilmarket is not fully educated on religion and even less educated on Islam, that is why we need this thread. Ask and god willing you shall be answered. For those who are clueless What is Islam ? Islam affirms these simple beliefs as the basis for the decent, civilized society towards which it strives. Its vision of society is; in essence, no different from that upheld by all monotheistic religions. This is particularly true of Judaism and Christianity, which share with Islam the direct spiritual lineage of the Prophet Abraham. Islam affirms the divinely ordained missions of the Prophet Moses, through whom God revealed the sacred scripture called the Torah, and of the Prophet Jesus, through whom God revealed the scripture known as the Gospel. The message of Islam is in essence the same as that which God revealed to all His prophets and messengers. The Prophet Muhammad (the peace and blessing of God be upon him) was commanded to recite in the Holy Qur'an: "Say, we believe in God, and that which was revealed unto us, and that which was revealed unto Abraham and lshmael and Isaac and Jacob, and the tribes, and that which was vouchsafed unto Moses and Jesus and the prophets from their Lord; We make no distinction between any of them, and unto Him we have surrendered" (The Holy Qur 'an 3.84) The success of civilizations and cultures is directly related to the extent of their practice of the righteous way of life revealed in the teaching and commandments of God, and set forth in the monotheistic religions which are confirmed by Islam. God's revelation enshrines the highest values of humankind, and the divine commandments are essentially no different from the values which human beings have cherished and striven to maintain throughout history, regardless of cultural, racial, linguistic and socioeconomic differences. Success in this life is directly related to the practice of these values. The irreducible minimum of faith is to believe in God as the sole sovereign Lord of this world and the next, and to believe in the reality of the Afterlife for which human beings are to prepare by living righteously in this world. God Alone is the Judge of human righteousness, and it is God Alone who rewards and punishes in this life and in the life hereafter. Righteousness does not mean for you to turn your faces towards the East and towards the West, but righteousness means one should believe in God (Alone), the Last Day, the angels, the Book and the prophets; and no matter how he loves it, to give his wealth away to near relatives, orphans, the needy, the wayfarer and the beggars, and toward the freeing of captives, and to keep up prayer and pay the welfare tax, and those who keep their word whenever they promise anything; and are patient under strain and hardship and in time of peril Those are the ones who act royally and perform their duty. (The Holy Qur 'an 2:177) Taken from islam101 Rules 1. Ludicrous questions will be ignored. 2. If you post something besides

konfooshus 08/11/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

when people complain about lagging, you shouldve seen jesus, he died and rose 3 DAYS LATER

FatalSpear 08/11/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

konfooshus : when people complain about lagging, you shouldve seen jesus, he died and rose 3 DAYS LATER Thanks Confucius.

Endrancee 08/11/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Why is it important that Basilmarket is educated in the ways of Islam?

fiendfyre11 08/11/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I'll ask the same question I asked in the other thread: why do you think the Torah and Qu'ran are so different if God is the same God between the Torah, Qu'ran, and Bible?

likeagod 08/11/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

ahlan wa sahlan ya habibi

BlueLettuce 08/11/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Ludicrous*

FatalSpear Aug 11 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

fiendfyre11 : I'll ask the same question I asked in the other thread: why do you think the Torah and Qu'ran are so different if God is the same God between the Torah, Qu'ran, and Bible? Why do you think the Torah and Qu'ran are so different if God is the same God between the Torah, Qu'ran, and Bible? The original Torah and Bible were both from god but have been tampered by humans. The Quran is the only book from god still preserved in its perfect form as it was revealed 1400 years ago. This can been seen as the Quran is the only book with on clear contradictions on any levels, proving that it is truly the preserved word of god unlike the bible and torah.

anselm 08/11/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

What can't muslims eat?

FatalSpear 08/11/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Pork and alcohol.

screech1941 Aug 11 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Have you had the chance to enjoy a nice, juicy sausage or some tangy lemon pork chops? Btw, what is the diff between Shia and Sunni?

likeagod Aug 11 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

To the post above me: Just because i never had your "tasty pork chops" or drank you "quenching alcohol" doesnt mean i want to i never had pork in my life and i dont care. i enjoy my life and i dont think your "tasty pork chops" will make a diffrence. I am muslim myself, but what is your opinion on arranged marriages

FatalSpear Aug 11 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

screech1941 : Have you had the chance to enjoy a nice, juicy sausage or some tangy lemon pork chops? Btw, what is the diff between Shia and Sunni? Hahhah no. I don't feel like posting the handful of diseases related to eating pork. Assalamualikum brother. Arranged marriages is totally against the teachings of Islam. As a matter of fact at the time of prophet muhammad (pbuh) a woman came to him complaining about how she has been forcefully married. The prophet peace be upon him terminated the marriages.

likeagod Aug 11 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Fatal Spear: how can we dismiss the "72 virgins" myth?

screech1941 08/11/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

FatalSpear : Hahhah no. I don't feel like posting the handful of diseases related to eating pork. Well my second question was the important one anyway.