What Is Islam & Eman (Faith) ?
What is Islam?
The word Islam mean Surrender or Submission to the will of Allah. It drives from the root word Salam Which meaning is Peace.So We can say Islam is a religion of peace,mercy and forgiveness.
Allah Described Islam As
﴿ يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ادْخُلُوا فِي السِّلْمِ كَافَّةً وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُبِينٌ(208) ﴾
"Oh ye who believe! Enter into peace and tranquillity altogether and follow not the footsteps of Satan; for he is to you a clear enemy”.
Allah.
God is inviting you to enter in peaceful religion.
Islam is not new religion But it's the same Truth That Allah revealed before through his prophets to every people.
It gives comfort and satisfaction to the soul and provides a Complete Guide in the every moment of life.
Islam is the world's success in this world and hereafter.
Islam is also the world fastest growing religion in the world that Every fifth person in the world is Muslim.
Islam is a religion for every time and everyone it cannot be changed or revoked.
There are Five Basic Pillars of Islam.
1. KALIMAH
When you convert your religion to Islam you must have to read this
لآ اِلَهَ اِلّا اللّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُوُل اللّهِ
LA ILAHA IL-LAL-LAHU MUHAMMADUR-RASULUL-LAH.
(There is no God but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah)
or you may read this one.
أَشْهَدُ أنْ لا إلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَهُ وَأشْهَدُ أنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ
(I bear testimony that none is worthy of worship but Allah, and I testify that Muhammad is the servant and Messenger of Allah.)
It is called Kalimah shahadat or Kalimah Tayyibah.
This is the key of Islam۔ And it also need to understand and believe it.
It has been compiled from various Verses of The Holy Quran....
For Example:
فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لِذَنْبِكَ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مُتَقَلَّبَكُمْ وَمَثْوَاكُمْ (محمد:19
مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ أَشِدَّاءُ عَلَى الْكُفَّارِ رُحَمَاءُ بَيْنَهُمْ (الفتح: 29
2. Nimaz.(Salah)
The first and most important duty in Islam after
one has brought faith in Allah and in Prophet Mohammad and borne witness to
Divine Oneness and the Apostleship of the holy Prophet is Namaz.
It is a most
special act of Divine worship, which a Muslim is called upon to perform five
times a day. There are numerous verses of the Quran and the Traditions of the
Prophet enjoining the Namaz on us. It has been described as the pillar and the
foundation of the faith.
If it is offered with a sincere heart and proper
devotion and mental concentration, is particularly vested with the property of
cleansing the heart and reforming one’s life and ridding it of sins and
impurities.
It generates love for piety and truth and promotes fear of God in
man. Thus it is that Islam has laid greater emphasis on it than on all other
religious obligations. When anyone came to the Prophet to embrace Islam, the
first promise the sacred prophet took from him, after instructing him in Divine
Oneness, was that he will offer the Namaz regularly. In fine, after the Kalima,
Namaz is the bedrock of Islam.
3.Fasting (Rozah)
When Islam introduced this matchless institution, it planted an
ever-growing tree of infinite virtue and invaluable products. Here is an
explanation of the spiritual meaning of the Islamic Fasting:
- It teaches man the
principle of sincere Love: because when he observes Fasting he does it out
of deep love for God. And the man who loves God truly is a man who really
knows what love is.
- It equips man with a
creative sense of hope and an optimistic outlook on life; because when he
fasts he is hoping to please God and is seeking His Grace.
- It imbues in man the
genuine virtue of effective devotion, honest dedication and closeness to
God; because when he fasts he does so for God and for His sake alone.
- It cultivates in man a
vigilant and sound conscience; because the fasting person keeps his fast
in secret as well as in public. In fasting, especially, there is no
mundane authority to check man's behaviour or compel him to observe
fasting. He keeps it to please God and satisfy his own conscience by being
faithful in secret and in public. There is no better way to cultivate a
sound conscience in man.
- It indoctrinates man in patience and selflessness, as through fasting, he feels the pains of deprivation but he endures them patiently.
4. Zakat
Literally Zakat means Blessing, purification,
increase and goodness. It is so called as it blesses the wealth from which it
is taken and protects it from misfortunes.
It is determined portion
taken from wealth and allocated to those deserving it, by a Qur'anic injunction."
Sometimes Zakat is referred to in the Holy Qur'an as Sadaqah (alms).
Every Muslim who possesses a zakat payable amount (Nisab) for one lunar year has to pay Zakat (2.5% of Nisab).
The word Hajj, linguistically, means heading to a place for the
sake of visiting; in Islamic terminology, it implies heading to Makkah to
observe the rituals of pilgrimage.
Every Muslim who possesses a zakat payable amount (Nisab) for one lunar year has to pay Zakat (2.5% of Nisab).
5. Hajj
Hajj is obligated by Allaah upon every Muslim, male and female,
who is physically and financially capable. It is obligatory only once during
the lifetime of a Muslim. Allaah Almighty Says (what means): “…And [due] to Allaah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House
– for whoever is able to find thereto a way….”[Quran 3:97]
The Prophet said: “Islam is built upon five
(pillars): the testimony that none has the right to be worshipped except Allaah
and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allaah, the establishment of the prayer,
paying Zakaat, Hajj to the House (i.e. Ka’bah,) and fasting in Ramadan.
” [Al-Bukhaari & Muslim]
The Prophet also said: “Hajj is mandated once, so whoever does it more (than that), then
it is supererogatory.” [Abu Daawood and Ahmad]
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