When it comes to learning about religion
It's not something that comes overnight because there are so many
aspects to our religion that can even take a lifetime to learn about and when it comes to the religion of Islam like all other
Religions there are questions that people commonly have here are 10
Most common questions people have about Islam and Muslims. Welcome back to another episode of FTD facts
My name is Leroy, Kenton
And for this episode I'll be going through ten questions Muslims get asked about their faiths and I'll be sharing responses to those questions
based on general Muslim beliefs from Muslim sources the question number 10
Who is Allah Allah is not a different God according to Muslims. Allah is an Arabic word for one
God Allah is not a God of Muslims only he's a God of all creation
And if you also look into Arabic speaking Christian world, you'll hear Christians
Also using the word Allah when they refer to God next up. We're number 9 do Muslims worship Muhammad according to Muslims
No, they do not worship the Prophet Muhammad or any other prophet for that matter Muslims believe in prophets including Adam, Noah Abraham
King David King Solomon Moses as well as many others and when it comes to the Prophet Muhammad
He's regarded as the last of the prophets and only God is to be worshipped
Not any other being a very common question is do Muslims. Reject Jesus
well
It depends on what you're referring to by using the term reject Muslims think highly of Jesus and his mother Mary
And the Quran shares that Jesus was born of a virgin
Birth without any father and he performed miracles through the power of God
Like healing those who are blind who were sick bringing the dead back to life among many others
however
According to the Quran he was not crucified
But was raised up to heaven and Muslims reject the idea that Jesus is God in human form or the Divine Son of God
Like the Christian view, what is jihad now?
There's been a lot of misuse with this word since so many people base their understanding of the term
Jihad, from what they hear on the media?
Now the word jihad does not mean holy war rather it means struggle or to be more specific
Striving in the cause of God and any struggle done in day-to-day life, please God can be considered jihad
So self-control from doing evil things as a form of jihad
also
Another form of jihad is to take up arms in defense of Islam or Muslim country when Islam where that country or a large
Community is attacked. So in self-defense you're standing up for your beliefs
Now this kind of jihad has to be declared by the religious leadership of a state whose fallen the Quran and the Sunnah
Next time we're number 6, why do muslims follow?
sharia law
well
Sharia law is a comprehensive Muslim law that's taken from two sources the Quran and the Sunna or the traditions of the Prophet Muhammad
now covers every aspect of daily living for individuals as well as
Collective living and the purpose of these Islamic laws are to protect people's basic rights
Protect their property their political and religious freedoms as well as protecting the rights of minorities
so it's like a sort of framework that all other laws of a particular country can fall inside of and just mesh together with
Perfectly halfway at number five why do muslims not eat pork or drink?
Alcohol muslims are told in the quran not to eat pork or pork
products meat of animals who died before being slaughtered or the carnivorous animals nor to drink blood or any sort of
Intoxicant such as wine or use any form of illicit drug. This is to help safeguard the health and vitality of the human race
What is halal? Oh, that's another big question halal is similar to the term
Kosher use in the jewish communities and it refers to what is permitted
so if Muslims are going to kill an animal for meat there rules that they need to follow like the animal has to be
Free-range, so not raised in an abusive
Factory and animals must also be killed in a certain way that is painless to the animal or at least as painless as possible
And also has to be cleaned in a certain way just so that any disease can be avoided now
I've actually heard Muslims being asked this. Why don't you celebrate Christmas?
Generally speaking
If it's a religious holiday for others like Christmas or Easter that Muslims don't celebrate it now if it's not a religious holiday like Thanksgiving
Or Independence Day then Muslims will more likely
sell
Because there's no contradiction with their Islamic faith in the celebration of those types of holidays in any case
Muslims also have their own religious holiday called Eid and there's other holidays based on which Islamic school of thought that you referred to
There's also a big question mark
beside this the 72
Virgins, so yeah
A common question people have about Islam is that when a man goes to paradise or heaven?
Is he actually met with 72 virgins as a reward?
Well the idea of 72 virgins in Sunni Islam
Refers to an aspect of paradise and this is in reference to surah
55 verses 69 to 74 of the Quran and all the Quran does not specify a number
It was also mentioned by Dhiraj in Abby
Hi, Tim
that Abu al Hatem Abdullah it WOB narrated from abu saeed al
Qadri who heard the Prophet Muhammad say this the smallest reward of the people of heaven is an abode where there are
80,000 servants and 72 for e over which stands a dome decorated with pearls
Aquamarine and ruby as wide as the distance from algebra to sauna
However regarding the statement that I just mentioned Hafiz
Salahuddin Yusuf. He said the narration which claims that everyone would have 72 wives has a weak chain of narrators
So what most Muslims agree on is that?
Those who attain paradise will be accompanied by who e which are described as beautiful females
well
the number is uncertain and some scholars even say that this reward is actually
symbolic of something else and finally at number one the question that Muslims get asked the most is
Directed to women do women have to cover their heads
Well, the headscarf is called a hijab and it's worn to express modesty, which is a very important value in the religion of Islam
Although it's more commonly seen worn by women many men also have a version of the hijab as well
Normally wearing the hijab is a choice and Islam emphasizes that you cannot force anyone to do anything
So if a culture forces women to wear a hijab, they're actually contradicting Islam. That's a general belief
alright guys
So that brings us to the end of this episode about 10 most common questions that people have about Islam and Muslim
What other questions do you have? Whether you're Muslim or not sound out down below in the comments section
Yeah, it's totally understandable. If you do have questions about your religion, definitely I want to hear about those as well
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