In the past few months, Togolese footballer, Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor has been releasing online family issues and how he has been dealing with them as well as vice versa. As days, weeks, months stretched on, he was reported to have dumped his Christian faith and converted to islam. His ‘conversion’ was also published online with a YouTube video showing him in a gathering of muslim faithfuls.
In his expected usual self, he released the reasons why he converted to Islam.
Check out his reasons
I GOT 13 VALID REASONS WHY AND HOW MUSLIMS ARE LIKE JESUS (PBUH) AND TRUER FOLLOWERS OF JESUS THAN MOST CHRISTIANS BELIEVE:
1. Jesus (pbuh) taught that there is only One God and Only God should be worshipped as taught in Deut 6:4, Mark 12:29. Muslims also believe this as taught in the Qur’an verse 4:171.
2. Jesus (pbuh) didn’t eat pork as taught in Leviticus 11:7 , and neither do Muslims as taught in the Qur’an verse 6:145.
3. Jesus (pbuh) greeted with the words “as salaamu alaikum” (Peace be with you) in John 20:21. Muslims also greet each other this way.
4. Jesus (pbuh) always said “God Willing” (inshallah), Muslims say this too before doing anything as taught in the Qur’an verses 18:23-24.
5. Jesus (pbuh) washed his face, hands, and feet before praying. The Muslims do the same.
6. Jesus (pbuh) and other prophets of the Bible prayed with their head to the ground (see Matthew26:39). Muslims do too as taught in the Qur’an verse 3:43.
7. Jesus (pbuh) had a beard and wore a throbe. It is Sunnah for Muslim men to do the same.
8. Jesus (pbuh) followed the law and believed in all the prophets, (see Matthew 5:17). Muslims do too as taught in the Qur’an verses 3:84, and 2:285.
9. Jesus’ mother Maryam (pbut) dressed modestly by fully covering her body and wearing a headscarf (hijab) as found in 1 Timothy 2:9, Genesis 24:64-65, and Corinthians 11:6. Muslim women modestly dress the same as taught in the Qur’an verse 33:59.
10. Jesus (pbuh) and other prophets of the Bible fasted up to 40 days (see Exodus 34:28, Daniel 10:2-6. 1Kings 19:8, and Matthew 4:1-Muslims do so also during the month of Ramadan. Muslims are required to fast the full obligatory 30 days (see Qur’an 2:183), and others take it a step further by fasting an additional 6 days to increase their rewards.
11. Jesus (pbuh) taught to say “Peace to this house” when entering it (see Luke 10:5), and to also greet the people in the house with “peace be unto you”. Muslims do exactly what Jesus did and taught. When we enter our homes and the homes of others we say “Bismillah” and also greet with “as salaamu alaikum” (peace be upon you) as taught in the Qur’an verse 24:61.
12. Jesus (pbuh) was circumcised. Circumcision is 1 of the 5 fitrah in Islam, so Muslim men are required to be circumcised. According to the Bible in Luke 2:21, Jesus was eight days old when he was circumcised. In the Torah, Allah/God stated to the Prophet Abraham (pbuh) that it is an “Everlasting covenant” (see Genesis 17:13). In the Qur’an verse 16:123 Muslims are required to follow the religion of Abraham. The Prophet Muhammad (saws) said, “The Prophet Abraham
circumcised himself when he was eighty years old.” (see Sahih hadith Bukhari, Muslim, and Ahmad).
13. Jesus (pbuh) spoke aramaic and called God”Elah”, which is pronounced the same as “Allah”. Aramaic is an ancient, Biblical language. It is one of the Semitic languages that also include Hebrew, Arabic, Ethiopic and the ancient Assyrian and Babylonian language of Akkadian.
The Aramaic”Elah” and the Arabic “Allah” are the same.
The Aramaic “Elah” is derived from the Arabic “Allah”, and it means “GOD”. “Allah” in Arabic also means”GOD”, the Supreme GOD Almighty. You can easilysee the similarity in their pronunciation so this concludes that the God of Jesus is also the God of the Muslims, of all mankind, and all that exist.
Now tell me who is the real follower of jesus (pbuh)? Obviously Muslims. Now I believe am a true follower of Jesus PBUH
Thanks for your explanation, most of the follower of Islam may not know all these thing you have just said. Caution!!! Pls don’t turn to be fanatics.
As most of the Christian may not even know the words of the Bible which he is relating to the words of the Quran. Because most Christian only relly on the Bible without even knowing what it’s contains. If you are not satisfied then check out the Bible and confirmed. Don’t let ignorant to lead you to he’ll fire.
Its very obvious that the Quran is more like duplicating the bible, with little alterations here and there. Bible existed before the Quran true/false
Yes ,u are right but u people refused to obey the quran that came after the bible.Every through muslim must ve belief in bible.
Don’t get it twisted follow your heart and religion the problem with most muslim is that you want everyone to be muslim which is impossible. All the biblical reference are picked at random for you to understand bible you will need to read it all. For instance bible stated that we should not eat swine(pig) and you pick that alone what about camel, rabbit (hare) etc that was mentioned in the passage. and the reason why people wear robe then is because of the desert not now in the city. so follow your heart emmanuel adebayor being a Muslim will not make people muslim.
Wesley: Allah has prescribed upon every muslim with the responsibility to make ‘Dawa’/call non-belivers to the true religion, Islam. So since prophet muhammad (peace be upon him) is the final messanger and prophet to mankind and on to prophet muhammad (peace be upon him) the final and completed message to all Allah’s creation was revealed. After the prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) died the mission to spread the truth as prescribed by Allah in the Quran ( which completes the same truth that was sent to Abraham, Moses and Jesus). Our job now is to not deny anyone knowledge about this Truth- the Quran. The quran teaches that on the day of judgement, there will be nonbelivers who will make the excuse of not knowing or ever given the opportunity to know the truth…I have to stop here but also know that no one can ever be forced into, bribed, or favored in any form just to become muslim. It’s a religion by free will as ordered by Allah. The order is to invite n teach, period! Brother, I hereby invite you to the truth and to Islam. Allah said ” I have completed my revelation to mankind and i have chosen islam as your religion.” Adabayor, I’ve followed your football career throughout and i ve watched nearly every single match you have played for Arsenal FC. So i ve been a big fan of yours in sports. Now, welcome to this religion of truth, peace and success in the hereafter! Alhamdulillaah!
Islam is very clear concerning the choice of man as far as religion is concern, there is no compulsion in religion.
According to quran whoever choses a religion other than Islam it will never be accepted from him and in the here after he will be among the losers.
So you are right not every person will be a muslim only those who love God their creator will like to do will His will. Thus they seach the truth and they found it in Islam.
That’s according to you & your faith.
Joe,you are right…Islam is the only religion that stated firmly and clearly that Allah only accepted Islam as mentioned in the Quran.You cannot find in the Bible that say God only accepted Christianity..because the word Christianity is a new word!
Wesley ,is up to you whether you want to believe or you want to return to Islam.Only Allah can give you Guidance. .we Muslims only help to spread the word of Allah. .
And who says muslims want everyone to be muslims?? We are obligated to say the truth and dats wat we r doing…i see you becoming a muslim thou. you sound like somone dats gonna accept the truth one day. May Allah bring you to the ryt path. Aameen
DeeWesley: Allah has prescribed upon every muslim with the responsibility to make ‘Dawa’/call non-belivers to the true religion, Islam. So since prophet muhammad (peace be upon him) is the final messanger and prophet to mankind and on to prophet muhammad (peace be upon him) the final and completed message to all Allah’s creation was revealed. After the prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) died the mission to spread the truth as prescribed by Allah in the Quran ( which completes the same truth that was sent to Abraham, Moses and Jesus). Our job now is to not deny anyone knowledge about this Truth- the Quran. The quran teaches that on the day of judgement, there will be nonbelivers who will make the excuse of not knowing or ever given the opportunity to know the truth…U have to stop here but also know that no one can ever be forced into, bribed, or favored in any form just to become muslim. It’s a religion by free will as ordered by Allah. The order is to invite n teach, period! Brother, I hereby invite you to the truth and to Islam. Allah said ” I have completed my revelation to mankind and i have chosen islam as your religion.” Adabayor, I’ve followed your football career throughout and i ve watched nearly every single match you have played for Arsenal FC. So i ve been a big fan of yours in sports. Now, welcome to this religion of truth, peace and success in the hereereafter! Alhamdulillaah!
Every Muslim must belief in the Injeel that was revealed to Prophet Jesus (Peace Be Upon Him) not the Bible.The Bible is a new word .You could not even found the word Bible in the Bible!.the Bible is just remnants from the Injeel.It is is full of contradictions ..there no more original Injeel available. .Allah did not preserve as Allah did to the Quran..
bruh….the bible is typed after Jesus(a.s.w) died which confirms the reason why some of the verses in the bible are slightly different, and nowaday some verses in the bible are lies, though they can’t change every single verse in the bible, that’s why some are true and some are lies, on the other hand the Quran was typed when the prophet Muhammad(saw) was still alive. And the Quran has never been changed for any reason, if u check different Qurans u will see that every single word is the same
First mistake Jesus is not dead he liveth. He has been alive for ages an all of us will die nd he will still b alive. Adebayor got it all wrong bye adressing Jesus with peace be upon him.
Ages?…i tot u said he was the word and he is god? now u hv agreed that he started existing at a certain time?
Is christianity the only religion on Earth? Hv u ever tot abt Y all eyes is on christianity? Y dnt u castigate buddist, people dat clearly worship a big idol as their god? My broda read well nd tink deep, d devil wants christianity wiped out Y. Because he knws its d true religion, dats y u c sme companies alter d bible. The bible is translated in many languages for transparency in oda nt to hide any tin from d face od d earth but such is nt d case wit d quran u hv to go to special school to learn it.
The Torah existed before the bible.. So maybe you should be jewish.
nice one brother….since the Bible existed b4 the Qur’an and he is a christian
yet, there are so many science facts included in the Qur’an that are not in the Bible. how come?
If u believe in science den ur on ur way to hell. Who brought abt d no god believe dat sme ppl worship nd call dia slf free tinkers? They ar d same scientist
Are you implying that a “true christian” does not believe in science? i doubt the pope and your pastors would agree with you. belief in science does not necessarily mean a disbelief in God, if that scientific knowledge does not contradict God. i cited the fact of the scientific facts in the Qur’an only to prove that it is a book so amazing that it included at the time of its revelation scientific knowledge that only came to be known and proved in later centuries, more than a thousand years later!
Yes, copy & paste.
To understand bible, you don’t pick and select when it’s not a cloth or shoe. like all the reference he made in this message are not the truth of what the bible says. For instance where he wrote about swine(pig) the bible stated many animals like rabbit and camel etc but he only pick on pig. and the reference are old testament learn the basics about old and new testament in the bible b4 you believe what he was saying. For instance in old testament we worship God with sacrifice and in new testament we worship with praise.
If it truly is the same God, why would the worship ever change? wouldn’t it more sense to be consistent?
U are right but who wrote the bible?
Jesus or muses? ( peace be upon them all)
If you are lazy to make research about Christianity n Islam, just login to YouTube n watch debate btw Ahmed Dedat n Jemmy Swaggart on the topic is the bible the word of God?
In fact there is no religion in the side of God appart from Islam. Jesus, Muses, Abraham n the rest of the prophets were all Muslims. There is nothing like Christianity , judism or what ever religion in side of God but Islam.
You can check also Ahmed Dedat in YouTube by the topic (Christianity, Judaism or Islam)
So that u can see n hear then decide for your self . may Allah guide us all on the right path.
Ameen
You didn’t know much about religion. you are busy watching youtube and debates about religion that even constitute to more ignorant. everyone can’t be muslim and that’s the fact and it will be like that till world end. follow your hearth and worship what you believe in. and stop watching fool arguing about religion.
Dear Wesley, Sincde you r as ignorant as it is, the muslim cant do anything to change your believe, because there is s surah that tells us NOT to belive in what you belive in and you can also do like wise.Ameen
surat kafiroon!!
Her suddenly gone nuts! It’s obvious the jazz placed on Adebayo has started working! He’s confused!!
What he mentioned from the Bible is it correct or not. That should be what you should be concerned about if truely you have not gone nuts. Go and check out the Bible and confirmed what he says and don’t get confused
Bearing a Christian name, attending a religious centre (Church), praying to God, fasting, partaking in Holy communion, preaching, giving alms, reading Holy Bible and e.t.c. never makes anybody a christian. Christianity is a way of life…
tell us exactly why you came to this conclusion about him
He is not confused. .He is on the right tracks..he studied the Bible well not like other Christians who just believe the Church but not to do thoroughly research on the Bible!
Christians refuse to learn and can’t stop following their prophets of today who uses them to make money and give them false hope. it’s funny they don’t want to read
Jesus didn’t support Spurs!
If i ever saw a dumb reason to switch faith, this is it. Its even more disappointing that Muslims on here are applauding him for being a muslim because of these lame reasons.
how? Ijust googled these Bible verses and they’re all true. Pig is prohibited in Christianity but Christians eat it all the time.
You people still live in the past I must say because all he said was old testament. is it only pig that was stated on that passage. read from beginning to end and see what muslim are eating now that was stated. and because of this kind of messages that’s why we have new new testament. Don’t pick verses learn the chapter.
That’s the reason I love the Holy Quran. It’s one and has never been altered like the Bibile (s). the Good news, The bad news, the New testament and the Last testament etc….
and the foreseeable testament…hahaha
Wake up you ignorant people, now tht u know the truth..
if the old testament isn’t part of “the bible” any longer, why do you still have them together as a book called “the bible”. you might as well make yourselves clear: what book do you believe in and obey, really?
Old testament is teaching us history d way of d past so dat we dnt go dwn nd mk mistakes d same way while d new testament nd new commandment was given after d attonment of d sins of men by Jesus christ. So they ar all book we learn from people witout history ar lost people
Good. if the old testament is a book you no longer follow, separate if from the new testament so we know they are two separate books, and when you say “the bible” you mean only the new testament to which you are now bound. having them together always will definitely cause problems because there are bound to be contradictions between them since you claim to now follow a “newer” law.
I’m sorry if i offend you here, ut @disqus_OyJXMTrUel:disqus , but please be so kind to tell me what “EDITION” of the NEW Testament, and by whom is it written are your reading ? and why come up with a new edition every year if it Truly is “the” word of god ?
You see, there must be wrong with it that there are soooo many authors and so many editions that it has to be “reviewed” every year.
-do think about this next time when your reading.
us Muslims have the same Q’uran, it doesnt matter if you find “a” Q’uran in England, Mexico, Japan, Pakistan, or Australia,
NOT a SINGLE word has been changed since the “first” edition.
because it simply is PERFECT> it is THE word of GOD, : Allah.
Besides the Q’uran, read the Hadith’s , they basically “back-up” the Q’uran and teach us the way of life. the rules and regulations, how to deal with different kind of situations .
in no way i am saying that the old or the new testaments are all fake or corrupted or anything what so ever,
even the Q;uran teaches us that they were real, but only they have been manipluated to such an extend that it was not THE word of God anymore, hence came the final “chapter” in the Holy Books, known as “Q’uran”
if you believe that there is the OLD testament and the NEW testament, you might see the Q’uran as the FINAL TESTAMENT.
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Ok if this is the Dumbest Reason..Then Pastor Am waiting for you to show me the Reason why he shouldn’t be a Muslim…Am waiting
Please take one or two hours of ur time and do the research urself not insulting the Billoniar bro, I Know U Like Hearing About Money.
Lolz brother, perhaps millions of tithe from adeboyor will be lot from their churches
He used verses and other analogy to present his case. if you oppose him/his actions, do likewise and do not simply resort to generalised comments!
What do you except from a rebel, who rebelled against his parents, religion and followed a rebellious sect, STAY AWAY FROM OUR AIRPORT PLS.
FUCK OFF U REFUSE TO LEARN ..Stupid fool do u own Any Airport ..
oh my god, give him patience
You have know idea of what people say here that is the reason why you are contribute nonsense instead to short up your cavity
And when it is said to them, “Follow what Allah has revealed,” they say, “Rather, we will follow that which we found our fathers doing.” Even though their fathers understood nothing, nor were they guided?
One of the biggest problem with Christians is that they do not learn other religion and as well as theirs and end up arguing blindly about others. Take your time to understand other religion so you can defend yours and stop basking in the euphoria of ignorance. Wake up from your eternal coma of dumbness and learn!
Do u know of the greatest bias that christian apologists have regarding one ruling in Islam that is also permitted in Christianity like in Islam but many christians don’t know, it is the matter of right hand possession or concubine, bible explicitly allows concubines infact many different ways a person can come into concubinage, like father selling daughter, a person simply giving herself up for slavery, unable to pay debt,prisoner of war etc, Islam limits it to only prisoners of war after exchange of prisoners, ransom and the leftover females can be distributed as concubines by the authority if they are not pregnant after one cycle,
But ull see christian apologist attack muslims by saying they have sex slaves, while using decent terms in their theology when this matter comes to brush, what hypocrisy.
In Bible 1 Kings 11:1-3 prophet Solomon had 300 concubines and 700 wives. Tell Christians to open their Bible or just google it.
That was the old testament do u even knw d difference btwn d new commandment nd old commandment? U are d one to do d googling. Solomon was accurately punished nd delt with
Does it even matter if it is old or new? The fact that he had this many wives and concubines does not change now, does it? Or does the new testament deny this?
Just use ur logic, Allah is god, god wont be have son, do u think Jesus is son of god ? Please use ur logical, think about it… Even in Quran Allah tell it thats not Allah son, he just human like us but he is better than us.. How do u think if this world have many god ? Maybe one god will battle with other god.. Haha
Hahahaha! Brother, you don’t have to sell it to me. We are of the same opinion.
What you don’t realize about the Bible is that some things in the bible are just reported in the bible but not approved of by God. They are mentioned so you can see the sin of those who partake in it and learn a lesson from it by seeing what bad things came of the participation in that sin.
But if it is a sin, it would be clearly written as a sin, not left to you to come to that conclusion on your own. Most importantly, if it is a sin, a Man of God would not be caught doing it at all. Otherwise, how can others be guided?
Peace be upon you. =) In Islam we dont believe in Our prophets (Peace Be Upon Them All) commiting Sins.. They are the Best people of their time, chosen by our Creator, Allah. I am shocked the last time i read about Prophet Lot (pbuh) and her daughters commiting filthy act in your Bible. Among the signs of the Verse and Stories in the Bible being Authored/Changed. Astaghfirullah.. I hope you find Peace my dear Brother in Humanity. =)
Point of correction lot was nt neva a prophet.
please you don’t have to argue with that moron,he doesn’t know anything about Bible or Christ,Muslims worship their prophet Mohammad but we Christians worship God,the creator of universe
Yes, Because there is only one God, and He is God from everlasting to everlasting (see Psalms 90:2).
In the Bible, God declares: “Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me.” (Isaiah 43:10).
Jesus was born . who was God when Adam was created and send on Earth ?
You beleive that Jesus was crucified but Allah has taken him in the skies and he will come in the future.
Actually, Christians worship Jesus, whom they see as God, but Muslims worship God and no other. Muslims do not believe that God was ever sent to Earth in the form of man.
Yes that is correct, as they see Jesus as God incarnate. Muslims do worship a God, however the very devout revere Muhammad to the same level as Allah in that they are willing to die for him. Look at how some react at the slightest criticism of Muhammad and you will see that he was not just an ordinary prophet. Many Quran verses state to obey Allah & his messenger, putting them both at the same level.
Carol- where did you get the wrong idea that Muslims placed Muhammad same level as God? Muslims practice strict monotheism but Christians have introduced paganism by elevating Jesus to divine status. Obey Muhammad means to follow his practices as a human being i.e how he conduct family life, how he eats, talk, drink, sleep etc. Dont get the wrong idea ma’am.
They are NOT at the same level. The AND used in those contexts are not conjunctive. During the time of the Prophet (bbuh) he himself interpreted it to mean that you cannot believe in God and the Qur’an which he was preaching unless you also believed in his own Prophethood and the way he lived his life. You have to trust the messenger to believe in the message. Otherwise, you could claim it was a lie!
Obey God and his messenger, meaning?
Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.
Same Qur’an verse
It is not but a revelation revealed,
You got it all wrong. Obey Allah and his messager. Read it’s carefully. The verse didn’t say obey Allah with Mohammad.
The verse said Obey Allah and his messager. Meaning whoever obeys what the prophet came with from his lord has indeed obeys Allah.
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 654:
Narrated ‘Umar:
I heard the Prophet saying, “Do not exaggerate in praising me as the Christians praised the son of Mary, for I am only a Slave. So, call me the Slave of Allah and His Apostle.”
Good point when saying “Muslims do not believe that God was ever sent to Earth in the form of man.” Now as a Muslim first question that comes to my head to you is that who would send the King or the Master to see his slave or in other words who asks the owner or the maker of something to go look how he made it. Let’s analyze that God never came to this earth. But who created the earth, the heavens, the trees, the mountains and the man. If that is the God we are talking about then I don’t see a reason why he would want to come and see what is going on the earth when He is the maker and the creator and the one and the only who sends his prophets and angels to the earth to work for him to warn people like me and you to not go to the hell with our sins by associating a partner to the God who is one and only one, but worship the God who sent Jesus and his likes for our salvation.
Are you a Muslim? you dressed like muslim,
Yes you are correct, however Muslims seem to get much more angry and are ready to kill when their prophet is criticized than when someone criticises Allah. Another thing, if Islam was created to worship this one true G-D, then why, in the most important declaration of one’s Islamic faith, the Shahada, is Muhammad’s name mentioned? His name can appear elsewhere, but why particularly in this ever important sentence. Hmmm, Looks like Muhammad is put on a equal footing with Allah.
Violent reactions to what non muslims do in their own lands are condemned by majority of scholars, it’s the love and reveration of ppl for prophet Muhammad to act this way even tho sometimes its not right way, regarding Shahada, when christians convert to islam they are made to say Jesus son of Mary is Chosen and prophet of God, so does that mean they start worshipping Jesus too, when Moses came it was mandatory on his ppl to accept him as messenger nd take him as representative of God’s message on Earth, when Solomon came they are obliged to accept him as messenger, when Jesus came, it was mandatory for them to accept him, u can’t reject a messenger when it comes to the ppl, it is tantamount to disbelief in God.
not all. but most are Trinitarians. you look like a learned muslim? can you tell me where gog and magog are?
It is not relevant, they might be any place , in caves, undiscovered lands, sly , hidden etc, its not a biggie among muslims.
aren’t there billions of them? one hadith says they will be 9 and a half times as many of them as there are muslims. that would but them at 13.5 billion. that is a lot of caves. do you really think these are that many undiscovered lands?
source for that hadith, and even if it is mentioned in hadiths, it’s subject to much interpretation and flexibilty, hadith and quran is not on same standing and also there is the matter of authenticity, applicability, which school of thought has accepted it, which has rejected it etc
I don’t recall where I read it. don’t remember if the narrator was abu hurraai (how do you spell the ‘cat guys’ name?) are you a shia? do you discount his hadiths if there is no other narrator? what madhab do you follow?
anyway, you don’t think gog and magog will devour everything before them? what is the lake in Palestine they are supposed to drink up with the front ranks of the army even before the rear will have a chance to drink?
im not shia , i follow the mainstream islam, u have to understand hadiths before discussing it, different schools of thought pick and choose by the criteria they set for deducting laws or as u say jurispundence, i’m not denying hadiths, im just making clear im not obliged to follow it if it doesn’t match the criteria of my school , and also how authentic is the hadith is a matter of discussion
so you are a sunni? so what school? malaki, shafi’i. hanafi, hanbali? (some of those might be misspelled, but you should be able to figure out what I mean.)
Malaki school, but how wuld that benefit u.
so what does the malaki school say about apostasy? death, right?
yes, if it is an islamic state, acts of PUBLIC apostasy is punishable by death, what u do in ur private life whether u pray or not, believe in God or not is ur personal matter but if u want to go out in streets and declare ur an apostate, this is not allowed or start a movement declaring urself to be an apostate, and calling others to it, it has consequences, then ur taken to the Judge who carefully questions u and ur beliefs to determine if ur a sinner or really an apostate, if ur an apostate, u r given 3 days to come back to Islam i.e just say to the judge i retract my views, and that is it, ur free to leave, or u can be persistent till the end and face the death penalty.
so how does that not contradict the Koran, 2:256? or the verse, I don’t recall the number at this moment, be it goes something like this: ‘you have your religion and I will have mine’.
There is no compulsion of religion, no non muslim can be compelled to accept islam, they have their own freewill and can practice their religion without any hindrance or compulsion, the verse deals with non muslim,
even te other verse u were referring to, surah al kafiroon or chapter 109, it speaks about disbelievers, its not a discussion among muslims, once a person becomes muslim, this is the verse that applies
It is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His
Messenger have decided a matter, that they should [thereafter] have any
choice about their affair. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger
has certainly strayed into clear error. Quran 33:36..
But like i said earlier, u don’t have secret service or NSA to see who is apostatizing, espionage is forbidden in islam among muslims, so muslims can believe whatever they want in their private and personal life, practice islam or not etc, its totally upto them, but just don’t promote apostasy to misguide others. Muslims are free to choose to do what tey want.
do you consider yourself a salafi?
nope, salafis are more or less against the 4 schools of thought and make it an open game, which is why jihadists , ISIS shoots out of salafism coz they have no basis, they can easily become misguided coz they take hadiths out of context and take apparent meanings far from the constructed meaning which is shaped by the situation and context of the time an action was done or something was said by prophet Muhammad. The Salafis though that takes its most of its queue from hanbali school are somewhat sensible.
There is no compulsion in religion is sometime referred by few muslim scholars of this time as applicable to the muslims among themselves but the idea of death for apostasy is supported by all the four schools, this verse(compulsion in religion) definitely doesn’t apply to muslims in this regard.
Do not Muslims believe that God is everywhere. Closer than the jugular vein, in a manner of speaking.
The Christian God seems to be modeled on Man not the other way around. In fact designed on the Egyptian, Babylonian and Hindu Mythology. They are all Trinitarians.
Meaning his knowledge is very where. But God is above his creation. Above the seven heavens.
No that is not true, that is called Mujassima creed or theology that God is everywhere which is not accepted by muslims, the creed that is accepted is called Ashari creed that is discussed only among scholars and not by layman that the presence of God is in all of space as he is not bound by time and space, and his being is felt in all places, u literally don’t take a stone and say God is everywhere and in the stone and so i worship it or God is inside me, so others worship me etc, And also Quran says Allah is the light of heavens and Earth, light can also be described as energy, so God or creator is the energy by which all of creation continues to exist and run, So the energy or presence of God is in all his creation.
The other accepted creed is Athari creed which believes God is exclusive above 7 heavens and the interpretation of his presence being felt in all places is subject to debate. And also God has attributes literally like legs, hands, face etc which are unlike any of creation.
In any case Ashari creed relies heavily on interpretation and Athari heavily on literalism, In any case these are scholarly discussions.
Belief of the layman is simple, oneoness of God, hereafter, proper belief system etc and little bit of belief that God is above all his Creation him being above 7 heavens etc.
The concern of muslim scholars and their refutations of raw greek, persian, atheism and other foreign philosophies has helped the islamic orthodoxy prevail to this day, a factor which easily crumbled Traditional or orthodox Christianity.
Any case if u study the islamic creed or Aqeedah, ull see its a vast field and very much dealing with logical aspects and questions and doubts regarding Creator.It’s a big subject.
why do muslims kiss the black rock?
Coz it is a command from God to do so and if there is a crowd, u can just wave ur hand to it, silly question really.
I thought the black rock was worshipped by the pre-Islamic pagans. you that god is not in a stone, so the black stone popped into my mind. are you sure it is not bidah to kiss the black stone? it is not in the Koran.
U seem to be confused with bida or innovation as well, bida is some practice that is considered part of religion that prophet Muhammad and his companions never did.
right, I know what bidah is. I’ve seen some muslims say that the hadith of Muhammad kissing the black rock is weak and unauthentic. didn’t one of the khalifas try to destroy the black rock 100s of yes ago?
incidents of hajj by prophet Muhammad is witnessed by thousands of companions, all schools of thought are in unison regardng the black rock, i don’t know where u seem to get the notion that muslim doubt kissing the black rock, that is a wrong idea, and i don’t know of incident where one of caliph tried to destroy black rock, but if he contemplate it, that’s a wrong to do so and caliphs are not guided, infact throughout history there was clash between the caliphs and the religious community coz the caliphate would fail to implement islam properly, there were caliphs that were good and noble and others that were evil, corrupt and luxurious.
Mirgan- you are ignioant about Islam. Muslims worship one God nio Muhammad but Christians falsely claimed Jesus is god
It’s the opposite!
now you are lying ,is nt it? We Worship Allah the creator fo heaven and earth . Mohammed peace be with him was a messenger.
Muslims do NOT worship anything anyone other the One God, Almighty Creator of the Universe.
To worship or pray to Prophet MuhammadPBUH would be idolatry. The one and only unforgivable sin in Islam. Muhammad was only a messenger like others before him. No different. All this is in the Qur’an.
Christian worship The Father, The son, The Holy Ghost = Trinity. The Christian God impregnated his mother and was born of a human woman, The Mother of God. All this is in the Holy Bible.
what a big fat joke, Muslims never worship prophet Muhammad, we are forbidden to even invoke him, we revere him coz he is our prophet and representative of God’s message on Earth, u won’t have angels coming to ppl to guide them, it’s the ppl who are chosen as messengers. To obey the prophet is like obeying God coz God’s message was conveyed by him thru Gabriel, if had he changed God’s revelation, he would’ve been punished, if any prophets prior did it, they would’ve been as well.
When u say christians worship One God and creator implying there is no trinity, its maybe ur jewish or christian denomination who don’t believe in Trinity, or u didn’t go to church for long time.
Lot was a prophet, if christians don’t believe it, then it is a correction for them from the Quran, that Lot was a prophet to his ppl, like prophet Muhammad is to his ppl.
did lot have sex with his daughters?
Never, this is a christian slander on a prophet, just like they slander prophet David who according to islam was the best in prayers, best in fasts, best in worship etc.
how is David slandered, the incident with Bathsheba?