What is the meaning of Islam, what is its reality, and what is the meaning of worship?
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Question : This questioner is Egyptian and works for a company in Riyadh. He asks: Why is the Islamic religion called Islam? What is the meaning of worship? And what is the reality of Islam?
Answer : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment. The religion of Islam is called Islam because it is submission to Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He). It is submission to Him, meaning that the human being submits to Allah, entrusts his affairs to Allah, and submits to Him through obedience, tawhid (the oneness of Allah), sincerity, and following His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). Islam is the opposite of arrogance and stubbornness. Therefore, the term Islam is applied to everyone who believes in the Messenger to whom they were sent. So the people of Moses, when Moses was their Prophet, were Muslims if they followed him. The people of Jesus were Muslims if they followed him. The people of Noah, some of them believed, but few believed with him. However, after the sending of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), Islam became specific to what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) brought, and all the previous heavenly religions are abrogated and are not acceptable to Allah. This is based on the saying of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He)[Ali 'Imran 3:85]. And based on His saying (Blessed and Exalted is He) [Al-Ma'idah 5:3]. So the Jews are not upon anything, and the Christians are not upon anything.
No deed of theirs is accepted, no matter what they do, because Allah the Exalted has made it clear and sufficient that whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will not be accepted from him. So they are not Muslims, nor are they believers. If they were truthful in their faith—meaning the Jews and Christians who claim to be upon an established religion—if they were truthful in that, they would have believed in Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), because Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) is the Seal of the Messengers, indeed the Seal of the Prophets. And because Jesus, son of Mary (peace and blessings be upon him), gave glad tidings of him, saying[As-Saf 61:6]. And there was no Messenger other than Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). For this reason, He said [As-Saf 61:6]. It becomes clear that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of whom Jesus gave glad tidings. So whoever disbelieves in him has disbelieved in Jesus and rejected his glad tidings, and has become not a Muslim to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). As for the second point in his question, what is Islam?
Islam was explained by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to Jibril when he asked him about itMusnad Ahmad 367, 368Lts isnad is Sahih, Muslim (8). As for faith, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) explained it in the hadith of Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2610Sahih (Darussalam). Yes.
Answer : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment. The religion of Islam is called Islam because it is submission to Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He). It is submission to Him, meaning that the human being submits to Allah, entrusts his affairs to Allah, and submits to Him through obedience, tawhid (the oneness of Allah), sincerity, and following His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). Islam is the opposite of arrogance and stubbornness. Therefore, the term Islam is applied to everyone who believes in the Messenger to whom they were sent. So the people of Moses, when Moses was their Prophet, were Muslims if they followed him. The people of Jesus were Muslims if they followed him. The people of Noah, some of them believed, but few believed with him. However, after the sending of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), Islam became specific to what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) brought, and all the previous heavenly religions are abrogated and are not acceptable to Allah. This is based on the saying of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He)
And whoever desires other than Islam as religion - never will it be accepted from him, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers.
وَمَن يَبْتَغِ غَيْرَ الْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا فَلَن يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَThis day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion.
الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلَامَ دِينًاNo deed of theirs is accepted, no matter what they do, because Allah the Exalted has made it clear and sufficient that whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will not be accepted from him. So they are not Muslims, nor are they believers. If they were truthful in their faith—meaning the Jews and Christians who claim to be upon an established religion—if they were truthful in that, they would have believed in Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), because Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) is the Seal of the Messengers, indeed the Seal of the Prophets. And because Jesus, son of Mary (peace and blessings be upon him), gave glad tidings of him, saying
O children of Israel, indeed I am the messenger of Allah to you confirming what came before me of the Torah and bringing good tidings of a messenger to come after me, whose name is Ahmad.
يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكُم مُّصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ مِنَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَمُبَشِّرًا بِرَسُولٍ يَأْتِي مِن بَعْدِي اسْمُهُ أَحْمَدُBut when he came to them with clear evidences, they said, "This is obvious magic."
فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُم بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ قَالُوا هَٰذَا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌIslam was explained by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to Jibril when he asked him about it
Islam means to bear witness that there is no god except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), to establish regular prayer, to pay zakali, to fast Ramadan and to perform pilgrimage to the House (the Ka`bah), if you have the means.
فقال الإسلام أن تشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمدا رسول الله وتقيم الصلاة وتؤتي الزكاة وتصوم رمضان وتحج البيت إن استطعت إليه سبيلاNarrated Abdullah bin Buraidah from Yahya bin Ya'mur who said: "The first person to speak about Al-Qadar was Ma'bad Al-Juhani." He said: "Humaid bin Abdur-Rahman Al-Himyari and I went out until we reached Al-Madinah, and we said: 'If we could only meet someone among the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) so we could ask him about what those people have innovated." [He said:] "So we met him - meaning Abdullah bin 'Umar - while he was leaving the Masjid." [He said:] "My companion and I were on either side of him." [He said:] I thought my companion was going to leave the speaking to me so I said: "O Abu Abdur-Rahman! There is a group of people who recite the Qur'an and seek knowledge, and they claim there is no Al-Qadar, and that the affair is left to chance.' He said: "Whenever you meet those people, then tell them that I am not of them and they are not of me. By the One Whom Abdullah swears by! If one of them were to spend gold the like of Uhud (mountain) in charity, it would not be accepted from him until he believes in Al-Qadar; the good of it and the bad of it.'" He said: "Then he began to narrate, he said: "'Umar bin Al-Khattab said: "We were with the Messenger of Allah when a man came with extremely white garments, and extremely black hair. He had no appearance of traveling visible on him, yet none of us recognized him. He came until he reached the Prophet (ﷺ). He put his knees up against his knees, and then said: "O Muhammad! What is Iman?' He said 'To believe in Allah, His Angels, His, Books, His Messengers, the Day of Judgement, and Al-Qadar, the good of it and the bad of it.' He said: 'Then what is Islam?' He said: 'Testifying to La Ilaha Illallah, and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger, establishing the Salat, giving the Zakat, performing Hajj to the House, and fasting (the month of) Ramadan.' He said: 'Then what is Ihsan?' He said 'That (is) you worship Allah as if you see Him, and although you do not see Him, He certainly sees you.' He said: 'For all of those he replied to him: 'You have told the truth.'" He said: "So we were amazed at him, he would ask, and then tell him that he is telling the truth. He said: 'Then when is the Hour?' He (ﷺ) said: 'The one being asked knows no more than the questioner.' He said: 'Then what are its signs?' He said: 'That the slave woman gives birth to her master, and that the naked, poor, and bare-footed shepherds rival each other in the height of the buildings.'" 'Umar said: 'Then the Prophet (ﷺ) met me three days after that and said: 'O 'Umar! Do you know who the questioner was? It was Jibril. He came to teach you about the matters of your religion.'"
جبريل بأن تؤمن بالله وملائكته وكتبه ورسله واليوم الآخر والقدر خيره وشره.
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 20- ما معنى الإسلام وما حقيقته وما معنى العبادة #العقيدة #ابن_عثيمين #سؤال_على_الهاتف — youtube.com
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