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Welcome, brothers and sisters!

Please take into consideration that this is a serious thread.
If you're not capable of reading a lot, please click the "back" button.
Know that there are going to be some things that are going to offend you, and some things that are going to clarify the true meaning of Islam for you.

If you would like to help me with references, please do not hesitate on PMing information for me, as I can't do this alone. Brothers, sisters, I'm going to need your help because our religion has become a joke amongst hundreds of cultures. It saddens me to see how corrupt most of our nations are, regardless of their beliefs in Allah or not. It's time we stopped these lies, selfishness, greed and hatred.

It's time we show our world the truth.

P.S: If you agree with what this thread has to say, please advertise it for all your friends and families who are confused about certain things in our religion, or are deciding to be a part our religion!

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Table of Contents

[x1] Introduction.
[x2] What is Islam?
[x3] Who is Prophet Muhammad?
[x4] What is the difference between Hadith and the Qu'ran?
[x5] The truth.
[x6] Beautiful stories of Prophet Mohammad
[x7]FAQ

Who is Prophet Muhammad?

Muhammad was born in the city of Mecca, and orphaned at an early age. He was brought up by his uncle Abu Talib, and worked as a merchant and a shepard. Muhammad married his first wife Khadija daughter of Khuwaylid at the age of 25. They had a very happy and beautiful marraige, and he was faithful to only her. Although, after Khadija passed, it was recommended that Muhammad marry Sawda bint Zama, a Muslim widow, or Aisha, who was at the time either six- or seven-year-old, or nine or ten-year-old daughter of Abu Bakr. Muhammad is said to have asked her to arrange for him to marry both; he married Aisha five years later. After that, (around the age of 50) Muhammad married additional wives nine of whom survived him.

Khadijah is said to have borne Muhammad four daughters (Ruqayyah bint Muhammad, Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad, Zainab bint Muhammad, Fatimah Zahra) and two sons (Abd-Allah ibn Muhammad and Qasim ibn Muhammad) who both died in childhood. All except two of his daughters, Fatimah and Zainab, died before him. Shi'a scholars contend that Fatimah was Muhammad's only daughter. Maria al-Qibtiyya bore him a son named Ibrahim ibn Muhammad, but the child died when he was two years old.

Muhammad did his own household chores and helped with housework, such as preparing food, sewing clothes and repairing shoes. Muhammad is also said to have had accustomed his wives to dialogue; he listened to their advice, and the wives debated and even argued with him.

Anyways, discontented with life in Mecca, he retreated to a cave in the surrounding mountains for meditation and reflection. According to Islamic beliefs it was here, at age 40, in the month of Ramadan, where he received his first revelation from God. Three years after this event Muhammad started preaching these revelations publicly, proclaiming that "God is One", that complete "surrender" to Him is the only way acceptable to God, and that he himself was a prophet and messenger of God, in the same vein as other Islamic prophets.

How it went about goes like this: At some point Muhammad adopted the practice of meditating alone for several weeks every year in a cave on Mount Hira near Mecca. Islamic tradition holds that during one of his visits to Mount Hira, the angel Gabriel appeared to him in the year 610 and commanded Muhammad to recite the following verses:

"Proclaim! (or read!) in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created- Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood: Proclaim! And thy Lord is Most Bountiful,- He Who taught (the use of) the pen,- Taught man that which he knew not."(Qur'an 96:1-5)

According to some traditions, upon receiving his first revelations Muhammad was deeply distressed and contemplated throwing himself off the top of a mountain but the spirit moved closer and told him that he has been chosen as a messenger of God. Muhammad returned home and was consoled and reassured by his wife, Khadijah and her Christian cousin, Waraqah ibn Nawfal. Shia tradition maintains that Muhammad was neither surprised nor frightened at the appearance of Gabriel but rather welcomed him as if he had been expecting him. The initial revelation was followed by a pause of three years during which Muhammad gave himself up further to prayers and spiritual practices. When the revelations resumed he was reassured and commanded to begin preaching: "Your lord has not forsaken you nor does he hate [you]" (Qur'an 93:1-11).

According to Welch these revelations were accompanied by mysterious seizures, and the reports are unlikely to have been forged by later Muslims. Muhammad was confident that he could distinguish his own thoughts from these messages. According to the Qur'an, one of the main roles of Muhammad is to warn the unbelievers of their eschatological punishment (Qur'an 38:70, Qur'an 6:19). Sometimes the Qur'an does not explicitly refer to the Judgment day but provides examples from the history of some extinct communities and warns Muhammad's contemporaries of similar calamities (Qur'an 41:13–16). Muhammad is not only a warner to those who reject God's revelation, but also a bearer of good news for those who abandon evil, listen to the divine word and serve God. Muhammad's mission also involves preaching monotheism: The Qur'an demands Muhammad to proclaim and praise the name of his Lord and instructs him not to worship idols apart from God or associate other deities with God.

The key themes of the early Qur'anic verses included the responsibility of man towards his creator; the resurrection of dead, God's final judgment followed by vivid descriptions of the tortures in hell and pleasures in Paradise; and the signs of God in all aspects of life. Religious duties required of the believers at this time were few: belief in God, asking for forgiveness of sins, offering frequent prayers, assisting others particularly those in need, rejecting cheating and the love of wealth (considered to be significant in the commercial life of Mecca), being chaste and not to kill newborn girls.

Although Muhammad was one amongst many Prophets, he is one of the most important Prophets because he was the most profound. Also, he WAS (and IS) the chosen Prophet who had the job to publicize the greatness of Islam. The final and most structured religion that has been made to create justice, equality and rightiousness amongst the world. Muhammad (PBUH), who sits by Allah, most merciful, most bountiful. (SWT)


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Table of Contents

[x1] Introduction.
[x2] What is Islam?
[x3] Who is Prophet Muhammad?
[x4] What is the difference between Hadith and the Qu'ran?
[x5] The truth.
[x6] Beautiful stories of Prophet Mohammad(pbuh)
[x7]FAQ

The truth.

The truth. What is the truth you ask?
Well, the truth is, nowadays the religion of Islam has become a laughing stock amongst every nation. The majority of Muslim dominated countries have ridiculed and neglected to follow the real ways of what the religion is about. Yes, the originators of Islam have carelessly tossed away the rules and standards of what their structured religion is meaning to bring forth.

You see the young men and women of Islam wear their hijab, completely cover their bodies and claim to pray five times a day to be completely faithful to Allah (SWT), yet gossip about each other, and lie to their parents. They date, and have sex. Goggle and drool over each other even when barely any skin showing, blaming each other for their crude behavior. They have become violent and selfish, hateful and ignorant, never taking ownership for any wrongful action they've commited. Both genders (mainly females though) who claim to follow the religion of "Islam" have begun to change themselves by getting plastic surgery.

Is that really what a true muslim is?
To label themselves as something so holy, pure and beautiful, yet go against every TRUE meaning it is?

Just because you pray five times a day, and give a few bucks to your fellow homeless-man doesn't make you muslim.

First and foremost, contrary to popular belief, the hijab you're all thinking and have come to know, is NOT mandatory.

But read carefully, in Islam it is mandatory to cover yourself if you are a women, because it is clearly stated in the Quran: "And say to the believing women to lower their gazes, and to guard their private parts, and not to display their beauty except what is apparent of it, and to extend their head coverings to cover their bosoms, and not to display their beauty except to their husbands, or their fathers, or their husband’s fathers, or their sons, or their husband’s sons, or their brothers, or their brothers’ sons, or their sisters’ sons, or their womenfolk, or what their right hands rule (slaves), or the followers from the men who do not feel sexual desire, or the small children to whom the nakedness of women is not apparent, and not to strike their feet so as to make known what they hide of their adornments. And turn in repentance to Allah together, O you believers, in order that you are successful.” (Surat-un-Nur: 31)

So what does that mean, well lets break it piece by piece:

Wear what you want (pants, shirts, sweaters etc.) as long as they're covering your private parts. Any man who proposes the idea that a woman is showing her private parts that way is an idiot, and needs to get out more.

I bet you anything that means the face. Yes ladies, you're allowed to show your faces to the world.

It means, instead of having to lie to yourself and thousands of people by tightly wrapping your hair back through the hijab (because I can bet you ANYTHING, that the majority of these women are NOT happy with what they wear), wear a hooded scarf that'll go down to cover your boobs like this:

Okay, so we can't display our beauty except to our husbands, our fathers, our father in-laws, our children, our husband's children, our brothers, our nephews, our fellow female gender, our servants, gay guys, and kids? That kind of sounds like the entire human population to me...
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So that means that you should NOT wear heels to direct attention towards you, but rather slippers or sneakers. Makes sense to me.

So, basically, don't dress like a whore. Don't act like a whore having slutty intentions, and don't look like a whore.

Be faithful in Allah, with 100% genuine intentions of your prayers. Do not bullshit yourself, your society, and more importantly, do NOT bullshit Allah, because unlike humans, Allah knows what you're thinking even when you pray. In doing so, you'll succeed in this life.

Second, whoever told you the male gender is more domineering, must of been on some kind of drug, because the Qu'ran does not advocate that.

The truth is, BOTH genders should equally respect and appreciate one another. Women need to understand that even if their male counterpart are expected to tend to their needs, that does not mean you have the right to lie to him, and give him a hard time.

An example of this would go like this:

Believe it or not, this happens a LOT. You need to understand that when a man chooses to take care of you (which he will if you treat him right), your job is to take care of him and tend to his needs as well as he does to yours. He will take care of you when you treat him with respect and UNDERSTANDING.

Men need to understand that women are not slaves. A woman's job is not in the kitchen, nor is it to make as many babies as they want her too. Women deserve just as much personal freedom and choice as they do.

What a lot of men forget to take into cosideration is that the woman is the child bearer. She is the mother of your feelings, and emotions. She will take care of you when you treat her with respect and UNDERSTANDING. She is going to make a man and woman of your children.

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