MOST FREQUENT QUESTION ABOUT ISLAM

Linguistically, the word Islam means voluntary “Submission” or “Surrender” to the Will of God. It is derived from the root word “Salam”, meaning peace.

Technically, Islam is the monotheistic faith of all prophets and messengers of The Almighty God. Finally, it was revealed to Prophet Muhammad through Gabriel, the angel from God “Allah”.

Practically, Islam is: to take witness that there is only One God worthy of worship, that is Allah and that Muhammad is his servant and last Messenger, observe ‘Salah’ (that is Islamic five daily prayers), Fast the month of Ramadan, pay Alms, and to perform ‘Pilgrimage’ to The sacred House of God whenever it’s possible.

👉 Therefore, Islam is not a new religion, but rather it is the same message preached by all earlier prophets such as Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jacob, and Jesus,… (peace be upon them all).

Islam is a religion, not an ethnicity. There are more than 2 billion Muslims all around the world. Muslims are of every race and color.

Christians and Jews living in an Islamic state are citizens that enjoy the freedom of belief, the freedom of travel and move, work of their choosing and the protection of the state. In religious matters they are subject to their religion’s laws but in legal matters they follow the state’s laws. If they do not want to be drafted in the army of the Muslim state they pay special tax called “Jiziah”.

Women are honored, protected, and endeared in Islam.  A wife’s rights are obligations to her husband, which include:

• Spending on her and their children as good as he can afford with lawfully earned income.
• Treat her with love, kindness, mercy, and care.
• If he dislikes something about her, he should be wise about correcting her and should follow the course set by Allah for this correction.
• A man must not refrain from having intercourse with his wife and vice versa, and if he does (for a valid/lawful reason) he should do it while residing at their home.
• A husband should make things easy for his wife, or even better, help her with chores and what he requires from her, following the example of Muhammad (PBUH).
• A husband must be a role model for the wife in particular and the family (children and others in his care) in general, and guide them in this world and the hereafter by teaching and following them up to enjoin good and forbid evil.
• A man should not expose the secrets (personal and private matters between spouses) of his wife and vice versa, and/or speak of their intimacies.
• Protecting and sheltering her and the whole family is the responsibility of the husband.
• Husband beautifying himself for his wife is a recommended deed in Islam as much as it is recommended to a wife to beautify herself for her husband.