Yourenogood Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Please take the time to read this, My whole life I have been born and raised a Muslim, I live in Australia and I live in a very multicultural community that thrives on ethnicity. I always think to myself about how thankful I am to be raised as a Muslim, not because it is all around me but I know that I'm my heart Islam is right and I just thought I'd share what it feels like to be a Muslim. I have never had religion forced on me, and there are still a lot of things I don't know about my religion but I have never ever been more sure about anything I'm my life. Islam is .. I honesty couldn't even find the rights to say, none will do it justice. If I'm ever scared I would say the first verse of the holy quaran and all my stress and worries would vanish. I guarantee you any question you have, Islam will answer it This life is a test, prepare It's important to remember that Muslims aren't perfect, Islam is. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Forever Learning Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 I have a 100% real question. Is part of the story of Mohammad, that he flies off on a flying camel? I am not joking, I heard that is how his story ends. Is that true or false? I have another question. Is it true in Islam, you aren't allowed to touch dogs? How about cats? Are you allowed any pets? Are you allowed to fly kites? I ask that, because I heard the Taliban made that illegal in Afghanistan for a while. I recently made friends with a Muslim family from Syria. They are absolutely wonderful, kind, friendly people. They have lived here in Houston (Texas, USA) for a while. There are quite a few Muslim girls who play on the kid's co-ed soccer teams here in Houston. The Syrian family, the head coverings the women wore, were pretty, they were light pink and pastel colors, and had flowers, not just black and solid colored. Some had sparkles and glitter like accents. Also, they were friendly, open, and talked freely with all parents of the soccer team kids (maybe a bit shy at first). The women did stay covered, arms and legs, but they wore modern pants and clothing. I learned a few things about Syria in the course of getting to know them. Surprisingly to me, that family was blue eyed and had mostly blondes in the family. Unusual! Link to post Share on other sites
Forever Learning Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Also, another question. Can you get to heaven if you don't get a chance to visit Mecca? And, when in Mecca, why do they walk in circles a certain number of times, and do they throw pebbles as they walk in the circles? Link to post Share on other sites
ffw Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 (edited) Is part of the story of Mohammad, that he flies off on a flying camel? I am not joking, I heard that is how his story ends. Is that true or false? I have another question. Is it true in Islam, you aren't allowed to touch dogs? How about cats? Are you allowed any pets? Are you allowed to fly kites? I ask that, because I heard the Taliban made that illegal in Afghanistan for a while. Also, another question. Can you get to heaven if you don't get a chance to visit Mecca? And, when in Mecca, why do they walk in circles a certain number of times, and do they throw pebbles as they walk in the circles? I'll try to answer your answer your questions to the best of my knowledge from Quran and Hadith. No, never heard of a flying camel. It's not forbidden to own a dog, though it is not hygenic. It's because if a dog's saliva touches you or any part of your cloth, then it's required to wash the body part & the clothing before praying to the God (Allah). As as far cat is concern, they are considered cleaned animals. I even saw cats in mosque's. Flying kites? Oh...please Taliban's are not the representative of a religion. Regarding Mecca, it's one of five pillars of the Islam. It's compulsory only if you can afford it. God knows your situation. Muslims walk around Mecca, SA, 7 times as a sign of solidarity and their submission to God. Throwing stones represents fighting devil's temptation in order to reach God's blessing and mercy. It's goes way back to the story of prophet Abraham. As Islam is one of the Abrahamic religions, Judaism-Christinaity-Islam, they believe is that devil tried to dissuade Prophet Abraham from sacrificing his son three times. Hence, stoning commemorates the action of the Prophet Abraham refusing to listen to the devil, tried to drive him away by throwing stones at him. Hope it's understandable. I guarantee you any question you have, Islam will answer it This life is a test, prepare It's important to remember that Muslims aren't perfect, Islam is. As I said before in M3USA's (Christinaity) thread , God is perfect not religion. Religion divides people, but God doesn't. You could have been following a different religion if you were born in a different religious family. Cheers. Edited June 4, 2013 by ffw 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Forever Learning Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Awesome answers ffw, thank you!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Forever Learning Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 (edited) I found a little more about the flying camel. This excerpt comes from this website - MOHAMMED'S NIGHT JOURNEY Flying camels, or baraqs, were nothing new to Islamic tradition. It was how they explained away the transportation impossibilities that resulted from the fictional history the Islamic "historians" had created. For example it was one of these mythical flying camels that enabled Abraham to pay visits to his son Ishmael in Mecca, a 1000 miles away. Islamic tradition also holds that it was a baraq that enabled Ishmael to attend his father Abraham's funeral in Hebron. Are we beginning to get the picture? Any time the thousand miles between Mecca and Israel presented the obvious geographical impossibility, of any suggestion of Abraham or Ishmael ever having been in Mecca, simply break out the flying camel! But then the idea invented by Muslim historians had been in mythology from long before. It was utilized in Persian Zoroastrian mythology. "The Pahlavi Texts of the book of Dinkard are Zoroastrian canonical comments on the Avesta, considered part of the Zoroastrian scriptures. It mentioned KaiKhusrois, a mythological prophet who transformed Vae, the god of the air, into the shape of a camel. He then mounted him and went where the immortal mythological Persians dwelt." Now we learn that the reason that Muslims bow toward that black stone idol five times a day, and wash before doing so, is because Mohammed claimed to have taken a trip on a flying animal. Beyond the obvious questions about flying animals, that even an 8 year old might ask, Mohammed's visit to and prayer in a temple, is also shown to be a physical impossibility. Some suggest it was a reference to the mosque that was built on the temple mount, but no "prophets" ever tied camels up to that mosque, let alone that it wasn't built until 685 AD, long after Mohammed was dead and buried. Edited June 4, 2013 by Forever Learning Link to post Share on other sites
ffw Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Here's a link about Prophet Mohammad's night journey Isra and Mi'raj - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It seems he travelled on an white animal called Buraq, larger than a donkey but smaller than a mule, who would place its hoof at a distance equal to the range of vision. Muslims don't worship black stone (mecca). Hm.. let me try to explain. You see in Islam, practices are not only do with a personal relationship with God alone. It also includes duties towards God & mankind. Mecca serves as a direction (Qibla) to unite the brotherhood, without dispute, into a single body of worshippers. Praying in sync is only possible if a single direction is determined. Social unity is one such resulting wonder from it. Ofcourse, it doesn't mean that a person can't pray if h/she doesn't know the direction. It's completely acceptable if a person doesn't know where is Qibla (direction). Cheers. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Forever Learning Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Here's a link about Prophet Mohammad's night journey Isra and Mi'raj - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It seems he travelled on an white animal called Buraq, larger than a donkey but smaller than a mule, who would place its hoof at a distance equal to the range of vision. Muslims don't worship black stone (mecca). Hm.. let me try to explain. You see in Islam, practices are not only do with a personal relationship with God alone. It also includes duties towards God & mankind. Mecca serves as a direction (Qibla) to unite the brotherhood, without dispute, into a single body of worshippers. Praying in sync is only possible if a single direction is determined. Social unity is one such resulting wonder from it. Ofcourse, it doesn't mean that a person can't pray if h/she doesn't know the direction. It's completely acceptable if a person doesn't know where is Qibla (direction). Cheers. I love it! Very interesting. I shall read your link post haste. I love learning new things such as this. Cheers to you as well! Link to post Share on other sites
Chief Wiggum Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I'm not the most perfect of Muslims, but yes, I've found Islam to benefit me and keep me disciplined in a lot of areas. Link to post Share on other sites
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