Hello my precious brother,
I have frequently mentioned in
my previous articles that Islam is accepting to receive His divine
education by being subject to the will of Allah. Since the creation of
the first human being, those who had adopted this divine education
reached the peak of maturity and therefore became the owner of a
perpetual happiness. Those who had not agreed to this divine offer and
preferred to be the subject of their egos' worthless desires on the
other hand, could get rid of neither the worldly nor the hereafter
troubles. The latter also create inconveniences for the people around
them in as much as they were in trouble themselves.
Must firstly believe in Allah, in his messengers and in all their messages
In
order to accept Islam, in other words to become a Muslim, first of all
it is necessary to believe in a unique creator, Allah (God) as well as
to recognize that He has created all the material and spiritual alems
(worlds), that He has absolute sovereignty over all things which were
created by Him; and that He keeps them in existence by supplying their
needs. Allah (God) does not have assistants, partners, coequals or
similars. He always treats his creatures with mercy and justice; He is
free from all defects and deficiencies and He is the owner of an endless
power and might.
It is also necessary to believe all His prophets
(including Mohammed aleyhissalam) and their messages which were sent to
enable human beings to reach eternal happiness by making them go
through a divine education.
The last ring of this prophet chain is
Mohammed aleyhissalam. Mohammed aleyhissalam has corrected the false
comments that came out in earlier times with the last book Qur'an that
was revealed to Him. He also notified the human beings of the rules that
are valid all the time and that make people happy eternally.
Anyone
who believes in such manner and declares his belief with the words
"Lailahe illallah, Mohammeden rasulullah" (There is no God but Allah,
and Mohammed is His prophet) can become a Muslim. This declaration of
the faith is called the Shahada. This oral declaration is important in
terms of the law and procedures, but indeed the belief is the essential
element.
Messengers are salvation guides and none of them is God
It
is also necessary to believe in Jesus, Moses, Abraham, Noah
aleyhissalam and all other prophets, and their messages. All of them are
the most selected creatures of God and all were sent to show the
correct living style. It is necessary to respect and to be grateful to
all of them. Yet it is very wrong to divinize the prophets (they were
humans just like as us) and such manner is certainly not admissible
before Allah. Allah is the only one God.
"Allah forgiveth
not that partners should be set up with Him; but He forgiveth anything
else, to whom He pleaseth; to set up partners with Allah is to devise a
sin most heinous indeed." (Qur'an, Nisáa, 48)
"They
say: 'Allah hath begotten a son!' - Glory be to Him! He is Self-
Sufficient! His are all things in the heavens and on earth! No warrant
have ye for this! Say ye about Allah what ye know not?" (Qur'an, Yunus, 68)
"Say:
He is Allah, the One; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not,
nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him." (Qur'an, ikhlas, 1-4)
The fundamental of Islam: the God's unity faith
One must never be hesitant in the matter of "The Unity of God".
"No
son did Allah beget, nor is there any god along with Him: (if there
were many gods), behold, each god would have taken away what he had
created, and some would have lorded it over others! Glory to Allah. (He
is free) from the (sort of) things they attribute to Him!" (Qur'an, muminun, 91)
The fundamental of Islam is the "only One God" belief that is expressed with the words "There is no God, but Allah."
Becoming
a Muslim is a very easy process. There is no need to apply to an
authority or to conduct any religious ceremony. There is also no
specific time or a specific location required. Any point of the universe
is appropriate for becoming a Muslim, to live Islam, and to worship
God, being clean is sufficient.
Cleanliness of the surroundings,
body and heart is the basis of Islamic worships. The first step of the
divine education after the Belief is the cleanliness. (Cleanliness is of
faith. Hadith) For this reason, one must be cleaned with ablution by
washing his mouth, nose and the whole body after accepting to receive
God's divine education with the repetition of the shahada.
Since
the essence of Islam is submission to the will of Allah taala, one
should start all his work with Allah taala's name by reciting "besmele."
He must also intend to do any work for the contentedness of Allah
taala.
(Besmele is to recite "Bismillaahirrahmaanirrahim" "In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful")
Should first learn the essence of a correct faith
My dear brother,
A
person must first learn the essence of the Islamic belief after
becoming a Muslim (by saying the shahada). As I often emphasized so far,
the fundamental of Islam is the "One God" belief and a correct faith.
An individual should not try to learn Islamic knowledge through asking
questions to any ordinary Moslem around him. He must learn Islam from
the books written by ahl-i sunnah scholars. The correct faith is the
belief that is underlined in these books. We must strengthen our faith
according to the true knowledge in these books.
Then must try to obey the commands and refrain from the prohibitions of the religion
After
learning the God's commands and prohibitions, a person must try to obey
these rules as much as he can do. I have given briefly these commands
and prohibitions in my subsequent article titled "The Golden Rules of An
Eternal Happiness". A person should learn the details of these rules
from the fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) books. In this way he reaches to
maturity and perfectness in this world as fast as possible if he is
sincere in learning and applying them. He becomes a truthful,
dependable, well-mannered, polite and an excellent human being. He is
loved and respected by everyone, everywhere.
A man who is sincere
in his faith becomes also sincere in his acts, in his statements, in his
friendships and in his love. If a man is genuine in his belief and his
acts, and also tries to accomplish his worship duties as far as he can
do within his knowledge, Allah taala teaches him the things that he
doesn't know. "Allah taala teaches him the things that he doesn't know"
means that He creates the necessary reasons for the one to learn.
Be entrusted to Allah
(The author thanks to Miss Isik Kuscu who revised the article in terms of its English translation)
Dr. Ismail Ulukus is a former phytopathologist and researcher. He
has various articles written on plant diseases. In these days, he has
begun to write articles on the religion and moral values due to a moral
degeneration growing up on all the world.
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