Here’s a Good Question, with the answer…
‘Why do Muslims who are not Palestinians and not Arabs get so angry and worked up about what is happening in Gaza (Israel’s air strikes) now? Last time I checked, supporting Palestinians is not the sixth pillar of Islam.’
If a muslim decided to leave the deen of Islam, became non-muslim and regretted
The Question:
If a muslim decided to leave the deen of Islam and became non-muslim. But, then after a while he regretted what he did and decided to become muslim again, what does that person have to do, and what are the steps that he has to do inorder for him to become fully and truley a muslim again?
The Answer:
Asalamu alaykum,
He should simply repent, seek Allah’s mercy and try is best to practice the major acts of worship such as Salah and soon. In addition, he should try and find sources of knowledge that will supplement his spiritual ascent. Meaning, he should try and engage the issues, if they were doubts, that led him to leave Islam in the first place. He should also try and surround himself with sincere friends wholove him, will nurture him and are willing to understand him.
It is important for him to realize that all is not lost. Faith is a delicate enterprise and at time, we all slip, make mistakes and go through different challenges. The Prophet {sa} said, “The believer is like a horse who strays from his master. After sometime, he returns.”
Allah bless you
Suhaib
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My Challenge to Biblical Inerrantists:
Having surveyed the evidence of the NT, my conclusion is that the early Christians had as one of their firmest beliefs that the world would come to an end within the lifetime of the apostles. Probably the earliest document in the NT, I Thessalonians, clearly teaches that Jesus will come ‘like a thief in the night’ while some are still alive (I Thess 4.15 and 5.2). The fact is that the whole Christian gospel is founded on a mistake, the error of thinking that Jesus would return to earth in judgement within one generation.
The vast majority of contemporary theologians accept that this mistaken belief was held by many early Christians, and, according to the NT, Jesus probably believed it too!
Matthew 24.34: ‘Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away till all these things take place.’ What are ‘all these things’? Quite a long list is given in Matthew 24: the coming of false messiahs; wars, famines and earthquakes; the preaching of the gospel throughout the world; a great tribulation, followed by the darkening of sun and moon and the fall of the stars from heaven. ‘Then will appear the sign of the son of man in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, see the son of man coming on the clouds of heaven; he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call and gather the elect… (vv. 29-31).
This is the familiar doctrine of the end of the world and the second coming of Jesus.
Now, we are told all these things will happen ‘in this generation’; that is, before the last person living at the time of Jesus dies. This is plainly false, and wholly undermines any claim to biblical inerrancy. Put simply: either Jesus was wrong, or the writer of this gospel was wrong in ascribing this statement to Jesus; either way, what is in the Bible has been shown to be false, as decisively as anything ever could be. It just did not happen; and the time is long past when it could have happened. This early Christian belief was a mistake.
Will fundamentalist Christians admit there is a mistake here? If not, why not?
An Important Warning: The Dangers of Heedlessness…
By Hamza Yusuf
Boy, do I need to be reminded of the dangers of heedlessness!
If Jesus isn’t God, how did he forgive sins?
Mark 2:7 says:
“Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Read the interesting answer by the ‘Biblical Unitarians’ here
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