I love being Muslim.
And I love that 'love' can encompass so many different meanings and hold together tightly in unison. Saying you 'love' something is like breathing the words, 'alhumdullilah, inshAllah, mashAllah, subhanAllah' together in this tightly strung and fantastic four letter word.
Often the romantic implications of love are misused in society by lovers, friends and even family.
But when you stumble across the true meaning of love, what it really means in all its complicated and often unfathomable intricacies you realize how blessed it is that you are a Muslim.
Because when you are a Muslim, you are willingly submissive to this way of life. And often people will say, 'oh but there are other religions that preach a way of life too!". But you see the thing is, is that Islam when studied properly- works for everyone. There's something in it for everyone, it is a way of life for everyone. No matter what time, what culture what place you are in. It just works.
And if you'd kindly notice- the only times it doesn't 'work' is when people enforce their own rules and ristrictions upon this beautiful faith and make it such that their word becomes equal to the word of God. Which of course it is not.
See, what we need to realize is that people have different opinions and that is ok. I listen to music. Music that hasn't any haraam under (or over) tones to it. Because I acknowledge that music can be used as soul food.
But does that mean I look upon my brothers and sisters who don't listen to music at all with disdain? No of course not. Because I know that that is what they think is right for themselves.
I go through life by the word of Allah, by the word of the Prophet (pbuh) and by my hearts intention. Of course I am also guided in part by the words of trusted scholars- but those are the three main things. Only we know what is in our hearts and if we feel that at the heart of matters what we are doing is not wrong but beneficial then khayr-
I am ok with that.
What isn't needed, however, is others enforcing their will upon you. No human has that right. When writing this article I didn't think my ultimate message would be something as basic as, 'Let's just respect each other folks'. But I guess it is. Respect that everyone is different, not everyone comes from the same vein as you and that if we learn to accept these differences therein lays the solution to the human struggle.
Well, one of the human struggles anyway.
And I love that 'love' can encompass so many different meanings and hold together tightly in unison. Saying you 'love' something is like breathing the words, 'alhumdullilah, inshAllah, mashAllah, subhanAllah' together in this tightly strung and fantastic four letter word.
Often the romantic implications of love are misused in society by lovers, friends and even family.
But when you stumble across the true meaning of love, what it really means in all its complicated and often unfathomable intricacies you realize how blessed it is that you are a Muslim.
Because when you are a Muslim, you are willingly submissive to this way of life. And often people will say, 'oh but there are other religions that preach a way of life too!". But you see the thing is, is that Islam when studied properly- works for everyone. There's something in it for everyone, it is a way of life for everyone. No matter what time, what culture what place you are in. It just works.
And if you'd kindly notice- the only times it doesn't 'work' is when people enforce their own rules and ristrictions upon this beautiful faith and make it such that their word becomes equal to the word of God. Which of course it is not.
See, what we need to realize is that people have different opinions and that is ok. I listen to music. Music that hasn't any haraam under (or over) tones to it. Because I acknowledge that music can be used as soul food.
But does that mean I look upon my brothers and sisters who don't listen to music at all with disdain? No of course not. Because I know that that is what they think is right for themselves.
I go through life by the word of Allah, by the word of the Prophet (pbuh) and by my hearts intention. Of course I am also guided in part by the words of trusted scholars- but those are the three main things. Only we know what is in our hearts and if we feel that at the heart of matters what we are doing is not wrong but beneficial then khayr-
I am ok with that.
What isn't needed, however, is others enforcing their will upon you. No human has that right. When writing this article I didn't think my ultimate message would be something as basic as, 'Let's just respect each other folks'. But I guess it is. Respect that everyone is different, not everyone comes from the same vein as you and that if we learn to accept these differences therein lays the solution to the human struggle.
Well, one of the human struggles anyway.
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