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<blockquote data-quote="sirajstc" data-source="post: 7006046" data-attributes="member: 91140"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Let us now look to the sayings and teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, who told us:</span></span></span></strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #003399"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">"<span style="color: DarkRed">Remember, one day you will appear before Allah and answer for your deeds. So beware, do not stray from the path of righteousness after I am gone. People, no prophet or apostle will come after me and no new faith will be born. Reason well therefore, O people, and understand words which I convey to you. I leave behind me two things, the Quran and the Sunnah (Hadith), and if you follow these you will never go astray."</span></span></span></span></strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">In Khutbatul Wada' (also known as The last Sermon of Prophet Muhammad may peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) stated:</span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">"Muslims will divide into 73 groups. All will be in Hell<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/yes.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yes:" title="Yes :yes:" data-shortname=":yes:" />, except one. <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/yes.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yes:" title="Yes :yes:" data-shortname=":yes:" />The one me and my companions are on today."</span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">That is the universal group of Islam leading life based on Quran and Sunnah. Prophet may peace and blessing of Allah be upon him never said that he was a salafi or sunnie or shiite and we are suppose to do what our prophet (saw) did which is Call us Muslims and Muslims only.</span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Muhammad, peace be upon him, said in one hadith :</span></span></span></strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #003399"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">'</span></span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #003399"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Both legal and illegal things are evident but in between them there are doubtful (suspicious) things and most of the people have no knowledge about them. </span></span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #003399"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #003399"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #003399"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">So whoever saves himself from these suspicious things saves his religion and his honor. And whoever indulges in these suspicious things is like a shepherd who grazes (his animals) near the <strong><em>Hima</em></strong> (private pasture) of someone else and at any moment he is liable to get in it.</span></span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #003399"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #003399"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #003399"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">(<span style="color: DarkRed">O people!) Beware! Every king has a Hima and the Hima of Allah on the earth is His illegal (forbidden) things. Beware! There is a piece of flesh in the body if it becomes good (reformed) the whole body becomes good but if it gets spoilt the whole body gets spoilt and that is the heart. </span></span></span></span><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">(Sahih Al Bukhari Vol.1, Hadith No.49)</span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span> </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, told us in a hadeeth (teachings and sayings); He had prayed and asked Allah for three things, but he was only granted two of them. He tells us: </span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: DarkRed">"I asked Allah that my nation (the Muslims) would not be destroyed by being out numbered. And Allah granted that prayer.</span></span></strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: DarkRed">I then asked Allah that my nation (Muslims) would not be destroyed from poverty. And Allah granted that prayer.</span></span></strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: DarkRed">I asked Allah that my nation (Muslims) would not be destroyed by being divided and fighting amongst themselves. Allah did not grant that prayer."</span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Additionally, the prophet, peace be upon him, said:</span></span></span></strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">"Muslims will divide into 73 groups. All will be in Hell, except one. The one me and my companions are on today."</span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span> <span style="color: Lime"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: DarkRed">Notice, he said the "saved sect" would be those who remained on what he and his companions were on, meaning, "Quran and Sunnah." We see clearly from the above that Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala has named us as "Muslims" alone. </span></span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: Lime"></span></span></strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Additionally, when we consider that the deviant groups always have to have a name of some kind in order to distinguish themselves from the others, we begin to see the pattern. If someone feels that it is necessary to describe himself as a certain kind of "Muslim" then this is his or her problem. </span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Now of course one could say that: "I am a tall Muslim." or "He is a small Muslim." and then this type of description is for the purpose of identifying physical characteristics.</span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Additionally, a person might use someone's country or nationality to describe a Muslim for the purpose of determining their heritage such as a "Pakistani Muslim" or an "Arab Muslim." </span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">These types of descriptions do not put a person out of the fold of Islam.</span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Where the problem comes in is when the adjective related to the word "Muslim" or the word "Islam" has to do with FAITH or BELIEF.</span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: DarkRed">We must understand that Allah Subhannah wa Ta'ala has made it perfectly clear both in the Quran and in the sayings of the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, that the religion of Islam was perfected and completed during the lifetime of the Prophet, peace be upon him, and that no new religion would come until the Last Day and that those who followed Islam were called by Allah, MUSLIMS.</span> </span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: Lime"></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">In one hadeeth of the prophet, peace be upon him, drew a straight line in the dirt with a stick. He said, "This is the straight path to Allah [meaning the Way of Islam]." Then he drew angles right and left off of the straight line and said, "These are the deviant groups (or sects of Islam) and each one has a devil calling to it."</span></span><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/yes.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yes:" title="Yes :yes:" data-shortname=":yes:" /></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">He mentioned that there would always be a main body of Muslims who would be on the straight path until the Last Day.</span></span></span></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'">____________________________</p><p><span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">So, now let us consider that same concept and apply it to the various groups, all of them come along claiming to be the "<em>saved sect</em>." If it was not revealed during the time of the prophet, peace be upon him, and it was not something done by his companions, may Allah be pleased with them all, then why would we want to incorporate it into our deen [way of life in Islam]? </span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">While Allah has already made it clear in His Book:</span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><strong>{Inna deenah innda lahi, Islam}</strong></span></span></span></p></span></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><strong></strong></span></span></span></p></span></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><strong></strong></span> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: DarkRed">"Certainly, the only way [deen] acceptable to Allah is the submission to Him in Islam."</span></span><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: DarkRed">(3:19)</span><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/yes.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yes:" title="Yes :yes:" data-shortname=":yes:" /></span></span></span></p></span></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p></span></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">And again in Chapter Mayadah (5:3), when Allah Subhannah wa Ta’ala says:</span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000000">{Al yawmal akmal tu lakum deenakum wa atmumtu alaykum ni'mati wa raditu lakum al Islam adeena}</span></span></strong><span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">"On this day have I perfected your way of life (sometimes translated as [religion]) for you, completed My Favor upon you and have chosen for you<span style="color: Lime"> ISLAM</span> as your way of life."</span></span></span><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span> </span></strong></span> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/yes.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yes:" title="Yes :yes:" data-shortname=":yes:" /></span></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><b><span style="font-family: 'arial'"> <span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Sheikh Mohammad Jibaly, a learned teacher of Islam, mentioned a hadeeth to me some time ago, saying the prophet, peace be upon him, told us it is forbidden for us until the Last Day to call ourselves by any names except </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">"Abdullah, Abdur Rahman and Muslim." </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">(<em>or similar</em>)</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span> <span style="color: #0033cc"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">These words should have a profound impact on the believers today as much or more that those who heard them one thousand four hundred years ago. Today more than ever before we have seen what these names and groups have produced in the way of division, hated and violence.</span></span><p style="margin-left: 20px"> <span style="color: #800080"><span style="color: #003366">NOTICE: Some websites <strong>have taken parts of our articles and added to and subtracted from our statements, especially regarding the "<em>sects</em>" of Islam. We are in no way responsible for such publications. </strong><strong>Also, read our article about "</strong></span><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><a href="http://islamtomorrow.com/lies.asp" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #003366"><span style="color: #ff0000"><em>Liars</em></span></span></u></a></span><span style="color: #003366"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong>"</strong></span></span> </span></p></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[FONT=&quot]<em><strong>"It is He (Allah) who has named you <u>Muslims</u>"</strong></em> </span></span></p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: Lime"><span style="color: DarkRed">[Quran 22:78]</span></span></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: Lime"> </span></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: Lime"> </span></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/D.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-shortname=":D" /></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </p> </p><p>[/FONT]</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sirajstc, post: 7006046, member: 91140"] [SIZE=3][B][FONT=arial][COLOR=#0033cc][FONT=Verdana]Let us now look to the sayings and teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, who told us:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#003399][FONT=Georgia]"[COLOR=DarkRed]Remember, one day you will appear before Allah and answer for your deeds. So beware, do not stray from the path of righteousness after I am gone. People, no prophet or apostle will come after me and no new faith will be born. Reason well therefore, O people, and understand words which I convey to you. I leave behind me two things, the Quran and the Sunnah (Hadith), and if you follow these you will never go astray."[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0033cc][FONT=Verdana]In Khutbatul Wada' (also known as The last Sermon of Prophet Muhammad may peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) stated:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed][FONT=Georgia]"Muslims will divide into 73 groups. All will be in Hell:yes:, except one. :yes:The one me and my companions are on today."[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0033cc][FONT=Verdana]That is the universal group of Islam leading life based on Quran and Sunnah. Prophet may peace and blessing of Allah be upon him never said that he was a salafi or sunnie or shiite and we are suppose to do what our prophet (saw) did which is Call us Muslims and Muslims only.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0033cc][FONT=Verdana]Muhammad, peace be upon him, said in one hadith :[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#003399][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Georgia]' Both legal and illegal things are evident but in between them there are doubtful (suspicious) things and most of the people have no knowledge about them. So whoever saves himself from these suspicious things saves his religion and his honor. And whoever indulges in these suspicious things is like a shepherd who grazes (his animals) near the [B][I]Hima[/I][/B] (private pasture) of someone else and at any moment he is liable to get in it. ([COLOR=DarkRed]O people!) Beware! Every king has a Hima and the Hima of Allah on the earth is His illegal (forbidden) things. Beware! There is a piece of flesh in the body if it becomes good (reformed) the whole body becomes good but if it gets spoilt the whole body gets spoilt and that is the heart. [/COLOR][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=DarkRed][FONT=Verdana] (Sahih Al Bukhari Vol.1, Hadith No.49)[/FONT] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0033cc][FONT=Verdana]Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, told us in a hadeeth (teachings and sayings); He had prayed and asked Allah for three things, but he was only granted two of them. He tells us: [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed]"I asked Allah that my nation (the Muslims) would not be destroyed by being out numbered. And Allah granted that prayer. I then asked Allah that my nation (Muslims) would not be destroyed from poverty. And Allah granted that prayer. I asked Allah that my nation (Muslims) would not be destroyed by being divided and fighting amongst themselves. Allah did not grant that prayer."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0033cc][FONT=Verdana]Additionally, the prophet, peace be upon him, said:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed][FONT=Georgia]"Muslims will divide into 73 groups. All will be in Hell, except one. The one me and my companions are on today."[/FONT] [/COLOR] [COLOR=Lime][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=DarkRed]Notice, he said the "saved sect" would be those who remained on what he and his companions were on, meaning, "Quran and Sunnah." We see clearly from the above that Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala has named us as "Muslims" alone. [/COLOR][/FONT] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0033cc][FONT=Verdana]Additionally, when we consider that the deviant groups always have to have a name of some kind in order to distinguish themselves from the others, we begin to see the pattern. If someone feels that it is necessary to describe himself as a certain kind of "Muslim" then this is his or her problem. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0033cc][FONT=Verdana]Now of course one could say that: "I am a tall Muslim." or "He is a small Muslim." and then this type of description is for the purpose of identifying physical characteristics. Additionally, a person might use someone's country or nationality to describe a Muslim for the purpose of determining their heritage such as a "Pakistani Muslim" or an "Arab Muslim." These types of descriptions do not put a person out of the fold of Islam.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0033cc][FONT=Verdana]Where the problem comes in is when the adjective related to the word "Muslim" or the word "Islam" has to do with FAITH or BELIEF.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=Lime][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=DarkRed]We must understand that Allah Subhannah wa Ta'ala has made it perfectly clear both in the Quran and in the sayings of the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, that the religion of Islam was perfected and completed during the lifetime of the Prophet, peace be upon him, and that no new religion would come until the Last Day and that those who followed Islam were called by Allah, MUSLIMS.[/COLOR] [/FONT] [/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed][FONT=Verdana]In one hadeeth of the prophet, peace be upon him, drew a straight line in the dirt with a stick. He said, "This is the straight path to Allah [meaning the Way of Islam]." Then he drew angles right and left off of the straight line and said, "These are the deviant groups (or sects of Islam) and each one has a devil calling to it."[/FONT][/COLOR]:yes: [COLOR=#0033cc][FONT=Verdana]He mentioned that there would always be a main body of Muslims who would be on the straight path until the Last Day.[/FONT][/COLOR] [CENTER]____________________________[/CENTER] [COLOR=#0033cc][FONT=Verdana]So, now let us consider that same concept and apply it to the various groups, all of them come along claiming to be the "[I]saved sect[/I]." If it was not revealed during the time of the prophet, peace be upon him, and it was not something done by his companions, may Allah be pleased with them all, then why would we want to incorporate it into our deen [way of life in Islam]? While Allah has already made it clear in His Book:[/FONT][/COLOR] [LEFT][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#000000][B]{Inna deenah innda lahi, Islam} [/B][/COLOR] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=DarkRed]"Certainly, the only way [deen] acceptable to Allah is the submission to Him in Islam."[/COLOR][/FONT][COLOR=Lime][COLOR=DarkRed](3:19)[/COLOR]:yes:[/COLOR] [/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [COLOR=#0033cc][FONT=Verdana]And again in Chapter Mayadah (5:3), when Allah Subhannah wa Ta’ala says:[/FONT][/COLOR] [B][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#000000]{Al yawmal akmal tu lakum deenakum wa atmumtu alaykum ni'mati wa raditu lakum al Islam adeena}[/COLOR][/FONT][/B][COLOR=#0033cc][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=DarkRed][FONT=Georgia]"On this day have I perfected your way of life (sometimes translated as [religion]) for you, completed My Favor upon you and have chosen for you[COLOR=Lime] ISLAM[/COLOR] as your way of life."[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][COLOR=DarkRed] [/COLOR] [/FONT][/B][/SIZE] [CENTER][SIZE=3][B][FONT=arial]:yes:[/FONT][/B][/SIZE] [/CENTER] [SIZE=3]<b>[FONT=arial] [COLOR=#0033cc][FONT=Verdana]Sheikh Mohammad Jibaly, a learned teacher of Islam, mentioned a hadeeth to me some time ago, saying the prophet, peace be upon him, told us it is forbidden for us until the Last Day to call ourselves by any names except "Abdullah, Abdur Rahman and Muslim." ([I]or similar[/I]) [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0033cc][FONT=Verdana]These words should have a profound impact on the believers today as much or more that those who heard them one thousand four hundred years ago. Today more than ever before we have seen what these names and groups have produced in the way of division, hated and violence.[/FONT][/COLOR][INDENT] [COLOR=#800080][COLOR=#003366]NOTICE: Some websites [B]have taken parts of our articles and added to and subtracted from our statements, especially regarding the "[I]sects[/I]" of Islam. We are in no way responsible for such publications. [/B][B]Also, read our article about "[/B][/COLOR][FONT=arial][URL="http://islamtomorrow.com/lies.asp"][U][COLOR=#003366][COLOR=#ff0000][I]Liars[/I][/COLOR][/COLOR][/U][/URL][/FONT][COLOR=#003366][FONT=arial][B]"[/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [/COLOR] [/INDENT][LEFT][COLOR=DarkRed][FONT=Verdana][FONT="][I][B]"It is He (Allah) who has named you [U]Muslims[/U]"[/B][/I] [/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT][/FONT][LEFT][COLOR=DarkRed][/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=Lime][COLOR=DarkRed][Quran 22:78][/COLOR] [/COLOR] [/FONT][/COLOR] [CENTER][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Verdana]:D[/FONT][/COLOR] [/CENTER] [/LEFT] [/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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