09-24-2005, 06:34 PM
Bismillah
First, welcome back Any, and I am really sorry for u, but then it is your choice, and we cannot force u or force islam on u, and i want to remind u that we told u in the begining be careful and do it step by step and do not rush it, but u did not listen to us. Anyways you are free, and whoever is threatining u in the emails, has no right to do that, none of us has the right to do that, especially those who are living in a non muslim country like britain even if there is a muslim community, u r still living in britain under its ruling, so non has the right to threaten u or kill u any, not even in a muslim country, Prophet Muhammad did not give us individuals the right to kill people just because they left their relegion, there was one christian at the time of sahaba who embraced islam went for hajj and then one of the servants stepped on his dress, or whatever, he went to report it to one of the sahabas asking to punish that servant for stepping on his garment, of course the answer was not up to his expectations, he told him u and him here in haj or out of it in the eyes of Allah the same, and i will not punish him, he was offended as how islam makes a servant equal to him, he said i do not want the relegion that makes me equal with this servant, i will return to christianity. The sahabas did not hold him or kill him, they told him u r free but just leave mekka u r not allowed to stay here. I am sorry i do not have the reference for this story right now but i will search for it and post it. I do not know from where people bring that idea that any muslim has the right to kill an apostate, they will have the right only if they are under an islamic ruling and if the ruler allowed it, we are not living in a jungle Any. And are u sure that those who are sending u those threatining emails are muslims.
Second from my side as a moderator I will not change this post or delete any of it, or even unpin it, because to us muslims we should not use The word God for Allah according to the below thread:
http://www.islamsms.com/bb//index.php?showtopic=2883
So according to that u r following a God, so it does not make any difference, but I would like to remind u that if u chose your way, just stay that way and do not try to show us how wrong we are, and trying to show us how your path is right and ours is wrong. Alhamdulilah we know what is right and what is wrong and we know and sure of our faith.
U want a God without fear, without punishments, okay follow that, and let us follow ours and no need for those sentences Any Like:
Quote:If you're happy in Islam and have no doubt or concerns then as long as you're not following Islam to the absoloute letter, or taking everything literal (Jihad etc) then carry on with it, why not
Quote:Thats why i say if you're not sacrificing anything for Islam, then why not carry on, or even embrace it as long as you dont do so literally, but if you are sacrificing something important to be a Muslim, it will be the biggest mistake of your life when you "discover"
We are happy in islam and we have no doubt in it, and we do not need advice as not to follow it to the absolute letter, if we do not then we are not following the Word of Allah, Jihad is an order from Allah weather any of the non muslims like it or not, but not the jihad or terrorism that the west media is showing islam to be. It is not time now to defend Jihad or anything else, Alhamdulilah Allah will defend his relegion, and if u or thousands left islam it is still strong and the truth. And concerning the slaves I think i explained it in the thread u put here, and in many other threads, and I will not repeat myself or any of my brothers and sisters.
And concerning this:
Quote: will miss the brotherhood in Islam, although of course, they were only brothers with me, for the sake of Allah, not because they were true friends (something which i now belive is stronger) Anyone can love me because they want a reward from God when they die, but to be a friend just to be my friend? This is more powerful.
I totally disagree with u on this, If u have a brother or sister, if u have a good relationship with him, then u will be a very good and close friend. now if u have a true brother and a friend if your brother died or your sister died, u can never have another brother or sister like him, especially if u lost your parents, but if u lost a friend u can always find another, so brother hood is more strong than friendship and more deeper Anya.
You are welcome to stay, none of us will threaten u Anya I am sure of that, But just dont try to show us how wrong we are, because we are not.
Last I would like to tell u that u judged Islam as wrong on a very early judgement without studying it deeply and looking at it only from a narrow perspective, and to points that christians and athiests and hindus raised, who tried to show u how bad islam is, and not trying to listen to what we are telling u. We might have been wrong in our explanations, or maybe not clear, we ask Allah forgivness for this, then it is our mistake, and not a fault in Islam. Many issues we might not have answered completely because it is out of our ignorance and not fault in Islam. There are scholars to answer all these questions, we are not scholars, we try to find answers from our scholars for u or others.
If there are any doubts or questions about islam, we would rather it is questioned in the open on the forum, and not by pm, we have nothing to hide, we do not work in the dark like others trying to pull people out of their relegion, Alhamdulilah we are always honest and we do not lie and if we make mistakes it is not by intention. So if u still have questions or doubts put them here on the forum, u r welcome and we are insha'Allah ready to answer wether convinced or not, it is up to u, the important thing we do our part and explain.
Anyways I will not blabber a lot, u r welcome to stay Anya, just remember that this is an islamic board and try to follow the rules. Thanku
Peace