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What actions constitute hypocrisy in Islam?

  What actions constitute hypocrisy? What actions constitute hypocrisy? Answer Hypocrisy is loosely defined as putting up a false appearance. In matters of faith, it describes the sort of actions that are associated with pretending to accept the faith of Islam when a person actually does not. He does so in order to win favor with Muslims and to try to be accepted as one of them. At the time of the Prophet, peace be upon him, there were people in Madinah who claimed to be Muslims when in actual fact they were not. Allah describes these people at the opening of the Surah entitled "The Hypocrites" in the following terms: "When the hypocrites come to you, they say: we bear witness that you are truly Allah's messenger. Allah certainly knows that you are truly His messenger, but Allah bears witness that the hypocrites are indeed liars." [the Hypocrites — “Al-Munafiqun” 63: 1] Since hypocrisy is all about pretense, it is very difficult to define who is a hypocrite. How...

Rewards for a true believer in Islam

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  Rewards for a true believer in Islam by   KH Web Desk     October 26, 2018   in   Friday Faith   Reading Time: 2min read A   A    0 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Whatsapp Telegram Email Believers should not allow grief to overtake them because of what may happen to them. They shall gain the upper hand, because of their superior faith. Believers prostrate themselves only to Allah, while other people prostrate before one or some of His creatures. The holy Quran makes it clear to the believers that they are indeed superiors and far more exalted than other people. It tells them: You have a superior way of life, because you follow a method established by Allah, while the methods followed by other groups have been devised by creatures. Moreover, your role is superior, because you have been selected for a position of trust to convey Almighty Allah’s guidance to all mankind. Other people are unaware of this guidance. Your place on earth i...

Rewards for good deeds to the believers in Quran/Islam

Rewards for good deeds to the believers in Quran/Islam  Verse’s from the Holy Qur’an referring to the Believers who do good deeds and their reward of Jannah (i.e. Paradise). And give glad tidings to those who believe and do righteous good deeds, that for them will be Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise). Every time they will be provided with a fruit there from, they will say: “This is what we were provided with before,” and they will be given things in resemblance and they shall have therein Azwajun Mutahharatun (purified mates or wives) and they will abide therein forever. ➢ • Surah Al-Baqarah 2: Ayah 25 And those who believe and do righteous good deeds, they are dwellers or paradise, they will dwell therein forever. ➢Surah Al-Baqarah 2: Ayah 82 • But those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, We shall admit them to Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise), abiding therein forever. Therein they shall have Azwajun Mutahharatun (purified mates or wives), and We shall a...

What is the source of the concept of trinity and Islamic perspectives

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        English » WHO INVENTED THE TRINITY? (PART 1 OF 2) Rating:    EDITOR’S PICK A- A A+ Description:   How the concept of the Trinity was introduced into the Christian doctrine. CATEGORY: Articles   Comparative Religion   Christianity By  Aisha Brown ( iiie.net ) Published on  30 Jul 2007 Last modified on  09 Dec 2012 Printed:  1679 Viewed:  114654 (daily average: 20) Rating:  3.7 out of 5 Rated by:  29 Emailed:  26 Commented on:  1 Play article audio 35 What is the source of the Christian concept of the Trinity? The three monotheistic religions – Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – all purport to share one fundamental concept: belief in God as the Supreme Being, the Creator and Sustainer of the Universe.  Known as “tawhid” in Islam, this concept of the Oneness of God was stressed by Moses in a Biblical passage known as the “Shema”, or the Jewish creed of faith: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our...