I want to learn about Muslim.

Good day. It's great that you are interested in this way of life. This topic will be a long discussion, so may I suggest you add someone in Facebook and try contacting him. His name is Lim Jooi Soon, and he is one of our religious officers in our country. He may be able to help you understand more about Islam. As brief as possible, I will give some explanation, about Islam. My explanations below might not be accurate enough, but God wills it would be sufficient. Islam has two translations; submission to God and to be safe and secure. It also means 'the way of life'. Islam is a religion revealed to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) by God around 1400 years ago. It is the final form of a religion that submits and worship the only One God, Allah. The previous religions were abolished by the coming of this religions, including the teachings of Moses and Jesus (Not Jesus the Son of God, but Jesus the prophet). We can say that Islam is the final update of the revealed religion thousand of years ago. People who have given guidance from Allah and submits to Islam will believe in this 6 pillars of faith; 1. Belief in the Oneness of Allah, His Power and His attributes 2. Belief of His Angels 3. Belief of His Messengers 4. Belief of His Revealed Books 5. Belief of the Resurrection and the Day of Judgment 6. Belief in the predestination that Allah has given to all things, good or bad Once you have these faiths inside your heart and really believe in them, then the path of becoming a Muslim will be open. As I said before, Islam is a way of life, and this way of life does not suddenly appear. It must have guidance, and rules. The basic rules which will differentiate a Muslim from the other are these 5 pillars; 1. To proclaimed that there is no other God which is worth worshipped except Allah, and that Muhammad (pbuh) is the Messenger of Allah. 2. To perform 5 mandatory daily prayers 3. To perform fasting in the month of Ramadhan (the fasting month) 4. To give Zakat (charity,alms) 5. To perform pilgrimage (The Kaabah) These are the most basic things a Muslim has to do in order to show his/her faith to Allah. You can learn a little bit more form this website www.missionislam.com. There are people who are quite knowledgeable about Islam here in MyLot. Search for the keyword islam to find discussions which they have responded. The one I usually see in these type of discussion is Harvey009. He's very good in explaining Islam. I'll tell you more about Quran and the Prophets next time. Until then, peace.

So, i think you should make a friend which belongs to muslim religion then u will get very informative knowledge from him...

Hello cycomz, I was referred to this discussion, I can easily see the member Deenaly has a great work here with active participation in your discussion about Islam. understanding the meaning of the word Islam is defiantly necessary before further studying of Islam, The word Islam is an Arabic word which means "submission to the will of Allah" it driven from the same root of the word salam meaning Peace, Islam is therefor means "peace in submission to Allah" the word Judaism is commonly used to describe a religion, but in fact the word Judaism refers to the beliefs of the Jews, and the the Jews are the tribe of Judas(one of the 12 tribes of the Children if Israel) the prophet Moses PBUH was sent to the All the Children of Israel not only to the Jews as some people used to think, If you read the Bible you will find out that it talks about the Children of Israel Not Only for the Jews, also Jesus PBUH made it clear that He was sent Only the (the Lost sheep of the house of Israel) as mentioned in Matthew 15:24 Jesus also commanded his disciples not to go outside Israel as mentioned in Matthew 10:6 it is necessary to bear in mind that during the time Jesus PBUH was on the earth his followers were not called Christians, it is clearly mentioned in the Bible Acts:11:26 that: And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. What is this mean ? it clearly means that Jesus ascended to the heaven His followers were not called Christians during his existence on the earth, but they were called Christians many years Later in another place by another people. the Jews are the tribe of Judas, Christians refer to People who worship the Christ, But while we follow Muhammad, we are not called the Muhammadans, we are called Muslims and our religion is called Islam (submission to Allah) Islam is the same religion preached by All prophets of God (peace be upon them All ) All of them came with the same message, to worship Allah Alone, with no partners, and to do Good to other human beings, in order to be saved in the day of judgment, the easiest thing you can do in this regard is to check out my discussion titled (Peace Be Unto You.....) I have used so much Biblical verses to illustrate my point. as for the fundamentals of faith in Islam, I see it was mentioned in the response and the comments of Deenaly, I can also see that you have started reading in The Holy Quran, of course it will take some time, and If you have any other Questions I 'll be glad to do my best. Best Regards

To all Muslims who came across this discussion, please take your time to read, and if anything in the discussion which needs further explanation or rebuttal, feel free to do so.