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Woodrow, thanks for trying to explain this passage in the Quran.
The main sources of Islam are two
1- the Quran (the saying of Allah)
2- the Hadith (the saying of the prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) )
and that passage was from the Hadith and not from the Quran.
Quote:
Originally Posted by hiker45
Are you implying that my posts were off-topic?
One guy posted that Muhammed said all Jews and Christians are going to hell, and I wanted to know if other Muslims believed that to be true.
I assume Muslims like to discuss topics and not just quote Muhammed without comment.
notice that the Hadith only mentioned Jews and Christians what about the others?
the others are also included.
but there is a condition and that condition is (hear)
Whosoever goeth right, it is only for (the good of) his own soul that he goeth right,
and whosoever erreth, erreth only to its hurt.
No laden soul can bear another's load,
We never punish until we have sent a messenger. The Noble Quran.
The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) said,
"Our Lord, the Blessed, the Superior,
comes every night down on the nearest Heaven to us when the last third of the night remains, saying:
"Is there anyone to invoke Me, so that I may respond to invocation?
Is there anyone to ask Me, so that I may grant him his request?
Is there anyone seeking My forgiveness, so that I may forgive him?"
We never punish until we have sent a messenger. The Noble Quran.
That comment is VERY interesting.
I often hear that ignorance of the law is no excuse. It seems the Quran is saying that a person only breaks a law if they reasonably should have known the law was in effect.
For example, suppose a person hears that some terrorists are Muslims who believe the teachings of a guy named Muhammed. The person then draws cartoons portraying Muhammed as a fat Arab with a turban shaped like a bomb, and sitting on a camel backwards. Would you say the person has done something wrong?
If the person is a Christian living a Cairo, Egypt, then it is reasonable to think the person should know that such cartoons are frowned on.
If the person is an Inuit living on northern Canada, then they may have not known such cartoons are considered to be in poor taste. Instead of getting upset with that person, you would simply explain your customs to him and ask him to not draw such cartoons in the future.
If the person is a Christian living a Cairo, Egypt, then it is reasonable to think the person should know that such cartoons are frowned on.
If the person is an Inuit living on northern Canada, then they may have not known such cartoons are considered to be in poor taste. Instead of getting upset with that person, you would simply explain your customs to him and ask him to not draw such cartoons in the future.
Is this pretty much correct?
I think yes.
but there are 1,619,314,000 muslims in the world , do you think that all of them could have the same reaction?
The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) said,
"A man walking along a path felt very thirsty.
Reaching a well he descended into it,
drank his fill and came up.
Then he saw a dog with its tongue hanging out,
trying to lick up mud to quench its thirst.
The man saw that the dog was feeling the same thirst as he had felt
so he went down into the well again
and filled his shoe with water and gave the dog a drink.
Allah forgave his sins for this action."
The Prophet was asked:
"Messenger of Allah , are we rewarded for kindness towards animals?
He said, There is a reward for kindness to every living thing."
The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) said,
"A man walking along a path felt very thirsty.
Reaching a well he descended into it,
drank his fill and came up.
Then he saw a dog with its tongue hanging out,
trying to lick up mud to quench its thirst.
The man saw that the dog was feeling the same thirst as he had felt
so he went down into the well again
and filled his shoe with water and gave the dog a drink.
Allah forgave his sins for this action."
The Prophet was asked:
"Messenger of Allah , are we rewarded for kindness towards animals?
He said, There is a reward for kindness to every living thing."
From the "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Farewell, farewell! but this I tell
To thee, thou Wedding-Guest!
He prayeth well, who loveth well
Both man and bird and beast.
He prayeth best, who loveth best
All things both great and small;
For the dear God who loveth us,
He made and loveth all."
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