Why Are You a Muslim?

[abulihya]

Salams to All,

I am interested to know why you are a Muslim? What makes you believe?

Abu Lihya

[Zuh]

I am a muslim because Allah wills that. What makes me believe are the Prophets of God and the special friends of God. For me they are proofs of God's existence.

[abulihya]

I am a muslim because Allah wills that. What makes me believe are the Prophets of God and the special friends of God. For me they are proofs of God's existence.

Thank you Zuh, but what I'm getting at is do you have a rational reason or evidence for believing in Islam? (I don't mean belief in God - that's another question.)

To say you believe because Allah wills seems to imply that your belief has nothing to do with you and therefore not something you can take credit for - or be rewarded for.

As for your saying: "What makes me believe are the Prophets of God and the special friends of God" - I don't quite understand what you are saying? Could you explain how they make you believe?

[EmGee909]

Salams to All,

I am interested to know why you are a Muslim? What makes you believe?

Abu Lihya

Salaam akhi

ive grown up in a nice muslim family here in London and as ive got to this age (16) hamdlillah ive got the oppurtunity now to research into islam and the teachings, and whether or not Islam contradicts science.. But with my own research and questioning (which islam actually encourages), ive discovered that islam IS science. and so, hamdlillah that is enough for me, because science is the most important thing in life, and so therefore islam is the best thing because it works hand-in-hand with science.

[Aspirer]

Thank you Zuh, but what I'm getting at is do you have a rational reason or evidence for believing in Islam? (I don't mean belief in God - that's another question.)

To say you believe because Allah wills seems to imply that your belief has nothing to do with you and therefore not something you can take credit for - or be rewarded for.

As for your saying: "What makes me believe are the Prophets of God and the special friends of God" - I don't quite understand what you are saying? Could you explain how they make you believe?

Good afternoon,

I believe in the religion of Islam because it is the truth, the light, and the way. The reasons I believe in this are beyond the faculties of human reason or, as it has been dubbed, 'rational evidence.' I put utmost trust in my empirical experience with regards to the realm of the spiritual as the reason I had for entering and remaining in Islam. Whilst within it, I have found many a rational reason to cling tightly to it, but these reasons are and have been secondary to the primary reason.

I am sure it is possible to rationally arrive at the conclusion that Islam is the truth, but this is not, I imagine, how most people go about with it. It is enough for us the feeling before, after and during a prayer, the roar of creation around you reduced to a sweet inaudible whisper, the movement of the air against the clothing and skin, the heightened senses, the bright flares of faith in our hearts, the disappointing mellowness of plain and ordinary existence and the mundanity of this farcical world upon finishing.

[Nomadic]

we Believe not because of our own ability but rather Allah the one who guides bless us to be in his chosen relegion. Guidance does not come from the created being but rather the creator. One can hide but only hides from what is innate - submission to one true Creater who is unique and neither begets nor begotten. In place of disbelief, one may find guidance and certenty of faith. Belief transcends all mateiral border. The fact that some us are born into a muslim family is blessing on the ground we do not have to sacrifice too much. For some belief has to be accompanied with intelectual persuit only to strenghten the conviction. Its evidance is both tangible and untangible - manifest in real world and spiritual world.
For some belief does not require tangible proof but rather clear and unambigous clear teaching.
Allahualam

[farook]

Good afternoon,

I believe in the religion of Islam because it is the truth, the light, and the way. The reasons I believe in this are beyond the faculties of human reason or, as it has been dubbed, 'rational evidence.' I put utmost trust in my empirical experience with regards to the realm of the spiritual as the reason I had for entering and remaining in Islam. Whilst within it, I have found many a rational reason to cling tightly to it, but these reasons are and have been secondary to the primary reason.

I am sure it is possible to rationally arrive at the conclusion that Islam is the truth, but this is not, I imagine, how most people go about with it. It is enough for us the feeling before, after and during a prayer, the roar of creation around you reduced to a sweet inaudible whisper, the movement of the air against the clothing and skin, the heightened senses, the bright flares of faith in our hearts, the disappointing mellowness of plain and ordinary existence and the mundanity of this farcical world upon finishing.

Dear Brother, Assalaamoalaikum

Concise and sweet.

Brotherly yours
farook

[ahamed_sharif]

First of all I am lucky to be born in a muslim family.

Secondly I feel I am lucky to be a muslim. I compare myself to other religions, athiests and communists.

[Maripat]

Answering this question involves questioning my own faith. If I was a moderator then you know what action would have been taken.

[Mangetout]

Guidance comes from Allah. We are Muslims because He Wills it and i feel it would be better to thank Allah for the gift of islam instead of questioning why we believe as questioning will allow doubt to creep in.

If you are looking for signs that strengthen a persons emaan, then for me, all of creation from its beauty and magnificence to its functionality and the tiniest details point to the THE CREATOR. None of this can come by chance or coincidence.