There are only 2 categories of people defined in the Quran, who will enter
heaven. Allah tells us these 2 categories in (49:14).
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The Arabs say, 'We believe.' Say: 'You do not believe; rather say, "We
submit"; for belief has not yet entered your hearts. If you obey God and
His Messenger, He will not diminish you anything of your works. God is
All-forgiving, All-compassionate.' (49:14).
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"We then vacated from it all the believers but we only found in it one
house who had submitted." (51:35-36).
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Now that we know that there is a difference between Muslim and Mu'min, the
next couple of posts, (above this post), will be looking at the description of
these 2 categories. From the above, we can establish that Belief (Mu'min) comes
after submission (Muslim).
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Description of a Muslim (Submitter).
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Let's have a look at the description of a Muslim.
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"And who speaks better than he who invites to Allah while he himself
does good, and says: I am surely of those whosubmit?" (41:33).
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1. They say that they submit.
2. They Invite to Allah.
3. They do Good Deeds.
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"And We have enjoined upon man, to his parents, good treatment. His
mother carried him with hardship and gave birth to him with hardship, and his
gestation and weaning [period] is thirty months. [He grows] until, when he
reaches maturity and reaches [the age of] forty years, he says, "My Lord,
enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and
upon my parents and to work righteousness of which You will approve and make
righteous for me my offspring. Indeed, I have repented to You, and indeed, I am
of the Muslims." (46:15).
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1. They say that they submit.
2. They repent.
3. Are appreciative for God's Favours.
4. Want to do Good Deeds to please Allah.
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Say: "I have been given divine inspiration that your God is One God.
Will you then Submit?"
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1. Belief in One God.
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As simple as it may sound, to believe in The God without committing shirk,
is the most difficult thing to do on the planet because we have attached to and
have moulded around so many innocent seeming sinful idols.
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"God will deprive anyone who associates anything with God of Paradise
and his dwelling will be fire. The unjust people have no helpers." (5:72).
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Shirk nullifies any good deeds and ends with a person in hell. Allah tells
us in (30:30) to Accept the natural calling which He has planted into the
creation of Mankind and devote yourself to monotheism.
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You don't need the Quran to be a Muslim; you have to follow your
naturalinstinct. No one can deny this on Judgement Day. As you will see, the
requirements of being a Muslim are requirements that humans naturally think
about and know what is morally correct.
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2. Doing Good Deeds.
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Say, "Come, I will recite what your Lord has prohibited to you. [He
commands] that you not associate anything with Him, and to parents, good
treatment, and do not kill your children out of poverty; We will provide for
you and them. And do not approach immoralities - what is apparent of them and
what is concealed. And do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden [to be
killed] except by [legal] right. This has He instructed you that you may use
reason." And do not approach the orphan's property except in a way that is
best until he reaches maturity. And give full measure and weight in justice. We
do not charge any soul except [with that within] its capacity. And when you
testify, be just, even if [it concerns] a near relative. And the covenant of
Allah fulfill. This has He instructed you that you may remember. (6:151-152).
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1. Don't associate anything with God.
2. Honour Parents.
3. Don't kill children (born or unborn) because of fear of poverty.
4. Don't commit gross sins whether openly or privately.
5. Do not kill a soul.
6. Do not touch orphan money and be fair with them.
7. Give full weight and measure.
8. Be just in bearing witness.
9. Fulfil your oaths.
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I repeatedly witness disagreement regarding Hajj, Salah, Fasting,Messengers
etc, between so many different sects and Quran alone followers. Notice above
that to be a Muslim, you don't have to do any of these. Instead the above can
be agreed on as something we already know morally. We feel what is right and
what is wrong. Why we go against that natural questioning feeling? Well that's
another story.
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To be a Muslim (Submitter), a person only needs to reflect within
themselves. The traditionalists have mixed up the Muslims and Mu'mins.
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"Do not Obey the Disbelievers and Strive against them with the Quran a
great striving." (25:52)
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Description of a Believer (Mu'min).
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"The believers are those who believe in God and His Messenger, then
have not doubted, and have struggled with their possessions and their selves in
the way of God; those -- they are the truthful ones." (49:15).
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1. Have Faith in God and His Messenger.
2. Attain status of having no doubt.
3. They strive with their money and lives in the way of Allah.
4. Are Truthful.
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"Those only are believers whose heartstremble when Allah is mentioned,
and when His Ayats are recited to them they increase them in faith, and in
their Lord do they trust. Who establish Salat and spend out of that We have
provided them.
" (8:2-3).
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5. Hearts Tremble when they hear Allah's name.
6. Faith is strengthened by hearing God's words.
7. They Trust in God.
8. Establish Salah.
9. Spend out of what God has provided for them. (Zakat).
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The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and
[so have] the believers. All of them have believed in Allah and His angels and
His books and His messengers, [saying], "We make no distinction between
any of His messengers." And they say, "We hear and we obey. [We seek]
Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the [final] destination."
(2:185).
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10. Believe in His Angels.
11. Believe in His Books.
12. Believe in all His Messengers.
13. MAKE NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE MESSENGERS.
14. They Hear and Obey.
15. They seek Forgiveness.
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Why become a believer?
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"When it is recited to them, they say, "We believe in it. It is
the Truth from our Lord. WE WERE MUSLIMS BEFORE THIS". (28:53).
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Being a Muslim is simple compared to being a Mu'min. Being a Muslim will
get you into Heaven so why does one strive to become a Mu'min?
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"Such are the true believers. Their reward from their Lord will be
high ranks, forgiveness, and a provision." (8:4).
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"These will receive DOUBLE REWARD for their forbearance, replacing
evil by virtue, and for their spending for the cause of God." (28:54).
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You get one reward for being a Muslim and one for being a Mu'min. This is
how you attain a higher rank in Heaven. As a Muslim you make it to Heaven but
in the lower Heavens. As a Mu'min you make it to the higher heavens, closer to
Allah.
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