Why are you Muslim?

'Why are you Muslim?' It may sound like an obviousquestion, but often
many of us don't have a clear answer to it. I remember being asked
this question by my elder brother when I was fourteen years of age, my
initial answer was'Well, our family is Muslim', his reply to this made
me think, he said, 'If your family were Hindu or Christian, would you
be as well?'. I replied with a strong 'No, Islam is the truth', the
discussion that followed made me question the basis of my life and
changed my life for ever. He triggered me to think about how to prove
that Islam is the truth rather than just believing it emotionally
orblindly. In fact Allah (swt) has condemned people forimitating their
forefathers and adopting their belief without clear evidence.
In the Holy Qur'an, He (swt) says:
"And verily guess is no substitute for the truth." [TMQ 53:28]
"They have no (certain) knowledge. They follow nothing but conjecture.
For surely; they killed him not ('Isa)." [TMQ 4:157]
"These are nothing but names which you have devised, you and your
fathers, for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow
nothing but conjecture and what their Nafs desire.Even though there
has already come to them the Guidance from their Rabb"[TMQ 53:23]
"Do you have Ilm (knowledge) for that which you claim so that you
provide us with? You follow nothing but conjecture (Zann)." [TMQ
6:148]
The followers of other religions have no decisive proof for their
belief, therefore they believe in their religions emotionallyor
through imitation. Some of them think that you just have to have
faithwithout clear proof. However when it comes tonormal things in
life people apply a lot of thought such as buying a car, house,
choosing a University course or whichbank to join, so how can itbe
that when it comes to the most important questions about life; which
define the purpose of our lives that we shouldjust have 'faith'
without being convinced absolutely.
It is therefore vital for a Muslim to believe in the existence of
Allah (swt) without any doubt whatsoever and to believein the
Prophethood of Muhammad (saw) and that the Qur'an is the final
revelation sent by Allah (swt) to humanity. Islam isunlike all the
other religions as it has a decisive proof that convinces the mind.

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