I Am Enjoying Being A Muslim

Studying is Jihad.

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said:

"If anyone travels in a road in search of knowledge, God will cause him to travel on one of the roads of Paradise."

What is Jihad?
Smiling in tough moments is Jihad. Keeping patience in hard times is Jihad. Struggling for good deeds is Jihad. Taking care of old parents in a loving way is Jihad. Forgiving is Jihad. Jihad is not what the media promotes, but what the Quran says, to Strive and to Struggle.

You want a real Jihad?
Smile to your parents when you come home. Pray on time. Control your tongue, your eyes, and your thoughts.
Declare your Jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see - egosim, arrogance, conceit, selfishness, greed, lust, intolerance, anger, lying, cheating, gossiping, and slandering. If you can master and destroy them, then you will be ready to fight the enemy you can see.

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said:

"The real Jihad is to battle your own soul, to fight the evil within yourself."

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Madeleine · 41-45, F

@Northwest

I do, however, believe in everyone's choice to believe, as long as they keep it civil, and do not force their belief system on anyone, or use it to commit atrocities.

This is exactly my belief as well.

Regardless of whether you believe in revelation or not, it's surprising to me that you don't believe that the Quran was revealed gradually, even though it's historically well documented.

The Islamic law is educed from the Quran and Hadith. Therefore, there are aspects of it that should never change. I understand that you don't believe that the Quran is a revelation from God, but I believe it's the absolute words of God. So we will never reach to an agreement in this subject.. let's just leave it as it is.

Frankly, I find some aspects of the modern law very disturbing. For instance, there's no punishment for a husband who cheats on his wife (commits adultery), yet if he marries another woman (second wife), he faces penalty. Also, since there's no punishment for fornication/adultery, we find a lot of young girls (Under 17 years old) become pregnant and the guy washes his hands out of it. She would have to drop out of school, get a job and take huge responsibility all by herself at a very young age. Plus, there's no serious punishment for rape, rapist are sent to jail for few years to come out and rape again. I believe that modern law needs serious reformation.

I only explained to you one of the interpretations of [4:34], to me I find the proper translation of the word "darab" is "to hit", yet it's crystal clear that it meant to hit lightly since in other verses God forbade harming women. Generally speaking, beating women is not Muslims problem, it's universal. Every society suffers from this issue and I'm talking here about serious beating, domestic violence where women are beaten to the point of getting injuries, bruises, and sometime even death. This kind of treatment is absolutely forbidden in Islam and it's not acceptable by any religion/system.

Thank you.