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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Northwest · M

@Mdeleine: I am not trying to debate God with you. It's not a topic that anyone can prove or disprove. Your description though is interesting. I'm imagining a God, hiding, somewhere in the far reaches of our expanding galaxy.

If the idea of something out of nothing is absurd, then perhaps you can explain where God came from? At one point, even God has to come from something, but if he's the all mighty, then he certainly came from nothing, as nothing could have created God.

Also, due to their struggle in menstruation and puerperal, women are not obligated to perform prayers during these times and they are rewarded for it, while men don't enjoy this privilege.

You make it sound as if prayer is a major burden, instead of a time to commune with God.

In any case, back to Qur'an 4:3. You posted the English translation. I am referring to the Arabic original.

The Qur'an lists three types of relationships between men and women:

1. Zawaj - or marriage
2. Moudaja'a - or intercourse
3. Nika'h - or fucking

In 4:3, the Arabic original, it says: If you fear that you're not going to be fair to the Orhpans, then you should fuck as many women as you like, two, three, four, and if you're concerned about being fair, then only one, or those your right hand possesses.

Orphans: given the context, those would be the daughters of men who died in the early Islamic wars, or whose lost their husbands in the early Islamic wars, and have no men to take care of them sexually.

Your right hand possesses: women who are already slaves of yours, or part of your repertoire of women, prior to becoming a Muslim. This was a way to settle issues related to those who had multiple women, prior to converting.

So, where the word marriage? It is not part of 4:3, but Nika'h, or fucking is. Why would Muslim scholars, translate this into marriage? Also, the grammar indicates, that the intent was not to stop at four, and it's sort of meant to continue, something like: 2, 3, 4, whatever...

Nika'h is where the modern word 'Neek', or fuck comes from.

You'll have to excuse the language, I'm being literal in my translation, but I am taking the historical and contextual into consideration. 4:3 would not apply, if this is 2016.