Hello and thank you...
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Hi all, my name is Asif and I think it?s about time I properly introduced myself as I have been reading on this site / forum regularly since 2005.
I come from a regular Pakistani Sunni background, went to the local London mosque, followed tablighi jamaat and completed Umrah. My parents soon separated when I was still at school and my mother and two sisters decided to become Shia. Even though I was upset and confused with this sudden change in beliefs it caused me to seek my own knowledge instead of listening to others. A few years later I ran into the Code 19 website which immediately drew my attention - I read nearly all available on there and even though I was drawn I was not content with all I was reading. Somehow I then found this great website which put all my doubts into perspective and I have been a Quran reading God only believer since. I must say that since making this change I am a happier person and feel much closer to God.
I have a question I have tried to find the answer for but have no concrete conclusion ? I am hoping some may be able to help or point me in the right direction. In short I want to get married to someone but am confused about our religious differences.
She believes in God, wholeheartedly. But she does not believe or want to align herself to any religion. She is a good person who prays in her own way to God daily. She naturally follows the straight path. She does not eat pork or drink alcohol. She is modest and helps the needy continuously. She is not perfect but always strives to become a better person. She believes in herself, God and the hereafter.
How would a God only believer and the Quran view such a person?
I would like to sincerely thank all the regulars and everybody else who have helped me see the truth and in turn make me a better man. I hope and pray you will be rewarded.
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Salaam Asif
Welcome to the forum
From what you say, I understand that you're a God/quraan aloner, and your friend is a God-aloner. So, what's the problem in marrying her? She already applies the quraan in PRACTICE, even if she does not recognize that; and this is what matters.
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Peace and welcome
She sounds like a muslim! Islam is not a religion you should tell her so Sunni Islam and Shi'a Islam are. Islam is this - devotion to God entirely. There is no clergy or organisation dictating the scripture to the masses and controlling them through blind faith and restrictive rules that we commonly associate with "religion". All that she practices is in the Qur'an. Two questions does she read the Qur'an and what is your belief system?
Peace
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Peace,
Respectfully.You shall seek help through steadfastness and the Contact Prayers (Salat). This is difficult indeed, but not so for the reverent.
"Oh you who believe! Seek help with patient perseverance and prayer, for God is with those who patiently persevere." (2153)
"Be sure We shall test you with something of fear and hunger, some loss in goods, lives, and the fruits of your toil. But give glad tidings to those who patiently persevere. Those who say, when afflicted with calamity, 'To Allah we belong, and to Him is our return.' They are those on whom descend blessings from their Lord, and mercy. They are the ones who receive guidance." (2155-157)
"Oh you who believe! Persevere in patience and constancy. Vie in such perseverance, strengthen each other, and be pious, that you may prosper." (3200)
"And be steadfast in patience, for verily Allah will not suffer the reward of the righteous to perish." (11115)
"Be patient, for your patience is with the help of Allah." (16127)
"Patiently, then, persevere - for the Promise of Allah is true, and ask forgiveness for your faults, and celebrate the praises of your Lord in the evening and in the morning." (4055)
"No one will be granted such goodness except those who exercise patience and self-restraint, none but persons of the greatest good fortune." (4135)
"Verily man is in loss, except such as have faith, and do righteous deeds, and join together in the mutual enjoining of truth, and of patience and constancy." (1032-3)
"It is not righteousness that you turn your faces towards East or West.
But it is righteousness to believe in Allah and the Last Day,
And the Angels, and the Book, and the Messengers;
To spend of your substance, out of love for Him,
For your kin, for orphans, for the needy,
for the wayfarer, for those who ask, and for the ransom of slaves;
To be steadfast in prayer
And give in charity;
To fulfill the contracts which you have made;
And to be firm and patient, in pain and adversity
And throughout all periods of panic.
Such are the people of truth, the God-fearing.
Qur'an 2177Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
Qur'an 945-6Glory be to our God, The Most Powerful,
Glory be to our God, The Most Merciful,
Glory be to our God, The Most Wise,
Glory be to our God, The Most Just,
Glory be to our God, The Most High.
Peace. jedi jedi
