Islam Facts

ISLAM FACTS

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> ALLAH (swt) has created the universe in 6 days.

- The first person ALLAH (swt) has sent down to Earth was prophet Adam (pbuh).

- The last messenger that ALLAH (swt) has sent to the people was prophet Muhammad (pbuh).

- The word Islam means to submit, or to be obedient. Submission to ALLAH (swt) is what is called Islam. As a lot of people may think Islam means peace, peace can be found anywhere in the world. Islam is a religion of peace and mercy. If the submission to ALLAH (swt) is in your heart and soul, mentally and physically, this is where peace and mercy come from.

- The 5 pillars of Islam are:
* Testify that there is no God to worship but ALLAH (swt), and Muhammad (pbuh) is his servant and messenger.
* Salaat (praying)
* Zakaat (giving charity)
* Sawm (fasting)
* Hajj (the pilgrimage to ALLAH's (swt) Holy House)

- The 6 pillars of faith are:
* Believe in ALLAH (swt) as the only one to worship and no other people or objects are to worship with him.
* Believe in the angels that ALLAH (swt) created.
* Believe in the books of ALLAH (swt) and The Holy Qur'an as the final book for all humans.
* Believe in all prophets of Islam (pbut) and that prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is the last prophet and messenger that ALLAH (swt) sent to all humans.
* Believe in life after death.
* Believe in Qadaa' and Qadr (Destiny).

- The first woman to be on Earth was ĥawwaa' (pbuh). She is prophet Adam's (pbuh) wife.

- ĥawwaa' (pbuh) used to give birth to twins. The first kids on Earth were Qabeel and his sister. Then Habeel and his sister from the second birth.

- The way marriage was during the time of prophet Adam (pbuh) was that each man from the first birth will marry the woman from the second birth. Habeel would marry Qabeel's sister, and Qabeel would marry Habeel's sister.

- Qabeel was not happy with the way life went with his brother Habeel, so he killed him. Then he felt bad for what he did.

- The bird which Qabeel saw to learn how to bury his brother Habeel was a crow, after seeing a crow burying another crow.

- First to travel around the Holy Mosque of ALLAH (swt) (Al Kaaba) were the angels (pbut).

- First to use the pen to write with was prophet Idrees (pbuh). As well as studying the stars and sewing clothes.

- New life began during the time of prophet Nooĥ (pbuh) (Noah). After ALLAH (swt) saved him from the flood by ordering him to create a ship where prophet Nooĥ (pbuh) got in it along with the people who believed in his message to worship ALLAH (swt) only.

- From prophet Nooĥ's (pbuh) family who disobeyed him and not believe in his message were his wife and one of his sons Yaam (Kan'aan).

- Prophet Nooĥ's (pbuh) kids were:
Saam (Arabs).
Haam (people of Sudan, Pakistan, India and Christian people of Egypt).
Yaafeth (people of Turk, China and the people Ya'jooj and Ma'jooj).

- Prophet Saaleĥ's (pbuh) miracle was the camel that could feed the people one day from its milk. One day the camel would keep the water for itself to drink while giving milk to the people, and the next day people would get to have the water for themselves. But the nonbelievers were upset with that, so they killed the camel.

- Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) had 2 sons:
Prophet Isma"eel (pbuh) from his wife Haajer.
Prophet Is'ĥaaq (pbuh) from his wife Saara.

- Al Safaa and Al Marwaa, two mountains in Mecca the venerable where Haajer was going back and forth in between in search for help from any travelers. Her son, Isma"eel (pbuh), at the time was an infant and they ran out of water. Until angel Jibreel (pbuh) (angel Gabriel) burst water out of the ground of the area she was in, which is Zamzam water. It is the same place where prophet Ibrahim and his son Isma"eel (pbut) built Al Kaaba.

- Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) will be the one who will not come near his father at Judgment Day, because his father was creating statues and was selling them to the nonbelievers.

- Prophet Lut (pbuh) will be the one who will not come near his wife at Judgment Day, because she was a nonbeliever. Same thing with prophet Nooh (pbuh) and his wife.

> Prophet Is'ĥaaq (pbuh) (Isaac) had two twins after he asked ALLAH (swt), because his wife was old and could not have children. His kids were: Al Ayss and prophet Ya"qoob (pbuh).

- Prophet Ya"qoob (pbuh) (Jacob) had 11 kids from 4 wives. Among those kids was prophet Yusuf (pbuh).

- Prophet Yusuf's (pbuh) brothers were jealous of him because his father Ya"qoob (pbuh) loved him more than them. They threw him in the well and lied to their father Ya"qoob (pbuh) by telling him that the wolf ate him. And this happened before they repented.

- Some group of people found prophet Yusuf (pbuh) in the well and got him out. Later on the king of Egypt decided to raise him.

- Prophet Yusuf's (pbuh) miracle was to tell dreams and know about the knowledge of the unseen - by permission from ALLAH (swt).

- The wife of Egypt's king (Al "Azeez) wanted prophet Yusuf (pbuh) for herself after she raised him, but he (pbuh) refused, so she lied and said he tried to come to her first, which made him go to prison. Later on after several years, she admitted she was lying and that he (pbuh) was a noble man, and repented.

- Prophet Ya"qoob (pbuh) suffered from blindness after he found out his sons Yusuf (pbuh) and Binyameen were missing. He later restored his vision when he was brought a shirt from his son Yusuf (pbuh) and was told to wipe it on his face.

- Prophet Yusuf (pbuh) was given a great position to rule Egypt after being released from prison, he became its king for his honesty and miracle.

- The prophet who was known for his great patience is Ayyoob (pbuh) (Job). It was a test from ALLAH (swt) to prove to the shaytaan (devil) that prophet Ayyoob (pbuh) had a strong faith in ALLAH (swt).

- Prophet Yaĥia (pbuh) was the only prophet who was named Yaĥia at the time of his birth. No one carried his name or looked like him before.

- Prophet Zakariyya (pbuh) did not have his son Yaĥia (pbuh) until at a late age, his wife was old as well and by a micracle from ALLAH (swt) she gave birth to Yaĥia (pbuh).

- Prophet Yunus (pbuh) (Jonas) is known as "Thu Al Noon" (Al Noon is a large whale). His miracle is the large whale that swallowed him (pbuh) while being alive and without any scratches in the whale's body, until the whale threw him out at the seashore.

- Prophet Yunus (pbuh) and prophet Esa (pbuh) (Jesus) were the only prophets to be attributed to their mothers. Prophet Yunus's (pbuh) mother was Matta, while Maryam (pbuh) was prophet Esa's (pbuh) mother.

- Al Zaboor is the name of the book that ALLAH (swt) had revealed to prophet Dawood (pbuh) (David). It has advices, wisdoms and thikr (ritual sayings).

- Prophet Dawood (pbuh) was dealing with steel as if a person is dealing with flour. He would bend the steel easily without any pain. He (pbuh) made armors from swords and other weapons to protect him and his soldiers'.

- ALLAH (swt) gave prophet Dawood (pbuh) the ability to be a judge and make the right decisions for the people. One of the people who had the same feature was his son, Sulayman (pbuh).

- Just like his father, prophet Sulayman (pbut) (Solomon) was dealing with copper as if a person is dealing with flour.

- Prophet Sulayman (pbuh) had the ability to understand the animals language. He had a huge army of people, jinns, and animals.

- Prophet Sho"ayb's (pbuh) mother was one of prophet Lut's (pbuh) daughters.

- The name of the tree that people of prophet Sho"ayb (pbuh) were worshipping is "Ayka" (thicket), and they were cheating when selling goods to the customers.

- Prophet Thu Al Kifl (pbuh), which his real name is Bishr, ALLAH (swt) called him Thu Al Kifl (Thul Kifl) because he (pbuh) promised to do something and kept his promise. Thu Al Kifl means the one who undertakes, or promises and keeps his promise. He also supported his people and administrated justice among them.

- Prophet Musa (pbuh) (Moses) was known as "Kaleem ALLAH" (swt). Which means the person who spoke to ALLAH (swt), he (pbuh) was the only one to do so on a mountain called "Towa".

- Prophet Musa's (pbuh) book that ALLAH (swt) revealed to him is called Al Tawraat (Torat).

> One of prophet Musa's miracles was the stick that turned into a huge snake to prove to Fer"awn and the magicians that what prophet Musa (pbuh) has is not magic but a miracle from ALLAH (swt).

- Prophet Esa (pbuh) was the only prophet to speak as an infant, to prove to the people that his mother Maryam (pbuh) (virgin Mary) was a virgin and no one touched her.

- ALLAH (swt) lifted prophet Esa (pbuh) when the Romans found out about him and wanted to kill him. Christians believe that prophet Esa (pbuh) was crucified. But they did not kill him, nor crucified him, but it appeared so to them the resemblance of prophet Esa (pbuh) was put over another man, and they killed that man (which was one of the apostles who believed in prophet Esa (pbuh) as a prophet and contributed to be in the place of prophet Esa's (pbuh)).

- Prophet Esa (pbuh) had more than a miracle as he was growing up: Talking when he was an infant, bringing the dead back to life, creating a bird from clay and when he blows on it the bird will become alive, restoring the blind man's sight, ability to cure people with a skin disease that when he wipes his hand on the disease it will go away and ability to know what happens behind of the walls of people's homes. Note that all these miracles are done through the will of ALLAH (swt).

- Prophet Al Yas" (pbuh) was taught the belief in ALLAH (swt) when he was young by prophet Elyaas (pbuh).

- Prophet Ibrahim's (pbuh) miracle was the fire that did not burn him after the nonbelievers put him on it for destroying their statues that they worshipped.

- The people of prophet Lut (pbuh) were preferring men over women or their wives. ALLAH (swt) ordered him and his daughters to leave the town where his people lived because that town will be destroyed. Prophet Lut's (pbuh) family survived except for his wife and the town's people. That area is known now as the Dead Sea, located In Jordan and Palestine.

- The last prophet and messenger of ALLAH (swt) is prophet Muhammad (pbuh). while ALLAH (swt) sent the rest of the prophets (pbut) to their people at their time, ALLAH (swt) sent prohet Muhammad (pbuh) him to all humanity until Judgment day, as mercy to people.

- His greatest miracle of all miracles is The Holy Qur'an. Which proves that is it not made by him, because prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was illiterate, and all the words in The Holy Qur'an are words of ALLAH (swt) sent to him through angel Jibreel (pbuh).

- The first word that prophet Muhammad (pbuh) learned from The Holy Qur'an was "Iqra'", which means "read", which was taught by angel Jibreel (pbuh) when he came down to prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in ghaar ĥiraa' (a cave where prophet Muhammad (pbuh) used to go there when he wanted to be isolated from others).

- Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) married 11 women (Note: Maariyya Al Qobtiyya and Rayĥaana bint Zayd Al Nadhriyya were women of which he (pbuh) owned to free them of slavery.

- Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) had 7 kids: 3 boys and 4 girls; all by Khadeeja (his first wife), except one (Ibrahim) from Maariyya Al Qotbiyya.

- Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) participated in many battles during his lifetime: 11 of those battles where he (pbuh) fought in it, and the rest of them where he accomplished his goals without fighting.

- Another miracle of the prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is the Israa' and Mi"raaj (ascending from Mecca to the Aqsa Mosque, then to the 7 skies and back to the Aqsa Mosque and then Mecca before dawn). In that trip he (pbuh) saw the throne of ALLAH (swt), Heaven and Hell. Also it was the trip where he (pbuh) brought the 5 prayers with him by orders from ALLAH (swt).

- Angel Jibreel (pbuh) came down to prophet Muhammad (pbuh) every Ramadan for 23 years to teach him The Holy Qur'an and to see how much he memorized from it. And on the 23rd year angel Jibreel (pbuh) showed up twice to prophet Muhammad (pbuh) to make sure he memorized everything.

- Even though The Holy Qur'an was revealed to prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in Ramadan, he only fasted 9 Ramadans; it is because ALLAH (swt) has made Ramadan a month to fast in year 2 Hijri, and that was the first year prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and the Muslims fasted it. The reason prophet Muhammad (pbuh) fasted 9 Ramadans is because he passed away in year 11 Hijri.

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