10 Facts you never heard about islam
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Summary
In this episode, I talk about what it means to be a Muslim and how we should live up to the standard set by our Creator, the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. I also talk about the role of women in Islam and how they are treated and treated by their male counterparts.
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Did you know in Islam the obligation of covering, which is usually people think that it's order for females,
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I am obliged to cover from my navel to my knee.
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Did you know, as a Muslim, if you harm a non-Muslim in an Islamic state,
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it's as if you have harmed the Messenger, peace be upon him.
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Did you know in Islam that knowledge is something which is valued and sacred?
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The first verses that were revealed was Iqra, which means read.
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And the first institute, university, that was established was by a female Muslim woman.
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Did you guys know that in Islam you're not allowed to harm an innocent person?
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If you harm an innocent person, it's like you've harmed and killed the whole of humanity as per the Qur'an.
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And the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, even more further to say that you're not even allowed to cut down trees.
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Did you know in Islam even smiling is charity?
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Did you know, as a Muslim, we actually have to love and believe in Jesus and his miraculous birth?
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And if we don't, then we aren't even considered a Muslim.
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Did you know Islam abolished racism a millennium before the civil rights movement?
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, in his last final sermon, he mentions that the Arab is not better than a non-Arab,
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and a black is not better than a white person, and a white person is not better than a black person.
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The one who is most closest to God is the one who fears him the most.
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Did you know that in Islam women have so many rights?
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The men are actually encouraged to really go out of their way and take care of their women.
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The best of you are those who are best to their wives.
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So much so, that even if a woman is a millionaire and the husband is not,
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the man is obligated to take care of all her basic needs, even her make-up.
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That's right, he has to buy her Bobby Brown, her Mac, her Benefit, an Estirador.
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And guess what, if he can't pay for it, because he's broke, and she has all the money in the world,
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The government has to pay for her make-up.
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That's because the economic system was so just, they could accommodate that.
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As Muslims were obliged to give 2.5% of her annual savings to charity.
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When this happened in the past and this was implemented, no one was poor in the world.
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That the Prophet, peace be upon him, told us that a woman who was walking past a thirsty dog
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and gave her a bit of water was forgiven for her sins,
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and another woman who was torturing a cat was bound to hellfire
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because of the acts that she did towards that cat.
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