The Muslim faith does not observe Vatican-Christian’s made up Santa Clause thing. Qur’an On Contracts The Holy Qur’an and Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) make clear that the true Muslim is he who is honest and upright in his business and monetary dealing with others, even if they weren’t Muslims. Also a true Muslim keeps his/her word, fulfills promises, shuns fraud and avoids deceit and perfidy; he or she does not encroach upon the rights of others, nor take part in wrongful litigation. Also a real Muslim does not give false testimony, and abstains from making unlawful money as from usury and graft. According to Islam, whoever is not free from these vices is not a true believer but a renegade and a worthless transgressor. The Qur’an is rich with verses that confirms: Oh ye who believe! Eat not up each others property by unfair and dishonest means. Qur’an (4:29) Allah forbids all unclean and corrupt means of making money: dishonest contract price trading, gambling, and bribery, e.g. The Holy Qur’an explains and describes such practices in many of its verses. In this verse, for instance, Allah warns those traders who cheat in weighing contract price, he says: Woe to those that deal in fraud, - those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, exact full measure, but when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due. Do they not think that they will be called to account- on a Mighty Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds. Qur’an (133: 1-6) Another example is given in the coming verse, where Allah urges Muslims to be very particular about their trusts and about other peoples rights. Allah does command you to render back your trust, to those to whom they are due. Qur’an(4:58) At two places in the Qur’an a chief distinguishing Muslim feature is that they are: Those who faithfully observe their trusts and their covenants. Qur’an (24:8) Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) stressed the importance of honesty in most of his sermons, saying: Remember, there is no faith in him who is not trustworthy; there is no place for him in religion who cares not for his pledged word or promise. He (PBUH) also said: “The signs of a hypocrite are three: when he speaks, he is false, when he promises, he fails; and when he is trusted, he plays false. Condemning those who cheat in business Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) has said: He who cheats is not of us. Deceitfulness and fraud are things that lead one to Hell. Once Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) came upon a heap of corn in the market of Madinah and thrust his hand onto it. His fingers felt damp. On being asked, the trader replied that rain had fallen upon it. The Prophet (PBUH) observed, Why did you not then keep (the wet portion of) it above the dry corn, so that men may see it? He who deceives, is not one of us. Thus traders who deceive by showing to customers a false sample or by concealing from them the defects of the product they’re selling are not true Muslims in the judgment of Allah Prophet (PBUH) and, they are going to end up in hell. Another example: Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) said: The seller must explain to the buyer the defects, if any, in the quality of the article offered for sale. Should this not be done, the seller will permanently be caught in the Wrath of Allah (according to another narrator the exact words, ‘he will always be cursed by the angels). In short, all manner of deceit and dishonesty in business is prohibited in Islam. It has been proclaimed to be an act worthy of unqualified condemnation. The Holy Prophet has expressed his strong dislike for those who do so. He has said he will have nothing to do with them; they do not belong to him. Likewise, bribery and usury, although might be practiced by mutual consent and agreement, are totally prohibited and forbidden and those who are guilty of them have been condemned by Allah and His Prophet (PBUH). Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) said: The curse of Allah rests on him who offers loan on usurious terms, and on him who receives, and on those who are witnesses to the transaction, and on the writer who writes the deed thereof. As for bribery, Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) condemned alike the giver of bribes, and the taker of bribes in deciding cases. Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) said: If a person made a recommendation for anyone in a just manner and gratified party gave him something as a gift (in return for it) and he accepted it, then he committed a grave error (meaning that it, too, is a form of bribery). Usurpation of anothers property by force or fraud or dishonest litigation is even worse. Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) made this clear, as he says: Whoever occupies land belonging to another unjustly will be sunk into the ground along with the plot of land on the Doomsday till he reaches the lowest layer of the earth. He who acquires the property of a Muslim unjustly by taking a false oath (before an Officer) is debarred by Allah from entering Paradise and the Fire of Hell is made inevitable for him. Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) again, is reported to have warned a person who was very fond of entering into litigation with others in these strong words: ”Remember, he who will obtain the property of another by swearing a false oath will appear as a leper before Allah (on the Day of Judgement).” And, again he (PBUH) said: “Whoever laid a claim on a thing that was not his is not of us.” Azar and Abraham Poly and Monotheism Abraham is estimated to have been born 2,166 years before Jesus in or around the Mesopotamian city of Ur , 200 miles southeast of present-day Baghdad. His father was ‘Aazar’, ‘Terah’ or ‘Terakh’ in the Bible, an idol worshipper, who was from the descendants of Shem, the son of Noah. Some scholars of exegesis suggest that he may have been called Azar after an idol he was devoted to. He is likely to have been Akkadian, a Semitic people from the Arabian Peninsula who settled in Mesopotamia sometime in the third millennium BCE. It seems as if Azar migrated along with some of his relatives to the city of Haran in the early childhood of Abraham before the confrontation with his people, although some Judeo-Christian traditions tell it to be later in his life after he is rejected in his native city. The Quran does mention the migration of Abraham, but it does so after Abraham disassociates himself from his father and tribesmen due to their disbelief. If he had been in Ur at that time, it seems unlikely that his father would go with him to Haran after disbelieving and torturing him along with his townspeople. As to why they chose to migrate, archaeological evidence suggests that Ur was a great city which saw its rise and fall within the lifetime of Abraham, so they may have been forced to leave due to environmental hardships. They may have chosen Haran due to it sharing the same religion as Ur. Archeological discoveries from the time of Abraham paint a vivid picture of the religious life of Mesopotamia. Its inhabitants were polytheists who believed in a pantheon, in which each god had a sphere of influence. The large temple dedicated to the Akkadian moon god, Sin, was the main centre of Ur. Haran also had the moon as the central godhead. This temple was believed to be the physical home of God. The chief god of the temple was a wooden idol with additional idols, or ‘gods’, to serve him. Although Judeo-Christian scholars have differed as to when Abraham came to know God, at the age of three, ten, or forty-eight, the Quran is silent in mentioning the exact age at which Abraham received his first revelation. It seems it was, however, when he was young in age, as the Quran calls him a young man when his people try to execute him for rejecting their idols, and Abraham himself said to have knowledge not available to his father when he called him to worship God alone before his call spread to his people (19:43). The Quran is clear, however, in saying that he was one of the prophets to whom a scripture was revealed: “Verily! This is in the former Scriptures. The Scriptures of Abraham and Moses.” (Quran 87:18-19) About Adam and Eve A Common Denominator Âdam ( Arabic: Adem ) is believed to have been the first human being and the first prophet and messenger in Islam. Adams role as the father of the human race is looked upon by Muslims with reverence. Muslims also venerate his wife, Eve, as the mother of mankind. Muslims see Adam as the first Muslim, as the Quran promulgates that all the prophets preached the same faith of submission to God. is story is told in the Quran in numerous places, though his Quranic narrative differs from that in the Torah in some aspects. Judaism regards itself as the religion of the descendants of Jacob, a grandson of Abraham. It has a strictly unitary view of God, and the central holy book for almost all branches is the Masoretic Text as elucidated in the oral Torah. In the 19th century and 20th centuries Judaism developed a small number of branches, of which the most significant are Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform. Christianity began as a sect of Judaism in the Mediterranean Basin of the 1st century CE and evolved into a separate religion—the Christian Church—with distinctive beliefs and practices. Jesus is the central figure of Christianity, considered by almost all denominations to be divine, one person of a Triune God. The Christian biblical canon is usually held to be the ultimate authority, alongside sacred tradition in some denominations (such as Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy). Over many centuries, Christianity divided into three main branches (Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant), dozens of significant denominations, and hundreds of smaller ones. Islam arose in Arabia in the 7th century CE with a strictly unitary view of God. Muslims typically hold the Quran to be the ultimate authority, as revealed and elucidated through the teachings and practices of a central, but not divine prophet, Muhammad. The Islamic faith consider all Prophets and Messengers from Adam through the final messenger (Muhammad) to carry the same Islamic monotheistic principles. Soon after its founding Islam split into two main branches (Sunni and Shia), each of which now have a number of denominations. Lesser-known Abrahamic religions, originally offshoots of Shia Islam, include the Baháí Faith and Druze. https://youtube/watch?v=zYWdwd0t6SA
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