Section V: Islamic Resources

“Show gentleness, for if gentleness is found in anything, it beautifies it and when it is taken out from anything it damages it.” (Sunan Abu Dawud Book 41, Number 4790)

“Riches does not mean, having a great amount of property, but riches is self-contentment.” (Sahih Bukhari 8.453)

“Do not be people without minds of your own, saying that if others treat you well you will treat them well and that if they do wrong you will do wrong; but accustom yourselves to do good if people do good and not to do wrong if they do evil.” (Tirmidhi 5129)

“There is a piece of flesh in the body if it becomes good (reformed) the whole body becomes good but if it gets spoilt the whole body gets spoilt and that is the heart.” (Bukhari Vo 1, Bk 2, #49)

“Take advantage of five things before five others: your youth before your old age, your health before your sickness, your wealth before your poverty, your free time before you become occupied, and your life before your death.” (Tirmidhi)

“What is faith?” The prophet replied: “When a good deed becomes a source of pleasure for you and an evil deed becomes a source of disgust, then you are a believer.” (Tirmidhi)

“If you want others to have what you what you want for yourself, you will be a Muslim” (Tirmidhi)

(Excerpt from book "Easily Understand Islam")

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Table of Contents

beginning

Section I: The Basics

What Islam is Not

What Is Islam?

Section II: General Articles

Why is there Evil and Suffering?

Why I Believe in God — A Muslim Speaks

The Quran, Modern Science, and More

Islam & Racism

Islam: A Solution for America’s Social Problems?

God and Muslims

Selections from the Quran

Some Muslim Virtues (Sayings of the Prophet)

Section III: Other Topics

Islam & the Environment

Islam & Intoxicants

Heaven and Hell

Forgiveness

Section IV: Islam & Christianity

Similarities

Common Ground: Judaism, Christianity & Islam

Differences

Muhammad in the Bible

Trinity

Jesus: Man and God?

Vicarious Atonement in the “Blood of the Lamb”

The Bible & Modern Science

The Bible and the Word of God

Quran Preserved?

Section V: Islamic Resources

Islam Resources