17. RIGHTS AND DUTIES IN ISLAM.

            ISLAM has given so thorough details of the obligations towards God, towards self and towards fellow human beings and other creatures that even a hundredth part of which is not to be found in any other religions.

18. TASAWWUF, ETHICS, SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND MANNERS IN ISLAM.

            No other religion contains even a shadow of the science of ethics, manners and Tasawwuf (Sufism) as derived from Qur'an and Hadith in ISLAM.
             The purpose of all efforts and struggles, devotional exercises and practices, and the end of all moral reform and self-purification is simply as follows in ISLAM : obedience to all the obligations and duties of Shari'ah according to sunnah (as contained in the Heavenly ornaments or bahishti zewar) easily and as a matter of habit, and the fulfilment of all the Islamic rights of Allah, of one's self, and of all the creatures of Allah. In these are the goods of this life and the hereafter.
          According to the greatest Mujaddid or Renovator of Tasawwuf in ISLAM, Maulana THANWI, the simple little thing which is the essence of Tasawwuf is, that in any act of obedience (or worship) when and where you feel laziness, take care of and win over laziness and do it; and similarly when and where you feel tempted to commit a sin or evil, control yourself and win over the temptation, and do not do it. To one who has developed this ability nothing further is needed because this very thing results in the aimed, desired and required close relationship with Allah as well as guarantees it and increases it!

        Ones relationship with oneself (Tasawwuf) can only improve with ones relationship with the society (manners and behavior) as a Muslim is one by whose hands and tongue other Muslims are safe, protected and unharmed (Hadith), and the general public may not suffer at the hands of anyone.

19. QUR'AN IS THE GIST OF ALL THE DIVINE BOOK.

        According to Mujaddid Alf-Thanwi, Islam is the gist of the shariats of the prophets and the essence of wisdom of all the wisemen. There is a not single good and virtue which has not been enjoined and there is not a single evil and vicious act which has not been prohibited. Some angels are in prostration, some in bowing, some in standing and Islamic prayers (salah or Namaz) combines them all. To believe in Muhammad is yo affirm all the prophets, and to deny him is to deny all the prophets.

20. MAKING LIFE EASY AND RELIEVING FROM BURDENS.

           These were the hardships put by the Lord on the children of Israel as a penalty, such as killing the killer (but ISLAM accepts a monetary recompensation), killing a man for repentance, cutting of organs of body which are utilized to commit a crime or a vice, etc. Qur'an (1 : 185 and 286) tells us : "Allah desires ease for you. He does not desire hardship for you".

21.PROHIBITION OF SUICIDE AND HOPELESSNESS FROM GOD'S MERCY IN ISLAM.

           If you are troubled by sins and bad deeds or worried by the lack or shortage of good deeds, then do not despair as the solution exists. Repent and ask God for forgiveness (as many times as needed) since God is always forgiving and Merciful. Keep trying and try as much as you can but never think that you will go to paradise by your deeds but by Allahs mercy. Do not commit suicide for anything. Consult a shaikh or a learned man. All forms of suicide or self-killing by whatever means are forbidden in ISLAM because suicide is a sign of despair and lack of surrender to Allah's will.

            TO BE A MUSLIM NO CEREMONIES ARE REQUIRED. ALL THAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO BELIEVE IN ISLAM (IN THE UNITY OF GOD, ALL HIS MESSENGERS AND MOHAMMAD THE LAST ONE__ THERE BEING NO NEW PROPHET BORN AFTER HIM__ALL HIS MESSAGES OR BOOKS___ QUR'AN THE LAST ONE, HIS ANGELS AS HIS CREATURES AND SERVANTS, THE DAY OF JUDGMENT, MAN'S ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HIS DEEDS AND ACTIONS AND LIFE AFTER DEATH). IN YOUR FREE TIME, ALWAYS RECITE : LA ilaha illallah, Muhammadur Rasoolullah (that there is no god or deity besides Allah, and Mohammad is the last messenger of Allah). GREET A MUSLIM BY "SALAAM" WHICH MEANS PEACE. LEARN ISLAM BY FIRST READING THE RECOMMENDED BOOKS, PRACTICE WHAT YOU LEARN AND KEEP CONSULTING 'ULEMA AND SHAIKH, AND DO NOT NEGLECT YOUR DUTY OF DA'WAH, TABLEEGH AND PROPAGATION OF FAITH AND ISLAMIC TEACHINGS.

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Assalamualaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh my beautiful people!!!

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Here ends the 21 topics of merits and advantages of ISLAM.

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