سبحان الله والحمد لله ولاإله إلا الله والله أكبر ولا حول ولاقوة إلا بالله أستغفرالله العظيم لذنبي ولوالدي ولجميع المؤمنين والمؤمنات والمسلمين والمسلمات الأحياء منهم والأموات.سبحان الله وبحمده عدد خلقه ورضاء نفسه وزنة عرشه ومداد كلماته. اللهم صل وسلم على سيدنا محمد وأاله وصحبه عدد خلقك ورضاء نفسك وزنة عرشك ومداد كلماتك.أسأل الله العظيم رب العرش العظيم أن يرزقنا من فضله الواسع في الدنياوالأخرة لي ولجميع المسلمين.ربنا أتنافي الدنيا حسنة وفي الأخرة حسنة وأقنا عذاب النار.اللهم أنصر أخوننا في سوريا وفي كل مكان.أستغفرالله أستغفرالله

If Bible & Quran Are From Allah, Why Do They Disagree With Each Other?

I've read your testimony of coming to Islam. I'm a Baptist Christian and I am very interested in the absolute TRUTH which I believe Christ to be. However, if it could be proven that my beliefs are wrong and that Islam is right, I would become a Muslim immediately, for why would one want to believe in something that one knows is not true? You state that Muslims hold up Christ as a prophet of God, not as his son. Christ doesn't explicitly declare that he is Son of God but it is clearly understood implicitly, so Christ disagrees with Muhammad; if they're both prophets of God then HOW COULD THEY DISAGREE? As Christ himself stated, he did NOT come to abolish the Law, but to FULFILL it! He is in agreement with all the Old Testament prophets, but most definitely NOT with Muhammad so there is NO WAY that Islam can claim to be a fulfillment of the Old and New Testament because Islam DISAGREES with the Old and New Testament!

If Allah is the source for the Old and New Testament AND the Quran, then HOW COULD THEY DISAGREE with each other??
The Old and New Testaments (Old and New Covenants between man and God) complement each other, there is absolutely NO NEED for any third part, like Islam.
How do you reconcile all this?
And also, please don't claim to have been a Christian when lying and cheating was a normal way of your life. Not that I'm a saint but it definitely does not look like the Holy Spirit was in you.
How do you reconcile all this?

Thank you for writing to me. I hope that what I say will not offend you in any way.

Your letter has some very interesting and absolutely true statements.

I was wondering if you would really like to see the 'errors' in your statements, or as you have said yourself, you are already convinced about the role of Jesus and you don't want to know anything that might disagree with what you already want to believe?

Jesus (Peace be upon him) is very dear to me and I feel the same for Muhammad (Peace and blessings be upon him).

Most important to me though, is my relationship with the One and only God. The God of Adam and all the prophets. The God that they all prayed to. The God that Jesus (Peace be upon him) worshipped. I love God. I pray that God will love me and forgive my sins.

I pray to God, directly and without any intercession or icons or idols of any kind. I pray only to Him and I ask Him to guide me. If He does, then I'll be all right. If He doesn't, then who could help if He doesn't want me to be guided?

I have studied the religions of Jewish, Christian and Muslim faith for a number of years. I have held public dialogs with the well known professors of seminary colleges and universities. I have watched thousands of people enter into the submission of God (that is what 'Islam' means) and all the while, I have known that it wasn't from me. The Guidance to Islam or away from Islam is only coming from Almighty God [Allah in Arabic].

As regards the subject of lying, I would like to mention that the worse kind of lying is to lie against Almighty God. This can be understood from the third commandment regarding not taking the Name of the Lord in vain. Anyone who attributes a fault to God Almighty is most certainly lying. Being human would be someone less than perfect for Allah. What remains of the Bible confirms what is in the Quran. Namely, that Almighty God has no son, nor is He the father of anything. This was all added much later after Jesus had already risen to be with God. (Please reference the Book of Numbers, chapter 23, verses 19 and 20 and the Quran in chapter 112). Whoever says Jesus is God, or son of God, is a liar according to the Bible and the Quran. That is the lying that I am talking about more than anything else.

As regards your statement about the "Holy Spirit" being in me, I have watched people fall down on the floor and wiggle and jiggle and make strange noises like animals in pain, but I never have had that happen to me. These people told me that they had the "holy spirit." If that is what you have in you or you are suggesting that it is something good, then I choose to differ with you on that subject. The "spirit" of goodness and kindness is something that all Muslims strive and work for everyday. And we do it for the sake of God, just as I am sure many Christians do as well. My point is that every human being does sin and falls short of the mark and that only by the Grace of God and His Mercy are we saved from disaster in this life and more importantly, in the Next Life.

You are most welcome to continuing write to me if you like. But I do not wish to argue or fight with anyone on this subject if it can be avoided. My religion teaches me that no one can be forced or coerced into believing in One True God, who is due all worship without any partners.
If you would like a quick overview of the meanings of the words that are used in presenting Islam in the English language, then feel free to check out what I have written on this topic at: www.WhatsIslam.com

After you have read these meanings - please write back and tell me what you have found, if you like.

Thank you again for taking your time to be concerned and to write to me. Who knows? Maybe one of us is closer to the other one than we know?

Sheikh Yusuf Estes

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Did Islam Exist Before Muhammad (Peace & Blessings Be Upon Him)?

We as Muslims believe Jesus came before Mohamed and accepted Jesus as our Prophet but why Islam didn't come into existence before Mohamed, instead Christianity came into existence as claimed by Christians, and majority of them still claims that Christianity was founded by Jesus, is that a misconception or what please explain, and if Mohamed was able to spread Islamic principles and establish Islam and convert lot of people as Muslims why not Jesus, was Allah waiting for Mohamed to spread Islam or what?

I would like to offer you the opportunity to read a presentation directly from our website:
www.WhatsIslam.com

And while you are reading, notice that the word "Islam" is explained both as a verb and as a noun. The reason for this is to help the non-Muslims understand that "Islam" has always been there for all of the people since the time of Adam, peace be upon him. This is in the form of the verb, "Islam." Anyone who "Islams" is therefore, a "Muslim."
As regards what the prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings be upon him) brought this is clearly the noun form of the same word, "Islam." Yet, at the same time we still can understand it as a verb.

The religion of the people who came after their prophets always became named by them in ways that they could divide up themselves and distinguish themselves from other groups. The Muslims have tried to do the same thing even today. The idea of dividing up into different groups is something that Allah forbid us to do in the Quran and it is something that the devil loves to see us do.

Now let me make my point perfectly clear: ISLAM is the Way of all of the prophets from the first (Adam, peace be upon him) to Muhammad (Peace and blessings be upon him). They all called the people to submit their free choice that Allah had given them to the Will of Allah. That is what "Islam" is really all about.

When the people begin to corrupt and change the message, they give some name to it that makes it distinct for them. Usually they chose a noun such as a person, place or thing. The examples are many, but let me mention the Hindus, from the nation of Hind, the Jews from the tribe of Judah, the Christians from The Christ, the Buddhists from the name of their Buddha. All of these are "nouns" right? So that is where they took the names.

Islam is from Allah, The Creator and Sustainer of all that exists. As such, it is for Him Alone to command and direct His creation and He Alone is responsible for what He will accept and what He will not accept. It is also for Him Alone to decree what is good and what is bad and He must be the One to show the right path in all things.

Everything in the life of the creations of Allah, especially for those who have choices to make (us), must be dictated and clarified by the One who Created everything in the fist place. We understand from this that Islam must be a complete and total way of living, explaining everything in the life from beginning to end and from birth until death.

Islam is careful to remind us that it not a religion to be paid mere lip service; rather it is an all-encompassing way of life that must be practiced continuously for it to be Islam.

There are other injunctions and commandments which concern virtually all facets of one's personal, family and civic life. These include such matters as diet, clothing, personal hygiene, interpersonal relations, business ethics, responsibilities towards parents, spouse and children, marriage, divorce and inheritance, civil and criminal law, fighting in defense of Islam, relations with non-Muslims, and so much more.

In conclusion, we are forced to realize that ISLAM is a complete way of life for the human being. Everything is covered in Islam from birth to death to live in the complete submission to the Will of the One Who Created man in the first place.

Sheikh Yusuf Estes

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Aïd al-Idha, entre tradition et gourmandise

La fête de l’Aïd al-Idha ou Aīd al-Kébīr, (par opposition à Aïd séghir, qui est Aïd el fitr), a lieu le 10 du mois de dhou al-hijja, le dernier du calendrier musulman, après waqfat Arafat. Il marque chaque année la fin du Hajj. C’est la fête du sacrifice. Elle commémore la soumission d’Ibrahim à Dieu qui a accepté de se plier à sa demande d’égorger son fils, Ismaël. Mais, au dernier moment, Dieu lui envoie un mouton à la place. Le mouton remplace ainsi l’enfant.

Le prophète Mohamed en a fait une tradition. Ainsi, les familles musulmanes sacrifient un mouton ou un bélier après la prière et le sermon de l’aïd. Chaque année, dès l’apparition de la nouvelle lune, marquant la fin du mois précédent et le début du suivant, les musulmans égorgent leurs moutons. Et chaque année, un demi-million de moutons passent au sacrifice en une seule journée!

Une semaine avant le jour J, les enfants ornent leurs moutons de rubans et les exhibent avec fierté dans le quartiers.

Voici les principaux plats préparés le jour de l’Aīd al-Kébīr :

Côtelettes d’agneau grillées sur un barbecue : Préparez les côtelettes et retirez tout excédent de gras! Laisser-les mariner 2 heures, dans 1 cuillère à soupe d’huile, avec du thym, romarin, laurier, poivre. Ne percez surtout pas les morceaux de viande, la cuisson les assèche de l’intérieur. Sachez également qu’il ne faut jamais saler la viande avant de la griller car le sel fait sortir tout le jus de la viande. Passez sur le barbecue 10 à 20 minutes.

Recette de «klaya» : coupez foie, cœur et viande en cubes et faites-les revenir à feu doux dans de l’huile. Ajoutez : sel, poivre, harissa, ail, 1 cuillère de tomate, curcuma et karwiya (carvi). Ajoutez de l’eau et laissez bouillir pendant 45 minuts. En servant ce plat, ajoutez par-dessus un peu de persil et d’oignon hachés.

Recette de « klaya zaara » : Coupez la viande en cubes. Faites bouillir dans de l’huile d’olive et de l’eau. Ajoutez-y carvi, curcuma, sel et poivre. N’oubliez pas l’indispensable petit zeste de citron par-dessus !

Recette du «Osbane»: commencez par bien nettoyer les tripes du mouton, ainsi que les poumons, boyaux, le cœur et le foie. Ensuite, préparez 3 oignons, 1 gousse d’ail, 1 bouquet de coriandre, épinards, persil, menthe sèche, 100 g de pois chiches, un verre de riz, 2 cuillères de concentré de tomate, 4 cuillères d’huile d’olive, sel, piment fin, poivre, cumin et tabel. Faites cuire les tripes, les poumons et les boyaux dans de l’eau salée bouillante pendant un quart d’heure, en remuant de temps à autre. Retirez, ensuite, les tripes du feu, lavez-les puis découpez-les en grands morceaux. Coupez foie, poumons et boyaux en petits morceaux. Hachez l’oignon, la coriandre, l’épinard, le persil et l’ail. Par la suite, mélangez les morceaux de foie, de poumons et de boyaux avec l’oignon, la menthe, la coriandre, épinard, persil, l’ail, le riz, les pois chiches, les épices, le concentré de tomate et l’huile d’olive. Pliez en deux les tripes carrés de tripe, mettez la farce et cousez les bords.

Conseils pour le stockage de la viande : Pour une longue conservation, il faut découper la viande pour la congeler, dans des sachets en plastique alimentaire et à une température de moins de 18°C.

Eid Al Id’ha

Eid Al Id’ha is marked by a ritual where Muslims slaughter their sheep, goats or sometimes even cows or camels.

The celebration occurs during the month of Muslim Hajj, the last month of the lunar calendar when Muslims make pilgrimage in large numbers to Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

The significance of Eid Al Kebir to Muslims is the opportunity to commemorate the biblical story of Abraham’s strong commitment to God when he was willing to sacrifice his son Isaac. God intervened to have Abraham sacrifice a ram instead.

For many Tunisians nowadays, Eid Al Kebir is celebrated with family gatherings and Tunisian food that are specialties for the occasion.

Many varieties are displayed on Tunisian tables on the day of Eid Al Kebir and probably the most prominent of all is grilled lamb, couscous with Osben — a set of vegetables and sheep’s organs stuffed in sheep guts, Kadid — dried meat, and Kelea — lamb and tomato sauce.



Nizar Mahjoubi, a merchant, said that Eid El Kebir has “no religious significance” for him or his family. He mostly likes to spend the day with his family and to eat lamb that he buys from the butcher.

His neighbor, Faouzi Ghorbel, seemed to share his opinion. Fouazi defined himself as a non-devoted Muslim, maintaining that this would not stop him from celebrating Eid El Kebir with his family and children.

Another neighbor Mrs. Neji, however, saw Eid Al Kebir in a different light, stating that it is important to keep religious rituals and to teach them to her children. Neji’s children considered Eid Al Kebir to be one of the most exciting days in the year and said they enjoy the food.