Being A Good Muslim By # 2.1

      Do you know why people always tell you to be a good Muslim? It’s because if you die you’re going to be asked three important questions. If you get all of them right, you go to Jannah, but if you get them wrong, you go to hell fire.

      The question is, one, who is your God? The second question is, who is your prophet? And the third question, what is your religion?

      Well, to answer all of the questions you have to be a good Muslim. I know you think that being a good Muslim is easy. All you have to do is just pray five times a day and worship Allah (SWT).

      I can tell you that being a good Muslim is not only about praying five times a day and worshipping Allah (SWT), it is about your characteristics and how you act. Like when you pray five times a day, and you worship Allah (SWT) very well, but your characteristics, and how you act is bad, then you are not being a good Muslim. But if you do all that very well, and your characteristics and behavior are well, then you are a good Muslim.

      So what are the requirements to be a good Muslim?

      All you have to do is pray five times a day, worship Allah (SWT), have good characteristics, do not act bad to other people, especially your Muslim brothers and sisters, be really nice, do good deeds, read the Holy Quran every single day, even if you finished reading it, read it again and try to memorize it. I heard that if you make wudhu a lot of times and if you read the Holy Qur’an often, when you die, your grave would not be dark. Something will be shining so you can see.

      And, to be a good Muslim, never do bad deeds. At least try not to. If you do and you realized that you did it, say Astaghfirullaahalazhiimi, then stand up to pray two Rakaahs, then seeks Allah’s forgiveness, accept that Allah will forgive you, respect your elders, especially your parents, and if you hurt somebody say sorry.

      Also, to be a good Muslim, we must follow the two pillars of Islam. They are five pillars of Islam and six pillars of Eeman. The five pillars of Islam states: shahadah that states: There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Then, perform prayers, pay zakat, fast in Ramadhan, and to make the Pilgrimage to the Ka’bah if you are able to do so. The six pillars of Eeman states: Believe in Allah (SWT), His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last day, and to believe I divine destiny, both the good and evil thereof.

      That’s not all. Even if you have done all of those, remember, you must not eat pork because it is not Halal. Muslims must only eat Halal and good (thayibah) food, which is not easy for us who live in America.

      Do you know why it is not Halal? Because Allah said so in the Qur’an. There are some stuff that is called Haram (not Halal and not thayib), and some stuff that is called Halal.

      Haram food is served in most of public restaurant in America. They are Haram because they don’t say “Bismillahirrahmaannirahiim” when they slaughter the animal. The Halal stuff is mostly seafood unless they are fried in pork’s skin oil. Do you know why they are Halal? It is because we don’t have to slaughter them.

      So, if you don’t know how to be a good Muslim and you want to become one, just follow what I typed, and do all the stuff.***