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Extreme, Moderate And Negligent Muslim by Rashduct4luv(m): 8:35am On Aug 09
Moderate (as an adjective) means average in amount, intensity, quality or degree!

Moderation in Islam means that one does not exaggerate and go beyond the limit set by Allaah, and that one does not neglect it and fall short of the limit set by Allaah.

Moderation in religion means following the example of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). Exaggeration means trying to do more than he did, and negligence means not reaching that level.

For example, a man says, “I want to spend all night in prayer (qiyaam al-layl), and never sleep all my life, because prayer is one of the best acts of worship, so I want to spend the entire night in prayer.” We say, this is going to extremes in the religion of Allaah, and this is not right. Something like this happened at the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), when a group of men got together and one of them said, “I will pray at night and never sleep.” Another said, “I will fast and never break my fast.” The third one said, “I will never marry women.” News of that reached the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and he said, “What is wrong with people who say such and such? I fast and I break my fast. I sleep, and I marry women. Whoever overlooks my Sunnah does not belong to me.” These people had gone to extremes in religion, and so the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) disowned them, because they overlooked his Sunnah which includes fasting and not fasting, praying at night and sleeping, and marrying women.
The one who is falling short is one who says, “I do not need to do voluntary (naafil) actions, so I will not do them. I will only do the fard actions. He may even be falling short in the fard actions, so this person is lacking.

The moderate person is one who follows the path of the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and his rightly-guided successors (al-Khulafaa’ al-Raashidoon).

Another example: three men are faced with an immoral man. One of them says, “I will not greet this immoral man and I will boycott him, keep away from him and not speak to him.”
The second one says, “I will go with this immoral man, greet him and smile at him. I will invite him to my place and accept his invitation. He is just like any righteous man to me.”
The third one says, “I hate this immoral man for his immoral actions, but I love him for his faith. I will not boycott him unless doing so is in his best interests. If there is nothing to be gained by boycotting him, and if that will only increase him in his immorality, then I will not boycott him.”
We say that the first man is going to extremes, the second is negligent and the third is moderate.

The same applies to all other acts of worship and dealings with others. People vary between extremism, negligence and moderation.

A third example: A man is a prisoner of his wife, who directs him as she wishes and he does not stop her from committing sin, or urge her to do good. She has taken over his reason and has become the one who is in charge of him.
Another man treats his wife in a harsh, arrogant and high-handed manner. He does not care about her and regards her as less than a servant.
A third man is moderate in his dealings with his wife, as Allaah and His Messenger commanded.
“And they (women) have rights (over their husbands as regards living expenses) similar (to those of their husbands) over them (as regards obedience and respect) to what is reasonable”
[al-Baqarah 2:228 – interpretation of the meaning]

[The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:] “Let no believing man hate a believing woman. If he dislikes one of her characteristics he will be pleased with another.”

This last man is the one who is moderate. The second one is extreme in his dealings with his wife, and the first is falling short.

The same applies to all other deeds and acts of worship.

Majmoo’ Fataawa wa Rasaa’il li Fadeelat al-Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen, vol. 1, p. 42

IN SUMMARY
Whatever is in accordance with sharee’ah is moderate; whatever exceeds that is extreme and whatever falls short of that is laxity. The standard in all cases is sharee’ah and the meaning of moderation is that which is in accordance with the sharee’ah. Whatever is in accordance with sharee’ah is moderate. And Allah knows best

May Allah grant us understanding!

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Re: Extreme, Moderate And Negligent Muslim by Antlislaam: 9:47am On Aug 16
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Re: Extreme, Moderate And Negligent Muslim by farouk2much(m): 12:59pm On Aug 23
Alhamdu-lillah........ Am very proud to be a muslim, a devoted one. Very proud

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Re: Extreme, Moderate And Negligent Muslim by turmacs(f): 1:05pm On Aug 23
Alhamdu-llilah, Allahu Akbar smiley

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Re: Extreme, Moderate And Negligent Muslim by shoodboi2: 1:07pm On Aug 23
What do you mean by extreme, moderate, and negligent Muslim?

At what point did Muslims begin to categorise themselves into such? Which islamic book or scholar did you consult to reach the conclusion that some Muslims are negligent and others are moderate?

Who are you to even categorise a Muslim as "negligent"? Are you God?

And what do you mean by extremist Muslim? Are there extremist Christians or extremist Jews?

All those terms you mentioned up there were formed by western media and organizations to categorize Muslims. Specifically, they want to create the notion of the "extremist Muslim" aka terrorist.

Meanwhile, do they call Christian terrorists like the Lord's Resistance Army or the Catholic Irish Republic Army as extremist Christians?

No, they don't. And they don't call the Zionists extremist Jews either. So why does Islam have extremist Muslims?

You really should be careful about what you teach:

A Muslim is a Muslim. If you want to promote the ideology of extremist Muslims, then promote extremist Christians and extremist Jews too. Or else, don't promote it at all.

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Re: Extreme, Moderate And Negligent Muslim by blessedvisky(m): 1:18pm On Aug 23
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Re: Extreme, Moderate And Negligent Muslim by Waqes900: 1:26pm On Aug 23
Scam religion

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Re: Extreme, Moderate And Negligent Muslim by Kukutenla: 2:03pm On Aug 23
Antlislaam:
Reserved

This characterisation is wrong by Allah
A Muslim can only be categorised by how seriously he takes the cause of Islam and the Prophet (SAW) upon himshelf by engaging in jihad
An extremist Muslim is one who fights jihad with himself and others. He can do this for example by engaging in suicide bombing like AbdulMutallab. This is the best of all Muslims
A moderate Muslim on the other hand is one who fights jihad only with others but never with himself. An example of such is Shekau.
A lax Muslim is one who only makes public posturing about jihad but is too lazy or hypocritical to carry out jihad as is expected of him. Such an example is AntiChristian. Such an audio Muslim is a munafiq and should be stoned to death.
Re: Extreme, Moderate And Negligent Muslim by AntiChristian: 3:34pm On Aug 23
Kukutenla:


This characterisation is wrong by Allah
A Muslim can only be categorised by how seriously he takes the cause of Islam and the Prophet (SAW) upon himshelf by engaging in jihad
An extremist Muslim is one who fights jihad with himself and others. He can do this for example by engaging in suicide bombing like AbdulMutallab. This is the best of all Muslims
A moderate Muslim on the other hand is one who fights jihad only with others but never with himself. An example of such is Shekau.
A lax Muslim is one who only makes public posturing about jihad but is too lazy or hypocritical to carry out jihad as is expected of him. Such an example is AntiChristian. Such an audio Muslim is a munafiq and should be stoned to death.

No be flesh and Blood reveal this nonsense to you but the accursed devil!

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Re: Extreme, Moderate And Negligent Muslim by Kukutenla: 3:38pm On Aug 23
AntiChristian:


No be flesh and Blood reveal this nonsense to you but the accursed devil!
Just as he revealed Satanic verses to Muhammad

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Re: Extreme, Moderate And Negligent Muslim by AntiChristian: 3:47pm On Aug 23
Kukutenla:

Just as he revealed Satanic verses to Muhammad

Satanic Verses - Number 1.
Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey. (1 Samuel 15:2-3)

lipsrsealed

Brutal and fatal!
Re: Extreme, Moderate And Negligent Muslim by Kukutenla: 4:03pm On Aug 23
AntiChristian:


Satanic Verses - Number 1.
Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey. (1 Samuel 15:2-3)

lipsrsealed

Brutal and fatal!
What is the relationship between this and being a good Muslim
Have you abandoned the Qur'an and now following the Bible?

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Re: Extreme, Moderate And Negligent Muslim by Nwaikpe: 4:05pm On Aug 23
Make I keep kwayet.


Anyways, this is the difference:

The Extreme wields the sword and cuts the throat.
The Moderate goes around telling the world that the extreme is "not TOTALLY right" while hiding his own swords.
The Negligent stand with his placard, waiting for the slaughtered to fight back, then he will be on the street to protest.

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Re: Extreme, Moderate And Negligent Muslim by AntiChristian: 4:16pm On Aug 23
Kukutenla:

What is the relationship between this and being a good Muslim
Have you abandoned the Qur'an and now following the Bible?

Nwaikpe:
Make I keep kwayet.


Anyways, this is the difference:

The Extreme wields the sword and cuts the throat.
The Moderate goes around telling the world that the extreme is "not TOTALLY right" while hiding his own swords.
The Negligent stand with his placard, waiting for the slaughtered to fight back, then he will be on the street to protest.

Kukutenla:


This characterisation is wrong by Allah
A Muslim can only be categorised by how seriously he takes the cause of Islam and the Prophet (SAW) upon himshelf by engaging in jihad
An extremist Muslim is one who fights jihad with himself and others. He can do this for example by engaging in suicide bombing like AbdulMutallab. This is the best of all Muslims
A moderate Muslim on the other hand is one who fights jihad only with others but never with himself. An example of such is Shekau.
A lax Muslim is one who only makes public posturing about jihad but is too lazy or hypocritical to carry out jihad as is expected of him. Such an example is AntiChristian. Such an audio Muslim is a munafiq and should be stoned to death.

We have to force you guys to have sense!

How are all these related to Islam at all?
Re: Extreme, Moderate And Negligent Muslim by Bimpe29: 4:44pm On Aug 23
Alihamdulillahi Rabili Alameen for Islam and opportunity to entirely believe in the 5 pillars of Islam as well as article of Islamic faith.

Being a moderate Muslim is really a divine blessing any human would eternally long for.

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Re: Extreme, Moderate And Negligent Muslim by olayinka63: 6:10pm On Aug 23
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shoodboi2:
What do you mean by extreme, moderate, and negligent Muslim?

At what point did Muslims begin to categorise themselves into such? Which islamic book or scholar did you consult to reach the conclusion that some Muslims are negligent and others are moderate?

Who are you to even categorise a Muslim as "negligent"? Are you God?

Here is an example of a negligent Muslim OP explains. Assuming this person is a Muslim.

And what do you mean by extremist Muslim? Are there extremist Christians or extremist Jews?

All those terms you mentioned up there were formed by western media and organizations to categorize Muslims. Specifically, they want to create the notion of the "extremist Muslim" aka terrorist.

Meanwhile, do they call Christian terrorists like the Lord's Resistance Army or the Catholic Irish Republic Army as extremist Christians?

No, they don't. And they don't call the Zionists extremist Jews either. So why does Islam have extremist Muslims?

You really should be careful about what you teach:

A Muslim is a Muslim. If you want to promote the ideology of extremist Muslims, then promote extremist Christians and extremist Jews too. Or else, don't promote it at all.
Re: Extreme, Moderate And Negligent Muslim by effort1: 6:12pm On Aug 23
Rashduct4luv:
Moderate (as an adjective) means average in amount, intensity, quality or degree!

Moderation in Islam means that one does not exaggerate and go beyond the limit set by Allaah, and that one does not neglect it and fall short of the limit set by Allaah.

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The limit set by your allah is in Quran 9:29, telling you to fight against people just because they are not Muslims. So fighting against non Muslims just because they choose another religion is part of Islam and those who do that are Islamic extremists.

Any Muslim that flights against Christians like Boko Haram and ISIS is doing the will of allah.

So, Islamic extremists are the ones actually doing the will of allah.

Those so-called moderate muslims are not doing the will of your allah because dey refuse to follow Quran 9:29.

There are moderate muslims but there is no moderate Islam. Islam is basically extreme!

Islam is a curse to humanity

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Re: Extreme, Moderate And Negligent Muslim by effort1: 6:17pm On Aug 23
AntiChristian:


Satanic Verses - Number 1.
Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey. (1 Samuel 15:2-3)

lipsrsealed

Brutal and fatal!


The fact that Jesus didn't support violence or killing of those who don't believe in him shows that the person who sent Muhammad differs from the person who sent Jesus Christ.

Jesus preached peace, while Quran allah preached violence.

So, Quran allah is not YHWH

Quran allah is not the one that created heaven and earth.

Quran allah is formulated by Muhammad.

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Re: Extreme, Moderate And Negligent Muslim by effort1: 6:21pm On Aug 23
Bimpe29:
Alihamdulillahi Rabili Alameen for Islam and opportunity to entirely believe in the 5 pillars of Islam as well as article of Islamic faith.

Being a moderate Muslim is really a divine blessing any human would eternally long for.

Oga, of you are not following Quran 9:29, you are a fake Muslim.

The real Muslims are juhadists like Boko Haram and ISIS.

Anyone calling himself moderate muslim is a fake Muslim because there is no moderate Islam

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