Hi welcome ,do you know What is islam ? Well let me enlighten you a tiny bit before we continue.

Islam: A Comprehensive Way of Life .

All praise is due to Allah and may His

choicest salutations continue to descend on our Master and Leader Muhammad Sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam.“I created the jinn and humankind only that they worship Me “(51:56)

We often associate worship with specific religious acts separated from our everyday activities. Worship in Islam is to live our lives with the conscious awareness of the ever presence of Allah.

Hence we can be worshipping Allah throughout the day, be it at home, the workplace or any other place. We certainly will not be fulfilling the purpose of our creation by limiting worship to the five fundamentals of Islam even though they serve as the central pillars of our faith? Worship does not only relate to

the performance of salah, payment of zakat, fasting and

performance of Haj? If the reason of our entire existence is to

worship Allah, there has to be more to worship than fulfilling

the five fundamentals of faith.

The discharge of our five daily prayers does not take more than

one hour or more than 5% of twenty four hours. How do we worship

Allah in the remaining 95% of the day?

The month of fasting equals to one month form twelve months. How

do we worship Allah in the rest of the eleven months?

Zakaat is paid once a year only by those who own the nisaab. How

do we worship Allah in rest of the year?

Likewise haj is a once in a lifetime obligation for those who

have the means. How do we worship Allah for the better part of

our lives?

Worship has to be all-encompassing for it to be to be the

primary function of our lives, it has to be interwoven into

every aspect of our daily lives… it cannot be confined to a

particular time, place or occasion. By looking at the broader

and more inclusive meaning of worship we do not in any way

undervalue the importance of the five fundamentals which form

the bedrock of Islam.

Abu Hurairah Radh-Allahu anhu narrates that the Prophet

Sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam said: “Whosoever relieves a believer

from some grief pertaining to this world, Allah will relieve him

of grief pertaining to the Hereafter. Whosoever lessens the

difficulties of a needy person who cannot pay his debt, Allah

will alleviate his difficulties in both this world and the

Hereafter. Whosoever conceals the faults of a Muslim, Allah will

conceal his faults in this world and the Hereafter.” In this

hadith Nabi Sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam has connected the doing

of good to fellow humans as acts of worship that attract rewards

in this world and the hereafter. This means that:

You are worshipping Allah when you extend a helping

hand to others: “Allah will help you for as long

as you are engaged in helping others.” (Muslim)

You are worshipping Allah when you feed the poor and

forge family ties: “ It is not righteousness that

ye turn your faces Towards east or West; but it is

righteousness- to believe in Allah and the Last Day, and the

Angels, and the Book, and the Messengers; to spend of your

substance, out of love for Him, for your kin, for orphans, for

the needy, for the wayfarer, for those who ask, and for the

ransom of slaves; to be steadfast in prayer, and practice

regular charity; to fulfil the contracts which ye have made; and

to be firm and patient, in pain (or suffering) and adversity,

and throughout all periods of panic. Such are the people of

truth, the Allah-fearing. (2:177)

You are worshipping Allah when you fulfil the rights

of others and honour your commitments:“O you who

believe! Fulfil (all) obligations.” (5:1)

You are worshipping Allah when you talk

respectfully: “And be moderate in your pace, and

lower your voice; for the harshest of sounds without doubt is

the braying of the ass. (31:19)

You are worshipping Allah each time you smile and

greet your fellow brother: “Do not despise any act

of good even if it be meeting your brother with a smile.”

(Muslim)

You are worshipping when you treat your partner with

kindness and love: “The best of you are those who

are best to their families and I am best to my family”

(Tirmidhi)

You are worshipping Allah when your restrain your

anger: “Those who spend (freely), whether in

prosperity, or in adversity; who restrain anger, and pardon

(all) men; - for Allah loves those who do good” (3:134)

You are worshipping Allah when you say no to bribery

and corruption: “Allah curses one who bribes

(rashi) and one who takes a bribe (murtashi).” (Abu Dawud)

There are approximately 500 verses that deal with law –halal &

haram - out of a total of more than six thousand verses in the

Quran. The central message of the Quran is to develop a bond

with Allah that creates a conscious awareness of accountability

and subservience to the Beloved. Less than 10% of the Quran

deals with laws – the balance deals with development of

character, self- reformation, rectitude, justice, fairness,

brotherhood, mercy, compassion and solidarity. The mission of

Nabi Sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam was to help develop the

individual. He said: “I have been sent to perfect good

character.” (Musnad Bazzar) He further said that: “The best

among you is the one whose character is best.” (Bukhari) Islam

spread to South East Asia - Indonesia Malaysia Thailand etc.

when the locals observed the ethics, values, and honesty of

Muslim traders who came to their shores.

Islam is an all -inclusive way of life. It regulates all our

activities; individual, social, economic, political and

spiritual. Humility, honesty, simplicity, equality and justice,

stand as the hallmarks of a true Muslim. We are the vicegerents

of Allah who live Islam not only at particular times of the

day, month or year, but who live and die for the pleasure of

Allah: “Say: ‘Truly, my prayer, my sacrifice, my living and my

dying are for Allah, the Lord of the worlds. No partner has He:

this am I commanded, and I am the first of those who submit to

His Will.” (6:162-163)

We must guard against relegating Islam to a ritualistic creed,

where worship is something we do in the masjid, or in the month

of Ramadhan, where Islam has no bearing on how we earn our

living, how we treat others, how we conduct our social affairs

and the kind of character we display.

May Allah grant us the ability to worship Him in all that we do.