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FAITHS | Bahá'í | Buddhism | Catholicism | Christianity | Hinduism | ISKCON | Islam | Jainism | Judaism | Methodist | Paganry | Sikhism Islam Islam, the second largest religion in the world is the third strand in the Abrahamic stream of religions. Therefore its core belief centres on the existence of One God. The 'house' of Islam can be described using a hadith, a tradition of our Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) which has been thoroughly verified. One day a man with exceedingly white clothes and black hair bearing no signs of travel emerged from the desert, entered a gathering of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and his companions and sat in front of him, knee to knee. He asked the question 'What is Islam?' and was met with the answer
These 5 are the pillars and foundations of our house, having ritual significance. Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) was asked 'what is faith?' 'Faith is
These 6 things are the walls and other structures of our house, constituting the things a Muslim must believe. Then he was asked 'What is excellence?' 'Excellence is to worship God as if you see Him, and if you see Him not then know that He sees you.' This is the highest station of the three and can be said to be the pleasant furnishing of the house and indeed the roof above it all. 'Excellence' represents matters of the self and spirituality. This 'God-consciousness' is the aim for every Muslim. It is attained when the believer combines their practices beliefs and experiences; just as God is One in all respects the Muslim aims to bring all the aspects of his personality into resonant harmony. After the stranger left the Prophet peace be upon him was moved to tell his companions that their strange visitor was the Angel Gabriel, and 'he came to teach you your religion...'
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