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Assalam Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah Wa Barakatahu

NO COMPULSION IN RELIGION

In the name of Allah, the Most-Merciful, the All-Compassionate

"May the Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon You"

Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah

As-Salaam Alaykum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakaatuh

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Do Not Force Anyone to Become a Muslim, No Compulsion in Religion


By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org

Ibn Kathir writes in his commentary on Surah Al-Baqarah:

Allah Almighty said: لاَ إِكْرَاهَ فِى الدِّينِ
There is no compulsion in religion, (2:,256)

Meaning, “Do not force anyone to become Muslim, for Islam is plain and clear, and its proofs and evidence are plain and clear. Therefore, there is no need to force anyone to embrace Islam. Rather, whoever Allah directs to Islam, opens his heart for it and enlightens his mind, will embrace Islam with certainty. Whoever Allah blinds his heart and seals his hearing and sight, then he will not benefit from being forced to embrace Islam.”

It was reported that the Ansar were the reason behind revealing this verse, although its indication is general in meaning. Ibn Jarir recorded that Ibn Abbas said that before Islam, When an Ansar woman would not bear children who would live, she would vow that if she gives birth to a child who remains alive, she would raise him as a Jew. When Banu An-Nadir (the Jewish tribe) were evacuated from Medina, some of the children of the Ansar were being raised among them, and the Ansar said: We will not abandon our children. So Allah revealed:

لاَ إِكْرَاهَ فِى الدِّينِ قَد تَّبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّ
There is no compulsion in religion. Verily, the right path has become distinct from the wrong path.

Abu Dawud and An-Nasa’i recorded this tradition.

Imam Ahmad recorded from Anas that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to a man:

أَسْلِم
Embrace Islam.
The man said, “Indeed, I find that I dislike it.” So he said:
وَإِنْ كُنْتَ كَارِهًا
Even if you dislike it.
[Musnad Ahmad, Number 11650, Sahih]

First, this is an authentic tradition, with only three narrators between Imam Ahmad and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. However, it is not relevant to the subject under discussion, for the Prophet did not force that man to become Muslim. The Prophet merely invited this man to become Muslim, and he replied that he does not find himself eager to become Muslim. The Prophet said to the man that even though he dislikes embracing Islam, he should still embrace it “for Allah will grant you sincerity and true intent.”

Success comes from Allah, and Allah knows best.
 

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JOURNEY TO ISLAM:  Islam Gave Me Happiness: NZ Rugby Star

 

OnIslam & News Agencies

“I think I’ve become a better person. When I play, I play well,” Williams said.

WELLINGTON – Preparing for world cup, a New Zealand rugby Muslim star has said that Islam has made him a new man after a successful spell playing union where he won the World Cup with the All Blacks.

"I wouldn't be half the man I am today without my faith," New Zealand's Sonny Bill Williams said in a BBC video.

Four years in union, including a World Cup win, six professional victories as a boxer, William’s conversion to Islam have seen him return to league a new man.

“I think I’ve become a better person. When I play, I play well,” Williams said.

“I get a lot of love, a lot of respect,” he added.

New Zealand are looking to retain the title they won in 2008, with Williams seeking to become the first player to win a World Cup in both codes of the game.

Born in 1985, Williams a top-notch rugby star in New Zealand.

He reverted to Islam in 2008 after attending prayer services at a Sydney mosque.

The superstar is the first Muslim to play for the All Blacks rugby team.

Williams’ younger sister Niall Williams is a New Zealand international touch football player, and won gold at the Youth World Cup in 2005 and silver at the 2011 Touch Football World Cup.

“Islam has given me happiness. I don’t go around preaching or anything. It is like something that’s just with me,” Williams said in another video posted on YouTube last September.

“What it has done for me on my inside I can’t really explain. But obviously it’s helped with my footy, cause I don’t drink or anything like that anymore and I try to live a lot cleaner lifestyle and things like that, but essentially it’s just made me a lot happier.”

Role Model

Turning from league’s most hated player, New Zealand coach Stephen Kearney said that international rugby league fans will see a new player.

“He's been fantastic. He's been really good," Kearney said of the 28-year-old, who won the NRL with the Sydney Roosters earlier this month, told 3News website on Sunday, October 27.

"He's light years away from where he has. He was always a special talent but he's five years on, wiser and more mature. He's different.

"He has got to know himself. He's measured himself, he's grown and is a man now. We all need time to do that. At the time he was a 22-year-old, a big fish in the pond and some of us don't handle that."

The south-pacific island country of New Zealand is home to 36,000 Muslims, according to the 2006 census.

http://www.onislam.net/english/news/asia-pacific/465441-islam-gave-me-happiness-nz-rugby-star.html

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