Last Prophet Of Allah.
Once I posed the following question to my students: If a foreigner asks you to explain all about Islam within an hour, could you fulfill this task? They replied: ?this is impossible! He has to study Tawhid, commentary on the Holy Qur'an and the Art of its Reciting, Hadith and Jurisprudence. He has also to delve into problems and issues which may need five years.
I retorted by saying: ?Subhana Allah! Didn't the unlettered Bedouin come to Allah's Messenger (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and learn all about Islam just by staying in his company for a day or even less? And didn't that very same Bedouin carry the message of Islam to the desert folks, and in turn become their guide and teacher? Don't you remember how our Prophet explained the whole religion in three brief sentences? He spoke about: Iman, Islam and Ihsan (man's realization of his relation to Allah). So, why can't we explain the whole religion in an hour nowadays?
Thus, what is Islam? How does one become a Muslim?
Every creed, whether it is based on truth or falsehood; every society, good or bad and even every party, whether its intentions are noble or not, operates on the basis of certain principles and percepts that define their goal and chart out their course of action. These principles and precepts are put together in the form of a constitution that guides all members and followers.
Whoever wants to become a member of such an organization will, at the outset, study its principles and guidelines. If he finds that they satisfy his conscious thinking and subconscious mind, and believes in their ultimate validity, then he will apply for membership to that organization. Thus, he becomes one of its members and supporters. From then on, he has to obey its laws, to pay the membership fee, and prove in due course his sincerity to the principles and precepts of the organization. This means that he has to remind himself of those principles and avoid doing anything that contradicts them. In fact, he has to set the best example of one who adheres to those principles and as an ardent supporter of them, in word and in deed.
