A Compilation of Dialogues

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Written by: Abu Omar

Category: A Compilation of Dialogues

Published: 29 October 2023

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• Hello, thank you for visiting Huda TV. How may I help you?

  Saqib

• Hello! Can you tell me the difference between hajj and umrah?

  Chrissie

• Thank you for the question.
  I’ll be glad to help

  Saqib

• Hajj is also known as the Major Pilgrimage.
  It is a Pillar of Islam, and obligatory once in a lifetime.
  Umrah is known as the Minor Hajj.
  It is not a Pillar of islam, and a person can perform it any time of the year.
  Umrah also is shorter and has less steps.

  Saqib

• Are there rules for Umrah?

  Chrissie

• Yes. Umrah is like the beginning half of Hajj.
  There is Ihram.
  7 circuits around the Kabah.
  2 Units of Prayer.
  Then travel 7 times between Safa/Marwa mountains.
  and finally cut some hair to finish.

  Saqib

• But it is limited to Muslims. The holy cities are limited anyway, right?

  Chrissie

• Yes, Makkah is limited to Muslims only.
  The Hajj imitates the steps taken by Prophet Abraham with his son Ishmael.

  Saqib

• OK. A gentleman asked me to accompany him, so he expects me to convert first. What about cutting hair?

  Chrissie

• There is no force in Religion (Quran Chapter 2, verse 256)
  So a person who is not willing to be a Muslim, there is no point is faking or pretending to be Muslim to make another person happy.

  Saqib

• Everything has to be a persons own choice.

  Saqib

• ok

  Chrissie

• And God will ask us about all our choices in life, on the Day of Judgement (after our death when we are all brought back to life).

  Saqib

• As for the Hair, then women snip it (about size of part of a finger).

  Saqib

• OK, that’s not too much.

  Chrissie

• As for men, they can shorten, but it is better for them to shave the hair of the head.
  This is because we are told that for every single hair strand that is cut, a sin is wiped away.

  Saqib

• Oh that’s a nice idea.

  Chrissie

• It is only the hair cutting at either Hajj or Umrah… not other times.

  Saqib

• Muslimas let it grow?
  I mean: without cutting it ever?

  Chrissie

• Sorry I don’t understand?

  Saqib

• When there is no hair cutting except for hajj and umrah, are women required to just let their hair grow?

  Chrissie

• Not exactly.
  They can if they want to

  Saqib

• ok

  Chrissie

• But what they are told is that their hair must be longer than their shoulder length.
  And men can not have their hair longer than their shoulder length.

  Saqib

• This is to keep distinction between men and women (we can not copy each other)

  Saqib

• Oh I see. Yes, and they need to grow a beard, and wear no gold or silk

  Chrissie

• The beard is a practice of the Prophets of God.
  Adam, Noah had a beard
  Abraham had a beard,
  Prophet Moses and Aron had beard.

  Saqib

• King Solomon and King David had beards.
  Jesus had a bread.

  Saqib

• Oh I love long beards

  Chrissie

• And the Prophet Muhammad had a beard.
  So it is highly emphasized practice for men.

  Saqib

• Well, thank you for the information

  Chrissie

• The only ruling with beard is that is had to be at least the size of a fist.
  So the man does NOT need to have a long beard.
  Fist is a closed hand

  Saqib

• OK, that’s a good size

  Chrissie

• However can i ask you why you are not a Muslim?
  if you dont mind me asking

  Saqib

• No I don’t . I am Christian already

  Chrissie

• We believe in Jesus

  Saqib

• In jesus?

  Chrissie

• Yes.
  He is mentioned many places in the Quran
  And so is his mother.

  Saqib

• But where is the difference? I know: He’s not son of god, right?

  Chrissie

• Full Chapter Mary (Chapter 19 of the Quran is named after a Woman)

  Saqib

• Mary? The Mother of Jesus?

  Chrissie

• Yes

  Saqib

• I didn’t know that!

  Chrissie

• Chapter Mary Mother of Jesus is a Chapter of the Quran

  Saqib

• So what makes the difference?

  Chrissie

• And Chapter 3 of the Quran is named after the Grandfather of Jesus

  Saqib

• The difference is that we are told by the God of Adam and Noah and Abraham, that changes were made to the religion of Jesus

  Saqib

• Changes by the Christian church?

  Chrissie

• These were additions and deletions that Jesus is free and innocent from.
  But people changed words in the Bible.

  Saqib

• I heard about that. One reason why I don’t attend church service

  Chrissie

• There could be a number of reasons… but we are told by God that Jesus never said he was God

  Saqib

• Jesus never said that he was son of God.
  Jesus never said “worship me”

  Saqib

• Really?

  Chrissie

• That we are told that we must follow the religion of Abraham and Noah and Adam.
  That Jesus called to this way

  Saqib

• Well, it seems I have to study islam a bit. I used to be a very religious girl, but nowadays there are mostly atheists around me. Which doesn’t feel good. But I am not in to tell you the story of my lifetime

  Chrissie

• OK, I have the answer to my question. And you just raised some interest in me. I am looking forward to discuss Islam with you in the future.

  Chrissie

• We believe that the 1st religion was that of Prophet Adam
  And we was created withOUT a mother or father.
  This is in the Bible.

  Saqib

• yes

  Chrissie

• But does this also make Adam a “son of God” because he had no father?

  Saqib

• no

  Chrissie

• I agree with you.
  So what makes Jesus the “son of God” ?

  Saqib

• I absolutely don’t know

  Chrissie

• It is said that he was born miraculously withOUT a father (to a Virgin Mary).
  So SOMEBODY said that the father must be God.

  Saqib

• Ok, who said tat?

  Chrissie

• But the same God tells us in the Quran tells us that this is not correct.

  Saqib

• That sounds sensible

  Chrissie

• That is an example of the change in the Bible

  Saqib

• I see. But I never believed literally in the bible

  Chrissie

• The Quran tells us about the original true call of Jesus and all the other true Prophets of God.

  Saqib

• Ok. So it’s a new bible, or maybe better: The real bible
  This sounds good to me.

  Chrissie

• What I find difficult in Islam is the role of women
  They have to obey their husbands, wear headscarfs

  Chrissie

• We believe that it is a completion of the Torah (Old Testament) and the Gospel (New Testament)…
  Revealed by the SAME GOD.

  Saqib

• And in it, God Promised that He will protect this last Book from corruption or change.
  And God said, if there is a book that claims to be from God…
  If it is not from God, then you will find many contradictions within it.

  Saqib

• If Quran is from God, then there will be no contradictions within it.

  Saqib

• I mean: Girls like to dress sharp, to draw attention. But that isn’t acceptet in Islam

  Chrissie

• Girls should be dressed up more like Mary (mother of Jesus).

  Saqib

• ok

  Chrissie

• And Muslim men in the Middle East dress up like Joseph.

  Saqib

• Alright

  Chrissie

• Look at a Christian Nativity play at Christmas…

  Saqib

• yes

  Chrissie

• You will see Christians dressed up in Muslim clothes.

  Saqib

• Haha, that’s true!

  Chrissie

• Even the 3 wise men had similar long clothes.

  Saqib

• Sure!

  Chrissie

• They even have a turban.
  Jesus had similar long clothes.

  Saqib

• So you mean the fashion is not according to the religion in christianity

  Chrissie

• The rule with clothes we have is that
  (1) it must cover the private parts,
  (2) it must not be tight clothes to show the body part (so maybe the clothes are baggy).

  Saqib

• I tell you something: At a certain age, I was thinking about giving up all luxury and good looks and spend the rest of my life dooing good deeds.

  Chrissie

• As for INSIDE the house, a person can wear what they want that covers their private parts.
  OUTSIDE the house, Muslims must cover up.
  This is BOTH men and women.

  Saqib

• OK

  Chrissie

• Women do NOT wear black INSIDE the house.
  Nor do they cover up the same way INSIDE the house.

  Saqib

• ok

  Chrissie

• The reason for all these regulations is because we are told
  (1) To keep away from Adultery/Fornication.
  (2) And anything that leads to Adultery/Fornication.
  Thats all.

  Saqib

• I see. SO the intention is good

  Chrissie

• So INSIDE the house, a Woman wears makeup and dresses up.
  Also OUTSIDE with other Women, it is the same.
  ONLY outside infront of other Men does she need to cover up.

  Saqib

• Means a girl can dress up to a certain extend. Thats good. But how does she find a husband?

  Chrissie

• Girl can dress up to full extent if she wants… but that is ONLY for her Husband.

  Saqib

• #Loyalty in relationship due to Marriage.
  There is commitment.

  Saqib

• OK. This sounds sensible

  Chrissie

• This is different to the way she may dress up infront of her Father, or her Borther, or her Son, or her Uncle, or Grandfather.
  Here she dresses modestly.

  Saqib

• ok

  Chrissie

• And this is different to how she dresses up infront of strange men who are not related to her.

  Saqib

• This isn’t a bad thing.

  Chrissie

• But if it is Women ONLY… then she again has no restriction on her dress.
  She can take off her outer garment.

  Saqib

• This stops men from looking at her or stalking her.
  We know that evil exists.

  Saqib

• Islam BLOCKS the paths to evil.
  And PROTECTS the family unit.
  It is 1 of 5 things that Islam does.

  Saqib

• Ok, this is a good thing to protect families.
  How else can we block evil with islam?
  It’s a big question, I know

  Chrissie

• Islam is the Religion of Abraham.
  It came to protect 5 matters. These are:

  Saqib

• (1) Protects the correct belief (by forbidding worshiping all other than God who created us)
  (2) Protects Human Life (by forbidding Murder),
  (3) Protects the Mind (by forbidding intoxicants and alcohol),
  (4) Protects Family Unity (by forbidding adultery and encouraging commitment and marriage)
  (5) Protects Wealth (by forbidding theft)

  Saqib

• ok

  Chrissie

• All the things mentioned which are forbidden, there is heavy punishment from God for whoever does them.
  This includes Murder (God has forbidden it).

  Saqib

• that makes sense

  Chrissie

• And there is death penalty in Islam for a Muslim who does Murder.

  Saqib

• ok

  Chrissie

• And punishments for thieves.
  And all the other points mentioned.

  Saqib

• the penalties are often very physical

  Chrissie

• Also…. there is great Reward from God for whoever does the opposite of the forbidden things.

  Saqib

• A good human has NO FEAR of any Penalty.
  Only bad people should fear.

  Saqib

• Thats true

  Chrissie

• And if it is not severe, many people would ignore what God forbade and do the bad crimes and harm good people.

  Saqib

• ok
  Wow, a lot of new information

  Chrissie

• We don’t believe Islam is a new religion.

  Saqib

• ok

  Chrissie

• Prophet Muhammad was NOT the first Prophet.
  He was the LAST.
  This means there were many true Prophets BEFORE him.

  Saqib

• Alright

  Chrissie

• Calling to the SAME religion.
  Sent by the SAME God of Mankind.

  Saqib

• It’s a continuation of the same story

  Chrissie

• Yes. We agree

  Saqib

• So god is no new god but always the same

  Chrissie

• If God is only God of Christians… does that mean there is another God for other people??? Meaning is there more than 1 true God.

  Saqib

• No! only one

  Chrissie

• God created everything
  The Universe.
  Me and you and every human.

  Saqib

• right

  Chrissie

• And He did not abandon us.

  Saqib

• never

  Chrissie

• Rather, He sent information (Messages in Holy Books) to us

  Saqib

• yes

  Chrissie

• And He chose good people to deliver that Message from Him to us, truthfully.

  Saqib

• messengers

  Chrissie

• We are told that whenever people changed the message that was sent to them, God sent another to correct the mistakes of the people.

  Saqib

• But after Mohammad no change

  Chrissie

• When the people left the religion of Adam, started worshiping idols, God sent Noah with the SAME religion.

  Saqib

• I see

  Chrissie

• And when people left the correct way, God sent others (such as Abraham) to call to the SAME way.
  This was when people began worshiping Kings and other humans.

  Saqib

• And later God sent Moses with the SAME message as Abraham and Noah.
  And later God sent Prophet David with the SAME message as Moses – after the people had changed the way of Moses.

  Saqib

• Ok, that makes sense. What if people of today abandon the right path?

  Chrissie

• And later Prophet Jesus was sent when the Jewish people had changed the path of Moses and changed the Torah.
  So Jesus came to call them BACK to the old religion.

  Saqib

• And when the people changed the Bible, God sent a final Prophet & Messenger to mankind.
  And God said He completed the details of the Religion with this Prophet.

  Saqib

• And that He Himself (God) will Protect the Religion and Holy Book from change.
  And that when the people change and leave the truth, it will be the end of time.

  Saqib

• ok

  Chrissie

• Which is why there is no need for another Messenger.
  Ie Muhammad is the last, as he is near the end of time.
  And all the previous messengers mentioned his coming.

  Saqib

• ok
  Wow, I am deeply impressed

  Chrissie

• And when Jesus returns, we are told that he will follow this religion (in its ORIGINAL form) and tell the people what is right and wrong in the understanding of the people.

  Saqib

• So muslims wait for the return of Jesus?

  Chrissie

• Yes. Umrah is like the beginning half of Hajj.
  There is Ihram.
  

  Saqib

• But it is limited to Muslims. The holy cities are limited anyway, right?

  Chrissie

• And that Jesus will kill the AntiChrist (which we are told about in the religion) will happen at the end of time.

  Saqib

• Yes we do. Its mentioned in our scripture

  Saqib

• Some people say the end is near
  So we better prepare for judgement day

  Chrissie

• God tells us that Jesus never died on the cross.
  That whoever says this does not know the reality and this is not what happened.

  Saqib

• Ok so he didn’t die at all?

  Chrissie

• That God saved the good man called Jesus,
  because the image of Jesus was put onto another man.

  Saqib

• And so the Roman army accidentally captured the wrong man, and killed him on the cross.
  And Jesus was RAISED to the sky.
  And that Jesus will return at the end of time and kill the Dajjal (Anti Christ)

  Saqib

• ok

  Chrissie

• God tells us in the Quran that those who say that they killed the Messiah Jesus son of Mary, then such people are liars.
  This is what God tells us.

  Saqib

• wow

  Chrissie

• And Muslims have to believe it.
  You can find this is Chapter 5 of the Quran (which is called the Table-Spread that was sent down from the sky to feed Jesus and the 12 Disciples).

  Saqib

• Christians call this the “Last Supper” or “Last Meal”
  This is the name of the Chapter 5 of the Quran.

  Saqib

• Ok. As I said: I am very impressed. I will read about islam

  Chrissie

• You are more than welcome.
  Islam is open to all.

  Saqib

• Thank you

  Chrissie

• It is a connection between a person and between their Creator.
  And there is no “confession box” like Christians have.

  Saqib

• It’s really interesting

  Chrissie

• We ask God DIRECTLY for forgiveness.
  NOT to the leader of the Mosque or any holy man.

  Saqib

• Thank you for this private lecture.

  Chrissie

• No problem. We are here to help.

  Saqib

• The religion is taken from the source.
  Not from the actions of people (bad muslims who dont know what the Quran tells them).

  Saqib

• sure

  Chrissie

• The Religion tells us to be truthful and honest and kind and respect parents and keep away from Adultery and murder and other evils.

  Saqib

• This is different to what some people make up from their own selves.
  Such people are guilty and God will call them to account on the Day of Judgement.

  Saqib

• Even if such people say they are Muslim.
  They are NOT following the religion of Abraham correctly.

  Saqib

• OK, I see. The true and pure islam is better

  Chrissie

• Abraham would NEVER do such a thing.
  Nor would any other Prophet.
  And nor should anyone who is following their way.

  Saqib

• After Mohammad there will be no prophet

  Chrissie

• We believe that Prophet Muhammad is the Last true Prophet from God.
  After him there will be liars who claim Prophethood (and Jesus will kill the biggest of these liars – the AntiChrist).

  Saqib

• This is very good. I will make a hard copy from our chat. And read about islam.

  Chrissie

• Do you have any other doubts or questions about islam?
  Or any reasons that would prevent you from islam?

  Saqib

• If you want, we can send you an email with information that you need?
  Or answers to questions.

  Saqib

• That would be nice

  Chrissie

02:10:14 pm

Saqib transferred the chat to Ibrahim

• Oh, hello Ibrahim.
  We were just about to close down

  Chrissie

• hello
  my colleague have to go sorry

  Ibrahim

• No problem, we were about to close down

  Chrissie

• do u have direct questions for me ? or should i read above ?

  Ibrahim

• I have one last question
  Why is it that prayer is so central and not e.g. good deeds?

  Chrissie

• it is one of the main good deeds that we need to do
  God told us in Quran to keep the prayers

  Ibrahim

• are you a new Muslim, Chrissie ?

  Ibrahim

• no

  Chrissie

• oh okay
  do you know the 6 beliefs of Islam ?

  Ibrahim

• no

  Chrissie

• Wait, I think this is a bit too much for me now
  Your colleague had so much new informations

  Chrissie

• the 6 beliefs are : 1. belief in one God (as uniquely one without partners or sons or daughters) God (in English) = Allah (in Arabic) – 2. belief in His angels – 3. in His revelations (including Quran) – 4. in His prophets (including Moses, Muhammad and Jesus who is son of Mary) – 5. belief in judgement day – 6. and in the divine destiny.

  Ibrahim

• Oh, I have read that somewhere
  Six beliefs and five pillars

  Chrissie

• yes

  Ibrahim

• Shahada,5 prayers, fast during Ramadan and Zakat and hajj?

  Chrissie

• yes right

  Ibrahim

• Well I’d like to stop here for now, its gettingh too much

  Chrissie