How to be a Good Moslem

Many previous people are claimed by many people that they are  good moslem such as Imam Hanafi, Imam Maliki, Imam Syafi’i, and Imam Hambali. Their knowledge about Islam is not hesitated, and they are the one who become a good example for moslem in this world.Thus, the Islamic knowledge is required by someone who wants to be a good moslem. Being a good moslem is really quite easy, which consist of some strategies.

The first strategy, moslem have to know their god; Allah SWT and their prophet; Muhammad SAW. As we know that knowing their god and their prophet are a basic to be a good moslem, if moslem do not recognize them, how do moslem love Islam ?Moreover being a good moslem Dzikir, reciting his name, and sholawat, praying for him, are one of the ways to be closer to unto and prophet(Muhammad SWT).Those example actually have been known by people in Al-quran and Hadits. Absolutely, after being closer to them, moslem’s attitude will be changed in a good deed and follows what Al-quran and Hadist said.

After doing the first strategy , amar ma’ruf nahi munkar is inviting someone to do what Allah’s recommendation and restraining someone to avoid badness. It is the next step to be a good moslem. Allah has ordered goodness and badness through the messenger of Islam, Muhammad SAW. The prophet has shown to the moslem in this world the path of obedience, peace and happiness. Moslem are free to choose the path to paradise and happiness or the path to hell and misery. The ways to hell are the ways of evil, but being a good Moslem have to obey what Allah recommended and prohibited so that moslem can remind other moslem.

Iikhtiar and tawakal, effort and submission, are the last strategy to be a good moslem. After doing all recommendation and avoiding prohibition, moslem can only submit what unto Allah SWT recommendation and avoid. Moslem have to do hard and pray hard for doing many thing. Moslem cannot give up before endeavoring. Moslem have to be strengths, Moslem should show their effort as good as possible and moslem always pray unto Allah when they get problem.

Life on this earth is very short. This short life shoud be completed properly by obeying the will of God and pursuing the wishes of Allah, remember that being a good moslem is not difficult. Everybody can be a good moslem but it depends on them, they want to be a good or a bad moslem. A good moslem will always look for a good path in their life until they find the rightness one as reported by Ibn Majah and others, fulfilling the conditions of Imam al Bukhari and Imam Muslim “Whoever treads a path seeking knowledge, Allah will make easy for him the path to Paradise."

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