My question is what is the reason we the muslims use the moon and the star sign on our mosques?
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My question is what is the reason we the muslims
use the moon and the star sign on our mosques? and my
other question is why we are forbiden to eat
pork(pig)? would you please give me its historical
meaning of the above question. May alah subhanelah protect you from wrong doers and give you his
blessing
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Answer:
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness.
Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray,
none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person,
no grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone,
and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Your question: My question is what is the reason we the muslims use the moon and the star
sign on our mosques?
The moon sign on the mosques, or in the flags of
some muslim nations,
or in the logo of some muslim charitable
organizations have nothing to do with Shariah or its
injunctions.
The moon or crescent sign of the
moon was adopted as the symbol of their faith of Islam by the Ottoman or
Turkish rulers; and
it has been used by muslims since then.
Your question: and my other question
is why we are forbiden to eat pork(pig)?
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 2 Surah Baqarah verse 173: He (Allah) hath only forbidden you dead meat, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that on which any other name hath been
invoked besides that of Allah; but if
one is forced by necessity, without
willful disobedience nor transgressing due limits, then is he guiltless. For Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful.
Allah says in the Holy Quran
Chapter 5 Surah Maidah
verse 3: Forbidden to you (for food) are: dead meat, blood,
the flesh of swine,
and that on which hath been invoked the name of other than Allah, that which hath been killed by
strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a headlong fall, or by being gored to death; that which hath been (partly) eaten by a
wild animal; unless ye are able to
slaughter it (in due form); that which
is sacrificed on stone (altars);
(forbidden) also is the division (of meat) by raffling with arrows: that is impiety. This day have those who reject faith given up
all hope of your religion: yet fear them
not, but fear
Me. This day have I perfected your
religion for you completed my favor upon you and have chosen for you Islam as
your religion.
But if any forced by hunger with no inclination to transgression, Allah is indeed
Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful.
Allah Subhanah
has explicitly forbidden the believers the flesh of swine as food; thus for the believers, who sincerely believe in Allah and the
Last Day, this one reason should
suffice.
But as with everything in Islam, we are allowed to
look and search for the wisdom behind the commands of Allah and His Messenger
(saws); for that will make our
conviction firm and strong, in obeying
their commands. If for the limitations
of our confined knowledge and understanding, we are unable to grasp the wisdom
behind any command of Allah and His Messenger (saws), it is still our duty to obey and follow each
and every command of Allah and His Messenger (saws); for indeed,
every command of our Lord and Creator is based on His Absolute and
Perfect Knowledge.
The swine family in general is
an extremely filthy,
dirty, impure and
unhygienic animal by nature. It is said
that it eats its own excretion! It
is a scientific fact that the flesh of swine has a particular worm, which if the swine
is not reared in proper hygienic conditions,
or not cooked to a certain temperature,
is harmful and sometimes even fatal to humans when consumed. Some people argue that in today’s modern
times, the swines that are to be consumed by the humans are properly
reared, and their flesh cooked at high
temperature to mitigate the risks to human health. But Allah Subhanah, Who is the Creator of everything in existence, knows all the evils and impurity of the flesh
of swine, which even today man may not
be aware; and thus the All-Wise, All-Knowing has declared the flesh of swine ‘haraam’ for the believers to consume.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He
is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan
