Choosing a Path

Salam Alaikoam

Choosing a path for ones life may seem like nothing to some and to others it is a big deal.

In choosing a path one need look at how the spiritual guidance of that religion follows most closely with our belief system.

Then of course there is the career path, family path, recreation and hobby paths.  I will leave these out for the moment.

In choosing a spiritual path that we can follow in our lives in the end it is up to us.  No one should force us or try to trick us into anything.

Choosing a path for life is very important and sets a frame work from which to live our lives.

I believe that a spiritual life can be lived without religion as long as the person is a good person and Allah, God the Creator gives us the freedom to choose which path we want to follow.

True some paths may be better than others and there is a great deal of Faith paths to choose from.

There are over 3000 Christians paths, 137 Islamic paths and then there are Buddhist paths, hindu, seik, Zorastrian and a few others besides abstaining from religion all together.

From what I have seen it does not seem to matter whether people have a path or not as it seems like you can find good and bad people in all the paths.

Having said that that does not mean the path is bad it just means some people have a difficult time with their skill set and their ability to be good.

I mentioned in one other post that I believe we are all Muslims as we are all submitting to Allah, God, The Creator in degrees and in my books this makes us Muslim first then second whatever path we choose to follow.

In choosing Islam having prayers five times a day, giving zakat, making Hajj once in your life time, believing Mohammed PBUH is the last Prophet are some of the basics in Islam.

In Christianity it is believing Jesus died for our sins and that there will be a day of ressurection.

Having experience a number of Faith paths I find them all equally interesting though some do seem to make more sense.

In the end it is up to us to choose our path.

Inshallah may your choice be the best for you.

Anne Marie

PS It may not be wise to choose a faith path based souly on the people you meet from that path as you have to learn the spiritual guidances from the path and see if you can follow them.

we DO NOT choose a path.

It is Allah Who shows the path to whomever He wills.

whom Allah guides to the straight path none can lead him astray, and whom Allah leads astray none can guide him to the straight path !

Angel wrote: Muhammad77 wrote: we DO NOT choose a path. It is Allah Who shows the path to whomever He wills. I can agree with this, but inthe end we do the searching until one fits us.

Again, It is Allah Who makes us search.

Angel wrote: Muhammad77 wrote: whom Allah guides to the straight path none can lead him astray, well that can be interpreted as the path that suits you and is for you NOT necessarily islam.

Islam is the true religion.

And NOT just in matters of religion, BUT in other matters also, it is Allah Who guides whomever He wills. Allah is The Disposer of Affairs. Allah owns us fully.

Angel wrote: Muhammad77 wrote: and whom Allah leads astray none can guide him to the straight path ! well then I guess it is nobody's fault but Allah's, if they are not following islam even if they have been exposed to it.

So you agree that Islam is the true religion, don't you? Masha'Allah ! Then why don't you accept Islam? (if Allah wills)

And Allah is free from all defects ! subhanallah ! 'whom Allah leads astray none can guide him to the straight path'  what this means is that a disbeliever will NOT become a believer and will NOT become a Muslim and will NOT come on the straight path, if even the whole world helps that disbeliever to become a believer, that disbeliever will remain a disbeliever and remain astray UNLESS ALLAH WILLS.

Angel wrote: Muhammad77 wrote: Muhammad77 wrote: Angel wrote: Muhammad77 wrote: we DO NOT choose a path. It is Allah Who shows the path to whomever He wills. I can agree with this, but inthe end we do the searching until one fits us. Again, It is Allah Who makes us search. Angel wrote: Muhammad77 wrote: whom Allah guides to the straight path none can lead him astray, well that can be interpreted as the path that suits you and is for you NOT necessarily islam. Islam is the true religion. And NOT just in matters of religion, BUT in other matters also, it is Allah Who guides whomever He wills. Allah is The Disposer of Affairs. Allah owns us fully. Angel wrote: [QUOTE=Muhammad77]and whom Allah leads astray none can guide him to the straight path ! well then I guess it is nobody's fault but Allah's, if they are not following islam even if they have been exposed to it. So you agree that Islam is the true religion, don't you? Masha'Allah ! Then why don't you accept Islam? (if Allah wills) out of curosity, where did you come up with that from my statement? No I don't agree with islam nor believe it to be the only true religion.

Islam is The True Religion.

If Allah wills, Allah will guide you.

whom Allah guides to the straight path none can lead him astray, and whom Allah leads astray none can guide him to the straight path !