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الفوائد الطبية للختان


🍃The health benefits:

Dr. Muhammad ‘Ali al-Baar (a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in the UK and a consultant to the Islamic Medicine department of the King Fahd Centre for Medical Research in the King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah) says in his book al-Khitaan (Circumcision):

“Circumcision of newborn boys (i.e., within the first month of life) brings numerous health benefits, including:

1 – Protection against local infection in the penis, which may result from the presence of the foreskin, causing tightening of the foreskin, which may lead to retention of urine or infections of the glans (tip) of the penis – which require circumcision in order to treat these problems. In chronic cases, the child may be exposed to numerous diseases in the future, the most serious of which is cancer of the penis.

2 – Infections of the urethra. Many studies have proven that  uncircumcised boys are more exposed to infection of the urethra. In some studies the rate was 39 times more among uncircumcised boys. In other studies the rate was ten times more. Other studies showed that 95% of children who suffered from infections of the urethra were uncircumcised, whereas the rate among circumcised children did not exceed 5%.

In children, infection of the urethra is serious in some cases. In the study by Wisewell on 88 children who suffered infections of the urethra, in 36 % of them, the same bacteria was found in the blood also. Three of them contracted meningitis, and two suffered renal failure. Two others died as a result of the spread of the micro-organisms throughout the body.

3 – Protection against cancer of the penis:  the studies agree that cancer of the penis is almost non-existent among circumcised men, whereas the rate among uncircumcised men is not insignificant. In the US the rate of penile cancer among circumcised men is zero, whilst among uncircumcised men it is 2.2 in every 100,000 of the uncircumcised population. As most of the inhabitants of the US are circumcised, the cases of this cancer there are between 750 and 1000 per year. If the population were not circumcised, the number of cases would reach 3000. In countries where boys are not circumcised, such as China, Uganda and Puerto Rico, penile cancer represents between 12-22 % of all cancers found in men; this is a very high percentage.

4 – Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).  Researchers found that the STDs which are transmitted via sexual contact (usually because of fornication/adultery and homosexuality) spread more among those who are not circumcised, especially herpes, soft chancres, syphilis, candida, gonorrhea and genital warts.

There are numerous modern studies which confirm that circumcision reduces the possibility of contracting AIDS when compared to their uncircumcised counterparts. But that does not rule out the possibility of a circumcised man contracting AIDS as the result of sexual contact with a person who has AIDS. Circumcision is not a protection against it, and there is no real way of protecting oneself against the many sexually transmitted diseases apart from avoiding fornication/adultery, promiscuity, homosexuality and other repugnant practices. (From this we can see the wisdom of Islamic sharee’ah in forbidding fornication/adultery and homosexuality).

5 – Protection of wives against cervical cancer. Researchers have noted that the wives of circumcised men have less risk of getting cervical cancer than the wives of uncircumcised men.

From al-Khitaan, p. 76, by Dr. Muhammad al-Baar.

And Allaah knows best.

Reference: Professor Wisewell, published in the American Family Doctor Magazine, issue no. 41, 1991 CE.

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WHAT_ABOUT_SANTA_CLAUS?


Once again the word 'Santa Claus' appears no where in the bible. However Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus) was a real person, bishop, who was born 300 years after Jesus (pbuh). According to legend he was extremely kind and went out at night to distribute presents to the needy. After his death on the 6th of Dec., school boys in Europe celebrated a feast day every year on the anniversary of his death. Queen Victoria later changed the celebration date from Dec. 6th to Dec. 24th eve.

👉🏻 Thus Christmas is an innovation (bidah) in their religion, associating it with Santa Claus, and changing the original date of death anniversary of Saint Nicholas are further deviations.

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هل ولد عيسي في ٢٥ ديسمبر؟


WAS JESUS BORN ON DECEMBER 25th?

👉🏻 Neither the date 25th Dec. nor any other date on Jesus' birth is mentioned in the Bible. Not until the year 530 C.E., that a monk, Dionysus Exigus, fixed the date of the birth of Jesus on Dec. 25th. "He wrongly dated the birth of Christ according to the Roman system (i.e., 754 years after the founding of Rome) as Dec. 25, 753". (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1998 ed.) This date was chosen perhaps in keeping with the holidays already indoctrinated into pagans.

👉🏻Roman pagans celebrated Dec. 25th as the birth of their 'god' of light, Mithra. "In the 2nd century A..D., it (Mithraism) was more general in the Roman Empire than Christianity, to which it bore many similarities" (The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia, 1995 ed.)

👉🏻 "The reason why Christmas came to be celebrated on December 25 remains uncertain, but most probably the reason is that early Christians wished the date to coincide with the pagan Roman festival marking the "birthday of the unconquered sun" (natalis solis invicti); this festival celebrated the winter solstice, when the days again begin to lengthen and the sun begins to climb higher in the sky".


👉🏻  (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1998 Ed.)
Other pagan 'gods' born on Dec. 25th are: Hercules, the son of Zeus (Greeks) Bacchus, god of wind, (Romans),Adenis god of Greeks Freyr the Greek-Roman  God .

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عيد الفصح وعيد الميلاد يثبتان أن عيسي لا يمكن أن يكون إله .


Within Christianity, there are 2 major holidays-festivals, Christmas, and Easter.What’s very interesting about both holidays is they both happen to disprove the deity of Jesus.

The Christmas holiday is all about celebrating the birthday of Jesus, so because it was the day that Jesus was born, Christians around the world celebrate the day.This in itself proves that Jesus is not God, after all, how can God have a birthday?If God has a birthday, it means he was born, and Christmas is about celebrating the birth of Jesus.As we all know, God is not begotten, He was never born, He is eternal, He always was/is, and has always existed.Being born is something associated with humans, who aren't eternal, which is why we're eventually born and come into existence.

So the fact that Jesus was given birth to, proves he isn't and cannot be God, can anyone honestly say that God was born on such and such day?That doesn't make any sense, and is an obvious contradiction of God's attribute of being eternal.

Then we get to the Easter holiday, Easter is about marking the day Jesus rose from the dead, and this also proves Jesus was not God.If Jesus raised from the dead, it means he was initially dead, that he died.Yet as we all know, God doesn't die, He is eternal, and He always exists.If He died, then He isn't eternal, and cannot be God.Part of God's attributes is that He never dies, dying is something associated with the creation, and not the Creator.

So Christmas says that Jesus was born, and Easter says Jesus rose from the dead, both together conclusively prove that Jesus wasn't God, because God is not begotten, nor does He die, it's as simple as that.If He was born,then it means He isn't eternal, if He died, then again it means He is not eternal as both dying and being born are attributes of the creation.

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First of All we hace to understand about Details of Prayers.

Prayer in Arabic cements the Islamic brotherhood and emphasizes the universal character of Islam. Islam has come for the entire Human race.

The Prophet May Peace be Upon Him said: (Pray like you see me pray)

And He Prayed in Arabic, so we follow Him and Pray in Arabic.

Most importantly
Supplicating in other than the Arabic language for a person who does not know Arabic is permissible, whether it be in the prayer or outside of the prayer.

Allah Says,
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا (286)
(Interpretation of the meaning 👇)
Allaah burdens not a person beyond his scope.
(Al-Baqarah 2:286)

What we Repeat in our Prayers is the the same thing.

Like
Reciting Surah Fatiha, Takbeer, Tasbeeh.

And learning Surah Fatiha brings great benefit in our lives.

We recite Quranic Surahs in our prayers

There must've been a reason for sending down Quran in Arabic

of course! The first step of teaching the path of Islam to the whole world is to teach it to the very people of Makkah. And for that, it needed to be in Arabic.

Allah Says,
إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ(2)
(Interpretation of the meaning👇)
Indeed We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur'an so that you may apply reason.
Chapter 12 Verse 2

فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَاهُ بِلِسَانِك لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ "
(Interpretation of the meaning 👇)
Thus We have revealed this [Qur'an] to you in your own tongue so that they may take heed.
Chapter 44 Verse 58

People would have doubted the whole system.

If the Qur'an had been revealed in the language of the non-Arabs, they would have said, because of their stubbornness:

Allah Says,
وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَاهُ قُرْآنًا أَعْجَمِيًّا لَقَالُوا لَوْلَا فُصِّلَتْ آيَاتُهُ أَأَعْجَمِيٌّ وَعَرَبِيٌّ قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا هُدًى وَشِفَاءٌ وَالَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ فِي آذَانِهِمْ وَقْرٌ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَمًى أُولَئِكَ يُنَادَوْنَ مِنْ مَكَانٍ بَعِيدٍ(44)
(Interpretation of the meaning 👇)
And if We had sent this as a Quran in a foreign language other than Arabic, they would have said: "Why are not its Verses explained in detail (in our language)? What! (A Book) not in Arabic and (the Messenger) an Arab?"
Chapter 41 Verse 44


Moreover, the Qur’aan is a miracle in its wording and its meaning; if it is changed, this is no longer the case, and it is no longer Qur’aan but an interpretation


Conclusion:
Keep in Mind!

1) Islam Always Encourages us for unity even in matters of Worship.
2) It's continuity with the arabic language helped maintain the Purity of The language of the Qur'an.
3) Qur'anic Arabic is a challenge even for the Arab World.
4) Arabic Was the prophet's Language .
5) We hear and we obey as a Muslim.
6) Whatever Allaah likes for us is always better.


As Allah says
ۚ هُوَ اجْتَبَاكُمْ وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ ۚ ﴿٧٨﴾
(Interpretation of the meaning 👇)
He has chosen you andk has no aplaced upon you in the religion any difficulty.
Chapter 22 Verse 78

May Allah guide us to what is good in this life and the hereafter.

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💮Women and hijab:

In Qur'an
(Interpretation of the meaning 👇)

Tell the Believing Women to Not Expose their Beauty Except to those Having No Physical Desire or those who are Unaware of the Private Aspects of Women

And Tell the Believing Men and Women to Lower their Eyes and Guard their Private Parts.

Matthew 5:27 - 28, Gospel
[Jesus said,] "You have heard that it was said by them of old time, 'You will not commit adultery.' But I say to you that whoever looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart."


24:30, Qur'an
قُلْ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْ وَيَحْفَظُوا فُرُوجَهُمْ ذَلِكَ أَزْكَى لَهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَ(30)
(Interpretation of the meaning 👇)

[So] tell the believing men to lower their eyes and guard their private parts. That is purer for them. Indeed, God is Acquainted with what they do.


Proverbs 6:25, Torah
[So] do not lust after her beauty in your heart; neither let her take with her eyelids.


[Sirach 25:21], Torah
[And] do not stumble at the beauty of a woman, and do not desire her for pleasure.


[Sirach 9:8], Torah
[Rather,] turn away your eye from a beautiful woman, and do not look upon another's beauty; for many have been deceived by the beauty of a woman; for herewith, love is kindled as a fire.


24:31, Qur'an
وَقُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يَغْضُضْنَ مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِنَّ وَيَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَلا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلاَّ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَى جُيُوبِهِنَّ وَلا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلاَّ لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَائِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَاء بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَائِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَاء بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي أَخَوَاتِهِنَّ أَوْ نِسَائِهِنَّ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُنَّ أَوِ التَّابِعِينَ غَيْرِ أُولِي الإِرْبَةِ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ أَوِ الطِّفْلِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَظْهَرُوا عَلَى عَوْرَاتِ النِّسَاء وَلا يَضْرِبْنَ بِأَرْجُلِهِنَّ لِيُعْلَمَ مَا يُخْفِينَ مِن زِينَتِهِنَّ وَتُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا أَيُّهَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ(31)

[And likewise,] tell the believing women to lower their eyes and guard their private parts and not expose their beauty except that which [necessarily] appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests and not expose their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, their brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, their women, that which they had possessed by oath, or those male attendants having no physical desire, or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women. And let them not stamp their feet to make known what they conceal of their beauty .  And turn to God in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.



33:54 - 55, Qur'an
إِن تُبْدُوا شَيْئًا أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمًا (54)لَّا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِنَّ فِي آبَائِهِنَّ وَلَا أَبْنَائِهِنَّ وَلَا إِخْوَانِهِنَّ وَلَا أَبْنَاءِ إِخْوَانِهِنَّ وَلَا أَبْنَاءِ أَخَوَاتِهِنَّ وَلَا نِسَائِهِنَّ وَلَا مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُنَّ ۗ وَاتَّقِينَ اللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدًا (55)

(Interpretation of the meaning 👇)

[And] whether you display anything or conceal it, indeed God is ever, of all things, Knowing. [But] there is no blame upon women concerning their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their brothers' sons or their sisters' sons or their women or those they had possessed by oath [for displaying their beauty]. And fear God. Indeed God is ever, over all things, Witness.

💮In the bible

The Hijab is not something new.Muslim women follow the example of righteous women in the past such as Mary, the mother of Jesus.Some of the evidence from the bible includes the following two verses.


1 Corinthians 11:5-6
But every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved. For if a woman does not cover her head,let her also have her hair cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her cover her head.


1 Timothy 2:9-10
“I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.”


Genesis 24:65
She said to the servant, "Who is that man walking in the field to meet us?" And the servant said, "He is my master." Then she took her veil and covered herself.


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  إختلاف الأناجيل الأربعة في قصة صلب المسيح
وأدلة عدم الصلب.
  From_The_Holy_Book

The crucifixion of the Christ!!!!!
What is the evidence for the crucifixion of the Christ?

 What's strange is that the alleged story of Jesus's crucifixion was written a long time after
the claimed incident!!! And what's even stranger is that the incident of the crucifixion was not witnessed by any of the apostles, as stated in the bible. As is made evident here:

{"And they all left him and fled"} Mark 14:50
{"...But this has all taken place that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled."
Then all the disciples deserted him and fled.} Matthew 26:56.

Whoever claims otherwise has to present an evidence for his/her claim; even though that would basically mean accusing Mark and Mathew of lying).
The significant truth here is that none of the four Gospel scribes personally attended the crucifixion of Jesus and that they just received this information verbally from other people; and this is where the confusion begins.

🍃John 10:39
39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,

🍃John 7:32-34
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.
33 Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time, and then I am going to the one who sent me. 34 You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.”

The Old Testimony prophesied the raising of Jesus Christ.

🍃Psalm 41:2 
2 The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

🍃Psalm 116:16
"Yes, LORD! I am indeed your servant; I am your lowest slave. You saved me from death."

🍃Psalm 91:12-16
:*"They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone*. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will *I deliver him: I will set him on high*, because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and *I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.*"

📌Psalm 9:13-15
13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that lift me up from the gates of death:
14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

For verily true is God(Allah) Almighty's saying in the Holy Quran:
  وَقَوْلِهِمْ إِنَّا قَتَلْنَا الْمَسِيحَ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولَ اللّهِ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلَـكِن شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ وَإِنَّ الَّذِينَ اخْتَلَفُواْ فِيهِ لَفِي شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ مَا لَهُم بِهِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِلاَّ اتِّبَاعَ الظَّنِّ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ يَقِينًا(157)
  (Interpretation of the meaning 👇)

  {{And [for] their saying,
"Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah ."
 And they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him; but [another] was made to resemble
 him to them. And indeed, those who differ over it are in doubt about it. They have no
knowledge of it except the following of assumption. And they did not kill him, for certain.}} (4:157)

Jesus PBUH did not die on the cross according to
Psalm 118:17-18.
Psalm 91.
Psalm 9:13-15
Psalms 34:6-8
Psalm 37:28
Deutéronomy 21:22-23
Galatians 3:13
John 10:39
John 7:32-34
Mark 16:11
Luke 24:1-5
Luke 24:23

Is jesus cursed?

✨Deuteronomy 21:22-23
says "...anyone who is hanged on a tree is a cursed one"
christians like paul who failed to reconcile this verse with alleged crucifixion of jesus conceded that jesus died as a cursed one,
but that didn't solve the problem.
a) If you believe jesus is a cursed one, then why do you worship a cursed god? subhanallah! This is a blasphemy. Jesus is not god and he is not a cursed one. He is a righteous messenger of god.
b) How do you expect jews to believe in jesus as the messiah when you believe that he died as a cursed one?
c) Believing that god cursed jesus is an abuse to his personality.
d) Who cursed your god?
The person that cursed your god is greater than your god, that believe uprooted the doctrine of trinity.
This clearly proves that it was someone else who was cursed by god and crucified not jesus, because jesus is not cursed but a righteous one.


_Galatians 3:13
13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.”

_According to bible proverbs 3:33
 the lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.
Only the wicked are under God's curse which means the wicked were hung on the cross because the bible claims that whoever was hung on the cross is under curse, so proverbs 3:33 claim god blesses the righteous and curses the wicked; jesus was a righteous human so he was not on the cross neither had cursed death, someone else was on the cross being wicked.


✨Psalm 37:28 says
" for god loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones. wrongdoers will be completely destroyed"
this above verse from zabur ( local) clearly proves that god will never forsake the just and righteous among his servants.

This shows that the person on the cross was an unfaithful and wicked person according to what psalm 37:28 says, and we all believe that jesus is a righteous and faithful person. So it wasn't jesus on the cross, it was someone else who is wicked and unfaithful. Also qur'an confirmed that jesus is a righteous person not wicked.

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HOW THE WRITERS OF JOHN CHANGED THE STORY OF CRUCIFIXION TO PROOVE THEIR FALSE BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED WILLINGLY FOR THE SINS OF MEN.

The gospel account of mark, Matthew, and Luke contradicts each other regarding the issue of Crucifixion, even though there are many similarities in the reports.

But John's gospel is truly unique in its portrayal of Crucifixion.The gospel writer's entirely changed the story to present Jesus as someone that came to die willingly for the sin of men.
This leads to a great contradiction between the gospel of john and synoptic gospels concerning the issue of Crucifixion.

One of the major contradictions is that the synoptic gospels reported that Jesus wasn't ready to die willingly.The reports from synoptic gospels prove that when he heard that there was a plan to arrest him he ran away and hid himself in the garden and prayed for God to save him.Matthew 26:42, Mark 14:36, luke 22:42-43 all reported that Jesus ran away and prayed to God with tears for God to save him from death.
I know some insincere Christians who will say that Jesus wasn't crying for God to save him from Crucifixion, if that is the case Hebrew 5:7 refuses them, because the verse in Hebrew clearly States that Jesus prayed for God to save him "... from death...".

Also Matthew 27:46 proves that Jesus continued praying for God to save him even when he was on the cross.He even complained when God refused to save him by saying " ..MY GOD, MY GOD WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME.."
IT IS CLEAR THAT JESUS DIDN'T WANT TO DIE ACCORDING TO SYNOPTIC GOSPELS.

But if you go to the last gospel ( John) that was written over 100 years by unknown writers the story is different.
According to john, Jesus died willingly.The writers intentionally omitted incidences where Jesus prayed for God to save him also where Jesus complaint that God had forsaken him.THEY INTRODUCED SOME STATEMENTS AND PUT IN THE LIPS OF JESUS WHICH WILL PROVE TO THE READERS THAT JESUS DIED WILLINGLY WITHOUT COMPLAIN.SEE JOHN 10:11 AND MANY OTHER PLACES IN THE BOOK.

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#True Baptism

1- For Jesus (peace and blessings be upon him) and his followers, Baptism was just a bath or ablution to purify themselves physically, ritually and spiritually, but, with Pauline interpretation, it became a symbol of belief in Jesus’ so-called death and resurrection.

2- We, as Muslims, accept the early tradition and that is what Islam has preserved and reaffirmed. We do not accept the later interpretation and doctrinal aberrations.

In his response to this question, Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi, former president of the Islamic Society of North America, states:

The word ‘Baptism’ comes from the Greek ‘Baptein’ which means ‘to plunge, to immerse, or to wash.’ It was an ancient custom to wash or to make ablution.

Islam has preserved this tradition in the form of ablution and ritual Ghusl for purification purpose.

Allah mentions in the Qur’an that He made water a source for purification. Allah Almighty says,

وَهُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ الرِّيَاحَ بُشْرًا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَحْمَتِهِ ۚ وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً طَهُورًا (48)
(Iterpretation by meaning 👇)
“And He it is Who sends the winds, glad tidings heralding His mercy, and We send down purifying water from the sky.” (Al-Furqan 25:48)

Like all other Prophets of Allah, Jesus (peace and blessings be upon him) also washed himself to purify himself. During his time, Yahya (John, the Baptist) used to call people to repent and purify themselves in the River Jordan.

It is mentioned that Jesus also went to him and took a bath of purification (Mark 1:9-11).

After that Allah appointed Jesus as His prophet and messenger and he began preaching Allah’s Message. Jesus was a servant of Allah. He used to pray and for his prayers he must be purifying himself.

Jews in his time also used to do a lot of ritual washings. The Old Testament speaks a lot about the use of water for the purpose of purification. (See Numbers 19:1-22; Leviticus 14-15-16:24-28)

After Jesus left this world, Paul became a leader of some Christians. It was he who gave a new interpretation of Jesus’ Baptism. He told them that when a person takes a Baptism in water, actually he immerses himself in Jesus’ blood and dies with him and then he is resurrected like Jesus into a new person. (See Romans 6:3-4).

Paul gave a new definition of Baptism. For him, it was something to do with Original Sin and then the alleged death and resurrection of Jesus. (See Colossians 2:12).

For Jesus (peace and blessings be upon him) and his followers the Baptism was just a bath or ablution to purify themselves physically, ritually and spiritually, but, with Pauline interpretation, it became a symbol of belief in Jesus’ so-called death and resurrection.

We, as Muslims, accept the early tradition and that is what Islam has preserved and reaffirmed. We do not accept the later interpretation and doctrinal aberrations.

Allah Almighty knows best.
Editor’s note: This fatwa is from Ask the Scholar’s archive.

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