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ISLAM: THE RELIGION OF EASE

We will ease you to the Easy Way. (Surah A'la: 8)
… He has selected you and not placed any constraint
upon you in the observance of your religion—the reli-
gion of your forefather Abraham… (Surat al-Hajj: 78)
Our Prophet (saas), in the light of these verses, invites us in
following our religion to declare: "Religion is easiness." (Sahih
Bukhari)
The practices and beliefs that people see as hardships have
been added to religion and passed on as if they were a part of the
real religion by polytheists or by people who deny religion and
try to distance others from religion. Yet others have adopted an
ostentatious manner in their observance of religion, thinking
that if they perform harder things to show themselves as more
pious, that will be more generally acceptable. However, our
Prophet (saas) has always ordered Muslims around him to make
religion "easier." As a result, righteous Muslims should obey this
command and should not suffer the consequences of represent-
ing easy things as hard. One of our Prophet's (saas) sayings on
this matter is as follows:
Our Prophet (saas), in the light of these verses, invites us in fol-
lowing the religious morality to declare: "Religion is easiness."
(Sahih Bukhari)
In this book, in accordance with the advice of our Prophet
(saas), we are reminded of how easy it is to live Allah's religion.
Furthermore, it is explained that the religion of Islam encour-
ages the lifestyle most suitable to a person's temperament, com-
fort, and happiness: a life lead by the morals of the Qur'an is the
best possible life a person can live.

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