[Enjoymms]

aslam o alikum
my question is above
jazakallah

[Tainlyferfara]

No.

[Enjoymms]

so how should 1 try to live his or her life

[tuszit]

today anyone who tries to follow 100% deen is called an extremist . If u go for 4 months in Jamaat , u become an extremist. If u think about jihaad u become an extremist , so in this sense its good to be called an extremist. Normally , moderation is what liked and recommender for muslims. Allah SWT likes that amal which is being done consistently

[Tainlyferfara]

so how should 1 try to live his or her life

Walk on the Straight Path.

[EvaQWmrm]

so how should 1 try to live his or her life

What is meant by 'extremist?' One can go to extremes in rejecting their religion and become modernist secularists or apostasize, and one can go to extremes in performing acts of worship and starve to death. Both of these are bad things! But the question turns on the definition.

[Enjoymms]

today anyone who tries to follow 100% deen is called an extremist . If u go for 4 months in Jamaat , u become an extremist. If u think about jihaad u become an extremist , so in this sense its good to be called an extremist. Normally , moderation is what liked and recommender for muslims. Allah SWT likes that amal which is being done consistently

i dont mind about 100% be on deen but i mean to be extremist with yourself is good but not with others like getting angry on others and pointing out little things on other and every time naseeha......
i dnt have have any problem with it my brother is getting away of deen

[Coellacag]

aslam o alikum
my question is above
jazakallah

Islam is a religion of moderation. We see that in the Prophet(saw). if you study the Shamail, We see that in Aqeedah, we see that in Fiqh and so on. Moderation and balance is the theme in Islam.

Khairul Umoori AusaTuha ("the best of matters is of moderation")

[Saispapedlimi]

The problem is that definition of Extremism is very liberal these days. In some places People who pray 5 times a day and recite Quran are considered 'very religious' nowadays.

[Enjoymms]

What is meant by 'extremist?' One can go to extremes in rejecting their religion and become modernist secularists or apostasize, and one can go to extremes in performing acts of worship and starve to death. Both of these are bad things! But the question turns on the definition.

i dont meant any thing negitive about it i myself extremist(i assume that) beacuse i follw crazily what i like wetaher deen or dunya

[Tainlyferfara]

i dnt have have any problem with it my brother is getting away of deen

Tell us more, if it is alright to do so.
Wassalam

[Saispapedlimi]

i dont mind about 100% be on deen but i mean to be extremist with yourself is good but not with others like getting angry on others and pointing out little things on other and every time naseeha......
i dnt have have any problem with it my brother is getting away of deen

Oh that kind of extremism.

[Enjoymms]

Tell us more, if it is alright to do so.
Wassalam

hope here i find some help regarding it when ever i or my mother talk to my brother he said islam is bore religion and i want to spent my life on my own wishes it is hard to follow it do this do not do that he is abusing every one like scolars he know or what ever and when we were in pakistan he put the tv in store and now over here he brought a tv and when i asked him you put the tv out of the house what happen now he said i was hypnotize and you are also hypnotize he is so changed on the end of every talk he said i will leave islam (nauzubillah) i m not comfertable at first i was thinking he is just bothering my mother but now i seem he is serious he is 17 yr old
jazakallah

[Enjoymms]

Oh that kind of extremism.

you can say that

[Saispapedlimi]

Be careful, NEVER ever get angry with him. Teenagers tend to do the opposite when forced. Try to advice when in a good mood. Also start with the basics like salah, zakat etc. Dont forget to make Dua.

[Enjoymms]

Be careful, NEVER ever get angry with him. Teenagers tend to do the opposite when forced. Try to advice when in a good mood. Also start with the basics like salah, zakat etc. Dont forget to make Dua.

when he is happy to talk to me then i talk mostly when he is playing his games i told my mother to be friendly with him but he said somthing and their starts a big disturpance

[Sthjrderfida]

The problem is that definition of Extremism is very liberal these days. In some places People who pray 5 times a day and recite Quran are considered 'very religious' nowadays.

Praying 5 times a day isn't "very religious." That's just the bare minimum!

If you want to be a doctor, you look up to the best doctors to emulate, and you continue studying medicine to become better and more refined until you die (or at least retire). If you want to be a writer, you study and emulate and seek advice from the best writers and you continue studying and refining your abilities until you die.

Similarly, if you want to look into deen, you compare yourself to those strong with deen, and work to emulate them. If Islam isn't important to someone, why should their opinion on what is religious or not matter? They have other priorities so let them worry about those. You, and everyone, have to consider what YOUR priorities are. If Islam is low on your list, then praying 5 times a day is probably a bit of a bother (especially since, omg, you have to do wudu first! such a pain!)

However, if Islam is your priority, then praying 5 times a day is where you start, and you never stop trying to better yourself until the day you die and go to meet your Lord.

By the way, this isn't coming from someone perfect in deen, who follows all the sunnahs, wears a turban and memorized Quran when he was 8. This is coming from someone who wasted 10 years of his life, who, for years after converting never made Islam his true priority, and struggled with even the most basic forms of practice. So I know what an effort it can be even for the little things. But if that's where you (or your brother, or whoever) is, that's where you start. We all have our struggles, and we will all, individually, face our Lord.

"The point is Allah and everything besides Allah is besides the point."
-Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller

[Enjoymms]

is it good to give all time naseeha?i think it make other person stubborn

[Saispapedlimi]

Praying 5 times a day isn't "very religious." That's just the bare minimum!

You misunderstood me bro, lol. I was mentioning it was 'considered' very religious by 'some people', Due to the decline in the quality of 'frame of reference' in the Society. I hope get my point.

[Saispapedlimi]

is it good to give all time naseeha?i think it make other person stubborn

No i too think its bad.