What is Islam?

Islam is a five letter words that many people have heard all over the world. Despite the fact that the word Islam is known to all, the definition is unclear or misconstrued by some people. Many people around the world when asked about Islam, they tend to come up with the definition of what it means to them.

Many people have come up with a different definition of Islam but most of these definitions are wrong. Let me give you the different definitions spelt out by people on what Islam is;

Some people define Islam has a religion of peace.

Some defined Islam is a religion of worshipping Allah.

Some said Islam a total way of life.

The last definition says, Islam is the total submission to the will of Allah.

The first and second definition is the most common. However this two definitions doesn't define the true Islam. The last two definitions are the most valid definitions of Islam. The word Islam is derived from the word "Salam", it is the total submission to the will of Allah by accepting his ones in totality and following his full commandments and abstaining from all forms of associating partners with him.

Hence, that is the true definition of Islam. Let not forget that in Islam, everything is established in it's totality. That is, Allah first an Allah last in all our affiars. Islam is not a religion of the mosque four corners, rather it is the total way of life. Unlike other religions, Islam gives its own design on how human being should serve his God in every thing he does. Islam teaches us everything. From the day human being is created till the day he will died, Islam has designed for him the do and don't in every aspect of our life. We should therefore see Islam in it's totality and follow it in its totality.

We shouldn't be like other religions that confined the worshipping to synagogue or shrine alone. We must know that to be a Muslim you must practice your religion in it's totality. We have to submit everything in totality to the will of Allah.

The guide to light our path when practice Islam is the Quran. It showers the light on the path we should follow. It explains Islam to us, provide the solution to the things that aren't clear to us and teaches us how to live on earth without kicking against the rules of Allah.

For you to be a conscious Muslim, you must put Islam first. Moreso, it is mandatory for every Muslims to wear the spirit of Islamic aura wherever they go. Let people see Islam in you. A practicing Muslim must be submissive to Allah in it's totality. Worshipping or having other partners with Allah is tantamount to Islam. Bowing for other things as a sign of worshipping or associating other creatures with Allah is something Islam kicked against.

Furthermore, some Muslims have perceived Islam as a religion that has to do with mere observing solat in the mosque. That is, they have limited their Islam to the four angles of the mosque. They ostracized their social activities and life to their desires and whims. For a Muslim to be accepted wholeheartedly into Islam, it is compulsory to accept Islam as a way of life. Islam has designed for us how we should live our lives. Islam teaches us how to eat, trade, sleep,talk drink, marry and many more. Every activities of human life aught to adhere to the guides of Islam. We must preach it and at the same time practice it. All Muslims must see Islam in it's totality and as a way of life. Islam talks about politics, war, trading, relationship, marriage and all other social activities of human life. Allah has sent down all these as guides to human.

To this, we as Muslims should see Islam as a religion that preaches religion in it's totality, submission to the will of Allah and not associating anything with Allah.