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My brothers and sisters, a question that we may be asked, why are you a Muslim?

Why is it that you have chosen the faith of Islam?

Many people born Muslim have probably not even thought about it, but a day may come when someone might ask you

and you might not have thought of the deep reasoning and so you may not have at times, perhaps,

due to lack of knowledge a convincing response.

And if you have embraced the fold of Islam later on in life,

MashaAllah, congratulations, may Allah bless and grant goodness not just to you but to all of us,

and may Allah bless humanity at large and guide us all.

I mean, but we need to know when we say,

la ikra hafidin repeating the verse of the Quran, the words of Allah,

there is no compulsion in deen in the religion.

What does it mean? It means no one can force you to enter the fold of Islam.

Once you enter the fold of Islam, you have adopted something through your own free will

that you have chosen as your faith.

And there is a set of rules and regulations that are unaltered, not changed.

You have no right to come and start changing things in chopping and still call it Islam.

Islam is a religion that has been set by Allah, the creator, the maker,

and the messenger piece be upon him related it to us.

Those rules and regulations collectively are known as Islam.

But if I come and I say, I'm a Muslim, I am required to follow that set of rules and regulations.

If I think that no, I don't agree with XYZ, then is it fair to call yourself a Muslim?

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