Difference Between Deen and Religion and its impacts on human life

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Difference Between Deen and Religion and its
impacts on human life

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• In the Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most
  Merciful.
• Outline
• Deen
• Madhab or religion.
• Difference between DEEN Madhab.
• Its impacts on Human life.

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• DEEN and Religion is clarified but prior to this
  a deliberation over the meaning and
  interpretation of both the words should be opted
  for only to facilitate a better understanding of
  the subsequent matter.
• Allah says in the holy Quran Verily the Deen in
  the sight of Allah is only Islam
• Inn-ud-dina ind Allah hil Islam.

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• According to
• Religion is a set of doctrine, Rituals and
  ethics.
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  (Lord North Burning)
• There is no living religion without something
  like a doctrine. On the other hand , a doctrine ,
  however elaborate, does not constitute a
  religion
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  (C.P.Tsele)
• A monastic or religious order subject to a
  regulated mode of life the religious state as,
  to enter religion.
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  (Chaucer)

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Deen

• Deen means absolute sovereignty (of Allah).
• Deen means absolute submission (of man to the
  absolute soverign).
• Deen indicate reward and accountability.
• Deen expresses a way of life or a code of
  conduct.

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• It was exigently just that the believers of Islam
  should have accepted and introduced Deen i.e.,
  Deen-e-Islam as the Islamic law and way of life
  but that was not done. On the contrary, a self
  invented word, Mazhab was opted for against
  'Deen', the proof of which is there in neither
  the Holy Quran nor any Prophetic tradition.

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• It was exigently just that the believers of Islam
  should have accepted and introduced Deen i.e.,
  Deen-e-Islam as the Islamic law . On the
  contrary, a self invented word, Mazhab was opted
  for against 'Deen', the proof of which is there
  in neither the Holy Quran nor any Prophetic
  tradition.
• On the other hand, the sense in which the word
  has been used in the Prophetic tradition if that
  is to be used for indicating religion, that would
  be an insult to Islam. Even now the word Mazhab
  has become so common that Islam is being
  identified as 'Mazhab' instead of Deen and this
  all is the work of religious monopolists.

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• Deen Deen is an Islaamic word and it is proved by
  the Holy Quran and Ahadees.
• The Deen in the sight of Allah (SWT) is only
  Islaam "The Deen before Allah (accepted by Allah)
  is Islam" (Aal-Imran 319) Deen has been approved
  of and favoured by Allah "Today, I have completed
  your Deen, and have completed my bliss upon you
  and accepted for you Islam as a Deen." (Al-Maida
  53)
• Deen is complete "Today, I have completed your
  Deen.. (Al-Maida 53) Deen is Pure
  Unquestionably, for Allah is the pure religion.
  (Az-Zumar 393) Mazhab Mazhab is a non-Islaamic
  word and it has not been used in the Holy Quran
  or Ahadees in this context.
• Mazaahib is a Self-made thing and Allah
  (SWT) never likes Self-made things in Islaam.
  Mazaahib are incomplete. There are self-made
  statements and proclamations in Mazaahib and this
  would continue till the time of Qayamah if they
  dont repent and get back Islaam. Hence, the
  whole way of life in Mazaahib is self-made law
  which is against Islaam. Mazaahib are not pure
  indeed they are adulterated and have the
  combination of Statements,
• Proclamations, advices and suggestions
  which are self-made and are contradictory to
  Islaamic concepts.

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• Deen Deen has been chosen by Allah (SWT). Indeed
  Allah has chosen for you this Deen (Al-Baqara
  2132) .
• Only Deen will be accepted And whoever desires
  other than Islam as religion - never will it be
  accepted from him, and he, in the Hereafter, will
  be among the losers. (Aal-Imran 385).
• (Al-Anfal 839) Mazhab Mazaahib are Self-made and
  are made with human-intervention. Since Mazaahib
  are self-made and against Islaam undoubtedly it
  will not be accepted.

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• Deen A messenger or Prophet of Allah will only
  bring Deen with him. "It is He who has sent His
  Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth
  to manifest it over all religion, although they
  who associate others with Allah dislike it.
  (At-Tawba 933).
• Fiqh (deep understanding) in Deen is a favour
  To whomever Allah Wants to favour HE grants him
  Fiqh in Deen (full understanding of
  Deen-e-Islaam). (Sahih Buqari Sahih Muslim)
  Mazhab .
• There is no relation of Mazaahib with the
  Messengers or rather these sects are associated
  with some other Personalities.
• The Present day situation is an illustration of
  the same. Indeed, those who have divided their
  religion and become sects - you, O Muhammad,
  are not associated with them in anything. Their
  affair is only left to Allah then He will
  inform them about what they used to do.
• (Al-Anam 6159) Muqallid (the one who is
  committed to uncritical and unqualified
  acceptance and emulation of traditional orthodoxy
  or an authoritarian code of a particular
  religious teacher).

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• Mazhab is an un-Islamic law and self created
  means of establishing relation with Allah.
• Mazhab has self-invented methods of prayers,
  apart from an intrusion and impulse of one's
  baser self whereas ,Deen is known as code of
  living in accordance with that of the Holy
  Prophet (PBUH) and striving to achieve the will
  of Allah.

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• Mazhab
• Zahab go, pass by, walk.
• Mazhab Method, belief or faith , manner.
• As per grammar, Mazhab is an adverbial Noun that
  shows the place or time of an action.
  (Tasheel,ul-adab, Filisaan ula-arb ).
• There are so called five popular Mazahib
• Hanafi
• Shafaye
• Hamabli
• Malaki
• Ahle Hadees

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• The fundamental difference between the two terms
  must be understood. Madhab, or religion, is a
  term used for a set of beliefs and rituals of
  worship. On the other hand, Deen refers to an
  entire way of life that pervades all aspects of
  life. In other words, as compared to Madhab, Deen
  is a far more comprehensive, all-encompassing
  reality. With this backdrop, it will perhaps not
  be entirely correct to say that Islam is not a
  Madhab (religion), because all of the elements of
  a Madhab are certainly part and parcel of Islam -
  it includes the articles of belief, spirituality,
  and the etiquettes of worship (Salah, Saum, Zakah
  and Hajj). Hence, it would be more accurate to
  say that Islam is not merely a Madhab, but an
  entire code of life (Deen). It not only offers
  whatever constitutes religion, but is endowed
  with the elements of a complete way of life.
  Hence, Islam is, essentially,

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• Deen

• Mazhab

• Deen is an Islaamic word and it is proved by the
  Holy Quran and Ahadees.
• The Deen in the sight of Allah (SWT) is only
  Islaam
• "The Deen before Allah (accepted by Allah)
  is Islam"
  (Aal-Imran 319)
• Deen has been approved of and favoured by Allah
• "Today, I have completed your Deen, and have
  completed my bliss upon you and accepted for you
  Islam as a Deen."
  (Al-Maida 53)
• Deen is complete
• "Today, I have completed your Deen..
  (Al-Maida 53)
• Deen is Pure
• Unquestionably, for Allah is the pure
  religion.
  (Az-Zumar 393)

• Mazhab is a non-Islaamic word and it has not been
  used in the Holy Quran or Ahadees in this
  context.
• There is no such proof in Mazhab rather Mazhab is
  Sectarianism.
• There is no scope or rather an instance of
  Sectarianism or Mazaahib in Islaam. Hence,
  Mazaahib is a Self-made thing and Allah (SWT)
  never likes Self-made things in Islaam.
• Mazaahib are incomplete. There are self-made
  statements and proclamations in Mazaahib and this
  would continue till the time of Qayamah if they
  dont repent and get back Islaam. Hence, the
  whole way of life in Mazaahib is self-made law
  which is against Islaam.
• Mazaahib are not pure indeed they are
  adulterated and have the combination of
  Statements, Proclamations, advices and
  suggestions which are self-made and are
  contradictory to Islaamic concepts.

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• Deen

• Mazhab

• Deen has been chosen by Allah (SWT).
• Indeed Allah has chosen for you this Deen
  
  (Al-Baqara 2132)
• Only Deen will be accepted
• And whoever desires other than Islam as religion
  - never will it be accepted from him, and he, in
  the Hereafter, will be among the losers.
  (Aal-Imran 385)
• The purpose of Jihad in Deen is to establish the
  Deen of Allah completely.
• And fight them until there is no fitnah and
  until the religion, all of it, is for Allah.
  And if they cease - then indeed, Allah is Seeing
  of what they do.
  (Al-Anfal 839)

• Mazaahib are Self-made and are made with
  human-intervention.
• Since Mazaahib are self-made and against Islaam
  undoubtedly it will not be accepted.
• The purpose of Jihad (which cannot be called as
  Jihad, anyways) in Mazaahib is to continue the
  sect based on some Personality, Individuality,
  Community or Region.

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Some other Difference

• Deen is a broader and deeper concept where
  religion is only a set of dogmas and rituals.
• Deen is in contrast to religion . It is a
  declaration of war against secularism, because
  the word religion is used in a narrow sense and
  its scope is limited to the set of dogmas and a
  number of social customs to celebrate important
  life events.
• Deen on the other hand is a system of life in
  which human beings consciously surrenders
  themselves to sovereignty of higher authority .

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Impact of Deen or Religion

• Every Human being from Hazrat Adam to an an ideal
  Muslim of today, who has actually accepted the
  Deen of Allah, is follwing a universal code of
  conduct which is Islam.
• From Hazrat Adam to Hazrat Muhammad(P.B.U.H) all
  preached the same Deen.
• In other religion there is a bifurcation between
  religions that religion is only sort of
  subjective belief which creates a sort of private
  relationship between God and man. Therefore ,
  they believe that religion is ones personal
  matter which has not influence on life in this
  world.
• They consider that the laws of the worldly life
  should be should on logic and reason and the
  religion is only to get connected with God.
• Hence , Other religions bifurcate life into
  spiritual and material realms.
• The followers of those religions also believe
  that their salvation in the next world depends on
  renouncing this material world.

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• Various aspects of religion on human life
• Religion leads man of an inner , most intitude
  experience to the acceptance of unitary
  explanation of life.
• It is only faith in the existence of an Eternal
  Being, who knows man equally from within and
  without and who has full control over him, that
  cultivates these virtues within man and impels
  him to automatic righteousness and adherence to
  duty, and if need be, to make sacrifices for the
  sake of others.
• The well-known philosopher-cum-historian, Will
  Durant says in his book, 'Pleasures of
  Philosophy' that, without the backing of
  religion, morality is nothing more than
  arithmomancy, as without it, the sense of
  obligation disappears.
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Power to Endure Adversities of Life

• Religion provides power for facing adversities
  and serves as a bulwark against undesirable
  reactions of despair and hopelessness.
• A religious man, with firm belief in Allah, and
  of His munificence, does not find himself in
  utter desperation even in the worst moments of
  his life, because he knows well that he is under
  the protection of a Being who is Almighty. With
  faith in the fact that every problem can be
  solved and every deadlock can be resolved with
  His help, he can overcome every disappointment
  and hopelessness

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• Holy Quran says
• "Surely those who are close to Allah, have no
  fear nor shall they grieve." (Surah Younus, 1062
• According to Dr. Durant, behavior of a man who
  is not blessed with reliance on religion suffers
  from special epicurean confusion, and the life
  which has not the comforting support of religion,
  is an unbearable burden.
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Encounter with Ideological Vacuum

• Man cannot live in an ideological vacuum for long
  and as such his tendency towards a wrong ideology
  and false values becomes definite. His
  intellectual life is not filled with sound
  beliefs and healthy teachings. A superstitious
  and even destructive ideas may find way into his
  spiritual firmament and may for ever pollute his
  brain.
• All this originates from spiritual vacuum. It is
  religion which can fill the ideological and
  intellectual vacuum with sound teachings and can
  save one from a tendency towards absurdities and
  irrationalities.
• Hence, true understanding of religion can play an
  important role in combating superstitions, though
  it is true that even religion itself, if not
  understood correctly, may promote superstitions.
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An Aid to the Progress of Science and Knowledge

• Religion with its firm and sound teachings can be
  an effective factor in scientific progress,
  because its foundation has been laid on the solid
  bed-rock of "freedom of will" and on the fact
  that everybody is accountable for his own deeds.
   
• The Holy Quran says "Everyone is entangled in
  the outcome of his deeds." (Surah al-Muddath-thir
  7438)
• Faith in religion teaches that limitless
  knowledge is the source of this cosmos, which is
  like a very grand book penned by an erudite
  scholar. Every page of it, every line and every
  word of it, contains a glaring truth which
  stimulates us to further study and contemplation.

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Fight Against Discrimination

• Religion strongly opposes every discrimination
  based on color, race or class, because it regards
  all human beings as God's creatures and every
  country as God's country. According to it, all
  enjoy God's love and kindness equally and as
  such, all are equal.
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• According to the teachings of Islam, no man can
  be superior to another man on the basis of his
  color, race, descent, language or class.
• Islam recognizes only piety and knowledge as the
  touch-stones of superiority .Allah says
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• "Man, we have created you from a male and a
  female, and we have divided you into nations and
  tribes, so that you may get to know one another.
  Surely the most honorable of you in the sight of
  Allah is he who is most pious."(Surah al-
  Hujurat, 49 13)
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• Thus the role of religion in a world that has
  not yet been able even to solve the color
  problem, the question of class apart, is quite
  clear.

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Roots of Religious Sense

• Man has been familiar with religion for such a
  long time that it covers the entire recorded
  history of human life and goes back into the
  depths of pre-historic times.
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• The Holy Quran has described religion as man's
  innate nature and Allah's established order. It
  says
• Islam is in harmony with nature which Allah has
  designed for man. ( Surah al -Rum,30 30)
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• Research carried out by sociologists and
  historians shows that places of worship, either
  in their simple or elaborate and complex form,
  have always had an influence on human life, and
  religion in its various shapes has been
  interwoven with its history .
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Religion and Individual Freedom

• religion restricts
• individual freedom and disallows the fulfillment
  of some desires, whereas, in fact, the aim of
  religious teaching is not at all to put an end to
  logical freedom. Its aim is only to stop wastage
  of human energies and assets and to prevent their
  flow into improper and worthless channels.

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Conclusion

• Deen is the way of living and includes all codes
  and conducts of life. Religion is just a
  fraction and did not engulf all the thoughts ,
  duties and responsibilities of human life.

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