WHAT IS ISLAM

Hello blessing to you all ,
i am really motivated to write these post about Islam, not only because Islam is my religion but to help bring the understanding and clear some misunderstanding that a lots of Muslims and non Muslims have about Islam, we  are going to give a brief  history and some basic information about Islam  I assume you are reading this post just for some information about this topic or you are new to Islam or need some basic information ,
but to know more about Islam you will need a lot of learning, practicing and more research, which i will be covering in upcoming post so stay tuned, many people have their own view  about Islam some sees it as a violent religion and full of  extremist , others also sees it as just one of many religion in the world,  either way you may see it  is not the issue , but the true fact  about  the religion is what matters the most , and we are going to find out about some of them, before i start  i will like to remind you that these are basic information about Islam,
 Islam religion is based on believe ,submission,and practice , and  i  will be  explaining each one of them
 BELIEVE:  to become a Muslim means to believe in Allah (God almighty) as he is the creator  of  heaven and earth,  mankind and all other living things, that he sent down his messengers (angels,books & mankind) including the last Holy prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) to bring Islam and guidance to mankind   , i am not going into details about the holy prophet Muhammad( S.A.W)  read or download it here ,  so generally speaking one must believe in Allah and his messengers and accept Islam. having this believe is not complete without
SUBMISSION: this brings us to the definition of  Islam dough some scholars have other ways of defining the word Islam , but some scholars define it as total submission to Allah, let give an example of a constitution
every constitution have rules and regulation governing it, and this rules and regulation is what the constitution  stands for, without this principles this constitution will have no aim ,values and goals,
same applies to Islam , it also have rules and regulations from Allah  and if any one  want to became a Muslim then  he must accept this rules and regulation of  Islam (shariah) which is in a way of  submission
 PRACTICE: After believing in Allah and having total submission to him, then you are ready to start practicing Islam, needless to say one cant claim to be a Muslim without having any idea of the above mentioned, The practicing part of Islam is very important because that will  demonstrate your faith in Islam it goes hand in hand accepting and practicing, Submission to those rules and regulation means practicing them , Islam is built upon pillars called the five pillars of Islam, this pillars are not only to be known by Muslims or just believe in them but to put them into practice, a  Muslim is  not complete without the five pillars of  Islam which we will be discussing a lot on this blog

                                         THE FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM

1. testify that there is no deity except Allah and Muhammad is his messenger
2. pray the regular five times prayer
3. pay legal alms to the poor
4. fast during the month of  Ramadan
5. perform pilgrimage to the house of  Allah (Kaaba, which is in mecca) if you can find a way to do so.

that will be all for now folks i will explain the five pillars of Islam in my next post,  i hope this post  helps you in any way and i shall welcome any correction or questions about this post by adding me a comment thanks and stay blessed