Ways

You know, for people to be safe and happy in their lives, they need to learn what is good and bad for themselves.

And it would be nice if there was a simple set of rules to follow which told you what is good and what is bad.

But life is too complicated for one set of rules to fit everybody.

There are rules for all the most important things they need to do or to avoid,

and that is the Law of Islam.

But apart from those few things for which there are Laws,

everyone needs to do different things at different times.

There are just too many choices of different things to do to have rules for all of them.

Yet Muslims know that there is a way

to be able to tell at any time

what is the best thing to do.

For people to be happy they have to understand what is important about the Way they live their lives,

the Ways they think, the Ways they Act and the Ways they see the world around them.

When Muslims speak of choosing to live their lives

in the best possible way at every moment of the day,

they call this the Muslim Way of Life,

and have a special name for it.

It is an Arabic word.

We call this Way of Life our Deen.

Our Deen is a way of knowing what is the best way to behave,

and a way of showing good manners to other people.

And because a Muslim's Way of Life is judged only by God, not by other people,

they follow that Way of Life whether there are people around them or whether they are alone.

Being good is something that a Muslim does for God,

and God is always with us wherever we are,

and whatever we are doing.

We may not be able to see God,

but God can see us,

and God is our Friend and Companion.