Muslim by Coincidence
or Muslim by Choice
Have you ever thought of why a Muslim person was born into a Muslim family and a Non-Muslim one into a non-Muslim family? Is it the fault of humans born into a particular family? Have I been special for Allah Almighty that he make me Muslim since my birth? Do the people who are Muslims by birth have pure faith?
Many times people ask these types of questions whenever they see a great number of people who opt for Islam by their choice and practice it more competitively.
I observed some of my Muslim Srilankan friends who are living in a non-Muslim country but practicing Islam in a far superior manner than us who are Muslims by birth and living in Muslim country. You also observed that people from non-Islamic religious systems converted to Islam and become good Muslim than the customary ones. What's the reason behind it?
In Glorious Quran Allah Almighty says;
وَإِذۡ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِنۢ بَنِيٓ ءَادَمَ مِن ظُهُورِهِمۡ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمۡ
وَأَشۡهَدَهُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ أَلَسۡتُ بِرَبِّكُمۡۖ قَالُواْ
بَلَىٰ شَهِدۡنَآۚ أَن تَقُولُواْ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ إِنَّا كُنَّا عَنۡ هَٰذَا غَٰفِلِينَ
And [mention] when your Lord took from the
children of Adam - from their loins -
their descendants and made them testify of themselves, [saying to them],
"Am I not your Lord?" They said, "Yes, we have testified."
[This] - lest you should say on the day
of Resurrection, "Indeed, we were of this unaware." (Surah Al-A'raf: 172)
This verse
significantly illustrates the fact devotion of humans to Allah as the primary
covenant and then messages escorted by all the Prophets of Allah Almighty as
secondary covenant meant to revive the primary covenant.
In Hadith book;
Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace, and blessings be
upon him, said, "No child is born but that he is upon instinct. His
parents make him a Jew, a Christian, or a Magian. As an animal delivers a child
with limbs intact, do you detect any flaw?” Then, Abu Huraira recited the
verse, “The nature of Allah upon which he has set people. (Sahih Bukhari: 1292)
Every human being is equally vulnerable to whether or not
they revert to Islam. Allah Almighty is Just for everyone, He do not prefer anyone to born in Muslim family. Here
I used the word "revert" not "convert" because the word
converted to Islam is wrong because every child is born a Muslim and when he
comes back to Islam he is reverted to Islam or his instinct. Some people get
influenced by their parents and remained Jewish or Christian. But some find the
right path and came back to Islam irrespective of the influence of their
parents.
Idealizing this journey as individuals, through our research,
putting Allah Almighty as our foremost noteworthiness in life enables us to
identify the energized Aqeedah (Faith) of the first covenant, the one instinct
in us. Quran is the most refined
guidance as final truth till the day of Judgment for the whole of Mankind.
Finding the virtuous path and journeying from non-Muslim to Muslim is to truly
find Allah. It is to coordinate oneself to the frequency of Aqeedah (faith) and
to realize the Prophet Muhammad's (peace be upon him) instructions as our
eventual Salvation.
Another thing, people born into a Muslim family, they all
will not go to heaven and people born into a non-Muslim family, they all will
not go to hell. Saying only the Kalima Tayibah can not ensure heaven for
Muslims. The requirements of heaven are given in glorious Quran.
إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَفِي خُسۡر(2)
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ
بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ(3)
Indeed, mankind is at a loss, Except for those who have
believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised
each other to patience.
These two verses explain four minimum requirement of Heaven.
First: “Except such as have Faith”
Second: “And do righteous deeds”
Third: “And recommend one another to the Truth”
Fourth: “And recommend one another to patience”
Therefore, being born into a Muslim or non-Muslim family
doesn't matter. Everyone is Muslim by birth. The need is to find the righteous
path by them. The people who are Muslims by coincidence or by birth, they also
have to discover Allah Almighty and the purpose of their lives to become the Muslims
by choice.
Answer this question.
Are you a Muslim by
Coincidence or a Muslim by Choice?
