Moderate Islam, practicing Muslim

In accordance with the following verse in the Qur'an, “Keep to the right course as you have been commanded, and also those who turn with you to Allah, and do not exceed the bounds. He sees what you do.” (Surah Hood, 11:112), Islam is itself a moderate religion and those who are following it are moderate anyway. "The above verse is self-explanatory as it means, be steadfast in following the truth, to the best of your ability, without overstepping the limits through exaggeration and extremism."

"Once, while teaching his companions, one of the rites of pilgrimage, the Prophet (PBH) warned them against going to extremes, pointing out that doing so was the reason behind the destruction of past nations: “Beware of extremism in religion, for the only thing that destroyed those before you was extremism in religion.” (Sunan Ibn Maajah: 3029)."

Therefore, there is no need to label a follower of Islam as a "moderate" Muslim. Islam is moderate and modern, and unchangeable since it has emerged during the time of the Prophet (PBH). We just contradict ourselves by labelling it.

This is also surprising that some people take reference of the Qur'an and Hadith out of context; whereas every aspect of Quran and Hadith relate with a background. We, also, sometimes, say, I am practicing Muslim, but as a Muslim you are meant to be practicing anyway. We should rather say, (if you are not practicing) I am not a practicing Muslim.

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