Islam which was conveyed by The Prophet Muhammad May Peace be Upon him is a perfect religion, I can say

this because every aspect in life is ruled by Islam. Islam teaches us what we should do when we are entering the restroom until the way to choose a leader, Islam rules from the smallest things until the biggest ones. Thus as a perfect religion islam has some characteristics which establishes the outstanding of islam and make people need islam as their religion and their way of life. Here are some characteristics of islam : 1. Islam comes directly from the side of Allah The Most High. It was not created by human. Muhammad May Peace be upon him is the messenger. It is from Allah The Most High, because Allah as the creator know best and knew the need of His slaves. In soorah Al-Mulk : 14 Allah says:"Does He who created not know, while He is the subtle, the acquinted?". 2. Islam brings to justice.

"And thus We have made you a median [i.e. just] community that you will be wtness over the people and the messenger will be witness over you". [Al-Baqarah:143] Thus Islam's shariah forms in justice for every life being. as a median means in the middle, between belittle and excessive, belittle is a negligent in action while excessive is over the limit in action [Imaam Ibnul Qoyyim]. 3. Islam explains the beginning creation of human and the end of their life and the purpose why they were created. Allah says in these ayah : 'From it [i.e. the earth] We created you, and into it. We still return you, and from it We will extract you another time". [Taha:55] " And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me". [Adh-Dhariyat:56] 4. Islam will never opposite with human the inherent nature of mankind and mind,

" So direct your face [i.e. self] toward the religion, inclining to truth [adhere to] the fitrah of Allah upon which He his created [all] people. No change should be there in the creation of Allah. That is the correct religion, but most of the people do not know". [Ar-ruum;30]. Islam pays attention to the use of mind and asks to think, but there are limitions i.e.do not think about the substance of Allah or His shape. 5. Islam is a religion of knowledge. Knowledge is compulsory for every muslim men and women. Knowledge will raise one's degree who has it to the highest degree. Knowledge and practice like two sides of a coin, There is no practice without knowledge and there is no knowledge without practice. Allah criticises one's who practices without knowledge as one's who goes asthray, and one's who has knowledge but does not practice it as a furied person. " Allah will raise those who have believed among you and those who were given knowledge, by degrees.......[al-mujadillah: 11]

Islam criticizes ignorance and blind follow. In soorah Az-Zumar; 9 Allah The Most High says; " Say, " Are those who know equal to those who do not know ?" " And do not pursue [do not assume and do not say] that you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart [about] all those [one] will be questioned." [Al-isra': 36]. the meaning of knowledge here is adheen, the knowledge based on Quran and Sunnah according to understanding of the righteous predecessors [salaf as salih], i.e' sahabah, tabiin, and tabiut tabiin and imaams who follow them. 6. In Islam there are solutions for every problems, like life problems, family problems etecera, shariah and its basic lessons cover all the islamic law for every unlimited things. 7. Islam shariah is the most wisdom in conducting all nations, the most appropriate in giving solution, pays attention to the benefits and to the human rights.

8. Islam is flexible. It is applicable for every nation, in every place, periods,situation and in every kind of condition. The most modern and the most development nation always find new proofs that point to the validity of islam and its high value. 9. Islam is a religion of love, unity, friendship and love amongst mukmin. " The believers are brothers, so make settlement between your brothers. and fear Allah that you may receive mercy". [Al-hujurat; 10] 10. Islam is far from contradiction. " Then do they reflect upon quran ? if it had been from[any] ather then Allah, they would have found within much contradiction". [an-nisa;82] 11. Islam is easy and clear and can be understood by everyone. for example; salat is compulsory for every muslim, but if you cannot do salat by standing you can sit, if you cannot sit, you can

lie down, if you cannot lie down you can do salat by giving sign. but do not skip salat at all. 12. Islam asks the followers to have high moral and pious deed. " Enjoin what is good, and turn away from the ignorant". [alaraf:199] " Repel [evil] by that [deed] which is better, and thereupon the one whom between you and him is enmity [will become] as though he was a devoted friend [fusilat; 34] 13. Islam takes care of healthy. Many argumentations from quran and sunnah about how to keep healthy. From sunnah The prophet Muhammad peace be upon him mentioned about eating habit. Let us take a look this hadeeth. On the authority of al-Miqdaam ibn Maadly Karib who said: I heard The Mesengger of Allah saying : " No human ever filled a veseel worse than the stomach. sufficient for any son of Aadam are some morsels to keep his back straight. But if it must be, tehn one third for his food, one third for his drink and one third for his

breath." [Hadeeth saheeh by Ahmad, Al-Tirmidhee, An-nasaie, Ibn Majh] - Ibn Masaweh, a muslim doctor said : " If the people only used these words, they would avoid all disease and maladies and the clinics and pharmacies would idle." - another doctor, Al-Harith ibn Kaladsa said : " That which has killed mankind is the introduction of food on top of food before it has been digested." [www.theclearpath.com] Allah says in holy quran ; " and eat and drink but be not excessive. Indeed, He likes not those commit excess". [Al-a'raf;31]. Amongst the requirement of keeping healthy, Islam prohibits the harm food to be consumed. " He has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah.." [Al-baqarah: 173]

Allah says about alcholic drinks [intoxicants] in soorah Almaidah;90 ; " O you who believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allah], and diving arrows are but defilement from the work of satan, so avoid it that you may be successful." Intoxicant is prohibited [haraam], because it can harm one's mind, weaken the heart, harm the lever and cause other diseases. In the remedial ala The Messenger, he mentioned the useful of honey, blackseed and olive oil. 14. Islam is in line with modern scientific invention. Many ayahs and hadeeths mention about. Almost 1,000 ayahs have been found in the quran that speak about scientific facts and processes that were known to Allah for all time but that have only recently been discovered and proven as scientific facts by mankind. For example, quran speaks about the stages of development of the creation of the human being. Allah says : " And certainly did We create man from an extract of clay. then We placed him as a sperm-drop in a firm lodging (i.e, the womb).

Then We made (from) the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allah, the best of creators." [Al-Mu'minun ; 12-14]. In this ayahs Allah describes in detailed and precisely the condition of the fetus that are portrayed with pinpoint accuracy. This facts were discovered by modern science during the past 30 years of embryological observation and made possible by high-tech medical equipment. Noble readers, those are some facts about islam characteristics that I can mention. For those who are muslims I hope this brief article can improve our knowledge about our religion, for those who are non muslim I hope you can understand better about islam. The Ayahs [verses] and hadeeths mentioned above are not Arabic quran themself. Rather, they are only the English translation of their meaning.