What was the faith of Jesus himself? Not Christianity — because “Christian” means to be Christ-like, not to follow Christ’s own religion. A former Christian who went from fearing for his life when he first entered a mosque to taking his shahada the following Monday after reading the entire Quran in one weekend shares the question that changed everything: if you are a Christian, what was the actual faith of Jesus? The answer, as Islam teaches, is that Jesus submitted himself to the will of God — making him, by definition, a Muslim.
The Question Christians Cannot Answer
When Christians are asked what Jesus’s own faith was, silence follows. He could not have been a Christian because that term means “Christ-like” — it describes followers, not Christ himself. Jesus worshiped One God, prostrated in prayer, fasted, and called people to submit their will to the Creator alone. These are the exact practices of Islam. The guest explains that as a Muslim, he prefers to follow the actual faith of Jesus rather than a religion invented about him decades after his departure.
What was the faith of Jesus? You can’t say he was a Christian because that means to be Christ-like. As a Muslim, I prefer to follow the faith of Jesus — which was to submit myself to the will of God.
From the Bible to the Quran
- The guest’s own study of the Bible led him to Islam — a journey he documents as “how the Bible led me to Islam”
- His grandfather taught him that truth comes with proof, and when he asked the imam for proof, he was given the Quran
- He read the entire Quran cover to cover in one weekend and took his shahada the following Monday
- Dawah must be done systematically with proper funding and organization to produce lasting results — it cannot be left to chance encounters
A Prophecy Being Fulfilled
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) foretold that Islam would reach every household where the day and night reach. This guest started his dawah on Myspace over 17 years ago, when there were barely any resources available for someone seeking Islam in Greenville, South Carolina. Today, the fulfillment of that prophecy is visible everywhere — from social media to the Deen Center, the message of pure monotheism is reaching people who would never have encountered it otherwise.
I didn’t want anyone else to be in the position I was in — lost, looking for the truth, with no readily available access to it. That is why I dedicated myself to dawah.
