It's hard to judge everyone with the same 'scale'. I'm not sure you can even judge 'religiosity'.

With the older generation, most people pray so that doesn't make them any more religious than anyone else. But with the youth, praying can be a very big thing, so we call them religious people, even though praying is the most basic thing that everyone should be doing anyway.

I think I call people who pray, try to learn about Islam more etc etc 'religious'
Whilst those who are humble and have great characters, 'good people' or the like.

Well actually, I don't think I really describe people as 'religious'. But when in conversation with friends they will refer to people as religious followed 'prays and everything' sorta thing, or even if they didn't that's the meaning I would take.

Really it should be called 'practising'and when we refer to religious people we should think of it meaning that the person has a good character too as the two things can't be separated.

you can't measure "religiousness" as as soon as you try - especially the religiousness of others - not only will you fail as appearances can be decieving, you actually damage your own religiousness as all the judging will be bad for you.

this thing about noor on the face being an indicator or piety i'm not buying it. Only because how do you know it's not the persons natural complexion? The twinkle in their eye, the radiant skin, women with pregnancy glow. I'm not saying noor doesn't exist just it's difficult to know if it is noor. Ive often heard people saying about their sheikhs, mash'Allah hes so close to Allah look at the noor on his face, meanwhile my inner sceptic voice can be heard saying "you would say that he's your sheikh, i can't see any noor"...lol If i had a sheikh i may see something in him that others can't because i want to believe it? Am i making any sense?

Like dust i think piety can only be measured by Allah, but a sure way according to hadith and Quran is those who do salat and those who don't. Those who excel in good manners and those who don't amongst other things they're high on my list of indicators if i was carry a piety thermometer, which i am not, i've got better things to do, like changing nappies.

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Ocean wrote:

A twinkle in eyes is known as a Corneal reflex, the fresher the cornea, the brighter the reflex which is why babies have the best "twinkle"

+1.

Lilly wrote:

Ocean wrote:

A twinkle in eyes is known as a Corneal reflex, the fresher the cornea, the brighter the reflex which is why babies have the best "twinkle"

+1.

Yes and their closest to Allah!

You measure a persons religiousness by the size of their beard, pulling it is not recommend

You can buy these rulers from some Islamic shops. The scale varies from 'Almost english/christian' to 'mashallah'. I think the instructions tell you to put the ruler in your mouth as you would with a thermometer as this ruler uses mercury in its system too. Easy! Simple! Accuracy is yet to be tested.

s.b.f wrote:

You can buy these rulers from some Islamic shops. The scale varies from 'Almost english/christian' to 'mashallah'. I think the instructions tell you to put the ruler in your mouth as you would with a thermometer as this ruler uses mercury in its system too. Easy! Simple! Accuracy is yet to be tested.

s.b.f wrote:

You can buy these rulers from some Islamic shops. The scale varies from 'Almost english/christian' to 'mashallah'. I think the instructions tell you to put the ruler in your mouth as you would with a thermometer as this ruler uses mercury in its system too. Easy! Simple! Accuracy is yet to be tested.

love it.