Do you want to be an American Idiot? (American-Muslim Contributions, including to Music)

When surveyed, many people didn't realize that many of the celebrities in the industry are practicing Muslims. Not many are outspoken (as we will mention, being Muslim has become a taboo versus proudly proclaiming it) but here's a list of people you probably didn't know were American/Muslim:

The Co-Founder of Youtube: Jawed Karim
Model: Iman
Athlete: Shaquille O'Neal
Artist: Ice Cube
Comedian: Dave Chapelle (converted 1998)
Artist: Akon
Artist: Lupe Fiasco
Artist: Mos Def
DJ: Dj Khaled
Dr. Mehmet Oz

                                                        Rima Fakih (Miss USA 2010)

"Believers are merely those whose hearts feel wary whenever God is mentioned and whose faith increases when His verses are recited to them. On their Lord do they rely. Those who keep up prayer and spend some of what We have provided them with are truly believers" (Quran 8:2-4).Asmah related that the Prophet said: Spend, and do not count, lest Allah counts against you. Do not withhold your money, lest Allah withholds from you. Spend what you can. (Bukhari, Muslim)Abu Huraira related that the Prophet said: The Lord's commandment for every one of His slaves is, ‘Spend on others, and I will spend on you'. (Bukhari, Muslim)

"Give the kinsman his due, and the needy, and the wayfarer, and squander not (your wealth) in wantonness. Lo! the squanderers were ever brothers of the devils, and the devil was ever an ingrate to his Lord" (Quran 17:26-27).

Amr ibn Shuaib, on his father's authority said that his grandfather related that the Prophet said: When you eat, drink, give charity and wear clothes, let no extravagance or pride be mixed up with what you do. (Ibn Maja, Nasai).


When Allah gives wealth, 

Make sure to give back and to appreciate what you've been given