Share Your Story: How I Became a Muslim
By RepenteMy Path to Islam,
I grew up in a low-class European family, my parents are drinking, drugs and alcohol in school, boyfriends, parties, and all that comes with it. I was always kind of spiritual and I was always thinking about the big questions of life, like why we are here, what we should do, why we feel such and such. I was always between people I was never alone but I was always lonely and this loneliness led me to do many haram things. When I left my country and I went to the UK I saw Muslims and I was like "I wish I could believe like them I would be the happiest"... but I couldn't at the time...
How I Did It:
I was working with a Muslim lady and she encouraged me to accept Islam. I wasn't taking it seriously and I thought - it's just like this I'm Muslim now - but to be honest I used to still do all the haram stuff. And even worse things happened to me because of my stubborn mind and my social situation. I didn't have friends I could look up to because of his or her iman but something was different... I started to feel guilty and ashamed and this feeling was new for me.
Then years passed with this guilty feeling getting stronger and stronger on me then I started to talk with a friend of mine and he said I am not Muslim cuz I do such and such and I don't pray and so on. He advised me patiently to start to practice. So I started to change my mind and my life, I started to read and think and understand and it was a whole new scale of consciousness about the world and seeing myself in it and the most important .... I learned MORALS!!! Morals I never ever had. I never had bad intentions towards people but I wasn't respecting myself and my body and to realize all the things I have done with my new way of thinking ... it was shocking.
So I started to pray and I asked Allah (SWT) crying in sujood to make me believe, to make me feel, to make me see, and to make me patient. and alhamdoulillah I can see now and feel and believe. May Allah(SWT) make all of us good, pure and humble. Ameen
Advice
- It is not always easy to change your lifestyle from what you are used to, especially if you are in between people who don't wanna be better... Never give up and never be too ashamed to ask forgiveness from Allah (SWT), remember He is Ar-Rahim, Al-Ghaffar. Understand this life is a test and nothing more. There is no secret and no doubt in how we should live in this dunya. Allah(SWT) loves us more than our own mother soubhanAllah and when you realize this you will care about nothing else but to please Him. We weren't born to be angels, and Allah(SWT) knows everything that is in our heart. Be patient with yourself and with others.
Reaction From Non-Muslim Friends and Family Members
Alhamdoulillah my family and real friends accepted me as a Muslim.Changes I Had to Make in My Life
I needed to change all the "settings" in my mind and heart.
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Share Your Story: How I Became a Muslim
By DeeanaRose.
My Path to Islam;
Becoming a Muslim isn't as simple as throwing on a scarf; there is much more to it. My journey has been a long and difficult one, an ongoing transition. I've had a lot of struggles with converting, but I also see a lot of beauty in it. In the process I lost my friends, my family abandoned me because of my faith and I got put into foster care, my teachers couldn't even look at me. Who knew how much distance a scarf could put between us.
But despite all this, I've met some amazing people, I've seen the kindest souls in this world, and I can honestly tell you that the best thing I've done in life is return to Islam.
How I Did It:
Before reverting to Islam, I had little information about Islam, I didn't understand it, I didn't know any Muslims, and I was completely out of touch with it. And so how is it that in 2 weeks I had my mindset completely transformed from someone who had no interest in Islam, to someone who was convinced that she was to become a Muslim. It is none other than the will of Allah SWT and I am very blessed for having partaken in this beautiful transformation.I was doing a newspaper piece on the Syrian Crisis for my Social Sciences class, and I happened upon the fact that Bashar Al-Assad was a Muslim. I was intrigued. What was a Muslim? I took out some books and just researched Islam and I felt the gap that religion had left inside me close. I was in love with Allah SWT, I was in love with Islam. To be a Muslim, I needed to say my shahadah but I was in a school in which I knew no Muslims.
But then the librarian noticed I was reading a lot about Islam and she referred me to Omar. Omar was a school technician, 24 years old, and came from Syria. I approached him and told him exactly what had captured my mind for so long and he just froze. His whole face lit up and he immediately went from a distant uninterested man to one who very much wanted to help me. He told me a bit about Islam and invited me to meet his father and could not stop asking what had made me turn to Islam.
Once I took my shahadah on November 2nd, 2013, with Omar's father, my life gained new meaning, but also a lot of social problems.
My closest friends slowly left me and began to tease me about it. How ridiculous it was for a Samoan tomboy to become a "ninja" (reference to the niqab). Another Muslim teacher was very keen to help me with my transition, it was just so inviting.
I hid it from my family until I could finally come out with it and walk around with my hijab and pray and make wudu openly. But when my family found out they were disgusted. They took me to the pastor's wife's house to "remove the devil" from me. They threw away all my scarves and abayas and prayer mats and books which just broke my heart until finally, they signed me over to foster care.
It was hard leaving my family and feeling unwanted. But Allah SWT wanted me. Muslimas wanted me. I enrolled myself in Zayed College which is the only Islamic college for girls and from then on my faith and character was enhanced as I was exposed to such lovely girls and their beautiful families
Advice
- I think, becoming a Muslim is a HUGE change.
- Your diet, your sleeping, your attire, your friends; everything is affected by this. My advice would be to take things at your own pace, don't rush into anything
- The important thing is your salaat. Pray first, and see how you feel about taking these steps to Islam, the most important thing is your prayer so prioritize it.
- go to a mosque and they'll be sure to help new Muslims.
- Also, be wary of what is posted online; always double-check
- Read, listen to lectures by sheiks, and read the Quran. Don't follow anyone else's perception of Islam follow what YOU understand
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