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| Should I stop my 7 year old from giving dawah? |
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| tq |
| 09/28/01 at 12:53:20 |
| Assalamo elikuim My almost seven year old is giving dawah to his friend (our neighbor’s kid – a 6 year old). He has asked him not to eat marshmallows and pepperoni etc and he also recited the kalima “ La Ila ha illala…” with him. After telling him all this he told me that his friend has become a Muslim !. I told him that just tell him all the good things but when he(the kid) will grow up then he can be Muslim – was I right? My son replied by saying that his friend is already a Muslim and he will teach him salat also and then he can pray at home and tell his parents about Islam too. I don’t want him to stop telling others about Islam or not being proud to be Muslim but also I don’t want my neighbor, who is a good friend, complaining that my son is converting her kids :) I am sure there is right time for everything.. Any advice. Wasalam tq |
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| Kashif |
| 09/28/01 at 13:58:04 |
| assalaamu alaikum Wow what a beautiful story alhumdulillah! May Allah bless you and your family, ameen. How receptive is your neighbour to da'wah? I mean, ideally it would be wonderful if both parents and child converted. What if your neighbour came round to complain and then you took that as an opportunity to give her da'wah? hmmm.. but i will forward your question to some friends of mine, insha'allah. Kashif Wa Salaam |
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| Re: Should I stop my 7 year old from giving dawah? |
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| tq |
| 09/28/01 at 14:28:04 |
| Assalamo elikuim THanks for the nice dua. Actually, I don’t think she is open to dawah/converting that much. They are planing to send their son to a Christian school in future. Her father is Syrian Christian – so she knows alot about Muslims and little bit of Arabic. She is very nice – on the day of attack she came and told us not to go out incase something happen. Also after the attack, when I was going for grocery she told me not to go alone and came with me -just in case. Everyday kids play either in her house or mine. She already knows about Islam and Muslim. So far the only dawah I have done is through food by giving her biryani and qorma :) ( showing what great food Muslims eat – just joking! ) Wasalam tq |
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| bhaloo |
| 09/28/01 at 16:13:57 |
| slm During the khutbah today the khatib told us of an incident at Dr. Siddiqi's mosque (there is an Islamic elementary school there). A man came with his 8 year old boy to the school and asked the staff there if his son could take classes there, appearantly the little boy wants to learn about Islam. I thought that was nice. :) |
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| Saleema |
| 09/28/01 at 22:25:01 |
| [slm] A long time ago, about 17 years back, a 12 year old boy came with his mother to the North Zone Masjid here in Houston and took his shahada. His mother would bring him to the masjid occasionaly to pray. He found out about Islam through comparing religions and decided that Islam was the truth. Imagine that--at that age children are starting to think about the opposite sex and are into fashion and acting cool. His parents were fine with his conversion. After some time, he stoped coming and no one heard anything from him. And one day, he showed up at the masjid and my dad reconginzed him, my dad was the one who had given him shahada. He came to say salams to my dad, said that he was heading for Saudi Arabia to study Islam there in some university and that he won't be coming back. He has diabetes, and said to my father that it makes him sad because he can't fast during Ramadan. I always love hearing about his story from my father. [wlm] |
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