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| As Salaamu Alaikum! (New Resident) |
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| Rabia |
| 04/20/04 at 20:45:21 |
| As Salaamu Alaikum, wa Rahmatullah!!! Alhamdulillah! It feels so good to be in Madinah! I feel like I am home. I actually started studying Al-Islam when I was pretty young, but didn’t begin practicing until I was about 19, and then finally recited Al-Shahada on my 21st birthday. In the beginning - for the first few years I was devout, at least more so than I have been in recent years. There was a time when any and everyone that I associated with were Muslims; I only read books pertaining to the din; the only CDs that I listened to were of Quranic recitations or of various imams delivering khutbah. About 2 ½ years ago, I kind of drifted from Islam, in practice at least. :'( I never lost faith or anything, I just couldn’t seem to get on the right path. It was puzzling because when people who were confused about Islam – who thought that it was radical…oppressive…or extreme, asked what I loved about it, my answer changed from time to time, but I always said that I love the structure, and for lack of a better word, even the restrictions. If you follow the shari’ah, there is practically no room for error; to stray. But anyway, having always felt that love, I still found it difficult to discipline myself and work towards trying to become an “Ideal Muslimah” :-). But Alhamdulillah, lately I have been sick with this zeal and hunger to imbibe all that I can when it comes to this din. It keeps me awake at night; I want to read every book I have on my shelf about Islam, and I keep ordering more! There’s so much that I’ve forgotten, and so much that I wanted to learn but never sought the answers to. I feel that being here is exactly where I need to be. MaSalaama ~Rabia! |
| Re: As Salaamu Alaikum! (New Resident) |
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| Nadeem |
| 04/21/04 at 00:47:34 |
| [slm] :DWelcome to the board !:D I am a "born-into-a-Muslim-family" Muslim, but your last two paragraphs rung home so true for me, that is EXACTLY how I felt and do feel ! Thanks for putting it into words! :) This is a great board, mashallah, and many interesting topics and discussions between a great set of people. Alhamdulillah. Enjoy your stay, and look forward to discussing Islam with you. :) Have a Bebzi [] [wlm] ;-) |
| Re: As Salaamu Alaikum! (New Resident) |
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| Trustworthy |
| 04/21/04 at 00:54:09 |
| [slm].... Masha-Allah. I’m going to use this post to welcome the now 4 newbies. I feel really glad today just because we have 4 newbies who are converts. Ahlan wa Sahlan. Welcome. Have another Bebzi if you wish. You can have as many as you want because….shhhhh…it’s virtual. So enjoy your stay here and have loads of fun. This is the only place I’ve found that makes me coming back for more. The advices given are great, and the du’as are bountiful. And the conversations and debates are also fun. The stories are inspirational. So sit back, relax, and join in. Welcome again. Ma-assalamah.... |
| Re: As Salaamu Alaikum! (New Resident) |
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| Yasin |
| 04/21/04 at 05:59:56 |
Welcome sister :-)Rabia and 've [] Your brother in ISLAM Yasin |
| Re: As Salaamu Alaikum! (New Resident) |
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| rkhan |
| 04/22/04 at 00:35:09 |
| [slm] wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh Ahlan wa sahlan sis...and hope you hv a good time here inshaAllaah... What are you reading these days? I love to read too :).... |
| Re: As Salaamu Alaikum! (New Resident) |
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| faisalsb |
| 04/22/04 at 12:48:42 |
| [slm] Welcome to the board sister and regarding your post what you have explained is what every muslims goes through in his/her life and even fellows of Holy Prophet [saw] also went through the same trails. I think I can recall one hadith regarding the topic that Holy Prophet [saw] said, "When doing bad thing makes you sad and doing good thing gives you pleasure then you are momin" There was no one, there is no one and there will be no one perfect in this world excepts prophets. So we are all just travellers some are behind and some are ahead and at the day of judgement we would come to know how many of us have reached the destination. Once again welcome to the board ...........:) |
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| lala |
| 04/22/04 at 14:14:55 |
| [slm] Welcome and enjoy your stay...with everything do it in moderation..great thing is ISlam is not harsh and following the din is not supposed to be too stressful...find your middle ground and hopefully it'll be easier.. much love peace |
| Re: As Salaamu Alaikum! (New Resident) |
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| Rabia |
| 04/22/04 at 14:26:20 |
| [slm] Shukran to all of you. Your words are really quite soothing. I know that I have to constantly make dua'ahs for Allah (SWTA) to guide me to the right path. Unlike years ago when I was living home (Wash., DC), things here in Buffalo are very different. Here, poverty is rampant. There are no jobs. As a result, people often indulge in unfavorable activities because they have no place to be. Even though I wasn't wearing hijab when I first got here, people said that I didn't fit in; that I was too "pure". After a while I began to hate that word; but now, I love it. I don't want to fit in with the vast majority of this city (or any American one for that matter). There are a lot of Muslims here, but you rarely see them. I suppose because they don't want to witness what is out there. It's definitely different here, people aren't accustomed to Muslimahs espeacially. As for reading, I've ordered a few new books, but I'm trying to discipline my enthusiasm and hunger for knowledge by not reading any new books until I've reread some of the old ones (I've forgotten much of what I once knew). Now, I'm juggling "The Sealed Nectar", "Disciplining the Soul: Breaking the Two Desires", and the classic, "A Spectacle of Death". I could never finish that in the past...it terrified me :'(. But I need that perhaps :D |
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