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Sister Salima: Coming Back to Islam (Story of a Revert)

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I do believe that everyone is born a Muslim in the sense that at birth we are
aware of a covenant with Allah. There is no ego in an infant; he hardly knows
he is separate from anyone else or the environment in which he finds himself.
But so soon that is lost, once the senses are overloaded with impressions from the
world around us. A developing child is then influenced first by the creed, or lack of
any, that is passed down to him by his parents, and afterwards by beliefs of his
peers and sometimes going on further by people of other cultures or nations and
even other times. This is the story of how I stumbled along lost on various paths for
half a century and then, through the Grace and Mercy of Allah, was able to return
to the true way. 
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My parents were Roman Catholic. My father never went to church in the time that I
knew him, and refused to discuss religion at all in any way with anyone. My mother
was a 'practicing' Catholic, very firm in her belief that hers was the one true
religion. I was extremely devout as a child and when I was eleven years old I asked
for a Bible for my birthday. Fast becoming disillusioned, I am sure I never managed
to read the entire book, but certainly made it through the new testament and a
good portion of the old testament. Even at the age of eleven I was able to see so
many discrepancies and contradictions; what I was reading did not seem as though
it could have come from beyond the realm of the human mind. I was so
disappointed that I turned away from faith altogether and for years refused to
believe in any reality other than what I saw in front of me. I thought of myself as
an atheist.
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As time went on I knew I was missing something in life and took time to study
many other religions. I was turned away from Islam by the misconceptions held by
the society in which I lived, those being that Islam is steeped in violence, Islam is
rigid, dogmatic, archaic and outdated, etc etc. I did not find any faith that seemed
to relate to me, so went on through my life for years looking for some guide that
would help me to find direction and fulfillment in a life that seemed empty.
Eventually I discovered, during my life experience and through the Beneficence of
Allah, so many of the Signs that He has given us. I became aware of the Power and
the Glory of Allah. Slowly I was being brought back full circle but couldn't see what
was happening and continued to deny and resist it at every step of the way.
I began to look into philosophy, psychology and other self help subjects since I felt
I was not advancing towards living according to my ideal. I felt especially drawn to
sufism, but there was no structure there, no real help for living in this world among
other people, some of whom will have like moral values, some who differ, and
others who will oppose all morals. My primary or core belief gave me the same
moral standards as a Muslim who follows his faith. My life in the community would
be acceptable according to Muslim standards, but in my heart I was unable to meet
my own expectations. I can see so many errors that need to be corrected in my
personality, my lifestyle, my outlook…and so much room for improvement in
powers or faculties such as intuition, concentration…………….and I had been trying to
make those changes for a long, long time using various methods. Experience helps
as a teacher of course, and doubtless any benefits come always with the grace and
mercy of Allah. But I wasn’t making progress fast enough for my liking.
Whatever practices or rituals I tried from time to time always fell by the wayside
sooner or later, even those that seemed to be having good effects. I had never felt
the need of an outward form of religion. I was able to conceive of a formless god,
but unable to form the notion of a personal god. It didn’t seem necessary… I did
read the Qur-an, but a version without commentary, and I think that the time was
not yet right that I should be able to see, because it did not make any impression
on me.
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Since I felt I never had been among people of like kind in America, I decided
to leave when I retired. I came to India, and at once felt that I could relate to
the disposition and emotional makeup of the people who live here. But as
time went on, I realized my thinking and lifestyle still did not fit in with the
people around me. The first people who invited me into their lives in India
were Hindu, and in two years I eventually met Jain and Christian people, but
they too were not 'like me'.
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After I moved to Ratlam I began to meet Muslim people. I felt that they shared my
values and decided I wanted to live in a Muslim neighbourhood. Everyone was
aware of my interest in Islam which had already been going on for ten years, and
would ask me 'then why don't you embrace Islam? What is stopping you?' and the
only excuse I had was that I was afraid I wouldn't be able to follow all that was
expected of a Muslim. It is one thing for someone who is born a Muslim to
backslide, but for someone who has studied the faith and chosen it, to follow it
imperfectly seemed unforgivable. I did not want to make a commitment I was
unable to keep. But I could recognize a different community existing within society
that must have been created by following the teachings of Islam. Could I also be
transformed?
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I was very comfortable in my new home from the beginning. Because of my
interest in it, a nephew of the family I rented from gave me a Quran, and this time
when I read it I believe Allah opened my heart to Islam. It was a very good
translation with extensive commentary and I read every word. The longer I read
the more I realized there were no discrepancies-nothing seemed like a mistake, no
lies. All the things that I found in the Bible to object to were not in the Quran. Many
of the same stories that I couldn't believe in the Bible were different and in the
Quran they made sense.
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From that time when I first was able to appreciate and understand the Quran I
have never stopped reading it. As soon as I finish I begin again. It gives me a
sense of being close to Allah, and is like a personal conversation with Him; it is a
great source of comfort. But beyond that, it is truly a miracle. Once I thought a
book written so long ago could not possibly have any relevance to living in our
time, and of course a book written by any human hand could not do so. But the
Quran is an effective guide showing how to live in this world no matter to what
country or what period of history you might transport it. The fact that it has existed
for so long without being changed or corrupted is another evidence of its
miraculous nature. I also know that if Allah so wills, people will read it and not see
the truth, because that happened to me the first time.
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It was very easy to become a part of the new household where I lived. When
Ramazan came I fasted along with everyone else, but I was really unprepared for
the profoundness of the experience. How easy it sounds, but how difficult it is in
practice. It is plain to see the value in this pillar of Islam, and how it serves as a
way of renewing the faith and sharpening the spirit of brotherhood. I could see how
it added strength to the will and softens the ego. It prevents a sense of
complacency from setting in and adds a new dimension to the routine practice of
namaz.
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So now that my eyes were at least half open, I told myself that I could live as a
Muslim and believe the things they believe without actually being a 'by the book'
orthodox Muslim. But little by little the family that took me in began to teach me
more about what is expected, the simple things they have incorporated into their
everyday life without any difficulty since childhood. I was now 60 years old and I
remembered when I taught myself Hindi almost five years earlier how difficult it
was. How could I now memorize and learn to recite something in Arabic? How could
I keep to the discipline involved in praying five times a day when I had not formally
prayed at all in half a century?
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But I tried-and found as long as I was sincere and persistent, I was able to
remember, that too seeming to be a miracle. Within about two weeks I had
succeeded in memorizing all the prayers and began doing proper namaz five
times a day. This has become a foundation to my life and made my weak will
and unruly ego behave as I had always wanted but not been able to manage.
Namaz is self-perpetuating; it was a very easy habit to form and I am
determined never to let it be lost to me.
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There is a growing percentage of people in America today who realize that their
single ideal of freedom of the individual has left their lives spiritually and morally
bankrupt. They are looking for something new, far removed from any kind of
religion that will satisfy unrealistic expectations. Muslims share many ideals,
values…..with Americans. I am speaking of those whom I have met, and from
reading the Quran and other literature I can see that these things are consciously
taught and reinforced in their lives since childhood and a part of their scripture.
Americans seem to have come to their current state of evolution
unintentionally...and there are notable differences as well. I find that Americans
and Muslims are both honest, independent, fearless, respectful of others,
conscientious of property rights and tolerant. However, Muslims also have the
admirable qualities of dignity, humility, consideration, co-operation and
accountability.
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How to bring the truth of Islam to those people who really need it yet resist it most
vehemently? Dr. Israr Ahmed recognized the problem and knew the answer, and I
quote from his article, Islamic Renaissance-The Real Task Ahead:
“The very mental constitution of these people compels them not to appropriate
passionately anything that does not satisfy the test of reason and critical inquiry.
They cannot attain the deeper levels of religious life without first untying the
intellectual knots of their minds. These are the people who constitute the
intellectual minority of a society and who command leadership over its ideology and
policy. A change and indeed a total revolution in their viewpoint and way of thought
is therefore of paramount importance.” 
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The Qur-an most certainly will satisfy anyone's sense of logic, and it is arguments
based on that which will pique the interest of even the most resistant culture.
However, having intellectual understanding and even true conviction is not enough;
Allah Himself has told us what we need to do and without it we cannot follow our
true nature. Now that I have embraced Islam, I feel that I belong to a community
of like minded people. All across the world I am aware that there are Muslims in
other countries and cultures, but we share among us one common thread that ties
us together forever. I do now know that the Qur-an is a guide for living in this
world and can be used in any country within any government and law system. I
also know that the qualities of self discipline, integrity, humility, patience, a sense
of self worth and dignity as well as a high regard for all life, among many other
concepts that become part of the nature of a Muslim who follows his deen correctly,
are the greatest hope, perhaps the only hope for a lasting world peace.<br />
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Written by Sister Salima

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Sister Salima: Coming Back to Islam (Story of a Revert)

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Thursday, June 22, 2017

Malcolm X's (El-Hajj Malik Shabaz) Eye-opening Letter - After Having Performed the Hajj

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“Never have I witnessed such sincere hospitality and overwhelming spirit of true brotherhood as is practiced by people of all colours and races here in this ancient Holy Land, the home of Abraham, Muhammad and all the other Prophets of the Holy Scriptures. For the past week, I have been utterly speechless and spellbound by the graciousness I see displayed all around me by people of all colours.<br />
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“I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca, I have made my seven circuits around the Ka’ba, led by a young Mutawaf named Muhammad, I drank water from the well of the Zam Zam. I ran seven times back and forth between the hills of Mt. Al-Safa and Al Marwah. I have prayed in the ancient city of Mina, and I have prayed on Mt. Arafat.<br />
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“There were tens of thousands of pilgrims, from all over the world. They were of all colors, from blue-eyed blondes to black-skinned Africans. But we were all participating in the same ritual, displaying a spirit of unity and brotherhood that my experiences in America had led me to believe never could exist between the white and non-white.<br />
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“America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem. Throughout my travels in the Muslim world, I have met, talked to, and even eaten with people who in America would have been considered white - but the white attitude was removed from their minds by the religion of Islam. I have never before seen sincere and true brotherhood practiced by all colors together, irrespective of their colour.<br />
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“You may be shocked by these words coming from me. But on this pilgrimage, what I have seen, and experienced, has forced me to rearrange much of my thought-patterns previously held, and to toss aside some of my previous conclusions. This was not too difficult for me. Despite my firm convictions, I have always been a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life as new experience and new knowledge unfolds it. I have always kept an open mind, which is necessary to the flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of intelligent search for truth.<br />
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“During the past eleven days here in the Muslim world, I have eaten from the same plate, drunk from the same glass, and slept on the same rug - while praying to the same God - with fellow Muslims, whose eyes were the bluest of blue, whose hair was the blondest of blond, and whose skin was the whitest of white. And in the words and in the deeds of the white Muslims, I felt the same sincerity that I felt among the black African Muslims of Nigeria, Sudan and Ghana.“We were truly all the same (brothers) - because their belief in one God had removed the white from their minds, the white from their behaviour, and the white from their attitude.<br />
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“I could see from this, that perhaps if white Americans could accept the Oneness of God, then perhaps, too, they could accept in reality the Oneness of Man - and cease to measure, and hinder, and harm others in terms of their ‘differences’ in colour.<br />
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“With racism plaguing America like an incurable cancer, the so-called ‘Christian’ white American heart should be more receptive to a proven solution to such a destructive problem. Perhaps it could be in time to save America from imminent disaster - the same destruction brought upon Germany by racism that eventually destroyed the Germans themselves.<br />
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“Each hour here in the Holy Land enables me to have greater spiritual insights into what is happening in America between black and white. The American Negro never can be blamed for his racial animosities - he is only reacting to four hundred years of the conscious racism of the American whites. But as racism leads America up the suicide path, I do believe, from the experiences that I have had with them, that the whites of the younger generation, in the colleges and universities, will see the handwriting on the walls and many of them will turn to the spiritual path of truth - the only way left to America to ward off the disaster that racism inevitably must lead to.<br />
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“Never have I been so highly honoured. Never have I been made to feel more humble and unworthy. Who would believe the blessings that have been heaped upon an American Negro? A few nights ago, a man who would be called in America a white man, a United Nations diplomat, an ambassador, a companion of kings, gave me his hotel suite, his bed. Never would I have even thought of dreaming that I would ever be a recipient of such honours - honours that in America would be bestowed upon a King - not a Negro.<br />
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“All praise is due to God, the Lord of all the Worlds.”<br />
Written by El-Hajj Malik Shabaz (Malcolm X) </div>

Malcolm X's (El-Hajj Malik Shabaz) Eye-opening Letter - After Having Performed the Hajj

“Never have I witnessed such sincere hospitality and overwhelming spirit of true brotherhood as is practiced by people of all colours ...

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Constriction of breasts (chest) in the sky

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Allah, the Almighty, says:<br />
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<b>“And whomsoever Allah wills to guide, He opens his breast to Islam; and whomsoever He wills to send astray, He makes his breast closed and constricted, <u>as if he is climbing up to the sky</u>” </b><br />
<i>Surah Al-An`am: 125</i><br />
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<u>The Scientific Facts:
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The formation of the atmosphere was unknown until Pascal proved its existence in 1648. He proved that air pressure decreases as we go higher above sea level.
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Later on it was discovered that air in the lower layers of the atmosphere is denser. About 50 % of the air mass is located between the surface of the earth and 20,000 feet above sea level, and 90% is located between the surface of the earth and 50,000 feet above sea level.
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Therefore, density decreases vertically until air reaches its utmost rarefaction (minimum pressure) in the higher layers of the atmosphere before it completely vanishes in outer space.
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When a human being goes higher than ten thousand (10,000) feet above sea level, it does not cause him any serious problem, as the respiratory system can handle the height of 10,000 to 25,000 feet above sea level; however, if a person goes into outer space, the amount of pressure and oxygen decrease causing the closing of the chest and dyspnea (shortness of breath). Then, the breathing process becomes difficult because of the lack of oxygen (oxygen starvation) and the respiratory system completely fails, causing death.
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<u>Facets of Scientific Inimitability:
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It is well-known that the different layers of the atmosphere were unknown at the time the Ever-Glorious Qur'an was revealed. Consequently, the low pressure and the decrease of oxygen, which is necessary for man's life, in the higher layers, were also unknown. People at that time did not know these facts; on the contrary they believed that whenever man goes higher, he will feel more serenity and happiness and enjoy the breeze.
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This honourable verse clearly indicates two facts that have been only discovered lately by modern science: the first one is that dyspnea occurs when a person goes higher in the layers of the atmosphere because of the lack of oxygen and the decrease in air pressure. The second is the state that precedes choking leading to death that occurs when a person goes more than 30,000 feet above sea level. This is caused by the drastic decrease in air pressure and an extreme lack of oxygen.
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It is important to note the miraculous nature of the word (climb) that indicates the difficulty of this state and describes the pain and suffering attached to it.
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<b>This is a sure indication that these words are truly from the All-Knowing and the All-Aware.

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Source: International Commission on Scientific Signs in the Qur'an and the Sunnah [External/non-QP]

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Constriction of breasts (chest) in the sky

Allah, the Almighty, says: “And whomsoever Allah wills to guide, He opens his breast to Islam; and whomsoever He wills to send astra...

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Priests and Preachers - Yusuf Estes

Priests and Preachers - Yusuf Estes

Yusuf Estes

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Sh. Yusuf Estes Khutbah - Must Watch

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MCA Khutbah By Sh. Yusuf Estes on June 29th, 2012
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Sh. Yusuf Estes Khutbah - Must Watch

MCA Khutbah By Sh. Yusuf Estes on June 29th, 2012

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Sunnah of the Prophet (PBUH) - Sh. Hamza Yusuf

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MCA Khutbah on February 3rd, 2012 by Sh. Hamza Yusuf
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Sunnah of the Prophet (PBUH) - Sh. Hamza Yusuf

MCA Khutbah on February 3rd, 2012 by Sh. Hamza Yusuf

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