10-03-2004, 08:30 PM
Alsalam 'alaykom
U sure will brother, do not worry at all, look at me, being born muslim, muslim parents, arabic speaking, and I get mocked from the closest people of mine, do I care, of course not, I don't care, in fact when i decided to wear the hijab in hmmm when was that 1980, all my family were like, "u r crazy, my mother told me"may Allah bless her soul" go and throw it away. So imagine how it is when some1 who is close to u, mother actually, and orders u to disobey Allah. I did have a very hard time then, but I was patient and calm with them that Alhamdulilah they adjusted and got over it. Today I am more relegious, no music no movies, not much at public visitings, so that we will not Gossip ,
so again, ooooh she is too much, and they start making fatwas, music is not haram, going out is not haram, why are u always wearing black and bagy dress, and so on. I don't say that I do not go out I do, but I try not to go out much except for important tasks. Now again everyone is adjusted again, and I am living in peace obeying no1 but Allah Alhamdulilah, I do not say I am a perfect muslim, we then are still human beings, and we must sin, to find a Most Forgiving Allah who loves us and accepts our repentance. so there goes I blaberred again and gave u a headache, cheer up u r on the right path. And oh if u love your friend just pull him along with u kindly and lovingly, and step by step .
U can by will of Allah have stood strong be like yusif Islam, serve Allah by spreading Islam by anasheed listen to those :
http://www.amrkhaled.net/mcategories/categories39.html
here u will find 3 anasheed in english for Samy yusef he is english I think from turkish origin, listen and c then what u would want to do, one of these anasheed he made a clip of it and it is put now and then on tv like this he is teaching the young generation "specially those lost teenagers", the love of Allah and Prophet Muhammad. So think about it. but do not be hasty
Wasalam