Introduction

[smdahmed]

Assalamualaikum Wa Rahmatullah.

Taryam seems to have made a good start. Though I m too a muslim by birth let me share some of my experiences of how I really started respecting the essence of Islam in day to day life.

I was born as a muslim and as a only son to my intellectual parents. Mom would teach me to read and write urdu- my mother toungue ( which is the language in which one could find lots of religious books ) and they had appointed an old lady Arabic teacher who taught me to read complete The Holy Quran when i was just say about 9 years old. Studying Quran at the age of 9 is quite appreciable to Indian Muslims as Arabic is not a very well known language here ( atleast in my family ). Father had to leave to UAE for better prospects and I had to continue my education staying with my uncle back home in India.

Father earning in UAE meant to me lots of money in my pockets, as my parents used to send me too much as I m their only son. In these stages too, I used to visit mosque which was like a habit to me since my early childhood. But I really wonder and seek forgiveness of Allah SWT if I was really concentrating on my prayers. I serenaded a non muslim girl - my classmate. Things continued like this for about say 6 years. Then an incident occured in my life with my ex-girl friend who is now married and settled in USA, which got me to ISLAM. I was looking for peace, for support and I could find it only in the Path of Allah SWT . Yes, I sometimes believe people should be inflicted with pain to understand Mercy of Allah SWT . Say, a blind person would only know the price of eyes.

Things turned as I had to cope up with trauma and when I joined my Bachelors in Engineering, Allah SWT blessed me with right people who enriched my Islamic Knowledge. Its been since 3 years I have joined a company as a software engineer, but when I really look back I miss those college days where I used to spend my weekends amongst Islamic Scholars ( Aalims and Muftis ) always asking them questions and learning more and more about Islam. Since I have joined a job, its reduced a little bit but THANKS TO THESE ISLAMIC FORUMS that really refresh all those thoughts of mine and provide me with good knowledge. I really admire the efforts of Sister Muslimah.

I know its too much for me to write up all this story here , but I thought someone can read it and safeguard himself or take some sort of lesson out of my life.

Please pray for me ...

May Allah SWT help all muslims and bless all muslims with hidayah and bestow HIS GRACE especially on innocent people of IRAQ - Ameen. I request all brothers to pray for people of IRAQ. Please supplicate Allah SWT for the cause of Iraq... May Allah SWT bless us all - Ameen.

vassalam

Ahmed.