Difficulty With Openly Embracing...

[Suhra]

As'salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatu



May everyone read this in good health and spirit, Insha'Allah.



Well, the entire purpose of this message is to communicate to others my situation. Only this year have I developed a passion and interest for learning about Islam. I joined a club in school about Islam and I have a few friends who are of the Muslim faith, alhamdulillah. I've visited the masjid and I've read tons about Islam...and so, my parents found out about my interest. They gave me a speech on how I am being brainwashed and how they completely disaprove Islam. You see, I am Cuban and it's very odd for my parents to understand a religion such as Islam. So, eversince I haven't been able to openly read the Qur'an and Islamic literature at home. I have to do it in secret, and I visit the masjid in secret. If my parents ever found out, they would seriously punish me...



Even so, I've been learning about Islam...and I am confused at times...Sometimes I want to revert (convert) completely...but I then want to know: WHY?-----I want to know why the Qur'an is untouched and perfect, and uncorrupted----



So, I've been trying to learn to pray, but I would have to pray like the prisoners used to pray. I would have to do it in secret and just do it looking down, and praying in my mind.



People say to declare the shahada, because I don't know when I'm going to die, and that's SO true, but I want to know why I am declaring this Shahada----Because I wouldn't want to revert/convert and then find something out about Islam that I do not agree with. Especially marriage---I do not want to marry in my life, but I was told it's obligatory...There's something pulling me back from declaring my faith---I want to, but it's not as simplistic as you do it, and then you change your mind and go back to nothingness...I believe Allah should be praised and worshipped because He made us, and He is the Only One who Knows All. He is the All-Knower, the All-Hearer, and All-Forgiving. Can someone please reassure me of Islam and convince me that the Qur'an has not be corrupted? That's really what I need in life...Thank you all for your time....Ma Al Salama

[joshua72]

Salaam alaikum,


My friend, you and I are both in the very same situation.


I am an American Christan, but I have great interest in Islam and put my faith in Islam.


My parents are die-hard Christians and also dissaprove of anything Islamic.


I read the Quran almost every single night, and I visit this forum to learn as much as possible.


I would really like to revert to Islam, but I am very worried about the difficulties I would have (my family, western culture, career, friends, etc).


Insha Allah you and I will both be able to over-come this and embrace what God has planned for us.


Every thing that happens, and all that does not happen, does so by the will of God. You would not have a spark of interest of Islam, and you would not be reading the Quran if God did not want you to. But He wants you to - do not turn away from the sign he has given you.


I understand your situation exactly, and I know just how difficult it is.


There is much to be learned, and this is a great place for it!


Perhaps my thread "Questions for Muslims" in the "Non-Muslim" section will be of some use to you.

[lifutushi]

i've just found this page that i think might interest you:


http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/newmuslims/

[Shereen]

asalamu elykum,



i know how hard it must be Suhra


But Islam is the path that leads to truth & it itself is truth........in this life we are being examined by Allah to see which one of us have strong faith & which ones don't


So stay strong...........May Allah help u

[abeer]

<b>Suhra</b> don't worry god will show you the way.. allah loves us more than a mother does to her children.... just keep your faith in him i assure you you'll not regret it.


as for your concerns if i may answer 1 or 2 of them:-


1-I want to know why the Qur'an is untouched and perfect, and uncorrupted?


- Quran is Allah's words it was revealed to prophet mohammed through Gabriel -The great angel- .


Since the Noble Qur'aan was not revealed all at once, on the contrary, different verses of it were being revealed as and when appropriate, therefore, it was not possible from the very beginning to write and preserve it in a book form. So, during the initial stage of Islaam, major emphasis was laid on memory as a means of preserving the Noble Qur'aan.


When wahee (revelation) used to come in the very beginning, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) would tend to repeat its words instantly so that they would be memorized well enough. Thereupon, Allah Almighty directed him through the verses of Soorah Qiyaamah that he need not repeat words in a hurry immediately as revelation came. Allah Almighty would himself endow him with a memory that he will be unable to forget the words of the wahee once its descent has been completed. So it was that the moment the Qur'aanic verses would come to him, they would be committed to his memory the next moment. Thus, the blessed chest of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam), was the most protected vault of the Noble Qur'aan, in which there was no chance of even some common mistake, editing or alteration.


Again, as it was, he would not restrict his teachings of the Sahaabah (Companions) to just the meaning of the Noble Qur'aan, but had them memorize its words as well. Then, the revered Companions were themselves so enamored with a desire to learn and remember the Noble Qur'aan that everyone of them was anxious to get ahead of the other. There were women who claimed no mahr (dowry) from their husbands except that they would teach the Qur'aan.


Hundreds of Companions, freeing themselves from all other concerns, had devoted their whole lives for this purpose. Not only did they memorize the Qur'aan but also went on repeating it within the nightly prayers. 'When someone migrated from Makkah Mukarramah and came to Madeenah Munawwarah’, 'the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) would entrust him to one of Ansaar so that he could teach Qur'aan to the new comer.' The mosque of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) was so filled with voices generated by learners and teachers of the Qur'aan that the noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) had to ask them to lower their voices so that mistakes are not made.


So, within a fairly short time, there was on hand a large group of the noble Companions who had the Glorious Qur'aan all committed flawlessly to their memory.


In short, memorization of the Qur'aan was given more emphasis in early Islaam as this was the only protected and trustworthy method given the conditions of that time. The reason is that the number of people who could read or write was very limited in those days. The means of publishing books, such as printing press, etc., were not there. Therefore, in that situation, if writing was taken to be sufficient, it would have neither been possible to spread the Qur'aan on an extensive scale nor to protect it reliably. In its place,


Even until today, millions of muslim world wide have completely memorized the Qur'an. These people are known as Hafizun, which means that they are the protectors of the Qur'an. The real protector is Allah, the Lord of all Being

[radiyah]

Alsalam 'alaykom


Masha'Allah, Suhra, this is a great sign, insa'Allah u will be guided by Allah and he will give u the strength for that, and even if u want to become muslim and u cant for now because of your family, u can be in secret, just like the prophet and the early sahabas did, because they were still a few and weak they practiced their faith in secret until they grew numerous in number and became stronger especially when Omar Ibn Al-Khatab(the second Khalifa in Islam) embraced Islam, because he was a strong person and everybody feared him. So dont worry u will eventually c the truth.


Well Joshua just today I was wondering where u were?? u havent been on for a while . May Allah help both of u in this . And Joshua pray to Allah every day to ease your situation, and pray for your family to c the light with u, he will listen beleive me. Why don't u try bit by bit with ur parents u never know what will happen ?? May Allah guide u and help u insha'Allah.


Wasalam 'alaykom wa rahmaat Allah


Oh yes, and welcome to the board Suhra, I hope we will c u here often


Wasalam

[Qutuz]

when i have children i'll make them usedto wake up for Fajr prayer...and if one day they complained about it i will scream at them from the top of my lung "WHAT??? YOU ARE SO LAZY TO WAKE UP AND PRAY...SHOULD I TELL YOU THE STORY OF JOSHUA AND SUHRA!!!?"


i'm really proud of Joshua and Suhra.....sometimes reverts make me feel that i'm a bad bad Muslim


you know what i mean?

[radiyah]

when i have children i'll make them usedto wake up for Fajr prayer...and if one day they complained about it i will scream at them from the top of my lung "WHAT??? YOU ARE SO LAZY TO WAKE UP AND PRAY...SHOULD I TELL YOU THE STORY OF JOSHUA AND SUHRA!!!?"
i'm really proud of Joshua and Suhra.....sometimes reverts make me feel that i'm a bad bad Muslim


you know what i mean?

U know why brother, because their faith is stronger than ours, we are born muslims, we do not learn our relegion right. But when a non muslim reverts, he reverts after asking many questions so that he will have no doubt, and if any1 asked him/her, why u became a muslim they will be strong enough to answer. But sadly speaking millions of born muslims around the world dont know their relegion and how great it is.


wasalam

[Yusuf.]

Assalamu alaikum,


As a result of my reversion to Islam I lost my entire family except one sister, who passed away in March. But the strangest thing happened: an aunt whom I hardly knew started writing me. She is a Methodist Christian, and completely understood my acceptance of Islam. Now she, her husband, and her three sons and I are all becoming closer than I ever was with my parents and sisters.


Allah Hafiz

[radiyah]

Assalamu alaikum,
As a result of my reversion to Islam I lost my entire family except one sister, who passed away in March. But the strangest thing happened: an aunt whom I hardly knew started writing me. She is a Methodist Christian, and completely understood my acceptance of Islam. Now she, her husband, and her three sons and I are all becoming closer than I ever was with my parents and sisters.


Allah Hafiz

<b>Masha'Allah</b> brother Yusif, may Allah <b>Reward</b> u for all this, and insha'Allah u have not lost, but u gained Allah's love, and insha'Allah the Jannah. Masha'Allah Glory be to Allah


waslam 'alaykom wa rahamat Aallah wa barakatuh