Young and wanting to know
Bismillah, al-Hamdulillah, was-Salaatu was-Salaam alaa Rasoolillah
(In the name of Allah, all praise is due to Allah, and may Allah send peace upon His last prophet and messenger Muhammad)
Ramadhaan 25,1426 / Saturday, October 28th, 2005
Last night(Friday), after our maghrib (sunset) prayer at Masjid Tawheed in Detroit, myself and some of the other Muslim brothers were talking outside of the musalla (place of prayer).
One of our brothers came from outside and said that there were some people outside who wanted to know about Islam.
He suggested that we take them downstairs and explain Islam to them, but one brother quickly reminded him that the women were downstairs, so we needed another option.
I suggested that we go into the musalla.
Then, we turn around, and in walk about 7 or 8 young guys.
We introduced ourselves and asked them their names and ages. They were 14 and 15 years old.
Remember, it's a Friday night at about 8:30 p.m. I'm sure that most of this nation's youth are not going to masjids on a Friday night and Allah knows best!
Anyway, Islam was explained to them briefly, when all of a sudden the athaan was being called for the Eshaa prayer.
A couple of the teens started laughing uncontrollably. When asked why were they laughing, they apologized and one of them said he had never heard anything like that before.
The athaan was briefly explained to them.
One of the guys received a phone call and then said that they had to leave.
We told them to come back any time to get their questions answered and then they all left.
It's good to see people, especially the youth, making an effort to learn about Islam despite all of the negative information that has been spread.
As a human being it is your duty to learn about your purpose in life and why you were created.
So don't let the devil stop you from increasing your knowledge about that which is Good.
as Allah (God)says in the Holy Qur'an (what means)
"...and follow not the footsteps of the devil. Surely he is an open enemy. he commands you only what is evil and sinful, and that you should say about Allah (God) what you don't know.
Surah 2 (Baqarah):168-169
I'll see ya' on the next post-inshaallah (God willing)
(In the name of Allah, all praise is due to Allah, and may Allah send peace upon His last prophet and messenger Muhammad)
Ramadhaan 25,1426 / Saturday, October 28th, 2005
Last night(Friday), after our maghrib (sunset) prayer at Masjid Tawheed in Detroit, myself and some of the other Muslim brothers were talking outside of the musalla (place of prayer).
One of our brothers came from outside and said that there were some people outside who wanted to know about Islam.
He suggested that we take them downstairs and explain Islam to them, but one brother quickly reminded him that the women were downstairs, so we needed another option.
I suggested that we go into the musalla.
Then, we turn around, and in walk about 7 or 8 young guys.
We introduced ourselves and asked them their names and ages. They were 14 and 15 years old.
Remember, it's a Friday night at about 8:30 p.m. I'm sure that most of this nation's youth are not going to masjids on a Friday night and Allah knows best!
Anyway, Islam was explained to them briefly, when all of a sudden the athaan was being called for the Eshaa prayer.
A couple of the teens started laughing uncontrollably. When asked why were they laughing, they apologized and one of them said he had never heard anything like that before.
The athaan was briefly explained to them.
One of the guys received a phone call and then said that they had to leave.
We told them to come back any time to get their questions answered and then they all left.
It's good to see people, especially the youth, making an effort to learn about Islam despite all of the negative information that has been spread.
As a human being it is your duty to learn about your purpose in life and why you were created.
So don't let the devil stop you from increasing your knowledge about that which is Good.
as Allah (God)says in the Holy Qur'an (what means)
"...and follow not the footsteps of the devil. Surely he is an open enemy. he commands you only what is evil and sinful, and that you should say about Allah (God) what you don't know.
Surah 2 (Baqarah):168-169
I'll see ya' on the next post-inshaallah (God willing)
posted by Ibraheem | 8:23 AM
3 Comments:
As-Salaamualaikum Ibrahim,
Good Job! May Allaah accept from us and you! Look for me soon at http://yaseenhalal.blogspot.com
As-slaalam alaikum
and the duty on us is to convey the message.
Abdullah
http://www.lightuponlight.com
As-slaalam alaikum
I extremely appreciate your commitment to spreading the word of Islam and inshallah I will do the same, may Allah (swt) be please with you.
Wiggy
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