Assalamu aleykom wa rahmatu Allah wa barakatuh
I am so humbled and eternally grateful to Allah Subana Wa Ta'ala who forgave me of my sins and opened my mind, body and soul finding me worthy to the truth and inviting me to Islam on 8 Rabi Al-Awwal 1432 H during Egyptian revolution I experienced the absolute power of prayer as I watched on TV for the first time in Tahrir square, Muslims pray . This was my first call to prayer, I felt a blindness in my life had been cured.
Shortly after this a good friend of 3 years I had met on Facebook, who lives in Cairo, Egypt showed me via Skype the Masjid outside his window just as Fajr call to prayer sounded. I bowed my head and in my heart felt this to be the most beautiful sound I’d ever heard. This was my second call to prayer, I felt a deafness I had in my life had been cured. I then purchased a Qur’an opened to Al-Fatiha and first few pages of Al-Baqarah, I knew I was about to find out what I always prayed for, the meaning of life, serenity and peace of mind. I spent a year and half on a very special journey (that continues by the minute) soul searching leading me to begin studying Islam.
A week before Ramadan 1433 H (July 2012, I wrote an email to the Masjid in the community I live about a brother in India I became friends with on Facebook. He was studying to be Qur’an Hafiz and was hoping to come to Canada. Because of my love for Allah Subana Wa Ta’ala and his Prophet Sallallahu alayhi Wasallam and my love for Muslims around the world I was hoping they could help him with his dream. They read my email and also read I was soul searching and began my study of Islam. I received an email inviting me to attend Iftar on 2 Ramadan 1433 H and discuss if we could help this brother. This was the opportunity I had been waiting. I had not went to a Mosque since I heard my first call, there was a voice that kept telling me to wait, I would know the perfect time. It was this night I declared, As-Sahadah .
Immediately upon entering the parking lot of the Masjid and a Sister greeting me at the door I felt a light shine and my spirit jump and was fully awakened realizing I was always a Muslim by heart but did not know until Allah Subana Wa Ta'ala decided it was my time to live and to be given a right to life with dignity through the Muslim way of Life shown to us through the perfected life of our beloved Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu alayhi wasallam
I am so humbled and eternally grateful to Allah Subana Wa Ta'ala who forgave me of my sins and opened my mind, body and soul finding me worthy to the truth and inviting me to Islam on 8 Rabi Al-Awwal 1432 H during Egyptian revolution I experienced the absolute power of prayer as I watched on TV for the first time in Tahrir square, Muslims pray . This was my first call to prayer, I felt a blindness in my life had been cured.
Shortly after this a good friend of 3 years I had met on Facebook, who lives in Cairo, Egypt showed me via Skype the Masjid outside his window just as Fajr call to prayer sounded. I bowed my head and in my heart felt this to be the most beautiful sound I’d ever heard. This was my second call to prayer, I felt a deafness I had in my life had been cured. I then purchased a Qur’an opened to Al-Fatiha and first few pages of Al-Baqarah, I knew I was about to find out what I always prayed for, the meaning of life, serenity and peace of mind. I spent a year and half on a very special journey (that continues by the minute) soul searching leading me to begin studying Islam.
A week before Ramadan 1433 H (July 2012, I wrote an email to the Masjid in the community I live about a brother in India I became friends with on Facebook. He was studying to be Qur’an Hafiz and was hoping to come to Canada. Because of my love for Allah Subana Wa Ta’ala and his Prophet Sallallahu alayhi Wasallam and my love for Muslims around the world I was hoping they could help him with his dream. They read my email and also read I was soul searching and began my study of Islam. I received an email inviting me to attend Iftar on 2 Ramadan 1433 H and discuss if we could help this brother. This was the opportunity I had been waiting. I had not went to a Mosque since I heard my first call, there was a voice that kept telling me to wait, I would know the perfect time. It was this night I declared, As-Sahadah .
Immediately upon entering the parking lot of the Masjid and a Sister greeting me at the door I felt a light shine and my spirit jump and was fully awakened realizing I was always a Muslim by heart but did not know until Allah Subana Wa Ta'ala decided it was my time to live and to be given a right to life with dignity through the Muslim way of Life shown to us through the perfected life of our beloved Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu alayhi wasallam
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