My Father accepted Islam at age of 84...

Bismilla hirrahma nirraheem...

  

Asslamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh.

  
    I always remember those days when I’m still young happy with the person I love most. He was so kind and loving a hero to me. I remember he’s a type of man who never show his happiness in facial expression, through his action and affection you will feel how much he love you as he’s one, his princess. I grew up so close to him as a man of my life. He love to read about religion and always searching who is GOD…he read different kind of Bible and enter different religion too when he work abroad he become Pastor in Jehovah’s witness he’s a former Catholic before that and become Born again Christian too he love searched and find who really God is I grew up in that situation. One time due to my curiosity I was 10 or 11 yrs old that time I attended on gathering nearby my house it’s like a teaching about religion Church of Christ ( IGLESIA NI CRISTO) due to my innocent I attended not because I want to listen it’s because they prepare many foods suddenly I  met my lost God mother  and she ask me about dad and family and she offer a preaching in my own house. We never practice religion on that time means back as Catholic again after Jehova’s witnesses, he decide to read the bible and other books about God. After god mother and dad met   the church continued preaching on my house because of that all of my family member become IGLESIA NI CRSITO  for more than 5 years. Dad read many books about religion so it’s become complicate when religion matter we leave the religion that time I was 15 or 16 years old.

    

     Many years come, many years past many things happened .I got married and having a child and continue believing only that there’s  God but still I didn't knew what my purpose in life, why I am here in this world. December, 2009 when Allah sent someone to me one who introduce Islam  through him I so the light towards Him, He choose me to become Muslim Alhamdulillah. December 29 2009 when I took Shahada and accept Islam. I said this news to my family specially to my Dad, I didn't knew during his searching of truth Allah gave him a chance to saw Islam he told me he attended Dawah before and read half of Quran Alhamdulillah. So I asked his view about Islam he said Islam is a good religion no doubt on that so I asked again why he didn’t accept Islam that time then he explained the reason so was thinking maybe it’s not the right time In’sha Allah, Allah will open his heart.

  

    I continued reading and learned about Islam and once in a while I talked my dad and do Dawah to him and mom he always told me that he believed in One God and he knew well that Jesus is only a Prophet not a God, every time we talked about it I always asked him if he want to accept Islam he always say no and say he want to die with his religion that parents gave to him, despite everything he knew this things came to his mind and stick on it. I remember about Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) life about His uncle Abu Talib. I continue praying to Allah to open my fathers and family heart and gave them a chance to see to meet them.

   Three years past dad get sick and he is in serious condition now he still striving to his illness and I’m still asking him if he want to accept Islam but I still failed so I leave everything to Allah He’s the Merciful the Most  Great. Jan 1 2013 I got a dream I saw Dad asking me about Shahada and he want to recite it I’m so happy about that and say “Bismilla hirrahma nirraheem” so it’s give me courage to pursue about that but of course it’s Allah’s will so I wait the time every time I visit him he’s always in deep sleep.

   January 3, 2013 before Iftar I visit him and asked he’s condition he really suffer in pain I can’t hold my tears.  I asked him how he feel and he say he want to operate soon because he can’t take the pain anymore, my tears pours I felt his pain and suffering  Ya Allah… We still waiting to gather money for his operation In’sha Allah he will soon.  That time I told him…. Dad I saw you in my dream and came to me and asking me to take Shahada with you, do you want to recite the Kalima now He say yes I don’t know what I feel that time was hugging him and say Alhamdulillah and crying :’( :’( :’( and told mom about it... so I run home and pray to Him crying to Him and say thank you for this wonderful blessing Alhamdulillah after breaking my fast and pray Salah Magrib me and and my daughter run back home to take Shahada with Dad…

I told him we will Recite Shahada and repeat after me...

 Laa illaha illallahu Muhamaadur Rasoolullah

There is no God Except Allah and Prophet Muhammad(SAW) is His Messenger.

Ash Hadu Alla iaaha illallahu Wa ash hadu anna Muhammadan 'Abduhu Warasooluhu.

I bear witness that there is no God but Allah and Prophet Muhammad  is a man and Allah's Messenger.

    Alhamdulillah Allahu Akbar! I can't stop crying and congratulated him and say Dad you are Muslim now I hug him tightly and cried and say's Allah is with us everything will be fine just call His name. I can't explained my happiness I am lack  some things but blessed than others so I's so thankful for that Allah is great He always sent blessing to me yah not wealth or luxury in life but He gave more than that and that is ISLAM Alhamdulillah after a long journey of searching truth my Dad found light path towards Him. Now I continued praying for the rest of my family I believed one day Allah show to them the light and open their heart In'sha Allah..


This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion. The Holy Quran 5:3

 

FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH ONLY ......

Another Story I would like to share In'sha Allah we learn on it.Assalamu alaykum..

Bismillah...

FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH ONLY...

During the time of Prophet Musa (PBUH), there was a pious man, who used to pray day and night on the roof of his house. One day some people came and told him that there was a garden where a tree was being worshiped by a group of people. On hearing this the pious man picked up an axe and went to that tree with the intention of cutting and uprooting it altogether.

Satan (the Devi/shaytan) came to him in the form of an old man and asked: "What are you aiming to do?" The pious man explained what was happening and his intention to cut the tree. Satan(the Devi/shaytan) said: "What have you to do with it? If God wished the tree to be cut, he would have sent his Prophet (PBUH)to do it."

The pious man did not listen. The two went on arguing and quarreling till they came to blows. He managed to knock the Satan down on the floor and sat on him, aiming at cutting his throat. The Satan begged him for pardon and release saying, "Let me suggest you one thing which would help you in this world as well as in the next world. I shall pay you two dinars everyday. You can pay partly to the poor and partly spend for your own self. Leave this tree uncut till God commanded whether it was right or wrong to cut it."

The pious man was misled by the Satan(the Devi/shaytan). He thought the suggestion was right and returned home. On the second day, he saw two dinars under his pillow. He was delighted with the money and spent some after the poor. But on the following day, he did not see the money again as expected, so he again took over his axe and came at that tree. Again Satan (the Devi/shaytan) told him in the form of an old man and asked him, "What do you want to do?" He said, "I want to cut that tree." Satan(the Devi/shaytan)  told him that he had no power to do it so it was better he went back home. He did not agree and again they fought. This time the Satan (the Devi/shaytan)succeeded in overpowering the pious man and knocked him down on the floor.

The pious man was surprised at this and asked Satan (the Devi/shaytan) why it so happened that he could not overpower him this time. The Satan (the Devi/shaytan) replied: "Whoever does a good deed purely for the pleasure of God, no one can face him but if he does it with an aim of worldly gain, then he loses strength and stands to fail."
Why did the pious man win on the first day and lose on the second in his fight against the Satan(the Devi/shaytan) ? Because his first intention to cut the tree, was to please God and nothing else. But the second day, his good intention had changed and it had become for the sake of money. So the God given spiritual strength which he had on the first day had then disappeared and so he lost.

During the time of Prophet Muhammad(PBUH), his enemies - ten thousand strongmen, once planned to attack him. The Muslims were then but very few. Having received the secret news of what was about to happen, the Muslims dug a very wide ditch around them for their defence so that the enemy may not attack them all of a sudden.
From the enemy side, a warrior by name 'Amr Bin Abd-e-wadd(ra)' who was very famous for his strength, courage and art of fighting, landed in the midst of these Muslims by jumping over the ditch! The Muslims lacked the courage to face him. Only the lion of Allah, Imam Ali (ra) came forward to challenge the intruder!
Both drew their swords and were soon locked in a fierce duel to death against each other. At last, Allah bestowed victory to Imam Ali (ra) who threw Amr down on the ground and mounted on his chest ready to kill the arch-enemy of Islam, but before Imam Ali (ra) could do this, Amr spat in the face of our Imam.

Everybody around was certain that as a result of this insult, Amr would meet his death even faster still. But instead Ali (RA) moved from Amr's chest and walked away! People around were too surprised to see why he left loose such a dangerous enemy after overpowering him. Amr attacked again and after a short while, Ali (RA) again got control over him and this time he killed the enemy of Islam.

After the battle was over, people asked  Ali (RA) about the reason why he had spared Amr's life when he first got control over him  Ali (RA) replied, "I wanted to kill him for the sake of Allah only. He spat on me and thus made me angry. Had I killed him at that moment, it would not have been for the sake of Allah only. It would have also been for the satisfaction of my anger. So I let him free. When I controlled my anger, I killed him purely for the sake of Allah.'
This is how the Ahlul Bait - people of the household of our Holy Prophet (PBUH). have set examples of sincere intention. Before any action we take, we must be clear in our minds that the action is in accordance with the commands of Allah. That, it is for his sake and pleasure alone.

To keep away from insincere and impure intentions is indeed difficult but not impossible. This can be done by constant thinking and true understanding of the aim of our life. We have to understand what Allah really wants from us.

May Allah guide us all to the right way Ameen

What is Islam's view of homosexuality?

There is no doubt that in Islam homosexuality is considered 'sinful'. Homosexuality as far as Islam is concerned is a profound mistake ( as are all sins if they are not intending to do wrong). Humans are not homosexuals by nature. People become homosexuals because of their environments. Particularly critical is the environment during puberty. Suggestions, ideas & strange dreams are symptoms of confused attempts to understand new and blunt sexual desires and are rashly interpreted as defining someone as being one sexuality or another. If these conclusions are accompanied by actual homosexual acts they are even more strongly reinforced.

Human instincts can be subjected to acts of will. Sexuality is a choice of identity which follows choices of action which follow from choices of what to have sexual fantasies about. Human beings are especially able to control their thoughts, entertaining some and dismissing others.
However, if this free will is not recognised it is easy to get into a cycle of thinking which starts from accepting a hypothesis about yourself as true rather than as a possible choice (even if the options are sometimes difficult).For example: "I am lazy " could be supposed true by someone. When the person who thinks this lies around in bed in the morning he observes this inaction as evidence of the statement "I am lazy." As he repeatedly chooses to do so the evidence mounts and the idea becomes fixed in his identity. It may even have physical manifestations and change his physiology and psychology. This process can easily occur for any idea good or bad about the self which is based largely on evidence resulting from ones own action. The idea may be "I am 'gay'" or "I am content" or "I love eating lots of food". The truth is - you are what you choose to be ; you do what you choose to do ; you think what you choose to think. There may be long time delays between the causing choices and the effects but anyone can change themselves. There are reformed ex-drug addicts, reformed ex-compulsive gamblers and ex-homosexuals. In all these sins prevention is 1000 times better than cure and much easier.

It has been suggested that homosexuality is genetically inherited and that those who have this 'predisposition' are victims of it not sinners of any sort. However, there are other things which are probably genetically influenced to give predispositions to for example gambling or alcoholism .It could also be argued (and has been) that it is programmed into men's genetics for them to be unfaithful to their partner. All these things don't make it the right thing to do, nor does it prevent these things from being regarded as sinful. Drinking alcohol will still be regarded as sinful in Islam even if you have a predisposition to be an alcoholic. The trick as every post alcoholic will tell you is never touch another drop after you quit - it is a long slippery slope - your life is better without it. Once a certain desire is connected to your identity strongly and you get in some way hooked on it, it will always be easy to return to it - you are unable to forget the satisfaction. The difficult task is remembering the bad side of the desire, such as hangovers, lost money, self loathing or a simply sense of loss because of what you missed out on. But if you are to change for the better, you must remember this and the past desires you bound up with your identity can become disconnected from what you choose to become.

Quran says:

"We also sent Lut : He said to his people : "Do ye commit lewdness such as no people in creation (ever) committed before you? For ye practice your lusts on men in preference to women: ye are indeed a people transgressing beyond bounds." Qur'an 7:80-81

"What! Of all creatures do ye come unto the males, and leave the wives your Lord created for you? Nay, but ye are forward folk."
Qur'an 26:165


What is Islam's view of homosexuality?

There is no doubt that in Islam homosexuality is considered 'sinful'. Homosexuality as far as Islam is concerned is a profound mistake ( as are all sins if they are not intending to do wrong). Humans are not homosexuals by nature. People become homosexuals because of their environments. Particularly critical is the environment during puberty. Suggestions, ideas & strange dreams are symptoms of confused attempts to understand new and blunt sexual desires and are rashly interpreted as defining someone as being one sexuality or another. If these conclusions are accompanied by actual homosexual acts they are even more strongly reinforced.

Human instincts can be subjected to acts of will. Sexuality is a choice of identity which follows choices of action which follow from choices of what to have sexual fantasies about. Human beings are especially able to control their thoughts, entertaining some and dismissing others.
However, if this free will is not recognised it is easy to get into a cycle of thinking which starts from accepting a hypothesis about yourself as true rather than as a possible choice (even if the options are sometimes difficult).For example: "I am lazy " could be supposed true by someone. When the person who thinks this lies around in bed in the morning he observes this inaction as evidence of the statement "I am lazy." As he repeatedly chooses to do so the evidence mounts and the idea becomes fixed in his identity. It may even have physical manifestations and change his physiology and psychology. This process can easily occur for any idea good or bad about the self which is based largely on evidence resulting from ones own action. The idea may be "I am 'gay'" or "I am content" or "I love eating lots of food". The truth is - you are what you choose to be ; you do what you choose to do ; you think what you choose to think. There may be long time delays between the causing choices and the effects but anyone can change themselves. There are reformed ex-drug addicts, reformed ex-compulsive gamblers and ex-homosexuals. In all these sins prevention is 1000 times better than cure and much easier.

It has been suggested that homosexuality is genetically inherited and that those who have this 'predisposition' are victims of it not sinners of any sort. However, there are other things which are probably genetically influenced to give predispositions to for example gambling or alcoholism .It could also be argued (and has been) that it is programmed into men's genetics for them to be unfaithful to their partner. All these things don't make it the right thing to do, nor does it prevent these things from being regarded as sinful. Drinking alcohol will still be regarded as sinful in Islam even if you have a predisposition to be an alcoholic. The trick as every post alcoholic will tell you is never touch another drop after you quit - it is a long slippery slope - your life is better without it. Once a certain desire is connected to your identity strongly and you get in some way hooked on it, it will always be easy to return to it - you are unable to forget the satisfaction. The difficult task is remembering the bad side of the desire, such as hangovers, lost money, self loathing or a simply sense of loss because of what you missed out on. But if you are to change for the better, you must remember this and the past desires you bound up with your identity can become disconnected from what you choose to become.



May Allah guide and forgive us.Ameen

Source:Mission Islam

Quran Verses...

The Holy Quran Chapter 39 Surah Zumur verses 53-54:

(O Prophet) say: “O My servants who have wronged their own souls….Do not despair of Allah’s Mercy! Surely, Allah forgives all sins. He indeed is the All Forgiving, All Merciful. Return to your Lord and submit to Him before the scourge overtakes you; for then you may get no help from anywhere.”

Muslima...

Muslima 
We are different from others 
But we should stands and act above from them 
Because Allah created us in different way, 
Protected , respected and covered.
Alhamdulillah for being one of the women of Islam..