Takbir!

Assalamualaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh,

Last Saturday, Imam ZiaUllah Khan came to Cambridge to give a talk on 'The Pursuit of Happiness' (reminds me of the film by Will Smith based on a true story) in the mosque. A German lady came to listen to the talk and became so interested in Islam. After the talk, the Imam and a group of brothers and sisters, including this lady who is a friend of one of the sisters, went to have dinner in Sweet 'n' Spicy, which is a bit of more barakah place to have dinner since they don't sell alcohol. At about 11pm, this lady took the shahadah simply because the Imam said, you know your feeling is right. Alhamdulillah, she took the shahadah and became a Muslim.

I didn't know about it until yesterday when I attended the ISOC's circle which is supposed to be on Jinns, but changed to Axiom and Logic when the speaker didn't turn up for some reasons. I met the lady again and she gave me salam and told me about her conversion. I think she recognised me. I'm so happy with this good news. I'm glad that ALLAH gave her the guidance to accept this faith and the best way of life. Now, the next obstacle is to educate her and help her to lead a Muslim life according to Quran and Sunnah. Converting a person is a tough job, but the post-conversion matter is much tougher because it is not a one-shot thing but for life and it takes a lot of effort, time, perseverance, patience and wisdom, because a few misleading teaching might turn that person away or pollute the clean heart of this 'new born baby'. I pray that ALLAH will give her the courage and consistency in facing the tests as a new convert, I pray that ALLAH will give me the strength to help her and I pray that by ALLAH's mercy, HE will give guidance to my family too. Amin. Takbir!

Wassalam.