Marin is a wonderful person from Bulgaria. He has professional degree in
Machine Building and works in a factory for metal cutting machines. Marin said
kalima shahadat and was referred to me by one of my students. I have always
believed that learning is a mutual process. I taught Hisham (his Muslim name)
how to offer prayers, how to pronounce Arabic, different Hadith (sayings of Holy
Prophet PBUH) and answer his questions regarding Islam. In turn I learnt a lot
from him, he taught me how to have firm faith in Allah, how to be contented with
what Allah has destined for us and most importantly how to get our prayers
answered by Allah. I have seen impossible turning to possible when he prays,
maybe he has better contact with Allah than born Muslims like us.
According to
Hisham, he wasn’t a very religious person before accepting Islam. He did believe
in God and Jesus Christ, he was visiting churches on special occasions. Hisham
says that Christians believe in trinity but he always believed that there is one
God and Jesus is His prophet sent to show humans right path. Hisham says that he
was familiar with Islam but didn’t know the truth about Islam. In past few years
he felt more confused about Christianity and was Christian only in papers. On
social media he met many Muslims from Pakistan and India. There he got to know
about Islam and finally he was ready to accept Islam as one of his friend kept
telling him about Islam. He said he researched a lot, listened to different
Muslim scholars and felt that he always believed in la illaha illa Allah. He
always felt that there is one God and no one except him, he prayed to him and
felt His presence. He says when he said Kailima shahadat he felt light in his
heart and felt contented.
In his journey towards learning Islam he has read
translation of Quran twice. He goes to local masjid in Bulgaria. He says he was
afraid when he went there for the first time but how he was treated there made
him feel that he belonged to those people ever since he was born. Hisham intends
to learn and memorize Holy Quran and be a useful and effective unit of Muslim
community. He liked helping people but now as a Muslim he feels it his duty. He
intends to learn Arabic as it is language of Quran and our Holy Prophet PBUH. I
wish him luck and look forward to mutual learning.
Allah may bless us all with
true understanding of our religion. Ameen
2 Comments
Inspirational and thought provoking.
ReplyDeleteThank you
Delete