What does it mean to Live with Allah?
In the name of Allah , the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
In the name of Allah , the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
Bismillahirrahmanirraheem.
My story of how I became a practicing Muslim.
How I was guided to Islam.
It all began with what I thought was an open door of an exciting new opportunity (of a worldly matter) in late January of 2020. I was still in the midst of feeling so happy as I had finally completed my bachelor’s degree from university the year prior. With that said, I did istikhira (prayer for seeking counsel) and then embarked on the opportunity that Allah has given me and subhanAllah... it overwhelmed me to a point that I never experienced before.
I'm coming from Central Europe, from atheist parents and christians grandparents. Only my grandparents led me to some religion, so there were times I was going for Sunday mass to church, but I felt very confused in the Trinity concept and also knowing that if you want to get rid of your sins, you must tell a person. So I started to dig into other religions. Saw Buddhism and bit of Judaism, but it wasnt speaking to my heart...I went for about 6 times to Egypt just for vacation and once we were in hotel, the staff ate before us, because it was Ramadan, but still it didn't push me to search about islam because english isn't my first language and there were no materials in my mother tongue on islam...then in 2016 the islamophobia in my country peeked high and I had quite good experience in Egypt with muslims so I decided to do my year work on islamophobia. I stopped fearing english and started to see videos and read all articles I could find...in January 2018, silently in my room i took…
The short verison )I was born into a Muslim family in the west but was Muslim by name, not in practice. I wasn't exposed to Islam during my life in the west, i didn't even know the basics, if Islam was brought up, it was through fear and control, like this is halal and haram.
بِسْم الله الرحمن الرحيم