Asalamu alaykum, Jazakallahu khayran to iera and for all of your comments, iv read every one so far. I really feel like there is a need for this type of content, people sharing their experiences, not only from reverts, but also from born Muslims who have gone through all kinds of struggles with seeking knowledge and trying to practice Islam in this day and age. May Allah bless you all and please know I will try to read every comment insha Allah 🙂🙂
Alhamdulillah! Goes to show that we shouldn't underestimate the power of da'wa. We shouldn't think we are not qualified. Even if we cannot personally give information about the religion, we can direct people to where they can learn about the religion as examplified by you and Mark in this interview.
Salam, I reverted 30 years ago here in America, and I wish I had a forum such as this to discuss my journey with fellow reverts. For decades I have felt I lived in between worlds, and it has at times been a deep struggle. Throughout the years, with effects of a failed multi-cultural marriage & the intense Muslim hate that exists here in America, I lost my way. But Allah made me face a burden that through its experience made it more clear than ever, of what truly matters. I have made my way back to Allah. I am so grateful. This platform you are creating for reverts to have a support system is so very vital and very much needed. I want to thank you for what you are doing it brought me so much hope.
You have made your mind by heart to be a part of such platform to help others. Although in your life, you may or may not get a chance of it but Allah will give you reward at the day of judgment based upon your determination and love for the other servants of Allah.
As a muslim born, obviously we consider you as our brothers but obviously, your charactieristics are different because you are defined as a revert, which might inflict different struggles for you compared to born muslims. Your struggle is beyond my imagination at least my friend. Your faith is pure. Keep up and Allah will reward you as well Inshallah. Glad you have found some help too
I am an American Revert of 30 years. When I became muslim I learned everything in English first then I moved on to Arabic. Even though I was married to a muslim, He refused to teach me anything, but insisted our children must be brought up muslim. As a child to I was brought up christian but never believed I should pray to Jesus (peace be upon him) in order to get to Allah (God). After holding my first born child, that I was told I never could have children, I looked into my sons eyes and knew a family with two religions would end up have no religion. So I began learning About Islam. For the first time in my life Islam made sense ! I raised my children Muslim. Fast forward 15 years I ended up divorcing my childrens father. With spending time by himself without me doing everything , eventually he eventually came back to islam. My birth family disowned me, but even though I lost my birth family, I gained more than I ever lost!
Alhamdulillah Allahuakbar. Take your time to learn about the Creator and His Prophets. May Allah guide us to the true islamic knowledge so we can win in the hereafter. Ameen
Well, the problem with Allah is that it is just like the Father in Heaven in the Bible, the same. But Islamic religion lies and says the word and power that realizes the word of Allah are not God themselves. And that doesn’t work because for Allah to be eternal his wish/word and power that realizes his wish also have to be eternal. And know think. Only God is eternal (Alpha and Omega). That’s why Allahs word and power that realizes his word are God too. The eternal word and the eternal power realizing it belong to eternal Allah eternal Allah and the eternal power belong to the eternal Word The eternal word and eternal Allah belong to the eternal power By belonging it is not meant that two are under one another, but that two fit together like a puzzle. Two always belong to the third because the third is always God. That‘s the reason why two always belong to the third. The third can do anything he wishes with the other two. Thus each of the three is the SAME and ONLY (1) God that can do whatever he wants. The word can say: I can do whatever I want with MY power and MY Allah the power can say: I can do whatever I want with MY word and MY ALLAH Allah can say: I can do whatever I want with MY word and MY power All three can separate spatially All three cannot exist without each other because God only can do something when there is God, his word and his power realizing it That’s why Allah can’t be God. He has to be triunion just like the Bible says In case anyone wants to read on, here's some extra info: Love, holiness, beauty, justice are not eternal, but only the person who has the wish to be these attributes and uses the power to realize his wish (Father) is eternal the wish itself to be these attributes (e.g God should be love) is eternal the power itself to realize that wish is eternal But love etc. itself is not eternal This explains why e.g. love is not a 4 person from God and there are always only 3
You guys, the so-called "new Muslims", are way better and much stronger in your faith then half the born-Muslims like me! Seriously, I marvel at you! Subhan Allah, Allah guides whom he wills.
Journey begins once you say Shahada. Get ready for enemies, devils, tribulations and the biggest enemy will be your nafs. Buckle up and seek refuge in Allah
Trust me, those people who come into your life and lead you towards deen are helpers from Allah. You will notice, no matter where you get in life a certain someone appears and somehow helps you through ....thank Allah for all He blesses you with. Subhanallah
Mark is a good brother I worked with him for a good few years. He seeks knowledge and then helps others including me learn the Arabic alphabet. May Allah reward him and help us all learn more and seek guidance we live in such a blessed time where knowledge is so easily accessible and project us from the wrong information insha'Allah
Beruntung bertemu orang yang baik tuhan sudah aturkan perjalanan manusia zaman masa kini Dan dahulu mahu percaya buat baik atau tidak itu sahaja Islam mahu selesaikan masalah pemikiran. Hanya Islam yang di tentang hebat sepanjang zaman kenapa ya? Kenapa kesemua nabi dalam Al Quran Islam hanya berkata baik sahaja? Tanya diri kenapa banyak persoalan? Alhamdulillah syukur Islam atas diri ku
MasyaAllah TabarakAllah. The 4 stages of knowledge: 1. Becoming more spiritually aware 2. Realizing what we know is very little. 3. Appreciate the weight of knowledge on those who have dedicated their lives in seeking knowledge. 4. Realize that only Allah SWT owns all the knowledge and there will be things we will never know.
I am born Muslim, but brothers listen to you both is so motivating. Islam is way of life. We may be having a lot of knowledge about islam but we struggle with practiceing.
@@pashtunafghan6833 salaam brother but there is something called fitrah wich every human is born with wich is a belief in allah but as our prophet (pbuh) said his parent's make him a jew or a christian
Well, the problem with Allah is that it is just like the Father in Heaven in the Bible, the same. But Islamic religion lies and says the word and power that realizes the word of Allah are not God themselves. And that doesn’t work because for Allah to be eternal his wish/word and power that realizes his wish also have to be eternal. And know think. Only God is eternal (Alpha and Omega). That’s why Allahs word and power that realizes his word are God too. The eternal word and the eternal power realizing it belong to eternal Allah eternal Allah and the eternal power belong to the eternal Word The eternal word and eternal Allah belong to the eternal power By belonging it is not meant that two are under one another, but that two fit together like a puzzle. Two always belong to the third because the third is always God. That‘s the reason why two always belong to the third. The third can do anything he wishes with the other two. Thus each of the three is the SAME and ONLY (1) God that can do whatever he wants. The word can say: I can do whatever I want with MY power and MY Allah the power can say: I can do whatever I want with MY word and MY ALLAH Allah can say: I can do whatever I want with MY word and MY power All three can separate spatially All three cannot exist without each other because God only can do something when there is God, his word and his power realizing it That’s why Allah can’t be God. He has to be triunion just like the Bible says In case anyone wants to read on, here's some extra info: Love, holiness, beauty, justice are not eternal, but only the person who has the wish to be these attributes and uses the power to realize his wish (Father) is eternal the wish itself to be these attributes (e.g God should be love) is eternal the power itself to realize that wish is eternal But love etc. itself is not eternal This explains why e.g. love is not a 4 person from God and there are always only 3
Looool alhamdulilah, I reverted smoking weed and doing same research straight out of high school in NZ, Amy somali contacts really got me into Islam. may Allah guide us all to the path, Amen.
Yeah subhanallah, it’s not uncommon for believing Muslims to be doing things like selling drugs etc, they are even practicing fasting and prayer at times, despite their lifestyle they still have emaan. They are going through difficult tests and torn between the dunya and akhirah. May Allah guide us all
I didn't know this was a thing. My first intro to Islam was not ideal. It was "the first ressurection" by the Nation of Islam, that was introduced to African Americans in the US. Many have transitioned from it to proper teachings well. Others still practice in such vacuums and others turned away feeling betrayed or just to ill equipped to properly practice and receive the faith. I have a relative who transitioned quite well and in a very large christian family is a very unifying beacon. I found this video by going to one he sent, on a hard heart. And your video has melted mine. I am in tears. Your story is so real to the layman and your intentions so pure it's more compelling than anything I've seen or heard. Maybe so many years spent agnostic, it resonates to my core.
what true religion allows this? Narrated Ibn Muhairiz: I entered the Mosque and saw Abu Said Al-Khudri and sat beside him and asked him about Al-Azl (i.e. coitus interruptus). Abu Said said, "We went out with Allah's Apostle for the Ghazwa of Banu Al-Mustaliq and we received captives from among the Arab captives and we desired women and celibacy became hard on us and we loved to do coitus interruptus. So when we intended to do coitus interruptus, we said, 'How can we do coitus interruptus before asking Allah's Apostle who is present among us?" We asked (him) about it and he said, "It is better for you not to do so, for if any soul (till the Day of Resurrection) is predestined to exist, it will exist."
@@antidumb1832 you are yourself Dumb damned n should be dumped. That Hadith is about the practice at that time to prevent conception n some people still practice that method until today, the people were asking the Prophet Muhammad SAW opinion. But Prophet Muhammad SAW forbade the practice because if Allah preordained the existance of a soul then it will be in existence. Don't you understand the Prophet forbade it. So what's your problem. Typical anti Islam quoting Hadiths they don't understand.
Loved watching this interview .I'm born and bred in uk born muslim of Pakistan origin. But I find this convert stories so inspiring. Feel sad that muslim community didn't help u mark at first but alhamdlillah u were helped later. May u all grow stronger in iman. I think us born Muslims take our religion for granted. Look forward to watching your u tube channel grow in shaa allah.
That's why ,first who will enter the hell fire will not b Hindu,Christians, Buddish ect,but the Muslims ummah of the prophet Mohammad s.a.w. It's the one for granted ,this type of Muslims will enter hell fire first. It's not me saying that,it's a hadith says ,one day Gibreel a.s came to meet the prophet, so he is sitting quietly and sad face, the prophet pbuh asked him,why the long face Gibreel ,he kept quiet again,and the prophet asked again, and he says Allah just asked me a question about who will enter the hell fire first ,I say I don't know,then Allah says its ur ummah bad guys will enter first ,but you have different sins ,like backbiting,stealing on weight,zana,mutta,Dargah worshipped, black magic, sorcery,there r a lots type of sins who the muslim bad guy ummah of our rasullullah will go first.
new Muslims rejuvenate the Umma. They make Umma stronger. When you hear their story of how they found Islam, it just motivate us who are "born-muslims" but are 1/2 awakened. Just look at them talking.. the path they took to search the ultimate truth, their journey to seek God Almighty.. it is so beautiful to listen to. So "new Muslims" will keep the Umma alive and rejuveneted.
Brother, I was born a Muslim, I claim to be a proper Muslim, but am not, I actually do what you used to do before Islam and a few parts of your story brought tears in my eyes, ashamed of my lifestyle but I have the same problem of not having Muslims close to me, it's hard but am watching videos like these to keep me on the right track.
Asalamu alaykum, may Allah make it easy for you and all of us akhi. What you see in this video is only appearance and a small glimpse of us. Allah knows our past and that non of us are perfect, keep striving towards Allah as we all still have time before we die 🤲🏻
Assalamu'alaykum.. you might some of the videos on the playlist on my channel interesting.. the playlist has many convert stories and other interesting videos that i found inspiring so thought you might as well.. anyway all the best to you brother!
@@KahKeh Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband's] absence what Allah would have them guard. But those [wives] from whom you fear arrogance - [first] advise them; [then if they persist], forsake them in bed; and [finally], strike them. But if they obey you [once more], seek no means against them. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted and Grand. Quran 4/34
@@HPzFreelance when he mentioned that, I burst into takbirs, with the biggest smile on my face. Sometimes the smallest deeds are enough for Allah to accept us
Well, the problem with Allah is that it is just like the Father in Heaven in the Bible, the same. But Islamic religion lies and says the word and power that realizes the word of Allah are not God themselves. And that doesn’t work because for Allah to be eternal his wish/word and power that realizes his wish also have to be eternal. And know think. Only God is eternal (Alpha and Omega). That’s why Allahs word and power that realizes his word are God too. The eternal word and the eternal power realizing it belong to eternal Allah eternal Allah and the eternal power belong to the eternal Word The eternal word and eternal Allah belong to the eternal power By belonging it is not meant that two are under one another, but that two fit together like a puzzle. Two always belong to the third because the third is always God. That‘s the reason why two always belong to the third. The third can do anything he wishes with the other two. Thus each of the three is the SAME and ONLY (1) God that can do whatever he wants. The word can say: I can do whatever I want with MY power and MY Allah the power can say: I can do whatever I want with MY word and MY ALLAH Allah can say: I can do whatever I want with MY word and MY power All three can separate spatially All three cannot exist without each other because God only can do something when there is God, his word and his power realizing it That’s why Allah can’t be God. He has to be triunion just like the Bible says In case anyone wants to read on, here's some extra info: Love, holiness, beauty, justice are not eternal, but only the person who has the wish to be these attributes and uses the power to realize his wish (Father) is eternal the wish itself to be these attributes (e.g God should be love) is eternal the power itself to realize that wish is eternal But love etc. itself is not eternal This explains why e.g. love is not a 4 person from God and there are always only 3
Mash Allah. Yes brothers I am glad that you remind reverts that it is a time of step by step learning No rushing into doing all the rituals take time learn and absorb slowly
Thank you so much for this channel. An absolutely beautiful conversation that really warms the heart . As a born Muslim, stories of reverts often makes me think we all should go through this journey of soul search to find the truth and be confident and be sure about our lifestyle choice. Being born Muslim means very little in the grand scheme of things if we look at these brothers stories (May Allah guide us all to the straight path) as there needs to be the element of choice to make it matter. Reminds me of a saying of Sayyidna Umar(may Allah be pleased with him) : "Those who didnt't experience Jahilyya , cannot experience Islam". Jazakum Allah khayran.
New comers should not burden themselves with an overloaded tasks that even those born Muslims Arabic are difficult for them and don't underestimate your achievement of the arrival of your long journey outside the Islam to it that's overall this is a huge gain that should motivates you for the consistency of whichever you can perform with basics may Allah gather us all in his paradise.
That void you feel after becoming Muslim from your family That’s something you can’t quite touch Many practising borne Muslims also face this because their families are not practising Agree definitely seen as the black sheep of the family
Yeah SubhanAllah. Since I’ve started becoming more practicing and seeking more knowledge of deen I’ve begun to realize that it’s not only reverts that struggle with family…and in fact in some cases the Muslims that become more practicing have it just as difficult if not more…each and every time they adopt a new sunnah or what not, their family is there to say “oh it’s only sunnah stop being so extreme you don’t need to do that”
To all reverts, I am sorry that we haven’t always been there for you. Maybe you can find solace in knowing that even if we make a real effort and constantly do better, albeit we should and God willing we will, we as people will always find a way to disappoint one another. So work on building a relationship with the one who is always aware and there, and who does not disappoint on fulfilling His promise. Having said that, I will make an effort to do my part in being a better Muslim and person. 💐 as salamu’alaykum
For every revert story, there is at least one lesson to be learnt. And here are my top 3 revert stories: 1)yusuf estes - in his almost 2 hour lecture, full of wits, he thought me how to use Ayatul kursi to help others understand Allah 2)Yosha evans - his bible studying story is an eye opening to someone who knows nothing about bible. His story reminds me of the story of maryam and the nasrani community from the quran. If u read the quran, it gives u an understanding of how christians come to be who they are today. It is a real revelation to me and make me love reading the quran more. 3) omar zaid - yes, i listen to every word he said. He is a very good story teller. He revert to muslim on his own. Since the beginning, he is a man with principle. So no surpise he become a muslim. He was asked to leave by his wife and fellow christian community the moment they knew. The one lesson that stands out for me is he said you can't become educated if all you do is only recite. This is so true. And he thought me about fate. We need to let Allah managed our lives. If we managed ourselves, we are doomed to fail. Check them all out in youtube.
One thing that bro mentioned is something that's really important. A lot of videos use Arabic terms, and its assumed that everyone understands it. I used to struggle a lot with common Arabic terms used in dawah videos.
Allhamdullilah an amazing stream. Human beings are always searching for the truth. Some end up finding the truth and accepting, others choose not to follow the truth even when it is clear. May Allah keep us on the straight path.
wa ‘alaikumus salam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh… Alhamdulillah… may Allah keep us all on the straight path until the best end… Allahumma aaaaaameen 🤲🏼
Your friend in Thailand may be doing ok. Despite Thailand is a Buddhist country, Islam is well known and many masjid in Thailand. If he goes to the south of Thailand, the main followers are Muslims.
MashaAllah, thanks so much for words of wisdom. As Muslims our highest aspirations should be learning to read the Quran in Arabic. I have been procrastinating for many years to learn to read Quran in Arabic, it's my personal Jihad and InshaAllah I will accomplish this task. Alhamdullahi I read the transliteration and English Quran daily but it's nothing compared to learning Arabic. May Allah SWT increase our Eeman and make it easy for us to learn to read Quran in Arabic Ameen Ya Rabb. Jazakallahu Khairan.
Nice discussion watched the whole video and it's beneficial to listen to the struggles and needs that our brothers and sisters go through when they revert.
Proud of Allah for joining forces with Satan to fool people who do not believe in Islam? “On the contrary their hearts became hardened, and Satan made their (sinful) acts seem alluring to them.” - Quran (6:43) And what makes you think you are so special that you were born into the right religion but 4.4 billion other people are not?
Sahih al-Bukhari 3295 Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If anyone of you rouses from sleep and performs the ablution, he should wash his nose by putting water in it and then blowing it out thrice, because Satan has stayed in the upper part of his nose all the night."
Dear my fav brother Ben, I’ve been going through a real downer, the ostrich approach, not even prayer for 2 days, but this podcast has really helped ❤️❤️❤️
MashaAllah, In April 2022, in the blessed month of Ramadan, I had some major surgeries. Pre and post surgeries I enrolled for the Dawah Training Course and New Mentorship Course and issued certificates by one of my favorite Islamic Scholars, Shaykh Abdul Rahim Green. I loved the GORAP training it was awesome and insightful, its a different approach to way I am used to giving Dawah and also widened my horizon on how to give Dawah to reverts and humanity MashaAllah. Before surgeries I pledged to Allah SWT if I survived surgeries, I will give Dawah to Muslims and Non- Muslims InshaAllah. It is a miracle ,I survived 3 major surgeries at once,till date the Doctors and Surgeons are surprised tumors were non- cancerous. Alhamdullahi, I remained steadfast and focused my attention on prayers, 5 daily Salat, Nawafis and Istikarah. Also I strongly believe in the Prophecy of our beloved Prophet Muhammed SAW ' Black Seed Oil cures all diseases except death. Prior to surgeries I was not placed on medication due to several health issues and complications. Anytime I feel excruciating pains both Internally and externally, I will drink Black Seed Oil& rub it on affected parts of my body. In the Noble Quran Allah SWT says: 'He will test us with loss of Health, wealth, lives, properties, etc but say to those who believe when in adversity who say ' We Belong,To Allah, To Allah SWT we will return" Allah SWT promises them everlasting bliss. May Allah SWT make it easy for us to pass our tests with endurance patience, perseverance Ameen Ya Rabb. Jazakallahu Khairan.
I agree with u when someone revert to Islam must learn step by step teaching them. May Allah swt protects us, Ameen Ya Allah. Thanks for the wonderful discussion!
Mashallah Brothers.. I'm a born muslim from Saudi Arabia and I always feel glad to see reverts join Islam and talk about their journey it's a really joyful thing and I'm really impressed on how a lot of them stick to Islam and practice it more accurately than some born muslims. Just one thing that may help is in case if perhaps a revert goes to christmas to meet his family because Allah and his prophet strongly advised for staying close to your family and build a family kinship.. you see "Deen" is easy and Allah is kind just make your intention or "Neyya نيه" when you go to such non muslim holiday is to see and connect with your family and not celebrate the event and just don't eat pork or drink alcohol thus you have not sinned. I'm not entirely sure nor I have a scholarship but it sound's reasonable and fair and Allah know's best. good luck and may Allah bless you both
I truIy believe that reverts are practising Islam as it should be practiced. Even though I was born into a Muslim family that isn't practising I feel like a revert as well. I started practicing and wearing a hijab few years ago when my son went to Jannah. My life before practising was like a non Muslim life. I was lost and was chasing material things to find peace and happiness. I didn't know at the time that I would find that contentment in Islam until few years ago when Allah brought back my son to Him and for me that is a biggest blessing in my life. Allah truely tests and guides the ones He loves. I feel very loved Alhamdulillah May Allah forgive and guides us all Ameen.
I feel as though at times, someone may be born a Muslim, but there could be a moment when they consciously decide to follow Islam themselves, I see this as reverting in a way too. May born Muslims come back to Islam in just the same way as “reverts”
I love this Muslim diversity. Masha'Allah! Great revert story by the way. Alhamdulilah! And Salaam to all my revert brothers and sisters from a born Muslim.
Salam from Turkey....Mashallah.....Leading a Muslim/Islamic life is not easy......Its very difficult....I watched your experiences/stories with interest....It will be source of inspiration for many people.... May Allah SWT keep you steadfast on religion.....Ameen
Merhaba. I am studying more about Islam at the moment and will eventually become a muslim, inshallah. I think in Turkiye it's difficult because of it being a secularist country, which at one point the hijab was banned. More and more people in Turkey thinks that Islam is outdated and they're wanting to embrace secularism more. LGBTQ community is getting bigger there too, due to western influences. I am living in a western country and I can only say that the western culture is toxic. People getting drunk, women getting drunk and sleeping around from a very young age, jumping from one guy to another. Money here is great but money isn't everything. There's no culture here. Everyone is individualistic, only care about what they can gain for themselves.
Remember Hadith talking a drank ashabi whose Other Muslims cursing him and Messanger said "leave him alone. Thought he is drunk he loves God and his Messenger"?? Selling is not allowed but if Muslim does it doesnt mean he is not Muslim. He is siner.
I love the revert people because my 10 grand father was a muslim and I born a muslim I love you sow match. allah will give you janah for this dawah the day of يوم القيام
May Allah make it easy for All Muslim revert brothers and sisters. I have immense respect for the sacrifices reverts have to make especially when it comes to family members. May Allah make it easy for all our Muslim revert sisters.
Well, the problem with Allah is that it is just like the Father in Heaven in the Bible, the same. But Islamic religion lies and says the word and power that realizes the word of Allah are not God themselves. And that doesn’t work because for Allah to be eternal his wish/word and power that realizes his wish also have to be eternal. And know think. Only God is eternal (Alpha and Omega). That’s why Allahs word and power that realizes his word are God too. The eternal word and the eternal power realizing it belong to eternal Allah eternal Allah and the eternal power belong to the eternal Word The eternal word and eternal Allah belong to the eternal power By belonging it is not meant that two are under one another, but that two fit together like a puzzle. Two always belong to the third because the third is always God. That‘s the reason why two always belong to the third. The third can do anything he wishes with the other two. Thus each of the three is the SAME and ONLY (1) God that can do whatever he wants. The word can say: I can do whatever I want with MY power and MY Allah the power can say: I can do whatever I want with MY word and MY ALLAH Allah can say: I can do whatever I want with MY word and MY power All three can separate spatially All three cannot exist without each other because God only can do something when there is God, his word and his power realizing it That’s why Allah can’t be God. He has to be triunion just like the Bible says In case anyone wants to read on, here's some extra info: Love, holiness, beauty, justice are not eternal, but only the person who has the wish to be these attributes and uses the power to realize his wish (Father) is eternal the wish itself to be these attributes (e.g God should be love) is eternal the power itself to realize that wish is eternal But love etc. itself is not eternal This explains why e.g. love is not a 4 person from God and there are always only 3
Ben, to your point on something missing between a revert and his non-Muslim family, may Allah bring you and your family closer InshaAllah, but it happens in the larger Muslim community between Muslims too, most of us born Muslims tend to be very casual Muslims in our practice, so when a friend or relative starts practicing Islam as Islam is expected to be practiced, the social circle around him\her becomes a bit awkward around that person, even though everyone's a Muslim, and it's natural in my opinion. And it's a test of one's faith, nothing is more powerful than blood relationship, but do you desire Allah's pleasure more? That's the test. We all have to go through this test, reverts have it more difficult though. JazakAllah khair, may Allah strengthen our Iman, Ameen.
I also although raised Christian never ever prayed to Jesus pbuh. It just didn't feel right, made no sense. Alhamdulillah for guiding us to the truth. ALLAHU AKBAR
Oh my gosh this was such an eye opener. This really gave me (born Muslim) an insight into the experiences of a revert more than anything else I’ve seen. I hope it helps me to be more supportive in a way that matters to new sisters 🧕🏻
Asalamolaykum my own experience of meeting reverts is that you have a pure understanding of Islam. Sadly born Muslims tend to mix faith with culture which can sometimes be detrimental . You guys start from scratch yet us born Muslims have to shrug off the cultural aspect ...we are all on one journey may we all better our Deen and reach the other end and be given mercy from our creator for our mistakes . Lets all practice what we teach and speak and live our lives as good humans .We cannot be Muslims by name we have to prey and show it in our actions .That should come from the common man to the leaders of nations .Just a quick example if the Saudis who are blessed with wealth gave there due zikat poverty in the world would diminish ...says it all ..the young generations will inherit the world may allah guide us all.
Màshaallah alhamdulilah! Enjoyed ur conversation! Love that u put so much emphasis on the importance of knowledge seeking knowledge from the cradle to the grave! It is becoming imperative now more that ever we do since more and more we are being challenged especially from ex Muslims and to b able to converse with non Muslims and not get all heated! When to continue engaging and when to disengage! Alhamdulilah! And the emphasis on patience with urself and especially with family! Alhamdulilah! Ye remember where u came from be patient! You are Khalifa! So ur presentation of Islam is of utmost importance! Non Muslims are watching not watching u and are some times disappointing when u do not behave as one as u should!
I come from Pakistan where you find Muslims commenting on other Muslims' practices. It is really hard to be inclusive when you are living in a majority muslim country. However, Alhamdulillah for making me a Muslim. May Allah make us more knowledgeable and inclusive by educating ourselves with Quran and Sunnah.
Even when selling weed dawah is given lol. ma sha Allah because they still managed to make dawah. May Allah swt always guide and protect us āmīn AlHamdulillah for Islam and our ummah.
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Asalamu alaykum, Jazakallahu khayran to iera and for all of your comments, iv read every one so far. I really feel like there is a need for this type of content, people sharing their experiences, not only from reverts, but also from born Muslims who have gone through all kinds of struggles with seeking knowledge and trying to practice Islam in this day and age. May Allah bless you all and please know I will try to read every comment insha Allah 🙂🙂
Wa alaikum mussallaam wa rahmatAllaahi wa barakatuh.
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Salam from your Malaysian brother here.
Ameen.
Jazak Allahu Khayran
Alhamdulillahi rabbi al'alameen
Alaikoem salaam. Thanks for sharing ur journey. May Allah swt bless you❤️
My ex boyfriend was a somali weed dealer and he gave me my first Quran lol My grandma and I ended up saying our shahadas together in 2011.
Mashallah that's wonderful Lisa
Masha Allah salam from Somali Muslim sister Good to hear that you been guided to Islam Lisa. God bless you and keep you guided.
Alhamdulillah! Goes to show that we shouldn't underestimate the power of da'wa. We shouldn't think we are not qualified. Even if we cannot personally give information about the religion, we can direct people to where they can learn about the religion as examplified by you and Mark in this interview.
Allah Akbar amazing! 😀😀
You and your grandma were smoking some serious stuff !!! So when he stop dealing you dumped him ???? Poor Somali guy 😢😢😢
Salam, I reverted 30 years ago here in America, and I wish I had a forum such as this to discuss my journey with fellow reverts. For decades I have felt I lived in between worlds, and it has at times been a deep struggle. Throughout the years, with effects of a failed multi-cultural marriage & the intense Muslim hate that exists here in America, I lost my way. But Allah made me face a burden that through its experience made it more clear than ever, of what truly matters. I have made my way back to Allah. I am so grateful. This platform you are creating for reverts to have a support system is so very vital and very much needed. I want to thank you for what you are doing it brought me so much hope.
Your struggle was Allah showering his love. Honestly. I can't explain here. Keep in touch with shaykh Hamza yusuf.
Check out Muslim Brooklyn
You have made your mind by heart to be a part of such platform to help others. Although in your life, you may or may not get a chance of it but Allah will give you reward at the day of judgment based upon your determination and love for the other servants of Allah.
As a muslim born, obviously we consider you as our brothers but obviously, your charactieristics are different because you are defined as a revert, which might inflict different struggles for you compared to born muslims. Your struggle is beyond my imagination at least my friend. Your faith is pure. Keep up and Allah will reward you as well Inshallah. Glad you have found some help too
Alhamdulillah....you are great because you are a sucessfull person
I'm an English revert of 14 years alhamduallah...I can relate to sooo much of this convo. JazakAllah bro's
14? Masyaallah tabarakallah, barakallahu fiik brother
Islam is directly false
Super valuable discussion for me as a revert! Jazakallah Khair!
BarakAllah feekh - glad to hear you enjoyed this episode.
Wa iyyaakum akhi 🤲🏻🙂
Welcome!
we watched your journey also bro Jan, in Shaherald channel i guest,,, and we really loooove with your explain about islam,,, it's really superb
Are you polish?
I am an American Revert of 30 years. When I became muslim I learned everything in English first then I moved on to Arabic. Even though I was married to a muslim, He refused to teach me anything, but insisted our children must be brought up muslim. As a child to I was brought up christian but never believed I should pray to Jesus (peace be upon him) in order to get to Allah (God). After holding my first born child, that I was told I never could have children, I looked into my sons eyes and knew a family with two religions would end up have no religion. So I began learning About Islam. For the first time in my life Islam made sense ! I raised my children Muslim. Fast forward 15 years I ended up divorcing my childrens father. With spending time by himself without me doing everything , eventually he eventually came back to islam. My birth family disowned me, but even though I lost my birth family, I gained more than I ever lost!
May Allah guide us and our families to Jannah. Ameen.
Alhamdulillah, salams from a American revert my British brother ❤✌
Wa alaykumu salam akhi
Alhamdulillah Allahuakbar.
Take your time to learn about the Creator and His Prophets. May Allah guide us to the true islamic knowledge so we can win in the hereafter. Ameen
Welcome Jonathan
Welcome to the family brother. Salam from Malaysia 🇲🇾
Well, the problem with Allah is that it is just like the Father in Heaven in the Bible, the same. But Islamic religion lies and says the word and power that realizes the word of Allah are not God themselves. And that doesn’t work because for Allah to be eternal his wish/word and power that realizes his wish also have to be eternal. And know think. Only God is eternal (Alpha and Omega). That’s why Allahs word and power that realizes his word are God too.
The eternal word and the eternal power realizing it belong to eternal Allah
eternal Allah and the eternal power belong to the eternal Word
The eternal word and eternal Allah belong to the eternal power
By belonging it is not meant that two are under one another, but that two fit together like a puzzle. Two always belong to the third because the third is always God. That‘s the reason why two always belong to the third. The third can do anything he wishes with the other two. Thus each of the three is the SAME and ONLY (1) God that can do whatever he wants.
The word can say: I can do whatever I want with MY power and MY Allah
the power can say: I can do whatever I want with MY word and MY ALLAH
Allah can say: I can do whatever I want with MY word and MY power
All three can separate spatially
All three cannot exist without each other because God only can do something when there is God, his word and his power realizing it
That’s why Allah can’t be God. He has to be triunion just like the Bible says
In case anyone wants to read on, here's some extra info:
Love, holiness, beauty, justice are not eternal, but only
the person who has the wish to be these attributes and uses the power to realize his wish (Father) is eternal
the wish itself to be these attributes (e.g God should be love) is eternal
the power itself to realize that wish is eternal
But love etc. itself is not eternal
This explains why e.g. love is not a 4 person from God and there are always only 3
You guys, the so-called "new Muslims", are way better and much stronger in your faith then half the born-Muslims like me! Seriously, I marvel at you! Subhan Allah, Allah guides whom he wills.
Most of the "so called Muslims" are mostly non practising Muslims. May Allah guide them Ameen
@@Amy623 yeah, unfortunately, what you just said is true.
Can we stop with this mentality? even within islam some People still feel inferior and has inferiority complex.
@@cesarborgia9240 u r lost.he didnt mention anything thats demeaning to reverts
No one is better, its Allah who is to judge both new or born Muslims. So hold the rope tight.
That bit about looking for a place to pray wen u are the only Muslim in the gathering just happened to me last weekend.
The phrase written on the hoodie he is wearing, "Ask for knowledge, wow, is one of the most beautiful things I've seen." 😢😢 ma sha Allah
It is beautiful, but missing the ا after the و. It should be : اطلبوا العلم
@@houria1390 لا اعتقد العباره المكتوبه بصيغة المفرد وليس الجمع اطلب العلم
@@read6236
صدقت، بعد التمحيص في آخر الكلمة، وجدتها فعل أمر للمفرد. شكرا لك
Rabbi zindne illma
@@houria1390 العفو 💐
Journey begins once you say Shahada. Get ready for enemies, devils, tribulations and the biggest enemy will be your nafs. Buckle up and seek refuge in Allah
Trust me, those people who come into your life and lead you towards deen are helpers from Allah. You will notice, no matter where you get in life a certain someone appears and somehow helps you through ....thank Allah for all He blesses you with. Subhanallah
Mark is a good brother I worked with him for a good few years. He seeks knowledge and then helps others including me learn the Arabic alphabet. May Allah reward him and help us all learn more and seek guidance we live in such a blessed time where knowledge is so easily accessible and project us from the wrong information insha'Allah
What is his last name, may I ask?
Where can I watch his video recite al quran?
Beruntung bertemu orang yang baik tuhan sudah aturkan perjalanan manusia zaman masa kini Dan dahulu mahu percaya buat baik atau tidak itu sahaja Islam mahu selesaikan masalah pemikiran. Hanya Islam yang di tentang hebat sepanjang zaman kenapa ya? Kenapa kesemua nabi dalam Al Quran Islam hanya berkata baik sahaja? Tanya diri kenapa banyak persoalan? Alhamdulillah syukur Islam atas diri ku
MasyaAllah TabarakAllah. The 4 stages of knowledge:
1. Becoming more spiritually aware
2. Realizing what we know is very little.
3. Appreciate the weight of knowledge on those who have dedicated their lives in seeking knowledge.
4. Realize that only Allah SWT owns all the knowledge and there will be things we will never know.
story like me when I converted to Islam, mashallah ☝️❤️
We are lucky !!!!!! elhamdulillah 🤲☝️❤️🥰
I am always amazed at and proud of reverts and I love listening to their stories from which I learn a lot to boost my faith. Salaam from Indonesia.
@@eddie2562 ☝️
@@eddie2562Me too saudara ku. AsSalam from KL, Malaysia
Wa'alaikumsalam warahmatullah wabarakatuhu@@abangariffinabangipin
I am born Muslim, but brothers listen to you both is so motivating. Islam is way of life. We may be having a lot of knowledge about islam but we struggle with practiceing.
No one is born Muslim we all reported
@@pashtunafghan6833 salaam brother but there is something called fitrah wich every human is born with wich is a belief in allah but as our prophet (pbuh) said his parent's make him a jew or a christian
@@pashtunafghan6833 actually we all borne muslin
Well, the problem with Allah is that it is just like the Father in Heaven in the Bible, the same. But Islamic religion lies and says the word and power that realizes the word of Allah are not God themselves. And that doesn’t work because for Allah to be eternal his wish/word and power that realizes his wish also have to be eternal. And know think. Only God is eternal (Alpha and Omega). That’s why Allahs word and power that realizes his word are God too.
The eternal word and the eternal power realizing it belong to eternal Allah
eternal Allah and the eternal power belong to the eternal Word
The eternal word and eternal Allah belong to the eternal power
By belonging it is not meant that two are under one another, but that two fit together like a puzzle. Two always belong to the third because the third is always God. That‘s the reason why two always belong to the third. The third can do anything he wishes with the other two. Thus each of the three is the SAME and ONLY (1) God that can do whatever he wants.
The word can say: I can do whatever I want with MY power and MY Allah
the power can say: I can do whatever I want with MY word and MY ALLAH
Allah can say: I can do whatever I want with MY word and MY power
All three can separate spatially
All three cannot exist without each other because God only can do something when there is God, his word and his power realizing it
That’s why Allah can’t be God. He has to be triunion just like the Bible says
In case anyone wants to read on, here's some extra info:
Love, holiness, beauty, justice are not eternal, but only
the person who has the wish to be these attributes and uses the power to realize his wish (Father) is eternal
the wish itself to be these attributes (e.g God should be love) is eternal
the power itself to realize that wish is eternal
But love etc. itself is not eternal
This explains why e.g. love is not a 4 person from God and there are always only 3
@@pashtunafghan6833 traitor afgan
MashaAllah, great podcast. The journey of the reverts always refreshes my iman as a born muslim.
Thank you, jazaakumullah khayran katsiraa
Rerooted one of my favourite podcasts! Looking forward to this one
Looool alhamdulilah, I reverted smoking weed and doing same research straight out of high school in NZ, Amy somali contacts really got me into Islam. may Allah guide us all to the path, Amen.
Ma sha Allah congratulations for you my brother I am happy for you 🎉🎊🎈🌹🎉🎊🎉🎈
Yeah subhanallah, it’s not uncommon for believing Muslims to be doing things like selling drugs etc, they are even practicing fasting and prayer at times, despite their lifestyle they still have emaan. They are going through difficult tests and torn between the dunya and akhirah. May Allah guide us all
@@thinkrevert Ameen ya Allah
I didn't know this was a thing. My first intro to Islam was not ideal. It was "the first ressurection" by the Nation of Islam, that was introduced to African Americans in the US. Many have transitioned from it to proper teachings well. Others still practice in such vacuums and others turned away feeling betrayed or just to ill equipped to properly practice and receive the faith. I have a relative who transitioned quite well and in a very large christian family is a very unifying beacon. I found this video by going to one he sent, on a hard heart. And your video has melted mine. I am in tears. Your story is so real to the layman and your intentions so pure it's more compelling than anything I've seen or heard. Maybe so many years spent agnostic, it resonates to my core.
Amazing work you guys Maashaa'Allah!
You also do a great job 👏🏼 ma sha allah
what true religion allows this?
Narrated Ibn Muhairiz: I entered the Mosque and saw Abu Said Al-Khudri and sat beside him and asked him about Al-Azl (i.e. coitus interruptus). Abu Said said, "We went out with Allah's Apostle for the Ghazwa of Banu Al-Mustaliq and we received captives from among the Arab captives and we desired women and celibacy became hard on us and we loved to do coitus interruptus. So when we intended to do coitus interruptus, we said, 'How can we do coitus interruptus before asking Allah's Apostle who is present among us?" We asked (him) about it and he said, "It is better for you not to do so, for if any soul (till the Day of Resurrection) is predestined to exist, it will exist."
@@antidumb1832 you are yourself Dumb damned n should be dumped. That Hadith is about the practice at that time to prevent conception n some people still practice that method until today, the people were asking the Prophet Muhammad SAW opinion. But Prophet Muhammad SAW forbade the practice because if Allah preordained the existance of a soul then it will be in existence. Don't you understand the Prophet forbade it. So what's your problem. Typical anti Islam quoting Hadiths they don't understand.
Thank you for hosting, Mark. It's definitely going to be a great episode in sha Allah thank you so much
Mashallah, a beautiful discussion.
Pray for Ummah and for the seekers of the Truth.
Loved watching this interview .I'm born and bred in uk born muslim of Pakistan origin. But I find this convert stories so inspiring. Feel sad that muslim community didn't help u mark at first but alhamdlillah u were helped later.
May u all grow stronger in iman. I think us born Muslims take our religion for granted.
Look forward to watching your u tube channel grow in shaa allah.
That's why ,first who will enter the hell fire will not b Hindu,Christians, Buddish ect,but the Muslims ummah of the prophet Mohammad s.a.w.
It's the one for granted ,this type of Muslims will enter hell fire first.
It's not me saying that,it's a hadith says ,one day Gibreel a.s came to meet the prophet, so he is sitting quietly and sad face, the prophet pbuh asked him,why the long face Gibreel ,he kept quiet again,and the prophet asked again, and he says Allah just asked me a question about who will enter the hell fire first ,I say I don't know,then Allah says its ur ummah bad guys will enter first ,but you have different sins ,like backbiting,stealing on weight,zana,mutta,Dargah worshipped, black magic, sorcery,there r a lots type of sins who the muslim bad guy ummah of our rasullullah will go first.
Wonderful brothers ... May Allah bless them and fix them on the straight path ...
new Muslims rejuvenate the Umma. They make Umma stronger. When you hear their story of how they found Islam, it just motivate us who are "born-muslims" but are 1/2 awakened. Just look at them talking.. the path they took to search the ultimate truth, their journey to seek God Almighty.. it is so beautiful to listen to. So "new Muslims" will keep the Umma alive and rejuveneted.
we born Muslims are like tabeyeens, good but not the best, reverted Muslims are like sahaaba. the best of the bests.
I'm a borne Muslim
Subhaanallah your story of jumping a fence and praying on grass at a wedding is amazing 😢
JZK Allah khair bro. Masha Allah I am very proud of you.
Brother, I was born a Muslim, I claim to be a proper Muslim, but am not, I actually do what you used to do before Islam and a few parts of your story brought tears in my eyes, ashamed of my lifestyle but I have the same problem of not having Muslims close to me, it's hard but am watching videos like these to keep me on the right track.
Asalamu alaykum, may Allah make it easy for you and all of us akhi. What you see in this video is only appearance and a small glimpse of us. Allah knows our past and that non of us are perfect, keep striving towards Allah as we all still have time before we die 🤲🏻
Assalamu'alaykum.. you might some of the videos on the playlist on my channel interesting.. the playlist has many convert stories and other interesting videos that i found inspiring so thought you might as well.. anyway all the best to you brother!
@@Younis1446 walaikum sallam brother, can you send me a link to your videos or just the name of your channel.
@@shotsfired588 my channel is ‘Shezad Majumder’.. you can just press my name icon on the comment section and see the playlist after that..
NEVER GIVE UP
I am a revert to Islam. Al-Qur'an makes 100% sense which convinced me to embrace Islam.
Except the part where the sun sets in a spring and you can “scourge” your wife. Violence condoned.
@@BQ900where it says that ?
@@KahKeh
Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband's] absence what Allah would have them guard. But those [wives] from whom you fear arrogance - [first] advise them; [then if they persist], forsake them in bed; and [finally], strike them. But if they obey you [once more], seek no means against them. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted and Grand. Quran 4/34
@@BQ900evidence?
@@Username01invalid you go read that's if you've ever properly read it
May Allah SWT guide this guy who was selling weed who showed them the way to the masjid for he must be a good soul despite his wrong line of work.
You must have missed it but the dealer also became a Muslim. Near 38 mins
@@shahjahanmiah4009 Subhanallah! you're correct, I missed that.
@@HPzFreelance when he mentioned that, I burst into takbirs, with the biggest smile on my face.
Sometimes the smallest deeds are enough for Allah to accept us
Well, the problem with Allah is that it is just like the Father in Heaven in the Bible, the same. But Islamic religion lies and says the word and power that realizes the word of Allah are not God themselves. And that doesn’t work because for Allah to be eternal his wish/word and power that realizes his wish also have to be eternal. And know think. Only God is eternal (Alpha and Omega). That’s why Allahs word and power that realizes his word are God too.
The eternal word and the eternal power realizing it belong to eternal Allah
eternal Allah and the eternal power belong to the eternal Word
The eternal word and eternal Allah belong to the eternal power
By belonging it is not meant that two are under one another, but that two fit together like a puzzle. Two always belong to the third because the third is always God. That‘s the reason why two always belong to the third. The third can do anything he wishes with the other two. Thus each of the three is the SAME and ONLY (1) God that can do whatever he wants.
The word can say: I can do whatever I want with MY power and MY Allah
the power can say: I can do whatever I want with MY word and MY ALLAH
Allah can say: I can do whatever I want with MY word and MY power
All three can separate spatially
All three cannot exist without each other because God only can do something when there is God, his word and his power realizing it
That’s why Allah can’t be God. He has to be triunion just like the Bible says
In case anyone wants to read on, here's some extra info:
Love, holiness, beauty, justice are not eternal, but only
the person who has the wish to be these attributes and uses the power to realize his wish (Father) is eternal
the wish itself to be these attributes (e.g God should be love) is eternal
the power itself to realize that wish is eternal
But love etc. itself is not eternal
This explains why e.g. love is not a 4 person from God and there are always only 3
Kurdus to both of you, thanks for teaching how all reverts go through.
Mash Allah. Yes brothers I am glad that you remind reverts that it is a time of step by step learning No rushing into doing all the rituals take time learn and absorb slowly
Thank you so much for this channel. An absolutely beautiful conversation that really warms the heart . As a born Muslim, stories of reverts often makes me think we all should go through this journey of soul search to find the truth and be confident and be sure about our lifestyle choice. Being born Muslim means very little in the grand scheme of things if we look at these brothers stories (May Allah guide us all to the straight path) as there needs to be the element of choice to make it matter. Reminds me of a saying of Sayyidna Umar(may Allah be pleased with him) : "Those who didnt't experience Jahilyya , cannot experience Islam". Jazakum Allah khayran.
amaaaaaaazing episode i learned a lot alhamdulillah thank you so much
New comers should not burden themselves with an overloaded tasks that even those born Muslims Arabic are difficult for them and don't underestimate your achievement of the arrival of your long journey outside the Islam to it that's overall this is a huge gain that should motivates you for the consistency of whichever you can perform with basics may Allah gather us all in his paradise.
55:41 Allah judges for the effort, not the results. "that nothing belongs to man except what he strives for," Al Najm, 39
Massallah all the revert I can always see the peace and humble feeling in them
Mashallah
That void you feel after becoming Muslim from your family
That’s something you can’t quite touch
Many practising borne Muslims also face this because their families are not practising
Agree definitely seen as the black sheep of the family
Yes subhanallah so true, it definitely happens with born Muslims too
So true
Yeah SubhanAllah. Since I’ve started becoming more practicing and seeking more knowledge of deen I’ve begun to realize that it’s not only reverts that struggle with family…and in fact in some cases the Muslims that become more practicing have it just as difficult if not more…each and every time they adopt a new sunnah or what not, their family is there to say “oh it’s only sunnah stop being so extreme you don’t need to do that”
MashaAllah beautiful conversation brothers, may Allah keep us on the Straight Path, love from Australia 🇦🇺
To all reverts,
I am sorry that we haven’t always been there for you.
Maybe you can find solace in knowing that even if we make a real effort and constantly do better, albeit we should and God willing we will, we as people will always find a way to disappoint one another.
So work on building a relationship with the one who is always aware and there, and who does not disappoint on fulfilling His promise.
Having said that, I will make an effort to do my part in being a better Muslim and person.
💐 as salamu’alaykum
May Allah reward you for what you brothers doing keep it up shubanAllah
MashAllah this was amazing not just for reverts but for born Muslims aswell!
For every revert story, there is at least one lesson to be learnt. And here are my top 3 revert stories: 1)yusuf estes - in his almost 2 hour lecture, full of wits, he thought me how to use Ayatul kursi to help others understand Allah 2)Yosha evans - his bible studying story is an eye opening to someone who knows nothing about bible. His story reminds me of the story of maryam and the nasrani community from the quran. If u read the quran, it gives u an understanding of how christians come to be who they are today. It is a real revelation to me and make me love reading the quran more. 3) omar zaid - yes, i listen to every word he said. He is a very good story teller. He revert to muslim on his own. Since the beginning, he is a man with principle. So no surpise he become a muslim. He was asked to leave by his wife and fellow christian community the moment they knew. The one lesson that stands out for me is he said you can't become educated if all you do is only recite. This is so true. And he thought me about fate. We need to let Allah managed our lives. If we managed ourselves, we are doomed to fail. Check them all out in youtube.
Can t wait for this video right now I m in Cricklewood London and couldn't t sleep for some reason maybe too much thinking
One thing that bro mentioned is something that's really important. A lot of videos use Arabic terms, and its assumed that everyone understands it. I used to struggle a lot with common Arabic terms used in dawah videos.
i just want to go to england just to give all of you my new brothers a big hug🙂
SUBHANALLAH ❤️🤍❤️
Very Insightful Discussion
Brother Ben is a good host 👍🏻
_May Allah ﷻ reward you all._
I want that Hoodie worn by brother Mark 😁
Allhamdullilah an amazing stream. Human beings are always searching for the truth. Some end up finding the truth and accepting, others choose not to follow the truth even when it is clear. May Allah keep us on the straight path.
This is a gem...jazakallah
Zimbabwe is one beautiful country, the scenery is spectacular.
Mashallah!! This is sooo different then the Nation of Islam.... I just converted 1 week ago.. Alhamdulillah!!
MashAllah brothers..... Lots of prayers and well wishes for you both..... May Allah's blessings and peace be upon you both.....
You guys. I enjoyed the convo. It strengthens my eemaan, inshaaAllah. Jazakallah khayr for this.
mashaAllah and jazakAllah!
Masha Allah. May Allah swt increase you in knowledge my brother. May Allah swt bless the Ummah
JazzaAllah shakh
wa ‘alaikumus salam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh… Alhamdulillah… may Allah keep us all on the straight path until the best end… Allahumma aaaaaameen 🤲🏼
Your friend in Thailand may be doing ok. Despite Thailand is a Buddhist country, Islam is well known and many masjid in Thailand. If he goes to the south of Thailand, the main followers are Muslims.
Insha Allah, I’m sure he’s okay 🤲🏻🤲🏻
Loved every minute of it.
JazakaAllah khair brothers..
MashaAllah, thanks so much for
words of wisdom. As Muslims
our highest aspirations should
be learning to read the Quran
in Arabic. I have been procrastinating
for many years to learn to read
Quran in Arabic, it's my personal
Jihad and InshaAllah I will
accomplish this task.
Alhamdullahi I read the
transliteration and English
Quran daily but it's nothing
compared to learning Arabic.
May Allah SWT increase our
Eeman and make it easy for
us to learn to read Quran
in Arabic Ameen Ya Rabb.
Jazakallahu Khairan.
Nice discussion watched the whole video and it's beneficial to listen to the struggles and needs that our brothers and sisters go through when they revert.
This is so beautiful to watch. Proud that Allah made us Muslim. Allah bless us all.
Proud of Allah for joining forces with Satan to fool people who do not believe in Islam?
“On the contrary their hearts became hardened, and Satan made their (sinful) acts seem alluring to them.” - Quran (6:43)
And what makes you think you are so special that you were born into the right religion but 4.4 billion other people are not?
Sahih al-Bukhari 3295
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If anyone of you rouses from sleep and performs the ablution, he should wash his nose by putting water in it and then blowing it out thrice, because Satan has stayed in the upper part of his nose all the night."
Dear my fav brother Ben, I’ve been going through a real downer, the ostrich approach, not even prayer for 2 days, but this podcast has really helped ❤️❤️❤️
MashaAllah, In April 2022, in
the blessed month of Ramadan,
I had some major surgeries.
Pre and post surgeries I enrolled
for the Dawah Training Course
and New Mentorship Course and
issued certificates by one
of my favorite Islamic Scholars,
Shaykh Abdul Rahim Green. I
loved the GORAP training it was
awesome and insightful, its a
different approach to way I am
used to giving Dawah and also
widened my horizon on how
to give Dawah to reverts and
humanity MashaAllah.
Before surgeries I pledged to
Allah SWT if I survived surgeries,
I will give Dawah to Muslims
and Non- Muslims InshaAllah.
It is a miracle ,I survived 3
major surgeries at once,till
date the Doctors and Surgeons
are surprised tumors were non-
cancerous. Alhamdullahi, I
remained steadfast and focused
my attention on prayers, 5 daily
Salat, Nawafis and Istikarah.
Also I strongly believe in the Prophecy
of our beloved Prophet Muhammed
SAW ' Black Seed Oil cures all
diseases except death. Prior to
surgeries I was not placed on
medication due to several health
issues and complications.
Anytime I feel excruciating pains both Internally and externally, I will drink Black
Seed Oil& rub it on affected parts of
my body. In the Noble Quran Allah
SWT says: 'He will test us with loss
of Health, wealth, lives, properties,
etc but say to those who believe
when in adversity who say
' We Belong,To Allah, To Allah SWT
we will return" Allah SWT promises
them everlasting bliss. May Allah
SWT make it easy for us to
pass our tests with endurance
patience, perseverance Ameen
Ya Rabb. Jazakallahu Khairan.
MashaaAllah 💚 and may Allah continue to give you a long, healthy life.
Aameen Ya Rabbih 🤲🏽
@@umfatima2810 Ameen Ya Rabb.
Thanks so much Sister for prayers
and kind words. Jummat Mubarak.
Jazakallahu Khairan.
@@sistersembellishments949 Jummah Mubarak to you too ✨️
Assalamu alaykum from Uzbekistan
we need a lot of dawah in uzbekistan
@@kingsentertainment786 not only Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 but we need a lot of Dawah around the world.
I agree with u when someone revert to Islam must learn step by step teaching them. May Allah swt protects us, Ameen Ya Allah. Thanks for the wonderful discussion!
Masha ALLAH
Mashallah Brothers.. I'm a born muslim from Saudi Arabia and I always feel glad to see reverts join Islam and talk about their journey it's a really joyful thing and I'm really impressed on how a lot of them stick to Islam and practice it more accurately than some born muslims.
Just one thing that may help is in case if perhaps a revert goes to christmas to meet his family because Allah and his prophet strongly advised for staying close to your family and build a family kinship.. you see "Deen" is easy and Allah is kind just make your intention or "Neyya نيه" when you go to such non muslim holiday is to see and connect with your family and not celebrate the event and just don't eat pork or drink alcohol thus you have not sinned.
I'm not entirely sure nor I have a scholarship but it sound's reasonable and fair and Allah know's best.
good luck and may Allah bless you both
I am born Muslim, and i learned a lot from you guys, god bless you, I'm really proud of you
أسأل الله أن يثبّكم على دينه وأن ينفع بكم..
I am a born muslim and I always watch reverts to get inspiration from them.
Brings tears to my eyes..their level sincerity is stronger then me as born Muslim..
Please read the book entitled : THEN I WAS GUIDED by al-Tijani al-Samawi
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Oh no I'm leaving my chores to listen to this..kind of can watch this all day long
Masha ALLAH son , I make dua for you to stay on the the right path , to gain more knowledge & wisdom. May ALLAH swt be pleased with you both
I lov to hear reverts story.. my tears drop... Heart touching moment..💚❤️❤️💛🤎💙💜
May Allah swt bless both of you brother
I truIy believe that reverts are practising Islam as it should be practiced. Even though I was born into a Muslim family that isn't practising I feel like a revert as well. I started practicing and wearing a hijab few years ago when my son went to Jannah. My life before practising was like a non Muslim life. I was lost and was chasing material things to find peace and happiness. I didn't know at the time that I would find that contentment in Islam until few years ago when Allah brought back my son to Him and for me that is a biggest blessing in my life. Allah truely tests and guides the ones He loves. I feel very loved Alhamdulillah May Allah forgive and guides us all Ameen.
I feel as though at times, someone may be born a Muslim, but there could be a moment when they consciously decide to follow Islam themselves, I see this as reverting in a way too. May born Muslims come back to Islam in just the same way as “reverts”
I love this Muslim diversity. Masha'Allah! Great revert story by the way. Alhamdulilah! And Salaam to all my revert brothers and sisters from a born Muslim.
Salam from Turkey....Mashallah.....Leading a Muslim/Islamic life is not easy......Its very difficult....I watched your experiences/stories with interest....It will be source of inspiration for many people.... May Allah SWT keep you steadfast on religion.....Ameen
Merhaba. I am studying more about Islam at the moment and will eventually become a muslim, inshallah.
I think in Turkiye it's difficult because of it being a secularist country, which at one point the hijab was banned. More and more people in Turkey thinks that Islam is outdated and they're wanting to embrace secularism more. LGBTQ community is getting bigger there too, due to western influences.
I am living in a western country and I can only say that the western culture is toxic. People getting drunk, women getting drunk and sleeping around from a very young age, jumping from one guy to another. Money here is great but money isn't everything. There's no culture here. Everyone is individualistic, only care about what they can gain for themselves.
@@davidk7441im turk from germany and what u write is absolute right. Turkey is on the wrong way.
The guy selling weed directed you to the mosque?? Amazing
Yes, but he also converted to Islam later, and do not judge people by their mistakes, we are all human. Look at Mark now, how wonderful, thank God.
Remember Hadith talking a drank ashabi whose Other Muslims cursing him and Messanger said "leave him alone. Thought he is drunk he loves God and his Messenger"??
Selling is not allowed but if Muslim does it doesnt mean he is not Muslim. He is siner.
@@CmonNowTellme ok
I love the revert people because my 10 grand father was a muslim and I born a muslim I love you sow match. allah will give you janah for this dawah the day of يوم القيام
I’m so proud of you.
May Allah bless us all
Ma Sha Allah brother you pronounce very well Arabic words.
Great podcast 🔥👌🏾 love it
I love your story, amazing how you found the right path, Alhamdollilah.
You got me with that title :-)
That video of that man speking in tongues has cracked me up😂😂😂
May Allah make it easy for All Muslim revert brothers and sisters. I have immense respect for the sacrifices reverts have to make especially when it comes to family members.
May Allah make it easy for all our Muslim revert sisters.
Jazakillahu khairan it is the hardest n biggest sacrifice 😔
Well, the problem with Allah is that it is just like the Father in Heaven in the Bible, the same. But Islamic religion lies and says the word and power that realizes the word of Allah are not God themselves. And that doesn’t work because for Allah to be eternal his wish/word and power that realizes his wish also have to be eternal. And know think. Only God is eternal (Alpha and Omega). That’s why Allahs word and power that realizes his word are God too.
The eternal word and the eternal power realizing it belong to eternal Allah
eternal Allah and the eternal power belong to the eternal Word
The eternal word and eternal Allah belong to the eternal power
By belonging it is not meant that two are under one another, but that two fit together like a puzzle. Two always belong to the third because the third is always God. That‘s the reason why two always belong to the third. The third can do anything he wishes with the other two. Thus each of the three is the SAME and ONLY (1) God that can do whatever he wants.
The word can say: I can do whatever I want with MY power and MY Allah
the power can say: I can do whatever I want with MY word and MY ALLAH
Allah can say: I can do whatever I want with MY word and MY power
All three can separate spatially
All three cannot exist without each other because God only can do something when there is God, his word and his power realizing it
That’s why Allah can’t be God. He has to be triunion just like the Bible says
In case anyone wants to read on, here's some extra info:
Love, holiness, beauty, justice are not eternal, but only
the person who has the wish to be these attributes and uses the power to realize his wish (Father) is eternal
the wish itself to be these attributes (e.g God should be love) is eternal
the power itself to realize that wish is eternal
But love etc. itself is not eternal
This explains why e.g. love is not a 4 person from God and there are always only 3
Just found this. Not what I was expecting. Alhamdullilah ☝🏾
Ben, to your point on something missing between a revert and his non-Muslim family, may Allah bring you and your family closer InshaAllah, but it happens in the larger Muslim community between Muslims too, most of us born Muslims tend to be very casual Muslims in our practice, so when a friend or relative starts practicing Islam as Islam is expected to be practiced, the social circle around him\her becomes a bit awkward around that person, even though everyone's a Muslim, and it's natural in my opinion. And it's a test of one's faith, nothing is more powerful than blood relationship, but do you desire Allah's pleasure more? That's the test. We all have to go through this test, reverts have it more difficult though.
JazakAllah khair, may Allah strengthen our Iman, Ameen.
Asalamu alaykum, this is very true, I have also witnessed and heard stories of this happening with some of my close friends. May Allah help us all 🤲🏻
I also although raised Christian never ever prayed to Jesus pbuh. It just didn't feel right, made no sense. Alhamdulillah for guiding us to the truth. ALLAHU AKBAR
Oh my gosh this was such an eye opener. This really gave me (born Muslim) an insight into the experiences of a revert more than anything else I’ve seen. I hope it helps me to be more supportive in a way that matters to new sisters 🧕🏻
Wow beautiful MashAllah, your journey to Islam brother Mark ❤️❤️❤️
جزاك الله خيرا
Asalamolaykum my own experience of meeting reverts is that you have a pure understanding of Islam. Sadly born Muslims tend to mix faith with culture which can sometimes be detrimental . You guys start from scratch yet us born Muslims have to shrug off the cultural aspect ...we are all on one journey may we all better our Deen and reach the other end and be given mercy from our creator for our mistakes . Lets all practice what we teach and speak and live our lives as good humans .We cannot be Muslims by name we have to prey and show it in our actions .That should come from the common man to the leaders of nations .Just a quick example if the Saudis who are blessed with wealth gave there due zikat poverty in the world would diminish ...says it all ..the young generations will inherit the world may allah guide us all.
Màshaallah alhamdulilah! Enjoyed ur conversation! Love that u put so much emphasis on the importance of knowledge seeking knowledge from the cradle to the grave! It is becoming imperative now more that ever we do since more and more we are being challenged especially from ex Muslims and to b able to converse with non Muslims and not get all heated! When to continue engaging and when to disengage! Alhamdulilah! And the emphasis on patience with urself and especially with family! Alhamdulilah! Ye remember where u came from be patient! You are Khalifa! So ur presentation of Islam is of utmost importance! Non Muslims are watching not watching u and are some times disappointing when u do not behave as one as u should!
I come from Pakistan where you find Muslims commenting on other Muslims' practices. It is really hard to be inclusive when you are living in a majority muslim country. However, Alhamdulillah for making me a Muslim. May Allah make us more knowledgeable and inclusive by educating ourselves with Quran and Sunnah.
I was born Muslim Alhamdullah and I realy enjoy hearing these stories. Jazakm Allah Khair
Even when selling weed dawah is given lol. ma sha Allah because they still managed to make dawah. May Allah swt always guide and protect us āmīn AlHamdulillah for Islam and our ummah.
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