sunniforum.com - a resource for the propagation of authentic Islamic teachings - New Muslims http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/ A forum for new muslims and those close to coming to Islam to learn more and receive advice. en Sat, 18 May 2013 23:06:47 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/images/misc/rss.png sunniforum.com - a resource for the propagation of authentic Islamic teachings - New Muslims http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/ Sufism http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?106675-Sufism&goto=newpost Sat, 18 May 2013 19:33:05 GMT I've always been interested in deep spirituality and mysticism and the like. I want to start looking into and possibly practising some forms of Sufism. If I only do stuff that does not contract the Qur'an or hadiths, is this still considered innovation, and thus I should stay away from it? Or would that be ok? ]]> New Muslims Taahir_M http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?106675-Sufism <![CDATA[A Historian's Long Journey to Islam]]> http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?106670-A-Historian-s-Long-Journey-to-Islam&goto=newpost Sat, 18 May 2013 14:46:07 GMT :bism: It was a spiritual odyssey of over thirty years that took me from my Irish-Catholic-American roots through agnosticism and New Age metaphysics to Islam. It was only in Islam where I found the answers to all my questions and the peace which I had been seeking for a lifetime. It was... :bism:

It was a spiritual odyssey of over thirty years that took me from my Irish-Catholic-American roots through agnosticism and New Age metaphysics to Islam.

It was only in Islam where I found the answers to all my questions and the peace which I had been seeking for a lifetime.

It was also in Islam where I found solace and sanctuary, friendships and brotherhood, a new life, a spiritual home and Allah in the fall of 1992...


http://www.onislam.net/english/readi...he-adhan-.html

Dr. Muhammad As‘ad (Michael Berdine) journey to Islam. ]]> New Muslims Absolute truth http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?106670-A-Historian-s-Long-Journey-to-Islam Pregnancy and reverting to Islam http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?106447-Pregnancy-and-reverting-to-Islam&goto=newpost Tue, 14 May 2013 12:50:53 GMT I have studied Islam for a while now, as my partner is a Muslim and seeing his dedication and love for his faith inspired me to explore Islam, to which i feel very welcomed and understood and feel that i truly want to revert. We are not married, however planning to. I am 6 months pregnant with a... I have studied Islam for a while now, as my partner is a Muslim and seeing his dedication and love for his faith inspired me to explore Islam, to which i feel very welcomed and understood and feel that i truly want to revert. We are not married, however planning to.
I am 6 months pregnant with a baby girl, since finding out about the pregnancy the baby's father have had no contact with me, they didn't before however with their first grandchild coming to soon, i imagined they would want a level of involvement, which they haven't had. I do question sometimes that my partner has told his family he is to be expecting a daughter, but i am assured by my partner that that is the case, and i love and trust in him enough to believe him, however there is that niggle that they perhaps do not know.
Is it common for the grandparents not to want to be involved until we are married? I have spoke to my partner whom has told me that they express upset with us not being married and me not reverting yet, however that has put me under no pressure that i feel i must rush my journey.
The pregnancy so far has been a difficult one, and i am concerned and hurt slightly that his family have not offered support, however i'm not sure if this is due to a cultural or religious reasoning.
We plan to raise our daughter as a Muslim from birth.
Alhamdulillah! ]]> New Muslims amyjdore http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?106447-Pregnancy-and-reverting-to-Islam <![CDATA[Would love to read something in sha'Allah]]> http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?106369-Would-love-to-read-something-in-sha-Allah&goto=newpost Mon, 13 May 2013 01:03:27 GMT Beginner Muslim here, so not familiar with Arabic, terminologies, etc.

I think I've made this post before, but I would like to request some help again.

I'm looking for some reading materials. Anything will suffice. I am reading the English translation of the Quran, but would also like to read something Islamic too.

Any ebooks or articles available?

Kalamullah has been recommended to me before, but I am not comfortable visiting a site that has anwar alwakis materials ]]> New Muslims alwayslearning http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?106369-Would-love-to-read-something-in-sha-Allah Lost and confused http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?106333-Lost-and-confused&goto=newpost Sun, 12 May 2013 11:25:51 GMT I firstly want to apologise for writing such a long thread but I need help and I need I explain properly. I am an English girl married to a Tunisian man and we have been married for almost 7 years. Growing up I was never introduced to any form of religion and no one in my family is openly... I firstly want to apologise for writing such a long thread but I need help and I need I explain properly.

I am an English girl married to a Tunisian man and we have been married for almost 7 years. Growing up I was never introduced to any form of religion and no one in my family is openly religious and it was not that I have never believed in anything because I have I just haven't know what to believe in.

During my marriage with my husband things have always been hard he moved to the uk and we had to overcome the culture differences the stress of living together etc. we have spent the majority of our marriage living separately as he gets frustrated and is not happy with me and he leaves and goes back home. After time he then returns and I try to not be the same and be so miserable all the time but I always fall into the same traps of being stressed and miserable and fed up all the time so I make him unhappy.

I have always worked and I have been the one to support us financially and I have given my husband money when he has needed it because I think that this was me trying to look after him in my own way, but I think I couldn't look after him the way he has needed me to as in cooking and cleaning because I don't cool even though I tried or met any of his emotional needs.

During our time he has never been a practising muslim and has recently startin going to mosque and believing in his faith.

I have for many years taken am interest Ito Islam but never looked into it properly but have always had respect and I have up eating pork and drinking alcohol a lon time because it felt to me.

About 6 months ago I started to try and understand more about Islam and when iv looked into it more what I was reading did make a lot of sense to me and I think that I have always known that deep in my heart I have been searching for the part that has been missing in my life.

My husband has stressed that I cannot do this for him and that I need to do it for myself and I agree and I think that I spent many years lost and confused before I met him that I need to find peace with myself and learn to love me.
I have for 15 years been batteling with eating disorders and self harm and I never loved myself and I have a lot bad habits and I believe in all my heart that god can help me I just didnt know he was there before. I think the way I feel about myself has also played a big on my marriage problems.

My husband admitted to me 2 days ago that he does have another woman. That during the last time he was at home that he was so unhappy with me and he was confused that he met her and started a relationship with her but he knew in his heart it was wrong and god kept bringing him back to me to try again. He has said that he had until recently stopped communication with her until things were not ok between us again.
I'm so confused over the situation and what to because even though I believe in Islam and I want to be muslim I don't think I can share him with anyone else.
He has told me that he doesn't love her but he needs to make things right with her.
I do forgive him because I know I am partly at fault and I didn't make him happy or give him what he needed but I love him with all my heart and I don't know how to process what I'm feeling.

I'm very lost and confused and I am finding strength that Allah introduced him into my life at a time when I was self destructin and that he saved me and have me strength then that I needed and I trust in Allah that everything will be ok in the end and that he will give me the strength to get through.
Even without my husband or my marriage I am still continuing to learn and understand Islam
And
Embrace what I feel in my heart.
I am just hurt by the lies and the deception and I don't want to loose him but I don't know to handle the situation. ]]> New Muslims Believe http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?106333-Lost-and-confused Struggling with Islam and myself and feeling like a liar. http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?106284-Struggling-with-Islam-and-myself-and-feeling-like-a-liar&goto=newpost Sat, 11 May 2013 00:42:24 GMT Assalamu 3aleykum!
I have a huge problem. My faith has decreased again, and it's the 2nd time this year. I mean; I accept things such as why Allah exists, science related topics, why the Quran is in arabic only, all laws on why alcohol is forbidden (this is something I've done since before Islam, so it's a part of my personality), and I want to live a life without riba-based loans and I have done so much research on meat production and haram meat in my country that I try to be vegetarian.
However; what bothers me is first of all the concept of free will. I just can't accept that we have free will because I didn't accept the concept of free will when I was atheist. The other thing that bothers me is that almost all converts seem to have this super high faith level and I'm like a premature baby. And there's a pressure to pretend to be perfect in Islam now, which makes me feel like a liar because I need to take my time and be at a premature stage now. And I'm also afraid to go to the masjid for several reasons and I'm partly afraid about trying to create close relations with other Muslims.
That's pretty much it, and I'm not happy. ]]> New Muslims Nadia94 http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?106284-Struggling-with-Islam-and-myself-and-feeling-like-a-liar dillema with Jamaican sister wanting to revert? http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?106154-dillema-with-Jamaican-sister-wanting-to-revert&goto=newpost Thu, 09 May 2013 20:44:42 GMT Asalaam hope you are well everybody :)

Last year when I was in college studying A levels.. I met a Jamaican girl who I got to know. We weren't super close but we did sit down on a couple of occasions and had meaningful conversations about life and religion.


Since then I have left college and my younger sister is attending the college she is and has informed me that she had decided to revert to ISLAM and I was absoloutley shocked!!! because she was a solid christian woman who had very strong beliefs.. but I am very very happy for her Alhamdulilah and Mash'Allah

Im going to get in touch with here soon to congratulate her, and have a little chat to see what made her revert etc.

My questions are:

What I really want to do is, get her a bunch of lovely flowers and a little hamper of some sort or a gift- This is where I need some good ideas or advice on what to get her?

Im also thinking of getting a few friends together who studied with us last year in college, and maybe order a takeaway etc just to congratulate her.

I only want to do this solely for the pleasure of Allah most beautiful and want the Muslim sister to feel welcome and happy and maybe strengthen her imaan.

Also from what my sister has been telling me, the other muslim sisters have been dissing the jamican sister on her decision because ''off the clothes she wheres'' -my sister also told me that the jamaican sister told her that she asked her mother what she would do if she converted and she said she would kick her out of the house... obviously its going to take time for her to change and its going to be difficult because she hasnt got the support from her family and obviously from the people around her and I just want to give her the best possible advice-- how can I point her in the right direction.. I dont want her following shias or some other sect..

please help ]]> New Muslims madani-pearl http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?106154-dillema-with-Jamaican-sister-wanting-to-revert Is it haram to kill spiders? http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?106067-Is-it-haram-to-kill-spiders&goto=newpost Wed, 08 May 2013 03:42:01 GMT As-salam alaykum. I'm just looking for an answer on this. I'm absolutely terrified of them, especially if they're in my room as I'm scared they'll get on me while I sleep, so I tend to kill them.

Thank you for any answers. ]]> New Muslims Taahir_M http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?106067-Is-it-haram-to-kill-spiders I want to convert but...? http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?106025-I-want-to-convert-but&goto=newpost Tue, 07 May 2013 05:40:42 GMT Hello!

I'm a 15 year old girl who has been studying Islam for a month or two, and it just continues to pull me in. I grew up a baptist-christian, but I recently told my mother of my plans to study the religion--but what I really want to do is just convert. My mother is being supportive and all, but she kind of thinks this is just a phase I'm going through, and it's not. She also has told me that women are treated much differently. I've told my close, christian friends, and some have actually shied away, telling me I'm 'going to hell for worshiping a different god' and things like that, which really hurt and bothered me. Every time I try to tell my self it's just a phase, and that I should just stay a christian, something pulls me back once more.

I've read over the shahada many times in my head, but I can't bring myself to say it aloud. I want to convert, but I just want to make sure I'm making the right decision (though I'm sure I am). Also, I live in a community where I've seen maybe one Muslim, and there are no mosques within 30 minutes. I have one ex-christian friend who is also a bit confused on what religion path to take, and wishes to go to a mosque with me, but I'm a bit afraid to ask my mother to drive me to one, and I'm a bit nervous for going in there, not sure if I'll be welcomed or not.

These are just some personal concerns of mine that are keeping me from converting. I know a couple of months doesn't seem long enough to be ready to convert for some people, but I've been devoutly studying Islam everyday after school when I have the chance, and when I asked my religion recently, I've wanted to call myself a Muslim, but since I haven't converted, I just say I'm undecided. I've already started learning the prayers, I already don't eat pork so no problem there, I've dressed modestly for the past few years (I get called Virgin Mary in school), and overall conversion doesn't seem like it would be too hard for me! It's just...I don't know what it is that is keeping me from converting.

Any advice or anything that will help me at all? Thanks in advance. ]]> New Muslims Baillie http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?106025-I-want-to-convert-but Constant urge and need to pass wind since converting http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?106021-Constant-urge-and-need-to-pass-wind-since-converting&goto=newpost Tue, 07 May 2013 04:13:28 GMT Ever since I converted and found out that passing wind breaks Wudhu, I suddenly feel the urge or physical need to pass wind every few minutes. This did not happen before.

Have I somehow placebo'd myself or is this some type of waswasa or what?

Thank you for any help. ]]> New Muslims Taahir_M http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?106021-Constant-urge-and-need-to-pass-wind-since-converting Researching and Reading about other Religions and Tips on not Sleeping through Fajr http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?105998-Researching-and-Reading-about-other-Religions-and-Tips-on-not-Sleeping-through-Fajr&goto=newpost Mon, 06 May 2013 16:07:41 GMT As-salam Alaykum

Is researching and reading about other religions, or anything that doesn't have to do with Islam for that matter, considered bad? Is it opening your heart to disbelief?

Also, does anyone have any tips on how to get up for Fajr easier? Easier is the wrong word. I know it's completely easy and not at all difficult and up to us. But does anyone have anything they do that stops them from falling to Shaytaan and the heavy headed feeling and getting up right away to go make Wudu instead of laying around in that dazed and tired state and ending up falling back sleep?

God bless you all and thank you. ]]> New Muslims Taahir_M http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?105998-Researching-and-Reading-about-other-Religions-and-Tips-on-not-Sleeping-through-Fajr I want to marry a muslim revert from/of Indian origin. http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?105868-I-want-to-marry-a-muslim-revert-from-of-Indian-origin&goto=newpost Fri, 03 May 2013 19:52:41 GMT Asak wr wb I am a revert. 23yrs of age from india. I want to marry a revert muslim who is practicing and honest. Someone who understands and can help me maintain a balance between my non-believing family and my deen. JazakAllah khair. Asak wr wb

I am a revert. 23yrs of age from india. I want to marry a revert muslim who is practicing and honest. Someone who understands and can help me maintain a balance between my non-believing family and my deen.

JazakAllah khair. ]]> New Muslims pink_angel18 http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?105868-I-want-to-marry-a-muslim-revert-from-of-Indian-origin Hello http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?105842-Hello&goto=newpost Fri, 03 May 2013 04:26:37 GMT Assalamu alaikum i am new here to this site and also islam. Request you all to guide me about islam if any of you find sometime. Regards, A Revert Sister Assalamu alaikum

i am new here to this site and also islam. Request you all to guide me about islam if any of you find sometime.

Regards,
A Revert Sister ]]> New Muslims Hema http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?105842-Hello Born as a Muslim, but just recently began to practice http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?105815-Born-as-a-Muslim-but-just-recently-began-to-practice&goto=newpost Thu, 02 May 2013 16:57:32 GMT Wa Salam Alaykum, I am posting this thread because I have been in a state of confusion lately and I am hoping that I can get the advice or opinion of other practicing Muslims as to some of the questions I have. I have a few questions so I hope you can all be patient with me and thank you. A... Wa Salam Alaykum,

I am posting this thread because I have been in a state of confusion lately and I am hoping that I can get the advice or opinion of other practicing Muslims as to some of the questions I have. I have a few questions so I hope you can all be patient with me and thank you.

A little about myself...I was born to two parents who consider themselves to be Muslim by faith but are not practicing (i.e. do not pray or follow sunnah) however they do fast for the most part during Ramadan. Growing up, I was never taught to pray and did not know how until recently (I purchased a book and taught myself). However, growing up I was always told that I am a Muslim by my parents and they taught me a few things such as how to recite Bismillah. I would recite Shahadah and do zikhr on the tesbih when I had time when I got older and read the Quran on occasion, however I still did not pray (did not know how) or fast. I began working part time at age 16 and did not pay zakkiat even though I had the required nisab. My parents never strongly encouraged me to pray or fast instead they always left it up to me as optional. I have to be honest and say that I chose not to do either because I was careless and did not understand the gravity of the sin or the value of time and how little we really have, even though I knew prayer and fast are Fard.

However, it has really hit me lately that time is precious and valuable and we never know when we will no longer have time. I thank Allah SWT for helping me realize this and I have recently started praying. I plan to fast this Ramadan Inshallah and am saving up money to repay all the zakkiat I did not pay since I was 16. (I am now 23). I repent to Allah for my sins in hopes he will forgive me, and I am trying my best to learn as much as possible about Islam as soon as possible. I want to establish regular prayer, fast, pay zakkiat (when possesing sufficient nisab), and try to live by the Sunnah of prophet Muhammed SAWS. I am happy I am doing it, however it has become confusing at times for me as well. I have a few questions in which I hope I can receive advice or opinion of others and thank you in advance.

1. Because I did not know how to pray growing up, I was not taught, am I required to make up all the years of missed prayer? It has been about 11 years. If so, what is the correct way to make up prayer?

2. I have attempted fasting on and off in the past for Ramadan but never completed a full month and never prayed salat during these times in the past in which I did attempt to fast. Do I make up the Ramadans of fasting I missed? I am aware that I also have to pay kaffarah for this and repentance.

3. Because I did not pray in the past and have now began am I considered to be a revert? Even though I was technically born Muslim and did not convert/revert from another religion (I do not know or understand).

4. When making wudu for prayer am I required to recite dua before and after? If so what are the duas? Is wudu invalid if dua is not recited?

5. When making dua to Allah SWT I understand we need to be clean, face Qibla, raise palms, and ask Allah SWT to send blessings to the prophet SAWS, does a woman need to be covered when doing this in her home? What is the ruling on every day duas such as when you wake up, leave the home, enter/leave the bathroom, eat, get dressed, etc. Do you need to face Qibla, ask Allah SWT to send blessing onto the prophet SAWS during these duas as well? I am asking this because I don't understand what the exact ettiquette is in giving proper dua. Is there a specific way to give specific duas? Or are they all given the same way?

6. How can you make ghusl in the bathroom when you cannot glorify Allah SWT in the toilet/bathroom? It is not possible to make ghusl in the kitchen sink when you live with other people and you need to wet your entire body as well.

7. What is the difference in the schools of thought? How do you know which is correct to follow?

I do not know where to go to have any of these questions answered.... The only person who prays in my family is my grandmother and even she does not know how to answer all of my questions. I would like to follow Islam as accurately as possible and I hope I can receive answers/advice from other practicing Muslims.

Salam!

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