What was your defining moment

Question

I know alot of people here, like me were born into Islam, but what or when did you realise that there is something out there guiding us.

For me it was when I was little and I was watching a film were there was a character goig through some trouble and he was praying, he asked his friend why God gave him such sorrow and his friend answered, we only remember him when in sorrow, otherwise when we have happiness we don't thank him and we forget about him. When we keep him close, believe in him, then we get more.

That's my first memory of actually thinking about God/Allah without having my parents just tell me something and saying its true.

so for you (reverts included) what was your defining moment?

Answer 1

probably going to Umrah and witnessing the Kaaba in real life was something that is truly unbelievable

Answer 2

I was born into Islam but I like to hear about Muslims stories also.

=]

Answer 3

Mashallah. <3

Answer 4

the1qfac... can you explain to me what you follow....?

Answer 5

I was 15.  A Christian I worked with tore my beleifs to shreds.

I asked my father to help me prove him wrong.

My dad told me I should be ashamed of simply wanting to prove someone wrong, and should rather focus on finding truth as God willed it.

Thereafter, he forced me to go find my own path and gave me the advice that continue praying to God - He will indeed guide you.

I studied every major, and many minor, religions known to man.  I arrived at where I am, a Muslim and follower of the Prophet (sa), who beleives that Imam Mahdi and Messih has come.

I arrived through prayers and research, not blind following, alhumdolillah.

EDIT:

@NinjaDucky - Surely.  There is no God but Allah and Muhammad (sa) is His Messenger.

I believe in One God, Fasting, Hajj, Zakat, Salat.

I believe Muhammad (sa) was the greatest Prophet.  I believe the Qur'an is the perfect book and the final book.

I believe that Muhammad (sa) foretold that Imam Mahdi and Messih would come and I believe that person has come as Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) by fulfilling the Quranic and Hadeeth prophacies of his coming.

That's the brief version :)  Let me know or email me if you have more questions.

love for all, hatred for none

Answer 6

I was born into a Muslim, Pakistani family. I was born in England. Still here, lol.

Anyway, so my parents weren't religious. Like, they didn't pray at all. They taught me the prayer, but never told me to pray. Actually, I think my gran taught me the prayer. She used to pray about 3 x a day, maybe 4. She's old and frail.

My parents care more about culture than religion. Forinstance, Pakistani culture says that in weddings, one should pull out all stops and give a tonne of money/household items/clothes in dowry (which, islamically is optional) and when I mentioned that the groom has to give the wife Mahr, they said that nobody does that anymore (even thoug mahr is compulsary)

So I used to have an ustad teach me and my 4 siblings the Qur'an (to read it) so basically, I didn't know what any of it meant. Iwas just reciting parrot fashion.

I knew urdu and punjabi. Urdu, to read, write and speak fluently.

However, arabic, I only knew how to read it.

Anyway, when I was 12, I finished the whole Qur'an (only in arabic remember, I didn't know what it meant!) So my parents took me out of Quran reading classes. That was 4 years ago.

I never read the Qur'an in the past 3 years.

When I was 15, I just started researching on religion on the internet (don't ask how). My parents had ingrained in me that Islam is THE FINAL religion, the BEST, so any criticizm of Islam - I didn;t like it. when my high school taught me Christianity, I didn't agree with it. I believe in Allah.

So Istarted researching religion, ending up on:

answering-islam

jihad-watch

answering-muslims

prophetofdoom

religionofpeace

faithfreedom

and many other anti islamic sites.

Then, I 'found' Doc Zakir Naik, Sheikh Deedat and others. I was happy. I found the above sites to be lies, pretty much. They used the wrong sources and lies mainly. Then I found answeing-christianity, refutingfaithfreedom etc. They use proper sources which is good, as I tend to distrust the internet these days - the anti islamic sites are full of bull.

So, now, after a year of research, reading various things (like hadiths, bahishti zewar, Zakir Naik, medical miracles of the Qur'an and more) I'm 16. I joined an Islamic studies and arabic class. I attend on saturdays, 10 to 1, 3 pound a week. I get to take a GCSE in arabic and Islamic studies at the end of it. They teach the meaning of the Qur'an, arabic (to read, write and speak), they help you memorise the Qur'an off by heart, and Islam (the principles and the prophet's life). I love this class. I've got a really easy to read copy of the Qur'an and am getting through it. It all makes sense. I love Islam. Thank Allah I wasn't misled.

I think everything about Islam makes perfect sense - Shariah etc. It's just people who aren't used to this way of beautiful life, who don't understand. They're used to adultery, smoking, gambling, and don't understand what's good for them.

Oh yeah! I forgot, my parents told me to wear hijab when I was 10, so I did (1/8 of the hair showing. Now I know why I should wear it, so I cover properly, although none of my family does. My family is very strict with the halal food thing. They also are strict with no fornication, and follow all rules of Islam (except the main ones, which is kind of hypocritical) My dad especially, he tends to talk about Islamic science, but doesn't practice Islam at all)

Anyway lastly, I do try my best to pray. I'm gonna get the full set of sahih hadiths from the Manchester bookstore, World of Islam, and I just simply love Islam.

I love the mosques, the vibe, the ramadan, the prayer, everything

I try to pray and try to promote Islam. I tell my Iranian friends (they don't seem to care, but that's their loss)

The sites were worrying, but I found out they were all lies, probably written by bitter people. I now visit youtube, watch videos by scholars, and again, LOVE ISLAM

I'm a revert. From believer (who didn't know anything) to true believer.