| ------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As Salaamu Alaikum sisters in Islam, My name is Saalihah UmmMuhammad I have been muslim now for 8yrs.my family is not muslim and I am thee only child.When I became muslim it was a great shock for my family,friends and the HighSchool I was going to. At the time I was 15 a freshman in high school and I was soul searching for a religion or path to follow other that christianity because church was never in my heart for as long as I can remember.So i tried the black power thing with The Nation of Islam and listening to Public Enemy you know loving my nubian self but that wore dry up until I was 16 when I had decided to have a Black History class in my All Girl Catholic High School In Chicago. When that was established I met a girl who had a boyfriend who had a brother who was muslim and she told me that he was saying that all races and nationalities can become muslim...I told her yeah right whatever give me his number because at that time I was still on that ProBlack tip.So a few days went by before I got his number and when I did I called him and from that Sunday night till That Friday he gave me dawah about Islam.Everyday I got more anxious to know that I finally fought the right religion .I mean it felt like home .So complete with no doubts.this is just What I was looking for.ISLAM AlhamduliAllah...So That Friday He came and picked me up from my school which I cut for the rest of the day and met his wife to be and they gave me my Shahadah.May Allah bless the brother and Sister who help me in my path to Islam "Ameen".I began wearing hijab as soon as I became muslim completely ,that love for Islam was such a rush I wanted to do everything correctly, hungry to learn knowledge and be the best muslim Although I had a tough time with my mom in the beginning ..she didnt want me to wear it the hijab nor be muslim because I so young she felt I was brain washed ,but she began to understand that this is serious to me whenI consistedly practice Islam as much as I could.Alahamduli'Allah. Well shortly after that I found a spiritual way in Islam as they say.. Called "sufism" ..I practiced that deviated path blindly without knowledge of knowing any other way until "98" When Allah again brought me the truth about my innovations I have been practicing.Supan'Allah I came to The Straight Path the Righteous way.Strictly"Quran&Sunnah" .In my journey to the correct way has been a learning experience and it has made me wise in some aspects and stronger I truly Value and Love Allah's Religion and I am so grateful to be among those who was choosen to become muslim ,Finding our way back to our Creator is a Masha'Allah. My family respects me,my way of life and my family(husband&kids) they now realize this is what I will practice Insha'Allah for the rest of my life. They also see benefits in me being muslim verse what I could be doing now in this dunya. I hope this story can be inspiring to young and new muslimahs who are struggling to practice Islam.Those who struggle to be muslim with all the fitnah around them family, firends. Keep your head up believe in Allah's mercy and Insha'Allah things will get better. Love You All Always Saalihah |