And i can finally post thank you mods
(please forgive me if any of my language is incorrect, i am still learning)
Salaam!!
ok first thing is first. my name is jennie. i am 27 and i live in phoenix arizona. i am a single mother (cheating and abuse) to my baby girl Ayla who is 8 years old.
I came here with so many questions. and only time will help me get thru them.
but this first question is the most important. insha allah i will have an answer.
I have been studying Islam for about 2 years now. I started because for fun i was taking a quiz at beliefnet.com and after answering all the questions i came out 100% Muslim. I have been raised christian, but none of the christian teachings had any answers, nor peace for me.
so my first year studying, i felt amazed. awed. and compelled.
then i found a website, where men and women volunteer thier time to take phone calls of people from all over the world to answer questions, give advice, or help in the shahada. (i dont even remmeber the name of the site maybe someone here will know it)
in august of 2010, i said my shahada over the phone with one of the young men who volunteerd on that site... unfortunately, i am not confidant that it was valid...for one i did not understand it fully (though i do now, and i do NOT take it back now) and i felt pressured by this man to say the shahada with him. he kept asking, kept saying, kept telling.
I have always loved Allah (SWT) I just called Him by a different name (God) and i have learned so much of the prophet (pbuh) and i have learned a great deal in my 2 years of learning.
but my shahada worrys me, often. sometimes its all i can think about.
thank you so much for listening. and i hope to stay at this site for a long time!
assalamu alaikum
(please forgive me if any of my language is incorrect, i am still learning)
Salaam!!
ok first thing is first. my name is jennie. i am 27 and i live in phoenix arizona. i am a single mother (cheating and abuse) to my baby girl Ayla who is 8 years old.
I came here with so many questions. and only time will help me get thru them.
but this first question is the most important. insha allah i will have an answer.
I have been studying Islam for about 2 years now. I started because for fun i was taking a quiz at beliefnet.com and after answering all the questions i came out 100% Muslim. I have been raised christian, but none of the christian teachings had any answers, nor peace for me.
so my first year studying, i felt amazed. awed. and compelled.
then i found a website, where men and women volunteer thier time to take phone calls of people from all over the world to answer questions, give advice, or help in the shahada. (i dont even remmeber the name of the site maybe someone here will know it)
in august of 2010, i said my shahada over the phone with one of the young men who volunteerd on that site... unfortunately, i am not confidant that it was valid...for one i did not understand it fully (though i do now, and i do NOT take it back now) and i felt pressured by this man to say the shahada with him. he kept asking, kept saying, kept telling.
I have always loved Allah (SWT) I just called Him by a different name (God) and i have learned so much of the prophet (pbuh) and i have learned a great deal in my 2 years of learning.
but my shahada worrys me, often. sometimes its all i can think about.
thank you so much for listening. and i hope to stay at this site for a long time!
assalamu alaikum