salam alikom,
I just want to say that I absolutely love this forum, I'm glad I joined!
(note: you don't have to read all the text, you can just answer the question in bold below)
Anyway back to the topic, I saw a really nice but homeless muslim lad today, 18 years old, on the streets sitting alone in the cold. I spoke to him and he said that he had to live with a stepfather who was Muslim by name only (ie. not a practising Muslim) and was forced to leave because his father was very abusive, and other events that caused him to run away. By this point I could see him trying so hard to hold back the tears, but then he just starting weeping like a little baby!). I find it hard to express any emotions, but I tried to calm him down and hug him. He was telling me how his life is jeopardised now because he can hardly afford a meal, he cannot continue his education, and he is always so lonely. Anyway by the end I had to think of a way to help, so I took him to the local mosque and left him with the imam, I said I'll come back tommorow and check on him, so inshallah it will be resolved. It was a really sad thing to experience. Obviously I couldn't do anything for him myself, because I live in a student flat and I'm restrited from bringing any visitors to sleep there, but by Allah, if I was able to I would let him sleep on my bed, and I'll sleep on the floor.
Anyway, the whole point of this thread was to ask my fellow brothers, would you be willing to take in a Muslim brother/sister and let them live in your house (until they sort themselves out and get a job etc.), or would you be worried because you don't know them?
I really don't know what's going to happen to this lad, maybe the imam can think of a better way to help him, but last I checked they were phoning brothers and asking if he could stay with someone for the night.
I just want to say that I absolutely love this forum, I'm glad I joined!
(note: you don't have to read all the text, you can just answer the question in bold below)
Anyway back to the topic, I saw a really nice but homeless muslim lad today, 18 years old, on the streets sitting alone in the cold. I spoke to him and he said that he had to live with a stepfather who was Muslim by name only (ie. not a practising Muslim) and was forced to leave because his father was very abusive, and other events that caused him to run away. By this point I could see him trying so hard to hold back the tears, but then he just starting weeping like a little baby!). I find it hard to express any emotions, but I tried to calm him down and hug him. He was telling me how his life is jeopardised now because he can hardly afford a meal, he cannot continue his education, and he is always so lonely. Anyway by the end I had to think of a way to help, so I took him to the local mosque and left him with the imam, I said I'll come back tommorow and check on him, so inshallah it will be resolved. It was a really sad thing to experience. Obviously I couldn't do anything for him myself, because I live in a student flat and I'm restrited from bringing any visitors to sleep there, but by Allah, if I was able to I would let him sleep on my bed, and I'll sleep on the floor.
Anyway, the whole point of this thread was to ask my fellow brothers, would you be willing to take in a Muslim brother/sister and let them live in your house (until they sort themselves out and get a job etc.), or would you be worried because you don't know them?
I really don't know what's going to happen to this lad, maybe the imam can think of a better way to help him, but last I checked they were phoning brothers and asking if he could stay with someone for the night.
