Isra
aka Tree2008
As Salamo Alaikome
I have been here for almost a week now and I must tell you this is the most beautiful country and people I have ever seen in my life. The food is wonderful and I am learning more about the culture every day.
Alhamdulillah I am learning so much being in an Islamic country and the family I am visiting are taking very good care of me. One lady came to visit in the morning when we were eating the breakfast and she said to me that it is very good for the Moroccan family if the visitor leaves fatter than they came. This was very funny at the time she said it but I am beginning to believe it because they are telling me "eat eat eat" all the time. I am pretty sure by the time I go home in 2 weeks the airline will charge me for another plane ticket because I will look like I am 2 people instead of the 1 person who came here. LOL
I visited the masjid in Casablanca and took some pictures. While I was there I noticed a man who looked like he could have been American (my country) and he lit a cigarette outside in front of the masjid. This made me very angry that he would have such little respect for the masjid like that but my friend told me that the masjid is very famous so many tourists come there every year to see it and some people are not Muslim so maybe they dont understand. I felt something that I never felt before in my life. I am a foreigner in a country I have never visited before and I am outside the masjid and wearing hijab for the first time in my life I felt I am a real Muslimah and this touched my heart so deeply.
I have been wearing hijab every time I go out and even though some of the women in this country dont wear hijab it makes me feel better when I am. I tried to take my shahada yesterday in that famous masjid in Casa but they wouldnt let me do it because I didnt bring my passport with me. The house of the family where I am staying is very far from the masjid so I couldnt get my passport and go back.
I think I will take my shadaha here in the house because for me the only thing that is important is the person who introduced me to Islam his family and Allah. When I take my shahada its not so important where I am its more important who I am with. Inshallah it will be this week. I am already praying in the right way now so I am already Muslim.
I have been here for almost a week now and I must tell you this is the most beautiful country and people I have ever seen in my life. The food is wonderful and I am learning more about the culture every day.
Alhamdulillah I am learning so much being in an Islamic country and the family I am visiting are taking very good care of me. One lady came to visit in the morning when we were eating the breakfast and she said to me that it is very good for the Moroccan family if the visitor leaves fatter than they came. This was very funny at the time she said it but I am beginning to believe it because they are telling me "eat eat eat" all the time. I am pretty sure by the time I go home in 2 weeks the airline will charge me for another plane ticket because I will look like I am 2 people instead of the 1 person who came here. LOL
I visited the masjid in Casablanca and took some pictures. While I was there I noticed a man who looked like he could have been American (my country) and he lit a cigarette outside in front of the masjid. This made me very angry that he would have such little respect for the masjid like that but my friend told me that the masjid is very famous so many tourists come there every year to see it and some people are not Muslim so maybe they dont understand. I felt something that I never felt before in my life. I am a foreigner in a country I have never visited before and I am outside the masjid and wearing hijab for the first time in my life I felt I am a real Muslimah and this touched my heart so deeply.
I have been wearing hijab every time I go out and even though some of the women in this country dont wear hijab it makes me feel better when I am. I tried to take my shahada yesterday in that famous masjid in Casa but they wouldnt let me do it because I didnt bring my passport with me. The house of the family where I am staying is very far from the masjid so I couldnt get my passport and go back.
I think I will take my shadaha here in the house because for me the only thing that is important is the person who introduced me to Islam his family and Allah. When I take my shahada its not so important where I am its more important who I am with. Inshallah it will be this week. I am already praying in the right way now so I am already Muslim.