nyerekareem
abdur-rahman
:salam2:
there’s an old spanish saying that goes like this: tell me who your friends are and i’ll tell you who you are. i never really thought about that saying before, but today at nearly 30 years old; i now see how true that is.
now, i know that there is debate amongst muslims as to whether or not MYSPACE is halal or haram, but i have an account with MYSPACE that i rarely visit; and i was interested in meeting more muslim friends through the networking site. as a muslim my main preference for who i associate are muslims. not that i don’t have non-muslim friends, but i can’t stay or grow strong in my deen with them. which is what i really need most in my life. so naturally, i went to the site’s search engine and searched for muslim men to become friends with that were near my area. i was hoping to get to know them and become friends and to grow together in our deen and be supportive of one another as brothers in islam.
not surprisingly, there were several hundred people in the the search results. one by one, for the most part; i was surprised to see the things that i had saw. there were images of half naked women, alcoholic beverage consumption, filthy rap music; in other words: everything that was contrary to the way of islam. you may or may not have visited the site before, but people list information about their marital status, education, zodiac sign, sexual orientation, and religion. since, i searched for people that were muslims, each and every person that came in the results identified themselves as muslims. i began to wonder, how can they have these things on their pages and claim to be muslim? what image are they presenting to the non-muslims? if they’re doing the things of the unbelievers, how can they convince anyone of the HAQQ ( TRUTH ) of islam?
still being shocked about the individual profiles that i searched; i also checked out who were on their friends list. not surprisingly, they were almost all of the same or a bit worse. so i began to wonder, you’re a muslim and you have friends like this? now, i’m not saying that none of these people aren’t muslim, but some have to really step back and check their deen. this is why i mentioned that old spanish saying earlier. if you’re going to be a muslim, living in a non muslim society that still questions our every move; you gotta represent the religion better. try to represent our deen according to the ways of the quran and sunnah.
i remind myself before i remind others.
nyere kareem
there’s an old spanish saying that goes like this: tell me who your friends are and i’ll tell you who you are. i never really thought about that saying before, but today at nearly 30 years old; i now see how true that is.
now, i know that there is debate amongst muslims as to whether or not MYSPACE is halal or haram, but i have an account with MYSPACE that i rarely visit; and i was interested in meeting more muslim friends through the networking site. as a muslim my main preference for who i associate are muslims. not that i don’t have non-muslim friends, but i can’t stay or grow strong in my deen with them. which is what i really need most in my life. so naturally, i went to the site’s search engine and searched for muslim men to become friends with that were near my area. i was hoping to get to know them and become friends and to grow together in our deen and be supportive of one another as brothers in islam.
not surprisingly, there were several hundred people in the the search results. one by one, for the most part; i was surprised to see the things that i had saw. there were images of half naked women, alcoholic beverage consumption, filthy rap music; in other words: everything that was contrary to the way of islam. you may or may not have visited the site before, but people list information about their marital status, education, zodiac sign, sexual orientation, and religion. since, i searched for people that were muslims, each and every person that came in the results identified themselves as muslims. i began to wonder, how can they have these things on their pages and claim to be muslim? what image are they presenting to the non-muslims? if they’re doing the things of the unbelievers, how can they convince anyone of the HAQQ ( TRUTH ) of islam?
still being shocked about the individual profiles that i searched; i also checked out who were on their friends list. not surprisingly, they were almost all of the same or a bit worse. so i began to wonder, you’re a muslim and you have friends like this? now, i’m not saying that none of these people aren’t muslim, but some have to really step back and check their deen. this is why i mentioned that old spanish saying earlier. if you’re going to be a muslim, living in a non muslim society that still questions our every move; you gotta represent the religion better. try to represent our deen according to the ways of the quran and sunnah.
i remind myself before i remind others.
nyere kareem