As'salamu alaikum,
I am sad tonight and I can not sleep. I am 31 years old and I have lost a childhood friend tonight. She was not able to accept my life as a Muslim. I tried to help her to understand only to get called all sorts of names by her and her husband even though I was being very nice to them.Her husband went as far as calling Muhammad(pbuh) a false prophet and a liar. Why do I loose so many family and friends since I became Muslim? I just do not understand I am at a loss for words.:shymuslima1:
I feel at home here at least this community understands me. I feel so strong in my Islam that even if the world falls around me I hang on to my faith.
:salam2:
Has happened, is happening, will continue to happen... Revert or not, rifts and separations happen, for reasons beyond our control. Don't blame yourself. You have not caused it. Continue being the one who helps when in need, without compromising your faith.
Your friends, they are right now in a smoke arising from their own thoughts. All that your faith has done to you is, made you a better person, A more polished gem. Preserve your self, let that certainity in Allah (Subhaaana wata-aala), become more stronger... Thats what you really need. Continue to be yourself. You will find and make better friends; who will be not just here (in Dunya), but also in Aakhira... Insha Allah. May not their hatred spread and destroy them; may the hatred die, in us believers too ... Ameen
Here is something for us, its not easy, but its doable... Insha Allah -
Narrated By Abu Huraira:
A bedouin urinated in the mosque, and the people rushed to beat him. Allah's Apostle ordered them to leave him and pour a bucket or a tumbler (full) of water over the place where he has passed urine. The Prophet then said, " You have been sent to make things easy (for the people) and you have not been sent to make things difficult for them." [Al-Bukhari]
Narrated By Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri:
A bedouin came to the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Who is the best of mankind!" The Prophet said, "A man who strives for Allah's Cause with his life and property, and also a man who lives (all alone) in a mountain path among the mountain paths to worship his Lord and save the people from his evil." [Hadith 501, Vol 8, Book 76; Al-Bukhari]
Another Translation
The Prophet was asked about the best of all creatures. He said "It is the believer who Strives for the sake of Allah with his money and self." Then he was again asked: "And who else?". Muhammad replied: "The believer who worships his Lord in one of the mountain's passes doing harm to nobody.”
Narrated By 'Aisha:
A man asked permission to enter upon the Prophet. When the Prophet saw him, he said, "What an evil brother of his tribe! And what an evil son of his tribe!" When that man sat down, the Prophet behaved with him in a nice and polite manner and was completely at ease with him. When that person had left, 'Aisha said (to the Prophet). "O Allah's Apostle! When you saw that man, you said so-and-so about him, then you showed him a kind and polite behaviour, and you enjoyed his company?" Allah's Apostle said, "O 'Aisha! Have you ever seen me speaking a bad and dirty language? (Remember that) the worst people in Allah's sight on the Day of Resurrection will be those whom the people leave (undisturbed) to be away from their evil (deeds)." [Al-Bukhari]