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[tmax66]

I am not a Muslim... But I have read quite a bit and I know its God's deen but I am scared. There is so much prejudice where I work and live. I know ther is so much mess in my life. I am afraid to talk about it here because I think it would crush me if someone told me there was no hope for me. I want to be this

 

[Um Ibrahim]

I am not a Muslim... But I have read quite a bit and I know its God's deen but I am scared. There is so much prejudice where I work and live. I know ther is so much mess in my life. I am afraid to talk about it here because I think it would crush me if someone told me there was no hope for me. I want to be this

Hi...so long as you are living, know that it is never too late to beg Allah for mercy, forgiveness, guidance, patience, and whatever else you want that is good. Trust and believe that no one on this planet is perfect, we all make big BIG mistakes. If you really believe that this religion is the right religion which it is, then accept it and follow it. All of your worries will be taken away by Allah.

Let me be the first to say, there is always hope! Always if you just put your trust in Allah the all mighty and powerful.

May Allah guide you...Amin:tti_sister:

 

[FreedomFighter]

Peace
welcome to TTi . dont worry. you want to be a Muslim ..? if you got any questions you want to ask, or something you want to share, feel free to post.

 

[BinteShafi]

Asslam u Alaikum Brother,

Very welcome to the site..... May Allah increase your knowledge and give you strength and courage to live your life according to what you believe.

Brother we all need not to be scared of anything but Allah alone. Allah is the creator of heavens and earth and everthing in between them. On the day of resurrection, heavens and earth will be in HIS hand and HE Almighty will ask...WHO IS THE LORD...and all of us including every single ruler, oppressors...we all will say that You are the Lord.

This life is nothing but a blink of an eye. We need to think about our eternal life...where we will never die...we need to get ready for the day where we will have one to one conversation with our LORD without any interpretor...we need to be prepared to answer HIS question that "What had stopped us to follow HIS guidance ???".

Please brother do not hesitate to ask any question. Many brothers and sisters here are very knowledgeable who will insha Allah answer your questions to the best of their abilities.

Welcome again

 

[zainab bala]

BinteShafi has said it all, feel free to ask.

 

[Mohsin]

Welcome !

Its nice to have you here. I hope you will enjoy being here on the forum.

Hope is there as long as we are alive. I found this piece of information for you. Though its lengthy but read it, I hope you will find it helpful

The Mercy of Allah in Regard to Forgiveness
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"O son of Adam, as long as you call upon Me and put your hope in Me, I have forgiven you for what you have done and I do not mind. O son of Adam, if your sins were to reach the clouds of the sky and then you would seek My forgiveness, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, if you were to come to Me with sins that are close to filling the earth and then you would meet Me without ascribing any partners with Me, I would certainly bring to you forgiveness close to filling it."

In this Hadithi Qudsi, Allah gives hope to mankind more than any other narration. It displays the quality and attribute of Allah's mercy. Indeed, He is ar-Rahman, the Most Compassionate, and ar-Raheem, the Most Merciful. In this Hadithi Qudsi, Allah tells man of the greatness of His forgiveness and mercy so that no one would despair due to the amount of sins he may have committed. This is supported by the following verse of the Holy Quran:

Say: O My servants who have transgressed against their own souls, despair not of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Truly, He is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful. (Surah az-Zumar 39:53)

This hadith teaches us the importance of realizing Allah's mercy, having faith and hope in Him especially when making dua, calling to Allah alone for forgiveness, and the importance of repentance in the life and faith of a believer.

Allah catches the attention of mankind by calling out, O son of Adam! This is a call to every human being. Why didn't Allah say, O mankind or O People? The significance of this specific call is because it was the first human being, Adam (alaiyhis-salam) who committed the first sin. Adam was an example to all humans of the consequences of sin and how to turn to Allah for forgiveness of ones sins. This gives hope that even after committing a violation, ones sins can be forgiven if one repents to Allah sincerely the same way that the father of mankind sinned, repented, and was forgiven by Allah.

Allah calls out to His servants, a call of forgiveness, mercy, and compassion. For He knows that man was created weak and is prone to fall into sin. After calling out to mankind, Allah informs them that as long as they call on Him and put their hope in Him, He will forgive them and not mind. This statement alone can convince one to have hope and never to despair. When one calls out to Allah or makes dua, he is displaying his need and dependence of Allah. He is demonstrating his weakness to the fact that he has no power to do anything for himself. It is the essence of submission and servitude. It is also a recognition of Allah's attributes of kindness, generosity, forgiving and merciful nature, and His unlimited power and knowledge. Humans are never in a situation where they are not in need of Allah. A believer always turns to Allah to ask for guidance as well as to seek forgiveness of sins and shortcomings.

Allah says, Call on me and I will respond to you. One of the most important conditions of making dua is that one must completely trust that Allah will respond. One must also supplicate with sincerity, hope, and seriousness. One must not have any doubt at all on whether Allah will respond to ones call or if He accepts the dua. The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaiyhi wa sallam) said, Supplicate Allah while you are certain of a response. And know that Allah does not respond to a supplication from a heart that is heedless and inattentive. He also forbade that one say, Oh Allah, forgive me if You will. But he said, Instead, you should ask with will and conviction for there is nothing so great to Allah that He cannot grant it.

When supplicating, one should truly seek Allah's aid and His forgiveness and demonstrate his need for Allah and submit to Him with fear and hope in receiving the desired response. Allah advises in Surat al-Araaf 7:56:

And invoke Him in fear and aspiration (of hope). Indeed, the mercy of Allah is near to those who do good.

Another important condition of supplication is that one must not become hasty and impatient and stop supplicating because he did not receive a response sooner or at all. The Prophet (sallallahu alaiyhi wa sallam) said, You are responded to as long as you do not become hasty and say, I supplicated and it is not being or was not responded to.

And the final condition of ones dua being responded to is that one must make sure he is living off of halal and permissible means.

Allah says, Put your hope in Me. Man was not created sinful, but he was created weak. He is prone to fall into the temptations of sin and the whispers of Satan and when he does, he should always remember to turn to Allah, call upon Him, and ask for forgiveness with hope in His mercy. Allah stated in a Hadithi Qudsi, I am with My servant as He expects of Me. The meaning of this is that Allah treats His servants the way he expects Him to. If one has hope in Allah and trusts Him, Allah will act accordingly to that servants beliefs and faith. And if he does not have faith and is in despair of his Lords mercy, Allah will act accordingly. Not having hope in Allah and despairing of His mercy is a great sin and an act of kufr. Allah quotes Prophet Yaqoob (alaiyhis-salam) in the Quran:

Indeed, no one despairs of relief from Allah except the disbelieving people. (Surah Yusuf 12:87)

One must be hopeful of Allahs mercy and forgiveness and fearful of His punishment. It is this fear that should lead one to seek Allahs forgiveness with hope. Allah says:

Know that Allah is severe in punishment and that Allah is Forgiving and Merciful. (Surat al-Maaidah 5:98)

In the above verse, Allah gives us reason to fear because His punishment is justly severe, as well as good reason to have hope, since He is the Most Forgiving and Merciful. There should be a balance between fear and hope and not too much or too less of one or the other. If there is too much fear, then a person may negate Allah's quality of mercy and ascribe to Him unkindness (Allah forbid!)
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There was a sect called Khawaarij, who worshipped Allah only in fear and held the belief that anyone who commits major sins was a disbeliever and would be thrown into the Hellfire forever. This is a gross extremism and straying from the correct path.

Yet, another sect, which emerged within the first century of Islam, had no fear and believed that sins did not affect ones faith and that as long as one believed and testified in Islam, he would enter Paradise regardless of his actions. Both of these extremes lead to a dangerous consequence.

To understand the balance of fear and hope of Allah, let us look at the very first chapter of the Quran, Surat al-Fatiha. The first verse says, All praise be to Allah, Lord of all the worlds. In this verse, love for Allah is expressed. We acknowledge that Allah is our Lord and the Lord of all the worlds. He is the Creator of all things; He sustains and nourishes everything; He gives life and death; anything good that we have is from Him; and everything is dependant on him and nothing can happen unless Allah wills it to happen.

In the second verse we express our hope in Him by stating, ar-Rahma-nir-Raheem. The meaning of which is: The Beneficent, the Merciful. When we mention these two names of Allah, then we have hope, since He is the One, who is full of mercy and we hope He will forgive out mistakes and shortcomings. We should never lose hope because there is no reason to.

And in the third ayah of Surat al-Fatiha, fear of Allah is expressed when we recite, Master (King) of the Day of Judgment. When we recite this verse, we remind ourselves of the Day that we will be standing in front of our Lord and be questioned for our deeds, a Most Awful Day. It will be a day in which not even the smallest action will be hidden. This reminder of the Day of Judgment should bring fear to our hearts.

Fear and hope, both should be equally proportioned in our hearts, in our worship, and in our dua to Allah. Allah says:

Call out to Him with fear and hope. (Surat al-Araaf 7:56)

They forsake their beds to call their Lord in fear and hope. (Surat as-Sajdah 32:16)

The Prophet (sallallahu alaiyhi wa sallam) said, The like of these two qualities do not unite in the heart of a servant except that Allah gives him what he hopes for and protects him from what he feared.

In the Hadithi Qudsi that is being discussed in this paper, Allah says, O son of Adam, if your sins were to reach the clouds of the sky and you would then seek My forgiveness, I would forgive you. Here, we will discuss the importance of repentance and seeking forgiveness and its virtues.

First of all, we should never lose hope or stop asking for Allah's forgiveness. Its importance is shown to us in the following hadith of the Prophet (sallallahu alaiyhi wa sallam): O people! Turn to Allah in repentance and seek His forgiveness, for surely I make repentance a hundred times every day. Repentance is such a great act of worship that doing it can totally erase ones sins altogether, as the Noble Prophet (sallallahu alaiyhi wa sallam) said, One who repents from sins is like one without sin.

When a person sins and then sincerely turns to Allah for forgiveness, one will find Allah ready to accept his repentance and to forgive him, as this verse indicates:

And whoever does a wrong or wrongs himself, but then seeks forgiveness from Allah, he will find Allah forgiving and merciful. (Surat an-Nisaa 4:110)

Everyone commits sin and does wrong, but Allah is always willing to forgive and He always gives them a chance to repent and seek His forgiveness. A believer should never forget the fact that Allah is so forgiving. If Allah had willed, He could have held everyone accountable for his or her sins, but He has decreed that He shall allow His servants to seek His forgiveness and that He shall in fact forgive who and what He wills. In fact, Allah commands that His servants seek His forgiveness:

And seek Allah's forgiveness. Certainly, Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
(Surat al-Muzzammil 73:20)

Repentance is an act, which purifies the soul and brings the servant closer to His Lord. It puts the heart at rest from guilt. It protects one from falling prey to his desires and lusts and increases his faith.

Allah then says in the Hadithi Qudsi that is being discussed, O son of Adam, if you were to come to Me with sins close to filling the earth and then you would meet Me without ascribing any partners with Me, I would certainly bring you forgiveness close to filling it. Look at how great Allah's mercy, compassion, and love is! The least Allah asks for is that one not ascribe any partners and gods with Him, for, He is alone in His Sovereignty. And after that if one commits sins and seeks sincere forgiveness, Allah will forgive him and shower His mercy upon him.

However, one is not forgiven if he seeks repentance from Allah at the time of death when he sees the angels or when the sun rises from the west at the approaching of the Day of Judgment. This is confirmed by the following verse:

And of no effect is the repentance of those who continue to do evil deeds until death faces one of them and he says, Now I repent, nor of those who dies while they are disbelievers. For them, We have prepared a painful torment. (Surat an-Nisaa 4:18)

Allah also does not forgive one who commits shirk, which is the association of partners with Allah. Forgiveness will only come to those who die while adhering to tawheed and avoiding any form of shirk.

Verily, Allah does not forgive that partners should be set up with Him, but He forgives whatever is less than that for whomever He wills. And whoever sets up partners with Allah has indeed invented a tremendous sin. (Surat an-Nisaa 4:48)

Verily, Allah forgives not the setting up of partners with Him, but He forgives whom He pleases whatever is less than that. And whoever sets up partners with Allah has indeed strayed far away. (Surat an-Nisaa 4:116)

We must ask ourselves this question: Would we be willing to forgive anyone who hurts us and disobeys us constantly as easily as Allah is Able to forgive? Most probably, the answer would be no. But our Creator is the Most Kind and He is the Most Perfect.

Lo! Allah is a Lord of Kindness to mankind, but most of mankind give not thanks. (Surat al-Baqarah 2:143)


In this Hadithi Qudsi, mankind is encouraged to seek Allah's forgiveness and repent, but there are five conditions of repentance, which must be met for ones repentance to be accepted. The first and most important is that the act of repentance be sincerely for Allah alone. Secondly, the person must feel remorse and guilt over his actions so much so that he wished he had never done it in the first place. The third condition is that the person must immediately cease performing the wrong and sinful act. Fourthly, the repentant person must have a firm intention to never commit the sin again. And lastly, the person must repent before it is too late, meaning before death approaches.

Allah, Blessed and Exalted, finishes the Hadithi Qudsi with the following words, O son of Adam! If you were to come to Me with sins that are close to filling the earth and you would then meet Me without ascribing any partners to Me, I would certainly bring to you forgiveness close to filling it. Again, the mercy of Allah is clearly demonstrated by His Divine Words. However, there is a condition. One must not associate any partners with Allah, which is shirk. And Allah does not forgive shirk and if one dies without believing in Allah alone as ones Creator, then he will be doomed to the Hellfire for all of eternity. So, Allah emphasizes the importance of calling on Him alone. He has no and needs no partners, associates, wives, children, etc. There is no god, but Allah. None forgives sins except Him, so one seeking forgiveness should seek it only from Allah.

Will they not repent to Allah and ask His forgiveness? For Allah is the Forgiving, the Merciful. (Surat al-Maaidah 5:74)
And who can forgive sins except Allah? (Surah Ali Imran 3:135)

Allah praises the one who truly believes, has hope, and seeks the forgiveness of his Creator, as did his father, Adam:

Say: Shall I not inform you of things far better than those (things of this world)? For the pious, there are gardens with their Lord, wherein rivers flow. Therein (is their) eternal home and pure wives. And Allah will be pleased with them. And Allah is Seer of the slaves. Those who say, Our Lord! We have indeed believed, so forgive us our sins and save us from the punishment of the Fire. They are those who are patient, those who are true and obedient with sincere devotion in worship to Allah. Those who spend (in charity) and those who pray and beg for Allah's forgiveness in the last hours of the night. (Surah Ali Imran 3:15-17)

Allah's forgiveness and mercy is far greater and more vast than the sins of the creation. One must always have trust and hope in Allah in both good times and bad times and especially when seeking Allah's forgiveness. And the believer who calls out to his Lord for forgiveness demonstrates his true weakness and that he is totally dependent on the Creator. When one confesses his sins to Allah and sincerely repents with hope in Allah's mercy, the heart should come to peace and the soul should feel rest. When a person has hope, he has no reason to despair because it only leads to destruction. Allah gives hope to all, especially those who despair that there is no reason to despair because Allah is the Most Merciful of all those who show mercy. Allah praises those who repent and turn to Him:

And those who, when they commit a lewd act or wrong themselves with evil, remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their sins and who forgives sins except Allah? And they do not persist in what (wrong) they were doing while they knew it. For such, the reward is forgiveness from their Lord and Gardens with rivers flowing through, wherein they shall abide forever. How excellent is the reward of the doers (of good)! (Surah Ali Imran 3:135-136)

 

[Living Soul]

:salam2:

Welcome to the site brother :muslim_child:: I would say that its never too late to accept Islam the only true religion and its Allah's guidance for you that you found this forum to talk about your feelings and share your pain so that you may find peace when relieved. Dont delay to accept this faith and become a pure person like a new born child. Then see how it feels. Never forget us in your prayers when you embrace Islam as you will be very near to God.

 

[ssamios67]

Keep your chin up

tmax66

I said my shahadah 4 weeks ago and have not looked back. In fact my parents excepted my position, and there was hardly no pain at all.

Some people are negative about Islam because they realise that their faith is weak. They can't match the true Muslim in terms of piety, faith and steadfastness, this is why the non-believers are hostile.

But when you convert, most people will actually respect you. So much so, that you will ask the question: Why did I not convert earlier?

In due time Allah will show you the truth, and he will give you the strength to make your decision.

Regards

Steve

 

[nasiruyola]

I am not a Muslim... But I have read quite a bit and I know its God's deen but I am scared. There is so much prejudice where I work and live. I know ther is so much mess in my life. I am afraid to talk about it here because I think it would crush me if someone told me there was no hope for me. I want to be this

SALAM
BROTHER
Do not mention anything to do with your past. seek forgiveness from your creator we all are sinners and as the holy prophet said
THE BEST OF SINNERS ARE THOSE WHO SEEKS FORGIVENESS.
SO repent to your creator and if you owe anyone anything even if it is saying anything bad agains him/her/them, seek their forgiveness and/or return whatever you owed them. insha ALLAH, YOUR CREATOR will accept you.

 

[IbnAhmad]

hi....hope ur in good health my friend and welcome along to TTI!!!
trust me, dont worry about anything.. if u have any questions just ask, i'm sure u will benefit and i hope we at TTI can be a means of guidance if god wills....
oh yehhh and u like poetry....tips are always welcome hehe
take care
ur lil bro....Abzzzz

 

[B-R-R]

Salam alaikum!

Brother listen, you are on the right path because this is the only way to Paradise/heaven.

Your fears about prejudice may or may not go away, and that shouldn't stop you from embracing Islam. If you believe in Allah, study Islam and do the Shahada (in a mosque) to start to pray. So you may need to contact an imam, he will guide you. Don't let anyone STOP YOU, shaytan wants you to go astray as many others have gone!

You must move to a Muslim area if that's what takes to be in the right path to Paradise.

One important thing you must understand is that there's no garantee that you or any of us won't die tomorrow. There's no other day, it's today, and Allah (is exhalted and glorified) will guide you and reward you for submitting to Him.

Good luck, may Allah (he's exalted and glorified) guide you to the right path. Ameen.

 

[icadams]

Welcome brother,
I have been in your position and understand the difficulty, and fear, that becoming a Muslim may entail. I spent many, many years knowing that Islam was the true way, but being afraid to commit due to the pressures of family, work, and society in general. Remember however, that no matter how difficult things might be here and now, how much more difficult will it be for us when we die and Allah is judging us. Did we reject His message, He will reject us. Did we decide not to pray five times a day for fear of how our coworkers might view us, or what they will say, how much more should we fear what God will say to us.
While we should not dismiss the reality of the difficulties facing all Muslims in this day-and-age, we must also remember that we will be the ones with the better future. Look deep into your heart brother, if you know Islam to be real, than take the Shahadah and embrace the path that Allah has set before us. You might find, insha'Allah, as I did, that things are not as bad as you feared that they would be. Difficult yes, but not insurmountable. May Allah be your guide.

 

[shichemlydia]

welcome

salam alikoum,
whatever your situation is, you should never loose the hope in allah swt, he is indeed the most gracious the most forgiving. everyone of us is still offered the chance to repent to his lord as long as he is still alive.....
wa salam alikoum

 

[ousama34]

salam

brothr i know u beleive in GOD,,, if u have chosen to go on the right path dont be hesitate and dont get scared from the outside world there is materilistic world out there there views will keep on changing its just the devil put fear in your heart,, if u still not satisfied just ask urself one question wht if u die 2 day where will u go wht would be in the dark lonely grave only ISLAM can answer you these questions and help you solve after life problems
MAY ALLAH STRENTHEN MY IMAAN AND EVERY ONE ELSE's

 

[Zaynab123]

Hi there

to TTI you don't have to be sad, you can always change yourself beacuse your life is in your hands not someone's. So just try to find how you can change and be close to god in your daily life. if you need help you count on us. good luck

peace

 

[PARVEZ SHAHIDI]

I am not a Muslim... But I have read quite a bit and I know its God's deen but I am scared. There is so much prejudice where I work and live. I know ther is so much mess in my life. I am afraid to talk about it here because I think it would crush me if someone told me there was no hope for me.

Brother, the thing I understood form your post that, you think, you have made so much mess in your life that our creator dose not have the capacity/power to forgive them or our creator is not merciful enough to forgive your big mess.

When you assumed that you did a big sin. In fact Shytan wants us to believe in that way so that we continue doing what we are doing because there is no hope.

In fact our creator is more forgiving and merciful then you will ever be able to imagine.

If you have 30 minutes time then please watch the following videos,

http://www.halaltube.com/yasir-qadhi-repentance

 

[Zafran]

Salaam

welcome to TTI

Insh Allah you will be succesful in this life and the next. Remember as long as your alive you have chance of turning back to God.

peace

 

[lily_mawar]

I am not a Muslim... But I have read quite a bit and I know its God's deen but I am scared. There is so much prejudice where I work and live. I know ther is so much mess in my life. I am afraid to talk about it here because I think it would crush me if someone told me there was no hope for me. I want to be this

Hi,

Welcome to TTI World ...

My dear tmax, I believe our brothers and sisters are good listerners if you got problem ... If you are keen to know about Islam, this site is the best ...


May Allah guide you ... InsyaAllah ...

 

[hana*]

salamualaikum, just remember that there is no sin too great for Allah to forgive, He awaits our forgiveness, His doors of mercy are ever open to you. Allah says that if we did not sin, He would replace us by people who would sin and then ask for forgiveness so that He could forgive them. All mankind are sinners and the best of sinners are those who ask for forgiveness.

 

[tmax66]

thank you all

I just wanted to thank all of you for your information and your encouragement. I felt overwhelmed by your kindness. I know what I must do and will.