A Salaam to all of you

Salaam my brothers and sisters, peace be with you all.

My family and husband are Muslims and i am a practising Muslim however i only recently begun to reflect on what it means to be a Muslim and although i have been looking around at this world, i never really opened my eyes to the beauty of Allah, the mighty and glorious creation' I have never really joined such an organisation before so excuse my rambling but there are two reasons that i post this today:

1-I did dua to Allah the mighty and glorious and asked the lord of creation to inshaallah guide me to the true essence of Islam, there were two things that were very dear to my heart a) the love of drood Sharif and reciting it and b) to understand the perfection in creation that is the holy prophet Muhammad, may the peace and blessings of Allah SWT shower him for eternity. These two things have always been close to my heart and inshaallah by a series of extremely strange events, it was the will of Allah, the mighty and glorious that i write this now and i wanted to share this with brothers and sisters who i hope will understand what i mean and not mistake my writings for arrogance of any form.

2- I am a Social Worker by profession and i have spent a long time studying psychology and the neurological impact of brain development on human nature, behaviour and patterns. I also did alot of work in community and international development and throughout my working life i have found something missing, even though i am a Muslim-i never really opened my eyes and looked around. It is humiliating how we as humans attempt to explain the complications of the human mind, behaviour and the extraordinary nature of the human anatomy without actually looking t its beauty and realising that it is Allah, the mighty, the glorious and the all knowing who created things that we are still coming to terms with today. This in itself both bought me to shame and also to tears which i cannot explain. I spent so many years working with different people and theories and models, not believing them but not looking at the beauty that Allah the glorious has created in each and every one of us. So my message today is that although i thought i was a Muslim by fulfilling my prayers inshaallah, in actual fact, i am not. Islam is not about doing the bare minimum and them forgetting about the Lord, Islam is about understanding that the love and will of Allah the mighty and glorious has gone into each and every thing that we see and feel and being thankful for this. It is only by realising this that love that Allah SWT has for humankind that i can even begin to express my love for the lord and his most perfect and blessed creation (peace be upon him).

I am so very ashamed of how long it has taken me to realise this and thank the lord for everything that i have been fortunate enough to be given in the 24 years of my life. A wise man once said that when you drink a glass of water, do not drink it because you are thirsty, drink it because it was the sunnah of the holy prophet, may the blessings of Allah SWT shower him for eternity and look at his example. It is true, all too often i have forgotten the perfect example of human nature that the Lord Almighty has blessed us with.

Brothers and sisters, thank you for taking the time to read this and please do not take any of my writings as arrogance or as preaching, i mearly wanted to share what was in my heart at this very time.

May the peace and blessings of Allah the mighty shower you all on this wonderful day.

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Permalink Reply by alv on August 1, 2010 at 4:59am

Allahu Akbar
awesome sister....... welcome :)

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Permalink Reply by bashir on August 1, 2010 at 8:36am

Alhamdulillah sister,we are so happy to see what Allah azza wa jalla is doing with you in your life.My wife also is a liscensed therepist and has studied psychology as you have.Insha'Allah maybe you and her can speak.A friend of hers is a neurologist who was her mentor for a time of which she had learned a great deal.One of the most significant things that i had heard from him was that the brains neuron paths can be trained to take other paths or rewiring the neurons can be achieved after one changes their habits for about 40 days,.. of course to change all of our habits may take alot longer sometimes years becouse we have so many bad habits.So i believe that all humans have the ability to reach fana but by decree they do not and i guess that is why many awliyaAllah who have reached the level of fana sometimes have taken for years to be trained while others through some miracle of Allah made them as a wali from birth..Many many times i have heard from our master Mualana shaykh Hisham mention this "rewiring" and that we need to be rewired and that we get this by being around the masters.Shaykh Hisham also has said that when we are with the masters that they protect us from four enemies to our selves namely ,our nafs ,shaytaan,hawa and dunya.So on a small level I definately agree with you that just from the studies you have acquired that the more you here Shaykh speak the more you will see this beauty in Allahs creation.

Allah bless you sister
wassalaams

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The Imam of the Naqshbandi Order said, "طريقتنا الصحبة والخير في الجمعية - Tariqatuna as-suhbah wa 'l-khayru fi 'l- jam`iyyah" - “Our way is fellowship, and the goodness is in the gathering”.

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1. The companionship of individuals in a pleasant atmosphere.

2. A close association of friends sharing similar interests.