Haifaa Younis – A Question from the Revert

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In a conversation between two speakers, one of them talks about a young woman who claims to be the only Muslim in her house and expresses concern about her being a Muslim. The other speaker advises against telling someone that she has to come to the wrong place and suggests bringing them to the correct place. They also discuss the importance of fasting and the need for support for new Muslims.

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			New Muslims,
		
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			you Allah what questions I got this week.
		
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			Wallah, I say what Allah is gonna ask
		
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			me.
		
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			Young woman came to me
		
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			after Saturday and she said, I'm the only
		
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			Muslim in my house.
		
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			20, 21, not old.
		
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			And she said, I live alone,
		
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			but now I'm gonna come and live with
		
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			my mother for whatever the reason, and my
		
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			mother is not a Muslim,
		
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			and my mother is not very happy about
		
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			me being Muslim, and there's gonna be family
		
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			coming,
		
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			and all my all her family is gonna
		
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			come for a meal for lunch. What do
		
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			I do? If I tell her I'm fasting,
		
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			it's gonna be a big issue.
		
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			See what issues we have.
		
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			Anybody in this room have this issue?
		
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			Everybody will tell you wake up for suhoor,
		
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			bite, everybody will tell you wake up for
		
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			suhoor, it's Ramadan, everybody push you to obey
		
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			Allah. What do you say to this woman?
		
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			Right? Same question yesterday in the, after the
		
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			young professional. I was like subhanallah, what are
		
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			you teaching me, Allah?
		
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			Exactly the same question.
		
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			And you know what she said? I wish
		
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			I have a place
		
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			just for this month alone
		
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			so I can worship Allah the way I
		
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			want to.
		
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			Anybody in this room have this issue?
		
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			So what do you say for the new
		
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			Muslims? Because sometimes Ramadan for them is overwhelming.
		
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			You're gonna say, don't tell her you have
		
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			to come to Tara, you have to finish
		
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			Quran,
		
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			1 by 1. Most important thing is you
		
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			fast.
		
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			Train yourself on fasting. May Allah make it
		
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			easy. You give her tips
		
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			for making fasting easier.
		
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			Do your salah on time.
		
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			If you can come to the masjid, alhamdulillah.
		
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			If you cannot come to the Masjid,
		
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			Do anything extra at your home. Make it
		
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			easy. There are no Muslims. They are not
		
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			you and me.
		
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			Salah, she doesn't know much of the Quran.
		
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			What is she gonna do in Taraweeh?
		
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			All these issues we have known. They have
		
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			no problem with that, and look at our
		
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			suya. And when I read, when I Allah
		
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			bring people to ask me this question,
		
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			I say why my salah is not the
		
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			at least salah of the special, and the
		
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			suyam of the special. Why?
		
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			I don't have any of these major obstacles,
		
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			major obstacles.
		
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			So for the new Muslims,
		
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			support them.
		
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			If you know a new Muslim, absolutely
		
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			support them. Reach out to them. Get them
		
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			to your home. Break the fast with them.
		
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			Maybe it's too much for some people find
		
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			it overwhelming to come to the masjid. You
		
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			and me is fine, but for them it's
		
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			overwhelming. What is this? I don't know what
		
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			to do. They are so worried to do
		
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			something
		
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			very opposite us.
		
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			They are so worried of doing something, saying
		
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			something that is not appropriate. Am I correct?
		
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			Absolutely. Look at you and me. Masjid is
		
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			my house.
		
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			So really, it will be very nice as
		
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			a huge new Muslim group here.
		
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			Reach out to them.
		
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			That will be one of the things you
		
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			do when you are mastuating.
		
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			Don't worry about it. Take care of that
		
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			new Muslim. Bring them to your home. Bring
		
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			her to the Masjid.
		
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			Help her get her other things for salah.
		
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			Teach her how to read al Fatihah.
		
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			So for the new Muslims, what they do,
		
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			whatever you can do, the 2 obligations you
		
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			need to do is fasting.
		
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			Unless fasting becomes they are not used to
		
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			it, it may make them sick, then that's
		
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			a different story,
		
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			but don't push them to what I like
		
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			most of what I said with you, I'm
		
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			not gonna say it to a to a
		
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			new Muslim. Unless they have been Muslim, they're
		
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			not a new anymore. If they have been
		
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			10 years and make them
		
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			kept them strong.