Hosai Mojaddidi – Jinas Declaration of Faith (Shahadah)
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faster sister Jenna and brother Trent. They will be testing their faith in Arabic and English, and sharing some words about
the importance of acceptance and faith in religion. They will also be sharing material and resources for those interested in learning about Islam.
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Bismillah Al Rahman Luffy. We are so so blessed here at the MCC
today, we have sister Jenna and her husband, brother Trent.
Joining us today to make the testimony of faith Well, in
particular for Sister Jenna. And humbler brother Trent has already
taken his Shahada. But he is here, obviously, to support his wife,
the family is all here, it's a family affair. We're just
incredibly honored and blessed that you chose this community
center to have this momentous event here. hamdullah, we have
some community members here, I just wanted to begin this process
by going over some of the just general basics of what we actually
do when you enter Islam. The the process that we're about to do is
pretty simple. We, I will make the declaration of faith in Arabic and
and give you the meaning in English. And you will repeat the
Arabic with me. So I'll go slowly. So don't worry, I'll make sure
that every word is clearly pronounced for you. And you just
repeat and as soon as you repeat, and obviously that you you know,
testify to what you're saying, and you have that belief in your
heart. That's that's the process, it takes just a few minutes to
come into this beautiful tradition. So that's, that's, you
know how we do it. But prior to or before we actually begin, I just
wanted to ask you, if you would like to maybe share just a few
words about what brought you to this place. And and what why you
have decided to accept Islam. Okay.
So, my fiancee, Trent got introduced to it, about a month
and a half ago. And a month ago, he took his shahada, and it caused
a lot of conflict in our home. But through all that conflict, I saw a
real big change in his soul and in his heart. And
that, just that change, it really brought joy. And I've never felt
that sort of sense of peace and love. And so I
read the pamphlet, I prayed with him throughout the day. And in two
days, I just I couldn't deny the truth and the word of God. And
I didn't have any words to explain it, but more so of
a sense of peace and just love in my heart.
Thank you, thank you so much for sharing that. Can I ask what your
faith? Or did you have a faith prior? And what was that big? That
was the Latter Day Saints? Very good. So the Latter Day Saints.
Now did you in your reading of Islam? Obviously, you you've read
about what the core beliefs are? Yes, the oneness of God, the
prophecy of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, as well as the
prophecy of all the previous prophets, including Jesus Christ.
Yes. So you accept that Jesus Christ peace be upon him is a
prophet and has no divinity and is not the Son of God? Yes, * yes.
Very good. We just always like to make sure that those things are
clear, especially for our brothers or brothers and sisters from the
Christian faith who are entering Islam, just to make sure that all
of those points are clear, because that is the main core difference
between us and the previous Judeo Christian tradition. You know,
many of the beliefs are very similar as you will learn and
we're excited to offer you the material and the resources and the
access to to teachers Inshallah, as you continue your journey so
that you learn, continue to learn, but we'll go ahead, if you're
ready, Inshallah, yes, we are all excited, or it will go ahead and
begin the testimony of faith. So I'll, I'll go ahead and say to you
the ink the Arabic first we'll do the Arabic process and then I'll
repeat to the meeting so you know what you're saying. Okay, so the
very first thing we're going to say is a shadow, a shadow and La
Ilaha. an la ilaha. Il Allah, il Allah, what ash hadoo what ash
hadoo Anna? Anna Muhammadan Muhammadan rasul Allah Rasul
Allah. Very good. We'll do it one more time. Okay. I shall do a
shadow. And let ILA and La ilaha IL Allah, il Allah. What ash hadoo
what ash hadoo Anna, Anna, Mohammed. Mohammed Dang.
Rasul Allah, rasool Allah, very good Mashallah. What you just
testified to you said, I bear witness that there is no God, but
God or Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of
God hamdulillah Welcome to this beautiful tradition Welcome to
this community are so again very, very happy and honored that you
chose this community center to do this with Hamdulillah. You are now
and you were prior to even coming here because the faith was evident
mashallah, in your words and in your smile and in your eyes, that
you were already a Muslim, but now we've just solidified it. So
welcome. We're so so happy to have you. But hamdulillah Allahu Akbar
Alhamdulillah. Now it's time for hugs and a lot of love. Thank you,
Al Hamdulillah for everybody for participating and for being
witness to this in sha Allah. and welcome again, brother Trent. And
we're so happy for you both your family, you're part of this
community and we hope to continue to see all of you here in Sharla
so that they can just go off and