Hosai Mojaddidi – The Arabic Language Sparked My Interest in Islam (Janeen’s Shahadah)

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			I was made out of matter human and
the lowest Salatu was Salam ala
		

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			shrivel MBI even more serene se
than our Modena, what have you
		

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			been? Muhammad sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam while he was Savio,
		

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			Siddhanta Sleeman. Kathira
Assalamu alaykum Warahmatullahi
		

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			Wabarakatuh and Hamdulillah.
Brothers and sisters today we are
		

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			blessed to have sister Janine
Bravo from Livermore, which is a
		

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			city very close to us here at the
MCC reached out to us and say that
		

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			she wants to take her shahada with
us. So alhamdulillah again,
		

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			another incredible honor for our
community. Sister Janine, welcome
		

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			to MCC. It's a pleasure. Pleasure
to have you pleasure to meet you.
		

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			I know. I'm curious. And I'm sure
many people who will be watching
		

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			this are going to be curious to
know what brought you to this
		

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			point in your journey. What What
brought you to the point where you
		

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			believe that Islam is the faith
for you? Well, I was raised a
		

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			Christian and I started
understanding the language a
		

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			little bit, and especially through
music. And I started to speak in
		

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			it. And I was pretty excited to
tell my son Isaiah, you know, I'm
		

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			learning how to speak Muslim
Arabic. I'm learning you know, and
		

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			he's like, Okay, I told him in
Target, he was just like,
		

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			amazed, you can embarrass but
anyway. And so
		

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			I shoot it because I never
understood any of the language. So
		

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			I knew it was truth. Wow. So just
to be clear, you're born and
		

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			raised a Christian? Yes. But then
you suddenly came upon the Arabic
		

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			language? Yes. Through music, and
you took to studying Arabic. Yes.
		

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			And through the study of the
Arabic language you discovered
		

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			Islam? Yes. And the faith Wow,
Allahu Akbar. Amazing. So when you
		

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			heard Arabic for the first time,
I'm just curious, did it sound
		

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			like familiar to you did right?
And then start I started like,
		

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			listening more and more and then
in the prayers, that's when I
		

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			started, you know, understanding a
lot. Wow, that's when I knew
		

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			because I don't even know how to
speak Spanish that well. That's
		

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			amazing. So it also just curious
where you also did you get access
		

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			to? Like the you mentioned
prayers, like the words of the
		

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			Quran, I was doing everything on
my own.
		

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			So just independent search, Masha,
Allah, Allah, we say, Allah
		

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			guides, whomever he wills, and the
true seekers. I mean, I've heard
		

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			that I'm sure everyone here has
heard many different stories, but
		

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			I think this is one of the most
remarkable that it was the
		

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			language that initially, you know,
interested or made you interested
		

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			in the fate. That's incredible,
mashallah, well, we are so again
		

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			honored to have you here. The, the
process for shahada, which we
		

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			covered briefly is very simple.
And Hamdulillah, as I mentioned,
		

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			before, we believe definitively
that the fact that you're here,
		

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			you're already a Muslim, or you're
you have the faith, this is just
		

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			the ceremony. So we're gonna make
it pretty brief, I will repeat a
		

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			phrase, which is the declaration
of faith and we are invite
		

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			everyone in participating to also
repeat, we always want to renew
		

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			our, our own shahada as well when
we're in these beautiful
		

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			environments. So I will say the
Arabic phrase for you and then
		

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			translate the English for you. And
that's it. And then at that point,
		

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			we believe that I mean, it's it's
the shadow experiences is complete
		

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			and, and your shahada at that
point, mashallah you are will be
		

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			welcomed people will come to you
and, and embrace you into the
		

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			faith and community alright
Bismillah Alright, so, Bismillah
		

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			We begin in the name of God, the
first part is ash had to do an N
		

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			Let e la ha la la la, la, la e la
ilaha. Il Allah illallah wa, wa
		

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			ash hadoo as I do, and na n
Muhammadan Muhammad Rasul, Rasul
		

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			Allah, Allah. Okay, we'll do it
two more times here. Ash hadoo s
		

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			shall do an N lair. La ilaha illa.
Il Allah in Allah, wa wa ash How
		

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			do I shall do Anna anna muhammadan
Muhammad Rasul Allah rasool Allah
		

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			one more time, Ash hadoo a shadow
i en la ilaha La ilaha IL Allah in
		

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			Allah, what I shall do what I
shall do, Anna anna muhammadan
		

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			Muhammad Rasul Allah, Su. Allah
Allah, very good, Mashallah. That
		

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			could be
		

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			the law. So that is the shahada in
Arabic and the the
		

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			the translation is I testify
		

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			There is no God with a small g but
the one and only God. And I
		

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			testify that Muhammad is the last
and final messenger of God. So how
		

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			did law Welcome to the faith? This
is Janine. Again, we're very
		

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			honored to have you here and
hamdulillah and now inshallah
		

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			sister Shazia, who inshallah will
be a future
		

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			board member as we said, president
may be of MCC one day what is
		

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			presenting you with this beautiful
gift. It's called the being
		

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			Muslim, said it's got a lot of
great resources for you and
		

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			inshallah we'll connect you with
people who lead the Convert care
		

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			program here. So you will always
have support insha Allah and we
		

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			really hope to see more of you in
this community. Thank you so much.
		

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			Thank you
		

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			so much.