Maryam Amir – Her sin was the start

			To the mash head a few years ago,
and there was a woman who was
		

			crying first, didn't want to
approach her because she wasn't
		

			sure if she just needed space. But
eventually, I kind of sat next to
		

			her and just kind of like very
gently asked if she was okay, and
		

			she turned to me, like, absolutely
bawling. She said that she
		

			committed a sin, and she was so
embarrassed, guilty, mortified, in
		

			front of Allah, and she didn't
know if Allah would forgive her.
		

			She said it was a major, major
mistake, and I just sat with her
		

			and helped her navigate Allah's
mercy. Allah is so much more
		

			merciful than the way that we see
ourselves in his sight. She spent
		

			a very long time asking for
Allah's forgiveness that day, but
		

			it was the first step, and to see
her in the masjid all the time,
		

			she would come to pray, she would
make she would spend time with the
		

			sisters, she would volunteer in
the masjid. This moment was a
		

			turning point for her in how she
chose to see her Islamic identity
		

			and her relationship with Allah
ibn Al Taw. Allah said that a sin
		

			that produces humbleness and need
is better than an act of worship
		

			that produces arrogance. Her sin
was her turning point. Back to
		

			Allah, will yours be your turning
point?
		

			I.