Maryam Amir – That one friend

			Right before Ramadan, I went to
the dentist, and my prayer app
		

			went off, and then she told me
about how she has a friend who's
		

			Muslim, the only Muslim in their
entire friend group, who will
		

			always take the time to pray. When
they rent a cabin, the friend will
		

			go to another room and make sure
to do their prayer. They've asked
		

			so many questions to this friend
about salah. When they're out to
		

			dinner or in public, they'll help
them find a place to pray, or they
		

			will schedule their activities
around salah, just to make sure
		

			that this person prays on time.
When the appointment was done, I
		

			was thanking her, and then she
asked me, Would you like to pray?
		

			We have a room in the back that
has never happened to me before in
		

			any capacity. And she said to me,
when I told her that that's a
		

			problem, you should always have a
place to pray. This is such a W
		

			friend group, such a W dentist
office, such a W person and such a
		

			W Muslim for choosing to be
intentional about salah so much so
		

			that they don't even know it's
impacting Muslims in other places.
		

			This Ramadan, are you going to
start being known as that one
		

			friend, that one Muslim friend who
prayed?