Nadim Bashir – History Teacher Converts To Islam

What do you think is going on here?

So,

this is brother Kwai. Right?

Yeah. That's it. Brother Kwai.

And, we met, we already before.

I'm gonna let him introduce

himself.

Brother Kwai, why don't you share with everyone,

you know, what do you do as a

profession,

and where are you from?

My name is Quay. I'm originally from, Columbus,

Georgia.

I'm a history teacher, high school history teacher,

right here in, the Dallas area. And what

was your,

you had told me about your first exposure

to Islam, about your family. Right? Absolutely.

My dad was a Muslim man.

He converted Christianity once he married my mother.

Okay. So we were raised in a Christian

household.

But you were somewhere aware of Islam and

so forth? Absolutely. I am so I was

aware of some of the teachings, but, not

really exposed to it. What was the you

know, you were telling me earlier that

what led you to Islam? Like, what was

the tipping point that you basically said to

yourself that this is, you know, no matter

what, I gotta take now I gotta take

my shahada. What was that point in your

life?

Just being a history teacher, just reading so

much. You know what I mean? Just wanted

to know.

And, it seemed like everything led back to

Islam. So no matter what I studied,

I was just in a position where I

wanted to know, you know, where we come

from, what was my purpose.

And, the more I studied, the more I

learned, and everything just had 1 singular path,

and it always led back to us. You

know, by the way, I've always said this

before

that when it comes to our Muslim our

Muslim youth, we don't do a lot of

reading, by the way.

We don't do a lot of reading. The

more you read,

the more intellectual you become. The more you

read, the more your mind

expands, and the more you learn. So you

can see, Kway, that, you know, he's a

young man teaching,

always reading, and, subhanallah, the more he read,

the more he actually saw that everything goes

back to Islam.

So and then you had where did you

meet brother T'Jon?

So I wanted to purchase my first kufi.

Okay. Yeah. T'Jon actually worked at the store,

and I walked in. They could tell that

I was confused, I was lost, and they

just greeted me with open arms. And and

he he just walked me through, gave me

all the information I needed, and he's been

supporting of me, ever since.

By the way, brother Tijan is, parents are

from Gambia,

And he actually helped brother Quay, give giving

him a lot of information.

I bear witness. There is none. There is

none. Worthy of worship. Worthy of worship. But

Allah. But Allah. And I bear witness. And

I bear witness. That Mohammed. That Muhammad. Peace

be upon him. Peace be upon him. Is

his messenger. Is his messenger. Takbir.

Allahu Akbar. Takbir. Takbir.

By tonight, you're gonna feel tired also. Okay?

I know there's, like, this adrenaline inside your

body, and this excitement,

but you know what happens? I told you,

I gave you a glimpse. Right? What happens

after you take your shada?

What happens? That I get a lot of

hugs. Yeah. You get a lot of hugs.

Okay. So, inshallah, all these people are gonna

come congratulate you, but, congratulations,

my my friend,

my brother. May

Allah may Allah make this journey an easy

1 for you. My advice to you is

take it slowly every single day. You don't

have to rush into it. Take every single

day,

every single opportunity is a learning opportunity, and

so forth. If you have any questions, you

have a very good friend in Tidjane. If

you have any questions, you can also come

back to me inshallah. Okay? Con congratulations.