Nahela Morales – New Muslims; How Do We Seek Knowledge

I will be left in ministry 10 rajim Bismillah Hara Mami Rahim.

Salam alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh, my beloved brothers

and sisters today I am speaking to Inshallah, my new Muslims. My new

shahada says,

first generation Muslims reverts, converts, first and foremost,

welcome. Welcome to Islam.

What can I tell you as a convert myself, I get butterflies and

super excited when I hear about a brother and sister embracing Islam

and being guided to this beautiful way of life. But we understand

that upon embracing Islam, there are trials and challenges. And so

one of the most important things that I'm going to talk to you

about today is seeking knowledge and what does that look like for

us converts?

You know, where do we look? How do we learn, and obviously, for it to

be a fruitful, beneficial journey, as we understand through the Quran

that Allah subhanaw taala has made it a responsibility upon us, both

male and females to seek knowledge, the first word that was

revealed to Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was it

Gra, which means read, read in the Name of your Lord. And therefore

today, I want to inshallah give you some tips, and perhaps even

some, some books for you to read some titles of some books that

have helped me, and that I think they are essential for your

journey.

Because it's not a marathon, it's a journey, until we depart this

life. And so

we have to make sure that we are looking for the correct resources

we are. Inshallah, you know, learning at our own pace, everyone

is different. Everyone comes from different walks of life, everybody

learns differently. And obviously, not any, none of us

are the same. And what I mean by that is that we are unique. And we

need to make sure that we never compare ourselves or our journey

to anyone else. If somebody learns at a faster pace, never think that

you should give up. And so it's important for us to keep that in

mind at all times, because

acquiring knowledge is a lifetime journey, to be honest with you, we

will never stop learning. And so we just got to make sure that we

take our time. So in sha Allah, some of the some of the books that

I want to recommend personally that have helped me and I think

are important for our foundation as a new Shahadat new Muslims is

to learn three things. Number one, I would say get to know who Allah

is. And so we want to understand what I should do a La Ilaha illa

Allah shadow Ana Muhammad Rasool Allah. And so in this verse, we're

testifying or we testify that there's none worthy of worship

except Allah subhanho data. And the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon

him is his last and final messenger and therefore, we want

to get to know both of them in sha Allah. And so

the third thing aside from learning the 99 names of Allah and

the Sunnah of the Prophet peace be upon him is manners, it is very

important for us to learn about manners. So the book of manners, I

highly recommend

the the Muslim character, this is another book I highly, highly

recommend in sha Allah. And then these two, this one was actually

written by two converts, which is the new Muslim guide, Field Guide.

I also recommend this one in sha Allah. And finally, the new Muslim

guide in sha Allah. So do look out for these four books. I want to

encourage each and every one of you to continue on this journey to

take your time. Again, this is not a marathon. This is your journey.

You

Embrace your journey love your journey and may Allah subhanaw

taala make this journey beneficial fruitful not only for this life

but for the next until next time As Salam alaykum Warahmatullahi

Wabarakatuh