lecture that he gave on 24/1/2004. Brother Aslam is an Imam of Jame
Masjid Brampton in Canada.
He said that three years back a group of eight brothers, including
him, set out to Texas, USA for dawah. They spent sometime there to
remindthe residents about the reality of this life. On their way back,
they stopped bya service station beside a highway to perform the
Magrib prayer. One of the brothers gave the Adhan (Call to prayer).
Two Non Muslim men were passing by when the Adhan was being called.
Being curious, they came to the brothers and asked them who they were,
where do they come from and what they were doing. The brothers told
them that they are Muslims who are coming from Toronto, Canada with
the glad tidings of Islam. A scholar, who was with them, discussed
about Islam with the non-Muslim men for 2 or 3 minutes. Then the
brothers prepared to offer the salah. The non Muslims who were
standing by asked what they should be doing now.The brothers told them
to join the prayer and just follow along. The two men decided to join
the prayer. The imam recited Surah Fatiha and another surah after it.
Then he went to Ruku' and both the Non Muslims did the same. When time
for sajdah (prostration on the ground) came, the Non Muslims started
hesitating and didn't know whether they should also prostrate on the
ground as they never did this before. One of them decided not to do so
and he left the prayer. However, the other one just went to sajdah.
After the prayer, this person who agreed to prostrate to Allah was
blessed with iman. He accepted Islam from the brothers.
Dear readers, this is what we have to do. We have tosubmit to the will
of Allah and in return He will bless us with iman. On the otherhand, a
person who is arrogant and decide not tosubmit to the will of Allah
may just be deprived of iman.
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