Interview with a 3 days old Muslimah !
This Interview took place in 29/10/2000 , 3 days after accepting Islam.
Sister Tammy contacted IslamWay few days ago .. She was having some questions about her situation .. We forwarded her questions to Shaikh Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjed , who runs : www.Islam-Qa.com, and he answered them.
A brother from IslamWay contacted Tammy offering any kind of help she wants .. and He had answered some of her questions .. and was encouraging her to accept Islam ..
He was surprised when sister Tammy contacted him saying that She became Muslim and that she went to the Islamic Center in her town to take the Shahadah.
IslamWay Editor : First of all .. I
would like to congratulate you my sister for reverting to Islam ..
May Allah accept your good deeds and surely Allah will forgive all
your past sins .. Can you introduce your self so that readers can
know more about yourself ?
My name is Tammy Renee
, I am 27 years old, I am a homemaker, born in Canada in North
West, I have a son who is 3 years old.
IslamWay
Editor : Can you tell us
briefly .. How did you revert to Islam ?
Tammy
: I became interested
when I worked for some Syrian people whom I found talking about
Islam and I wanted to learn more as I had been very fascinated by
Islam and what they told me about Allah[swt]and prophet
Muhammed(pbuh).
I was also intrigued of the way that Muslims are happy and content
with thier lives and happy with thier religion. They are very
faithful and dedicated and all they needed was one God Allah [swt]
.
IslamWay
Editor : How did you take
the Shahadah ?
Tammy
: I was at the mosque for
the first time and I knew I wanted to be a part of Islam and I
wanted to make it official and everyone was really nice to me and
very welcoming and I just wanted to be like that and I knew that it
was the right thing to do at the time and it couldnt have been more
ready and I knew that I wanted to be muslim.
First the sister read me Koran then took me to see shiekh who
asked me if I was ready and I knew it was the moment I had been
waiting for.
IslamWay
Editor : Most of the
Western Media promotes that Islam is oppressing women .. Do you
think that Hijab is kind of an oppression for the Muslim Woman
?
Tammy
: Not at all because they
just don't have a full understanding of what it means for me to
wear a hijab, how I feel about it : It reminds me of who I am and
what I have to do everyday and it also makes people aware of me
being a muslimah and I am proud to put that on display for anyone
and maybe that way they might be interested in Islam more & i
do not feel oppressed at all. It is my protection for me aginst my
society.
IslamWay
Editor : After becoming a
Muslim .. What is your goals .. what about your dreams ?
Tammy
: First take things slow
step by step and follow Islam as best to my knowledge, read
Qura'an, do salat and InshaAllah I will be blessed and will deal
with whatever Allah[swt] will hand to me and be happy.
IslamWay
Editor : What are the
best things that you liked about the Muslims in your community who
are practising Islam ? What are the worst things that you
noticed?
Tammy
: The best thing is the
way they are so supportive of each other hand help each other in
every aspect. Thay are very kind and generous and will help thier
neighbors and make sure no one is left out.
The worst thing is that I have met muslim people that are not
practicing and they will do certain things right but then they are
not that faithful to the religion of Islam and I get sad because I
think that they should recognize the beauty in it but yet they
don't see it & I dont understand how a person who grew up with
Islam does not practice. I was always jealous of people that were
muslim, but now I dont have to be.
IslamWay
Editor : Do you think
that Muslims are doing their best in coveying Allah's message in
the world ?
Tammy
: Well I have found some
good resources but if someone is not conveying Allah's message then
it can be from lack of Knowledge or they are afraid to share the
Truth because of negative critism usually associated with Islam.
But better to Fear Allah[swt]. I dont know a whole lot about this
myself yet. I will try to do the best I can to my ability and lead
them to better sources
IslamWay
Editor : If you were able
to send 3 messages to these 3 kinds of people in the whole world
what would you say ?
- A Muslim who is conveying Allah's word
- A Muslim who is not Practicing Islam
- A Non Muslim who is learning about Islam
Tammy
:
- For a Muslim who is conveying Allah's word : May allah
[swt]reward all youir efforts -ameen-.
- For a non Muslim : May Allah[swt] guide you if he wills-
Ameen-.
IslamWay
Editor : My Dear Sister
.. May Allah reward you .. and may Allah keep you in the straight
path .. Ameen !
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