The story of the American brother “Eduardo” converting to after he met an Egyptian brother.
The story of the American brother “Eduardo” converting to after he met an Egyptian brother.
He says: I had a strong desire to get to know God, and I was reading the Bible and trying to comply with all the instructions contained in it. Unfortunately, the more I read in our book, the more distant I became from the Catholic Christians whom I see not doing what is written in our book.
I was reading that idols are forbidden and that they do no harm or benefit, but I was seeing idols in church!
I used to read the prohibition of pigs and the command to wear the hijab and monotheism, but all the Christians I saw, regardless of their sects, did not comply with these teachings, so I kept away from them and alienated them, to the point that I thought myself the only one adhering to the religion of Abraham, the religion of monotheism and the worship of the Creator alone, with no partners!
I didn't know anything about
After September 11, he began to hear the American media talking about Muslims, and his desire to get to know them began.
who are they? What is their belief? Why do their women cover themselves?
Although the talk about them was negative, it prompted me to get to know them closely
One day, he saw an Egyptian man wearing Western clothing and appearance, who did not appear at all to be a Muslim, and with his veiled wife. He said to the Egyptian: Are you a Muslim? He said: Yes! How did you know that?
He said: Because of your wife's hijab!
The Egyptian said to him: Do you want to visit the mosque? He said: Yes!
So he went with him to the mosque and met some Muslims, so they talked to him about , and he liked all the Muslims’ beliefs except their belief in not crucifying Christ!
He says, “I could not accept that Christ was not crucified, so I spoke to the imam of the mosque, and he told me to wait.. So he went and brought some papers that contained evidence of the contradiction and contradiction between the texts of the Bible, and he began to explain this contradiction to me.” He says, “I was amazed at that and took the papers to my home, and indeed I found many contradictions between Biblical texts and then I decided to pronounce the Shahada
Then I converted to , and that was in the month of Ramadan, so I began fasting immediately and went for Hajj a year after I converted to . When that young Egyptian man saw me adhering to the laws of , he began to grow his beard and he also went to perform Hajj, and his condition changed for the better, thanks to God Almighty.
Glory be to God, how was that Muslim woman’s veil a reason for you to go to the mosque and pronounce the Shahada!
This shows us that a Muslim woman who adheres to her hijab and chastity is calling to God Almighty with her appearance, even if she does not utter a single word, she is calling to while she is silent and sends multiple powerful messages whose effect exceeds many books and speeches.
May God reward every Muslim who adheres to the rituals of his religion, and thank you to that sister who guided our brother Eduardo and may God place him in the balance of her good deeds.