Romania is a country where Christian
Orthodox and Catholic sects dominate.
How did you find Islam there? You
know that we are taught Bible from grade one itself.
You
know about normal average education of Bible,
that is, you actually study it deeply
and you know that you and I
love religion. You know about Christianity
and I am the only person in my family
who used to go to church regularly. I
was going to church regularly from grade one and I used to take the children of my neighborhood to
church with me. You know
I wanted to know about Allah.
First of all, I realized that they were
talking among themselves about many matters about Muslims, that is, they were saying that
Muslims have become wicked and have bad morals.
Whereas in my view, it was not so. In reality,
they were extremely refined and good people. I
saw them worshiping Allah. I
saw their devotion during namaz and I became
their fan from that day itself. Gone are the days of going to night clubs,
drinking alcohol and other such pleasures.
You are right. I
turned to women for some time to find peace,
but that only gave me a little peace.
I divided my mind for a while,
but even that did not give me peace. I did
not like night life and drinking alcohol. And I remember that time very well
when I said goodbye to Christianity.
I sought answers to my questions from Christianity,
but I was separated, that is, I was
expelled from school. I
went to a Catholic school and I remember the
priest taught us about God
and then I put my questions before him.
Then I sought an explanation from above. And the
last reply of the priest was that he only
said that you should believe in these things.
I remember one of my friends who
was from Bosnia, we both were
busy talking. Suddenly he said that we are
going for Namaaz. I said okay, I will
pray with all the boys. And I I
said I like your way of worship, please
teach me how to pray. He
said ok. I started to say openly that
I am not a Christian. That friend taught me how to pray.
He taught me Surah Fatiha. I remember
I was going somewhere in a bus. During the journey
I was reciting Surah Fatiha. I had
never read such words till date, i.e.
Alhamdulillah. I was
not trying to remember it because it was in Arabic. I
mean why is it written in Arabic.
I kept it in my pocket
and surprisingly
Alhamdulillah Rabbil Aalameen is in my mind. I
said wow. Surprisingly, after some time
I easily remembered it. When once you start
walking on the path of truth, you
surrender yourself to God and this is the teaching of
Islam which
demands sleep. So all these deeds
are worship of Allah because you can
put your hands on the ground for prostration as per your wish. Even if
you are a Christian, you can turn to Allah.
He is yours. Please
accept our sincerity, surely He is the greatest creator and most
merciful.