Re: reversion help, finally some people to talk to!
I am a 14-year old British boy who comes from an atheist family, my mum's a teaching assistant and my dad's a professor of geochemistry. I used to be an atheist too, until I found Islam (it's a long story how). I am completely convinced of the truth of Islam, so it's useless for anybody to try to change my mind. My problem is that I am having trouble telling my parents that I want to become a Muslim. I have kept my faith secret for so long (I'm even writing this in secret). I'm really worried about how they will react, I even had a dream that where my parents discovered I wanted to be a Muslim, and (in my dream) my dad chased me and beat me up! Because I kept my beliefs secret for so long, it's really hard to tell them. It's like I'm stuck as a non-Muslim.
I am suprised at such a young age you already considered the truth of ISLAM when many go on about with other destructive behaviour or totall ignorance, which is admire you for and commend you for. Have you taken the shahada, if not we can do one here. Parent's reaction may vary but you do have to tell them one day, sooner the better, they might accept it or they might try to dissude you from it with every means. Stay firm, be patient and keep up you prayer, I will try to get you some online help on prayer and stuff like that. I reside in britian more specifically London, if you really need help you can ask me.
Because of these problems, I decided to find help on the internet, which is where I found out most of the stuff I know about Islam. I tried to join another Muslim forum, so I could post my problems there. After several atempts, I realised that I no longer had an email account. I tried to set one up, but failed. I later found out that my Dad was deleted mine, and set up a new one in it's place to hold all the mail he gets. I thought that I was trapped, but I kept praying (or at least trying to pray, I don't know the proper way to pray, I probably won't be able to until I'm a Muslim, when someone at the Mosque will be able to teach me). I think this site is the answer to my prayers! I can tell someone without having to have an email sent to me, by using this anonymous feature.
Well you have to find a mosque near your area, if you can tell me where you are specifically i.e. which town or city I can inshallah find you a mosque nearby, and people and informative sites for you as considering to be a muslim.
I do have a Muslim friend at school, he says he's religious, and he does fast Rahmadan (sp?), but he always listens to rap music and talks about girls and other rude subjects (he's infamous at school for it). I recently tried talking to him about Islam. I told him about how miraculous the Quran is, and said things so good about Islam that no non-Muslim would say them. But I don't think he got the hint that I want to revert. I think he just thought it was a bit of a strange thing to be talking about. I really wanted to tell him that I wanted to become a Muslim, but the words just couldn't come out of my mouth.
Unfortunetly your friend is a classical example of some who don't practive it properly and are not much aware, and this mainly comes from little schooling in ISLAM, I myself was in simalar state as your friend and only start practicing properly and learning about our deen ISLAM few weeks ago, but I am also little busy with preparing with my university exams. Don't be to harsh on your friend.
Another problem I have is school. Because I don't do all these haram things that teenagers are infamous for (I've never drunk alcohol in my life, I have only swore whilst knowing the word was a swear about twice, and I'm the class science nerd), I get picked on. Once one of my friends even told me that I was immature, and that I should 'grow up' (I have yet to see why swearing and drinking is 'grown up'). If I become a religious Muslim, I will most probably be picked on even more. This whole school is just a cess-pool of sin and I don't want to have to put up with it much more (I would never truant though)!
Well, I doubt it they will treat you any different that when you was not a muslim, since they already pick on you, bullying is a seriouse issue and if such behaviour goes on you must report it and take it up with the school.
One more thing (this one's for my brothers to answer), when do you start getting a beard? I have a moustache, some hair on my lower lip, and some in between my eyebrows, but just white hairs where my beard will be?
EDIT: Please reply! This isn't a scam or a joke I swear! I have better things to do than annoy you lot, why would I do that?
I don't know the Arabic parting, but peace be to you anyway!
Beard, don't worry about the beard for now, concentrate on increasing you knowledge and faith, (i.e. learning about ISLAM), one day you will have a wonderfull beard and you grand children and children will get the chance of tugging at it.
As I said if you need help we are here, and for meanwhile I will refer you t some video and Guide on how to pray for the moment, and get you some online arabic recitation of the surah's for your prayers later.
You need to make the first declaration of being a muslim, and that is the shahadah, and the sooner we can do that the better. MODERATOR WHAT DO YOU SAY?
