Okay so, let me explain.
I am 14, I discovered Islam when I was 12, And recently converted around a year ago. My parents are split up, my mother is quite open-minded. As for my father, well he carries the traditional christian mindset. Unfortunately due to the situation I feel I am not making much progress in Islam, I can’t wear Hijab, go to a Masjid, even I have watched a million videos online but I still can’t pray the correct way. I have realized this is a big problem and I want to turn it around, so I have stopped doing the sins I was in control of, like listening to music and I have began reading a bit of Quran everyday. My eman has increased sooo much.
Maybe if I told my mother about my conversion she could help me out some by buying me hijabs, etc. But I’m not sure how she will react, I’m pretty sure she will still be concerned and I don’t know if she’d feel comfortable keeping something like this from my father. My only other option is to wait until I am 16 and can drive and do things on my own. But still It would pain me to wait 2 more years before I can even pray the right way.
So do you think I should wait? Or risk telling my mother? and if I should tell my mother, how can I tell her this in a way which won’t result in her being worried for me?
(I’m sure some of you will recommend I become close with a Muslim at school. The problem is I am homeschooled, and even I think most of the Muslims my age here will attend the Islamic school we have)
I am 14, I discovered Islam when I was 12, And recently converted around a year ago. My parents are split up, my mother is quite open-minded. As for my father, well he carries the traditional christian mindset. Unfortunately due to the situation I feel I am not making much progress in Islam, I can’t wear Hijab, go to a Masjid, even I have watched a million videos online but I still can’t pray the correct way. I have realized this is a big problem and I want to turn it around, so I have stopped doing the sins I was in control of, like listening to music and I have began reading a bit of Quran everyday. My eman has increased sooo much.
Maybe if I told my mother about my conversion she could help me out some by buying me hijabs, etc. But I’m not sure how she will react, I’m pretty sure she will still be concerned and I don’t know if she’d feel comfortable keeping something like this from my father. My only other option is to wait until I am 16 and can drive and do things on my own. But still It would pain me to wait 2 more years before I can even pray the right way.
So do you think I should wait? Or risk telling my mother? and if I should tell my mother, how can I tell her this in a way which won’t result in her being worried for me?
(I’m sure some of you will recommend I become close with a Muslim at school. The problem is I am homeschooled, and even I think most of the Muslims my age here will attend the Islamic school we have)
