Assalamou Alaikoum Warahmatou ALLAH Taala Wabarakatou,
Sister i really feel sorry for you and i want you to know that is not something new for the middle east people by natural they are muslims but most of them they dont practise the islam especially the men they likes women to be open minded and open look they hate the hijjab women but they force their wives and sisters to put the hijjab but for others women or workers they should be non hijjab that they can enjoy their ego and themselves ALLAH give them hidayah AMEEN , I DONT WANT TO TALK SO MUCH ABOUT THEM BECAUSE ITS MAKE ME SICK
Ameen May Allah give Hidayah to all the Muslims who have deviated from the right path.
I was born n raised in an arab n gulf country UAE , lived in al ain n Dubai , Things were not always like they are now , Things have changed , they ave changed a lot in the past few years , like past 10 years i guess.
But we have to understand that there is good and bad every where.
I am a brother who has only qualifications in Aviation Industry and for the past 1 and a half year i have been having a hard time to get the job in my field of study n qualifications so i was ofrced to do other jobs and am curretly not even working. AlhumdoLILLAH Ala Kul Haal but still its sad that if you are in a muslim conuntry n want to hold on to the sunah and do teh right thing teher will be people n situations where u will be looked at in a diffrent way as if u were in a non Muslim land.
I will tell u guys what happened last year.
I went with a friend to Gulf Air office in dubai at the airport and met with a manager there who was Kenyan Muslim.
He was actually a friend of my friend taht i went with so my friedn introduced me to him n everything n do u guys knwo what he said??
He said " With a Face Like that i will NOT EVEN ALLOW U ON MY PLANE , and u expect me to give u a job??!!!"
Now there were non muslims in that room as well , like philpinos n indian christians n hindus who All had a good laugh, It hurt , it hurt a lot but i kept smiling n told him if u dont hire me some one else will, its not a problem.
But deep inside i wanted to say soomuch to him , but we have to realise , the life that we live we are like ambassadors , we have to check our actions n speech or else people will just say Hey look how muslims are.
Its sad that some people dont even know that making Fun of the deen , Making Fun of Allah n His messeneger and their way , Making fun of the Sunnah can all get u out of Islam. Because Allah says
أَبِاللَّهِ وَآيَاتِهِ وَرَسُولِهِ كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَهْزِئُونَ لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا قَدْ كَفَرْتُمْ بَعْدَ إِيمَانِكُمْ
If you ask them (about this), they declare: "We were only talking idly and joking." Say: "Was it at Allâh and His Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) and His Messenger (SAW) that you were mocking?
66. Make no excuse; you have disbelieved after you had believed.
Surah At Taubah Ayah 65, 66
So its a really serious but still we see Hijbab , Beared and men wearing short trousers being mocked at and made fun of , We had a sister in our class in college that wore niqab and peole would make fun of her and call her ninja n terrorist.
But still one should keep the faith and stay stead fast and keep trying and making efforts and Allah really does make the way.
I had friends ( quiet a lot of brothers ) who were in UAE army and air force and last year they had the rule that Army n Airforce personeel need to shave and AlhumdoLILLAH these brothers they left the jobs n quit n took heavy losses as the governemnt did punish them with taking some of their rights away , But AlhumdolILLAH they are doing great now , They all have good jobs n more time AlhumdolILLAH to seek knowledge n life is so much better for them now.
So we should all keep the faith and stay stead fast
May Allah make things easy for u sister , n everyone else who is gouing thrugh the test , keep faith n trust in Allah n stay stead fast , Have patience n seek the reward from Allah InshahAllah.
اعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ وَزِينَةٌ وَتَفَاخُرٌ بَيْنَكُمْ وَتَكَاثُرٌ فِي الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَوْلَادِ كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ أَعْجَبَ الْكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهُ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَاهُ مُصْفَرًّا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ حُطَامًا وَفِي الْآَخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرِضْوَانٌ وَمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا مَتَاعُ الْغُرُورِ
Al hadid
20 Know that the life of this world is only play and amusement, pomp and mutual boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and children, as the likeness of vegetation after rain, thereof the growth is pleasing to the tiller; afterwards it dries up and you see it turning yellow; then it becomes straw. But in the Hereafter (there is) a severe torment (for the disbelievers, evil-doers), and (there is) Forgiveness from Allâh and (His) Good Pleasure (for the believers, good-doers), whereas the life of this world is only a deceiving enjoyment.
21.(Compete with one another) Race one with another in hastening towards Forgiveness from your Lord (Allâh), and towards Paradise, the width whereof is as the width of heaven and earth, prepared for those who believe in Allâh and His Messengers. That is the Grace of Allâh which He bestows on whom He pleases. And Allâh is the Owner of Great Bounty.
22. No calamity befalls on the earth or in yourselves but is inscribed in the Book of Decrees (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfûz), before We bring it into existence. Verily, that is easy for Allâh.
