The following story was narrated to us by brother Mahmud from Preston,
England. Once, he along with a group of Muslims were visiting a city for
inviting others to Allah. They happened to pass by a group of youths
who were Muslims by birth but became gang members. The brothers didn't
give those gang members the negative attitude that others give while
passing by them. Rather, they went and hand-shook with them out of
brotherhood. With love and affection, the brothers invited the youths to
come to the Masjid. Not being familiar with such kindness, the gang
members were surprised and decided to come to the Masjid for once. These
youths were so much away from Islam that they were smoking in the
Masjid and doing a lot of other disrespectful acts. However, brother
Mahmud and others were discussing with them about the Greatness of Allah
with patience and endurance. A time came when the brothers had to
return to their homes and before leaving they advised the gang members
to turn towards Allah.
After several years, brother Mahmud was
attending a large gathering of Muslims when suddenly someone called him
from the back. There were few people dressed in sunnah standing behind
him. They asked brother Mahmud if he recognizes them. They told him, �We
are those gang members whom you visited few years back. We decided to
go out and learn more about Islam and eventually changed our lives.�
Dear
readers, we should never underestimate certain people because of the
way they are as every individual has the capacity to become a friend of
Allah. It is only Allah who guides; we can only try with kindness to
reach out to their hearts.
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