Subhan'Allah

Salam Aleykam,

Subhan'Allah, my husband was tested yesterday and I am so proud of him. 

He has only told a few people that he accepted Islam because some of his family members are really intolerant and racist. He wants to know everything possible about Islam before telling everyone, because he doesn't want his lack of knowledge to make it easier for people to attack Islam and have him not be able to defend it.

Yesterday when he was at work, one of his coworkers came up to him and said, "Hey, I have a Muslim joke for you."

J. was struck with dread, and thought,  I'm being tested now. If I speak up, then by tomorrow, everyone at the office is going to know. If I don't speak up, I'm going to feel like a piece of kaka. 

At that moment, a co-worker who had heard the first guy say "Muslim joke.." came up right beside him and said, "I'm Muslim, what is your joke?"

And then J. said, "I'm Muslim, too."

The Muslim co-worker, a black brother who converted five years ago, thought that J. was joking. So he started asking him a bunch of questions. "What are the five pillars?" "What's coming up in a couple of days and why is it important?"

Mash'Allah, J. answered the questions, although apparently he forgot to mention the Oneness of Allah in the pillars! Poor guy, may Allah improve his memory as he increases his iman. J.'s got the most sincere and pure heart, but my poor sweetpea has the memory of a goldfish sometimes.

So then a few people gathered around and J. talked about Islam and being Muslim. By now, everyone at the office must know. And it makes me so happy, because J. is the kind of guy that everybody goes to for advice. He's wise beyond his years, and people take his counsel with an open mind, because he's really responsible and he always helps people, without asking anything in return. And now he has a Muslim friend at work, a convert, who can be a support for him in that terrible environment.

Mash'Allah, imagine the dawah possibilities! 

I'm so proud of my sweetpea. I love him so much that it seems impossible that my love for him could keep increasing... but every day he says something or does something that makes me love him even more. Alhamdilullah, I have been blessed to have such a good man as my partner. May Allah s.w.t. always increase our love for each other and our iman. Amin.