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How were you drawn to Islam?
This is a good question
But I will shorten the story
Ofcourse Hidayath is from Allah (SWT)
This question has reminded me of that message which I sometimes forget
I will give this message to everyone of you today
There was a student named Imran who was studying under me
He father is a judge
From childhood his parents told him never to
miss a prayer under any circumstance
no matter how much punishment you get
In the managment of the school where I was teaching
he used to come late 20 minutes everyday afternoon
since he prayed Dhuhr prayer
he used to get beatings everyday for coming late
With time his hands became swollen with blood
he was used to that punishment
at that time I was a banaras priest (Hindu priest)
I told him - why don't you Pray later
Why should you bear the punishment everyday
He said - Panditji, you may do your prayers any time of the day
morning, evening or afternoon
either going to temple or making your house as temple
For you God is under your control but you are not under his control
but we are muslims
five time prayer on time is compulsory for us
My parents have taught me to be punctual on prayer since childhood
If your school management decide to give me a more severe punishment
I am willing to bear it
but I will never abandon my prayer
he didn't tell me anything about Islam, but his actions amazed me
his guardian gave me a hindi translation of quran
I reaserched it with the vedas (hindu scriptures) for 3 years
and i came to the conclusion, the result of which is in front of you eyes
Acharya Sanjay prasad dwiwedi is now Ahamed pandit
now for the message which I give to everyone
If all of you try to make your children like Imran
then the day is not far when other acharya's will become ahamed's too
Inshallah, If we try to make our children like Imran
becuase often good actions of people act as hidayath for some others
My friend Imran's punctuality in prayer and the punishment he had to suffer
put some questions in my mind
the result of which I started doing the thing which I never thought I would be doing
I ended up doing a comparitive study of religions (Hinduism & Islam)
hence I am standing as Ahamed in front of you
We should all try to make our children as Imran's, Inshallah
and many Ahamed's will come before you
You yourselves become Ideal parents for future Imran's
and strive to bring up other Imran's
and strive to bring up other Imran's