The host asked a Western Muslim: How did you become a Muslim?
He replied: In 1993, my wife and I were traveling in Turkey and got lost in a village. I asked a passerby if he knew the location of this hotel.
The passer-by said, “There is no hotel here, so please come with me to my house!
He said, “We went with him to his house, and it was already dark when we entered. He has five children and two elderly people. Then he brought us a simple supper, and we ate it.
Then he said, “You and your wife will sleep in this room, and we will sleep in the other.
We went to sleep, and when I woke up in the morning to thank him, I went out of the room and was surprised to see that there was no other room.
This was the only room in his house! When I looked for him, I saw him and his whole family sleeping under a big tree outside the door, and it was cold!
I asked him: Are you crazy? Why are you doing this?
He said: I am not crazy, but I am a Muslim, and Islam requires me to take care of you as much as I can because you are a guest.
He said: My wife cried when she saw this, and I said to him: This is Islam, not the Islam we hear!
I said to the owner of the house: How can I learn Islam?
He said: You can read the Qur’an and the Sunnah in translation and you will understand.
He said, “Then I bought the Qur’an and read it seriously for two months, and then I was initiated into Islam by reading, “Nothing is worshipped but Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah”.
Praise be to Allah! I started spreading Islam, more than a thousand people have become Muslims, and now that I’ve built an Islamic center in Romania, I want to reach even more people.
The story is an inspiration to us:
You know how easy it is to evangelize with Islamic virtues, which have a much greater impact than the other way around!
Just by the virtue of generous hospitality, this homeowner will be rewarded with the gifts of the initiates until the Day of Resurrection.
Unfortunately, a lot of Muslims think that Islam is just about worship and fasting, and you see their very bad character towards Muslims and non-Muslims, which is a very serious mistake and tarnishes the image of Islam.
This is a very serious mistake, and it tarnishes the image of Islam, because Islam requires you to worship and fast, but it also requires you to treat people with kindness, to be kind to them, to smile at them, to be kind to all of them, and not to harm Allah’s creatures.
