The Shaykh’s inquiry of the questioner regarding the Muslims and Muslim women in Hungary
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The Shaykh : These Muslim women, are they Muslims by inheritance from the time of the Turks, or are they newly converted Muslim women?
The questioner : They converted, yes, newly.
The Shaykh : Newly? Are there no Muslim women of the first type?
The questioner : No, there are none. All the Muslims and Muslim women present in Hungary number approximately two hundred and fifty. About two-thirds are women, and of those two-thirds, more than half are unmarried. All of this happened in less than a year and a half.
The Shaykh : Subhan Allah! Something extraordinary.
The questioner : The longest any one of them has been a Muslim is two and a half years.
The Shaykh : Excuse me, eleven what?
The questioner : Eleven Muslims, and there are two men, one of whom went to study in Germany and the other received a scholarship.
The Shaykh : Okay, what did you observe as the reason for their Islam?
The questioner : First, some of them were atheists, and some were Christians.
The Shaykh : Not all were Christians.
The questioner : Some were devout Christians and some were atheists. So calling the Christian to Islam was easier than calling the atheist, since he originally believes in the existence of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). We showed them a film of Ahmed Deedat’s discussions and Dr. Shorush, and we explained them to them and interpreted them for them. This was the reason for the Islam of two of them. Some came to the class and we explained the religion to them. As for some of the atheists, the problem lay in proving the existence of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). When the process of proof began and they were convinced, and gradually became convinced over a few months, they embraced Islam, praise be to Allah. Then the first Muslim woman veiled herself, then the second veiled herself a week later, then all of them veiled themselves, praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : What is the stance of their people? I mean, are they still in Christianity or in atheism?
The questioner : Their people, O Shaykh, are to the point of being uninformed. When they see them, or when I am walking with my wife who is veiled, the first thing they think—we do not know how to speak Hungarian—they say, “Look, she has no hair, she is bald, so she is wearing something on her head,” or they say, “This is a nun.” They do not know anything about the matter of Islam at all.
The Shaykh : Like cattle, or even more astray.
The questioner : An elderly man and his wife stopped one of the veiled women in the street and asked her, “Is this national dress?” She said, “No, it is religion.” They asked, “What religion?” She said, “The religion is Islam.” They said, “Do we become Muslims, or is Islam only for certain people? A Jew is originally a Jew.” Since he was a man, I told him, “Of course, it is for everyone.” So they came and visited us at the class, and we went and visited them at their home. A man was very well-informed, and he had books and tapes, and he had... The only thing that had not reached them was Islam; because there was no Qur'an, there was no...
The Shaykh : They have no sources, I mean.
The questioner : They have no sources, and praise be to Allah, he informed me that he has embraced Islam.
The Shaykh : I meant by my previous question, is there hostility when they see some of the girls, some of the women, embrace Islam, contrary to their traditions and customs, but there is no freedom as they claim?
The questioner : There is no freedom, O Shaykh, because if there were, we have the ability to keep these girls without work, which would be better; because originally all their problems are in the workplace.
The Shaykh : From the mixing?
The questioner : Most of the problems are not from the men, but from the working women there; because the working women there are a higher percentage than the men, approximately seventy to seventy-five percent, so they face harassment.
The Shaykh : I mean: there is no freedom?
The questioner : There is nothing.
The Shaykh : Okay, how does the one who embraces Islam live in her parents' house?
The questioner : She lives in her parents' house. If her parents have difficulty, and so far we have only faced one incident in Budapest, the capital, and there, praise be to Allah, there is a Muslim young man with his wife who did not fall short; he took her out from her parents' house and housed her. As for now, praise be to Allah, there are no problems. As for their parents, up to now there have been no unusual contradictions.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. Okay, what else do you have?
The questioner : They converted, yes, newly.
The Shaykh : Newly? Are there no Muslim women of the first type?
The questioner : No, there are none. All the Muslims and Muslim women present in Hungary number approximately two hundred and fifty. About two-thirds are women, and of those two-thirds, more than half are unmarried. All of this happened in less than a year and a half.
The Shaykh : Subhan Allah! Something extraordinary.
The questioner : The longest any one of them has been a Muslim is two and a half years.
The Shaykh : Excuse me, eleven what?
The questioner : Eleven Muslims, and there are two men, one of whom went to study in Germany and the other received a scholarship.
The Shaykh : Okay, what did you observe as the reason for their Islam?
The questioner : First, some of them were atheists, and some were Christians.
The Shaykh : Not all were Christians.
The questioner : Some were devout Christians and some were atheists. So calling the Christian to Islam was easier than calling the atheist, since he originally believes in the existence of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). We showed them a film of Ahmed Deedat’s discussions and Dr. Shorush, and we explained them to them and interpreted them for them. This was the reason for the Islam of two of them. Some came to the class and we explained the religion to them. As for some of the atheists, the problem lay in proving the existence of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). When the process of proof began and they were convinced, and gradually became convinced over a few months, they embraced Islam, praise be to Allah. Then the first Muslim woman veiled herself, then the second veiled herself a week later, then all of them veiled themselves, praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : What is the stance of their people? I mean, are they still in Christianity or in atheism?
The questioner : Their people, O Shaykh, are to the point of being uninformed. When they see them, or when I am walking with my wife who is veiled, the first thing they think—we do not know how to speak Hungarian—they say, “Look, she has no hair, she is bald, so she is wearing something on her head,” or they say, “This is a nun.” They do not know anything about the matter of Islam at all.
The Shaykh : Like cattle, or even more astray.
The questioner : An elderly man and his wife stopped one of the veiled women in the street and asked her, “Is this national dress?” She said, “No, it is religion.” They asked, “What religion?” She said, “The religion is Islam.” They said, “Do we become Muslims, or is Islam only for certain people? A Jew is originally a Jew.” Since he was a man, I told him, “Of course, it is for everyone.” So they came and visited us at the class, and we went and visited them at their home. A man was very well-informed, and he had books and tapes, and he had... The only thing that had not reached them was Islam; because there was no Qur'an, there was no...
The Shaykh : They have no sources, I mean.
The questioner : They have no sources, and praise be to Allah, he informed me that he has embraced Islam.
The Shaykh : I meant by my previous question, is there hostility when they see some of the girls, some of the women, embrace Islam, contrary to their traditions and customs, but there is no freedom as they claim?
The questioner : There is no freedom, O Shaykh, because if there were, we have the ability to keep these girls without work, which would be better; because originally all their problems are in the workplace.
The Shaykh : From the mixing?
The questioner : Most of the problems are not from the men, but from the working women there; because the working women there are a higher percentage than the men, approximately seventy to seventy-five percent, so they face harassment.
The Shaykh : I mean: there is no freedom?
The questioner : There is nothing.
The Shaykh : Okay, how does the one who embraces Islam live in her parents' house?
The questioner : She lives in her parents' house. If her parents have difficulty, and so far we have only faced one incident in Budapest, the capital, and there, praise be to Allah, there is a Muslim young man with his wife who did not fall short; he took her out from her parents' house and housed her. As for now, praise be to Allah, there are no problems. As for their parents, up to now there have been no unusual contradictions.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. Okay, what else do you have?
Source
www.al-albany.com
The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.