Dialogue with a man who embraced Islam and how he embraced it
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Al-Halabi : He has some questions now, and as we are leaving, he said he has some questions to direct to you.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
Al-Halabi : With your voice, or...
The questioner : With your voice, I prefer to hear it.
The Shaykh : No, let me understand it from him.
Al-Halabi : Excuse me.
The Shaykh : Something about the reason for his Islam, when it was, where it was, and when did you come here?
The questioner : Abu Layla
Abu Layla : Yes.
The questioner : He understands Arabic.
Abu Layla : Please, write your name.
The Shaykh : Hehehe.
The questioner : Hehehe.
The Shaykh : Fine, your job is long, oh...Abu Layla : Do you want to shorten it?
The questioner : Okay, I embraced Islam in Cairo on the seventh of 1977.
The Shaykh : 1977.
The questioner : I was a university student in America, majoring in philosophy, studying ethics. It led me to a desire to read the Qur'an in its original language, so I studied Arabic and went to Cairo to improve my Arabic.
The Shaykh : Good.
The questioner : So I embraced Islam in Cairo.
The Shaykh : I mean, what was the motive for Islam?
The questioner : I found it...
The Shaykh : What became clear to you from it?
The questioner : I found it to be a reasonable religion. I was a Catholic, a Catholic religion, and they have false beliefs like the Trinity and the divinity of Jesus. It became clear to me that this belief is not...
The Shaykh : I mean, the belief in the oneness of Allah in Islam, when it became clear to you, did it lead you to believe in Islam?
The questioner : Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh : And to reject Catholicism, praise be to Allah.
The questioner : I said this book is a gift for you.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good. Fine, for this you embraced Islam.
The questioner : The youth at the Hassan Abu Omar Foundation.
The Shaykh : Yes, these are our brothers; they printed this.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. Fine, we are giving you the glad tidings of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who mentioned three people who are given their reward twice. Perhaps you have heard this hadith?
The questioner : Yes, I heard it.
The Shaykh The first reward is his belief in Jesus (peace be upon him) and his religion, and the other reward is that you believed in Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and in Islam as a religion other than the religions. So this is glad tidings for you, and praise be to Allah. And now, what do you have?
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
Al-Halabi : With your voice, or...
The questioner : With your voice, I prefer to hear it.
The Shaykh : No, let me understand it from him.
Al-Halabi : Excuse me.
The Shaykh : Something about the reason for his Islam, when it was, where it was, and when did you come here?
The questioner : Abu Layla
Abu Layla : Yes.
The questioner : He understands Arabic.
Abu Layla : Please, write your name.
The Shaykh : Hehehe.
The questioner : Hehehe.
The Shaykh : Fine, your job is long, oh...Abu Layla : Do you want to shorten it?
The questioner : Okay, I embraced Islam in Cairo on the seventh of 1977.
The Shaykh : 1977.
The questioner : I was a university student in America, majoring in philosophy, studying ethics. It led me to a desire to read the Qur'an in its original language, so I studied Arabic and went to Cairo to improve my Arabic.
The Shaykh : Good.
The questioner : So I embraced Islam in Cairo.
The Shaykh : I mean, what was the motive for Islam?
The questioner : I found it...
The Shaykh : What became clear to you from it?
The questioner : I found it to be a reasonable religion. I was a Catholic, a Catholic religion, and they have false beliefs like the Trinity and the divinity of Jesus. It became clear to me that this belief is not...
The Shaykh : I mean, the belief in the oneness of Allah in Islam, when it became clear to you, did it lead you to believe in Islam?
The questioner : Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh : And to reject Catholicism, praise be to Allah.
The questioner : I said this book is a gift for you.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good. Fine, for this you embraced Islam.
The questioner : The youth at the Hassan Abu Omar Foundation.
The Shaykh : Yes, these are our brothers; they printed this.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. Fine, we are giving you the glad tidings of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who mentioned three people who are given their reward twice. Perhaps you have heard this hadith?
The questioner : Yes, I heard it.
The Shaykh
And a man from the People of the Book who believed in Islam, he has his reward twice.
و رجل من أهل الكتاب آمن بالإسلام فله أجره مرتين
Source
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