A brother’s account of the Bible of the Christians and the falsehoods contained therein, and an explanation of how he embraced Islam?

The questioner : There are things criticized in the book they claim is the Holy Bible, yes, the one called the Holy Bible. It reminded me of a time in the past when I went to one of the monks and said to him, “Explain to me how the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are three in one; explain it to me?” He said, “There is no explanation for this; you must believe in it, otherwise you are a disbeliever.” I said to him, “Fine, I do not want to be a disbeliever; I have believed.” So I went home and opened this book to the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 1: The genealogy of Jesus (peace be upon him), son of David, son of Abraham. I began to say to myself: How can he be the son of David and the son of Abraham when he has no father, and they claim he is the son of Allah?! How is this possible? So I closed it and did not open it after that. This book stirred up my thinking again. So after about two months, Ramadan came, and on the third day of Ramadan, I was inspired to fast. I said, “I am fasting.” No one was calling me to Islam or anything like that; I just said, “I am fasting.”

The Shaykh : Did you fast after you believed in Islam?

The questioner : After I believed in Islam, I fasted the first week and the second week. Then, when I reached the beginning of the third week, it was around the middle of Ramadan, so I went to one of my friends, may Allah guide him.

The Shaykh : One of the Muslims?

The questioner : He claims to be a Muslim but does not practice anything of Islam. He sells intoxicants and commits lewd acts, and he does not pray.

The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.

The questioner : We ask Allah to guide him. So I said to him, “Show me how to perform the ablution and the prayer; I want to go to the mosque so that I can pray. I want to embrace Islam.” So he taught me the ablution and the prayer. I wrote it on a piece of paper because I was shy to enter the mosque, meaning.

Another questioner : ... meaning.

The questioner : Hehehe. So when I went to the mosque, I had written on a piece of paper how to pray. I had written on a piece of paper how to pray after I recite the Fatiha. I had memorized the Fatiha and “Say, He is Allah, the One” only. I would unfold the paper and look at it: What am I supposed to do now? Glory be to Allah. I would put it in my pocket and then say: “Allah hears the one who praises Him.”

The Shaykh : What Allah willed.

The questioner : I would prostrate during the prostration and the tashahhud, take out the paper, and read from it, and so I began.

Another questioner : Abu Zayd!

The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.

The questioner : Be gentle with your guests, O Abu Zayd.

Another questioner : Welcome.

The questioner : Be gentle with your guests.

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