'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al-'As (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Convey from me even an Ayah of the Qur'an; relate traditions from Banu Israel, and there is no restriction on that; but he who deliberately forges a lie against me let him have his abode in the Hell."
[Al- Bukhari].
This hadith was mentioned in a program called " I was guided by the Qur'an", that program, which was showing throughout the holy month of Ramadan directly after Futoor (fast-breaking meal). The little stories of people who are relatively new to Islam, and Arabic is not their first language for most of them. They mention how the story of their Islam, and what did they do to spread this holy religion.
I did not watch all of the episodes because the timing of the program was the time of sunset prayer. But what I saw was enough to make me wonder: This is what the new Muslims have done, the ones who do not speak Arabic, so they have difficulty in understanding the Quran. However, they were guided by the Quran. In contrary, what did we do? We are who have been muslims since we came into this world, and speak fluent Arabic. When this hadith of prophet Muhammed peace be upon him was mentioned. I was ashamed of myself, and I'm trying to make to recall whether I actually have conveyed even one verse throughout the years that have spent abroad.
Life goes on, and we are trying to achieve success and achievements in life, we do not know that the Prophet Muhammed peace be upon him, he said: Sahl bin Sa'd (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said to 'Ali (May Allah be pleased with him), "By Allah, if a single person is guided by Allah through you, it will be better for you than a whole lot of red camels."
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
[Agreed Sahl ibn Sa'd]
Is there a better accomplishment? Is there anything nicer? What is the success that equals this success?
We might say it's too late. We might say that we can not do anything at the current circumstances where we can not travel. Or we do not have what it takes to do so. But hey
While I was listening to the stories on Islam, I found that when most of them want to know about Islam, they search the Internet to get some information and then head for the Islamic centers and mosques in their countries that may not be close to where they live. Also, some of whom were not thinking of Islam but some times they listen to the Quran verses they start thinking about their situation, and begin to review their beliefs, and then their entry into our religion becomes possible.
So I got this idea, which I think it is very easy, help spread our Holy Quran and directed gracious and thoughtful judgments on one hand, and help us to spread Islam on the other side. I think we all share in social media, such as Twitter or Facebook, why do not publish a verse, at least one every day of our Holy Quran translated to English or other language. Let`s spread those verses that call for love and peace, compassion, or verses that enlighten us stories of the prophets peace be upon them to know that we believe in all the prophets and love them all. Or verses that tell the children of Israel, or Christians or other stories.
I remember once I was talking with my colleague in the US -John- about the apostles and prophets. I started searching and found a list of all the prophes' names in English and I said to him: See we do not believe in Muhammad -pbuh- only, but we believe in all these apostles and prophets. I still remember his reaction and how he trembled and took my phone out of my hand - which contained the list - and then said: show me, I want this site to read it. I still have not forgotten how he was surprised when I was explaining to him about the pilgrimage so I showed him an image about the Holy Mosque in Mecca. " All of these people?" said to me. I said "yes, they come from all over the world". So, do not underestimate the little things you can do to be a little key to the iceberg. And at the end you will be the reason for the good things happening to people.
Another idea also occurred in my mind, and I liked to share it with you, in addition to sharing the reward with you. I found a blog that compares the Bible and the Qur'an, written by the author Mr. Nasser Moghames. All of these comparisons are in English. And they even published how the Bible contradicts itself. I thought that we could help spreading this blog everywhere to be possible to read by the largest number of people. As we can choose a different topic to be posted every day . Or to talk about:
The blog link a is:
Let's work silently on spreading of our religion by wisdom and good advice. Let's stand for at least what is published by the malicious rumors.
Peace, mercy and blessings of God
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