I Converted To Islam In High School | Imam Tom Facchine & Rauno Abu Maryam

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[@Fulltimestudent]

This is a miracle itself that in Islam you can come to the religion at any point of time in your life and become an imam or way more pious and respected than born Muslims. MashAllah

[@aminaayad4928]

Look who's there? Brother Rauno one of the kindest people I've ever been in touch with! Jazaka Allah khayran imam Tom for inviting him and my Allah bless you both🤍

[@azmah2.058]

Ma sha Allah, brother Rauno! I had followed his Arabic and Quran classes via Zoom. He is the most kind and patient teacher I ever met! With his help now I am reading Arabic quiet fluently :) alhamdulillah! I am revert too and stick to my name all times. But it was odd, how in Algeria I felt like forced to react on new name, the family had gave me. Alhamdulillah kulli hal. But Rauno had forgotten to mention, that we have sinds 2006 very big islamic website for Estonian Muslims, booklets, translated books, Muslaim magazine "Iqra". But indeed, lot work to do still. in sha Allah!

[@nordicmuslim]

True, I forgot to mention the website and the translated books and materials! I guess I was mostly thinking about the last few years when at least to me it seems there has been very little dawah.

[@azmah2.058]

@@nordicmuslim we plan, but Allah plans best. In sha Allah, we will continue to work for akhira.

[@samuelmpoyi8998]

Is there a link?

[@nordicmuslim]

@@samuelmpoyi8998 These were some paid courses I used to do on Zoom previously, not doing them anymore currently.

[@tetikusyanti5559]

I'm happy you guys talking like this, really smart, your background and finally studied in Madinah is amazed me. May Allah give His permission to my youngest son to study in Madinah too, now he is still 8 years old. From Indonesia we love all Muslim brothers and sisters around the world. Sunnah makes US even stronger

[@UTICAMASJID]

Ameen!

[@s.elh.3281]

Thank you so much for bringing up the topic of changing the name for new Muslims. In my case, I actually had to stand really firm after my conversion. Fellow Muslims would try to convince me to change my name or they just went along and suggested a new name (which I could not even pronounce!) and would tell other people I go by that name. I really didn't like this. I totally agree, that taking this other name would be a great offense to my parents who picked my original name for me. Also the aspect of showing to your fellow citizens that now that you are Muslim suddenly you have this "foreign" name is not to be neglected. May Allah bless you and help us all

[@MohammadMonirHossain-uo2mm]

It is amazing how a ( revert )Muslim can study in Medina University.Some revert Muslims are better in Taqwa than many born Muslims.We need many Scholars like these two Shaikhs. JAZAKALLAH.

[@estonian44]

assalamu aleykum, wohooo, alhamdulillah Estonian on the bigger stage, so proud of you in the sake of Allah

[@sarahanafia3833]

Thank you for the vidéo ! God bless you Regarding the names, for instance Mohamed Ali changed his name because Cassius Clay was a slave name given to his ancestor by a white man so he asked everybody not to call him by Cassius Clay

[@fatmacon9758]

Allah razı OLSUN HOCAM. Rabbim ihlâsınızı ziyade etsin.

[@sword-master]

MashAllah

[@hamzanawaz7945]

Walaikum Assalam Wa RahmatUllahi Wa Barakatu

[@lilzfox]

Great mashallah I'm surprised confused and the same time I'm fully happy to see mashallah good brothers gathering mah Allah bless you all

[@Moon_2024]

May Allah reward you

[@muthanna8804]

Subhan Allah remember in sirah when the prophet didn't have much followers until he met the group from Madina.....and look where we are now two Muslim people from the west talking about Muslim issues

[@dargombez8289]

i used to know the popular Estonian Muslim Convert Girl KZbinr,,, Eslimah,,, or Estonian Muslimah,,, her real name is Eileen Laihi

[@aali8874]

Wa'alaikum assalam wa rahmatu'LLAHI wa barakatuh

[@aali8874]

To Nordic Muslim, wa'alaikum assalam wa rahmatu'LLAHI wa barakatuh

[@1972543]

Beautiful discussion.MashAllah .

[@Genocide2024]

I was born muslim but I came from a family that did not practice islamic principles. We did not eat pork or drink alcohol but we did not pray and only fast the night of power. Then I read the book on the punishment after life and that changed every thing. So yes agree we need to know the consequences of our actions as Muslims.

[@naveedaali2378]

SubhanAllah jazakAllah brother, what you said about performing the prayer. Absolutely beautiful, so true, SubhanAllah. May Allah swt reward you. ❤️

[@mohdfadzel1472]

My Salam to you Mr Tom Facchine. Since you have studied in Madinah you are more knowledgeable than me though I am a born Muslim.

[@ozone2126]

Mashallah

[@user-yj5jx4nt4l]

اللهم اعز الاسلام بكما

[@user-yj5jx4nt4l]

كما اعزكما بالإسلام

[@daventry2]

JazakAllah Kher

[@doityourownway]

Ameen, Ya Rabb.

[@soulstice99]

Masha'Allah amazing brother. Esp the story about praying in the school. Subhan Allah

[@rijadan8043]

Brother you should come visit Bosnia a muslim country and the people have Estonian ancestors!!! ❤️❤️❤️☪️🇧🇦

[@yoosufsamir]

I began questioning reality around 8 years old and concluded that God wasn't real. I spent the next couple decades as an atheist. I suffered a lot of suicidal ideation and half-heartedly attempted it a couple times throughout those years. Eventually I started to dabble in psychedelics in search of something within myself worth staying alive for. I was tired of my wretched mind that never turns off. Constantly bombarding me every day of my life on how worthless I was and how pointless I thought everything to be. One lsd trip around 7 years ago now, I had an intense "spiritual awakening" . I had thought that God/The Universe spoke to me and felt humbled. Not knowing any better, I took the experience as if I was shown that everything was one energy, thinking everything was" God". This led me down a worse rabbit hole of thinking I was responsible for all of the bad things that have ever happened in the world. Trying to make sense of my LSD experience, I started reading so-called lost scriptures of Jesus (peace be upon him). That subject matter only reinforced my shirk thoughts. I looked into reading the actual Bible after one day my best friend convinced me that Jesus was in fact a real person that walked the earth. My shirk thoughts led me to believe that everything is "The Christ". I thought we were all in some sort of cosmic coma and that our purpose was to realize the Christ Consciousness within us all. As I read the Bible looking for things that Jesus himself had said, things started to not make sense in regards to what Christians were saying. I started to notice that Jesus (peace be upon him) never claimed to be God... And when he was instructing his disciples on prayer, he told them to "pray to the father". I realized Jesus never claimed to be God and never said "worship me". Another friend was showing me conspiracy theory stuff about secret elite families etc.. This planted a seed of doubt in my mind about everything I ever thought I knew. My mind began to unravel heavily. I started to realize I didn't know anything. All that I thought I knew was second hand knowledge from other humans that got their knowledge second hand as well. I hit my mental breaking point here worse than ever before. My mind was a soup of shirk thoughts about "all is one". All is one kept repeating until one day by chance I noticed the word "Allah" while looking up things about Abrahmic faith. Because I merely saw the word "All" in "Allah" I decided to read the Quran. As soon as I began reading the Quran I started to swim out of my mental soup because the logic in the Quran could not be refuted. The fact that it very quickly emphasized how I DO NOT KNOW anything resonated with me greatly. I kept reading/listening on audiobook. My previous ways of thinking very quickly became obsolete to my mind. I began to feel a semblance of sanity. I now KNOW that I am NOT the CREATOR . I am a CREATION. Alhumdulliah I have been led out my own darkness by the mercy of Allah. I still suffer whispers of shirk at moments though so I believe I will most likely still end up in hell. I still want to glorify and praise Allah with gratitude for EVERYTHING. I now realize everything is a miracle. Every breath I take is a blessing from Allah...even if I am in hell in the hereafter I want to still glorify him and praise him if I am somehow able to while suffering my deserved punishment. I accept now what ever is given to me because Allah is perfect in justice. I visited your Masjid last friday after taking my shahada the day prior with the help of brother Ahmed N. I look forward to meeting you this coming congregation. I simply want to learn how to properly worship and glorify Allah. Inshallah I will find guidance. Thank you for your time if you read all of this.

[@UTICAMASJID]

Thanks for sharing that my brother, may Allah always bless you and brother Ahmed. Don’t ever despair in the mercy of Allah as we all deal with the same struggles. I actually got to meet you last Friday and Imam Tom will be there this Friday In’sha’Allah - camera man

[@farhadahmadi803]

I can totally relate to your story. All I want to say is keep your intention good, be a good husband, father, brother, son, neighbor, co-worker, help others when you can and avoid hurting them, always seek the truth, worship THE ONE TRUE CREATOR, seek his guidance and have a positive mental attitude. NO ONE knows if they're gonna go to hell or heaven. But Allah swt says that his mercy overpowers his wrath, so be positive and have FAITH :)

[@silkydude]

Thank you for sharing. A beautiful story. Do not despair of Allah's mercy. May Allah bless you and your loved ones and keep you steadfast

[@kameliabrown3984]

Don’t judge ur afterlife this is for Allah and I’m sure He is far more merciful than u . Remember the story of the sinner who asked when he dies to be burnt I think or cut up in tiny pieces to escape the wrath of God - just for that fear of God he was forgiven

[@yoosufsamir]

@@kameliabrown3984 it's surreal seeing these words from you as I've recently had similar thoughts about this. I have no idea and should not assume anything. To you and everyone else that has responded so far, thank you for your encouraging words and sharing your thoughts

[@farahluthfan5636]

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarokatuuh...salam from Indonesia 💓

[@RANasution]

I agree with you brothers that you do not need to change your name as long as it does not have a bad meaning. My experience , if you have a muslim sound name, other muslims may quickly recognise you as a muslim. I am born muslim with no muslim name so that most of people who firstly meet me thinks I am not muslim by looking at my name and appearance (if without beard) for my European blood in me. Moreover,I went once to the chatolics school.

[@putnicesaquranom]

La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah

[@badriaayoub2399]

Masha Allah tabarakaallah. Excellent work. May Allah except from you

[@RayOfHope8]

❤️❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹

[@syedjamil6372]

Islam is like a software update for Christians.

[@mt000mp]

islam has came to perfect the faith.

[@fire.smok3]

Really enjoyed this talk, God bless you both

[@balymzhenisbekova2129]

I wanted to hear from Imam Tom more about why Hinduism and other Far Eastern religions have become so popular, as I was questioning this and did not find answer. If he can do some videos on that, that would be great!!

[@UTICAMASJID]

This is an important question, inshaa Allah we will try. -Imam Tom

[@al-lail9692]

🏆🏆🏆

[@jamesrock8474]

Twins as in Tom The father and Tom the son !

[@apatehahhaha2893]

For the name, i kinda relieved, feeling blessed and much more that my mother named me after surah fatihah. Idk, but it seem the name sound feminine and it is likely to be given to girls in my country, Malaysia. So i wanted to know actually if there are any male over the word named after the Al-Fatihah too lol.

[@shakirsohail1681]

"fatih",, you know about "sultan Muhammad fatih"who conquered qastantinople turkey

[@apatehahhaha2893]

@@shakirsohail1681 yaa, i heard of him. Greatest leader too. But it is Fatih, not Fatihah.

[@thomasflanagan8754]

Not me unironically thinking the tower the thumbnail looks like Disney 🙈

[@ontheway5446]

Michael.... "who is like God"... i never took it as he was like God in vein, but a proclamation or a statement with a question .... and Michael protects Gods people, or Israel, he holds the keys to the pit , protector of the Law, protector of Allah , or God forgive the lack of words ..... 🤔🤔🤔 names show alot

[@Maryaminx]

I know "who is like the Lord?" appears in the psalms so I would tend to agree with that

[@mohdamjaddehlvi3063]

Hinduism.....????????........you cant convert to hinduism.......like you cant convert to judaism.........ISLAM...is the only way to follow.....you can be a better christian.....and better Jew.....