فى منطقة بروكلين يقول لهم فى ترجمة حرفية أريد أن أكون محمديا
It was in Brooklyn area, a man was saying to them (whoever) he was talking to in what it seems a literary translation: “I want to be a Mohammadian, (a follower of Mohammad ) i.e a Muslim.
قالوا من أنت ؟ وما قصتك ؟ وما حكايتك ؟
They ask him: “Who are you?””What is your story?’
قال: دلوني ولا تسألوني
He replied, “Show me but don’t ask me”
قالوا: اغتسل فاغتسل! قالوا : انطق الشهادتين قال: أشهد أن لا اله إلا الله وأشهد محمدا رسول الله
“Go and wash yourself” and thus he did
“Say the Shahads”( Say the testimony of faith) which is to Say ( There is no God but Allah, and Mohammad is his Messenger) , and he did say that.
علموه الصلاة فصلى
They taught him how to pray and he learnt how to do it.
فبدأ صلاة الصبح والظهر، صلى اليوم الأول والثاني والثالث فلفت بخشوعه وطول سجوده وبكائه نظر إخواننا جميعا.
He started his Dawn and Noon prayers for the first three days.
His submissiveness and humility to Allah, his prostration (kneeling with the forehead touching the ground) for a long time as well as his weeping during his prayers all attracted the attention of our brothers around him.
الرجل يسجد ولا يريد أن يرفع رأسه، يسجد ويبكى بكاءً طويلا، يسمع القرآن ويبكى بكاء طويلا
The story of this man is really amazing, he kneels down to prostrate and doesn’t want to end his prostration, he weeps and cries for a long time, listens to the Holy Quran, and keeps weeping and crying as a sign of his submissiveness to his creator.
فى اليوم الثالث بعد صلاة المغرب جلس إلى جواره احد إخواننا وقال يا آخى والله أنا صرت احتقر نفسي إلى جوارك يا آخى ما نظرت إليك إلا وجدتك باكيا إذا سجدت لا تريد أن ترفع رأسك من السجود، فما قصتك ؟ وما حكايتك ؟
On the Third day and just after the evening (Al Maghreb) prayer, one of our brothers sat next to him and whispered to him saying “ Believe me brother when I look at you and see you weeping while you prostrate and how much time you stay prostrating, I started to scorn and disrespect myself” So please tell me what is your story?
فأخبره بأنه كان نصرانيا وكان يبحث عن الحق ويقرأ عن الإسلام ويقرأ في الأديان ويسأل الله أن يدله على الحق, إنه رجل باحث عن الحق وباحث عن الحقيقة
He told him that he was a Christian and was looking for the truth. He read about Islam and about other religions and ask God to guide him to the right path and to show him the truth. “This man is a researcher for the right and a researcher for the truth”.
قال وفى الليلة التي دخلت عليكم صيحتها نمت وأنا أبكى وأنا أدعو الله عز وجل أن يدلني على الحق وعلى الحقيقة
He added that “ On the night and before I came to you in the morning , I went to sleep weeping and full of hope that Allah Almighty to guide me to the right path and the truth.
قال فرأيت في الرؤيا نبي الله عيسى عليه وعلى نبينا الصلاة والسلام يشير إليَ بسبابته اليمنى ويقول لي كن محمديا كن محمديا (كن مسلما من أتباع محمد)
فخرجت من بيتي ودخلت عليكم
That night, I saw in my vision (dream) Jesus – peace be upon him – pointing to me with his index finger saying to me “Be a Mohammdian(a follower of Mohammad )! Be a Muslim”. Immediately I left my house and came to you.
يقسم الإخوة بالله أذن المؤذن لصلاة العشاء ودخل معهم صلاة العشاء وفى الركعة الأولى سجد ولم يرفع رأسه.
The brothers who witnessed this story swore to Allah that when it was called for Alisha prayers, he prayed with them and during the first bowing down (Raka’), he prostrated but he didn’t lift his head.
ظن الإخوة انه نام فلما انتهت الصلاة نادى عليه الإمام ونادى عليه الأخ الذي بجواره فلم يجب فقام إليه احد الإخوة فحركه فوقع على الأرض.
Brothers around him thought that he was asleep, and when the prayer was over , the Imam (Who leads the other prayers) as well as the brother next to him started to call him to awake him but he didn’t respond and fell to the ground.
فلما نظروا إليه وجدوا روحه قد فاضت إلى الله جل وعلا وهو ساجد.
They found that he was dead and his soul overflowed to its creator while he was prostrating.
يا لها من خواتيم
What a wonderful ending!
" قرب الرحيل إلى ديار الآخرة ، فاجعل الهي خير عمري أخره"
So the departure to the homes of the afterlife is getting closer and closer, So My God make the good moments of my life the last moments of it!
