Why Did They Become Muslims

Our Prophet Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’ stated, “You have
the Qur’ân al-kerîm to consult.” Then they asked, “O the
Messenger of Allah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’! It is certain
that the Qur’ân al-kerîm will be our guide in many respects. Yet
if we cannot find what we are seeking by looking up in it, and if
you have already left us, who will be our guide?” Upon this, our
Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ stated, “Act in accordance
with what I have told you.” This time they asked, “O the
Messenger of Allah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’! Since you will
no longer be among us, what should we do if we encounter
altogether new matters and cannot find anything about those
matters in your hadîths?”
Our Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ raised his blessed
head slowly from the pillow, and said, “Allâhu ta’âlâ has given a
personal guide to each and every one of His born slaves. This
guide is the common sense, and his heart, which embodies a
conscience. If you use this guide well and properly, you will never
deviate from the right path, and in the end you will attain to
Allâhu ta’âlâ.” “Istafti qalbek, Fe-innahâ teskunu bi-l-halâl.”
Here is the Islamic religion which I boast of having chosen. This
religion is the true religion of Allah, which is entirely based on
reason and logic.
Beware boasting of wealth, nor say, “Who’s there like me!”
Harvest-like, a cruel wind winnows all that belongs to thee.
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WILLIAM PICKHARD
(G.B.)
It is stated in a hadîth-i-sherîf: “Every newly-born baby is
suitable for and agreeable with Islam. Afterwards they are made
Jews, Christians or magians by their parents.” Likewise, I had
been born as a Muslim. Yet it was only many years later that I
realized this fact. Since my childhood I had been deeply
interested in the past. When I graduated from the university, I
began to work as a writer. I was not a well-known writer yet. Nor
could one tell what I was going to be. As a Christian, I had been
given some teaching on the concept of Allah and on how to
worship Allah. Yet my adoration was not confined to their
teachings; I felt the same worship-like attachment towards all
paragons of chivalry and valour that I had read about in history.
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