living with an agnostic or atheist

The pain of living with family who are vehemently anti-Islam is probably the most trying and sorrowful place to be.  Prophet, peace be upon him,  said that we need respect our parents even if they hate Allah, swt, and our beautiful prophet and way of life.  How can any Muslim sit and listen to another blaspheme in the most horrendous ways without wanting to splash the persons face with cold water?

It is the most difficult task to face Ibless in the flesh of a parent who screams and paces the floor talking about how evil you are because you believe in Allah and his messenger!  Truly the person becomes as ugly as the devil and nearly as frightening.  That sort of anger is the type anger to abhor in others.  Do you laugh? do you scream? Do you yell back?  Do you turn up the Quran recitation louder?  

When you start to see the hell someone is facing because of their ugliness, especially a parent or a sibling, you want nothing more for them to be forgiven.  Though it may happen because of the awful way they talk about Prophet, saaws and Allah, swt, that they might as well go to hell.  

Truly a parent may bring you into this world but if they don't teach you about his world or give you the opportunity to learn about this world in the spiritual sense can no longer be considered a valuable parent.  Especially if the parent is trying to stop you from practicing Islam and tries to throw your iman in your face, how can anyone forgive such hatred and malice?

It will never be easy to be a Muslim even if you live amongst believers, but there is a special trial for one who has to live with non-believers, especially non-believers who hate Islam.

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Nationalism is Dangerous

Since the French Revolution, Nationalism has grown into the most divisive tool of our time to create hatred, more so than religion, race, gender, or age.  In the Muslim world it has been expressively dangerous.  With the reckless drawing of borders by the French and British after WWI and then using their imperial prowess to build dividing cultural factors to create hatred between Muslims.  No longer did the European world want a powerful Islamic empire so they had to create hatred and mistrust amongst the Muslims by creating political movements, secular movements, feminist movements, etc.  

Now more than ever Muslims need a Calipha that will represent all Muslims, not just Shia or Sunni or Salafi or astaghfirlelah Qadiri, but all MUSLIMS.  We are MUSLIMS and not Americans, Egyptians, Yemenis, Bahraini, Indonesian, Pakestani, we are Muslims.  May Allah forgive all the self-righteous for their arrogance.

As our most beautiful Maulana, saaws, said, "He who has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of pride and arrogance shall not enter Paradise."  Calling yourself anything, but humbly a Muslim can lead one to a feeling of boastfulness and pride.  

It is the responsibility of ALL Muslims to help to protect all other Muslims.

Rasul, saaws stated: "He who amongst you sees something abominable should modify it with the help of his hand; and if he has not strength enough to do that, then he should do it with his tongue; and if he has not strength enought to do even that, then he should at least abhor it from his heart; and that is the least of faith." Muslim

Our only nation is the nation of Allah swt.  Live justly with the shariah in your own actions and heart and treat all other Muslims with the dignity our Rasul, saaws has shown us.