Aiman Azlan's Blog

Photo by Umar Mita On Facebook, I came across a video by Shaykh Usama Canon about Da'wah ( link to the video ) and I highly encourage everyone to watch it. Then, I scrolled down to the comment section to read a few comments. Usually, this is a bad decision on my part because 8 times out of 10, the comment section (be it on Facebook or Youtube) is filled with disappointments. But Alhamdulillah, I am glad that I scrolled down to that particular comment section because I found gems upon gems of honest views from honest people, about Da'wah. I want to share those views with you all here: Person #1 I don't think I understand bringing people to Islam, that seems pushy and semi forceful. The attempts of some people doing dawah is to challenge a person's faith and practices; to bring the other down. That is inflicting a trauma on another human being. That is oppression. I wonder if dawah could be explained in a different way? Say perhaps, wanting for another hu...

Photo by Umar Mita This is a dream I had. Out of anger, I punched a guy's face so hard that I might have cracked a few bones (hey relax, it's a dream). I ran away because I was feeling guilty. He ran after me. Oh, the suspense! Maybe I was too slow because the guy caught up with me in the end. So, I gave in. Plus, I knew that I deserved the punishment. I told the guy to punch me back in the face, just as hard as I punched him. I was scared, because I knew it was going to hurt badly. I closed my eyes and waited for the fist. The guy just gave me a nudge, and he smiled. That was it. He didn't punch me back, even though in all honesty, I deserved that punch. He forgave me instead. I woke up, with tears down my cheeks.