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Assalamu Alaikum wa'rahamtullah wa'barakathu
brothers and sisters,
I was searching for revert stories to boost my
spirits and I found some at Revert Muslims. Thank you www.revertmuslims.com
your website is valuable and worthy. May Allah bless your
team for their efforts ameen
Here I'm sharing my reversion story with you.
True Guidance From Allah (swt)
I was born and bought up as a Christian. I
lost my dad when I was in my 12th year of school. My mom and
brother were and are very religious but I wasn't. I had so many
doubts about Christianity there seemed to be so much
incompleteness and whenever I questioned anything there would be
someone there ready to shut me up telling me I cannot be
unfaithful in a religion such as Christianity. As much as I was
discouraged from asking questions about the faith of
Christianity it didn't stop me from trying.
A few years ago, I didn't even know the
meaning of the words Islam or Muslim. All I knew was what my
family and relatives told me about Islam and that was that
Muslims are people who pray to a moon god, a moon god which is
in the form of a black stone. This is what I understood of
Muslims up until August 2007 when my interests changed and my
limited knowledge of Islam suddenly grew.. 
I was fortunate enough to be working at an MNC
which allowed me to have access to the Internet all the time.
I don't remember the exact date but it was
around mid August, I was doing a google search which lead
me into the following website islam.about which is a site hosted
by Sister Huda who is also a reverted Muslim and her previous
religion was Christianity. I was shocked to see someone
reverting to Islam from Christianity as all my life I had seen
so many people converting to Christianity from other
religions.
I began to start searching for more reverts, I
don't know what compelled me to do that but I did.
 Reading
so many reversion stories of people, mostly Christians,
reverting to Islam I was paralyzed totally without peace of
mind. I was finding myself in a dilemma, which was the
truth, Christianity or Islam?
The more I read the more I felt conflicted. I
felt afraid of all the confusion. For a week I tried to stop
myself from searching the Internet about Islam but I couldn't
stay away, the following week I began to search again. I went to
Sister Huda's forums and began a thread asking questions about
Islam. One Brother posted some articles, Alhamdulillah, that was
the first time I began to truly know who Muslims were and the
meaning of Islam.
I started browsing more and more daily
and I began admiring Islam, its beauty and modesty
attracted me. Learning about Islam soon became the best part of
my life..
I found answers to most of my questions so
easily, Alhamdulilah. Then I joined Gawaher an Islamic Forum,
sisters out there helped me a lot in my learning process.
I said Shahada myself first and then in the
sisters forum Masha Allah
Unfortunately I couldn't say that I was a Muslim
to my surrounding friends and family but still I felt so proud
to be a Muslim.
The day I said shahada, the day I got hugs
from sisters performing my first salah Allah(swt) knows how much
joy I felt. I just cried out with happiness.. Alhamdulillah
I have joined an Islamic study group near my
home to learn, Insha Allah.
It has been 2 years now since I reverted
Alhamdulillah!! Still I couldn't understand how these things
happened in my life. I used to scold my Muslim friends who wear
hijab as I really didn't like it. But Alhamdulillah now I JUST
LOVE TO WEAR BURKHA for ALLAH'S SAKE. I just marvel at
Allah's(swt) guidance to the Light of Islam, for me.
It was Allah's(swt) plan that I am here now
Allahu
May Allah Bless and Guide everyone in the
Ummah!! Ameen..
Remember me in your Duas..
Wa'Alaikum Assalam wa'rahamtullah wa'barakathu
brothers and sisters,
Sister Daisy (Ayesha Siddiqua)
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