Hmmm let me ponder my biggest struggle…….

I think one of the things I’ve struggled with is making time for consistent learning. Up until the retreat I wasn’t really sure how to approach learning more about Islam. Sometimes I would feel really motivated but feel stuck because I didn’t have the resources or knowledge on how to approach learning the prayers. Other times I would have people off great advice or help but my life felt to hectic I couldn’t make the time to meet or learn. I’m a very outgoing person & have traveled along & moved cities by myself but I’m still nervous to go to masjid by myself. I think I’ll be more confident when I know my prayers better. It’s all getting better now though. I have an Arabic tutor now. So now my biggest struggle is learning beginning Arabic & pronunciation ع & غ 😁

Thank you so much for this 2nd lesson. I loved how the first 2 lessons really gave us a nice solid explanation of the basics of Islam, because many of us may have taken our Shahada without really fully understanding these basic concepts. The 1st class did a great job of explaining the prophet Ibrahim (PBUH), the Kaaba 🕋, which helps understand Hajj the 5th pillar. The 2nd lesson did a great job explaining Hadith & the method for determining the strength of the Hadith. As a revert, being educated on the parts of the religion that you are supposed to believe in is so important because it’s impossible to believe in something if you don’t know about it. I appreciated mentioning how Islam journey within. It perfectly summarizes what many of us reverts realized about Islam without knowing all the details about the religion. Talking about how shortcomings does not equate to disbelief was so important to hear. Because the list of haram & halal things can definitely be intimidating & viewed as a significant barrier to some people who have been interested in Islam. Lynn

Salaam, I wanted to check when we are going to start doing the prayer classes? I signed up for today, clicked in the link but there was no class.

Question do we schedule ourselves for one session every week?

@Way Ahead Can you send the link for the recording I missed the session

Salaam, I missed the in person class but just listened to it tonight. It was very insightful. I loved all the content and questions. I really love the idea of implementing small consistent positive changes. I feel like there sooooo much pressure to change everything as a revert that it can get extremely overwhelming. I loved what Mousa said about being approachable. I hope we remember to continue to be ourselves while learning & growing into Islam.

Is there a link to rewatch the videos?

I really enjoyed the class & it was definitely a great way to start my day. Jummah Mubarak to everyone. IA I’ll be at the next call on Thursday in person.