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Originally Posted by Wolfn
My iman is lower than ever after going on a jamaat this weekend. Some scholar visited, and he had us reciet shahada, and I couldn't pronounce the first part correctly (I thought I was all this time), to which he said "do you even know what it translates to"
Then the leader of our jamaat was talking, and then he randomly pointed to me and asked if I knew what some Arabic word meant, and I didn't know, to which he said "look at our youth. They don't know anything". And he kept doing this all weekend long.
Then on the ride back, and someone said that one of Allah's (SWT) Days was like millions years in our time, so I inquired as to whether the Big Bang theory was possible because it says that earth was created in 6 days, so that would be billions of years in our time, which would make sense, and they were like "don't be ridiculous" and "only non-believers would say something like that, and you sound to me like a non-believer" and stuff like that.
And I'm really upset because I purposely failed a ten page test and an 8 page research paper so I could go on this jamaat, and I got nothing productive out of it. In fact, my iman is lower than ever now.
But yeah, I'm not sure if I'll go on another jamaat and I'm seriously thinking about not going to Jummah this Friday.
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I feel for you bro, I really do. I'm not sure who exactly is on this jamaat with you, but they really haven't displayed the proper adab (etiquette) in giving someone naseeha (sincere advice).
first of all, the best way to rectifiy someone's errors is to do so privately to avoid embarassment or to discuss it in general terms without singling anyone out. this obviously did not happen here. second, you didn't really even make a mistake, as you can be expected to have a less than complete knowledge of islam (who does really?). I don't even see how they can fault you for ignorance as gaining knowledge is the whole reason you're on the jamaat. and implying that you are a non-believer or have such a mentality is beyond belief. this sounds like a less than ideal group to be around. are there any other sincere muslims near you who you can latch on to?
and the most important point, one that takes some time to accept, is to not tie your iman to the actions of others. It's only going to lead to disaster. Islam has an ideal, and the brothers and sisters around you are less than perfect realizations of that ideal.