He became Muslim...!

As I mentioned before, today is the day we were meant to take my friend to the mosque so he can say the shahadah.

We decided to meet for Asar prayer in front of the mosque, I asked my other Muslim friend (who also knows him) to come there too. We do and we go inside and pray together in the mosque, unfortunately the Imam wasn't there. My Muslim friend suggests to come back for Maghrib prayer since it will be better to have someone more knowledgeable when he's declaring the shahadah, he doesn't mind. I explain to him the shahadah is between him and god and he can do it anytime and the Imam is only there to make it a better experience for you. I asked him once more if he's sure this is what he wants to do and he says he's thought it over for a very long time and is very sure.

So we come back for Maghrib and my friend is already waiting outside the mosque, more people in the mosque now and after the prayer I approach the Imam and tell him about it. I ask him to do the talking in a discreet place since my friend is quite nervous so we all go to the office. The Imam was very happy but was quite good at making him comfortable and explaining some basic things to him, he practised with him saying the shahadah then got some snacks and drinks out for everyone in the mosque to "celebrate". So anyway we go out and my friend repeats the shahadah after the Imam while everyone was watching, my Muslim friend records it with his phone camera which I had mixed feelings about. I think it was quite intense, I would've been very nervous and uncomfortable if I was in his situation. But after the shahadah, the 10-13 people in the mosque all hugged him and congratulated him. He hugged me quite hard and thanked me, that was the moment I realized he is calm and relaxed for the first time since he entered the mosque. It definitely seemed that it made him feel much better to get this out off his chest and finally declare Islam.

After that an Indian brother in the mosque had some food and they served it for everyone to eat. We didn't really want to eat as we had to catch another Eid event organized by the Malaysians so we stayed a bit more and headed there.

Alhamdullilah for everything. I hope my friend finds happiness and I pray that he continues on this path ameen. Its very important for him to find good influence and support and I'll try to introduce him to some of the brothers who can help him.