That was a crucial moment in my life
Enter Islam!
I knew that Qur’an ..
is the Book that gathers all the knowledge
“This is the Book about which there is no doubt,”
” a guidance for those conscious of Allah ”
Qur’an, is a Book which contains laws and regulations
and it contains all what the we need to be humans
‘Guided through the Qur’an’
‘Living it is the sweetness of life’
‘Longing to the Lord, coming to him..’
‘To Him I submit my soul’
‘It showed me the most beautiful and precious path’
‘And it’s the intercessor, it is the companion’
‘O, heedless, won’t you wake up’
‘And see the way for happiness and salvation’
‘It showed me the most beautiful and precious path’
‘And it’s the intercessor, it is the companion’
‘O, heedless, won’t you wake up’
‘And see the way for happiness and salvation’
My name is Abu Hurairah..
I was burn at Lasarte city, Gipuzkoa province, Spain
At 1950
At 1982 I became Muslim at Granada
Then I lived there for few years..
Abu Hurairah from Spain..
He joined a Christian institute to become a priest
But his soul was not satisfied..
Then he followed Communism
But still his soul was empty..
Then he practiced Yoga..
But , it didn’t mend his confusion..
His heart was beating..asking ..What do I want from life?
You have been through a tough journey..
a hard one..
Searching for Allah SWT
And me..your son..I came from Kuwait..
To get to know you..
And to learn about your journey..
Your beautiful journey ..
tell us from the beginning..
I was born in a Christian family..
From my childhood, I was close to the Church
I was assisting the priest..
When I was 10 years old..
I joined an institute to learn Theological Studies
It is for those who want to be priests
I stayed there till I was 18 years old..
At that age..I felt emptiness..
Because, I couldn’t understand [ trinity]..
It didn’t make any sense to me..three means one!
My heart didn’t accept it..I couldn’t understand it..
I studied Christianity thoroughly..
But I didn’t find in it what human may need..
to live an integral life..
I left the institute and Christianity..
I was empty from inside..So, I started to look for ..
The truth.. guidance..
answers for the meaning of our existence..
Then Abu hurairah went to France to study History..
And to try to find some thing to satisfy his spirituality..
At Paris..
He joind the Communist Party..
But this didn’t last long..
Sheikh Abu Hurairah..
Why did you left communism?
Why did I left communism?
Because..
After all the efforts I did for this cause..
I still felt emptiness…felt uncomfortable..
And, I couldn’t find answers for the meaning of my life
I was a very active member of the party..
Holding its rigid principles..
Then the era of Franco came to an end!
The, Democrats took over the politics..
I felt that my efforts did not guarantee me happiness…
So, there must be something wrong..
something missing..
So, I left the party ..I left politics..
because I wasn’t looking for that..
So, Abu Hurairah continued… having his spiritual emptiness as it was..
He joined a group who were practicing Yoga
They were living their own way..
The were called, Tantra Yoga
There were no rules..no laws..
Do whatever you want to do..( No Halal or Haram)
We were living in a diserted village..called Tierras..
At the province of Navarra..
with no rules and no laws.
What I have learned till that time is that …
I have been living my life according to laws..
Put by humans..
These laws always oppress people..
When I wondered like that ..I left the group..
I took my backpack and left without knowing my destination..
Because I didn’t know myself..
Few days, before I leave the group..
A woman from the group told me..
that she is going to Granada
I told her that I want to go to Granada too..
So, we decided to meet there..
So, when I decided to leave and I didn’t know to where..
I thought of going to Granada..
I was standing.. looking.. to the right and to the left..
I didn’t know where to go..
For the first time of my life..
When I fail to do something..I used to say..
I will do this thing instead of that!
So, I find a solution.. another option..
But this time..there were no solution..
I didn’t know what to do..
That was a crucial moment in my life
I heard a voice coming from inside me..
without believing on Allah..
Ordering me!
I said; guide me..tell me what to do.. and I will..
That happened during my travelling..
I think it was at dawn..
When I arrived Granada..
I remembered a friend..
He told me before, that he became Muslim..
I said ; Islam!!
This is old..
And, I am not interested about it now..
So, I forgot about the woman and about the Yoga group
And, I decided to visit this friend..
I came to his house..
I knocked at the door..
Then, my friend.. he didn’t greet me..but ..
He said..right away..
Enter Islam..
You came because we are going to fast ..it is Ramadan coming
You are here to be Muslim..
Come to Islam..
I said to myself..
O, Allah..what is this? what is going on?
I asked for an order..and here it is!
Also, his wife, I used to know her, too
She said: Falcon, ( that was my nickname)
You are Muslim now..you came to embrace Islam..
enter Islam..
I was surprised
And, repeated in myself..O, Allah..what is this?
what is going on?
‘When my inside became so thirsty’
‘When my tears turned bloody’
‘And I feared that path leading to Hell’
‘I sought the Qur’an’
‘You are a garden keeping us alive’
‘You are a source of knowledge for scholars’
‘You are a rain cloud that we are expecting’
‘And the sky above it is the Qur’an’
‘Guided through the Qur’an’
‘Living it is the sweetness of life’
‘Guided through the Qur’an’
‘Living it is the sweetness of life’
‘Longing to the Lord, coming to Him’
‘O, God of the universe..O, great Lord’
‘You are giving generously and from you we have the Noble Quran’
So,
He asked his friend to take him to the sheikh..a Muslim..
To ask him about Islam..
I didn’t remember his words..or what I was asking about..
I only remembered that I was saying.. inside myself.. every time he says something..
Yes..Yes..Yes..
It was clear for me that Allah was responding to my Dua’a
At that moment…He arranged everything for me..to become Muslim
I had no choice
So, I entered Islam
If I didn’t, It was like, I am denying my life..
I was attending a study circle, at Granada..
They saw the new moon of Ramadan.. the crescent
Then someone said; come on..say the shahada..
So, I said it infront of them all at Ramadan ..
And, they called me Abu Hurairah
I didn’t know what does it mean? or ..
what it represent?
But the man who helped me to say the Shahada..
said; You are Abu Hurairah!
These events which Abu Hurairah had lived..
And how Allah SWT has answered his Dua’a
Motivated him to contemplate on Qur’an..
Because he felt for the first time, that..
Allah, SWT was very close to him..
This thing makes me very happy..
I felt that Allah, Almighty, had heard my Dua’a..
And had answered my request..
This is how I always feel inside of me..
I couldn’t describe this matter as I knew and as I felt
And when I read in Qur’an..
“And We have already created man ”
“and know what his soul whispers to him, ”
“and We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein”
I lived that on reality.. He answered my question!
I found laws and regulations in The Qur’an..
All what man might need to be human..
‘ With the Book of Allah, I was guided to light’
‘I had a past which I regret..I left it behind me’
‘ With the Book of Allah, I was guided to light’
‘I had a past which I regret..I left it behind me’
‘In front of the door of Allah, I prostrate with humbleness’
‘ Hoping that He would forgive the big sin’
Sheikh Abu Hurairah..ma’sha’Allah, Praise to the merciful..
You became Muslim on Ramadan?
I want to know..how as it? The first Ramadan you had?
as Muslim?
My first Ramadan was at the month of june..
when the day is long and the night is short
After I said Shahada.. it was Sahur time..
I had prepared myself to start fasting right away..
My friends were surprised..
they asked me: are you going to fast?
I said: of course, I am Muslim now.. Muslims must fast..
It was an excellent experience..
It wasn’t hard.. though it was my first time to fast..
It was a unique experiance..it benifeted my soul a lot..
The first time you opened the Book of Allah SWT..
What did you find?
The first time I read the Qur’an ..
was after I became Muslim..
I found there, what I had learned as Christian!
I found Jesus, Mary, Yahya, David,
Solomon, Moses, Noah and Adam.
I was surprised to see that..
I said to myself, this is true.. and I accepted it right away
And when I found that Jesus is not the son of Allah..
But he is His slave and His messenger..
I felt inside me that..
after I was lost, I have found the truth
And I have found Qur’an.. which is the truth
I started to read the Qur’an..
I felt strange, because I used to refuse reading books
But when I began reading it ..I didn’t feel rejecting it..
I learne that the Qur’an is a Book which..
Has all the knowledge gathered inside it
“This is the Book about which there is no doubt,”
” a guidance for those conscious of Allah”
‘The grace of guidance blessed my heart’
‘It is the start of my joy and of my life’
‘So, I decided to depend on the Entirely Merciful’
‘And followed the footsteps of Taha’
‘Oh whiff of the Qur’an, spread your scent’
‘The fragrance over my heart and my soul’
‘you are the cure for what hurts’
‘If not for the guidance, I wouldn’t had enough’
After I becam Muslim..
I didn’t doubt anything, not any more..
I found what I was looking for.. all the answers..
who am I ?.. where did I come from?..
where am I going to go at the end?
Allah said…and clearly..
That we are going back to him..
He created us… “And I did not create the jinn and”
“mankind except to worship Me.”
These were the answers for my questions..
My heart was relieved to have them..
They gave a meaning for my existance..
What is the verse which impressed you most?
Of course, the verses are many.. they influenced me
But, I can say it is surat Al-Ikhlas.. “Say, “He is Allah , [who is] One,”
Because it has all the meanings of Tawheed
Also the last verses of surat Al-Baqarah..
“The Messenger has believed …”
It is Dua’a at the same time..
We ask Allah not to charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity…
“It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned.”
“do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. ”
“Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us.”
“Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear.”
“And pardon us; and forgive us;”
“And pardon us; and forgive us;”
“and have mercy upon us.”
“You are our protector,”
“You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people.”
These verses has impressed you..Why?
Because..
They contain my begging to Allah not to look at my sins..
And to forgive me..
And not to charge me except [with that within] my capacity
And to guide me..
“You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people.”
There are so many meanings in the Ayat..
When I read them..I feel peace and tranquility..
‘Pardon me.. My hands are heavy..’
‘I am a sinner..and my soul is thirsty’
That verse..
We read it and repeat it..And it has endless meanings..
Allah SWT has commanded us to do practices and Ibadat.. with them..
we must always repent.. to Him, SWT
My father is very keen to read Qur’an..
He tries to read it every morning..
And most of the time he reads it in Arabic..
But it is difficult for him
First he reads in Arabic..Then ..
He reads the translation of that part is Spanish
Qur’an is very important for him..
So. he is trying to teach us..
and..
To do that..
He took us to Turkey..
After I became Muslim..
I thought..Now I can have kids..
because I have a message to deliver to them..
Before islam..I had nothing to give..
so i didn’t think of having kids..
Two weeks, before I meet with Abu Hurairah..
he told me that he went to do Omrah..
It was a marvelous experience of Eman..
I went to do Omrah..
I can’t express my feelings…
when I was in front of Al-Kaaba
When I entered Al-Masjid Al-Haram..
my eyes were closed..
Then I opened them an I saw All-Kaaba..
I felt connected to another world..
Now, I am in front of Al-Bait..which was built by Ibrahim
Al- Bait which Muhammed SAW, had walked around it in [Tawaf]..
I started my Tawaf..
and my soul was full of peace and tranquility..
Now, I only think of going back there..again…
I want to feel what I have felt before ..again..
‘With the Book of Allah, I was guided to light’
‘I had a past which I regret..I left it behind me’
‘With the Book of Allah, I was guided to light’
‘I had a past which I regret..I left it behind me’
‘I prostrated in front the door of Allah..with humbleness.’
‘Hoping that He would forgive the big sin’
I ask Allah that I live and die as Muslim..
And my family too..
This is my wish..
Qur’an is a great Book..
My Book..
At the institute where I was studying Christianity ..
I learned that books are not sources of knowledge..
But today ..I can say with confidence..that..
The only Book that people will need for their guidance..is Qur’an
We can find all what we need inside Qur’an..
Every time I read it ..I discover new things..
It is a source of knowledge ..which is endless..
I am surprised that sometimes I read some verses..
which I have read before..
Yet, I discover something new..
Something I didn’t notice before..
And.
Although I have read these verses before ..several times..
I read Qur’an ..and I am never tired of reading it..
Every time I discover something new..
And I get answers for issues I need to know about..
And while I am reading..
I say..Oh, this is what I was looking for..
That is why, Qur’an is a great Book..
‘I was far from it.. But when I came close..’
‘I was guided by it.. right away..’
‘ You had known it.. for a long time.. from childhood..’
‘Why some people have dead hearts?’
‘My criticism, ummah of Qur’an.. is full of love’
‘because it is a sin to desert Qur’an’
‘ Tomorrow, the prophet will blame us.. is that acceptable?’
‘ Tomorrow, what are we going to say? what’s our excuse?’
‘My criticism, ummah of Qur’an.. is full of love’
‘because it is a sin to desert Qur’an’
‘Tomorrow, the prophet will blame us.. is that acceptable?’
‘Tomorrow, what are we going to say? what’s our excuse?’