Muallaf

I always love to read or listen the Muallaf's stories. Muallaf is a religion converter (other religion to Islam). Today, as usual I drove all the way from office, but of course with the driver beside me, my mom still hasnt given her permission yet for me to drive alone. It was jam.We talk all the way to home, my driver is a muallaf, he converted from Hindu into Islam, when he was 12 years old! Even that time, his parents were Hindus, so he was the first member of his family who was being a muallaf.  His name is Karim (the name after convert).

How was the way he found this amazing religion? The way His blessing came to him. He was riding bicycle around his house, somewhere in Negara (Negara is one of the region name in Bali), then after a while he heard adzaan. 'Allahuu Akbar, Allahuu Akbar..." The way he told was amazing! Then he tried to find the source of the adzaan by riding the bycycle. Where this sound comes from? From which house?I never heard this kind of sound. What is it for? Finally he reached the 'house', the place where he wanted to know. 

He asked one of the guy at that 'house', "Ini suara apa, Pak? Ada apa di rumah ini? Kenapa ada suara seperti ini? untuk apa?" (What sound is this, Sir? What happen in this house? Why this sound happen? What for?)

The guy laughed, "Dek, ini bukan rumah, ini masjid. Suara yang dimaksud itu adzan, itu panggilan untuk sholat untuk muslim". (Boy, this is not house, this is masjid. The sound that you mean is adzan, islamic call for prayer)

Well, at the other day, he heard the same sound everyday, he was extremely curious, and come to the same 'house', well ya house of Allah. And at the certain moment, he asked so many basic things about islam, and then guy recite the Surat Al-Ikhlas with the translation, the message of that Surat brought him to Islam, then he said Could I convert my religion to Islam? How? That time, he directly convert his religion at the age of 12. With his own curiousity he found the blessing of Allah. Allahu Akbar!

3 years later, his parents got hidayah from Allah. Then follow by other family members, moment by moment. He told me one interesting story about his brother, how he found islam, his brother just converted a month ago, now his family is officially muslim family. For the whole family. He give his brother a challenge, slaughtered a chicken. At that time, his brother is hindus, so when the challenge starts, he slaughtered the chicken just as easy as that, without any recite anything, ya iyalah. And Pak Karim slaughtered the chicken with islamic way, one of it by saying bismillah. Pak Karim told his brother, this chicken is owned by my God, Allah and this chicken will back to Allah. And I believe, truly believe if this chicken is halal to consume and healthy. By Allah's will, his brother's chicken has bad smell and so many insects around it. On the contrary, Pak Karim's one is fresh no insects around it. Days after that, his brother recite syahadah. Subhanallah. And so many other stories, of how others family member of him convert to Islam. Subhanallah!! And his village now, become 'Kampung Islam'!

Say Alhamdulillah, now! Alhamdulillah Ya Rabb.