Glad Tidings To Strangers.

[Abu Habiba]

Salaam everyone,

The Holy Prophet of Allah, Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam, was reported to have said:--"Islam initiated (started) as something strange, and it will revert to its (old position) of being strange. So, glad tidings to the stranger"! (Muslim)

 

Today, we have become so distant from Islam that the way in which the Prophet, Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam, did some things appears strange to us. Even people who welcome Islam in their lives, find Muslims behaving strangely, which on further investigation turns out to be the recommended behavior in Islam. So, we should not shy away from being perceived as strangers.

 

Someone asked the Prophet, Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam, "Who are the strangers"? He replied, "The ones who break away from their people (literally, tribes) for the sake of Islam". The Prophet, Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam, gave glad tidings to those who will be cut off from their people because they choose to follow Islam. Everybody else's lifestyle will have become so contrary to Allah's Wishes, that the person who follows Islam will appear strange and will be rejected.