Adolescent boy who has not been baptised

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   Hello,

It is a good sign that she was not mad.. 

I would say that take it one step at a time. I think continuing your own education is paramount. 

First of all each of us, comes from Allah- our Creator,  The Divine. When people have a "tough" life and they are young, it is SO hard to find the beauty. Isually it comes from low self-esteem. When your family, home life is some-what broken, it is hard to find where you belong.   When you are neglected it is easy to feel unloved. I have been doing alot of research oh street children all over the world. Imagining what it must like to feel like you are worth nothing to others, you are invisible. 

And adding onto Nur Ilahi's point.. is that this life is a test.. and we are all tested in different ways. It is not how we start so to speak-being baptized or who are family was or is, but what we do with it. How do we behave, how do we think, what we believe. 

Please keep us updated and ask any questions.

Hayfa

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Hayfa Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Female Joined: 07 June 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2368	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hayfa Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 July 2008 at 1:31pm
	Hello, It is a good sign that she was not mad.. I would say that take it one step at a time. I think continuing your own education is paramount. First of all each of us, comes from Allah- our Creator, The Divine. When people have a "tough" life and they are young, it is SO hard to find the beauty. Isually it comes from low self-esteem. When your family, home life is some-what broken, it is hard to find where you belong. When you are neglected it is easy to feel unloved. I have been doing alot of research oh street children all over the world. Imagining what it must like to feel like you are worth nothing to others, you are invisible. And adding onto Nur Ilahi's point.. is that this life is a test.. and we are all tested in different ways. It is not how we start so to speak-being baptized or who are family was or is, but what we do with it. How do we behave, how do we think, what we believe. Please keep us updated and ask any questions. Hayfa
	When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy. Rumi

seekshidayath Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Female Islam Joined: 26 March 2006 Location: India Status: Offline Points: 3357	Post Options Post Reply Quote seekshidayath Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 July 2008 at 7:25pm
	Hello Steve Welcome to IslamiCity. I applaud your efforts and concern for a boy who was a stranger to you earlier. Right now, try to be friendly with his mother. Don;t speak to her of the topic, but just about her and her son. Later, when she is friendly with you, you can then ask her again if you can take them to the mosque. This process may take some time, till then both you and your new friend { boy} can study Islam. You can ask us any of your doubts without any hesitation. You can then discuss this to to his mother too. As sister hayfa said, keep us updated with the happenings Edited by seekshidayath - 09 July 2008 at 7:27pm
	Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: �All the descendants of Adam are sinners, and the best of sinners are those who repent."

sdaignau Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Starter Joined: 03 July 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote sdaignau Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 July 2008 at 8:26am
	Hi. I've tried calling Masjid Muhammad in Atlantic City, but there hasn't been an answer or answering machine. It is a modest distance away (maybe 45 minutes) and I can probably make a visit either this or next weekend to see what course of action they prefer. I haven't had any specific conversation with the Mother in the last couple days. I know only a few basics about Islam apart from what I can read in the news or on the internet (like wikipedia). Which is no good indication, of course.... -Steve

Hayfa Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Female Joined: 07 June 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2368	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hayfa Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 July 2008 at 3:25am
	Salaams Steve.. If you do go plan o go about 1pm in afternoon or in the evenings.. if you go say 9am, no one may be there.. Maybe we should buy them answering machine..lol
	When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy. Rumi