Excuses, excuses!

Right, time for a moan. I've just read a girl's comment on a forum. She said, "As I've said to my mum a gazillion times, if you wanted a good little pakistani muslim, you shoulda stayed at home".

Ok, let's get the record straight. No country is going to make a person good. It is up to you if you want to become a good Muslim. You have to want it and work for it by increasing your Iman. To do this you have to seek knowledge, keep good company and most importantly, remember Allah.

So many people talk about how hard it is living in this country and that we should try and move to a Muslim country. Here are some points why this is not the solution:

1. What is a Muslim country and is there such thing, really?
2. There is much corruption and haram practices taking place in predominately Muslim countries making it a no better place to be in.
3. It's everyone's duty to spread Islam. Isn't being in other countries, giving dawah by mouth and actions, fulfilling, rewardful and of course Sunnah, as the Prophet (SAW) sent people far and wide to spread Islam?
4. If your complaining that it's difficult because maybe you feel alienated and you would just rather fit in, know that in the time of the Prophet (SAW) the Muslims were the minority. They were alienated but they stayed strong, worshipping Allah, and obeying their Lord and Messenger.
5. A word I hate so much is INTERGRATION. If you are complaining that Islam does not allow you to intergrate and in this country intergration is very important, I say rubbish. Allah is perfect, His religion is perfect, He has given us guidance for everything in life, including how to intergrate with non Muslims. You only have to read the Seerah of the Prophet (SAW) to see how intergrated he was.

Now, why must the phrase 'good little Pakistani Muslim' be used. Is it asuming that you can only be a good Muslim if your Pakistani? This is where some parents go wrong. They put so much emphasis on their native country, expecting their children to love it for all the reasons they do, but it's not going to happen. If their children are raised here they have to understand that their children don't have the same connection with their country as they do. So saying they have to be like this or that because they are Pakistani, or any other nationality, is not going to have an effect them. What they need to be taught is; to love Allah, to know He is the Creator, to know we were created to only worship Him, the things we are required to do and stay away from and their rewards and punishments.

Moan over!