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Radiating With Allah's Love
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| Aminah Assilmi |
| "It did not take me long to start being aware of His blessing … I learned how very important it was for me to share the truth of Islam with everyone. It did not matter if people, Muslim or not, agreed with me or even liked me. The only approval I needed was from Allah. Yet, I discovered more and more people who for no apparent reason loved me. I rejoiced, for I remembered reading that if Allah loves you, He causes others to love you. I am not worthy of all the love. That means it must be another gift from Allah. Allah is the Greatest!" |
The sacrifice that Assilmi made for the sake of Allah (swt) was tremendous. And so Allah (swt) turned in mercy to her and rewarded her with enormous blessings. Her family discarded her after she accepted Islam, and now by Allah’s mercy, most of them are Muslim. She lost her friends because of Islam, and now she is being loved by so many. “Friends who loved came out of nowhere”, she said. Allah’s blessings came upon her so much that wherever she goes people are touched by the beauty of Islam and accept the Truth. Both Muslims and non-Muslims now come to her for advice and counseling.
She lost her job because of wearing hijab, and now she is the President of the International Union of Muslim Women. She delivers lectures nationwide and is on high demand. It was her organization that successfully lobbied for the “Eid Stamp” and had it approved by the United States Postal Service, but it took many years of work. She is now working on making the Eid Day as a national holiday. She has tremendous trust on Allah’s love and mercy and she never looses faith on Him. She was once diagnosed with cancer some years ago. Doctors said that it was in an advanced stage and that she would live for another year. But her faith in Allah (swt) remained strong. “We must all die. I was confident that the pain I was experiencing contained blessings.” As a brilliant example of how much one can love Allah, she mentions about a friend of her named Kareem Al-Misawi who died of cancer when he was in his 20’s:
"Shortly before he died, he told me that Allah was truly Merciful. This man was in
unbelievable anguish and was radiating with Allah’s love. He said: “Allah intends
that I should enter heaven with a clean book.” His death experience gave me
something to think about. He taught me of Allah’s love and mercy."
All praise is due to Allah, she continues to live in good health. She now thinks
that having cancer was the greatest blessing that she ever had.
Assilmi’s is a story of faith and conviction. It is a story of test and tribulation
and success. It is a story of triumphant victory of faith. It is a story of
inspiration for the rest of us, and it is a story of confidence and reliance on
Allah. It is story of Allah’s love and mercy, and it is a story of Allah’s
promise come true. “True, Allah has tested me as was promised, and rewarded me
far beyond what I could ever hoped for”.
May Almighty Allah continue to shower His love, mercy, and blessings on this
wonderful Muslima. May Allah grant her long life and enable her to do more and
more work for Islam. May Allah benefit more and more people by her story and
example, and turn their hearts to the Message of Truth, and to His love and mercy.
Bibliography:
Aminah Assilmi, Choosing Islam (The Introduction and Decision)Scripps Howard News Service: Former Baptist Explains why she is now a Muslim, Nov 1, 1997
The Post (Ohio Univ Student Newspaper), Veil is Not Oppressive, Oct 25, 1995
Aminah Assilmi, Getting to Know Allah Through Nature (video)
Welcome Back, a radio interview of Aminah Assilmi by Islamic Foundation of America, August, 2001 By Mushfiqur Rahman. Posted 8/28/2001