My experience at Madani mosque
In my life, I got stranded away from Islam. For the past 2 years I have been praying all my salats. I started going to the mosque that I use to go to when I was a teenager but I felt that the mosque has changed and it is not like the old days.
So one beautiful day I decided to go to the Madani mosque. I went there for the Asr prayer. I got there 40 minutes before the salat. When I enter the mosque, some regular brothers saw me but they did not give any negative reaction. No one came to me and sad can I help you nor did anyone said I have never seen you in this mosque before, who are you and what are you doing here. When I enter the mosque, there was the madrasa going on. It reminded me of my teenage years when I use to study the Quran at my mosque. I stood in a corner and observed. My attention went on a particular teacher, I believe he is from an Arabic origins. The way he interacted with his students specially after the madrasa finished reminded me of my Molana who thought me the surahs from the Quran. I could see on his face that if this teacher loves someone after Allah SWT and Mohammad peace be upon him, it is his students. When the time came for the salat of Asr, there was a boy from the madrasa who came close to me and said Assalam o Alekum. I replied and putout my hand to shake his hand but then I realized that he had a problem with his right hand so I opened my arms to give him a hug. This boy hugged me in a way that I felt like he is saying to me “brother, we have been waiting for you to come to this mosque for a long time, finally you are here.” After the salat of Asr, I sad Assalam o Alekum to 2 or 3 brothers they replied with a genuine smile. I went to the parking and enter my car. But then I felt so much rehmat of Allah SWT that my heart did not wanted to leave the mosque. After 15 minutes, finally I got the courage to leave.
The next day, I came back for salat of Maghrib. I came 20 minutes early. Knowing that my salats are not perfect, I gather up my courage and asked a random elderly gentleman if he could listen to my Attahiyat and correct my mistakes. That gentleman with the help of Allah SWT corrected my mistakes. He did not made fun of me nor did he got mad at me for not to be able to recite the Attahiyat properly. Instead he gave me this feeling that he wants to say “My son, I have been sitting all my life in this mosque just for you so with the blessing and help from Allah SWT I can correct your Attahiyat”. After the salat of Maghrib, another elderly gentleman approached me and invited me to listen to some Hadith recited by another brother.
When I went back home that evening, I lied down on my bed. I could not stop myself from thinking about Madani mosque. That’s when I realized, for the past 2 years I have been praying to Allah SWT regularly and after each prayer I made dua for Allah SWT to send me someone to guide me back to the path of Islam. Here at Madani mosque, Allah SWT sent me an entire army of angles in human form to help me and guide me on the path of Allah SWT.
I have never felt that much love for Allah SWT as much as I feel now.
From the bottom of my heart and the bottom of my soul, I thank Allah SWT for creating Madani mosque, for creating Imam Imran and all the brothers and sister who have contributed to Madani mosque.
Slowly but surely I will become a perfect Muslim by coming to Madani mosque.
My message to all the brothers and sisters out there who want to repent and come back to Islam. Do not lose hope, do not stay confused. Come to Madani mosque. No one will judge you and no one will force you to do anything. There is help from Allah SWT available at Madani mosque.
Alhamdulillah, Subhanallah, Allahu Akber