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Zahra Amatullah Posted: Apr 19 2004, 20:39

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assalam alaikoum,

i just want to know, is anyone here or does anyone know of any sikhs, men and women, in real life who have reverted to Islam?

i've already tried looking on the internet for some information, but there is nothing apart from stories about a 60 year old Sikh man in India, a sikh girl in Brunei for instance.

there were some posts in other website forums, i tried to contact them but no response really.

thanks.

wa salam.

(i want to know about genuine cases)

*Proud*Muslimah Posted: Apr 19 2004, 21:03

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As Salaam Alykum,

I am good friends with a sister who was sikh previously. Alhamdulilah she is such a strong Muslimah now!!

Can you PM? Give me your email (or I can give you hers) and you guys can keep in touch.

It really amazes me when I see reverts on a whole but it's much more impactful to me personally when I meet someone of the same b/g as I on

ce had that also converted, so I know what you mean!

faizmalik Posted: Apr 20 2004, 04:44

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salaam alaikum

we guys? :umm: u mean u girl!?

wslm..

21st July, 2002

First Sikh to convert to Islam

The number of people of other faiths, who have converted to Islam continues

to increase.

Yesterday four people, including a Sikh girl, embraced Islam together at a

ceremony at the Islamic Dakwah Centre in Kampong Pulaie, RTB reported

yesterday.

The Sikh girl, Amrita Kaur Sandhu's new Muslim name is Isya Aqillah binti

Abdullah. Dayang Isya Aqillah, 17, is a student at Menteri Secondary School.

She decided to embrace Islam because she believes that Islam is a truly holy

religion.

Records show she is the first Sikh to embrace the faith in the country, RTB

reported.

The conversion ceremony was witnessed by the Assistant Director the Islamic

Dakwah Centre, Dayang Hjh Zasia Sirin. The three other new Muslim converts

are an Iban, a Bisaya and a Chinese.

Liew Che Liong is now known as Awang Muhammad Zulhilmi bin Abdullah. Saidi

Anak Kayok has taken the Muslim name Awang Muhammad Saiful Saidinee bin

Abdullah. Dayang Merdiana Anak Liang is now known as Dayang Nurdiana binti

Abdullah Liang.

amina Posted: Apr 20 2004, 06:06

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Topic Faith & Practice

Title How to Convinc

e a Sikh about Islam?

Question As-salamu `alaykum

Dear brother or sister,

I'm reading about Sikhism because I'm intending to help some Sikhs to convert to Islam. It's not an easy task, so would you please help me answering the following questions?

Was Guru Nanak a Muslim?

Is it true that the Sikh's holy book, the Adit, contains some ideas of Muslim and Hindu holy men or scholars?

Could you give me some information to be used with a Sikh by which I can convince him of the Qur'an and raise doubts about his own book?

Jazakum Allah khayrun

Date 2003/11/3

Name of Consultant Shahul Hameed

Content of Reply

Salam, Mohammed.

Thank you very much for your question.

Sikhism as we know it today is the result of the teachings of the ten Gurus, the first of which was Guru Nanak (1469-1539) and the tenth and last of which was Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708).

Guru Nanak spread a simple message: "We are all one, created by the One Creator of all Creation." There is no definitive biography of Guru Nanak, though there have been many attempts to write the story of his life by his devotees after his death.

According to Dr. Hari Ram Gupta, author of A Life-Sketch of Guru Nanak, Nanak started his mission at a time when both Hinduism and Islam as practiced in the Indian Subcontinent had become distorted and degraded. The caste system was at its worst, and all kinds of corruption had become rampant in society. Men of vision were worried, and they attacked the rot that had set in the society. Rather than address the socio-political problems, the reformers of the day tried to initiate a spiritual movement that would turn people towards God. They believed that this was the way to cure the ills of the society.

Guru Nanak was indeed the most important of these reformers. He was born to a simple Hindu family. From an early age, he made friends with both Hindus and Muslims and acquired a good knowledge of Hind

uism and Islam. He used to spend long hours in discussions with Muslim and Hindu holy men of the area.

There is a story of how he disappeared for three days and came back with enlightenment. It is reported that he was no longer the same person he had been. Then he uttered these words:

"There is but One God, His name is Truth, He is the Creator, He fears none, He is without hate, He never dies, He is beyond the cycle of births and death, He is self illuminated, He is realized by the kindness of the True Guru. He was True in the beginning, He was True when the ages commenced and has ever been True, He is also True now." (Japji)

These words are enshrined at the beginning of the Sikh holy scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib. It was 1499 and Guru Nanak was thirty years old at this time.

After this, with a Muslim companion, Guru Nanak undertook long journeys as part of a spiritual mission. He took twelve years to return from this first journey. He then set out on a second journey traveling as far south as Sri Lanka. On his third journey Guru Nanak traveled to the north to Tibet.

Guru Nanak visited Sheikh Ibrahim, the Muslim successor of Baba Farid, the great Sufi dervish of the twelfth century at Ajodhan. When asked by Ibrahim which of the two religions was the true way to attain God, Guru Nanak replied, "If there is one God, then there is only His way to attain Him, not another. One must follow that way and reject the other. Worship not him who is born only to die, but Him Who is eternal and is contained in the whole universe."

On his fourth great journey Guru Nanak dressed in the blue garb of a Muslim pilgrim and traveled to Makkah. He visited Madinah and Baghdad, too.

After having spent a lifetime in traveling abroad and setting up missions, an aged Nanak returned home to Punjab. He settled down at Kartharpur with his family. People came from far and near to hear his hymns and preaching.

After Guru Nanak’s death in September 1539, his Hindu followers thought

him to be a Hindu and his Muslim followers thought him to be a Muslim. That is to say, both Muslims and Hindus viewed him from the perspective of their respective faiths.

It was the later disciples of Nanak who gave shape to a new religion, of which Nanak is considered the first Guru. In 1604, Arjan Dev (one of the ten Gurus) compiled the hymns of Guru Nanak along with the compositions of both Hindu and Muslim holy men, like Jaidev, Surdas, Sheikh Farid, and Kabir. The compiled book was enshrined by Arjan in the Golden Temple and was called the Adi Granth.

It was the tenth Guru, Gobind Singh, who organized the community of Sikhs into a khalsa — "a spiritual brotherhood devoted to purity of thought and action." He taught his followers to wear long hair (kesh, denoting saintly appearance), underwear (kachha, denoting self-control), iron bangle (kara, denoting purity in acts), comb (kangha, denoting cleanliness of mind and body), and sword (kirpan, denoting fight for a just cause).

The Sikh scripture called the Adi Granth (called respectfully as Guru Granth Sahib) is considered the Supreme Spiritual Authority and Head of the Sikh religion, rather than any living person. It contains the works of not only the ten Gurus but also the hymns by sufis like Sheikh Farid (1175 - 1265) and Sheikh Bhikan (who died during the early part of Akbar’s reign).

From the foregoing, we understand the following:

Guru Nanak was a religious reformer at best; he was not the founder of any new religion.

Sikhism is the creation of the Gurus, particularly of Guru Gobind Singh, whose compositions and innovations form the content and the framework of the new religion.

The scripture of Sikhism is not any revelation from God but only the compositions of the Gurus as well as those of certain Muslim and Hindu mystics. For this reason, there is no meaning in talking about the authenticity of the book as a Divine Revelation. Because neither the book nor the authors claim it to have been reveale

d by God.

As Muslims, we can perform da`wah to the Sikhs, chiefly by appealing to their faith in the Oneness of God. We can tell them that Guru Nanak was most probably a Muslim when he died; the available evidence favors that conclusion. Anyway he did not try to replace Islam with a new religion; on the other hand, his utterances point to the fact that he certainly believed Islam to be the True Religion of God.

Zahra Amatullah Posted: Apr 20 2004, 08:29

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assalam alaikoum,

jazakallahu khair for the two articles, i have read them before. i was wondering whether you know of any sikhs in your area who may have converted, if that makes it any clearer. they could be from the UK, Canada, America and anywhere else in the world.

wa salam.

AbdulMajid Posted: Apr 20 2004, 09:38

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I had a friend, at university//// she used to go clubbing with a sikh guy, but things changed, they both became religious in their second year of university. They were never romantically interested. The Sikh guy converted to Islam , and the Girl started wearing Hijaab.. n stuff she was already muslims..

Needless to say the ex sikh couldnt tell ppl about his revertion because of the big fuss it would cause.. and he would probably be terminated or banged up proper.

I also know od ex SIkhs who become muslims and go on Jamaat ..

Know this SIkh girl , dad was sikh, mum

muslim, she embraced Islam... got married to some paki. SO ya there are enuff stories.. around.

Me other mate , a medic, had a Hindu ( same thung as sikhism init ) firend, she converted to Islam after a year of research. They both married now... whilst still at uni. The guy wasnt a clubber, ladies man or stud or anything, infact he had a long beard.. but he was a good muslim boy. Got another mate who reverted a Hindu girl too, n married her, although they recently divorced, because he was too committed to Tableeghi Jamaat and going on 40 day vacations with the brothers etc..etc.. and she wotned to do other stuff.

This is all by the Grace of Allah subhan'talah.! :lol: )

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Zahra Amatullah Posted: Apr 20 2004, 09:53

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assalam alaikoum,

thank you for that info brother abdulmajid. there are very rare cases where Sikhs revert to Islam hence the reason why i cannot find out nay information about it. moreover, it is difficult for Sikhs to openly declare that they are Muslim because of the retaliation that they will face from the Sikh community.

since i don't know of any Sikhs personally who have become Muslims it is difficult to make contact with such people. it's really difficult where i live too cos there is a large indian and muslim community, and word gets round really easy if you know what i mean :wub: .

inchal

lah Allah will guide me.

wa salam

p.s. please if anyone has further info let me know or PM me.

DesertLion Posted: Apr 20 2004, 13:48

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:aa: I have known 2 Sikhs and 1 Hindu.... who had become Muslim..

SparklLZz Posted: Apr 30 2004, 20:38

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asalaam hu alaikum

my cousin's wife was sikh and now alhamdulillah she is a muslim

also my other cousin's wife was a hindu and now mashallah she is a better muslim than any of us in my fam! we learn from her!! mashallah

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Ashti Posted: May 1 2004, 20:23

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Well I know of a Sikh girl who became a Muslimah and married a Pakistani Muslim but later she got a divorce because he wasn’t religious enough but she’s still very devout, does hijaab/niqaab and all.

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salaam

i just thought i would reply and inform you that i am revert born into the sikh faith, however it has been 12 years now, marshallah i have six sons my eldest is going to be 9 in july, and even after my divorce i would never turn away from Islam. I born and raised in englan Uk, and i came to canada almost 4 years ago.

wasalaam Aishah

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Welcome to IF, Aishah.

Plz, read our forum rules if you haven't done so yet, :j: .

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QUOTE (Aishah @ May 2 2004, 05:08)

i just thought i would reply and inform you that i am revert born into the sikh faith

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Welcome to IF sister Aishah.

Its great that you have found the true path, 12 years ago, alhamdo l'Ellah.

I invite you to write your reverting story in a separate topic. I'm sure everyone will be excited to know all about it. You may start a new topic here, or better still, in this forum:

http://forums.gawaher.com/show.ppa/showforum/78

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salaam brothers..im happy to hear all of this in your country (UK i presume?) but the exact opposite is true here..muslim women have a reputation (even among whites) of sleeping around with sikh, hindu and to a less extent whites..and many (hundreds a year in vancouver alone according to stats canada) of converting to sikhism and hinduism..especially the persian and pakistanis...this includes 2 of my cousins..i asked them why and they felt that Is

lam is way to strict and needs to adjust to survive in the west....BS..does anyone have any ideas of trying to bring them back in the fold??thanks.

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salaam, actually i was born and raised in england i only came to canada almost four years ago. But i know what you mean, i think this a recent trend, and it will phase out. i think at the moment they find the religion restictive but they will come back because when you hit with difficult time and even your own turn against you that on eccaepts that there is not other than Allah to turn to. Inshallah we have to keep doing dawah and start praticing and stop be hypocrites so that people can see and discover the true beauty of Islam. i use to judge Islam by those that claimied to be muslim and took Islam for granted, but i learned in the end, that i can not do that because when i study Islam i can see the wisdom, the beauty and justice and we must remember to turn to the quran and the sunnah as our example of how we must live our day to day lives even when we are praticing against the majority. there is a saying that there will come a time when there will be an ocean full of muslims but only a drop will consist of true believers. We must fear Allah and struggle because this will be the true test of our imaan, it is is to blind follow a culture or group. The responsibilty is upon us individually first to strugle and aquire knowledge. For me it is very easy to differciate between my past (life as a sikh) and my present and future as a muslim, because i know everything i understood and was riased to believe is the norm such as, my culture my traditions and so on are not from Islam, so i leave everything that was before and i can draw a clear line between what was before and what is noe and what i must leave behind, but for those that are born into muslim yet cultural familys from ceratain count

ries such as pakistan have thier culture, traditions also aquired and mixed with the bordering countries such as india, thier knowledge is usually limited and tangled up with this culture and traditions most which can be regarded as seriouse forms of bida in Islam, however it is very difficult to clearly show and draw a line between the culture and Islam, for them it is the norm, that is part of thier understood perspective of Islam and its pratices. To try to duvide the two is almost difficult and very challenging for the youth of today. Culture is a very big part of asian life these days. If you were to walk down an asian/indian area of toronto or vancouver or even southall in england, you can not identify who is a muslim, a hindu, and a sikh, because between these three religions at times, it is a tread to have a beard (goti) fastionable asian clothing with a scarf bearly covering the head, and when they dress in western clothing there is no way to identify them any other way than by then universal term as east asians.

anyway i hope my views helped a little, however this is just my perspective. wasalaam

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: i just found out that this topic has be discussed before.

Waheguroo.. i just read and i was just shocked.... Sorry guys...

Waheguru ji ka khalsa Waheguru ji ki fateh! :wub:

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sikhi lookz at QUALITY!!......

Thatz the only way i can put it in to........

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bit too much of a general statement me thinks :wub: