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**xochex** · 10-09-2011, 10:15 PM

Assalaamu'alaikum,

I thought I would bump this thread. Anybody with more thoughts/ideas on how to deal with modernist/liberal Muslims? I now have some family who regard me as being too 'hardcore' when I have decided I don't want to have a job and instead want to study deen, focus on family and have started wearing niqab... I think some people just don't get how scholarship works in Islam and end up trying to go out into the world, do da'wa and tell everyone that "We Muslims are just like you in most ways" but they are so oblivious to their own lack of understanding in the deen, and don't follow Islam with complete submission. How do we deal with these people??

Walaikum Assalam,

Just wanted to say that keep up your good work, and Allah will test you with these situation to check your patience and Sabr and as you persevere InshAllah your rank will be elevated in the sight of Allah. As for dealing with your relatives and modernist. If you are good at what you do, if you polish your character , and you seriously gain knowledge and Allah blesses you with Wisdom, then in time the modernist will see themselves that how your deen and duniya will both be in a better condition compared to them. I personally know someone , came from back home, was a niqabi, and relatives here were all whinning about how she wont be able to do much in these societies, But Allah made things easy for her,she was determined and she did well in all the things she wanted to do, raised a good practicing family here, and always kept her character high, and the tides have changed and now the modernist relatives have not much to say, cuz she is well adjusted and did all that they thought she would never been able to do. But we have to deal with these muslim modernist with patience, alot of them are sincere in the deen, but have weak iman and think that its time to let the burqas and beards go. If we argue with them then its not any use. The best thing is to prove them wrong and show them that you can function well in the society and Allah is the one who makes things easy. But this will also require a strong faith and trust in Allah from your behalf. These were just my thoughts and personal experiences. Wasslam

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xochex Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 572 Senior Member	Assalaamu'alaikum, I thought I would bump this thread. Anybody with more thoughts/ideas on how to deal with modernist/liberal Muslims? I now have some family who regard me as being too 'hardcore' when I have decided I don't want to have a job and instead want to study deen, focus on family and have started wearing niqab... I think some people just don't get how scholarship works in Islam and end up trying to go out into the world, do da'wa and tell everyone that "We Muslims are just like you in most ways" but they are so oblivious to their own lack of understanding in the deen, and don't follow Islam with complete submission. How do we deal with these people?? Walaikum Assalam, Just wanted to say that keep up your good work, and Allah will test you with these situation to check your patience and Sabr and as you persevere InshAllah your rank will be elevated in the sight of Allah. As for dealing with your relatives and modernist. If you are good at what you do, if you polish your character , and you seriously gain knowledge and Allah blesses you with Wisdom, then in time the modernist will see themselves that how your deen and duniya will both be in a better condition compared to them. I personally know someone , came from back home, was a niqabi, and relatives here were all whinning about how she wont be able to do much in these societies, But Allah made things easy for her,she was determined and she did well in all the things she wanted to do, raised a good practicing family here, and always kept her character high, and the tides have changed and now the modernist relatives have not much to say, cuz she is well adjusted and did all that they thought she would never been able to do. But we have to deal with these muslim modernist with patience, alot of them are sincere in the deen, but have weak iman and think that its time to let the burqas and beards go. If we argue with them then its not any use. The best thing is to prove them wrong and show them that you can function well in the society and Allah is the one who makes things easy. But this will also require a strong faith and trust in Allah from your behalf. These were just my thoughts and personal experiences. Wasslam
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