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**thargeagsaf** · 10-02-2011, 05:56 AM

asalaamu alaykum

i think you may need to back off slightly as when you turn religious others do get intimidated around you and feel like your forever preaching to them. When he says something about your beard or trousers there is no need to get into a discussion about the importance of it....it seems like he already knows this stuff so it can come across very patronising...just say to him that you would feel guilty if you did any of that and it makes you uncomfrotable and leave it at that...try not to get into a debate over it

give your family members dawah through displaying a good character rather than pointing out hadiths and quranic ayahs to them...inshaAllah if you behave nicely with them they themselves will fall in love with the deen

10-02-2011, 05:56 AM	#10
thargeagsaf Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 447 Senior Member	asalaamu alaykum i think you may need to back off slightly as when you turn religious others do get intimidated around you and feel like your forever preaching to them. When he says something about your beard or trousers there is no need to get into a discussion about the importance of it....it seems like he already knows this stuff so it can come across very patronising...just say to him that you would feel guilty if you did any of that and it makes you uncomfrotable and leave it at that...try not to get into a debate over it give your family members dawah through displaying a good character rather than pointing out hadiths and quranic ayahs to them...inshaAllah if you behave nicely with them they themselves will fall in love with the deen
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