{"id":118757,"date":"2017-11-27T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T04:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=118757"},"modified":"2017-11-27T08:05:24","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T00:05:24","slug":"muslim-converts-seeking-guidance-to-lead-islamic-way-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=118757","title":{"rendered":"Muslim converts seek guidance to lead Islamic way of life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>By Masturah Jamilah<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>GOMBAK, 27 November 2017: A forum entitled \u02dcThe Journey Back to Illahi was focusing more on the \u02dcMualaf or the Muslim converts to seek guidance for the next step that they should take to live in the Islamic way.<\/p>\n<p>This programme conducted by Pertubuhan Kebajikan Islam Malaysia Secretariat IIUM Gombak (PERKIM) took place at Main Auditorium IIUM from 8 p.m until 11 p.m on Saturday (25 November).<\/p>\n<p>\u0153Learning Islam is not only \u02dcFardu Kifayah but it is \u02dcFardu Ain for every Muslim because how can we know our Creator and His messenger if we are not trying to learn it, \u009d said Dakwah Officer of PERKIM National, Ustaz Muhammad Jais Mariappan Abdullah.<\/p>\n<p>There were some motivations and experiences that had been shared by the panelists with\u00c2\u00a0 the audiences as the panelists and moderators are \u02dcMualaf as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u0153I need to sacrifice everything in terms of money, family, work and everything that I had, just to believe in one God and I want to be close to Him, but at that time I do not feel that I lost something because I have Him as my Sustainer,&#8221; said ex-priest Southeast Asia, Bung RM. Ahmad Alfirdauz Siagian, M. Th.<\/p>\n<p>Ustaz Muhammad Jais also shared some tips with the audiences on how to survive after being converted to Islam, and the preparations they should make to face the difficult situations.<\/p>\n<p>\u0153Do not ever give up on what you have chosen because this is \u02dcHidayah from Allah and always believe that Allah is there for you and just ask for Him,\u009d said Ustaz Muhammad Jais.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the audiences were \u02dcMualaf from different ethnic backgrounds like Indian, Chinese, Indonesian and Orang Asli.<\/p>\n<p>\u0153Do not ever lose your hope in Him and always keep strong whenever you are faced with difficulties in your way to Him because He never neglects His own slave,&#8221; said the moderator as he closed the forum session. ***<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Masturah Jamilah GOMBAK, 27 November 2017: A forum entitled \u02dcThe Journey Back to Illahi was focusing more on the \u02dcMualaf or the Muslim converts&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"nelio_content":{"isAutoShareEnabled":true,"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"followers":[],"suggestedReferences":[],"efiUrl":"","efiAlt":"","highlights":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118757"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118757"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118800,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118757\/revisions\/118800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}