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Still have same friends before converting?
After becoming Muslim, did you still keep your old friends? I know that I started to slowly noticed how I did not have much in common with most of my friends and starting hanging out with Muslims. Now I still have 3 good friends that I've had a long time and keep in touch with them, but we usually just talk on the phone and don't live close. It's really hard to find good Muslim friends that you can always count on. Anyone else find it hard?
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I have met a woman who is also a muslimah at work and we have become close. We began talking because of my modest dress, she thought I was mormon at first and then I confirmed with her that I was muslim.
When I became muslim I brought with me the bad habits and troubles of my past. It took me a bit to lay those down. Both my muslim and non muslim friends helped with that. I know that right now my biggest down fall is not keeping salaat and my non muslim friends are the ones who are quick to remind me that I'm supposed to be praying 5 times a day!
It all depends on the type of company you keep.
I have to agree with Bilal.
Crossing the tracks has its own set of advantages and perhaps seems to put things into perspective. I figure its more of mindset change for oneself more than others.
Its also a great time to find out who your true friends really are and separate the riff raff who just need a wingman/woman at a club from those friends who stick around for life; despite your change in the way you worship or bad hairdos!
It is undecidedly easier with Muslims who share the same prayer times and way of worship. But then if we just stick to our kind whos going to get out there and give some real time Daawa? I would rather have a non Muslim friend know that my prayer is important to me and be it stuck on the highway I shall still pray to show my thankfulness to Allah swt. Yes only a good friend be it Muslim or non Muslim will understand and accept you for that..
So maybe we need to stop taking the easy road eh?
Yes, it is hard to meet good Muslim friends. I've found that some want to let you down becuse they are only looking out for themselves. But the few I do have are very good. So it is like everything else....there are good and bad people everywhere and it's about being lucky on meeting the good ones.
i guess when the lifestyles of the two religions are very different. then its not that easy to socialize. most of our friends are there to hang out and basically have a good time. all together.
so in the end the ones that u were really close to emotionally and mentally remained as ur friends.
in time u will make friends who have similar interests as yourself. Naseeb may prove to be that instrument that u need to actually meet and socialize with like minded people.
i dont know whether i can call myself a convert or not. i m still coming to terms with certain things but yeah a change in ur thought patterns and beliefs might be associated with adopting a new company as well ,that is ,if your old company is hostile toward that change. however, in most cases probably it wont be necessary. depends on how mature ur friends are.
Fi amanullah
Narrated Abu Musa
Allah's Apostle said, "The example of a good companion (who sits with you) in comparison with a bad one, is like that of the musk seller and the blacksmith's bellows (or furnace); from the first you would either buy musk or enjoy its good smell while the bellows would eitherburn your clothes or your house, or you get a bad nasty smell thereof."