Islamic Studio istiqama By the grace of Allah, many people have accepted Islam, but I remember how I once lived in Dubai and taught Islamic education at a local school. And one Thursday, when I was returning home, a Swedish woman called me and said: "I was in a shopping center and met a Muslim woman, I asked her questions and she said: you better talk to Sheikh McCarthy." I did not know who she was, where she got my number and so on. She called and asked me questions for almost half an hour. I went home, and my family looked at me in surprise, who he was talking to there) And I told her: "I will have a lecture in one of the centers, come there and after the lecture we will talk." After the lecture we met, my wife and another woman - the head of the center - were with me. The problem with this woman was that she had read too much), she had read almost everything about Islam. She even familiarized herself with the issues of fiqh. And she said: "I have a problem with polygamy" this is a problem not only for her, but for Muslim women in general)) but how does this prevent you from accepting Islam?) She said: I accept polygamy, at first I was against it, but seeing the wisdom of this prescription, I understood what benefit it contains... and I myself began to list the benefits) Then I asked: "So what is the problem?" She said: "I read in the books of theologians-faqihs that if a husband takes a second wife, he is not obliged to inform the first wife. That is, if my husband takes a second wife - I am not against it, this is his Sharia right. And this is said by a non-Muslim! However, I cannot accept that he can hide this from me. I told her: "Yes, some theologians said so, but personally I do not support this. Because there were cases when this was revealed and family problems began. I explained to her that this should not be done, and how it would be better, I explained all the points. But she still did not agree to accept Islam for this reason. You are 110 percent convinced of Islam, except for this question! The principles, the foundations, the testimony, you are ready to accept all this, only this question remains! She refused to accept Islam. We explained to her for an hour or two, but she rejected it. This question did not leave her mind. Then, after two weeks, she called again: “Sheikh, I thought about your words, and you are right. I think I will accept Islam, but I want to meet you again.” I called her for a meeting on Thursday at the same center after the lecture. She came with the head of the center, I was with my wife, and a Filipina woman who recently accepted Islam came, and her Catholic friend, who was interested in Islam, wanted to ask me questions. I was sitting like this, the Filipina was here with her friend, my wife was on my side, and on this side, the head of the center and a Swedish woman. We talked a little and praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, she accepted Islam. She said the Shahada-testimony and became a Muslim. The head of the center could not hold back and began to cry. This affected the Swedish woman, and she also began to cry. Both of them are crying. My wife could not hold back and also began to cry. After her, the Filipina Muslim began to cry. And her friend, who came to learn about Islam, under the impression of such a picture, also began to cry ... And I was the only one who did not cry)) I restrain myself, I do not know whether to cry or not, I am a man, I must be strong)) SubhanAllah, they all cried ... And the one who came to ask about Islam, saw this atmosphere, these feelings, tears after accepting Islam, and said: "This is all I wanted to see, I have no more questions, I know enough about Islam and I want to accept this faith." She gave her testimony and they started crying even more)) Praise be to Allah, there was such an amazing atmosphere, full of sincerity and faith...how people accept Islam, they can't contain their feelings...