Glad Tidings to Strangers

Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “Islam initiated as
something strange, and it will revert to its (old position) of being
strange. So, glad tidings to the stranger!” [Muslim]

Today, we have become so distant from Islam that the way in which the
Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wasallam) did some things appears strange
to us. Even people who welcome Islam in their lives, find Muslims
behaving strangely, which on further investigation turns about to be
the recommended behaviour in Islam. So we should not shy from being
perceived as strange.

Someone asked the Prophet (sal Allahu alahi wa sallam), “Who are the
strangers?” He replied, “The ones who break away from their people
(literally, 'tribes') for the sake of Islam.” The Prophet (sal Allahu
alaihi wa sallam) gave glad tidings to those who will be cut off from
their people because they choose to follow Islam. Everybody else’s
lifestyle will have become so contrary to Allah's wishes, that the
person who follows Islam will appear strange and will be rejected.

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