..Salaam alaikum...i normally never give negative feedback no matter what the situation( my mother always said.." if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all") but in this circumstance, i feel my opinion is valid and worth expressing..i am a brand new Muslim woman..i took my Sahara almost 4 months ago. My husband has been Muslim for well over 30 years...he and I have been married 4 years on the 31st of this month...so With all due respect, I did completely think it through and learned as much as i could to make an educated decisuon before I took my shahada... but I must say.. With the experience I had at this mosque this evening, i am now seriously questioning my decision to convert to Islam..without getting into any details, my husband left me today...my family has disconnected with me due to the fact that I chose to become Muslim..so I have no-one to reach out to..and he also cut me off from all our finances....therefore I am, quite literally, alone and have nowhere to go and no-one to turn to....i had about $4 total in the bottom of my purse..so, despite my embarrassment and shame, i used the $4 to get to the mosque..i was actually even 50cents short for the 2 city buses I had to catch to get there... not to mention the fact that where the bus let me off, I still had to walk a mile (20 minutes) to actually get to the mosque..so upon arrival, i of course, made mahgrib prayer and then i sought out the Imam... I briefly explained to him my situation ...to which his response was.." we do not hand out cash" I would have never even begun to think that anyone would freely just hand out cash.. but...i did ask if the mosque could please assist me with lodging of ANY sorts for a couple of days.. whether it be an inexpensive hotel or anything so that i would be able to get out of this freezing cold weather and get my bearings back and map out my next steps...the Imam asked me if I had a phone because he could provide me with a couple of the sisters numbers to ask them, but my husband shut my phone off as well, so I told him no I don't... to which he replied." As I told you already, there is nothing we can do to help you..in instances such as this, we have an application policy, but that usually takes 2-3days to go through the process ". I then restated the fact that I had nowhere to go today.. and needed some sort of emergent assistsnce..he simply said.. "we can't help you" ...in utter shock and to my dismay, i left in tears and still alone and scared...walking in the dark with no destination and honestly no hope...in fact..it is now 1 o'clock in the morning and i still am left out in the dark and the cold bitter winter elements to fend for myself.
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..Salaam alaikum...i normally never give negative feedback no matter what the situation( my mother always said.." if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all") but in this circumstance, i feel my opinion is valid and worth expressing..i am a brand new Muslim woman..i took my Sahara almost 4 months ago. My husband has been Muslim for well over 30 years...he and I have been married 4 years on the 31st of this month...so With all due respect, I did completely think it through and learned as much as i could to make an educated decisuon before I took my shahada... but I must say.. With the experience I had at this mosque this evening, i am now seriously questioning my decision to convert to Islam..without getting into any details, my husband left me today...my family has disconnected with me due to the fact that I chose to become Muslim..so I have no-one to reach out to..and he also cut me off from all our finances....therefore I am, quite literally, alone and have nowhere to go and no-one to turn to....i had about $4 total in the bottom of my purse..so, despite my embarrassment and shame, i used the $4 to get to the mosque..i was actually even 50cents short for the 2 city buses I had to catch to get there... not to mention the fact that where the bus let me off, I still had to walk a mile (20 minutes) to actually get to the mosque..so upon arrival, i of course, made mahgrib prayer and then i sought out the Imam... I briefly explained to him my situation ...to which his response was.." we do not hand out cash" I would have never even begun to think that anyone would freely just hand out cash.. but...i did ask if the mosque could please assist me with lodging of ANY sorts for a couple of days.. whether it be an inexpensive hotel or anything so that i would be able to get out of this freezing cold weather and get my bearings back and map out my next steps...the Imam asked me if I had a phone because he could provide me with a couple of the sisters numbers to ask them, but my husband shut my phone off as well, so I told him no I don't... to which he replied." As I told you already, there is nothing we can do to help you..in instances such as this, we have an application policy, but that usually takes 2-3days to go through the process ". I then restated the fact that I had nowhere to go today.. and needed some sort of emergent assistsnce..he simply said.. "we can't help you" ...in utter shock and to my dismay, i left in tears and still alone and scared...walking in the dark with no destination and honestly no hope...in fact..it is now 1 o'clock in the morning and i still am left out in the dark and the cold bitter winter elements to fend for myself.