Sister Waheeda

I had been a Christian for 38 years. When I was young, as everyone, I learned about the Christian, Jesus & God. But as I got older, I started to ask questions, but I never got an answer. So for many years I just stopped going to church.

Then in 1998 I got breast cancer. I was up set, scared & mad. The one question I kept asking was, why me? I went through chemo, and time when on. Then the worst thing happened to me, something that is hard for any parent. My middle daughter , her boy friend & his sister got murdered, July 15, 1999. I wanted to die. She left a six month old son behind. This murder was so bad. My daughter & the other two young people was at home, in bed, & they got murdered. I had such a hard time with this. Why would God let this happen. I was the one preparing to die from the cancer.
I had some muslim friends. They helped me through this hard time. Then they started to talk more about Allah & the prophet. These friends told me this was to make me stronger, to make me believe in Allah. So while dealing with the trail for the murders. I also started to ask questions to my Muslims friends about Allah. I got books to read on Islam.
On November 26,2000 I was getting married to a muslim man from Iraq. My muslim friend & I was having a double wedding. After all the sadness & questions, I was about to do something on my wedding day, that even my husband did not know I was going to do. When we got married, I then asked about taking my shahada. For I was to come to Islam.
Then I moved back to Pennsylvania, for my father had died of cancer, & my mom need me here. In this past year I feel I have grown closer to Allah. I got on paltalk, Shia the right path. I have learned so much from the brothers & sisters in there. I am so happy I converted to Islam, Alhumdulillah. Now , many times a day I thank Allah for what I went through & for what I got. Allah does know best. So now if I got any problems, I just put it into Allah hands.
Thank you for reading this. And if at any time I can help anyone I will try my best, insh Allah. While writing this I know my daughter is with Allah!