Friday, May 30, 2008

THEN I WAS GUIDED in search of true Islam. (review)


Then I was guided is an eye opening work by Dr. Mohammed Al-Tijani Al-Samawi. Mr Tijani hailed from Africa. He was born to a sunni-maliki family.
This book describes Mr Tijani's journey from a sunni family towards the right path- the Siratulmustaqueem. Mr Tijani showed lot of interest in Islamic studies. He was appreciated by the people around him.
In this book Mr Tijani describes his personal experiences with the people of different sects of Islam around the world. He explains how he explored the right path and how much difficulty he faced in adhering to the right path. He describes his journey as a maliki to sufism, wahabism and finally his destination the right path. Me Tijani was very much convinced by the sufi faith at one time and wahabi faith at another time but when he compared both the ideologies it multiplied his confusion as to he was not able to decide where to go.
His confusion ended when he finally met a shia guy who befriended him and here started his journey towards the right path. He describes how he was shocked to see all the myths, which were nursed in his hearts for years, go absolutely wrong after meeting this guy.This friend of Mr Tijani not only invited him to his house but aslo introduced him to scholars like Al-Sayyid al-Khu'i and
Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al Sadr who helped him in finding the right path through discussions and by gifting him all relevant book on Islam.
In the next part of the book Mr Tijani writes about his study and research to find the right path. In this book he presents all the astonishing facts about the so called loyal companions of the prophet. He tells about the true successor of the prophet by mentioning the authentic evidences both from Quran and Sunnah.
Mr Tijani has put forward his argument regarding the right path by mentioning evidences in Quran and by Prophetic traditions.
As a conclusion he tells us how he prevented a married couple, who were breast fed by the same lady, from being ruined, with the help of the right path.
Concludingly I will say that this is a must read book for muslims of all sects as this will enlighten their minds and help them in being close to Allah by attaining the right path.
You can download this book from the following link ...
http://nehculbelaga.tripod.com./.