Sh.AbdulBary - Situation in Vietnam

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Assalamu Alaikum

Just a quick story from the time I use to live in Cambodia about the simplicity of its people. There were many Muslim villages in the northeastern part of the country which were not accessible by road. The only way you could get there were by boat. The teachers and I who use to teach there, we called it “Aakhir ad-Dunya” meaning the edge or end of the world.
We use to go from village to village making Da’wa on the Weekends (our weekends then were Thursdays and Fridays) when we were not teaching at the school. On one of these trips, on a full moon lit night we were stopped by an old Muslim lady who knew I was from America and asked “Does America have a moon like that?” I told her “No, the moon here is much more beautiful.” I had thought she meant does the moon look as beautiful in America as it does in Cambodia, but as soon as I answered her, she turned to her friend and said, “I told you… they have a different moon!” All I could do was smile.

[humza10vr]

Nice one! lol.

Originally Posted by Abdulbary Yahya

Assalamu Alaikum

Just a quick story from the time I use to live in Cambodia about the simplicity of its people. There were many Muslim villages in the northeastern part of the country which were not accessible by road. The only way you could get there were by boat. The teachers and I who use to teach there, we called it “Aakhir ad-Dunya” meaning the edge or end of the world.
We use to go from village to village making Da’wa on the Weekends (our weekends then were Thursdays and Fridays) when we were not teaching at the school. On one of these trips, on a full moon lit night we were stopped by an old Muslim lady who knew I was from America and asked “Does America have a moon like that?” I told her “No, the moon here is much more beautiful.” I had thought she meant does the moon look as beautiful in America as it does in Cambodia, but as soon as I answered her, she turned to her friend and said, “I told you… they have a different moon!” All I could do was smile.

[Sana D]

Lol prtty goodd alhamdulliahh!!

[Hawa92]

السلام عليكم

I am also from Vietnam and I was wondering if there were any information about Islam in the Vietnamese language so that I can pass it on to my parents so that they will understand why I have chosen Islam over Buddhism.

شكراجزيلا‬

[zafarobaid]

Originally Posted by Abdulbary Yahya

Assalamu Alaikum

Let me share with you a story concerning one of the Pilgrims who were from Cambodia which shows true simplicity and innocence of the Muslims there.

In Cambodia once you leave the Capital of Phnom Penh you don’t find bathrooms like we’re use to in the West. I don’t mean the difference in the style, like the western style and the eastern crouching style but you won’t find any at all, except for the natural open area types. Most of the people don’t travel much and the Muslims are usually either fishermen or farmers.

Most of course are very poor and can only dream about making Hajj, so when there was an announcement that the Saudi government was sponsoring nearly a hundred pilgrims to make Hajj in the year 1999 there was quite a stir.

There was a committee to pick who would go and who would not and it was decided that one or two teachers or Hakims (Imam) of the villages would be able to go.

One of those chosen was an old man very respected in his village. He of course had never gone anywhere in his life and everything was new. When his group arrived in Madinah it was time for prayer. He had never seen a sink or a toilet in his life before, so when he entered the bathroom looking to make Wudu he didn’t know which knob to turn to get water or if he should be looking for a knob in the first place.

In the villages in Cambodia if someone wanted to make wudu, they would either go to the river or go to the pail or bucket of water that they had carried over from the river or well. Naturally the closest thing that looks like a bucket or pail of water in the bathroom was the toilet. So I’ll let you off to guess how he made Wudu that afternoon.

this is such a classic shkh abdulabary yahya story!!

JAK shaykh!!

[Sana D]

wow his storyy was soo touching....it seems like i have heard this storry not the whole but just the moon part i think n mohammed alshreef almaghrib class...and than heard it frm my friend....its really great to know about thhis vatnam...<< sorry can tspell

[Umme Hamza]

Originally Posted by Hawa92

السلام عليكم

I am also from Vietnam and I was wondering if there were any information about Islam in the Vietnamese language so that I can pass it on to my parents so that they will understand why I have chosen Islam over Buddhism.

شكراجزيلا‬

If you know anyone who visits Vietnam then maybe they can get a copy of the qur'an for you. My husband visits occasionally and he bought one back for a friend of mine who is also half chinese and half vietnamese who became a Muslim a few years ago, Alhamdulillah. She wants to educate her parents who are also Buddhists.

My husband collects money regularly for the poor Muslim orphans, widows and the needy of Vietnam. He is in regular contact with a Muslim Imaam who updates him on any poor Muslim who needs financial help and then will collect money from our local community.
Its amazing to see how people manage to get by on very little, and how we become so ungrateful of Allah's blessings which we take for granted. May Allah make it easy for them Insha'Allah, Ameen.

[Sana D]

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