We made effort in Munchen city for eleven days, travelling 19km to the south of the city to Salih Sanli Masjid at Carl-Werystrasse 60 and then back up north to Masjid Umar, Bergmannstrasse 10, Munchen. Salih Sanli Masjid was a splendid masjid built on charity of Salih Sanli family - a Turkish family. We met Sheikh Salih Sanli himself who was a very affectionate person and supported the effort of dakwah. The masjid had a large collection of the Quran translated in many languages, including Malay language. It was like a huge library.
A couple of Pakistanis ethnic, Hussein and Tareeq, who were close with Sheikh Salih became our guide and interpreter in meeting the local Muslims, mostly of Turkish ethnic.
Jabir and his brother Furqan, made effort of dakwah at Masjid Umar. Jabir had spent 4 months and Furqan had spent 40 days in the path of Allah. We met one of the namazi, Raza, an Iraqi who used to be the follower of yarsan or kaka'i cult - a cult appeared in the late 14th century in Western Iraq. Although Muslim by name, the kaka'is do not observe Muslim rites and rituals. Although he had lived surrounded by Muslims, only when he was forced out of Iraq due to the war, Almighty Allah gave Raza hidayat to embrace Islam. We met many people, either non-Muslims or namesake Muslims, who took refuge in Germany after calamities like war and famine befell their native countries, and then subsequently embraced Islam. Raza was one of them, and another person was a Bosnian Muslim named Fatmir.
We met Fatmir at Masjid ar-Rahman, Hemauerstrasse 20, Regensburg, a city 128km north of Munchen. By the grace of Allah, through the effort of dakwah, he tasted the sweetness of iman and turned to be a pious Muslim. He had spent four months in the path of Allah. Almighty Allah gave him hidayat only after he had fled war-torn Bosnia and ended up as a refugee in Germany. There were many instances of such blessing in disguise by Almighty Allah.
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