Travelogue Germany - Part 15

Rasulullah sallalaahu alayhi wasalam hat us seit lang verlassen. Aber die Verantwortung fur Deen ist meine Arbeit, und Arbeit von den ganzen Menschen.

We left Regensburg (Ratisbon)  for Nurnberg which is 106km away up north. Our amir and I left by train accompanied by Azizul who was our guide. The rest of the brothers left with two cars driven by Fatmir and Hisham, a Malaysian student doing his practical in Regensburg. I always volunteered myself whenever we have to split journey, opting to travel by train instead, simply because I was the youngest in the jamaat. The elderly brothers would find it difficult to take the train. Besides, I tried to avoid car sickness when travelling long distance. Nervous eyes stared at us - three bearded strange men wearing long robe above the ankles. However, the nervousness immediately turned to broad grin on the faces of those German passengers when we offered them some food and snack. A small gesture of kindness never failed to break the ice. If only it happened yesterday, I might probably be blunt and use Shah Rukh Khan's line, "My name is Khan. And I'm not a terrorist."

We reached Masjid Bilal, Zufurhstrasse 8, Nurnberg just before maghrib. To our surprise the rest of our jamaat who travelled by road were nowhere to be seen. They only reached the masjid at Isya' time. Apparently they had been followed by an unmarked police car for quite a while before the car flashed the word POLIZEI on the rear glass screen of the car and stopped them at the highway. Two plain clothes officer emerged from the car and headed towards them with hand on their gun. They checked all the luggages and passports. They were held for a long time that they all performed maghrib namaaz by the roadside on the highway. 

When the police officers decided to release them, Fatmir the Bosnian then made dakwah to them. First he asked them to spare a little time for him to talk since they had taken away his time. He then talked about Allah, the Creator. Then he talked about the Prophets that Allah send for guidance. And then he talked about the Last of the Prophets, Muhammad sallalaahu alayhi wasalam, who was sent as a guidance to all mankind. He then made tasykil to them. All the while when Fatmir was talking, the officers listened attentively. Eventually, one of them said that he was an atheist. Fatmir then told them to bear witness that he and his friends were good Muslims.

I hope Muslims all over the world would strive to show the real Muslims way of life by following the examples that had been set by our Prophet sallalaahu alayhi wasalam and his Companions radiyalaahu ahum. It is very unfortunate indeed that the non-Muslims are deprived of the best example for mankind to follow because of the mistakes caused by Muslims all over the world who had abandoned the Prophet's way of life. Today Islam only exists in books and kitaabs on the shelves but void in the lives of Muslims.