Being A Good Muslim By # 3.5

      Being unique is great! Especially if your uniqueness is you being a Muslim in America. It's not always that easy though. But as long as you have great faith in Allah, this journey will fly by smoothly. You can go through the hardest of times and obstacles, as long as you believe in Allah and know there's a clear purpose of life.

      In America, the kids are out of control. There are 11 year olds doing drugs to 12 year olds getting drunk! But as Muslims we have to control and stop ourselves from doing such terrible things. Yes, I'm aware this isn't easy. All you have to do is remember the consequences on present time, and year after. Sadly some people don't have this faith and their lives end up becoming miserable. If you want to avoid this, always remember Allah, the great and merciful, is always by your side.

      Another thing that is one of the biggest challenges of being a Muslim in America is the girls who wear a veil. I wear a veil in America and in my public school, I've faced some challenges of doing so, but I got through them with ease. People treat you differently and stare at you as if you're some sort of freak show. All I do is smile warmly back. Because I know the
people who stop and stare just don't have proper guidance and view veiled woman as weirdos.
But I see it as a way of marking my religion and as a beautiful way of showing you love Allah.

      Last but most definitely not least is making a sacrifice for Allah. An example is that as a Muslim we have to eat only halal foods. But of course, it's hard to here because most of the main restaurants/fast food joints don't provide halal foods. This is hard for me but I know Allah will reward me later on because I exclude myself from eating haram foods.

      Being a good Muslim Insha Allah will always be easy, as long as you put Allah number one before anything else.