The Journey of the Strangers In this age of materialism, consumerism and extreme liberalism, the Muslim often finds himself at a loss, at odds to the ebb and flow of society, and holding onto values, divinely revealed, that contrast starkly with the values held by many around him.
He or she is looked at askance, accused of being backward, non-conformist and refusing to integrate. In the face of peer pressure, the resolve of some may weaken, the result being a watering-down of ones adherence to Islam and the values it calls to.
The Prophet warned us that a time would come in which Islam and Muslims would be beheld as strangers, not just by non-Muslims but by many Muslims as well.He informed us that days were coming in which trying to keep hold of one?s Islam would like holding red hot coal, and he stressed the paramount importance of holding fast to Islam in pristine purity during that time, stating that this, and only this, was the path to success in this life and next.
