Request:
Salaam!
I’m very practical and logical regarding marriage. I keep tight reign on my emotions and nafs so I’m not in danger of zinna, etc. Several months ago, I woke up one day with a major desire, out of the blue, to marry a certain man halfway across the country. He is not a man I’d ever consider because even though he’s a very good man, he is non-Muslim.
I’ve ignored the thought and made dua several times daily for months for that desire to be removed if it’s not good for me, but I CANNOT stop thinking about it no matter how hard I honestly try. It’s like some illogical part of me has taken over my mind, creating this desire for this man to become Muslim so we can marry. Any advice, thoughts on this issue, or prayer would be MOST appreciated.
Response:
Alaykum Salam,
Invite him to Islam and pray to that intention. Recite Ya Hadi Ya Fattah x100 daily. Send him Mawlana Shaykh Nazim’s (Allah bless his secret) book Mercy Oceans’ Endless Horizons.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
