Comments on: Between Cisco and Sujud: Earning Your Livelihood, Taking Benefit from the Corporate Lifestyle – Part II

By: Anas Alkatib

Anas Alkatib — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 04:16:22 +0000

Salam Alykum,
Mashallah Imam Suhaib, that was great.
I came across this article because I wanted to get the correct spelling of your name, so when I googled your misspelled name (I wasn’t sure if it was Suhayb or Suhaib) It came up with your website and I saw “Between Cisco and Sujud” article and I was like what does Cisco has to do with Sujud, ad coincidentally I’m working toward my CCNP at a Cisco academy and inshallah I’ll be done with it at the end of this year.
So when I read the article and it was very touching because it did touch many areas in my personal life, I was laughing and crying at some part, out of joy that is.
First: The main reason for searching the correct name is because a friend of mine posted a YouTube link showing people that reverted to Islam and had a great influence, and neither your name nor Yusuf Estes name was there among others, so I had to reply back and let him know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrQevLw_l2A&feature=player_embedded

Second: It is very true about being proud of who you are as a Muslim, when I was working at University of Michigan hospital we used to pray at the chapel, it wasn’t big but they had reserved timings for us, and when our numbers grew, the hospital it-self assigned us one a room that they used for training to pray in as long as we keep it tidy. I’m not sure if someone voiced the concern that we need a bigger area, but that was very thoughtful of them. As you said Imam, because our deen guide us to do what we do the correct way, everything else will fall inline even though we might be in difficulty or encounter trials, but we must have Tawakul ‘Ala Allah all (dependence on Allah) all the time, and I remind myself first of it, and reading articles such as this and listening to mawa’ed is a great reminder too. One thing I do envy the people that reverted to Islam that many of them embrace it so much that Muslims by birth such as me feel ashamed that I need to know and work harder to know my deen better. I say to myself that we Muslims, not all of course are so clanged and have embraced dunya more than anything and we give little attention to our deen as if it was a routine thing that we just do on a daily bases. May Allah protect us all.
Jazak Allah Khair Imam

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By: Derrick Peat

Derrick Peat — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:52:22 +0000

Wow. Amazing. Masha’Allah. May Allah reward you, Imam Suhaib.

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By: Amatullah

Amatullah — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:29:48 +0000

Mashallah great article with so many points relevant to Muslims of any age in America. I can’t agree with you more on the point that just being ourselves and being good Muslims serves as dawah in it’s own form. I have friends from back in community college who knew nothing about Islam. Considering I live in a small town in Central Texas you can imagine the pressure I felt to fight all the negative impressions these people had of Muslims. Subhanallah one day after 7/7 I was asked to give a presentation on Islam. After that the tension was broken, and we became the best of friends. Subhanallah till this day I am in touch with my friends and get emails telling me about recent attacks etc committed by Muslims with comments like, “You know I just turned off the TV because I know Muslims aren’t terrorists.” So the message I give to many college students is to just be yourselves. Be warm and friendly while striving to embody the characteristics of the Prophet (saw) like you usually would as a Muslim and Allah will open people’s hearts to see the truth and the beauty in Islam and Muslims.

By: nael mohammad

nael mohammad — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:19:00 +0000

JZK for the article, I think you gave this khutab @ MCA regarding this matter. Either way, its great reading and shed lights on our roles in Corporate America.

By: A Khan

A Khan — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:48:26 +0000

Asalamu Alaykum,

Jazak Allahu Khair for the advice. I think most of us in the corporate world deal with mainly the same issues, one of the primary ones being how do I do da’wah while maintaining my professional relationship and position. I think the best da’wah is keeping your identity, sticking to your principes (not being a sell-out) and good manners. This will lead others to ask you why you don’t drink, why you don’t check that girl out when she walks by even though everyone is, why you dont want to go to happy hours even though it is basically an indirect requirement for promotion… and you reply, because I am MUSLIM, I want to submit to my creator and not pop-culture or illicit temptations… To get RESPECT, you must give RESPECT… respect your ISLAM and they will respect ISLAM

By: Yus from the Nati

Yus from the Nati — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:34:44 +0000

jazakAllahukhair.

Very beneficial and uplifting.

By: ismiamzar

ismiamzar — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:44:22 +0000

Alhamdulillah..
u did write a very great article..
u did open my heart about doing our jobs.. eventhough i’m still a student,, but this articles thought me a lot..