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salam,

I have a friend who converted to Islam but has, simply, found it too difficult to adhere to the obligations put upon us. He still believes, but he can't stick to the routine. He sent me this email, can anyone help?

[quote=]I’ve got another question about Islam, if that’s OK.

I think that the intellectual acceptance of Islam was something I could manage under my own steam and embrace without too much trouble. The difficulty I didn't anticipate though was the change in lifestyle – I found that much more problematic: getting up at 3 am every day to pray; fasting for a whole month; only eating Halal food (it doesn't exist in my region of France).

I thought we should have a thread for useful nuggets of information or wisdom that we come across. Let me get the ball rolling:

Ali ibn Abi Talib, radi Allahu 'anhu, stood with a companion of his near a grave one day and asked him, 'If he could come back to this Dunya, what do you think he would do?'

He replied, 'He would do nothing but good deeds.'

So Ali, radi Allahu 'anhu, said, 'If it is not going to be him, then let it be you!'

[b]RIGHT[/b]

I have almost come to the conclusion that I should quit my job. It's not a bad job; they treat me quite well and are paying half the money for my studying. It's easy and it not really a struggle. I get long holidays and my colleagues give me bare jokes.

[b]BUT[/b]

I've been there THREE years. I have NO motivation anymore. It's boring and I'm not sure if I even want to go into the career that the training is for.

[b]SO[/b]