Lilian’s Story: Why SeekersGuidance Is More Addictive than Facebook

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_cta h2=”Give the best charity this Ramadan. ” h2_font_container=”font_size:32|color:%23dd3333″ h2_use_theme_fonts=”yes” h4=”Help SeekersHub spread the beautiful message of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ to millions worldwide. Give your zakat or sadaqa today.” h4_font_container=”font_size:18|color:%23444444″ h4_use_theme_fonts=”yes” add_button=”bottom” btn_title=”Donate Now” btn_color=”success” btn_size=”lg” btn_i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-credit-card-alt” css_animation=”left-to-right” css=”.vc_custom_1465580314934{background-color: #efefef !important;}” btn_add_icon=”true” btn_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fseekershub.org%2Fdonate%2F|||” use_custom_fonts_h2=”true” use_custom_fonts_h4=”true” btn_custom_onclick=”true”][/vc_cta][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Tumultuous doesn’t even begin to sum up Lilian Kane’s life over the last few months. She embraced Islam in September and shortly after, found herself struggling to save her nascent marriage.

It was the hardest time of my life because I separated from my husband in really difficult circumstances. Ustadh Abdullah Anik Misra advised me a lot over email and he later introduced me to sister Humera Khan and a couple of people from SeekersGuidance in London for support.”

The introduction to SeekersGuidance wasn’t out of the blue for Lilian.

I don’t think I was even Muslim when SeekersGuidance came up in a google search. I was looking for answers on Islam online – very dangerous, by the way, because a lot of what I read made me extremely uncomfortable. SeekersGuidance is different – it addressed my doubts as a soon-to-be Muslim – about hijab and niqab, without throwing Islamic tradition under the bus.”

Lilian embraced Islam and within a month, took a SeekersGuidance course on The Absolute Essentials on Islam, a 12-part explanation of the fundamentals of the religion that all believers are obligated to know and practice: beliefs, purification, prayer, zakat and fasting.

It was amazing to have it systematically explained to me. There is so much Islamic information out there but when you look for sources that are wholistic,  well-organised, reliable and clear, they are few and far between.”

Reading Answers from scholars soon became addictive for Lilian – “It’s up there with Facebook”, she adds with a laugh. SeekersGuidance was accessed by almost 2 million people worldwide last year but Lilian took it to the next level.

I made an impulsive decision to buy a plane ticket and fly out to the SeekersGuidance retreat in Toronto this year and that…that was nothing short of a revelation for me.”

“I was so alone when I arrived.”

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, founder and head of SeekersGuidance had been given the heads up so he, Ustadha Shireen Ahmed and the rest of the team sought Lilian out at the retreat.

I was so alone when I arrived. I didn’t even have to ask for them. They found me on the first day and I spent the rest of the retreat enveloped in kindness. Their love of Allah is manifested clearly in the way they serve others. My mother is non-Muslim and she can see how it’s all affected me. She’s really pro-SeekersGuidance.”

Lilian has had a unique insight into the workings of SeekersGuidance, which can seem like a faceless online organisation in the global marketplace of “Islamic media”.

The SeekersGuidance team is surprisingly small. I still can’t believe how much they achieve online and on the ground given their size. They seem to be driven by a selflessness that is unusual in this day and age. The effect of that on the lives of people like me is enormous.”

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