BENJARA Simon | Madagascar     My name is BENJARA Simon. I am 36 years old.My parents belonged to the Muslim religion. Of course, we were obliged to pray with our parents at home starting from our childhood till we have grown up and led our own lives. But, as I supplied with the necessities of my own life, I did not go to the mosque anymore as I had done before. My mind rather tended to too much love for money seeking that I did not think about anything else apart from money. I often talked to someone close to me. He told me: "You, guys, are grown-up, but you do not go to the mosque anymore as you once did. Or did your parents compel you when you still lived with them?" The answer I gave him was: "Papa, that's not the way it is. It's just hard to support myself."Later on, I went to work in an area far from home. At that time, I dealt with gem business. There was no mosque at that place where I went to; there was just a catholic church. Only 10% of the population of that area went to that church every Sunday.  Never did I think about church during the time I dealt with gems. What I did was whenever I had a little problem, I said: "Oh Creator, help me for I am suffering. I have never done anything bad to people."Then I moved to another area for work. There were several churches and a mosque in that second place where I worked. And yet because of the money that kept my mind and my heart busy, there was nothing but money seeking. There was a time when I blamed God as some of those who did filthy things got the good ones - for example those who commit much adultery, those who tell many lies, etc. Meanwhile, I dared not do like that since I realize [the existence of] my Creator. As for me, I did not get any profit from my work, which made me sad and meditate on that situation. Therefore, I did not even think about prayer anymore through my mind. A sister of mine died. People told me by phone and I planned to visit my

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