Muslim Woman Strikes Up Brilliant Friendship With Passenger Who Was Afraid To Sit Next To Her

A Muslim woman has outlined how she struck up a friendship with a fellow plane passenger who was too afraid to sit next to her on a flight - after noticing that the woman had written a text with the word ‘Allah.’

Posting on Facebook, Jiva Akbor recalled how she was travelling from Glasgow to Malaga when a fellow passenger called Beverley became frightened after she noticed that Jiva had written Allah in a text message.

Beverley then decided to immediately leave her seat - causing Jiva to become concerned.

In reality, Jiva had sent the message ‘ Hasbi Allahu la ilaaha illaahu alayhi tawakaltu’, which translates as ‘may Allah make the day easy for you all’, to her friends after their car was broken into to.

But as Beverley returned, Jiva noticed that she was flanked by two air hostesses.

She wrote on Facebook: ‘I looked at her face and she was in sheer panic, clearly flustered and didn’t get into the seat immediately’.

‘Then I heard one of the air hostesses say, “You can take your seat ma’am,” to her. But she stood there, with a look of fright on her face. I was confused. For a split second I thought she had some health issue or something and was about to have a panic attack.

‘At that moment she looked at me and said, “I saw you write a text message and you wrote Allah on it”.

But what happened is brilliant - as Beverley became somewhat embarrassed by her actions, and delivered an apology that would launch a three hour heart to heart between the two women.

Jiva wrote: ‘Before too long I could see remorse in her tone, I think she was shocked at her own reaction and the realisation of what she had thought of me was setting in. In her own words she said, “It’s so scary what the media can make us think” and “I just panicked”.’

They’re now friends, and Beverley even sent a text to Jiva after the flight, in which she described her as a ‘true inspiration.’

Jiva added: ‘Today I had one of the most interesting and most memorable flights of my life.

‘I made a friend called Beverley who made a mistake and acknowledged it.
‘I met a lady who is deep down inside a wonderful, wonderful human and showed me that the fear-mongering purposely and strategically carried out in this world by the powers-that-be today are very, very real and can make an ordinary person have the most shocking of reactions.
‘But if we’re blessed enough ALLAH can easily turn them into the most amazing of life’s moments.’

Heartwarming, brilliant stuff.