A Muslim StoreOwner changes another man`s life By the Grace of God

New York (CNN) -- Six months ago, a Long Island convenience store owner turned a would-be robbery into an act of compassion. On Wednesday, the shoplifter made amends with a $50 bill and a thank you letter for saving him from a life of crime.
The story began in May 2009, when Mohammad Sohail of Shirley, New York, was closing his Shirley Express convenience store one night. Security camera footage from that evening shows a man wielding a baseball bat barging into the store and demanding money.
Sohail had a rifle ready and quickly aimed it directly in the robber's face, forcing the man to drop the bat and lay on the ground. Unbeknownst to the man, Sohail never loads his gun.
According to Sohail, the man immediately started to plead with him, tearfully saying, "I'm sorry, I have no food. I have no money. My whole family is hungry. Don't call the police. Don't shoot me."
"When I see him starting crying [those] things, I really feel bad for him," said Sohail. "I say, oh man, this is something different."
Sohail made the man pledge never to rob anybody ever again, then gave the man $40 and a loaf bread. Sohail, who is from Pakistan, said the man then wanted to be a Muslim like him, so he recited an Islamic oath and gave the would-be robber the name Nawaz Sharif Zardari.
Sohail went to get some milk, but when he returned the man had fled with the money and food.Both Mohammad Sohail and Suffolk County Police have no idea who the man is. After the May incident, Sohail explained that he will "absolutely not" be pressing charges, though police are still investigating the case
Over the past six months, Sohail's story of sympathy and kindness has inspired many across the country.
The Shirley Express store has received numerous letters of admiration.
"No person has ever moved my spirit the way you did. From your biggest admirer," one letter says. "Great men are capable of great acts. You are a great American," another reads.
He has also received several checks with such messages for "a couple hundred dollars" in total, says Sohail. He has made a point to give this money "to the people" by offering free bagels, rolls and coffee in his store every night after 9 o'clock.
But the envelope that arrived on Wednesday came as a surprise. Postmarked November 11 without a return address, it enclosed a $50 bill and a note apparently from the would-be robber.

The typed letter begins, "You change My Life (sic)," and goes on to say that the man is sorry for his actions six months ago.
"At the time I had No money No food on my table No Job, and nothing for my family. I know that it was wrong, but I had know (sic) choice. I needed to feed My family. When You had That gun to my head I was 100% that I was going to die," reads the letter.
The letter says Sohail's acts inspired him to become a "True Muslim" and that his life has changed dramatically.
"I'm very happy that somebody got to change his life," Sohail said. "If he is a maybe criminal, maybe is not anymore. So now he is a good person in this community and I'm very glad for that. He's staying out of trouble, he's not in a jail, he's taking care of his family."

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[turkistan01]

this is how we Muslims are in reality, but it is the media negatively broadcasting the Islam. spreading wrong news. i hope all the non muslims know by now that who is a real muslim and what is Islam indeed. mashalla

[RabinoBoricuaVirtual]

Blessed be the God of this man, who has showed Him what religion is all about. . May there be many more who follow Him. Shalom

[Niggakip]

@tigersforchrist

Typical dumb ass christian... Allah is the Arabic word for God, like Elohim is the Hebrew word for God.

And the way you view muslims and islam is the exact same way how many Jews view Christians and Christianity.

I hate religious idiots like you who keep on screaming their religion is the best and that everyone should convert to it...

Every religion is a personal choice, tell people about it, but dont shove it up peoples throat.

,A Polytheist ;)

[tigersforchrist]

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[Borat911]

grace of god my ass ... he just did a good thing ... if all people could naturally do that without some god telling them to do this ... i would have faith to

[DestinyKnightX]

He should be dead for trying to commit a crime. Well, that and he'd be better off dead rather than have his mind tainted by the fictional bullshit of Abrahamic religions.

[evotelix]

Ask your soldiers how much tea they had to drink in Afghanistan or Iraq. Ask them if they were offered something to eat. Ask them how much the muslims had to eat. Real muslims always give off a bit. Goes to a Muslim and tell him that you have no food, he will not let you go hungry.

Greetings from Germany

[IbraUniversal]

@TotalWarPersia I zoomed it in but actually it is written correctly 

[prboy931]

wow i would have filled him with lead i got some thinking to do

[SuperPimpassnigga]

@bhavvv This is in every religion. there is always those groups tha go their own way. our Phrophet Muhammed (S.A.W) predicted that there will be chaos and hate on islam because of extremists and there was no stoppping it. There is nothing anybody can do about but create more problems. My family, ancestors, and relatives thank Alllah are going the right way in Islam. we read the quran in context and we dont kill for Allah. we are hated on but we have patience and we are clean and pure muslims.