How to Safeguard the Islam of Newly Reverted Sister

First:

From that which makes a Muslim happy is his seeing people enter into the
true religion of Allah, the Exalted and leaving their false and distorted
religions. We’d like to congratulate you on having been chosen by Allah for
Islam and then for being granted the ability to call towards the guidance
which resulted in the Islam of your sister and her being saved from the
wrath and punishment of Allah. This takes our minds back to the glorious
companion, Abdullah ibn Salam, who was a Jew and who entered Islam and
perfected his Islam. We ask Allah, the Exalted, to keep you and your sister
firm and to grant you the strength and ability to attain beneficial
knowledge and work righteous deeds.

Second:

From that which we advise you to do with your sister who entered Islam in
order to help keep her firmly upon the religions is the following:

1.Encourage
her to recite and to listen to Quran a great deal. It would be nice if you
could assist in selecting recitations of recitors whose voices are pleasing
to the listeners.

2.Make
available to her small but highly beneficial Islamic books which contain
simplified Islamic rulings and the biographies of great Islamic scholars and
leaders. It would be preferred if they contained biographies of female
scholars, callers and warriors.

3.Make every
effort to keep her away from bad company, especially those friends which she
had before Islam and who had an impact on her due to their strong
personalities or gentleness. Be gentle while doing this so as not to turn
her away from you and have her more attached to her friends.

4.Make
easily accessible to her touching audio materials which talk about Islamic
issues and the fate of man after death and the hereafter.

5.Encourage
her to regularly praise and thank Allah, the Exalted, for the blessing of
guidance. Through gratitude, blessings last and every slave requires of his
Lord, the Exalted, to assist him, strengthen him and keep him firm upon his
religion.

6.Encourage
her to pray regularly and on time while giving the prayer its due by
carrying out its necessary and compulsory actions in the best manner and
urge her to supplicate abundantly during the prostration.

7.Be sure to
tell her not to reveal her reversion to Islam to her family at this time out
of fear that they will influence her negatively and cause her harm in her
religion. See the answers to the two questions
33827 and
69752.

8.The fact
that you were able to influence her and she accepted Islam after observing
you shows that she respects you and has love for you. Therefore, try to be
her best friend and the rock she can lean on. Try your best to give her all
the moral support you can; continue being a good example for her, let her
talk to you and share her thoughts with you and let her feel that you are
there for her whenever she needs you. Insha Allah your companionship and
support will be a positive influence on her.

9.It goes
without saying that perhaps one of the most effective means (if not the most
effective) is for you to regularly and consistently supplicate to Allah
(du’aa) for her. Everything is in Allah’s Hands and He is the One Who
controls the hearts, therefore, implore Him to keep your sister firm upon
the truth.

10.Gently try
to help your sister find a new set of friends who will be supportive and act
as good role models.

We ask Allah to keep you both firm upon His religion and to grant you
success in pleasing Him. Thank you for taking the time to benefit from our
site.

May Allah grant you beneficial knowledge and the ability to act according to it.