He admits that when he returned from Raiwind there was a serious debate within him as to whether he should give up music, or continue with it. He told me about how his good intentions and patriotic feelings towards the shalwar-kameez had brought on wholly unreasonable censor. He said if I went public with my new convictions I might actually impact the public negatively. Junaid has thought long and hard about all the contradictions in his life, and he admits that he is a long way from reconciling them to his satisfaction. The first two years of my marriage were pretty tense, to put it mildly.
Success brings with it conflict, and conflict invariably gives rise to conflict resolutions.
I managed to ride out the early storms in my career. Not to say that it has been a smooth ride since. In very general terms, yes. It revolves around how I can favorably impact my immediate environment and society. That, in a nutshell, I feel is the essence of Islam.