Use of the word "wallahi"

    A lot of the Muslim students at Ridgemont use the word “wallahi” (I swear by Allah) on a daily basis when it’s completely unnecessary. They use it so often that even non-Muslim teachers are starting to use it just for a laugh. The Muslim students need to realize that they should only be using this word if they really need others to believe what they are saying. Walking down the hallways and hearing teachers say “wallahi” in the middle of their sentences because they constantly hear the Muslim students saying it isn’t really pleasant.

    It’s been used so often that one teacher even made a joke in class saying, “When the Muslims say something, everything said after the word wallahi is a lie”. Students laughed at that but, I personally didn’t find it entertaining. Instead, I found it upsetting that people find no problem using this word as a joke.

    What’s the point in saying, “Wallahi he’s going to fall down all 20 stairs”, especially when he comes back up into the classroom a few minutes later in perfect condition because he didn’t fall down?

    The Muslim students need to learn that the word wallahi isn’t a simple word that can be joked about. Not only are we not supposed to use it in such simple terms, but it also gives the non-Muslims a bad impression of us. I have non-Muslim friends who find it wrong when they hear Muslim students using the word “wallahi” about nonsense things. If they’re able to tell that what we're doing is wrong, why are we having trouble staying away from using that word? Shouldn’t we Muslims know better?