Well, I am happy to announce that today, she had made her first fast :D :D :D
(She actually wanted to do it last week, but due to err technical issue, she wasn't able to hehe)We have tazkirah everyday after iftar while waiting for isya' prayer and I'm really happy to see that she's taking in the teachings well. I sometimes worry that the Uztazah may touch on things that may be heavy for her still but so far alhamdulillah, topics like sabar, syukur, handling musibah, about doa and about akhlak were talked about. And she's absorbing them well. In fact last night I had even heard her telling her good friends who were not Muslims what she had learnt at the mosque that night.
She didn't had it easy these past few weeks. At one time, she was on the verge of giving up. You and I who are born Muslims would never get to really understand the stress that she faced - with families and friends who are not supportive of her decisions. Even worst, the guy (a Muslim) that she had put hopes on to guide her, had also abandoned her.
So it was wonderful to see her still hanging on tight to the rope of Islam, and it was humbling to me as well. She worries about what is going to happen in two weeks time, when we all leave this place. How would she be able to practise being a Muslim when she lives with her family who don't approve of it. But despite it all, she is still hang on tight to it, even though it must have felt like she's holding on to a thorny branch. We have all the ease in the world to practise Islam in Malaysia, yet how many hardly bother to? Ironic isn't it? We have all the ease to stay on the rope, yet sometimes we purposely let go of it. We don't value and cherish what we have. And I fear that one day He may take it away from us if we continue the way that we had. Indeed, what is happening right now in Malaysia is going to get worst if we don't wake up and change.
Anyhow, it's officially 52 years today since our Independence. We may be free from being subservient to an external regime, but are we truly free right now? If we are, why do we still live in fear? It is definitely something for us to ponder.
In any case,
Happy 52nd Independence Day Malaysia!
2 comments:
having read some of reverts (or reborned, as one would prefer to be called), i wouldn't worry about your friend. It is Allah that placed hidayah into her heart and He is the best Guide and Provider.
Perhaps the events happening to her now is the very thing that will strengthen her faith.
and have a good merdeka dei. :)
Yup true, hidayah comes from Allah, and I hope He will continue to guide her and keep her strong.
As a friend though, I can't help but worry that she'll give up on it without trying. The rug was just pulled out from her feet when she broke up with the guy. It is difficult when ur conversion is partly motivated by someone else. I used to think it's very romantic for someone to revert to Islam to marry you. But I have since then revised my thinking. It can create confusion to the action and the faith itself. But of course I'm not denying that it is one of the ways that Allah wants to give hidayah to someone.
Anyhow, yeah...I hope she can maintain her faith. And I hope she can find a good company and community to lean on to.
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