Things that we always did but we shouldn't have, sometimes without us noticing.
1) When a non-Muslim approaches you to ask about Islam, we get excited. Sometimes too excited. Try to conceal your excitement as it might freak them out.
2) When a non-Muslim approaches you and asks about Islam, you try to convert them. Please don't. The intention is great but hey, you might get disappointed if they don't become a Muslim.
3) We get disappointed when a non-Muslim that we targeted to become a Muslim, doesn't turn out the way you wanted it to be. Remember, hidayah is in the power of ALLAH. What we can do is guide them, and pray so that their hearts would be enlightened.
4) When a non-Muslim told you that they wanted to become a Muslim, please don't question their intention.
I remember when I told someone about wanting to become a Muslim, they were surprised(not in a good way, like surprised meeting a ghost surprise). They even asked me, "Are you serious?", "Have you thought about this deeply and thoroughly?", "Are you sure?" They immediately gave me the impression of, "Hey, is Islam so bad a religion that you want to keep me away from it?" or "Was it a bad decision?" and also, I found the question offensive, because:
- Hey, if I am not serious, I wouldn't even bring this up. The 'converting' issue is like a kamikaze subject to us non-Muslims.
- I'm dead serious. Do I look like I'm not?(glares with burning gaze)
Yeah, the way they said it, it sounds like Islam is a baaaaad decision. Make sure you really take note of this point. You might cause someone to run away from Islam.
5) Don't think that you've reverted a person by aiding them reciting the syahadah. The true effort lies in people who told them about Islam, and taught them what Islam is. In other words, a person who 'mengIslamkan orang'(as what you might call it in Malay) is not the person who made them recite the syahadah, but the ones who guided their heart to it. Capische?
6) We groan when we fast in the Ramadhan, complaining that we're tired or making excuses when someone asks us to do something. Our excuse is that because we are too tired because we are fasting. Know what our non-Muslim friends think? Islam is a load of work. Islam is tiring people out.
They would pity us and don't be surprised when they don't want to become a Muslim. You might be the cause.
7) We talk about Islam but we don't practice it ourselves. Mind you, our non-Muslim friends are not that naive about Islam. Some of them knew about cleanliness being a part of the deen, and we usually fail to adhere to our own deen, our way of life. Walk your talk, even ALLAH didn't like those who preach but not practicing what they did.
There are more but I failed to recall them. As usual, I always write about these things in a provocative manner but I call it, critical thinking. It was like cracking a nutshell using a nutcracker. I want to make you think, really think, by 'cracking' you up, provocatively, so that you'll get out of your comfort zone and start reflecting. I also believed that the way we really learned a lesson, is always the hard way. I've experienced it and I know what I'm talking about. Anyway, I know you would feel things such as,
"Lah, susahla kalau macam tu." "Man, this is difficult. How I am supposed to do all these?" or "How should I know?"
But hey, if we are really good Muslims, and we really want to change, we would not even do these stuffs in the first place. What we're doing are not the sunnahs of Rasulullah s.a.w(peace be upon him), and shame on us. Shame on us. Would you think our beloved Prophet(peace be upon him) be happy to see us in the hereafter, or would he frown because we're not doing our job as a daie?
I feel like crying myself when I wrote this.
Perhaps this is a way to force us to become better Muslims. The battle to become good is always painful because we are going to fight against our own nafsu and against Shaytan's whispers. It is never easy but again, do we think that we are worth it to become occupants of Jannah if even here, in this dunya, we gave up?
This is a reminder to me, and to whoever reading this. I am not always right, as I am not maksum(without sins). Just a normal human being, who happen to be a Muslim, reminding herself for the sake of mardhotillah, the dream of every Muslims. InshaALLAH.
1) When a non-Muslim approaches you to ask about Islam, we get excited. Sometimes too excited. Try to conceal your excitement as it might freak them out.
2) When a non-Muslim approaches you and asks about Islam, you try to convert them. Please don't. The intention is great but hey, you might get disappointed if they don't become a Muslim.
3) We get disappointed when a non-Muslim that we targeted to become a Muslim, doesn't turn out the way you wanted it to be. Remember, hidayah is in the power of ALLAH. What we can do is guide them, and pray so that their hearts would be enlightened.
4) When a non-Muslim told you that they wanted to become a Muslim, please don't question their intention.
I remember when I told someone about wanting to become a Muslim, they were surprised(not in a good way, like surprised meeting a ghost surprise). They even asked me, "Are you serious?", "Have you thought about this deeply and thoroughly?", "Are you sure?" They immediately gave me the impression of, "Hey, is Islam so bad a religion that you want to keep me away from it?" or "Was it a bad decision?" and also, I found the question offensive, because:
- Hey, if I am not serious, I wouldn't even bring this up. The 'converting' issue is like a kamikaze subject to us non-Muslims.
- I'm dead serious. Do I look like I'm not?(glares with burning gaze)
Yeah, the way they said it, it sounds like Islam is a baaaaad decision. Make sure you really take note of this point. You might cause someone to run away from Islam.
5) Don't think that you've reverted a person by aiding them reciting the syahadah. The true effort lies in people who told them about Islam, and taught them what Islam is. In other words, a person who 'mengIslamkan orang'(as what you might call it in Malay) is not the person who made them recite the syahadah, but the ones who guided their heart to it. Capische?
6) We groan when we fast in the Ramadhan, complaining that we're tired or making excuses when someone asks us to do something. Our excuse is that because we are too tired because we are fasting. Know what our non-Muslim friends think? Islam is a load of work. Islam is tiring people out.
They would pity us and don't be surprised when they don't want to become a Muslim. You might be the cause.
7) We talk about Islam but we don't practice it ourselves. Mind you, our non-Muslim friends are not that naive about Islam. Some of them knew about cleanliness being a part of the deen, and we usually fail to adhere to our own deen, our way of life. Walk your talk, even ALLAH didn't like those who preach but not practicing what they did.
There are more but I failed to recall them. As usual, I always write about these things in a provocative manner but I call it, critical thinking. It was like cracking a nutshell using a nutcracker. I want to make you think, really think, by 'cracking' you up, provocatively, so that you'll get out of your comfort zone and start reflecting. I also believed that the way we really learned a lesson, is always the hard way. I've experienced it and I know what I'm talking about. Anyway, I know you would feel things such as,
"Lah, susahla kalau macam tu." "Man, this is difficult. How I am supposed to do all these?" or "How should I know?"
But hey, if we are really good Muslims, and we really want to change, we would not even do these stuffs in the first place. What we're doing are not the sunnahs of Rasulullah s.a.w(peace be upon him), and shame on us. Shame on us. Would you think our beloved Prophet(peace be upon him) be happy to see us in the hereafter, or would he frown because we're not doing our job as a daie?
I feel like crying myself when I wrote this.
Perhaps this is a way to force us to become better Muslims. The battle to become good is always painful because we are going to fight against our own nafsu and against Shaytan's whispers. It is never easy but again, do we think that we are worth it to become occupants of Jannah if even here, in this dunya, we gave up?
This is a reminder to me, and to whoever reading this. I am not always right, as I am not maksum(without sins). Just a normal human being, who happen to be a Muslim, reminding herself for the sake of mardhotillah, the dream of every Muslims. InshaALLAH.
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