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F is for Friends

In the name of Allah,
Most Gracious, Most Merciful,
Praise be to Allah,
the Cherisher and Sustainer of the Worlds,
and Peace and Prayer be upon the Final Prophet and Messenger. Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Quran

I have been wondering about this, but have you heard of the saying, if you really want to know yourself, then look at 5 or 10 of your closest friends?

Funny thing is, my friends, i mean, my closest friends are somehow, varied. And even if i were to describe us physical wise, you will see that we are really different from each other, but somehow, they are the people that DO care about me.

Then what does that make me? Someone complicated i guess.

I have all sorts of friends, from the crazy wacko type to the goody two shoes type. So sometimes i am somewhat confused, well,at the statement i mean. but then again, i believe, friends do not necessarily make who you are. You determine who you are and that's it i guess.

I have kpop loving friends, annoying ones but annoying in an amusing way, gleeks, Islamic conference loving friends, stylish friends, messy friends, chatty, quiet, i'm telling u, not one of us are alike.

But i finally figured out what made us stick together no matter how different we are from each other, it was the ability of acceptance.

Accepting each and everyone's individuality is the key ingredient to an ongoing friendship, in special relationships even.

But as a Muslim, I am aware that we need to be picky when it comes to friends. If someone you're befriending is becoming a poison to your deen, then you will have to turn the friendship into enmity, because the deen is above all. Did we not swear to protect our deen with our lives by proclaiming our faith with our heart?

But as long as they are not threat to our imaan and faith, i say why not be friends? Be nice to everyone, but of course this act is quite difficult to do when you're being nice to someone who keeps on trying to hurt you. So being merciful towards His creations sometimes means by not doing anything at all.

So, let's be friends with everyone, if you really are a Muslim, because Islam also means peace, so being a Muslim makes you a person who makes peace with His creations, be them insan or not.





Side dish:

I am going to spend my 9 days break in Shah Alam. Sorry if i caused any inconvenience in the past few weeks. Last but not least, salam jumu'ah and salam eid adha~


With lots of love,

The Rocking Hijab.



We must hurt in order to grow, fail in order to know, & lose in order to gain. Because some lessons in life, are best learnt through pain.

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