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
Despite us proudly announcing to the world that we are a Muslim, the sad truth is what we fail to realize is that we are not able to adhere to the way of life so completely.
We treat the Muslim status as being yet another point in the list of our part time jobs, yet we proudly exclaimed that we are indeed living the deen. Are we really?
But the sad sad truth is, we are only truly a Muslim when we...
-perform the prayer
-eat (because that's when we say the 'bismillah')
-and the list of those 'amal's that we did through out the day
That amounts to approximately a few hours or less in a day, which makes it a lot less than the amount of work hours for a part timer. Even a part timer needs to work for at least 5 hours. So what does that makes us? A part part timer perhaps?
In case you're getting me wrong here, I am not saying at the other times when we're not doing any ibadah we are not being a Muslim. If that's the case then I might have delivered my thoughts not as well as I thought I have.
What I meant is that, I think, only when we are doing something that portrays us as a Muslim, i.e. performing the salah, is the only time when we actually remember Him. But even so, not in all prayers we are able to attain khusyu'. Hmm. Another point for us to reflect on ourselves.
Even me myself, I admit that when I went online, on Facebook especially, sometimes I forgot to guard my 'tongue' from uttering non-beneficial things. And also when I was watching anime on my laptop, I did forget about Him for a while and astaghfirullahalazim, weren't we supposed to be in remembrance of Him at all times?
To only live a part of the deen is equal to actually living as a part time Muslim don't you think? I was reading 1000 sunnah of the Prophet s.a.w. the other day and that made me realize how little did I adhere to following his sunnah and yet, as a Muslim, we are supposed to live the way he had lived his life. And yet we continue to live as if Jannah was already guaranteed for us...hmmm.
But yeah, I guess there's no harm in starting this late. Better late than never, right?
So that means I have to learn how to treat people as Rasulullah s.a.w. had, and how to sleep the way he had, and the list goes on. So, I guess, ganbatte to that?
And oh, before I leave, just a little something that I did for my chinese friends in USM. :)
ps: I do not celebrate CNY. People keep asking me for 'limau'. =_=" Perhaps because I look 'chinese-y'. I'm a Melanau by the way. We celebrate Pesta Kaul. I might write about it later.(if I remember)
Salam alaik and peace out.
Am still working my way up to become a good Muslim from day to day,
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.
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
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| Source: http://fulltimemuslem.blogspot.com/ |
We treat the Muslim status as being yet another point in the list of our part time jobs, yet we proudly exclaimed that we are indeed living the deen. Are we really?
But the sad sad truth is, we are only truly a Muslim when we...
-perform the prayer
-eat (because that's when we say the 'bismillah')
-and the list of those 'amal's that we did through out the day
That amounts to approximately a few hours or less in a day, which makes it a lot less than the amount of work hours for a part timer. Even a part timer needs to work for at least 5 hours. So what does that makes us? A part part timer perhaps?
In case you're getting me wrong here, I am not saying at the other times when we're not doing any ibadah we are not being a Muslim. If that's the case then I might have delivered my thoughts not as well as I thought I have.
What I meant is that, I think, only when we are doing something that portrays us as a Muslim, i.e. performing the salah, is the only time when we actually remember Him. But even so, not in all prayers we are able to attain khusyu'. Hmm. Another point for us to reflect on ourselves.
Even me myself, I admit that when I went online, on Facebook especially, sometimes I forgot to guard my 'tongue' from uttering non-beneficial things. And also when I was watching anime on my laptop, I did forget about Him for a while and astaghfirullahalazim, weren't we supposed to be in remembrance of Him at all times?
To only live a part of the deen is equal to actually living as a part time Muslim don't you think? I was reading 1000 sunnah of the Prophet s.a.w. the other day and that made me realize how little did I adhere to following his sunnah and yet, as a Muslim, we are supposed to live the way he had lived his life. And yet we continue to live as if Jannah was already guaranteed for us...hmmm.
But yeah, I guess there's no harm in starting this late. Better late than never, right?
So that means I have to learn how to treat people as Rasulullah s.a.w. had, and how to sleep the way he had, and the list goes on. So, I guess, ganbatte to that?
And oh, before I leave, just a little something that I did for my chinese friends in USM. :)
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| Not that great but oh well, I am a noob after all. Huhu |
ps: I do not celebrate CNY. People keep asking me for 'limau'. =_=" Perhaps because I look 'chinese-y'. I'm a Melanau by the way. We celebrate Pesta Kaul. I might write about it later.(if I remember)
Salam alaik and peace out.
Am still working my way up to become a good Muslim from day to day,
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