Syahadatul Haq

We bear witness that Allah is our only God and there is no other except for Him alone.

We bear witness that Muhammad is Allah's messenger to us.

We say that everyday, every time we pray, but do we understand what it means?

Do we really know what it says?

I do not mean the translation, everyone can know that even without me writing this but how far do you understand the meaning of our syahadah?

We bear witness that Islam is the Truth, and He is the Truth, the only Truth.

And what is the definition of being a witness?

For example, how do you know that Prophet Ibrahim alayhi salam erected Kaabah with his son, Ismail a.s? We were not there but we do know that it is true because our witness is Allah, and why do we believe what Allah says in the Qur'an? Because we are believers and the first pillar of faith is believing in Allah.

And thus we have made you a just community that you will be witnesses over the people and the Messenger will be a witness over you. And We did not make the qiblah which you used to face except that We might make evident who would follow the Messenger from who would turn back on his heels. And indeed, it is difficult except for those whom Allah has guided. And never would Allah have caused you to lose your faith. Indeed Allah is, to the people, Kind and Merciful. {2:143}

Rasulullah has done his job and he has perfected his task given by Allah as what he said in his last sermon,

"I leave behind me two things, the Quran and the Sunnah (Hadith), and if you follow these you will never go astray. All those who listen to me shall pass on my words to others and those to others again; and may the last ones understand my words better than those who listened to me directly. Be my witness, O Allah, that I have conveyed your message to your people." 

-Khutabul Wada (full text)

So what will we bring to His court on The Day of Judgment? Will we be able to answer confidently that we have conveyed Islam?

It doesn't matter how much we know, what matters is what we do with what we know.

The ummah is crying, why?

No one cares. Everything is on the television, Palestinians assaulted day by day in various forms, Syrians, Rohingyans, our nearest neighbour, the people of Tak Bai, but what do we do?

Who are they? Are they not our brethren? And why the low concern for our own brethren?

The problem is with our understanding; we do not understand well.

If we truly see Jannah in front of us, we may not do what we did today. 

Lazying about, minding our own business.

To be honest, I just attended Syahadatul Haq earlier and I cried the whole session. All my life, I have been selfish and ignorant, and now I know the importance of da'wah, I just can't help it, I need to say it.

One of the sisters also told us that when Palestinians heard about Acheh being in a disastrous state, they pooled their money immediately and gave it to the Indonesian representative that came to Palestine in the first place to help them. Their reason is that they think the Indonesians need it more than them. Them, who have been in assault for like, I don't know, almost more than 50 years now, think of their brethren MORE in Indonesia. So how can we be of the same level of imaan? 

Which is why we really need to realize our syahadah and not just merely saying it with the tip of our tongue when we don't even mean it in our hearts. 

Don't you dare forget what you get today Sandy! DON'T YOU DARE!

So have they not traveled through the earth and have hearts by which to reason and ears by which to hear? For indeed, it is not eyes that are blinded, but blinded are the hearts which are within the breasts. {22:46}

Allah has promised those who have believed among you and done righteous deeds that He will surely grant them succession [to authority] upon the earth just as He granted it to those before them and that He will surely establish for them [therein] their religion which He has preferred for them and that He will surely substitute for them, after their fear, security, [for] they worship Me, not associating anything with Me. But whoever disbelieves after that - then those are the defiantly disobedient. {24:55}

And this worldly life is not but diversion and amusement. And indeed, the home of the Hereafter - that is the [eternal] life, if only they knew. {29:64}

 I am only writing a few of the things that I get but really, I wish I could tell you what I know so that you may feel the same way that I do. 

I really don't want to forget this. I pray that this sticks with me till the end of my life. Ameen.