Ships toward His Redha

Bismillah..

Different people

Different ways

Yet Allah s.w.t understands each and everyone of us

our sadness, our happiness, our disappointment

Reading the Qur'an, fascinated by how Allah s.w.t interacted with Rasulullah s.a.w and the sahabah

touches upon their innermost worries

how close they are to know each other's redha

 "...Allah ridha terhadap mereka dan merekapun ridha kepada-Nya. "

- Al-Bayyinah,98:8

"why was it always mentioned to mu'min

Do not fear or be sad?"

"Because if we're constantly ok, we might not feel the need to refer to Him

but to always turn to Him..

His words of comfort, imprinted in the Qur'an

even 1400 ++ years later

to tell us

you're not alone

"I've been there, too."

:")"

..and each of us has different needs, capabilities

and Islam is flexible in the pursuit of truth, as long as it is within syarie'

"Hai orang-orang yang beriman, bertakwalah kepada Allah dan carilah wasilah (jalan) yang mendekatkan diri kepada-Nya, dan berjihadlah pada jalan-Nya, supaya kamu mendapat keberuntungan."

-Al-Maidah, 5:35

..use your 'healthy mind' to judge the wrongs and rights of the worlds. 

Ouch, ouch and triple ouch! :"(

"Katakanlah: "Tidak sama yang buruk dengan yang baik, meskipun banyaknya yang buruk itu menarik hatimu, maka bertakwalah kepada Allah hai orang-orang berakal, agar kamu mendapat keberuntungan"

-Al-Ma'idah, 5:100

First, Niat.

ALWAYS go back to Allah s.w.t

whatever happens, hold on to that anchor with your molars

Daripada Abi Nijih 'Irbadh bin Sariyah r.a. berkata, "Telah menasihati kami oleh Rasulullah saw. akan satu nasihat yang menggetarkan hati kami dan menitiskan air mata kami ketika mendengarnya, lalu kami berkata, Ya Rasulullah! Seolah-olah ini adalah nasihat yang terakhir sekali maka berilah pesanan kepada kami." 

Lalu baginda pun bersabda, "Aku berwasiat akan kamu supaya sentiasa bertakwa kepada Allah dan mendengar serta taat (kepada pemimpin) sekalipun yang meminpin kamu itu hanya seorang hamba. Sesungguhnya sesiapa yang panjang umurnya daripada kamu pasti ia akan melihat perselisihan yang banyak. Maka hendaklah kamu berpegang teguh dengan sunnahku dan sunnah para khulafa Ar Rasyidin dan gigitlah sunah-sunah itu dengan gigi geraham dan jauhilah perkara-perkara yang baru (bid'ah) yang diada-adakan, kerana sesungguhnya tiap-tiap bid'ah itu adalah sesat."

H.R. Abu Daud dan Tirmizi

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just to commemorate a piece of memory

when I've been fighting to know who I am

who I can hold on to

in the end, I'll always know Allah s.w.t alone can save me from myself,  from others

a friend asked me

"if this ship is broken, I'd rather go to the next one

we're still riding the same waves, right?

"what about the process?

what about when you jump into the sea to grab a hold and board the other ship?

are you sure you wouldn't be drown?"

have faith and stay

have faith and be patient

some things are just wrong, yes

we can fix it

rather than escaping to find a 'better' ship

try to stay and fix this, together

because once upon a time,

 for me

unaware that I've made that leap into the sea

and yet Allah s.w.t saved me

He told me to hold on to that anchor, 

even with my own molars

"Hold on," He said

"Hold on" "

because even in reality

this ummah is broken

be the hand who knows how to fix the boards, the sails

there is hurt

there is a heal

do you think you'll not be tested?

where does this patience and acceptance comes from?

its from watching them (my ummah) last umrah trip

somehow that image stayed with me

of the people who 'wanted' to be saved

bear this for a while

and fix the niat of every  pilot, of every workers, of every passengers

insyaAllah, that saff will be filled

that saff will be filled :")

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