Tuesday, March 31, 2015

A bitter struggle, a sweet rest.

Assalaamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh...



Be it over-the-top number of endless assignments, lots of food (and money to buy them) to choose from, lots of newly-arrived shawls and jubahs, a random text from a not-so-strange stranger and your heart skips a beat every time you hear his/her steps, even iMak-iPong new editions hot hot on the market; those are all but mere struggles to overcome. Yes. Struggles. We have to overcome those struggles in order to detach our heart from this ever-so-temporary dunya. T-E-M-P-O-R-A-R-Y. Oh wow. So that saying, "This heart is gonna beat for you forever and ever" is a total lie. Astaghfirullahalazim.

One word: Mujahadah. There is no such thing as mujahadah if we want to stay the same. Change is the "in" thing right now. On the path to Allah's redha, we need to change everyday to be better. Mujahadah is always a struggle to a positive change. It's never inclined to changing back negatively to be on the edge of Fire. So when we struggle, and fight to overcome that struggle, we are Mujahadah-ing. And all those mentioned above, are all just Nafs - our ever so strong desire to put the world in our heart. So the correct condition we are in right now is, Mujahadatun Nafs - bermujahadah melawan hawa nafsu. Ain't that sound cool? You bet. 

So how to succeed in this "to the end of time" battle? Here are some tips:

1. You gotta know the enemy.
If love monkey is your current struggle, always remember that it is temporary. The only One who loves you more than anything else is Allah, and hey, Allah is Permanent.
If food is your love monkey, then always know that too much eating do more harm than eating considerably.

2. You gotta make an extra effort to know Allah

We don't just memorise Allah's names, we understand them so we could fall in love with Him.


3. And so mingle with the right crowd who wants to overcome those struggles.


4. Sabr and solat.


And seek help through patience and prayer, and indeed, it is difficult except for the humbly submissive [to Allah ]. [Al-Baqarah: 45]

Do you know that a sincere solat also functions to give you strength to overcome those struggles? :)

So there you go. Do your best, and let Allah do the rest. Oh and by the way, the struggle is always bitter, but our rest in Jannah is always sweet. Really.

Yours Truly,
MYC. 
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MYC Session: Moved to Saturday!

Assalaamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh...


How is everyone? May we always be under His Extra Tender Loving Care and may we still be the Spark of Fire even after the oh-so-exciting yet illuminating Islam Aspiration Week 2015 (semangatnya tuh di sini!). Allahumma ameen.

MYC IS... *drumrolls* BACK! Alhamdulillah. However, MYC session for this week has been moved to Saturday at our usual home, DMP Masjid UBD. So there will be no MYC session tomorrow (Wednesday).

So mark your calendar for another exciting journey with MYC this Saturday, 4th April, 2015, insyaAllah. 

P/S: Sneak peek for this week's session, one word: Light. <3
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