Sacrifice

Assalamualaikum warahmatullah. MashaAllah dah lama tak bukak blog sampai lupa link blog sendiri haha 😂 urm tak sempat weh...menjadi mahasiswa ni banyak tanggungjawab. Bukan sekadar belajar ilmu di dunia sahaja tetapi mengutip simpanan akhirat juga inshaaAllah.


Jadi semester ini agak kalut ribut. 20 credit hours 5 core subjects (bless me) serta tanggungjawab untuk persatuan. Sebenarnya aku join persatuan ni bukan untuk mendapat nama, tetapi nak amek kesempatan menjadi minority muslim untuk bring everyone together.

[ Wahai umat manusia! Sesungguhnya Kami telah menciptakan kamu dari lelaki dan perempuan, dan Kami telah menjadikan kamu berbagai bangsa dan bersuku puak, supaya kamu berkenal-kenalan (dan beramah mesra antara satu dengan yang lain). Sesungguhnya semulia-mulia kamu di sisi Allah ialah orang yang lebih taqwanya di antara kamu, (bukan yang lebih keturunan atau bangsanya). Sesungguhnya Allah Maha Mengetahui, lagi Maha Mendalam PengetahuanNya (akan keadaan dan amalan kamu).] Surah Al-Hujurat: ayat 13


Mungkin inilah hikmahnya aku dicampak kemari, untuk diduga menjadi minority dan berkenalan dgn muslim dari serata pelosok dunia (international students). Ya, banyak cabaran dia nak blend in sebab mazhab serta budaya masing-masing is completely divergent. Apa yang boleh bagi kita tak boleh bagi dorang and kena ada fine line dalam setiap event nak buat. Agak mencabar sbb dekat malaysia dah terbiasa buat benda macam ni tapi dekat sini kena buat dengan begitu delicate supaya tidak bercanggah dengan culture mereka. Kena always amek jalan tengah.


Okay tajuk nak cakap pasal sacrifice. Berkorban. Bila kita rasa ada tanggungjawab, berkorban masa, tenaga tu datang dengan sendiri. Tak perlu nak check jadual untuk cakap "I'll be there, inshaaAllah"


Tak perlu nak "Let's see first how"

 sebab bila dah sign up for that responsibility, memang WAJIB kena sacrifice banyak benda. Extra work, extra struggles, semua benda extra. Extra penat. Extra stress. Tapi, benda ni akan jadi mudah, bila NIAT KITA BETUL :)

Bila kita hanya niat nak buat benda ni kerana nak dapat redha Allah, nak kutip pahala, nak buat amal inshaaAllah semuanya jadi senang.

Kalau buat kerana sijil, kerana nak kan nama. Memang susah untuk kau sacrifice masa, tenaga, duit dan whatever it might be.

Dalam hadis 40, hadis pertama adalah mengenai NIAT.

Sebab, EVERY LITTLE THINGS is counted according to your intention.

Even the slightest thing that you do could be the reason for you entering Jannah if your intention is purely because of Allah. Subhanallah how great is that?

On the other hand, if your intention is wrong, isn't in the path of Allah, there are just some dusts, bubbles in the ocean. It brings no meaning. Nauzubillahi min zalik.

Bukankah berada dalam persatuan islam is a golden opportunity? Sambil belajar sambil dapat berdakwah, sebarkan ajaran Islam. In my case, in a total non-muslim environment? I deem that as a blessing. As a chance for me to act as a proper Islam ambassador.

Allah sent me here, out of all people out there to be an ambassador of Islam to the non-muslims. I couldn't see this before but alhamdulillah He opened my eyes and heart to look beyond than just being a malay in a largely chinese community.


Somehow i feel so lucky, alhamdulillah. This is my calling. To be a better muslim, so that the non-muslims here would get to see a good muslim (hopefully inshaaAllah!) Everything I do here, people would reflect back to me being a muslim. Because it couldn't be more obvious, i'm wearing hijab LOL.

I think somehow that's the least i could do to islam. To show the community here that islam is a way of life. It is a religion of hikmah, of gentleness, of compassion, of patience, of love and all fine qualities that our Prophet (peace be upon him) had taught us throughout his entire life.


To be smiling to the people who condemn you for being a muslim ;)


With all the stereotypes on muslims across the globe right now, i received a piece of that over here as well. At the beginning i was so afraid to walk to the classes, scared of having to bump into a person who think i'm a terrorist (there's a non-muslim guy who is an anti-muslim that always has something to say to me on fb, not good stuff of course) but later on i find myself reflecting to the history. Our prophet and sahabah faced much more than what we are facing today. This ain't anything compared to those times. Islam comes as an alien, it will return as an alien as well.


Eh tajuk sacrifice ni dah lain cerita ni hahaha lantak lah this ain't spm essay! Anyway, hopefully Allah gives us strength that we need because we are so vulnerable without Him. Setiap kudrat yang kita ada sekarang, kudrat untuk bangun, berjalan, kudrat pergi ke kelas belajar, kudrat untuk menaip  ni pun adalah daripada Allah. Segalanya mungkin dengan pertolongan Allah, kita cuma kena yakin dan berusaha sahaja.


So oklah, nak tidoq lah kejap before buat esaimen. Meeting tadi pun pusing kepala jap sbb tetiba activities cramped dalam satu minggu hahaha (bless us O'Allah) tapi takpe, we can do this! Activities apa je pun bukannya kena rentas padang pasir luls.

Oklah, till my next post which might be next year hahaha assalamualaikum warahmatullah. Wherever you are may you are in the bliss of being in the blessings of Allah swt ;)