we choose

Semalam jumpa sepupu saya,my second cousin actually.She's doing masters in genetics counselling at melbourne uni.We never been close before because masa kecik kecik dulu kitaorang sepupu2 dia malu kalau nak jumpa dia kena speaking english.She is half malay and half australian.She grew up in KL and when she was 17 she went to OZ furthering on her studies( now she is 23).I think she is more like an asian.Dia selalu pelik kenapa orang putih berjemur tengah panas.Dia panggil locals orang putih.he he.Her favourite food are durian, nasi ayam,laksam,ketupat sotong,nasi lemak dan banyak lagi.She is lucky because her dad is malay and been exposed with malay's cuisine is the most thing she's appreciated.OZ mana ade cuisine,harap labanese,italian cusine adalah.Dia faham orang cakap bahasa melayu tapi tak reti sangat nak reply in bahasa and this really2 make her feeling bad everytime balik kampung in terengganu.Dia nak get around with people susah bila nak cakap melayu,lagi2 terengganu accent dia tak faham langsung!See, sometimes language can be a barrier.

She admits she is muslim but not really practicing.I have no idea with this but I reckon her mother (revert) has a big influence on her.Deep inside, I knew she wants to know more about islam apalagi she can read quran masa kecik2 dulu.Back in Terengganu, we as a family never isolated them apatah lagi melabel2 her family.She said to me she feels a bit malu because everyone wears hijab dan bila raya ke ada wedding ke dia akan jadi perhatian sebab she is not wearing tudung and her face yang sikit macam orang putih walaupun rambut hitam (her mother is perfectly blond).

This is the fact.Islam is not inhereted apatah lagi iman.No,we need to find ourselves why,why and why we choose islam as our way of life.We dont wear hijab because our mother told us so.No,we dont do solat because our housemates do so.We dont do puasa because kalau tak puasa malu la.We dont do for people.We dont change because of people.We do everything to please ALLAH.Bila Allah jadi matlamat kita,campaklah ke mana2 we still wear hijab,we still solat,we still puasa.This statement is not a point: "my parents both muslim,so saya muslim la".No,its not that simple,you need to find yourself,kena belajar pasal islam,kena tahu hukum,kena tahu,bukan ikut je semata mata.

So,reflect diri sendiri and find our turning point.As my ownself, I inhereted Islam from both my parents (like most of us here), but sometime somewhere I have found the reason why I chose Islam as my way of life and alhamdulilllah I have be chosen to be born in muslim family and make everthing easy for me to practice Islam.When we found the reason,we strong.Jual lah tudung bienda ke,tudung siti nurhaliza ke,we dont mind because we wear hijab bukan sebab trend,sebab Allah (contoh kelakar skit but practical).

And when we found where are we in this beautiful religion,we dont label people.We dont underestimate others.We dont say "awak ni tak baiklah mana boleh join kitaorang ni".We dont categorise people "orang baik" ,"orang biasa", "budak2 usrah","saya tak kawan dengan orang orang camni".Our life is a journey.How many people yang kafir,yang tak tahu apa2 pasal islam turn out to be seorang yang sangat taat pada islam when he or she embraced Islam?Berapa ramai orang yang dulu dia tak pakai tudung tapi when she discovered dia sepatutnye pakai tudung and now perfectly covers her aurat?No one can guarantee what future brings but insyaallah selagi kita tetap di jalan Allah dengan niat yang ikhlas Allah akan membenarkan niat kita.

My friend said this is the biggest issue in muslims today.We dont unite and we like to label others.We weak because we dont unite.Kita terlalu sibuk dengan percanggahan yang kecik2,percanggahan mazhab lain2,percanggahan jemaah,dan macam macam lagi yang sangatlah kecik.We always point yang zionis tu jahat yes they bloody are, tapi kalau kita kuat zionis akan lemah.Its either one.

okay,back to my cousin.Hopefully, she finds her way in islam.I dont want her to admit she is muslim just because she is a daughter of muslim's father.I want her to know how beauty islam is.Saya mahu dia rasa betapa bahagia dan indahnya memilih islam sebagai way of life.Saya mahu dia rasa betapa nikmat dan bestnya when she wears hijab.Saya mahu dia rasa betapa tenangnya bila setiap kali dahi ini sujud mengadap Ilahi.Saya mahu dia rasa betapa indahnya bercinta dengan Allah.

oh Allah,permudahkan jalan pencarian untuk sepupuku dan campakkanlah hidayah islam di dalam hatinya..

oh Allah,make it easy for her..make it easy..please,make it easy for her.