Assalamualaikum,
You can’t run away from feeling dismayed, disappointed and even enraged when you look at some of the headlines on newspaper, especially one that reveals the aqidah state of our fellow muslims. Granted, none of us are free from sin and of course, I am of no exception either. I have had my fair share of sin I’ve committed out of my own stupidity over the years. Yet hearing about cases of teen being impregnated by their boyfriends, seeing some of them parading their beauty in online mediums just to get (and seek) attention of their male followers, allowing their erotic acts be recorded on camera in the name of love (to be kept as memorabilia ..pffttt) etc, is hard to digest. Why are these things still happening despite the numerous news and warnings on such behavior and its consequences have been highlighted before? Why aren’t these girls learning anything at all? Does being an object of desire means so much to them that they let go of their morals in the name of love and fame? Why the blind trust on their so-called boyfriends –did they really think that none of the things reported in the news would ever happen to them?
Blind trusts aside, what worries me is how women easily let their guards down in the name of love. Have they forgotten the ultimate aim in life is to love and worship the Creator of this universe and not idolize or be idolized by any tom,dick or harry instead?
To whom the worldly life is dearer than the Hereafter, and who prevent from the way of Allah and wish deviations in it; they are in extreme error. [Ibrahim 14:3]
We get engrossed with the fun and fame of this world that we easily neglect our purpose in life. Who do we blame? The upbringing? It’s not an easy task for parents to be guarding their children 24/7 but nurturing the child and instilling religion as strong foundation from a young age could have made some difference. Could have.
It’s such a sad fact that in wanting to provide sustenance for the family we love, we overlook the importance of giving our children the required dosage of spirituality which can be the one thing they can use as shield in facing this ruthless world.
So I bring you back to the question of Aqidah – why do we easily forego God? Why do we forget that this world is but a mere transit place before we go to our eternal placing? We all KNOW this and at least have heard of it, yet is it the fact that it’s not to be experienced until after our death is making it easy for us to shove it at the back of our head, if not completely wiped out of our mind?
What do we do to tackle this matter? We can’t carry on our lives ignoring our surrounding. We should not be stepping back because we don’t want to poke our nose in somebody else’s business. It IS our business. Everybody’s. These girls, these women are part of us, our society. More so if they are also fellow Muslims, we are obligated to repair their aqidah. By ‘minding own business’, we are actually telling God that we don’t care about what He has ordained.
Whoever works righteousness, whether male or female, while he (or she) is a true believer (of Islamic Monotheism) verily, to him We will give a good life (in this world with respect, contentment and lawful provision), and We shall pay them certainly a reward in proportion to the best of what they used to do (i.e. Paradise in the Hereafter).[Al-Nahl 16:97]
Let us find strength to fight our own desires and correct ourselves in the way our deen require from us. We don’t have to go state to state to preach. Let us begin by being a role model to our own family. Lets expand from there. We can’t preach what we don’t practice,yea? When we work on improving ourselves in being a obedient Muslim, we then can find courage to extend our knowledge to others. Instill strong foundation in our children that Allah comes first ,more than anything else in this world. No one who makes us stray can lead us to Jannah. They need to know this and it IS our duty as a parents,siblings,family and friends to guide whom we see have digress from this path.
Let us seek protection from Allah that moving forward He may keep us safe from deviating the deen’s teachings and may He give us a heart that hates everything and everyone who disobeys Allah. Amin
“So do not ever assume that Allah will not fulfil His promise to His Noble Messengers; indeed Allah is the Dominant, the Avenger. On the day when the earth will be changed to other than this earth, and the heavens - and they will all come forth standing before Allah, the One, the Dominant above all. And on that day you will see the guilty linked together in chains. Their cloaks will be of pitch and fire will cover their faces. In order that Allah may repay each soul what it had earned; indeed Allah spends no time in judging the account. This is the message to be conveyed to all mankind - and in order to warn them with it, and for them to know that He is the only One God, and for men of understanding to heed advice. [Ibrahim 14:47-52]”
May we scintillate -Islamically :)
