Assalamualaikum w.b.t.
My brothers and sisters,
It has been a while since the last
General Election 13 took place…
But, you can still feel the heat of
it…transition of leadership, discontentment among a few political leaders so on
and so forth…
Have you ever thought on why we love to
chase responsibilities in a form of position and ranks…but we tend forget our
own REAL responsibilities in life - conveying the messages of Allah and living
up the Sunnah of Rasulullah P.B.U.H.
I would like to share a verse from the
Holy Quran regarding this matter.
And strive for
Allah with the striving due to Him. He has chosen you and has not placed upon
you in the religion any difficulty. [It is] the religion of your father,
Abraham. Allah named you "Muslims" before [in former scriptures] and
in this [revelation] that the Messenger may be a witness over you and you may
be witnesses over the people. So establish prayer and give zakah and hold fast to
Allah . He is your protector; and excellent is the protector, and excellent is
the helper.
Surah al-Hajj (22:78)
Have you
ever felt that Allah is directly speaking to you… specially for you...like the
one in this verse.
Treat
al-Quran as if a LOVE LETTER from a lover towards the one He loves (which is
YOU)... Then you will feel close with Allah as close as a loving couple (even
closer) : )
From this
verse, Allah has mentioned that he had picked YOU up…to convey His Message…and
Muhammad P.B.U.H will be the witness over you.
My
brothers and sisters,
I am not
here to burden your life with heavy responsibilities…but remember you are the
CHOSEN ONE…
I believe
each one of you who read this article is eligible enough to spread the words of
Islam… you don’t have to be specifically wearing a white robe with turban and a
long beard which most of people might think of (those are Sunnah btw)
But, be as
simple as you are, and remember spreading the words of Islam is also SIMPLE
I know
that we might not be able to be as good as the companions of Rasulullah
P.B.U.H…but it is always a good start and motivation for us to follow their
footsteps
Below are
a few principles that I would like to share regarding this matter:
1. Start with a simple but continuous steps
“The best love deeds to Allah are the ones that
are continuous even if they are not very many”
Prophet Muhammad P.B.U.H (Sahih Bukhari)
Allah
does not emphasize on the size or quantity of your deeds, but more importantly,
He loves the ones that are done continuously.
You can
start by sharing Islamic articles, blogs, videos through social networking e.g
FB, Twitter etc. with the intention to spread the words of Islam, but remember
do it CONTINUOUSLY.
2. Action speaks louder than words
Have you
ever thought about how Islam was easily spread during the Golden Ages of
Islamic Empire? The answer is simply because of the quality and excellence
shown by the Muslim scholars which attracts the non-Muslims towards Islam.
People
tend to make their judgement based on what they SEE rather than what they HEAR…
O you who have believed, why do you say
what you do not do?
Surah as-Saff (61 :2)
Before we
call other people towards Allah with our own tongue, we must first display good
actions and beautiful manners of Islam.
Having
said this, it may not necessarily means that we have to completely change
ourselves 180 degrees before we could start calling people…if that’s the case
then it would be too late before we could start as changing is a gradual, slow
process…think about it J
3. Prioritize rewards before threatening with
warnings
If we
could appreciate the beauty of arrangement in Quranic verses in which Allah,
most of the time, bring the glad
tidings of a reward first before mentioning the threat of a punishment
Applying the same
methodology, we could entice the people with rewards awaiting them if they
obliged to the commandments in Islam – a happy beautiful life in this world and
the Hereafter
When the Prophet Muhammad P.B.U.H.
sent Abu Moosa al-Ashari and Muadz bin Jabal to Yemen, he advised them by
saying, “make matters easy for people and do not make them difficult, give glad
tidings to the people, and do not cause the people to flee away”
(Abu Dawood)
However, this does not mean that we don’t have to warn people
with punishments, but rather begin with many glad tidings mentioned in Holy
Quran and Sunnah as an encouragement to them…and resort to punishments
afterwards.
My brothers and sisters,
There are plenty more ways we could attract people closer
towards Allah..as long as our intentions and methods are based on al-Quran and
Sunnah.
Remember, we only live once and this is the only stage for us
to save ourselves from the punishments of Hellfire in the Hereafter.
Whoever does
righteousness, whether male or female, while he is a believer - We will surely
cause him to live a good life, and We will surely give them their reward [in
the Hereafter] according to the best of what they used to do.
Surah an-Nahl (16:97)
This is the reward from Allah to His
believers who do righteousness and Allah will not fail His promise. :)
May you who read this article benefit
from it and pray to Allah for his guidance to you and me, striving for His
Jannah… Amin.
Wallahualam.
Editor: Mohamed Nazrin bin Abdul Mutaliff
President 2012/2013
Muslim Society (MSOC)
International Medical University (IMU) Bukit Jalil.
