Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Assalamualaikum warrahmatullahi ta'ala wabarrakatuh..

Today, I'm gonna blog about something which caught my attention. The question that keeps getting me ponder on is "Moden Muslims or Murtads?". Yes, i don't haf a good explaination for these thoughts n i'm aware that itz a big issue that needs immediate attentions. N this entry isn't focused on anyone. It has been moderated n generalised a lot.

I have Muslim friends all over the world who aren't Singaporeans, Malaysians or Arabs only. Yes, they come from all over the world.. Canadian white Muslim, Russian Muslim, Albanian Muslim, Turkish Muslim, Egyptian Muslim and many others. This entry isn't an offence to anyone but it seriously got my full attention.

Firstly, I realise that there are wrong practices in certain countries like Italy. I have an Italian friend who seemed really interested in knowing more abt Islam. He looks up to me to learn more. I told him i'm dhaif n he should look for someone who can explain Islamic doubts better. But well, I did help him here and there, more or less so that he'll at least have d faintest idea about the beauty of Islam.

My Italian friend is a Catholic who is ignorant of his own religion. He is looking for the answers to believing in the right religion. In Italy, they do learn about Islam in school. Oh yes they do. But the thing that worries me is that the teachers teaching Islam there are Catholics. That sounds very wrong, doesn't it. N then, he clarified some doubts with me and he got his facts all wrong which is very sad. The facts can sorta cause one think badly of Islam. Really. Can u imagine a Catholic teaching Islam? thatz so wrong. itz just like a Muslim teaching Catholism. get what i mean?

I have some friends from other spots of the world. The thing that worried me is that they either don't practice Islam due to no interest or some due to not knowing how.. or they have the wrong facts. Oh yes.. the popular of all is the issue on Muslim marriages. This statement is so popular among them "Muslim guys can get married to a non-Muslim girl without having the girl to convert". From what I've learnt, this is HARAM caz no matter what, the non-Muslim girl MUST convert. Anyway, this goes the same way to the Muslim girls who wanna marry a non-Muslim guy. The non-Muslim partner must convert to Islam. Many of them aren't aware of the significance of converting. It really saddens n worries me a lot.

Muslims who drink or doing pre-marital sex. It isn't something rare anymore. Moreover u can't say those ppl from other countries do that n Singaporeans don't. Caz well, i'm sure u ppl would've noticed the tremendous increase in the rate of pregnant young Muslim girls and also the high rate of abortions which is increasing tremendously by young Muslim girls too. They've committed the first sin of doing pre-marital sex and they did the second sin of aborting the poor innocent foetus. Where is the humanity? That child deserves to live. Haiz.. Spare a thought please. I'm not bringing up other religions caz it isn't in my position to talk abt it. So, I'm talking abt the Muslims. My dearest Muslim brothers and sisters. Spare a thought please. This is a huge worry and needs immediate attention. Ponder on it. Yes, PONDER on it caz u might never know ure one of them who needs help. At least, make the effort to seek some help. Go to the mosque and seek for some guidance from the religious teachers or something. Don't just sit there and let it sink in. U might never know how much u really need to seek these knowledges. At least, think about the guidance towards the path of jannah.

And about those who drink. This is so common nowadays. In fact, way too common. Oh yes. I'm not trying to lure anyone into thinking so negatively of Islam. I'm saying this caz one of my cousins drink too. I have friends who drink too. n yes, they are Muslims. Don't get me wrong.. I know these people caz they are my friends. I'm not badly influenced anyway. Alhamdulillah.

I'm greatly impressed with a Canadian friend. he changed tremendously. yes.. taubatan nasuha. Now, he solat, fast, practice Islam. Alhamdulillah. Moreover, he was not like that. But he changed. In fact, he changed a lot.. tremendously. It teared me. Yes, up to that extent. It was really touching. Alhamdulillah. I am really proud of him. He put in the effort. & Alhamdulillah my prayers were granted by Allah. Alhamdulillah. Allah gave him taufik n hidayah. Alhamdulillah.

N lastly, i strongly believe that religious teachers and other da'i need to go to other countries too to dakwah. They shouldn't be constricted to da'wah in their respective countries only. There are many other countries that need our kindest attention. Would u let ur Muslim brothers n sisters just fall into the grasp of people who have bad intentions of corrupting their beliefs in Islam and pulling them towards the other religions? Would u let them fall? I'm sure u won't. So, u gotta play ur part in pulling them out of the grasp and guide them. Insya'Allah ur good attentions won't be put to waste. Don't be selfish. U wanna go jannah, so do others.. Helping one another isn't a chore but a bliss especially if u're successful. Masya'Allah. Yes, it requires a lot of money to dakwah overseas n ladidadida.. Insya'Allah we can.. Like perhaps.. the mosques in Singapore should collaborate in collecting funds. Much more can be done. United we stand, divided we fall. N none of us want Islam to fall.. I'm sure of that. So, we can do it, ppl! Woohoo!

I gotta end this here. Wabillahi taufik wal hidayah wassalamualaikum warrahmatullahi ta'ala wabarrakatuh.
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