"...I shouldn't have spoken to him in such a manner. I was rude to him. I was sinful by doing so. I felt a sense of regret to having to do so..."
"...but you did what you needed to make things better. It's totally fine as probably that is the only way to spark him the light..."
"...yeah, I know...but...niat tidak menghalalkan perbuatan...I was rude and sinful to him...I have no rights whatsoever to be rude to him. Nothing much of a help that I'd given him...just who am I to be rude to him??..."
His cries continues...weeping...pouring his heart out expressing the emotion that sparked me to an entirely new paradigm in my entire life...
Happiness...
Happily ever after...
Happily living...for the world we live in...or
Happily living...for the hereafter...
These terms were the terms we have always came across every now and then in our lives. We heard of them since we were in our childhood days...rowing through our adolescent "boat"...combating our times through our raging teeny boppers' spirit of retaliations...and right up to this instant...where we are supposedly to have become a fully grown and well-focused adults...hmm...have we?
Happiness...
How well do we understand what the true meanings of this term?
How much effort have we placed in our daily lives in achieving this?
How much weight does this term carries in our daily lives?
Do the effects of this term blossoms through our lives or deteriorates in manner?
On and on and on the projections of questions just kept on coming...bla bla bla...And to those questions, there are never an absolute answer to the equation of 1 + 1...yes...in life, it isn't always equals to 2.
Just to share...A story of a person's belief that I find was truly amazing, truly the awakening...
Twelve hours before the sobbing moments...
His mobile rang. His elder brother was on the other line. This person whom I know then went to see his brother to extend a help of a monetary request. No hesitation. The many requests that he had always obediently fulfilled. And these kind of requests have been eluminating around since twenty years ago!...Yes, twenty years!...The amount?...They are just unaccounted for. Something given knowingly nothing will ever be repaid. Lillah hi ta'ala...Nothing else. Everything this person does is only for the sake of Allah. That was his belief...his belief then...and it is still is now.
He started by emphasizing the importance of a mother's feelings...to receiving of Allah's blessings on each day of our lives should the brother wishes to change his life to the better. First thing first. Yes, the mother's feeling was hurt since a long time his brother could ever remember...the determinant of our well being...be it for the world we live in now or even for the hereafter.
Humble-turn-harsh advice to his brother. It was not a pretty picture to see. Let alone the loud exchangeable vocals to hear. Convincing his brother was never easy. Denial of facts, lame excuses over excuses...to almost pointless. Realizing the fact that he is speaking to his elder brother, he immediately apologized for the rudeness. He meant well. Nothing else was in his mind. Purely good intention, a reminder before it's too late...before the end of time.
Hearing this real life story, this person had actually sparked me of these 4 important aspects that we sometimes might place less importance once in a while in our everyday lives...
1Mother...Redha ibu is redha Allah...the slightest hurt of a mother's feeling would disregard you from Allah's blessings.
2Neighbours...A sin of ours if there happen to be a mouth unfed within the vicinity of our neighbourhood.
3Nieces and Nephews...Our obligation to their well being and needs should one or both of their biological parents (our siblings in this case...) can't afford or had passed on.
4Wealth...Be it in monetary or assets worth wise, there lies a fraction in ours that belongs to others. We are just the "trustee" of a fraction of the savings we have. And we are completely clueless of the rightful beneficiaries...until someone "knocks" on our "door" to seek for help.
Have we set our priority engulfing the above, in a rightful and the rightfully, as Allah had expected of from us?
I can never thank this person enough for widening my life's perspective for a more meaningful journey towards Jannah...
Insya Allah...
