Ukhuwah~~

Salamun'alaik. First of all, hamdan lillah, with His love and Rahmah, once again i've got a chance to write on my lovely blog... =).

How's ur iman my dear friends? Hope it's increasing from time to time. Insya Allah.

My dear friends, what do you define the word 'stranger'? hmm.. in my opinion 'stranger' means, someone that you don't know. Right?. i think it's true. if you don't know that person, you will call them strangers.

But..... what about the person you had already knew, but they act as if you didn't know each other? do you called them strangers too?

In Islam, there's a word which we called 'ukhuwah'. It means, a bond of friendship that has been built among us. Our Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him has said in many of his Hadiths about ukhuwah. it makes me realise that it's very important in someone's life. With the ukhuwah, you can do many things easily.

But it really makes me wonder, why do some people don't cherish this bond? i give you a scenario.
They met in a fuction or programme or anywhere. They started to Ta'aruf among themselves. k.. During this time, they had known each other right? even if it's only by their name. k. The scenario continues. In the programme, they must have do some activities together. aren't they?. they will give ideas, discuss together and many more. k. now, the ukhuwah must have grow among them right?.and it continues until the end of the programme.

And now... after the programme, they met you at a certain place. but, they ignore you. what do you feel??
those who always think positively, will say that, maybe this person didn't see you or something. But if it happens so many times, will you still give the same reason?

It's sad to say that some people don't cherish this ukhuwah. In one of the Hadiths mentioning about the rights of a muslim, one of them is when you meet your friends, give salaam. And that's one sign of ukhuwah. And i think that not many of us practices that. Some of us might only smile when they saw someone. That's still ok. Because at the very least, you acknowledge them. But the sad part is that, the person that you had already know, don't even look at you whenever they meet you. They just totally ignore you. Is that a sign of a Mukmin?

My dear friends, treat those people that you had already knew with courtesy. Give salaam and smile always. Respect them like the way you wanted to be respected. A true Muslim will never had hatred in their hearts towards their Muslim sisters and brothers. Except for certain reasons when they need to.






There's a Hadith which says: "Do not severe silaturrahim, do not say bad things behind their back, do not feel any hatred between yourselves, and do not feel jealousy(hasad) among yourselves. And be a servant of Allah who tie the ukhuwah among you.."

So, my dear friend, let's cherish the ukhuwah that we had built in order to get Allah's love. And hope that the ukhwah that we had built will last eternally. Insya Allah. Wallhu'alam.

W'salam.
-Mujahidatul Muslimah-

p/s: If the hadiths has any error, do tell me k.

Peace!