Anyhow, Alhamdulillah, the pleasure, the satisfaction, the happiness.. i dont know if theres any word can describe the feelings of having a child of your own. its truly is a grrreat gift from Allah no money can buy!
of course..as the reality goes.. a great gift usually comes with a great price to pay..
and when it comes to children.. its not money/ toys/ great holidays etc
a hadith mentioned that the best gift a father can give to his child is good manners
after more than 2 years of becoming a mother, i realise that the most difficult part of disciplining your child is in disciplining yourself!
Actually, they can be disciplined very easily, insyaAllah..
Mus'ab for example.. just recently we taught him to ask from Allah each time he wants something..
the prayer goes: Ya Allah, A'ab (as he call himself) nak... please..
so then, SubhanAllah, now he understands that each time he wants something, he has to ask Allah for it.
so just last weekend, Mus'ab was with his Abah, as I and maryam were out.
he was sleeping when i left him but 5 minutes after that, he woke up, crying and screaming for his dear beloved mama..;P
his abah didnt know what to do when suddenly Mus'ab said, while crying intermittently: Ya Allah, ya Allah, ya Allah.. A'ab nak mama tido layi, please..
Abah couldnt reply better than falling into tears too!
As it goes.. when you do da'wah to others you're actually giving a chance for yourself to improve..
in everything that we do, we have to turn to Allah.. thats the principle that we're trying to inculcate here..
but, yeah.. when the world is very deeply rooted in your hearts, its very difficult to get this very high state of iman..
children..they've got clean hearts.. and its our duty as parents to make sure that they have the correct iman..
that everything that happens in this be world can only occur by Allah's will
that its not milk/ food that makes you full.. its Allah..
theres 1 illness where a gene called ob gene (if i'm not mistaken) is defective, one can not be satiated/ cant feel full.. people always tend to blame it on the genes and thats it! we seldom go a bit further, we seldom remember The One who control these genes, and thus The Cause of everything.
in the Holy Quran, we are being reminded again and again to put our trust to Allah
to ask from Him
never did Allah say anywhere that to have happiness you have to work for money
never did Allah say to have a long-lasting marriage, look for a lovely wife..
never did Allah say to be successful, you need to have good education/ abundant wealth..
NEVER!
Allah NEVER put His promise in our wealth/ certificates/ fame..
but Allah put His promise in 'amal (good deeds)..NOT maal (wealth)..
for your rizq.. solat dhuha
for your tasks to be completed.. surah yaseen..
for success.. even in this life.. is in the religion..
how much you can uphold Islam in every aspects of your life..
strange, huh, whats the relationship between rizq and solat dhuha?- most people would think..
only strangers do these things..
Ya Allah, guide us all.. Amin!
MashaAllah! May Allah shower his mercy and blessings on Mus'ab and family....
ReplyDeleteA similar story happened to ridwan when he was younger.
Umi and Ridwan used to go to school very early (umi was a teacher). Usually ridwan sleeps thorough out the journey and when they arrive at school. Umi usually leaves him in the car so he can sleep a little longer while she unlocks the school. That day though ridwan woke up, and was shocked to be alone in the car and stuck to his carseat...he cried and cried, and struggled in the car seat trying to release himself, and then he told us later on that he had made duaa to Allah "O Allah please help me", then umi came and he was delighted to see her, with tears and a wet face he smiled, so glad to see his umi and that Allah had listened to his duaas. Alhamdulillah....=)
barakAllahu feek
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