Tuesday, December 23, 2008

turning over a new leaf..


does 29th december (2008) ring any bell?..
how about 1st Muharram 1430?..
well, it certainly should..

for us muslims, its our new year...
and as any new year, we have n should have a new year resolution...
we should turn over a new leaf they say...

in the time of the prophet (s.a.w), they made a 'hijrah', or 'moving' from Mekah to Madinah al-munawwarah..
n for other muslims, 'hijrah' is commonly n usually symbolized by the 'changing' of oneself from something bad, to something good..or better still, from something good, to something much better (or even to achievce greater excellence?)..

if possible, it should be in all context of our lives, better it be from matters regarding solah(prayer), muamalah(rules n regulatons during daily conducts), to akhlaq(behaviour/character) n many more..beside, Islam is syumul, right?..thus, if we want to change (to something good that is), it should be done as a whole..not just to take bits n pieces of Islam (the parts that we like only), to put it together, n the worst part is to 'renovate' it to suit our likings...no...............that is absolutely not permissible...
Islam is already perfect n complete, there's no need to change it..however, the only thing that (really)needs to be changed is its people, us, the muslims...
hence, in conjunction with maal hijrah, let us(u, me, everyone) make a vow to ourselves, a promise, a promise to (insyaAllah) hijrah to something better..
insyaAllah... =]

let us all make every new second, a new beginning..
insyaAllah...

salam maal hijrah..~




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