Sometimes I even asked myself, why in the world would I be hooked in this so called ‘cage’ by many?
It’s not like as if it is something that I’m major in, don’t talk about the sirah, hadith and fiqh, I can get confused with some of the hukm’ in the Quran too; and at some point if we look upon this fast-paced modern growing world, we’ll see most people cast their religion away only to be ‘practiced’ quietly at home for five minutes in a day, sitting by our beds praying by our own, to show that we have a God?
It’s that what religion is all about? Just a formality? Just a belief? The sensation of security and comfort when there’s Higher power looking after you on earth, while you wander around with your busy schedule, spending your days separating the one thing that is supposed to be your belief in life?
I believe there’s more to religion than that.
I had once a chat with a friend about the privilege for people that are born in the religious environment, and those who are not. It is a big deal in terms of how we understand the religion and for not seeing it as only a repetition process of everyday life. Environment molds our perception in every aspect of life, especially religion. One can be constantly reminded with syaria’, and knows every ilm’ in the religion, and some just need to find the right time, or an opportunity to learn. Then again, there must be a reason why Allah created different people in different backgrounds in life? If it is possible for the non-Muslims to fall in love with Islam and come back to fitrah, why can’t I do that? As a certified Muslim, why can’t I be so in love with Islam like them and put everything that I have into this religion?
With all this unattended questions, again why Tarbiyah?
As to be clear of the simple meaning of it, tarbiyah is a development process, once growth in every aspect of life, laid on the fundamental layers of Islam as basic in life.
It’s going to be hard to explain the reason, but there is this pull that will always linger with me, these hands that are dragging me even though I fell so deep into a bottomless pit, it’ll always keep me going to this one uncertain goal.
I think, living through my life until now, the feeling of wanting to commit to this worldly affairs got toned down. There are no importance anymore to impress the society, to gain as much wealth as possible so that I could indulge into the endless prosperity that the world can limitedly offers.
But then again, I have to face the fact that I’m alive and currently living on earth.
Every mortal goal becomes immortal when I change my niat on to them. I wanted to achieve Allah’s redha, I want so badly to be in His paradise; and to do so won’t be as simple as putting a coin in a beggars can. You’re constantly doing business with Allah so that you could save yourself a spot there in Jannah one day, and boy Paradise sure ain’t free!
Tarbiyah taught you to make religion as the way of life, it teaches you to incorporate Islam into this dull busy life that will soon end, and it directs you to one goal which is to be successful later in the infinite life.
So, getting recognition and success is not to impress others anymore, but to build the ummah; getting rich is not to make you sleep on money, but to help everyone who are in need, to give wakaf and to pay zakat. Everything small somehow turns big when Islam is the main reason, and when Allah’s redha is the main goal.
While in the process, what I think make it interesting is that, in a way Tarbiyah puts me in a platform to learn back my religion, to fall back in love into it. You own this one beautiful thing in your hand, yet you don’t know how it functions; and so you learn how to use it and while doing so, you’ll fall more in love with it because you eventually see how amazing that very thing is when it is actually functional and in a way affecting your life.
Some might dig holes to search for exits or shortcut in this religion, but I think why do we have to do so when Islam is supposed to be in the peak of the thrones; Islam is the mightiest of all, and it is the biggest nikmat Allah could ever give to His servants.
I get it there are some serious stuff in this beautiful religion not everyone can understand; it even becomes a controversial issue, some may pour hate onto Islam just because of this small petty stuff that they tend to focus on. For this, I think we should have an open mind to acknowledge their presence in Islam and learn why they’re that way. Tak kenal maka tak cinta kan? This applies to Islam as well! I have also questioned few stuff about Islam before but now, I may not know everything about it but what I know is that this religion is my top priority and it is stunningly beautiful.
So, if you still have hate onto this religion, or some part of it, it goes to show that your hate blinds you from seeing the beauty of this religion, and now you have a lot of falling in love to do with it.
‘O you who have believed, if you support Allah, He will support you and plant firmly your feet’
47:7
Dr Haznil.
JKC Unit Aktivisme PEMBINA Kuala Lumpur.
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