Sunday, September 5, 2010

The Gift

"Kakak...where are you?"
"I am home..."
"I thought you are still at the masjid...I have something for you"
"Come to my house then.."
"Right now?"
"Yes..right now"
"Okay! I am coming...but I won't be alone..my kids would surely want to come along"
"Just come...the more the merrier.."

She came that night with four of her thirteen kids. Then, not long afterward another two of her kids arrived, on their own. Their house is just within a walking distance from mine.
I have always enjoyed her company. Especially with the kids. But that day was even more special. She came with a gift.
An elegant gold coloured box with a lovely green card inside.
The first thing that you will notice on the box is the inscription in the middle:

Sallallaahu ala sayyidina Muhammad, wa aalihi wasallam.

" I want people to remember him, each time they eat kurma, I want them to remember the person behind the sunnah of eating kurma.." She said to me while I was opening the beautiful box.

" We usually associate kurma with fasting, with iftar in ramadan, but we tend to forget that it was because of him that we are all blessed with the light of Islam... we owe it to him, his tireless struggle... his love for us.."
" We eat kurma because it was his sunnah..."
She said that with such a passion, with so much love.

My heart sank. How true that is.

Suddenly I remembered a story about him.
Once, he shared one kurma with his wife for iftar because there was nothing else to eat at home that day. Only one.

He is our beloved Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.

Allaahumma solli 'ala Muhammad. Wa 'ala aali Muhammad.

Thank you my friend, my dear sister, for this special gift.
It was indeed, a gift of love.

Ya Allah persaksikanlah bahawa aku menuruti agama nabi Mu dan sunnah Baginda, sesungguhnya aku..
Menyintai Rasulullah Sallallaahu alaihi wasallam

9 comments:

huda.nordin said...

Salam mdm..nice post.

sebenarnya saya nak tanya,dulu mdm study kat canada kan? kat mana ye? sbb adik saya baru je sambung study kat canada jugak..

mawar said...

Salam Huda

wah..bestnya belajar kat Canada. Yes, madam dulu mula2 masa high school kat Welland, Ontario for one year. Lepas tu mask University of Guelph, Ontario for 4 years. adik Huda belajar kat mana?

huda.nordin said...

ohh...
dia kat Kingston.kat Ontario gak kan.Queens University..
kat situ x ramai sgt muslim community eh?
sebab kan slalu nye kalau study overseas,under MARA or JPA kan pergi in a group..tp dia pergi sorang2 kot..huda rase dia pandai jaga diri tp risau la jugak..sbb x penah pegi luar negara pastu sorg2 pulak.huhu

Anonymous said...

Salam kak....
Syukran jazilan...Moga kita terus dirahmati Allah dengan hati yang menyintai Allah dan RasulNya. Saya dah share di wall facebook saya.

mawar said...

Salam Huda

Patut la sorang je adik tu pegi sana. Queens is one of the top universities in Canada, bukan senang nak dapat masuk, entry requirement is very high...
Kingston is ok, I've been there..muslim community dulu tak besar sangat la but nowadays should be a lot better. Good luck to her and I know she's going to love Canada. :)

mawar said...

Salam Jannah,

amiin...
akak tak de akaun Facebook, so tak dapat nak baca kat sana.

huda.nordin said...

oh ok..
mdm dah cakap mcm tu,everything should be fine..
er,adik huda lelaki..hehe
thank u so much mdm..:)
sorry for taking ur time.
salam.

white said...

Dari ‘Atta Bin Abdullah Khurasani rahimahullah meriwayatkan bahawa Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda: Berjabat tanganlah diantara kamu kerana ia akan menghapuskan kebencian dan berilah hadiah diantara satu sama lain kerana ia akan menimbulkan kasih sayang dan menjauhi permusuhan.
(HR Muwatta’ Imam Malik)
Dari Aisyah r.ha berkata, adalah Rasulullah s.a.w menerima hadiah dan sebagai membalasnya (pada waktu itu atau pada waktu yang lain), baginda juga akan memberikan hadiah.
(HR Bukhari)

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