Usually if my class ended late, I would stay back at my college to avoid traffic congestion at MRR2. Then at 8p.m, I'll have my Maghrib prayer at the nearby Petronas.
After my 5 minutes of solitude from the whole world, I got up and saw this guy entering the
surau. He's maybe in his 40's, a little bit bald, with a little bit of gray hair and wearing a red shirt. Looks like he was returning from work or something. There was nobody else, only the 2 of us in the
surau.
Out of courtesy I smiled at him, just like I would at everybody else. He smiled back. Now, whats interesting is that suddenly he said,
"Bagus kan awak? Susah nak jumpe orang muda sembahyang sekarang."
"A'ah," I chuckled, looked at his face and continue my way to the car.
It kept me thinking. Is it so hard for the young generation of Muslim's in Malaysia to pray? Just 5 minutes and 5 times a day just to show our faith to Allah. Is it too hard? I wonder.
By his statement
orang muda, it reminds me of my ustazah during my childhood and still does. She said that don't just think of Allah only when you are old, as you will never know when your life would be taken back. This lingers in my head all the time.
Enjoy life and just forget about your responsibilities and sins and then repent when older?? That's preposterous.
I'll make it clear here. I'm not really someone who is really religious. But after being grown up in a family which enterprises on religion from I'm still young and also after been sent to
sekolah agama for 6~7 years, I'm stupid if I don't know which is my responsibility as a child and also my responsibility to myself.
I know I cant escape from committing sins, but that doesn't mean I could just discard my faith just like that right?
Live life, enjoy the world, but not until you forgot about
akhirat. It's a one way ticket. Use it wisely.
