Post-Midnight Post

I am seldom up at this hour, even since Haikal arrived. Since we practise co-sleeping, midnight-feeding doesn't really require me to be totally up.

But tonight I decided to do a quick pumping and while getting everything ready Haikal got up. So I offered him his food and Zahraa got the other side. And on top of that business, I was switching the TV channels and stopped at Al-Hijrah, which was airing a talk show 'Tanyalah Ustaz'.

I watched for few seconds and got hooked. And here I would love to share some reminders on the show.

1. Our life begins with azan, and ends with Solat Jenazah. That is the metaphor of life itself. No matter how long we live, it is still a very short period of time! Just like the duration between an azan and the solat that follows it. Go to masjid, you do your Tahyattul Masjid, then it's azan. You get up, do the rawatib then solat fardhu. How short is that? Nda panjang. And there is no time for us manusia to main-main dengan masa :( The short time we have in this life should be spent wisely and well, untuk keuntungan di akhirat semata-mata.

I cried when the ustaz said this because I realized that was what I have been doing (muhasabah diri). Sibuk dengan social life, gathering sana sini, facebooking and other online activities inda beranti sampai terlalai dengan masa yang Allah bagi. Few days ago I was on the whatsapp chatting to a friend I met on FB. It was first about some purchase I made, and then we got carried away and I complained about susah kan cari masa to do other things (especially solat) ever since I had Haikal. And honestly, that had been my main concern since I was pregnant, takut sibuk dengan anak sampai lalai untuk solat. Her reply was simple, but sampai now melakat di kepala and I hold to it. She said, "Mesti curi masa".

2. The show was about Membina Hidup Berkualiti, and a woman from the audience was asking what we could do to build a strong foundation of Islam & Iman in teenagers. The ustaz cakap, "Berapa ramai daripada kita yang siang malam doa mohon keberkatan usia keberkatan rezeki tapi lupa untuk doakan anak-anak agar menjadi soleh and solehah?". One of the doa yang Allah inda tolak is doa kedua ibu bapa untuk anak-anak. If tah parents ani siang malam berdoa untuk their children untuk dikurniakan iman yang kuat, menjadi soleh dan solehah, insyaAllah, that is what they will become.

With Haikal falling asleep on my chest (pasal kekanyangan), I cried. Ya Allah, betapa kitani sering lalai dengan nikmat masa, keinginan nafsu (online shopping especially) sampai kadang-kadang lupa TUJUAN SEBENAR KITANI SEBAGAI HAMBA ALLAH. And OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS MUSLIM PARENTS.

Dearest readers, I didn't mean to tunjuk baik or tunjuk alim, but this is at least what I can do as my deeds today, to SHARE what I have learned today. May Allah guide us to the right path. Amin.

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