I don't normally lose my temper over small things,except for repeated annoyance if that can be considered as small! A lot of people around me knows that I'm not a hot temper kind a person but I am short tempered. But the moment a good friend of mine told me to read something on the net about something that we did last semester I completely lose it! Not for the nitty gritty thing but for the sake of standing in for what I think and believe is right and no one should question one's belief unless they have a face to face opinion to tell us.
So basically this post mainly is about the letter/comment I reply to someone out there. Someone who shouldn't be named because if that person wants me to know about what he/she has wrote then he/she obviusly had let me know about it and not let me getting to know about it from someone else. Ok,for those who's kinda confuse about the issue here, it's actually about those who have query about our position in this sensitive or taboo matter called religion. Here is my words to that someone:-
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Salam and hye there,
As a friend told me about your virtually ‘attack’ and I am here not as blogger as didn’t log in so I will write to you as a layman who pointing out my own point of views.
I am here not to defend nor do I want to take sides in your argument about the Muslim students who took part in the charity Christmas bazaar last semester/year. It just that I think I have the right in giving my opinion as a MUSLIM as well as a HUMAN in whole because friends are telling me about this and as I know them very well so I wont let outsiders judge us as easy as that.
First of all I think you have overlooked the entire situation without even giving us a chance in defending ourselves, if I'm not mistaken you are among the important people in the Usrah Institution right? So how could you talk behind our back and didn’t even bother to give us advice or a talk or two, not just because we are your colleague at University but your junior also. And if keeping that aside we are your sisters in the Islam perspective, so why don’t you just confront us and telling them what is better and what shouldn’t we do at that point of time?
Secondly, that charity event for your information was intended in helping a Malay/Muslim charity house; Pusat Penjagaan Kanak-Kanak Terencat Akal Melaka in Bukit Baru who's owner is a Malay/Muslim and also 2 others charity home. So if you think that the charity event was held to help non-Muslim charitable house then you are completely wrong. There are too many problems already in this world because of our attitude of tearing apart the people from the religions and not the opposite way like we thought all this time. By helping others from different religion doesn’t make us a lessen Muslim or Human neither it lessen our IMAN or AKIDAH, because KEIHLASAN HATI MANUSIA HANYA TUHAN YANG TAHU. So,renung-renungkanlah dan selamat beramal (",)
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me,tired of discrimination!:)


4 comments:
A point well made...
We are allowed to attend the celebrations of other religions, as long as we do not celebrate them ourselves. Since you took part for the sake of charity and NOT in the Christmas spirit, I would not consider you as in the wrong.
On the other hand... backbiting IS a major sin!
Sayang...I thought it was an old lady yg ckp cemtu the other day? I was not aware that they were from our college...
Hands down, I agree with you. Since when that our good deeds must be measured by religion? Why help those who professed the same religion as ours when we can help EVERYONE, right? We weren't brought up as a selfish ppl. [At least I know u weren't brought up like that ;)]
That's ok yeah, dear. Sometimes, ppl don't understand our intention as they may be ignorant on certain things, probably overlooked the true spirit of giving and helping, probably they were too extreme in their beliefs that things just got vague in ther mind. Trust me, in due time, when they see your true intention, visions will change. So keep doing what you do best. I'm proud of u (and a wee bit jealous x dpt buat kerja amal bersama2) hihii
okay..
issue sensitive.. tapi bagi aku,
masing-masing ada pendapat sendiri..
yang penting niat kamu itu bagaimana..
Hari Natal atau christmas itu adalah hari keagamaan mereka, syiar dan lambang kegembiraan mereka.
Okay, kita ambil contoh seperti ini,
Apa yang perlu kita buat bila teman kita berikan kita hadiah Christmas? Ambil sahaja sebagai suatu kurniaan Allah kepada kita. Kalau ianya makanan yang halal, makanlah. Kalau benda yang baik, gunakanlah. Kalau tidak halal, buang sahaja. Ini bukan membazir. Sebagai contoh, memakan daging babi diharamkan oleh Allah di dalam Al-Quran dan Al-Quran tidak mengharamkannya untuk orang Islam sahaja, tetapi untuk manusia secara umum.
Dan kita cuba kaitkan dengan situasi kamu itu, apa yang kamu lakukan adalah untuk mengutip dana bagi orang yang kurang upaya dan itu adalah boleh dikatakan sebagai bantuan kepada sesama manusia. Itu sudah cukup jelas. Kamu bukan menyambut hari perayaan mereka.
Mungkin yang jadi kesilapan atau pandangan serong itu apabila kamu mengutip dana itu dengan berdiri dibawah nama sambutan perayaan itu sendiri. Dan bagi mereka yang tidak tahu, mereka salah faham.
Cuma jangan ambil sesuatu isu itu untuk memecahbelahkan manusia-manusia lain. Jangan diskriminasi. Sebab kita ini dimata Tuhan itu sama sahaja. Tetap seorang khadam.
Sabarlah, kamu tahu apa yang kamu buat.
Usah hirau cakap yang lain. Anggap apa yang mereka kata itu sebagai teguran okay. Yang baik kamu ambil, yang kurang baik itu kamu buang.
=)
Thanks to all of you guys!Really appreciate it and really need all of the support right now!
Lets do more charity work and hope ALLAH will bless not just us but all those people who are talking!
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