how are you all?
here is another story. hope it’s meaning able!
The story
“Of an aching soul"
This is the story of an aching soul. Not aching for any worldly goods. Read on & you will find out for yourself what is really going on here. By reading this you might think this is a true story, well in one way it might be this do happen around us & to many of it might look as “it’s my story” or “it’s our story” but I say it like this, “This is an aching soul’s story”.
I am a Muslim Allhamdolillah. I want to call myself as a “born Muslim” but as we know all babies are “born Muslims” so, I would like to say it like this, “I was born to my Muslim parents". But I think this is not enough, to be born in a Muslim family, by this I do not mean that it’s not a blessing of Almighty Allah, of course it is; what I am saying is that if your family is not a practicing it will be or it’s hard for you. Not because you don’t want to & not because they don’t but the thing is your childhood was or might be “careless”.
Like they say, oh! s\he is just a baby or just a child let him do this or that…etc from here one can get use to things & then they grow up it’s hard for them to do certin things. Like for example making salat, as we know one should start from age 7 & must not miss after the age of 10 but do many of us do this? Hardly–Maybe ½ % in 100 % might. And we call ourselves BORN MUSLIMS. Take fasting, too. When should one start to fast? At what age? When s\he is able to bear hunger, right? So, we should tell our kids to start at age 10 to start practicing. Because at this age they start to have some control over things, get them started with once or twice a week. But the question is, do we? I don’t think so–
Practicing Islam is very easy. I figured out now. Allhamdolillah. But starter is a little hard. But the harder things are always at greater reward.
So here it so where the story of an aching soul starts! Almighty Allah says in His Holly book “Quran”
“Enter in Islam completely”
Not just praying & leaving fasting not leaving prayer & fasting in the month of Ramadan, not giving zakat when you should & giving charity…etc. Allah says “enter completely".
The first pillar is Shahada,
“Laillah illalaho Muhammadur Rasool Allah”
There is no god but He (Allah) & Muhammad (sallallaho alaihi wasalm) is His messenger.
As being born to Muslim family I was already through this, part. I always believed in One & Only God “Allah”. Never had any doubt neither I do now.
The 2nd pillar "As-Salat" or praying was not in my practice. If I say I did not knew it was this compulsory! Astonishing!
I did pray all five of then in the month of Ramadan, never missed any but after the month of Ramadan was over I hardly cared! (May Allah forgive me) I did make my salat like a few times a year! How great was that—
My ignorance, what else should I call it? The 3rd pillar, “Fasting” yes, I did fast. That’s all I knew about my dean (faith)
And I call my self a Muslim. Shame on me. I did not knew why we should separate from men & why men should not look at us, all I thought was it’s our culture or my family is like this. Never till then had I found out why we should do this! Why do we cover? All I think was it’s me who like to I did not knew that it was this important. Again the culture came in & not Islam, why? Well, was it all my ignorance? Perhaps it was-
