Tudung as a safety net.

Assalamu'alaikum..

At first, I didn't know and didn't understand why people said that 'tudung' will keep us safe from bad things. I mean like, I see lots of people who are wearing 'tudung' holding hand with their boyfriend which is clearly HARAM as they are not married yet, and other stuff.

Well, until one moment when I was chatting with my friend, then I realize that actually, I am safe by wearing 'tudung'.

I have boy friends. Best boy friends I have in my whole life. We were so closed that even when we were out for dinner or lunch, we'll be sitting next to each other in a very short distance. It is quite rare that we will be sitting far from each other. Not only that, we'll be punching and slapping on each other body as we crack joke. 

I am that close to them until I was no longer treated as a woman. There are times when they came out seeing me only wearing boxers. Oh, how we have no respect for each other. And I must said, we were stupid at that time.

After I have changed. Quite a few months later, I met my boy friend. We had dinner together. Yes, we were still sitting next to each other, but we kept our boundary. We sit far from each other. Before we were heading home, my friend take a picture of us. We stand far from each other. 

Then my friend said 'Closer dude.'

Unexpectedly my boy friend said "No. She is not my mahram. It is haram."

Oh, how it touch my heart. How he respect me as a woman. How he kept our friendship while still holding on to the Do's and Don't's of Islam. Only by wearing 'tudung', he realized the dignity of woman in Islam and how woman should be treated according to Islam.

But of course, only the proper wear of 'tudung' can keep us safe. Not by putting a piece of cloth on top of your head while you are wearing some kind of skinny jeans and tight cloth.

O' Allah, bless our friendship. Keep us safe from the evil and grant us Jannah. 

Energy donation.

Assalamu'alaikum..

Every weekend in Giant, there will be a group of organisation who organized some kind of a charity program. They placed a bin for us to drop off any kind of dried food to be given to the needy. While we were shopping, we can by somethings and drop it off after we have paid it.

There first day it was held, I was clueless about that situation and what it is all about. So I ask my friend about that. Bla bla blaa.. She explained that to me. Devi was standing right beside me to know what are we talking about.

After I finished listening to that explanation, I sigh. I said to Devi that I have no money to buy anything and drop it to the bin. What surprised me was when she said that we can donate our energy. I was a bit puzzled by that term. Knowing that I don't clearly understood by what she suggesting, she said this to me

'Kita suruh orang yang tengah edarkan kertas tuh rehat. Lepas tuh kita ambil kertas dia. Lepas tu kita pulak tolong edarkan kertas tu. Macam tu laa cara kita nak derma tenaga, kakak.'

I was stunned. My friend and I were staring at each other with full of shame. We were shame by the fact that we as a Muslim have so many excuse when it come to donating something when this Indian girl, despite having no money, she still have another way of contributing and helping the needy.

It's a blessing that Devi is my friend. Whenever my Imaan was weak and I was in an unstable mood, she was there to remind me the wonder of the world. 

And I am thankful to God for blessing me with a friend like her.   :)