You know how sometimes we feel so bad because we realize that we are nothing but an after thought for people...its only when they get free from all the other things, wrap up their pending businesses that they realize that you also exist. When such a realization comes how our heart breaks and then we start feeling sorry for ourselves or start complaining...in moments of these negative thoughts and self pity have you ever reflected that whether Islam has also become an after thought for you?!
Is it so that when you finish all your other activities that you start praying even if it means praying 5 minutes before the salat gets qadha?
Or do you make time to read a dua/Quran only when you feel you have nothing else to do or no other matter to attend to?
Does it happen often that you push a religious book, text or some fiqh related reading at the back of the shelf until you get done with all the other readings?
If the answer to all such questions is "YES"...then before falling victim to self-pity and negative thoughts try to analyze why something that was supposed to be the most important thing for you has become an after thought?! An example given by a zakira once really got to me; she said that when our cell phone rings we get an urgent need to answer it at the first call BUT when we hear Adhan and we are called towards Allah(swt) we ignore it and choose the last moment to answer it. Have you ever thought why this is so? Is there someone more important than Allah(swt) that you need to answer to?
Before delving into why we have become an after thought, ponder over the fact that why has Islam become an after thought for you...!!!
Is it so that when you finish all your other activities that you start praying even if it means praying 5 minutes before the salat gets qadha?
Or do you make time to read a dua/Quran only when you feel you have nothing else to do or no other matter to attend to?
Does it happen often that you push a religious book, text or some fiqh related reading at the back of the shelf until you get done with all the other readings?
If the answer to all such questions is "YES"...then before falling victim to self-pity and negative thoughts try to analyze why something that was supposed to be the most important thing for you has become an after thought?! An example given by a zakira once really got to me; she said that when our cell phone rings we get an urgent need to answer it at the first call BUT when we hear Adhan and we are called towards Allah(swt) we ignore it and choose the last moment to answer it. Have you ever thought why this is so? Is there someone more important than Allah(swt) that you need to answer to?
Before delving into why we have become an after thought, ponder over the fact that why has Islam become an after thought for you...!!!
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