A Little Thing that Matter

A young lady was already dressed up. She would have some weekend lunch with her family. But when everyone were ready in the living room, she didn't appear. She messed up the bedroom, opened up the pillow and any stuffs on the table. She was looking for her glasses. She couldn't go without that stuff.

Minutes passed and she didn't find the glasses. "Wait! I'm looking for my glasses," she said. She was getting frustrated.

"Say Bismillah, aunty. Ask help to Allah," said a 3 years old boy. The lady was surprised of her niece's words. Her face turned softer. She laughed. "Yea.. Bismillahirrohmanirrohim, Ya Allah show me my glasses Ya Allah," the lady followed the boy's suggestion. Finally, she found her glasses just under her blanket.

What the boy said was probably sound ridiculous for adults. He just practiced the lesson taught by his family. He was taught to ask help to Allah SWT for any difficulties. He probably recorded his experience when he wanted to watch tv but didn't find the remote control. His grandma, who actually knew where's that stuff, said to say Bismillah and ask Allah for help. Then after he did that, his grandma put the remote control near him and let him find it.

When this boy was like find a similar case like what happened to him, he directly suggested the same thing. He thought that if it worked on him when he looked for his stuff, it would work on his aunty too.

That 'little thing' was actually not a new lesson to an adult like that young lady. She knew that as a muslim, she should start anything by saying Bismillah. And whenever she got any difficulties, it is Allah SWT, the only one who can help. Adults taught any good lessons to the kids because they already knew those all things. But sometimes, they forget that lesson when it came to a 'little thing'. 

The story of the boy and his aunty was just one of various ‘little things’. There're still a lot of little things that matter. Most adults say to the kids to eat and drink in a sitting position, using the right hand, and making dua first. They teach the kids to say Bismillah before start anything, say Assalamualaikum when they meet people, never talk loudly to people, and many others. Why? because they understand that the sunnah said so. But how many times adults practice it for themselves?

By the way, why should every single muslim’s activity have rules? Then what happen to people who keep following the sunnah in every single things in their life? Do their life get better? Did the young lady would keep lose her glasses if she didn’t call Allah SWT?

She would still find her glasses, probably. But the thing is, when she called Allah SWT, it means she involved the one who have the greatest care to help her. What happen to people who involved the one who really credible in their problem? They will be relax. Why? Because they’re sure that the one they involved would not regret them. So do the lady. Remember when the little boy’s suggestion easily change her face? She even could laugh after being frustrated. It was not only because the suggestion come from a little boy, but indeed she realized that she forget that ‘little things’.

The problem was still there, she still need to find up her glasses by herself, but one thing that changed was her heart. Her heart affected her feeling. Then her feeling affected the way she do something, the way she seek her stuff.

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A Little Attack that Matter

Qonita started her story. She shared about her difficult situation in college to her friends. One day, she failed to submit a group task because she couldn’t finish it until the due date. She realized that was her mistake, and thought her group would blame her. And ya, her thought was right. Her group, that dominated with boys, blamed her so harsh. She apologized, but it didn’t help. They keep blamed her until she cried in class. And that was a really bad day for her.

The following day, when she prepared to go to college as usual, she started to think, if she came to college then met her friends who blamed her in the class, she would get mocked. She became worry. Her mind was full of ‘what if’ questions. Finally, she decided to skip the class.

“That’s probably the attack from the front,” She concluded. Qonita was in a evening discussion with her dorm mates in orphanage. The discussion was about the satan’s attack. Before Qonita shared her story, there was Zahra who shared the origin story of why satan attack human.

The concept of satan’s attack comes from the human creation ‘episode’. Based on Quran, there was a ‘meeting’ where Allah SWT announced the angels that He would create a human being as khalifa on earth. Zahra fluently mentioned Al Baqarah 30 that contained that information. The angels, who actually questioned that statement in advance, keep obeying Allah when they asked to make sajada after Allah created human (2:34).

But wait. Actually at that human creation announcement, there was jin who also invited to that meeting. When Allah SWT announced that awesome ‘project’ which the angels asked Allah SWT why it should be human, the invited jin didn’t make any comment. But what he did? He kept the thought in mind. Then, when the ‘human project’ is really launched, and Allah SWT asked angels to make sajada, the jin refused to do it. Why?

“I am better than human. You created me from fire, and created human from clay,” Satan said (7:12).

Then Allah SWT descend the jin from jannah to the hellfire because of his arrogant. Wait. Why? How can it be my mistake? You made me from fire then now i get easily ‘on fire’ because You created human, then i should get punished? that probably the way satan blamed Allah SWT when he got punished. Then jin asked Allah for reprieve until the day of judgement. “Because you have put me in error, i will surely in wait for them on Your straight path,” satan said(7:16).

From that story, people can inferred that jealousy, comparing, anger, blaming, is the nature of satan. Furthermore, in Al Araf 17, jin said that he will attack human from the front, behind, right side, and left side.

Attack from the front could be a worry feeling when human want do something good. Qonita’s story is just one of the real example. Some people maybe worry about anything else in future, such as what if i didn’t pass the exam? What if i didn’t get a job? What if i lose people that i love? It’s all about the what if question that ever come in human mind. Then what’s next after human get worry of their future? Some people maybe depressed, feel weak, and life un peacefully.

(to be continued, inshaAllah)

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inspired by Nouman Ali khan