Beware Of Bad Trendsetters

We, as people live in a society,  we can’t help but feel the pressure from society. Societal pressure also deals with the microscopic details of our lives. We notice our  loved ones trying to dress a certain way or demanding for a specific device. They want what everybody else has. The idea of dressing a certain way or a demand for a certain object wasn’t from their imagination, it is something they picked up TV or from someone at school and that now becomes a defining thing for them like ‘ THE WAY TO DRESS’ or ‘THE GADGET TO HAVE’. Little kids now wanting to have a phone, right? Why do you need a phone? My friends have, why cant I?As we grow older, societal pressure take different forms. You see your co-worker at the office parking lot driving a nicer car than you and you go like ‘Man, I need to get ahead. Look at what these guys are driving’. What do we gain by comparing us with other? This is societal pressure, whether it is in form of dressing, or where you put your money or in career.
Our parents are also victims of societal pressure, ‘ Our neighbor is a doctor, you better be one’. The interest of the child goes unnoticed. At times we believe that it make life simple. All it does is make life hard. We all seen wedding at our places, lavish, over the top, unnecessary expenses. Well, your cousin had a big fat wedding, you must too. A simple nikah at the masjid? No way, we have to show face in society in the long run. What will people say? Credit card debt goes unnoticed by all.
What we must do is… Get in shape for your kids. Not for yourself, for your kids. Play with them. You need to be better friend to them than anyone else. Because wallahi this society offers lots of evil friends. It does. And before they make those kinds of friends, they need to find their best friend in you. It’s not the way we did things back home; back home, you weren’t friends with your dad. Your dad came home & you sat straight. Your dad spoke & you stood up & responded. There was a relationship of respect and it was a distant relationship. You don’t chill with your dad, right? You don’t do that. Here you have to do that; you have to do that. Not just you should, you have to.
For the Muslims out there:
 Allah just wants to lighten your burden. Allah wants to take the load off of you; that’s what the deen is supposed to be & you’ll find people that are enslaved to their culture, they are enslaved to their societal pressure; when they talk about Islam, they say Islam is tough, Islam is too strict, that’s exactly what these people say; the Islam is too strict & what’s funny is, if they followed even small principles of the deen, their lives would be a lot easier.
When Allah talks about these trend followers, He did mention that here’s a trend we should follow. Follow the way of Ibraheem and you know what that way of Ibraheem is, right? He didn’t follow anybody else. Everybody is worshiping idols. I'm not. He’s gonna go the way that Allah wants them to go. That’s the trend to follow.
 May Allah make us understand His book the way it should be understood. May Allah protect our children from falling into the tide of cultural forces & pressures. May Allah make us of those who understand His book, love His book & implement His book in our lives. May Allah open the doors of its wisdom & the wisdom of the Sunnah of His messenger (SAW) to all of us.

(This is a summary of a Lecture By Nouman Ali Khan which I could relate a lot to and hopefully you too)

Spark Embedded Deep In Us

Life is a wonderful thing. Yet another year, we're here , alive and kicking, with every heart beat and oxygen we breathe in,  a spark in us, left to be lighted that can cause fireworks. There is no trouble without a way out. Life is like a puzzle whose key and panacea we've yet to acquire. The hope that one day life will be problem free,  with  perfect bed hair, flawless skin, no hustle to pick an outfit, no disease to combat, loved ones assuring their love and loyalty, laughter and peace in the air.  This can happen any day, you don't need to be put off for the perfect time. Create and discover that perfect time, moment, and place. Not by changing yourself for the worst but for the best. We need to remodify, restyle, refashion, reshape and remould ourselves to be quintessential in every manner. 

At the end it does not matter how many paychecks you obtain but it does matter how much you relinquish, spread your love and forever stay as a frolicsome spirit.

                                                              STAY HAPPY :D