Alhamdulilah hirobil 'alamin, its a sunny morning in kuching. I have not written for a while for there had been some difficult times. hehe. Times that somewhat rocked my soul and needed some time to find the calm. I missed having something to write. But the words seemed to stall.
Yesterday we went to the masjid negeri for magrib and isyak prayers. Its been a long time since I went to a majlis ilmu and I really need some motivation to be a good servant of Allah swt. We need constant reminders. Out there are full of temptation and diversion, we can easily be led to indulge ourselves in all the entertainment around us instead of going to majlis ilmu. If we do not sit infront of the tele, we take a peek at our facebook, or continue the unfinished book, or poke fun at our loved ones exchanging cheerful banters. Or take a little snooze.
The well-lit mosque stood magnificently under the dark sky. As we drove into the huge drive way, we saw many parents dropping off their young ones for classes. In the mosque, about 15 small classes or halaqahs were erected in the open from white boards and low tables. These children would gather around their allocated ustaz and learn. Meanwhile, for the adults, there was an ustaz teaching on the other side of the mosque, where both men and the women, including us, who were behind the dividers, sat and listened. After the muazzin called for Isyak prayers and these cute young children had finished their lessons, we saw them all dispersing, in other words, running everywhere like swallows.
Since I love children, it puts a smile on my face to see them giving so much life to the mosque. I also saw concerned mothers sitting through their children's lessons while they take a dip from the well of knowledge themselves.
Hopefully these children will to be the ones that will 'mengamarahkan masjid' when they grow up.
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