Look hard enough

yesterday.was.awesome.

Macam biasa. melangkah ke Belfast Islamic Centre (BIC) utk kelas budak2 Somalia. First time from all those times yg betul2 rasa, Ya Allah bestnye mengajar diorg. xajar byk pon. tapi yg membuatkn hati ni rasa berbunga dan berpuas hati adalah anggukan kanak2 kecil tu. bukan sekadar mengajar. tapi membantu utk faham. sekadar anggukan dan senyuman diorg bila dapat jawab satu soalan without any help from us, its enough for this heart to melt :)

Dan Allah tambah lagi perasaan best tue.
Selesai sudah kelas, beberapa makcik2 orang putih masuk ke tmpt solat wanita. pakai tudung. okayyyy...terkesima sedikit sbb first time nmpak, selalunya yg datang solat makcik2 arab,turkey,somalia u name it. dr serata dunia.
then, the conversation started.
"assalamualaikum. where are you from?" slh seorg dr kami bertanya kpd dua mkcik yg dduk ats kerusi kt tepi.
"wa'alaikumussalam wrhmatullah. We're from Belfast." Hah. mesmerized. bukan selalu dpt tgk org local yg Muslim. muka dah menunjukkan betapa terujanya DI.
"we're here for the halaqah." wow. halaqah. usrah.
definitely mesmerized.
Rupa-rupanya diorg mmg ad halaqah every week utk org2 yg interested dgn Islam. and one of them said, "insyaAllah, there'll be two girls whom we hope will say the shahadah soon."
ok, tak tau nak guna word ap utk nk menggambarkn muka kiteorg waktu tue :)

Hebatnya makcik2 tu. Betul2 buat apa yg Rasulullah suruh kita buat. ajak org betul2 ke Islam. n they hold on to their faith. absolutely no grey areas.
They said the halaqah is for those who have any questions about Islam, and with the guidance of a brother at BIC, they try their best to give the answers.
Reflect balik kat DI.
sepanjang dduk kt sini, banyak kali je org tanya this n that. all those questions. said their views. tp DI tak berusaha pon nak stand with my beliefs. baru tau betapa susahnya. nie DI. Muslim all my life. but yet know so little.

Satu ayat from my housemate- "bestnye..Islam tu ada kat mana2 je."
Memang. Its us who never look hard enough. nampak diri sendiri je asing. but we are never alone. Be it in Ireland, UK, US, Aussie. bukan focus kt malaysian. no. we're brothers and sisters, tak kira kulit. sgt2 terharu tgk variety of people, tak serupa tapi sujud kt Allah. the same God.

May Allah bless all the work that the sisters are doing :)