I watched Batman vs Superman 2 days ago with 2 of my friends cause we just finished our exams and it was an impromptu date. Skali bile smpai shopping mall...terserempak dengan students Spore lain. So we weren't the only ones watching a movie on a school night hah. They were our seniors and guys of course. The first half was boring...banyak mimpi2 and scenes tak penting but the second half when they started fighting was cool and there was an unexpected twist in the end.
Something recent that I want to share is about a guy senior who started a meetup session every Thursday night which he calls: Liqo' Mawaddah. Its basically his initiative to start a regular meetup with fellow Singaporeans to share things that are beneficial to us as students and future members of the community when we come back as graduates. Him and his housemate are usually the ones who do the talking and organize the content of the session but yesterday they wanted us to do the thinking and sharing and so they did a mini brainstorming activity. The question was how are we going to tackle taboo issues in way that makes people attracted to Islam? Technically speaking, what do we think is the right way to dakwah to people of the public? The issues discussed yesterday were:
1) If you had a close relative or cousin who has thoughts on becoming transgender, how would you approach the person so that he or she does not go down the wrong path?
2) A student comes up to you and says: Teacher, why did Nabi Ibrahim a.s destroy the idols of his people? Isn't that an act of vandalism? Isn't vandalism wrong in Islam?
3) A makcik who is about to go to umrah asks about keeping her wudhu while in the state of ihram. So does she have to follow mazhab Syafiee which states that wudhu is invalid once in contact with the opposite gender or apply the rules of mazhab Hanafi to make it easy for her doing umrah?
4) Last but not least, a guy comes up to you and says that he has a problem with perfoming his subuh prayers because his morning shift at work makes it difficult for him to pray and another person is a polytechnic student who has class from 12-2 which makes it impossible for him to pray Jumuah. How do we advise them on this?
Alhamdulillah, we got some answers and all of them have the same basis and fundamental rules in dakwah which are: dont judge and always give hope to them so that they know their efforts are not disregarded and there will always be a way that is not a burden to them as Islam is simple. We have to suggest to them solutions and explain to them in a manner that is easy to understand and passes a clear message.
Benefited a lot from yesterdays session and realized I need to brush up on my content. Been to busy with school books that I seldom or hardly ever read books that touch on different topics. So far I have books on hadith and fiqh but I should read on other things as well. I cant wait to go Amman and immerse myself with the books there! hee in sha Allah before I head back home, will make a trip there with housemates :)
Im halfway through second semester..what even....so fast right. Cant wait for ramadhan also! I wonder what 'Ramadhan di rantauan' feels like? Wouldn't know cause Im going back this summer whoohoo~
Okie see you in my next post which is in the nxt 15432675 days (jk)
BYEeeee
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