In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
Heya.
Oops, assalamualaikum!
On a gath last December, I stumbled upon an intriguing hadith. Roughly translated, it says:
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "If you have one date seed in your hand and you know that tomorrow is the Day of Resurrection, you have to plant the seed and let not the Day of Resurrection pass without you planting the seed." Related by Imam Ahmad.
Err. Mindblowing, yeah?
Isn't it strange? Rasulullah (pbuh) telling us to plant a seed even if tomorrow the ground will be shaken and every single living creature will be destroyed, let alone a tiny seed! I mean, what's the point, right?
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| Mommy, my bwain can't work wight now so can I have some Oweo maybe? |
If today was your last day on Earth, what would you do? If it was me, I would surely pray non-stop, for I know that my sins are too much. And maybe read the whole Quran with the translation, because it would be such a waste to leave this world without any idea about its 'manual'. Yes, Quran is the manual of life, not some philosophical or motivational books written by somebody somewhere in the la la land. And clearly, the last thing that will come into my mind is planting a seed that requires several years to grow into a plant when I know that there's no tomorrow.
So why planting a seed? Aren't we better off repenting for our sins, or pay off our debts, or apologize to persons we've wronged in the past, or maybe confess to that particular brother or sister we have a crush on for all we know! Haha.
So where was I? Right, the hadith.
Indeed, that's the beauty of Islam. It teaches us about the true meaning of effort,of giving our all into whatever we're trying to do without fretting too much over the end result. It teaches us about ihsan, worshiping Allah as though you can see Him. Even if you can't, you undoubtedly believe that He's constantly watching over you. Because in the end, this world is not where we harvest. This world is only where we sow, while the hereafter is where we reap what we sowed.
Often we are stopped from working out our plan, not because of others, but our own self. We worry too much about what's waiting for us at the other end of the road, or if we're gonna make it to the end of the road we're walking on, that in the end we realize that we haven't even taken our first step. We think too much, if it's going to be worth our effort, when in fact what Allah counts is the effort, not the result. What Allah will judge on us is solely our deeds, not our worldly achievements. What Allah will question us is whether we plant the seed, not how big or tall our plant has grown. In the context of da'wah, whether we have fully utilized our tools on the way of this deen. Because as one sister of mine once said, and I quote, "With every ni'mah comes great responsibility."
And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and a garden as wide as the heavens and earth, prepared for the righteous (3:133)
Has the time not come for those who have believed that their hearts should become humbly submissive at the remembrance of Allah and what has come down of the truth? And let them not be like those who were given the Scripture before, and a long period passed over them, so their hearts hardened; and many of them are defiantly disobedient. (57:16)
So let's plant our 'seed'. Chances are we would never find another time to do it. Chances are we might die before we make our first step. Chances are tomorrow could be one day too late. So don't delay good deeds.
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| *tie shoelace* |
End of hopefully-not-a-mere-blah-dee-blahs. Peace be upon you.
