Begin now!

Narrated by Abu Bakr,

When a man asked Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him), who among men was best, he replied, "He who has a long life and does what is good." He asked who among men was worst and he replied, "He who has a long life and does what is evil."

[Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Darimi]

Quite frequently, a few of our AJKs would hang out and have breakfasts after the congregational Subuh prayer and Quran session which is also attended by some of the committees of Masjid Hassanal Bolkiah Pekan Tutong. One of them is Cikgu Haji Ibrahim, 85 years old. Everytime, we would listen to his looooooong amazing life-story like how he was among the first generation to be sent studying abroad, or his miserable life during the seizure of Japan, how they ran as the Japanese shot at them and so on. He can speak Japanese too!

But as we think about it, none of his story really touched us more than what his action showed us - his obedience to Allah and his love for Islam. And that how ashamed we were to ourselves that he attends the congregational prayers more often than us. Hence, he has become our dear example in doing goods.

Then we began to wonder how does a man about four times our age can persevere in doing good, when his body is getting weaker, his memory is getting shorter, voice trembles and eye sights blurring? The answer would definitely by persevering in doing so while in young age! So brothers and sisters, lets us too begin our change while we are still young, begin now!

“If we truly want to die as a Muslim, then live our lives as Muslims”