why?

Assalamualaikum..

All praises to Allah.and peace be upon His messenger.




A few weeks back, a friend of mine asked me : "why do you seem to be very religious?what makes you to have so much faith in your religion?"

Mind you,I am certainly not the best of muslim.seriously..the reason why he asked that question was only because everytime i had lunch with him and the others, i (and my other muslim friends) would have to excuse ourselves to go for prayer.this is since the lunch break usually coincides with zuhur prayer time.

and this friend of mine had certainly asked a very good question.a question that made me think.not that i have never thought about it before,but now i need to explain it verbally as well, which certainly is not as easy as just having a monologue inside your own thoughts.

and so i answered pretty much like this: "I am not that religious you know.but since I have chosed to be a Muslim,then I should try my best to practice Islam as it is.It's just like us getting into med school.since we are already here,we better do our best to become a good doctor."


that friend of mine nodded in agreement.
(I know I could have elaborate more on my answer,but we were in a hurry at that time so our conversation ended just like that.too bad)


but then this thought came into my mind: am I really practicing whatever I have said just now?have I tried my best to become a good muslim? have we all do our best,dear my muslim brothers and sisters out there? I dont think I have.

so I really wanna thank this friend of mine for asking me this really important question.and I pray for you to get hidayah from Allah s.w.t. (that friend of mine is an atheist/freethinker)







cheers.