As I've posted in the some previous postings before, my colleagues and I are enjoying our office hours listening to music while working because each of us was provided a new headphone by the IT team (for skype calls activity). So that's how then I started to add my playlist with new good songs such as this and this and many more, they're such good songs I must confess.
Then I think I was wrong when I accidentally stumbled across a stricking article we all can reflect to. The article tells about a story of a young man who died in a motorcycle accident. He instantly died just after his body touched down the road, his belongings were scattered around him; bag, books, and mobile phone attributed with the earphone that still clinging to his ears. People took him directly to the nearest emergency unit but it was too late, he can't be helped. Later at the hospital, people found that his mother didn't mourn at this dead man at all, she even smiled instead.. You want to know why? That was because she listened first to the earphone after she took her son's mobile phone. Before turning it off, she relievedly said.. alhamdulillah. then she stared proudly to her son, believing that he has gone in peace.. this boy was dead in the companion of his God's words. He listened to a surah recitation in the last moment of his life. Beautiful moment.
"Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him], And enter among My [righteous] servants. And enter My Paradise."
~Al Fajr 27-30
And what about me? Or us? Would we want to die in a car accident, where we are listening to cheesy love songs from the radio while driving? Would we want to die in a second without holding on to any grounds that remind us to God?
Astagfirullah, now I know why it is so hard lately for me to memorize some ayat. It must be because I spell the lyrics of those songs more often than the surah I'm learning. So for now, I think it's better start cleaning my MP3 playlist from even those so-called good music and everlasting songs. Oh could I? :(
Astagfirullah, now I know why it is so hard lately for me to memorize some ayat. It must be because I spell the lyrics of those songs more often than the surah I'm learning. So for now, I think it's better start cleaning my MP3 playlist from even those so-called good music and everlasting songs. Oh could I? :(
5 floats:
MashaAllah sister.You have given a great reminder.It seems all i want to do lately is escape the pressures of this world through things such as music.
When in reality what gives us greater comfort than our beautiful and perfect religion.I hope this post moves everyone as it did me.And may Allah[swt] reward you.
Ameen.
Sarah
Assalaam Alaikum Mustika,
A beautiful reminder for all that our lives on this earth are impermanent and death may overtake us at any time. No on wants death to come at an "inconvenient" moment such as those you described in your post. This is why it's so important to keep the remembrance of Allah in our hearts and minds as often as we can.
And just wanted to offer some words of encouragement in emptying that MP3 playlist – cutting out music isn't really very difficult at all when you put your faith in Allah. I stopped listening to music a couple of years ago and haven't looked back ever since. =)
Salam alaikum sister Mustika..
Alhamdulillah it's been almost 6 months music free for me.
I promise you, you will not miss anything. SOmetimes the lyrics will pop into your head, but still just think of it as a goos memory from the old time :D
Good luck for your music jihad, dear.
hugs!!!!!!
Sister Sarah, you're welcome. thank you for the dua. amiin allahumma amiiin.
Waalaikumussalam dear Sara,
yes right, that's why we should always be in remembrance of Him.. and thank you for the encouragement. insyaAllah I'll try my best :)
Waalaikumussalam Kak Ria :)
Alhamdulillah.. please do pray for my, would you? thank you my dear sister! :>
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