Shahadatul Haq 3

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim..

I havent written for quite some time since last post, because i was caught up with my pophlth101 assignment. but i'm quite free now, until this weekend when i really have to start my 'dating' with chem books and test papers because i have a chem test next monday.. and finals...they're coming soon!! oh well, no matter how busy we are, we just can't abandon our responsiblities towards the religion, can we? =)

So, the last post i talked about how is it that we could enrich our knowledge about Islam, in order to perform Shahadatul Haq. In this post, i'm going to talk about the ways to perform this obligation. So generally there's two types of Shahadah, which, one is incomplete without execution of the other. They are Shahadah Qauliyyah and Shahadah Fiiliyah. Qauliyah stands for Verbal whereas Fiiliyah means Action. In short, if we want to convey the message which Islam stood by, we have to be able to express it verbally and through our actions. =)

Shahadah Qauliyyah could be executed through various ways. We can be very creative in doing this. Let's just say you're a businessman and you want to sell off your products. How can you convey or relate to the consumers out there about what you are selling? In our case, the product that we want to advertise is Islam. You want people to see the beauty and goodness of Islam...but how? well, to start with, we could make use of the internet, this is a really useful tool to reach people. emails, windows live messenger, facebook, friendster, blogs...these are all handy mediums. say if you read something about islam on a website, you could perform Shahadatul haq right there and then by circulating the text through email and your networking profiles. isn't that easy? besides that, there are these badges bearing messages about islam, buy them! put them on your bags or pencil cases so that people can see them! i have one, it says 'Discover Islam, the True religion" and i pinned it on my pencil case. and so one day i happened to sit next to a kiwi during biosci107 and she actually asked me about Islam..!! (i will talk abt what we discussed in the next post maybe =)



Shahadah Fiiliyah on the other hand is the portrayal of the beauty of Islam through waht we practise everyday in our daily life as a Muslim. Like doing good deeds to others, pray, covering the aurat, etc. Whatever that we do,whether we realised it or not is reflected onto the religion. Therefore, cautiousness is a must in our everyday lives. We must also be brave in voicing out opinions and be open to initiate a discussion with others if necessary. For example, when you're having a group activity in a tutorial or sth like that, be active by volunteering to present your group work in front of the class. Be vocal, yes! We must show to others that we Muslims are not as conservative as they thought. We are opinionated people. Whenever there's a discussion going on in the class, tell others what you think about the topic that is being discussed. Get involved, be engaged. =) Indirectly, when you direct other people's attention to you, this is a kind of Shahadah Fiiliyah that you are doing. WHen they see you in hijab, and the way you speak, your body language, etc. these are the things that reflects you a Muslim, as a believer of Islam.

In conclusion, we should strive for the best in carrying out our responsibility as Muslim. in everything you do, everything you say,all of that could be your Shahadatul Haq. Carry it out with pride! Yes! =)