Living in Jordan is not so much different from living in Malaysia.
You still need to communicate with people.
Who is people??
Strangers.
Teachers.
Friends.
Acquaintances.
In Islam;; it's good that you love to do your ibadahs. I mean;; go on;; Malaysia does not in any way have a law against practicing Islam freely.
You want to pray in a group on a field?
No problem.
You want to preach in a stadium?
Please do write a confirmantion letter.
But that doesn't mean that you can not interact with other people. Humans are made to need each other. They are made many so that they can offer help towards each other.
Even more so when you are outside of your comfort zone;; for example when you're a Malaysian student living and studying in Jordan.
It is here that I realized the beauty of ukhuwwah and mahabbah.
I have a friend that is really impossible to deal with. She is the type that we have to take care of all the time.
We always need to ask if she's gonna eat or not. And whenever there's internet she will go to some quiet place with her tab and type away silently;; going AWOL for hours.
Even without her tab she would just be as quiet and went somewhere to read her dictionary. In a way she's fascinating since she have a very strong principle and persevered on reading even though everyone is talking about unimportant things.
But I think she is selfish. She didn't bother to talk about anything that doesn't benefit her. All she talks about was where could she get to rent a house as soon as possible;; where is the cheapest place to shop;; where could she buy her stuff...
She didn't ask me or any of our little group about our family;; how much siblings do we have;; why did we decided to come here.. I don't know her and she doens't want to know me.
Am I being too sensitive?
You still need to communicate with people.
Who is people??
Strangers.
Teachers.
Friends.
Acquaintances.
In Islam;; it's good that you love to do your ibadahs. I mean;; go on;; Malaysia does not in any way have a law against practicing Islam freely.
You want to pray in a group on a field?
No problem.
You want to preach in a stadium?
Please do write a confirmantion letter.
But that doesn't mean that you can not interact with other people. Humans are made to need each other. They are made many so that they can offer help towards each other.
Even more so when you are outside of your comfort zone;; for example when you're a Malaysian student living and studying in Jordan.
It is here that I realized the beauty of ukhuwwah and mahabbah.
I have a friend that is really impossible to deal with. She is the type that we have to take care of all the time.
We always need to ask if she's gonna eat or not. And whenever there's internet she will go to some quiet place with her tab and type away silently;; going AWOL for hours.
Even without her tab she would just be as quiet and went somewhere to read her dictionary. In a way she's fascinating since she have a very strong principle and persevered on reading even though everyone is talking about unimportant things.
But I think she is selfish. She didn't bother to talk about anything that doesn't benefit her. All she talks about was where could she get to rent a house as soon as possible;; where is the cheapest place to shop;; where could she buy her stuff...
She didn't ask me or any of our little group about our family;; how much siblings do we have;; why did we decided to come here.. I don't know her and she doens't want to know me.
Am I being too sensitive?
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