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gosh, ninie. i don't know what to say. i wish i knew what rasulullah s.a.w would have to say about your yoga and my films.
someone wrote on my blog that i had no right to utter the words "alhamdulillah" because i don't wear the hijjab. i told them if i can't say those words, than i can't recite the fatihah, and if i can't recite the fatihah, then i can't do my solat, and if i can't do my solat, i'd be very, very sad and lost.
why do they judge people so easily? do they think they will gain allah's pleasure by condemning a fellow muslim like that? and why do they always comment anonymously?
oh well, allah knows best.
i read in al-baqarah that there will be many who will say they believe and worship allah, but in truth, they don't. and they don't even know that they don't believe! na'uzubillah. was the koran referring to these people?
allah knows best.
The Beginning Is The End Is The Beginning
17 years ago
Dearest Yasmin,
I love you.
And love is an understatement.
I admire you for making me not ashamed of having been going to the cinemas again to watch Malay movies (although I had to walk out on Senario The Movie and Jangan Pandang Belakang after 15 minutes. God knows, I tried).
I thank you for portraying Malaysia beautifully in your ads, for capturing beautiful Malay values in your movies, that I am not proud to say - most of the time more beautiful on silverscreen than what we know happening and for making lines from Malay movies memorable again.
I am a Malay Muslim (soon to be banned?) yoga teacher in KL that's having the trial time of my life by MY own people that can't seem to stop keeeeeeep telling me (in my blog) ways to 'be a good Muslim' by listening to our Muftis, to cover up, to not live with non-Muhrim when all I am trying to do is, to 'be a good person' with big dreams to make Malaysians look better and live longer.
(I am) On the brink of giving up 'blogging'
(before I become the words they have been putting in my mouth),
I thank you for lending me some strength from meaningful quotes you often paste here, for your lovely words and wonderful insights and for many more inspirations you never know.
Thank you.
May God bless us all and forgive all cruelty we have done to each other.
Peace, love and light,
Ninie Ahmad