My Family

Assalamualaikum, peace be upon you

Okay, so I just read an article about families. Hence, I'll do a flash taaruf: I have a mom whom I call mak and a dad whom I call abah, a big sister, a big brother, a sister in-law;kak Zu, Three big brothers before me, me, my sister and my little bro; Haris. I'm the sixth child out of eight and my upper brothers and big sister don't really like me, like, they could care less of me. Except my eldest brother and his wife and his two little comel kids.

Anyways, this article kind of realised me that our family is our prority. I've been such an ungrateful kid these years and I didn't care about my family 'cos there has been a lot of issues going on between us. I know that everyone has problems of their own and I'm not an exception. Maybe all these yeas we've been hating each other, even among brothers and sisters. And I admit that I've been tinking that I shouldn't have been born in the first place. Being a Jahil, I always wished that I wasn't in our family 'cos I'm always left out. Sometimes if I do a mistake, or if I try to mix in with them, I'll end up being left aside like I'm just an outsider. This IS true 'cos I would'nt tell this if it's not true.

And then one day when my ustazah came into class, she told that Allah has always created a companion for us, even if we don't see it. Evene the most isolated man has a companion which is Him. I told ustazah my problems and then she told me to read the Quran. Willingly, I flipped through the pages and I realised how I missed peace and how I wished to see Allah at that moment.

I never realized that I still have mak and abah. I never realized that the scoldings were signs that they recognised me, not as an outsider, but as their daughter. Everytime if I think about them, I'll cry thinking of prophet Muhammad PBUH, who never knew his father and always craved a mother's love but did not get the chance to. And I'll always remember that Allah has always been there for me. He has stated in the Quran that he is closer to us more than our veins beneath our skin. And if we take a step closer to Him, He'll run a thousand more closer to us.

Therefore, before we lose everything, make sure that we make quality time with our sublings. Allah will not put us among them except that we are meant to be with them and try to change them into better people for life.

Wassalam