reaching sincerity

Posted: Sunday, October 31, 2010 by ZFCM in Labels: ,
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Assalamu'alaikum,

alhamdulillah, I am still alive so do you, until this moment we are given the chances to improve ourselves.
I have always try to strive to be a better servant of Allah s.w.t

     I just read a book named "life is an open secret" by zabrina A. bakar

good for leisure reading, yet contains valuable secrets for those who want to delve deeper
in their life.

    One of the topic that interest me is that " would I marry me?"
it is a self improvement method that seems to be lame, but effective.
would I marry the present me? I can say, possibly or probably but not definitely. There are too mush things I need to improve and mend. Like being more responsible, and more diligent.

back to the point:

There are absolutely ways to reach sincerity, we just have to struggle more to find it. I am very positive that, when we see no way out, when there is no more road to pave, if we try, and never give up, impossible will turn to be possible. Life is like a puzzle, need effort and hard work to  finish it up. When we see the bigger picture, we will be more confidence and certain in our decisions.

We need first to monitor our heart when we so something. If we intend to speak to be boastful, immediately stop talking. Check how our heart feels with each action that we do. It can distinguish between what is right and wrong. Sometime, the heart is blackened by the sins and thus unable to recognize anything no more. Ask Allah for a new heart when reciting Al-Qur'an do not tranquil it, or Solat cannot make it peaceful.

We can avoid showing off, but does it mean we have being sincere?
for sincere contain nothing else but for the sake of our Lord.
But we are humans, our action are enforced by the benefit that we recive.
That why, it is ok if we do good for

1. Love for Allah 
2. out of fear from the torment of Hell fire
3. The reward of paradise.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 
(Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny)

wallahu'alam, 

2 comments:

  1. sincerity..
    it always hard to be the one, to do something purely for the sake of Allah, not to show off or to get attention from others. or at least, we (actually its me) always think what others might say if we do this and that :(

    i once heard, if we intend to do good thing and suddenly we didn't do it because of what-others-might-say thing, it is actually classified as riak.

    may He bless us along this journey. ameeen.

  1. ZFCM says:

    you are actually correct, leaving some deeds because of people or doing it because of them is riak. We seek the pleasure of Allah taala before the pleasure of the people. None can benefit nor harm us except with Allah will. Uhm, i find somethng more about sincerity at islamonline, if i have the time, i will post it.