It is Allah to choose whom He wants to receive guidance. We, the born muslim take things for granted everytime. More often than not, we see the new muslims are more committed than us. We only depend on the scholars to feed us knowledge but we ourselves do not bother to travel to seek knowledge. We thought our obligation is to seek excellence in our academic matters and we somehow neglect our obligations to deepen our knowledge in Islam. It is interesting when I listen to one of those talks when the speaker narrates the story of a companion when he narrated his dream to prophet Muhammad S.A.W. (It was a habit of Rasullullah s.a.w. that after Fajar prayer, he will gather with his companions and asked if any of them had seem dreams.) On one occasion, a companion told prophet Muhammad s.a.w. that in his dream, he saw a straight path and on each side of the path, there are beautiful gardens with streams and trees with fruits .. Then came along a group of people who rode through the path with their heads looking straight ahead and did not bother to look on each side of the road. They just rode along, heading to their destination. Then came along another group of people. They rode along and when they saw gardens with trees and streams, they stopped. They take a rest and give some water to their horses and camels and enjoy some fruits. After resting awhile, they took their horses, pack and continue their journey. Then came along another group of people. They saw the garden and all the pleasure in it. They stopped and walked into the garden and never continue their journey. They enjoy the place and never bother to continue their journey.
There are many different parts of the dream but the sheikh concentrated on this part of the dream because of its significance. Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. then interpreted the dream. This is just my explanation to his interpretation and i am not quoting on his words.. this merely comes only from my understanding. He explained that the gardens are the DUNIA and all the pleasure in it. And the path is the Sirratul Mustaqim. We are on our journey to our final destination. The first group of people are his own companions during the time of prophet Muhammad s.a.w. who never answer to the calls of the dunia. They were very focus on the deen. The dunia is not important to them. Their aim is the hereafter, so they steadfast to the straight path and never look around. They are the perfect generation of the ummah. Then the next group was the tabi'in - the generation after the sahabah. They took some pleasure of the world but was not deceived. They did not forget their purpose of life despite taking some of the pleasures. And the last group was the last generation of the ummah when we are so busy with our lives and forgot that the final destination is not here but the hereafter. The word DUNIA itself in arabic means something filthy but it seems very appealing to us. We easily get deceived by the pleasures and comfort of DUNIA which is only tiny compared to the promised pleasure of the paradise.
It was said that after that narration, prophet Muhammad s.a.w. did not ask again from his companions regarding their dreams. It was as if he was waiting for that particular dream all along. We really have to ask ourselves are we in this category of people who seek only for the pleasure of this world. We need to reflect. It is said that one scholar said that we need to have at least 1 hour a day just to reflect on the deeds for the day... and ask Allah for forgiveness. Subhanallah.. we really have to be serious on this. Life is not a joke. Time is running out, my friends. Just like Imam Al-Ghazali, we need to have that spiritual journey of our lives so that we know who our Creator is in order to make our life meaningful. We need to know the attributes of Allah ... Life is short! Get to know our Quran because if you want Allah to talk to you, read the Quran. If you want to talk to Allah, pray! Insya'Allah, i'll continue next time.. Jazakumullah khaer!
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