Valentine's Day

Assalamualaikum and good morning to fellow readers~

Every year, 14th February is a date will surely remembered by everyone. Well, of course it is a lie, if I don't remember the date because, every year, I keep thinking about myself, being alone without no girlfriend besides me. HAHAHA

Now what is Valentine's Day? It is a date, of course, especially for lovers. It is a date to show our love towards our special ones, or basically confess your feelings toward the one that you love.

The date of 14th February and the meaning of it, were implanted in our mind by the westerns.

Do ask ourselves, are we MUSLIM?

Many people would say,
"Come on, every people are celebrating the date, so why shouldn't you?"
"I love you darling, today I gonna show you my love. Lets go for a date?"

Well, the thing is, when you are with your girlfriend/boyfriend, at first of course you are just staring at your love one. Your eyes will eventually meet his/her eyes. You take a deep look into those eyes. You started to feel the warmth of the love. The next thing you know, both of you and his/her are holding tight, firmly. You started to get closer to the person. face to face
suddenly your lips touched her/his tender lips.

SEE?

It is even worser when you are in a room/house where there are 'no other people in it'


But actually, there is...

"Whenever a man is alone with a woman the Devil makes a third." Hadith - Sahih Bukhari, Book 25, Number 5403, Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr

That is what happened when you are too obsessed with the idea of Valentine's Day, 14th February.You forget about Islam and your role as a Muslim.

Well, you can deny it by saying you would not go to that extend...But is your Iman is strong to protect you from all those sins???

Wait a second, what about those who are legally married?

Can they still celebrate the date of 14th February?

Please don't be a monkey,

As wise man says, 'Monkey see, monkey do', you must know few facts about the origins of the Valentine's Day:

- There was actually a priest, Valentine, who are actually active in spreading Christianity to the people in Rome. The king, Claudius II had captured him, and he was been tortured. Before the day of his sentence, which was on 14th February, he managed to gave a letter to one of the guard's daughter. At the end of the letter, it was written like this ; "From Your Valentine". Because of his deeds and love towards Christianity, the Christians decided to make 14th of February as a day to show love among men and women.

- Another fact is, the date of 14th February 1492 is the date of the loss of Spain Muslims to the Christian armies. There was one priest named Pedro St. Valentino called the day as Valentine's Day as a loving day, to celebrate their victory as they say Islam is bad and cruel towards humans.

If you are a Muslim, are you still gonna celebrate it?

think again

=)

THE SOLUTION

The best thing if you do love someone, no matter he/she loves you back or not, you can always try to perform you prayer by doing Solat, and you can ask for Allah's Mercy to strengthen the bond between you and your love one.

You can try this du'a:

If you don't have any financial constrain, and you do have the might, you can go to Jabal Rahmah in Mecca during Umrah. This is because the hill, Jabal Rahmah is the place where Prophet Adam met his wife back, Hawa after 100 years of separation. People say that you can get your soul mate here if you pray (du'a) to Allah S.W.T and Insya-Allah your du'a will answered by Him.

Basically there are three types of love

1. The love of The Creator (Allah S.W.T) towards His creations

2. The love of th creations towards their Creator

3. The love of the creations towards the other creations

Love is a feeling that can't be denied. But, it does has the limitation.

=)