Yesterday, I went to do halaqoh in Masjid Syuhada. The only public
activity that I have been doing here in my hometown Polewali. That was
also the first time my musrifah (teacher) brought her children, two
little girls. Kak Rubiah is a dentist, but very extraordinary dentist in
my personal point of view. You might think a dentist is wealthy enough
(in worldly view), has a car, good house and etc. Nope! she is not. She
is really simple. She just lives in official house owned by the local
government in Lampa. She lives there to fulfill her duty as a district's
dentist.
What I always thank to is Allah always shows me the clear path if I am
confused. Meeting with Kak Rubiah made me learn many things especially
about the steadfastness in Allah's way. She is very persistent.
Kak Rubiah is a wife with three children. Her husband is a teacher. In that condition, they are supposed to have a personal house. I asked her someday why she did not buy a house. She said that buying a house nowadays like BTN was excessive interest (riba). Yup, we should pay in installment in a bank. The bank helps us to pay the house and as an exchange we should gradually pay in installment in the bank. That's riba which is haram (forbidden) in islam.
Kak Rubiah is a wife with three children. Her husband is a teacher. In that condition, they are supposed to have a personal house. I asked her someday why she did not buy a house. She said that buying a house nowadays like BTN was excessive interest (riba). Yup, we should pay in installment in a bank. The bank helps us to pay the house and as an exchange we should gradually pay in installment in the bank. That's riba which is haram (forbidden) in islam.
If they want to buy a land to build a house there, they should find
someone who want to lend them money because they will never borrow money
from a bank. That is faith (eeman). Actually they can buy a BTN house,
but they willingly live in that condition instead of selling the akhirah
(hereafter) with this dunya (world).
Allah always meets me with people like them. Kak Rubiah is very idealist
person. Dunya is not immortal. We just live here for a moment. Akhirah
is the eternal life. We should focus on it. Back to myself, I should
thank to Allah so many times for the blessing given me. I cannot regret
for the choice I made. I will start from now on to reach my akhirah
first, then my dunya. I was wrong. I always think about my dunya, that
is why I cannot reach my ambitions in my targeted time. Closeness to
Allah is number one.
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