LOVE AT FIRST BITE...

ﺍﻠﺴﻼ ﻢ ﻋﻠﻴﻛﻢ ﻮ ﺮﺣﻤﺔ ﺍﷲ ﻮ ﺒﺮ ﻛﺎ ﺘﻪ

I turst all is well in the world of You... and that this beuatiful day of Youmul Jumuah has brought with it a sense of contentment... i pray that you Allah SWT makes us of those who are content with what HE has bestowed upon us, AMeen.

LOVEat FIRSTBITE...

U KNOW HOW THEY SAY LIFE is like the movies... and you know how in the movies... two people see each other accross a crowded room... the music slows down... the eerie silence and the meeting of the eyes... the couple always tell their buddies... " im in Love" ... and later in the movie... when the couple gets together... they call it ' love at first sight... u know what im talking about?

people often ask me... why do you like nandos so much? And i always tell them.. i dont like nandos... I LOVE it...

[ 1994'ish]... i remember it clearly... a warm summers evening... the family was out and about... we had only heard of this new place that had opened in SEA point [ pre NIGERIAN that is... } ... my father placed the order... A FAMILY pack meal with a 2lt coke... and unbeknownst to us all... the coming moments would shape the very destiny of our future fast food experiences...

YES... the first bite was dynamite... not only becuase it was hot... extra hot... u know us being indian.. we thought we can handle it coz we indians...we like it hot!!!

... with the first bite... my adrenalin rushed... and the tears rolled into the corner of my eyes... the steam blew from my ears.. OH My Gosh... what a wonderfull sensation.. and even though my mouth burned... and me hands were shaking... as i sat their and consumed it all... i knew.. deep down... i knew... life would not be the same...the GOOSH BUMPS said it all... AND THE SHEER THRILL of those initial moments left me dumbstruck ... OH MY GOSH!!!

CRazy/ Beuatifull... thats what it was... SORTA a love at first bite... type of of a moment...

fast forward...[ DEC 2006... ]

their we stood... in the middle of the world ... we were being led into this magical place... we were told by family and friends... keep your head down... and only to lift it at the last moment... so thats what we did... we delayed this moment... this moment that had the potential to shape our lives... the moment many peple had dreamt of... a moment which for many is the realisation of hard work and sacrifice... their we stood.. and at approximately 10-30am... dressed in our ikhraam and awaiting this special moment.... it happened!!!

ALLAH Hu Akbar!!!

at first site.. thier is nothing too special about this square shaped figure... in the middle of the arabian desert... it was a block and draped in a black cloth... nothing amazing... was it?

NO... to see the KAAba just for its physical appearance would be an error.. a misunderstanding of what it symbolises... As i stood there i asked myself why i aint crying like the people next to me... i still do... i thought their was something wrong with me... Gosh i wanted to cry... freakin hell ... i cried at the end of Braveheart... why was i not crying... WHy?

and then i just stood... and waited... and made dua... and stood... and contemplated... and made dua... and relaxed... made shukr...and made dua... and watched my brothers and sisters the world over... and in amongst the hundreds of thousands of people... a peacefule silence descended over me... and the brute force of the spirituall energy that was concentrated into that area took hold of me... and all of a sudden... it all seemed real... and made sense...

and every time i see apicture of the Kaaba... or when i am in sujood... i am instantly transported to the gharaam... it made it REAL... and has given me something money cant buy... its made my salaah even more beuatiful... sujood has never been the same... absolutely AWESOME!!!...

... as i think back to that day...

i dont think i intitailly realised what was going on... and without even knowing it ... seeing the KAAba... and standing in and around the holy precincts of the Haraam... has had such an effect on me that i only truly felt its effects months later ... that day gave a face to it all... it made it it real... and the more i bit into the journey... the more satisfied i became... the sheer thrill of it lefft me dumbstruck... in those initial moments Allah swt's Mercy... and bounties overflowed ... and as the oh my gosh goose bumps crept up my spine... i knew... deep down i knew... that life was not going to be the same...

Crazy/ Beuatiful...thats what it was... a somewhat a love at first sight sort of a moment...

lost in a moment... forever.

So my brotheres and sisters this my humble attempt to encorouge you all to go on hajj/ ummrah... the sooner the better...

wicky wicky... fluit fluit...

HADITH OF THE WEEK:

Volume 1, Book 11, Number 620:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Apostle said, "The reward of the prayer offered by a person in congregation is twenty five times greater than that of the prayer offered in one's house or in the market (alone). And this is because if he performs ablution and does it perfectly and then proceeds to the mosque with the sole intention of praying, then for every step he takes towards the mosque, he is upgraded one degree in reward and his one sin is taken off (crossed out) from his accounts (of deeds). When he offers his prayer, the angels keep on asking Allah's Blessings and Allah's forgiveness for him as long as he is (staying) at his Musalla. They say, 'O Allah! Bestow Your blessings upon him, be Merciful and kind to him.' And one is regarded in prayer as long as one is waiting for the prayer."

MAY AllaH SWT MAKE US OF THOSE WHO ARE steadfast in our salaah and let us rememebre the ummah in our duas.

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