Assalamualaikum peeps!
In this post, we are going to talk more and more and more about our friend, Sana.
As we all know, China is one of the countries with the most Muslim populations. However, it is unfortunate for Sana as she lives in a non- Islamic state as a minority. So, it wasn’t easy for her and her family to practice Islam in their daily lives.
She shared that women are not allowed to wear hijab and can’t wear it outside in public such as school, workplaces and etc. So, Sana told us that she only able to wear hijab at home and cover her aurah to her non-mahram relatives.
COUPLE IS HARAM!
We were quite surprised when she asked why a couple can’t sit close to one another and can’t even hold hands? Thus, we explained to her that it is forbidden for two people of the opposite sex to be dating. This is because such relationship often leads to haram and if you are alone the third person in the room is shaytan. Thus, we told her that the best solution is to get married if she has a boyfriend. But, she told us that she doesn’t have a boyfriend and would like to find a future husband in Malaysia (AWWW so cute!)
She even asked, it is true in Malaysia, man are allowed to marry more than one? So, we explained to her that it's not just in Malaysia but actually Islam allowed men to marry two, three or at the most four wives. However, according to al-Quran, if a man fear that he is not be able to deal justly, marry women of his choice, two, or three, or four; but if he fears that he is not able to deal justly with them, then marry only one. Additionally, the first wife MUST approve of an additional wife. EACH gets equal housing, staff and budget. Hence, the husband MUST be able to afford that second wife. In short, that man must be quite well to do, economically. His wives must agree to the new addition to the family and he gets additional expenses of the extra households.
To conclude, based on the sharing by Sana, we find that it is not easy living under a control of non-Muslim countries as there are certain things you are restricted to do as Muslims.
Thus, we should be lucky as we were born as a Muslim living in a Muslim country.
Love,
N & A.
1 comments:
Hello! Reading your post, it is indeed lucky of us to be born as Malaysians Muslims because Malaysia allows its people to embrace any religion and perform any religious duty. Alhamdulillah, we have the opportunity to learn Islamic teachings since we were small, a 'rezeki' that we might took for granted all this while.
For Sana, Alhamdulillah she is able to continue her study in IIUM, definitely a chance for her (and us) to learn more about Islam. It's a tad sad to know our Muslim brothers and sisters over there as they are restricted to do certain things as a Muslims.
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