Friday nights in a society of kufr

In the name of God, compassionate & merciful بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ | Peace be with you السلام عليكم


The clock just struck Maghrib and it's a Friday night.

I didn't have to fast today due to a particular reason that any Muslim female who has hit puberty can relate to, so I'm sitting here thinking about what other people in my town might be doing right now. Friday night is party night in my area.

I'm just imagining what it'd be like tonight. Hit songs will probably be pumping loudly through the stereo system, with boys and girls dancing their hearts out. Bedroom doors will be closed... Boys will be kissing girls, girls will be kissing girls, boys will be kissing boys. Joints will be passed around.

Currently, one young teenaged guy is probably trying to convince his 19-year-old brother to buy him a pack of Vodka Cruisers so he can get wasted at The Party of the Week which is probably tonight.

A pair of conservative Catholic parents probably think that their "angelic" 14-year-old daughter is at a sleepover at her best friend's house and that she's going to see a movie in a sweater and jeans, when she's really at The Party of the Week in a black dress that could easily pass as a shirt, with a beer bong (funnel with a hose attached into which you pour beer) in her mouth.

At the end of the night, hearts will be broken. Jaws will be broken. Noses will be broken. Ornament's in "Jimmy's" parents' house will be broken. There will be bottles and cans everywhere. Gardens will be full of vomit.

When the night started, one boy probably thought that he'd be going home in one piece so he could act sober and tell his parents that he had a good time playing video games at his mate's place. What he doesn't know is that he will really end up waking up the next morning in the gutter with his glasses broken, a missing tooth and a killer headache. What will he explain to his parents then?

One boy probably expected to get a good sleep for the other half of the night and most of the next day (sleeping off a hangover) in his warm bed at home when he, his friend and his car will end up wrapped around a tree.

Another boy probably thought he would also get home in one piece, when he'll really spend the rest of the night in the hospital having his stomach pumped due to binge drinking.

One girl probably thought she'd be going home with her virtue when she'll really end up giving the police a statement the next day about her rape the previous night by the "popular guy" at school.

But you know what? It makes me think how ironic it is that while the party's starting, Muslims are together with their families, breaking a day of fasting. Soon they will pray and insha'Allah they will be cleansed of their minor "sins". The family will have dinner and raise their hands to make dua together.

While unimaginable things are happening behind closed doors at "Jimmy's" house, Muslims all around the country will be cleaning up and going to Tarawih prayers where they would spend more or less than an hour in worship.

One Muslim girl is probably repenting for a strand of hair coming out of her hijab today, while people who live in a neighbourhood nearby are drinking, fornicating and doing drugs without even the slighest intention to repent or even acknowledge God's existence later.

A group of teenagers will probably be walking drunk from "Bobby's" gathering to "Jimmy's" Party of the Week, and a Muslim family will probably drive past them on the way to Tarawih thinking of the irony that I'm currently think of.

And right now, I can only think to myself how relieved I am that I am not part of that life.


By The Australian.

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Peace & respect ★

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