So Alhamdulillah with husband's permission, I went down to Arqam with 3 friends for Shaykh Yahya's talk after work. Husband went home to take care of Hyder, and even fetched me after the talk, thank you thank you thank you Husband :)

The talk was good, although honestly I didn't really catch a lot of stuff as the sound system was kindof faulty (we were seated at the 2nd floor - and the talk was at the auditorium on the first floor)

A few points to share, just for you guys who wanted to come down but couldn't make it. As usual, this is based on my perception / interpretion, basically how *I* take it, as how I listen to it, so if I'm wrong, I'm sorry.

* Muslims are able to connect to each other easily now, as compared to other eras, thanks to the internet and such. He said there are blogs, social networking sites, etc. So how are you taking advantage of this? With this gift from Allah, how are you using it to spread Islam and reach out to more people etc?

* Naming our kids such that they won't be burdened with it. He has a friend who named his son Jihad. As the son ran around at the shopping mall, his friend ran after the son shouting "JIHAD! JIHAD!"

Almost everyone ran off, scared. Haha. That is not putting Islam in a good light right.

* Living in a cosmopolitan city such as Singapore, how do you live as a Muslim, when there are temptations all around you?

His fast witty reply was "You stay in Arqam!" Hahaha.

Then the serious response was, you got to know a little bit about each major religion - Buddhism, Christianity, etc. But you got to know ALOT about Islam. So when people of other religions ask you about Islam, or try to promote their religion to you, you can tell them what Islam is about, and how beautiful it is as compared to other religions.

And then he said we are lucky because although Muslims are a minority here, we are free to practise our religion and we have clean beautiful masjids everywhere!

* Someone asked about provocation. When the Nabi saw was provoked, how did he react? Did he fight back?

He said no. Nabi saw was all about peace. Here he told a story but halfway through he said "I forgot how the story went!" Hahah.

So Shaykh Khalil took over, and narrated a story where Nabi saw said to his companion to tell the person who was so angry with him, "Speak to me nicely and I will speak to you nicely." If a person demands something from you, give him twice of what he wants if you are able to give it Insya'Allah. If a person is angry with you, be calm and patient so as to not add fuel to fire, let him speak his mind, then counter it with your patience and advice, and apologies if needed.

There were a few other stuff but I kindof forgot, hehe. If I remember I will update again.

Here, I just want to thank my husband for giving me permission to go, while he goes home to take care of our baby. I truly appreciate it, and I hope you get rewarded for it Insya'Allah. Love u, and you know why NOW I do.. right? :)

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