Still dealing with the remnants of my fever. I need to get better before my presentation day this coming Monday. I wonder why I feel all worked up about this presentation thing. It's not that I've never done a presentation before. Oh..Perhaps my endocrine system has got a little shaky from the fever that the wrong hormones are being secreted at the wrong amount. Hm..that sounded plausible. Anyway..I've got the essential part of it done, so now I can slow down a bit and get back to my default pace. Smile..
Let's see..Since I don't really have anything to write, I'll keep it really short this time. Short yet concise.
At Maghrib time yesterday, when reading Muntakhab Ahadith, I ran into this hadith that tells about the blessings behind being ill or sick. Nicely timed!
Dari Abu Hurairah ra. meriwayatkan bahawa baginda Rasulullah saw bersabda: "Barangsiapa demam satu malam, kemudian dia bersabar dan dia redha kepada Allah akan keluar dosa-dosanya sebagaimana dia baru dilahirkan oleh ibunya." (HR Ibni Abi Dunya, Targhib)
So, this leaves us no excuse not to smile even when we are sick. For a Muslim, it's always a win-win situation either he/she is sick or healthy. This is the sheer mercy of Allah swt on us the believers. Allah swt has put us in an elevated rank over the entire creation in general, and the entire mankind in particular. We need to work extra harder to live up to the status then!
So, whenever you fall ill..remember to smile, even for once. =)
p/s: Indeed, Allah swt looks at us with his mercy. If He swt looked at us with justice instead, we would've long been destroyed due to too much corruption.
