Usrah

Seeing my girls progressing with me makes my heart flourish with wonder of the greatness of Allah. My weekly usrah session with them this year witnesses attendance from 50 to 110 students, a number that I can only imagine the last two years when I have around 5 girls only on every sitting. Allah send the five girls and Allah send the 110 girls. Allah will only ask how much I have tried and not how much I have achieved. So the attendance of only 5 girls the last two years didn't bother me much. Hardship in the beginning is the sunnah or the way of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him (p.b.u.h). 

I can see the progress of my girls in the way they take care of their hijab or clothing, in the way they talk, in the way they carry themselves. And the updates they make in the FB group specially created for them reflects their determinations to follow the way set by Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h). 

To me handling the usrah session weekly is more to give reminders to myself. For Allah knows how much I need to remind myself. When I was about to talk badly about other people I will be reminded of myself reminding the girls not to talk badly about other people in the usrah session. Ooppss.. I should follow my own advice first. When I do research to prepare for the usrah session, I'm gaining new knowledge. Gaining khowledge is compulsory for every muslim. When I always talk about doing everything for the sake of Allah, I find myself trying hard to take care of my niat or attention. So I grow and progress with my girls.

May Allah bless all my girls.

May Allah bless all of us.