By Zenith Malik (Toronto, Canada)
In ninth grade me and this girl I knew were very good friends. Then I went to Pakistan for a few months and when I came back things had changed and we slowly drifted apart. One day I saw her in the bathroom at school and as I was washing my hands I thought “what if I talk to her, what if I say hello how have u been? I really miss her.” I let the opportunity slip out of my hands as she left the washroom and thought “ok next time I see her I’ll talk to her for sure!” That night my dad turned the news on as he did every night after dinner but what I heard was heart breaking. My friend had been hit by a bus after school while she was walking home and she was no longer with us. I went to my room, cried my eyes out and prayed for her soul. It was that night that I decided that I would never put anything off till the next day again. I always wanted to wear the hijab but I’d always say “tomorrow.” It took this tragedy to make me realize that tomorrow is not guaranteed. So the next morning I watched a tutorial on YouTube, put my hijab on, and went to school with my head held high. I will never forget my friend for she taught me this valuable lesson.
إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ
“Surely we belong to Allah and to Him shall we return”.
May Allah Reward u more for this effort jaza ka allah
May Allah Almighty bestow all His grace and mercy on those girls who hold Islamic values and the dictates to their bosom and say, ‘We are none but the slaves of Him WHO has created us from clay and elevated us above all other creation. We are only for Him and unto Him is our return.’