A short update for my buddies who've been complaining that i've abandoned them. Sorry guys!

After what was a much needed holiday, i'm back here in Cyber and again i'm in a period of minimum sleep, late nights, and endless meetings. At the end of the day, i guess i wouldn't have it any other way and this IS the path i chose but sometimes i can't help thinking what it'd be like to be one of those people that go to class and when it ends, go back to their apartments.

Of course, whenever i'm feeling bagged down by everything, it doesn't take much to turn my mood around. Reality hits me hard most times, and i see that i have it much better than a lot of people. And as always, God gives you a lot to be thankful about.:)

Musculoskeletal block has started. I actually find it fun but i wish i was given more time to get on with the whole flow of things. Sigh...it's Monday and i think i've already forgotten what the extensor muscles of the forearm are.

Having my parents come over today was a big boost. Seeing my parents being so excited going through my Netter's atlas and trying to make me see the interestingness of it all gave me some fuel to go through the next 4 weeks at least.

p.s: my mind is full of numerous things. would love to write it all down but i don't knwo where to start.

Abu ‘Abdullah Jabir bin ‘Abdullah al-Ansari, radiyallahu anhuma, reported that a man questioned the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam, saying:

"Do you see, if I pray the prescribed (prayers), fast during Ramadhan, treat the lawful as permissible and treat the forbidden as prohibited, but do nothing more than that, shall I enter Paradise?” He (the Prophet, sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) answered: “Yes.”

[Muslim],


Being a good muslim is easy, it is us who choose to make it difficult.

Abu Hurairah, radiyallahu 'anhu, reported that a man said to the Prophet, sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam:

"Advise me! "The Prophet said, "Do not become angry and furious." The man asked (the same) again and again, and the Prophet said in each case, "Do not become angry and furious."
[Al-Bukhari; Vol. 8 No. 137]

The last two weeks or so, i've gotten into the habit of waking up and reaching for the Hadith Bukhari lying in a pile of books next to me. I've found that it never fails to give me some sort of motivation to start off the day in a good mood, especially when I have to wake up for a 2 hour lecture after having slept for only a few hours.I usually just pick a random page.

Today, i opened the page to the hadith above. How apt.

Trying to control my anger has been the hardest thing to do this week.

Love : Reality or Fantasy

Volume 4, Book 52, Number 41:

Narrated Abdullah bin Masud:

I asked Allah's Apostle, "O Allah's Apostle! What is the best deed?" He replied, "To offer the prayers at their early stated fixed times." I asked, "What is next in goodness?" He replied, "To be good and dutiful to your parents." I further asked, what is next in goodness?" He replied, "To participate in Jihad in Allah's Cause." I did not ask Allah's Apostle anymore and if I had asked him more, he would have told me more.

Narrated 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud:

The Prophet said, "Do not wish to be like anyone except in two cases. (The first is) A person, whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it righteously; (the second is) the one whom Allah has given wisdom (the Holy Qur'an) and he acts according to it and teaches it to others."

The believers, in their love, mercy, and kindness to one another are like a body: if any part of it is ill, the whole body shares its sleeplessness and fever.

Narrated in Saheeh Muslim, 2586, and Saheeh Al-Bukhari, 6011.