First. New. Fresh. Latest. Refreshed. Everyone would love to have something new. It can make us feel more energetic, more excited or just feeling a bit extraordinary. Doesn’t really matter what it is all about; it could be buying something new, starting a new day, getting a new job, or making new friends. So what’s new recently is we just celebrated the beginning of Islamic New Year, which is more familiarly known as “Maal Hijrah”. Well, it is actually more than just a start for a new year. There are actually two definitions of Hijrah. First, it is literally defined as the migration or journey of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him; pbuh) and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib, later renamed to Medina. During the time of Prophet Muhammad, Hijrah is a movement from place to another, done in the name of Allah, for the sake of the “deen” (religion; Islam). The second definition of ‘hijrah’ still carry the meaning of moving, but you do not literally move from a place, or
A good life is not all about having pleasing moments, but how we make the moments pleasurable.