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Healthy Inside Out

Assalamualaikum

In this post, I will focus on getting healthy not only on the outside, but also from the inside.


Being a Muslim, We all believe in Allah swt and His prophet, Muhammad saw. Definitely each and every of us feel there is a bond with Him. The only thing that determine how strong the bond, is our Iman. Iman is very subjective, it fluctuates all the time, as the prophete saying, we human who have nafs', nobody escapes sin, God forgive those who repents. Hence, how do we strengthen our Iman?

Easy, yet not everybody are determine to do so. The sweetness of the 'duniawi' often holds them back.

First and foremost, the pillar of being a muslim is 5 times a day prayer, when the pillars are broken, the whole building will collapse! Many people knows that praying is a must, however few do not perform them, well they know their reasons better of course.

Second, is zikr', it is the most easiest form of Ibadah to do, yet not many are able to do so. Why? Perhaps I'm not the right person to give the reason.

Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah, Allahuakbar, Lailahailallah,etc.

By saying all these prayer, they cost us nothing, yet the reward that will be given from Him is unmeasurable! Muslims should really take the opportunity to zikr' in their daily life, as the do not require ablution, even the ladies in menstruation are allowed to zikr'. Say it while driving, walking, even when we are about to sleep. hence time will not be wasted.

Third, cover your aurat. It's easy, yet some people are not able to do so. As we all know, the aurat of the males from their umbilicus to above their knee, and for the ladies, their whole body except their face and hands.

Fourth, mind our words, do not speak nonsense, and do not hurt people's feelings. Speak when necessary, and always think first before you speak out. It helps to avoid any unwanted situation that might arise from our words. (the writer should really take note of this point! errkk!)

There are many other things that ones should do in order to improve their iman. Other things like zakat, social interaction, behaviour, thought,etc will play role in determining our iman. However most importantly is our intention, if we are sincere, then all our ibadah will be counted by Him, and when this happen, we will achieve the calmness of our mind and soul, hence making our life runs smoothly.

My intention of posting this issue is not only to remind all of the reader, but also as a reminder to myself, as when we speak, He will test us of whether we do as we speak, or we are just one of the munafik who advice people, but they themselve disobey Him. Nauzubillah, hope all of us will not be tested like such.

Lastly, always lay our hopes on Him, He know better for us, it all has been written on the Lauh Mahfuz, we shall live our live as what has been written, yet always pray to him that we are among those who belief, and obtain Husnul Khatimah.. InsyaAllah

A Productive Muslim

Leading a Healthy Life, many ways have been proposed by many people, however, for the Muslims, how to lead a healthy lifestyle according to the "sunnah" and "syariat"?

There are few tips that can be applied in our daily life.

First and foremost, wake up early, and perform our Fajr' prayer on time. It has been proven scientifically that taking ablution early in the morning helps to refresh our mind. The act of Ruku' and Sujud would stimulate the blood flow to our brain, hence increase our level of alertness.

Picture showing a boy sujud Picture showing a tree in Ruku' position

Secondly, after praying, feel ease to do some light exercise, just to get our body generate some energy early in the morning, perhaps this will help the blood flow in the body, most importantly, we'll feel most alert and active.
Next, eat healthy meal. early in the morning, do not burden our stomach with heavy meals, as this will cause the body to supply more energy to the gastrointestinal track in order to digest them. This in turn will make us feel sleepy early in the morning, especially as it gets to 10 am, unlucky enough, you'll end up an early DOZE OFF..!!

Instead, it is advicable that you take cereals with milk, as they are high in carbohydrates, fibres, and calcium, this will help digestion process, and most importantly, they provide you with energy, just enough to provide you an active day.

Another sunnah that is very helpful for us is to take a 5 minutes of nap before Zohor prayer, which is also known as Qailulah. This short sleep will help us to feel more fresh after lunch, and most importantly, it helps us to wake up at night for night prayer; Qiamullail.

During lunch, we should not eat with our full desire for the food, instead, we should be more relax and try not to put a pile of food on the plate. this will cause our body to consume much more food than we actually need. Instead, our Prophet pbuh had given us a very useful advice, eat only when you are hungry, and stop before you feel full. Well, ofcourse we will find it difficult to stop eating before we actually feel full. Hence, what we can do is to have a 10 minutes interval between meals. What is meant here is that when you have finished your first meal, do not directly eat the next, instead it is advicable to wait for 10 minutes, wait for the food to reach the stomach, then you will start to feel full. Unless if you are still feeling hungry, do not force yourself, just eat the meal, instead, slowly reduce the amount day by day. One tip is to reduce a portion of 1/30 a day, hence, by a month, your have actually reduced the amount of meal taken in a month, not really drastic isn't it?

As for now, thats are all the tips on being a productive Muslim.

Hope all of us can take note from this post, and can try to change ourselves into a productive Muslim.

Assalamualaikum