Somebody mentioned to me today that he almost didn’t recognised me. He crept closer & said something about my public appearance being different from usual (*Ahah*). For me, it’s nothing different – it’s the norm over the weekends for me to wear casual like skirts or jeans. Just that today is a bit special really & I’ll be seeing a lot of people – so I took the trouble to iron a skirt n blouse which I’d wear only once & that was long ago.
That brings me to my dilemma earlier in the morning. There was this talk organized by a surau nearby my housing area on the current hot topic (not CT la, Lina Joy!). It was scheduled for 9am. I’m meeting friends around 12 something. Since the talk are going to take some time, I don’t think I could afford to wear something else first in order to go to the talk & then went back home & change again just to meet my friends. I was running out of time – did the laundry & mop the floor (since I thought mom’s coming- that’s another story) so no time to iron another set of clothes! I did call a friend – since I doubted the appropriateness of my attire. She said it’s ok but somehow I decided not to go the talk after all.
Much later, when I was talking to another friend, she mentioned about another talk last month at the same surau where there was these few gals wearing tudung selempang je blah blah & casual I guess..& she was saying must be SB or something…It hit me then that my intuition was right again but am I to be deny the opportunity to listen to a sermon simply because I wasn’t wearing the ‘uniform’? But still tutup aurat what? I’m confused.. when I was wearing tudung labuh, baju kurung & looking for job, I felt out of place in the interview room thus the necessary changes. (I know you’re thinking, whether I’ve got a principle?!) Now, when I wear differently…I’m still out of place? Is the surau only for certain people? Am I a hypocrite?
4 comments:
i understand sbb pernah alami situasi yg sama...
ada ziarahi satu kawan di kampung ...kebetulan ada kematian...so masa tu pulak ada sembahyang jenazah...so i ambek wuduk dan join sekali la...with my pants and shirt...abis semayang tu, ada pak Haji tegur sebab i tak pakai ketayap di kapala...
*sungguh tak seronok kena tegur mcm tu*
actually i dok di jeddah....ramai Arab sana semayang di tepi jalan je...to me ok je tu...
ntahla..
Idham
Eh, saya pun pernah gak sembahyang tepi jalan, celah2 bus kat car park- masa le Tour de Paris lagi tu! (heheh!)
Kat obersi tu biasa je pompuan Islam dari mana2 negara sekalipun except Mesia & Indo - sembahyang dgn apa2 yg tersarung di badan. Org kita, eh lupa bwk telekung - takle sembahyang!
Bukankah Islam itu mudah & mempermudahkan? (bukan ambik mudah ye)
sometimes orang melayu ni lebih sudu dari kuah (sorry to say). islam kata ok, dia kata tak leh. When I was in UK, tak payah pakai telekung semayang pun leh semayang gak. just pastikan bersih n tutup aurat. kalu rasa baju tak cukup besar, the jacket itself dah cukup besar. tapi kat mesia ni susah skit. kalu kita pakai macam tu, cam kite ada wat salah. apa2 pun, pakai apa yang kite selesa, peduli apa orang lain tengok. kita tahu apa kita buat, idok?
eh! lupa. Salam.... :)
Wassalam...Nak sambung cite - baru2 ni sembahyang kat Masjid India, KL. Dah siap amik wuduk & naik tingkat atas, terserempak dgn sorang adik -pun baru lps amik wuduk. Masalahnya, dia pakai mini-skirt takat separuh peha tu- Ish, tak manis la pulak. Mmg la dia budak (belasan) tp kat masjid? Bagusnya, dia ttp nak solat tapi... Camna tu? Adakah ambo bersikap double-standard? Nak tegur ke idak?
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