We were representatives for Aqsa Syarif, a non governmental body that are determined to help Palestinians. The mission was to alarm the Kuantan community on the issue of Palestine and why we are eager to help those people. Minor survey was done and found that Palestine is often described as 'Kawasan Perang, or Tempat Orang Berbunuhan'...and no, they are not wrong... they were right. However, it would be nicer to describe it as the Muslim Land. As it is the place where the first Kiblah was, the house of Adam, an not to mention that majority of Prophets came from there. and Rasulullah, at his darkest moments when his wife and uncle passed away, and the da'wah in Taif was a failure, was brought by Allah to Masjidil Aqsa even before he was ascended to heaven. And had not Allah mentioned how blessed that land is in Al-Isra?
The other misconception that we faced were the coming of al-Mahdi. A lady came into our booth, scarfless but claimed to be a Muslim. and she tries to tell us that there is no need for boycotts and donations coz' one day al-Mahdi will come aroud and BOooOOm the world gets to be a better place once more... I'd like to suggest if your minds has such a thinking, why not read the seerah of Rasulullah. For when he came, he was a saviour too. and in his course, many of the sahabahs had to fought. and no its not Ka-BoooOOm and Islam is here 14 century later.
However, a midst the ignorance, being humans and Muslims, not one shut their ears to the word donation. When approached. almost non refused to help... even with the help of few cents, we would ensure them that every deed is counted in Allah's eyes.
The tactic was to approach the crowd, tell them the issue of Palestine, the crisis, and what is Aqsa syarif, what have they done, and the latest updates. We'd inform them too, where their donations would go too. Our target groups were kids, adolescents, adults, be them Muslims or not.
Must I mention, our team and the volunteering committees were very successful. we set out to I-FEST Megamall Kuantan to gather donation total up to RM3500, but yeah here I would like to brag and express how thankful and how pleased we are of the Kuantan community as their donations reached RM 5978. This amount was then added with a sum of donations that were contributed by the akhwats of IIUM Kuantan. And by the greatnes of Allah, it should um up to more than rm7000. ALHAMDULILLAH!
There is one Question that arose in my heart during collecting the donation. They were a few non Muslims, Chinese and Indians, who glad-fully helped to fill the donation box in large amounts. But, my heart is more inclined to call them to Islam and being in-experienced, i did nothing but pray that their hearts become enlightened with the brightness of Islam and one day, they become Muslims too...owh da'wah, y u no easy???
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