The Changemaker
Finally, I have found these Muslim women whom I can look up to
in the future. Just a little bit of background information, I have been
struggling to find inspirational figures abroad. Someone who shares the same
values as me, can inspire me to keep being productive, have life lessons to offers
to, and just simple awesome people who has achieved something wonderful on
their life. In fact, having to life abroad for two years have changed my habit
in terms of receiving information. I got more comfortable and used to hearing
news in English. Watching movies in English, expressing my feelings and
thoughts in English, or even when I am upset, I ran and curse in English. This phenomenon
could be seen in many ways, but I want to highlight one thing. If this is what
happen to me, I need to start find specifically inspiration, motivational speech,
and just more content of information in the lenses of Islam.
In life, I have been looked upon different variety of inspiring
figures. With no doubt, the Prophet Muhamad SWT. of course, known in my brain
as the number one man in this world. Since I was young, I have been told how
great of a person he is through his attitudes, life events, thoughts, even the
lessons that I learned from his mistakes. Everything about him has shaped majority
of my time till now. However, in today society, I find it more relatable to
look upon figures that has the good deeds mentality but also able to shares some
wisdom to me. This include anyone influential through any media they have. The
first one is obvious BTS with their positive message through their music (even
though I didn’t completely agree on the whole idea of K-POP itself). The second
one is Gitasav as someone who I could say I relate the most. Many of her ideas are
thought-provoking and I feel like her story is similar to mine in terms of
being an Indonesian and Hijabi in a western world. There are also many people in
which I couldn’t mention everyone. But they are all does not help me to get deeper
on my understanding about Islam. They can’t really answer it from the
perspective of Islam and even some of them are contradicting with my core value
as a Muslim. So, I figured I need to balance out the input of information on my
brain. I have not found anyone inspiring in my opinion who are able to answer
my burning questions of these Harami world seen from Islam viewpoints until I
found Dr. Rania and HH Hijab.
Early diclaimer: I may also not know a lot about them. I just
found them recently, but I believe the resources and ideas from Dr. Rania could
somehow helped me see the world from more of an in-depth perspective in Islam. I
just knew she speaks very eleganty and very knowledgeable about Islam. I feel
like I could just turn to her to express my doubts and got very satisfiying and
calming answer from her. One of those questions are regarding the mental health
issues that wasn’t really discussed enough in Muslim Community. Many of the
arguments would be “You wouldn’t have any of those issues if you have Allah”.
In fact, even in Qur’an it was mentioned about anxiety, doubts, and uncertainties.
Dr. Rania has done wonderful job on researching about this from the perspective
of Islam. In addition, she is a psychiatrist who mastered in Muslim Mental Health
Issues. Full or possibly better
explanation is on the link above. So yeah, I guess I have found a perfect match
for my problem!
Haute Hijab. Who doesn’t know that brand? On of the leading
brand selling top qualities of Hijab and other Muslims wear. She absolutely is stunning,
smart, and very talented person. Yup Melanie is the person behind this
glamorious brand that based in New York City. I have this weird contemplation
whenever I look at social media influencer whether that about makeup,
lifestyle, workout, etc. I always feel like there’s something missing from them
or something off about them compared to my values. I also felt I became more
and more envy about their life. The not-so-good sickness comes from my heart
started to crawl in: Jealousy, ungratefulness, Riya’, arrogant, showing off,
etc. But when I checked Melanie’s account, my heart melts. The typical post on
her account is about her business, tips on increasing productivity, and many
more. During this Ramadhan especially, I could feel her influence of telling me
to read more on Qur’an, really make the best out of Ramadhan this year, or just
simply being grateful of what you have daily. Her vibes and messages have
always positive and I could see it transfer from her belief in Islam. I wanted
to be successful like her. Indeed, influence is always very powerful tool to make
a change to others. I wonder when is the time for me to have that big of an
influence over the people around me…
Courtesy to HH Hijab website for the picture used in this blog!
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