بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
It's easy to hold a stand when you are in the crowd rather than when you are alone. You might still hold onto it, but as time passed, you will question yourselves about who you are. You might lose yourselves, got eaten by the tricky-sweet and wild surroundings.
Things spread easily in this era. It's good if the content is accurate but most of it is filmed or created based on personal experience or to please audience only. Most of the crowds are simply got hypnotized by charming actress and sugary video in social media. If I forgot who I am, I might also fell into it. Oh no! Maybe not. I already once fall into it. Yeah, I once heard that media is important. Now, I see it more clearly but sadly can't do anything. What blog can do nowadays? *sigh*. Effort matter, dude!
On the other hand, there is a quote, " it's better to live in the crowd of sheep so that a wolf has a low chance to devour its prey". I don't know but somehow this quote has been bashed, making into sarcasm. I don't know when it started but maybe because I am at the bottom now, I could see the darker side of human mind and heart. People seem to always see the Islamic guys are egocentric and ignorant when they stating or spilt out their belief. It is what called 'bajet alim'. I won't disagree with them because some of the preachers are like that. But it's unfair to accuse all the same. I believe that 'hikmah' is a lost treasure. However, if we want to talk about what we prefer as a perfectly good advice, there will be no one fit to start to make a move. The preacher would become an extinction. Again, maybe I am just not as steadfast as before.
The challenges in reaching someone heart nowadays are become harder. It's not that I don't know that effort matter. But as human, the eager to see the result is demanding. May Allah give us the strength to constantly doing dakwa in whatever platform. Tsabbit Qalbi
وَأَلَّفَ بَيۡنَ قُلُوبِہِمۡۚ لَوۡ أَنفَقۡتَ مَا فِى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعً۬ا مَّآ أَلَّفۡتَ بَيۡنَ قُلُوبِهِمۡ وَلَـٰڪِنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَلَّفَ بَيۡنَہُمۡۚ إِنَّهُ ۥ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ۬
And brought together their hearts. If you had spent all that is in the earth, you could not have brought their hearts together; but Allah brought them together. Indeed, He is Exalted in Might and Wise.