things to ponder...

Flowers Are Red

Album : Allah Knows (zain bhikha)
Munsyid : Dawud Wharnsby Ali

A little boy went first day at school
He got some crayons and he started to draw
He put colors all over the paper
For colors was what he saw
The teacher said, "What you doin' young man?"
"I'm paintin' flowers see"
"Well this is not the time for art young man
And anyway flowers are green and red
There's a time for everything young man
a way it should be done
You've got to show concern for everyone else
For you're not the only one"
And she said...
"Flowers are red
Green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than they way they always have been seen "
But the little boy said...
"There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one"
Well the teacher said… "You're sassy
There's a way that things should be
And you'll paint flowers the way they are
So repeat after me..."
she said...
"Flowers are red
Green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than they way they always have been seen "
But the little boy said again...
"There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one"
Well the teacher put him in a corner
She said… "It's for your own good…
And you won't come out 'til you get it right
responding like you should"
Well finally he got lonely
Frightened thoughts filled his head
And he went up to that teacher
And this is what he said
"Flowers are red, green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen"

Well time went by like it always does
he moved to another town
And the little boy went to another school
And this is what he found
The teacher there was smilin'
She said..."Painting should be fun
And there are so many colors in a flower
So let's paint every one"
that little boy painted flowers
In neat rows of green and red
And when the teacher asked him "why"
This is what he said..
"Flowers are red, green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen."
But there must still be a way to have our children say,
There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one
There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one

smething to ponder around..is this the way we teach our kids???just go by the rules and stick to rules only?

no space for creativity???or thinking outside the box?? its the same thing like we teach our kid or our younger generations..perform all ur 5principles or pillar of Islam... tashahud, Pray, fast, pay ur zakat, do ur pilgrimage..if u perform this, u r a muslim..when u are a muslim, u will get into Jannah...how bad u are but in the end u will still get into jannah..yes thats true...but what about the things that would cancel ur shahadah etc?

these are the main principles in Islam.but there are still lots of things to be taken into cnsiderations...ur aurat, ur taharah or bersuci...ur iman, ur tauhid, ur fiqh...n ur responsibility as a khilafah on this earth...to spread Islam,n goodness to the mankind..its not just one thing..its all kinda link together to create a good Muslim...we dont want to be just a muslim, but a GOOD MUSLIM...by religion, by name, by heart...

this flowers are red song just mke me thing a lot...about our perception of life...like, no need to be going to the mosque till u r old cos u still hv time to go later on..u r still young...u dont have to be a daie as thats only jobs for ustaz ustazah....u dont have to teach ur kids about aurat and read the quran or screen the tv at early stage cos they are still young..u can do all that when they grow older...u dont hv to bring ur kid to the mosque cos they are gonna disrupt the other makmum...but if u dont teach them when they are young, when is the rite time?when they are bigger n wiser??i believe all things should be started at early stage...

I always try to sing the Muslim Id song to my son at least once a day...for I hope if he is in a tough spot one day, this song will remind him again of who he is...

please listen to the song from my playlist on the rite top bar..