Islam – Submission to the Will of Allah

There was this teacher in school who made everything in Islam feel like a threat or warning. No one realy enjoyed sitting in her class because she always made us feel like sinners and kept telling us how painful a torment we would have to face when we die. So the fear instead of bringing us closer to Islam actually took some of us away.
May Allah shower his merciful love on her for I assume she did it out of good intention. On the other hand there was this other teacher who always had a smile on her face and taught us the fiqh of Islam in a happy manner that made us feel wonderful about being Muslim. She inspired us to Ace our exams and race our Thaqwa.

You can either be born into it and really not think too much about it or you can chose to submit your will to Allah because you love him. Isn't that what worship means? Are we in it just because we fear punishment or seek reward or are we in it because we actually want to be and do anything we can to love and please Allah?

I know today that it is love and only love that brings you closer to Allah and his rasool. Rahma – He is compassionate and mercifully loving. I love Allah and his rasool and nothing else more than that. It is because we love him that we pray and that we do many acts of worship to show our love to him just like we would to other people we love. We must teach our children from an early age to do good in the sole intention of pleasing Allah and Allah alone because he loves us so much and we love Him too!