Muka ku di muka buku

Nowadays I see a lot of people are getting more conscious about Islam which is awesome! It's pretty cool the fact that the muda-mudi remaja are preferring to go to the Masjid to get a glimpse of Ustaz Azhar Idrus instead of rempit-ing till midnight. Whenever I see my friends prefer to listen to Ustaz Don's ceramah instead of watching music video clips on youtube, I feel kinda proud of them because everyone is making a little effort to get to know Islam just a little bit more. 

I saw on facebook today a picture drawn by rusydee artz (He really is a good artist!). So he drew a new picture and it's about encouraging all the akhowat out there to start deleting their pictures on FB. Here's the drawing:

So it got me thinking, is it really wrong to put up our photos on the alam maya muka buku?

Before my personal hijrah to become a better muslimah, I used to put up like every single picture of mine on FB. You know, like every other normal girl would do. There would be pictures of me with my family during raya, pictures of my cat, but mostly, pictures of me having fun with my friends.

To me, those pictures represented all the memories I've had with my girl friends. There were photos of me and my girls jumping in the air at our matric's squash court. Or simple photos of us just hanging out at the mall eating together and what girls do best....SHOPPING!!!!!!!!!! There were even photos of us singing together at a karaoke lounge. Haha good times...

All of these pictures didn't bother me at all. I didn't feel like I was doing anything wrong. At that time I thought, if I don't kacau anybody's life, then it was my prerogative to put up all those pictures out there for everyone to see...(As if people actually wanna see them. Budget artis sungguh)

After I underwent my own personal hijrah, I started thinking more about what I can and cannot do.  One of the first things that I thought about was my pictures. Somehow something just clicked in my head and I quickly private all of them. At first I thought about leaving just 1 picture of me as my profile picture. I guess the devil kept whispering in my ears saying stuff like..

Encik devil gedik:

"If you leave no picture of you whatsoever, like, how will your friends know that it's you?"

Encik devil bongek:

"What if your long lost friend from sekolah kecik2 dulu saw you on facebook, but can't be sure it's you so he/she decides to not reconnect with you?

Encik devil memujuk rayu + lagi gedik:

"If you don't show your face, how will the cute guys add you on facebook?"

What the.............

Nauzubillah....

In the end, I put every picture of mine on private. But back then, I didn't really understand why I did it. (Actually I did have a personal reason why I decided to private them but that's a long story. Moving on!)

But looking back, I guess it was a good decision for me. I find that mostly the people who add me on FB actually know me instead of just simply adding me to their friend list. Besides, I put my real name there so my friends won't have any problem trying to find my timeline.

Ustaz Azhar Idrus once said that it is permissible to put up our picture on FB, but make sure it is for profile picture and it is a small one. However, Nouman Ali prefers us, the Muslim sisters, to delete them completely. I'm not exactly sure if there is a fatwa on this but I feel that it is better to follow the advice of the scholars. I am in no position whatsoever to say if it is haram or permissible to do so nor am I judging my friends who happen to put up their pictures on FB. Everybody is entitled to their own opinions and I believe that my girls know what is best for them.

As for me, my profile picture stays as it is. A picture of a kid with a butterfly that I took from Google image. Wee.... ^__^