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 Perang dan fitnah semakin menumpuk. Dia yang punya hati pun semakin geram dengan setiap huru hara di ruang virtual, tanpa sanggup menggapai asa kedamaian yang dicita-citakan.

That afternoon, ten thousand Victorians gathered to stand for humanity. Without seeing each others' attributes, we yelled towards the freedom of human rights. "Whereas Independence is the inalienable right of all nations; therefore, colonialism must be abolished in the world as it is not in conformity with humanity and justice", as stated in the Indonesian preambles. Muslims, Jews, Christians, and even atheists, all gather with one unity. "Not in our name!", yell the young Jews while holding onto the "Jews in solidarity" banner. It reminds us again and again, that you do not need to be Muslims to stand for Palestine, you just need to be human.

It was a fine afternoon, followed by a blessed light rain in the evening. Indeed, Allah made the weather just right at that moment. Just right for us to march 2km towards the parliament house without heat and cold, it was just right. My heart was touched by the river of human standing on that day. I have never seen a rally this big in Melbourne. Yet, it was not just Melbourne. It was all over Australia. No, all over the world. At night, Allah gave us a moment of silence amidst the rain, to give our best prayer for what we were fighting for in the afternoon.

If humans this much is not loud enough to end the war, not enough to be heard by the journalism, not enough to be seen by the leaders. Then, it is not us having no mouth to shout louder, not them having problems with their hearing, not them having trouble with their sight. It is them having problems with their heart, as hard as stone, as dark as shadows. If it is not them who hears it, let Allah As-Samii' hear our prayers for the entirety.

One night, I heard a shaikh giving a lecture about the war, in which the points were (1) Prayer is our strongest weapon, (2) It is no use if you speak out so loud about injustice to the world, social media, but never or speak less to the Al-Hakm Al-'Adl Allah Almighty, (3) Prioritise what we can do, prayer and donations at its finest. Ask Allah to ease our brothers and sisters, to heal them, to make them stronger.

While the war persists, I reflect on it towards days and nights. I think without us realising, we are demanded to choose and respond in a tight time. That our acts everyday matter on these days. I used to wonder how could anything that will happen at The Hour happen, people fall into fitnah Dajjal if it seems very obvious that he is evil. But now that I've seen what happens at the moment, everything does make sense or will with or without people realizing it. May Allah Protect us from Dajjal.

Now that I think about it, I want to focus more on the important things, to prepare myself for the hereafter. The world is small, and temporary, and nothing will persist, thus let us prepare for the real ones. It is no longer about the degree, the grade, the love life, the health, let alone money, it is the deen, the barakah.

May Allah grants us jannah..