lu tak boleh sambut valentine's day ka? but why?

"Allahu Allah..." getus hatiku. Persoalan demi persoalan yang baru ditujah oleh Janet sebentar tadi memberatkan kepalaku yang sedia berat dengan assignment, report dan exam segala. Berat, memang berat persoalan yang ditujah bertubi-tubi kepadaku. Sebentar tadi aku melayari laman sosial, Facebook. Kukira hendak merehatkan sedikit fikiran yang bercelaru. Tiba-tiba,

*ting..ting...*


Bunyi yang bukan lagi asing tersebut menandakan seseorang hendak chatting denganku.


"Janet.." monologku separa berbisik.
"Tak pernah-pernah Janet chatting denganku, entah mimpi apa dia ni." sambungku lagi. Bermonolog sendirian.


*open chatbox*
Janet : Syifa....
Syifa': Ye Janet, ade ape?
Janet : Can I ask something ka? Just wanna kill the curiosity. huhu.

"Allah. Soalan apa yang Janet nak tanya ni. Janet speaking...so aku kena speaking jugak la ni." getus hatiku sambil mengerutkan dahi. Sememangnya aku akui aku lemah dalam bahasa Inggeris. Namun begitu, tetap kugagahkan diri untuk menyambung perbualan dengannya. Bimbang menimbulkan prasangka tidak baik kepadaku apatah lagi kepada Islam.

Syifa' : Sure my dear Janet. U may ask anything. Neway, curiosity always kill the cat right? Hahah..kidding.~ :P
Janet  : I wanna ask sumthin, but it's quite a sensitive issue and...
Syifa' : and..?
Janet  : it might be quite offensive for u.


"Offensive? Apa maknanya ni? Ya Allah, berikanlah aku kekuatan." Aku terus membiarkan jari jemariku menari-nari di atas keyboard.


Syifa' : huhuhu..it sounds serious, i guess. Hmm..its ok..juz ask. InshaAllah i'll try my best to answer your qs.
Janet  : hmmm..where 2 start huh? ok..juz now I saw someone create an event on fb. ban valentine's day event. I'm juz curious, why ur Islam banned valentines day? hard feeling about this. huhuhu.

Soalan yang diutarakan cukup berat. Kalau yang Islam bertanya kenapa valentine's day haram, sudah tentu agak mudah untukku menjawabnya. Apa-apapun, aku harus menjawab soalan tersebut sebaik mungkin.

Syifa' : Janet, before that, sory if those thing hurt ur feeling. Btw, actually it's simple. it's not our religion practice.
Janet  : Errr...xplen further, cud u??
Syifa' : Valentine day is celebrated to honour Saint Valentine. Am I right?
Janet  : Yup. 
Syifa' : Valentine's day is derived frm ancient Christian & Roman which is not belong to muslim. Ok, let me give an exmple. In our religion, we celebrate awal muharram, which indicate the new year have started. Did u celebrate the same too? No, right? Why? it simply bcoz it's not belong to ur religion. Same goes to us. We did not celebrate Valentine's day because it's not our celebration. 
Janet  : Oh i see. I understand honouring St. Valentine part and i luv ur example too. But, i really need more reasons why. 
Syifa  : wait ahh..haha.i wanna add sumthing. that event is created is just to make muslim aware of this. Some of muslim still dunno that we can't celebrate Valentine's day.
Janet  : OO..like that ka? O..now i understand why. So, are there any other reasons why u don't celebrate valentine's day?
Syifa' : Janet, our religion doesn't need one particular day to express our love. Every day is lover's day. No need one specific date to express our love to our loved one. We should love them everyday. No limitation. 
Janet  : Oh..okay okay. u celebrate love everyday la kan? Yeah, it would be sweet if u express ur love everyday. Haha..
Syifa' : hihihi..only if u're married. hehe. 
Janet  : huh. i think i got it now. no more hard feeling. peace. haha. btw, thanks ya!
Syifa' : Welcome. Here some words for u. "For you your religion, and for me my religion.”
Janet  : Wahh..nice quotation..Ok...till then, gtg. thnx once again. C u in class 2morrow. don't forget. assignment.hahaha
Syifa' : ohhh..huhuh...ok. nite. tc.


Janet went offline.

"Janet, andai kau tahu, ayat terakhir tersebut bukanlah kata-kata dariku. Tetapi daripada Allah. Dalam surah Al-kafiruun ayat 6. " aku bermonolog lagi. Alhamdulillah, aku dah cuba yang terbaik. Mudah-mudahan apa yang aku ingin sampaikan sampai kepada Janet dan tidak lagi menimbulkan salah faham. Aku melangkah menuju ke katil kesayanganku dengan senyuman. Aku merebahkan diri ke atas katil dan tidak lama kemudian...zzzZzzzzzZzZ..

p/s: terima kasih kepada sahabat-sahabat atas pandangan kalian sehingga terhasilnya cerpen..err..tak jugak cerpen, emmm..kisah kot. jika terdapat sebarang kekurangan, harap maaf. sekadar inisiatif yang Min ambil. Kalau ada sebarang kesilapan, sila tegur & comment cepat-cepat.