"In these gatherings we have, when you sit at the very first row, it may be that someone put you there, or that you yourself placed yourself there," Ustazah Amirah Jindan pointed out, her gaze following each of us sitting in the first few rows. I looked down, ashamed, unable to look at her directly. The past few days we have been treated like VIPs, sitting knee to knee with various hubabahs and asatizahs, and sharing meals with MashaAllah women, whilst hundreds of attendees sat behind us. Ustazah Amirah continued, "And so it is as such as well in our society and in our workplaces; people get to the top by either forcing their way up there, or by others placing them there. But know, o women, that on the Day of Judgment, it may very be that the master finds his slave ruling over him. 'Aren't you my slave?' He asks, only to realize that on that Day, it is not him who decides who is master and who is slave. It is Allāh. It is Allāh who decides who sits where in the Ultimate Gathering. It is Allāh who decides who sits in front with His Beloved. It is Allāh who decides who stands at the back, unable to see even anything at all. And so if you sit here, today, thinking you're something just because you're sitting in front, know that on the only gathering that matters, this seat is not reserved for you. This seat is reserved for those who are beloved to Him. There is no use in lying to yourself, or in deceiving others, to get a place in His Gathering, for He knows you. He knows the reality of your Self, and by that Truth is where you will find yourself with Him." 😭 #JakartawithTheJindans #paraphrased #kitatakdepape #selawatterus (at Shohibul Maqam Cikini)