In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
The purpose of this blog is to share my experience coping with my husband’s Colon Cancer (Bowel Cancer) diagnosis and recording the journey which began that day. I plan to include our experience going in and out of hospitals, how the children were affected, lifestyle changes, emotional pressure, my husband’s work life, my new life as a Carer and most of all write about the Source that kept us functioning in the most testing moments.
We are a Muslim family, which means our religion is Islam. By being a follower of Islam,
- We believe and worship One God Alone (Allah) with strictly no associates
- We believe that God sent Messengers, including Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and final Messenger Muhammad (Upon them all be peace)
- We accept the original unaltered Torah (Gospel of Moses) and Bible (Gospel of Jesus) since they were revealed by God. However, none of these Scriptures are in existence in their unaltered form. Therefore, Muslims follow the subsequent, final and preserved revelation of God, the Quran
- We believe in Angels including Gabriel (Peace be upon him)
- We believe in ‘personal responsibility’ of our sins. On the day of Judgment, every person will be resurrected and will take responsibility for their wrong deeds or words. An atom's weight of good deed or bad deed will be accounted for. On this momentous Day, Allah, the All-Just, will settle all matters fairly and no person will be wronged. Everyone’s rights will be returned. All will be treated justly, by either the reward of Paradise, or the punishment of the Hellfire. Without a Day of Judgement, life would be grossly unfair, as not everyone receives justice in this world.
As a Muslim, Our goal is to attain the pleasure and mercy of God, to enter Paradise and save us from Hellfire. This is done by performing actions that are pleasing to God and keeping away from actions that cause harm and corruption. The life of this world is temporary. We all are eventually going to die; young or old ; one way or another. No human has lived for ever. The One who created us has instructed about our purpose in this short life
“And I (Allaah) created not the jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me (Alone)” [Quran 51:56]
"[He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving –" [Quran 67:2]
Also we believe that God tests a Muslim, to see whether his faith is sincere or feeble. The believer whose faith is sincere will patiently accept the will and decree of God, and will seek reward from Him. God highly praises those who are patient and says that He is with them and that He will give them reward without measure. Patience is a high status which can only be attained by those who are tested with things that they bear patiently. If a Muslim bears them patiently, he attains this high status which brings great reward. So when Allaah tests the believers with things that hurt them, that is so that they may attain the status of those who are patient.
"Do the people think that they will be left to say, "We believe" and they will not be tried?" [Quran 29:2]
"And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient" [Quran 2:155]
I hope to keep this blog as a reminder to myself and my family to look back to. When times are good, it is always empowering for the soul to look back at the difficult phases in life that God helped us manage through. It helps us to be thankful for the countless other blessings we have. God Willing, The blog will help me to jot down the little things which I may not want to forget as years go by.
Dealing with cancer diagnosis is very heart-breaking no doubt. So getting right support and advice goes a long way in coping the situation. I hope that at least some of you can get some reassurance from this blog.
Thank You
