(Edisi Ke-2)
Sudah saban hari aku sibuk dengan tugas-tugas di pejabat. Masa yang diluangkan utk diri sendiri juga semakin terhad. Alangkah indahnya hidup ini jika masa yg bergerak berhenti buat seketika, sudah tentu aku dapat menggunakan peluang sepenuhnya utk melakukan aktiviti kegemaranku seperti menonton televisyen, bermain piano, berkunjung ke kedai buku, memasak dan membantu ibu bapa di rumah. Aku juga mula merindui rakan-rakan seperjuangan semasa di universiti dan kami hanya dapat berhubung melalui Facebook atau meninggalkan khidmat pesanan ringkas sahaja memandangkan semuanya sibuk dgn kerjaya masing-masing. Aku ada juga mendengar khabar sesetengah rakan yang sudah mendirikan rumah tangga dan ada juga yg sudah menimang cahaya mata pertama. Alhamdulillah, sungguh murah rezeki kalian. Semoga hidup anda semua makin diberkati oleh Allah Swt.
Sebenarnya aku ingin berkongsi satu cerita. Baru-baru ini, semasa aku melangkah keluar dari kereta dan berjalan menuju ke apartmentku, seorang kanak-kanak lelaki yang kecil memintasku. Aku menoleh dan memandangnya. Lantas dia berhenti dan terus bersandar di tepi pintu apartmentku. Matanya yang bulat terkebil-kebil manakala rambutnya yang nipis beralun lembut ditiup angin. Sungguh comel budak ini, hati kecilku berbisik.Aku tersenyum ke arahnya. Perlahan-lahan dia berkata kepadaku, "Kak...nak duit seringgit." Aku terdiam sejenak. Peminta sedekah kah budak ini? Hati kecilku tertanya-tanya. "Nak duit seringgit, buat apa dik?" Aku cuba menyiasat lebih lanjut.
"Nak beli aiskrim." jawabnya ringkas.
Aku meraba-raba dompet di dalam beg. Ingin kuberi rm1 tetapi hatiku terasa berat. "Adik tinggal kat mana?" tanyaku lagi. "Blok C." jawabnya sambil memandangku dengan gaya penuh mengharap. Aku masih berfikir-fikir dan mula bertanya diri sendiri. Mengapa minta duit pada org tak kenal? Mana mak dan ayah adik? Mengapa sungguh berani meminta-minta. Takde rasa malu? Kalau meminta pada orang jahat dan diculik, bagaimana? Sungguh banyak persoalan di benakku yang ingin aku lontarkan kepadanya tetapi aku tidak mampu. Perasaan belas kasihan yang tinggi lebih menguasai fikiranku. Aku menghulurkan rm1 kepadanya dan jelas die tampak gembira. Digenggamnya duit kertas bernilai seringgit di telapak tangannya yang kecil lalu berjalan ke arah kedai runcit di seberang apartment.
Aku lantas membuka pintu apartment dan melihat rakan serumahku sedang menonton televisyen. "AKak, ade budak minta duit seringgit kat luar tadi." aku memberitahunya. Rakanku tidak berganjak dari sofa dan matanya masih melekat di kaca televisyen. "Budak tu comel,kan?" dia bertanya dan menoleh melihatku. Aku menggangguk2. "Alah, tadi akak pun jumpa dia. Dia mintak duit. Ada ke patut suka hati mintak duit." katanya lagi. "Akak bagi ke?" tanyaku. Dia menggeleng dan berkata, "Takda pasal nak bagi. Akak cakap kat dia, akak takda duit! Pergi balik. Bukannya dia takde mak bapak. Minta la kat mak bapak sendiri."
Aku terdiam.
Salahkah aku memberinya duit?
Salahkah aku tidak menyelidik latarbelakang budak itu dengan betul sebelum membuat keputusan itu tadi?
Ya Allah, mungkin ibu bapa budak itu melarang budak itu membeli aiskrim dan aku telah memberikanya rm1 untuk membeli benda yang dilarang.
Dan mungkin budak itu juga tidak tahu apa yang dilakukan tadi salah dan dalam masa yang sama, aku telah mengajarnya meminta2 kepada orang yg tidak dikenali. Dan mungkin juga dia akan mengulangi kesalahannya lagi.
Oh, Tuhan.. walau apa pun alasan budak itu, kau lindungikan wajah comelnya daripada kejahatan manusia dan kerosakan akhlak. Sungguh malang ibu bapanya jika dia tidak diasuh dengan jln yang betul.
Semoga Tuhan merahmati.
11 comments:
hmm...maybe next time you should just shoo that boy away. He will keep coming back for more if you treat him nicely. ~sigh~ hope that he wud grow up to be a good boy someday.
Sugar Lips,
you are definitely right! i failed to educate him in a right way. (My fault, my fault...)
Well, I beg to differ from that of Sugar Lips. I think it is no harm in giving, coz the more you give, the more u get. What you gave is a form of sedekah in Islam and only Allah knows how many rewards that you get from giving. So giving is fine, Syakira. You don't have to feel guilty of giving. And plus, that little boy is only a kid, he doesn't really know what is good+bad+right+wrong just yet, even though his parents do tell him not to 'meminta'...He is your little neighbour so buying ice cream for a little kid once in a blue moon is super cute!!! it is a sign of generosity..mana lah tahu kalau keluarga budak kecil itu tidak berkemampuan jadi terpaksa berjimat. boleh jadi budak itu kempunan sebab sudah lama benar dia tidak merasai kesejukan dan nikmat ais kerim...lebih2 lagi pada cuaca panas begini...so don't be sceptical in giving dear.U just made one soul happy that day..and that is a noble act in Islam. that's my take. =)
Maybe if he show up again
You should ask again properly
Even deeper
Why he asked you RM1
hehe just if that happened to me, I think I would ask the boy to show me his house and bring me to his parents so that i can get to know the family background better. Bila dah tengok sendiri latarbelakang dan keadaan family dia, maybe kita yang memberi tak akan rasa bersalah atau ragu-ragu sangat...jom siasat! ewah.
Sometimes a strong desire will give a courage for someone to do anything. I don't know, what drive this kid to ask you for money but it is better than if his desire will drive he to become a thief. At least he is honest with you. If you sincere with the RM 1, please don't regret it because it would diminish your good deed to him. Maybe it part of Allah test for you. Just pray for the boy to become a good boy in the future. Whose know the boy also pray for your success in the future. Selalu ingat, tangan yang memberi lebih baik dar yang menerima.. :)
Lina,
i understand u really well that i'm definitely sure that you will do the same thing like what i did, dear. You are right, giving is indeed a great value one should consider regardless of knowing how much reward u gain from God. I was thinking of asking him 2take me 2see his parents too. Plus, i know how much you love kids =)
But maybe we should realize our generousity should be channelled to the right and needy person.
Khair Nairfan,
U r right in giving that suggestion to investigate deeper.
Niezam,
Rm1 is just a little amount of money and any of us can donate it 2anyone. But the person who receives must value it properly. I just hope i'm not teaching him to cheat his parents!
hehe...dis reminds me another tragedy that happens to me last year at bus station...kne pow kat bdk kcik..they ask me to donate..so, i already gave them..after about 10mnts..another girl showed up to ask me donate again..
so,i told she that i already gave to her frens..then she angry at me saying that "abg ni kedekut btol!!"
wow!!wut a shock to see a kid talk like that to me...haha...so,bcarefull when u go to bus station at butterworth...
Old Dwarf,
i'm not sure about the children beggars at butterworth bus station but there are many at padang kota which sometimes annoyed me.
Yeah,
if only we could do something 2prevent poverty to help these kids but i'm afraid some are abeing used in a "sindiket" and are forced to serve for it. Just like the movie, Oliver Twist.
haha
my block is next to yours there,so ive experienced it before.
i dont know where he learns to do that.
but everytime when i return from class,or outing with waie,din & syahir,he would come up to us and ask for "singgit" too.
Dont bother that kid.at first,its cute,but then it gets annoying.
Nazrin,
seems that u meet the same boy, huh? what a coincidence.
we should make up a team of EDISI SIASAT next semester.
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