Fifteen Days Visit to the East Coast.- Fadzly Mubin.

Thank you Lord for a safe and exciting trip to the East Coast for the past fourteen days which took me to Kota Bharu for three days and later on to Kuala Terengganu for another eleven days. Met up with my two good long time friends and their families and shared the ups and down of life thus far. My friend in KB, in the state of Kelantan, Fadzly Mubin has just been laid off from work where he was employed as head supervisor for a security company of which I had my reservations about as to me Fadzly is too highly qualified as a computer engineer. He was educated in England having a degree in the subject way before Internet came into being, For unknown reasons he chose the more simpler occupation because his father had him do it back when. When I first met him, Fadzly had two cyber cafes running among other computer related jobs which also included the designing of a planetarium for the State and the setting up of a observatory for the university in his hometown of Kuala Terengganu. He was outspoken and well liked and respected by his peers that I knew of back then for his knowledge is is short of a genius to me. He was also an advert photographer and was well recognized on the Internet whose advise was sought out by those who followed him.on Flikr, However he gave all these up and instead became a security manager.

With allot of time on hand these days Fadzly has decided to pursue  the religious studies of Islam where he spends his time in the mosques deepening his understanding of the religion from the talks given by the Ustazs. From our early days we had spent many hours discussing the religion and to me he had more than enough to share more so than most about the religion but it seems it is not enough. My three days of staying at his home with his wife and kids tells me that he is drifting into piety at the expense of his neglecting his home front. But that is just my observation and I tried to bring it to his realization as best I could without infringing upon his domestic affairs. I have known the family for over fifteen years but there is only so much one can do when it comes to family affairs. The family has decided to move back to their hometown of Kuala Terengganu with the intention of running a restaurant which to me is yet another step down, then again who can tell where a man's destiny will lead him. 

Most of my time spent with Fadzly at his home was discussing about faith and religion, about Islam. We sat at a riverside coffee shop till the wee hours of the mornings sparring on Islam and I had to play the devil's advocate while being shut down by quotes from the Quran and Hadith by Fadzly to make a point. This I find is a common trait of most Muslims when I have a dialogue with them, hence I try to avoid any discussion on the subject as much as possible in general. Resorting to logic and the intellect does not work when it comes to Islam and thus I find it hard to present my thoughts to counter any topic brought out. The book by Nabeel Qureshi that i had with me was no help either as it had provoked in me any unanswered questions in itself and to use these on Fadzly was not productive as I felt that he was immovable on his stance over the issues while I am not well versed in the Islamic scriptures. So it was pretty much him talking while I listened and nodding my head wondering to myself how I have lost a good sparring partner.

I left Kota Bharu and Fadzly and family with the hope that he will work things out in the end as I have all the faith in his intelligence and strength to make things happen for himself and his family. I am still deeply concerned over his family aafairs, however I also feel not too worried as Fadzly comes from a well to do family where he stands to inherit a large and beautiful home among other things from his parents. Knowing my friend I am sure he will figure out his priorities in life sooner or later. 
# Nabeel Kureshi, Kota Bharu, Fadzly Mubin.