The Beard: A Crime? Or merely strange and uncommon?

7 years on.. I dunno about the rest of the world.. but here, it seems like a crime to be having a beard..

Especially when MSK just escaped.. i get the stares as though i am him.. i get teens calling out "Mas Selamat!"

When the police raided Bukit Batok Nature Park, i happen to be cycling and jogging there earlier that evening.. Hmm.. Don't tell me someone mistook me for MSK?

But people.. teens especially.. no joke, security is not something that can be taken for granted.. you can't shout out "MSK!" for fun.. security is no joke.. look at what happened to those officers held responsible for his escape..

Well.. things have toned down.. don't really get much of the stares anymore.. hopefully, people realise that having a beard doesn't equate to being a terrorist..

Still adjusting to fact that people expect you to be clean-shaven if you're in the Army..

I shall just comfort myself with the hadith, "Islam came as something strange and will leave as something strange, therefore blessings be to the Strangers (Ghurabaa')."

As well as the hadith that mentions that near the end of time, one who adheres to the Sunnah is like holding onto a burning coal..

Wallaahu al-Musta'aan.