c.i.p.a

assalamualaikum w.b.t..

A few days before, I watched the most famous tv series, HOUSE at AXN, and in this series I get to know about a disease called congenital insensitive to pain and anhidrosis or abbreviated as CIPA. The girl who inherited this disease from her parents can’t feel pain when she get hurt physically. However, the patient can experience emotional pain just like normal people. I never thought that in this world, disease such as C.I.P.A is actually exists, Subhanallah!

You might think that not being able to feel pain would be a blessing. No tears, no painkillers, no lingering aches. But really, not being able to feel pain is dangerous. Pain tells you when you've pushed too far, when you're in a situation you need to get out of and when something is terribly wrong. If you step on a piece of glass or bang your head too hard, you know you need medical attention. But what if you never felt it?

­One of the biggest dangers for a child with CIPA is overheating. The "A" part of CIPA stands for anhidrosis -- the inability to sweat. Sweating is important -- it's a way for your body to regulate its temperature. When your body can't get rid of excess warmth, such as on a hot summer day or after exercise, it overheats. This can lead to febrile seizures (seizures brought on by fever or overheating) and even death in serious cases.

toilet training also tends to be difficult for children with CIPA or congenital insensitivity to pain. They have difficulty telling when they need to use the restroom and often suffer from constipation due to decreased intestinal motility, so toilet training can exceptionally difficult

Teething is a big hurdle to overcome for children with congenital insensitivity to pain. Just like any teething baby, they want to gnaw on everything in sight. But because they don't feel pain, they don't know when to stop. They might chew through their tongues or bite their fingers until they bleed. Babies don't understand directions, so you can't just tell them not to bite so hard. Some parents find it makes sense to remove the child's teeth -- once the child's adult teeth grow in, he'll be old enough to understand when not to bite. But this removal of teeth can make eating more difficult. At a time when other children their age are learning to enjoy solid food, kids with CIPA are developmentally behind. Also, people with CIPA often don't feel hunger pains, so eating feels like an unnecessary chore.

relating the disease with us,,

All I want to say that, sometime MUSLIMs should act like C.I.P.A patients, because it seems to me that we shouldn’t be too paranoid (fear) of the pain that might be cause by the non-believers as we spreading out the truth ‘la ilaaha illallah’ to this world.

There are many obstacles along the way and as sunnatullah, one’s cannot escapes from being tested by ALLAH with many types of ujian and one of them was being in the state of fear. He wants to select and see those who can bear with those tests and finding those who truly belief in HIM.

In my opinion, every dai’e and those who work to bring up Islam in the eyes of the world’s, should throw away the fear of pain, just like the girl in the story (insensitive to pain). Yes, it is not normal, but at least we should try to lessen our ‘fear of pain’. All I can say is that, nowadays, many of us who try to bring up islam fear that themselves are being hurt by the enemies.

If we are defeated by the shadows of our fears, we are nothing but just the biggest loser in this life. So, for non-C.I.P.A peoples out there, this is an advice for us, lets together we overcome the fear of pain. Islam needs Muslims who are brave, and lets together we become like ones. Fear only to ALLAH, pain in this world is really small in comparison with the pain receives in the hereafter world. Inshaallah we can bear the pain.