After Ustaz Zaki Mirza Fainted While Preaching, His Wife Became More Protective

Kapanlagi.com - Ustaz Zaki Mirza caused a stir some time ago when he was found to have fainted while giving a lecture in Pekanbaru, Riau. Reflecting on that incident, Ustaz Zaki Mirza feels that Allah SWT is still showing His love for him.

Ustaz Zaki will not stop spreading goodness as he has done before. Therefore, he interprets this year's Eid al-Fitr by expressing gratitude to Allah SWT and spending more time with his family.

"Alhamdulillah, through the incident in Riau, Allah has given me the opportunity to rearrange my life for the better. Now I'm learning more, collecting more material, not far from perfection maybe. Yesterday, advice or reprimands to improve many things, I'm already 42 years old. Alhamdulillah," said the alumnus of Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, when met at Hotel Harris Tebet, Jakarta, on Friday (14/5).

1. Wife Becomes More Protective

Due to the fainting incident, Ustaz Zaki's wife, Shinta Tanjung, has become more protective. Of course, she doesn't want her husband to experience anything bad, especially during the pandemic.

"I always tell my husband not to take on too many activities or events. If they're not important, don't socialize, just stay at home, and thankfully, his lifestyle has improved, his eating habits are better, although he still doesn't want to eat vegetables, but he eats fruits and he has to," said Shinta.

2. Past Experience

Ustaz Zaki Mirza and family / Photo Credit: Personal Documentation

In addition to being busy with preaching, Ustaz Zaki himself is known to have a hobby of touring on motorcycles. Shinta also did not forget to ask her husband to start reducing these activities, or at least not to travel too far.

Discussing the issue of touring motorcycle hobbies, Ustaz Zaki also spoke up. He recounted the bad experiences he had when he was still actively pursuing this hobby.

"I reduced touring because I had an accident and got hit by a big motorcycle, dragged for about 45 meters in the Cirebon area after leaving the hotel," recalled Ustaz, who was born in Jakarta on May 8, 1979.

"Just before Covid, I took Abizar to the peak and felt something strange. Usually, there is no fatigue, but this time there was pain in the back. When checked in Kelapa Gading, it was found that the tailbone had shifted, so I should not sit on the motorcycle for too long," he explained further.

Ustaz Zaki feels that behind all the bad experiences he has gone through, there is always a wisdom that can be learned. Now, he has learned to be more silent and deepen his knowledge.

(kpl/gtr)