Ramai peminat tahu bagaimana pelakon popular Allahyarham Azmil Mustapha berhijrah daripada dunia glamor tapi tidak ramai yang tahu arwah juga seorang bapa yang penuh kasih sayang dan tabah membesarkan anak-anaknya seorang diri.

Menurut anaknya, Alya Iman, bapanya itu mengambil keputusan berhenti kerja untuk menjaganya yang ketika itu baru berusia 4 bulan bersama tiga adik-beradik yang lain sendirian.

"Dia bekerja keras di rumah untuk meraih pendapatan untuk memberi keperluan kami. Lima tahun dia berdoa pada Allah dan meminta petunjuk seterusnya, Allah memberikan jawapan dalam mimpi mengenai impiannya pergi ke Syria," katanya menerusi Instagram @alyimn, hari ini.

PART1 4 months after i was born my dad divorced my mom and decided to quite his job to take care all 4 of us siblings including a 4months old baby (me) all alone,he worked so hard at home to earn enough to give all the needs to us. __ 5years later he prayed to Allah swt and ask him whats next and Allah swt answered him in his dreams he dreamed about going to Syria and during that time no one knows where Syria was, everyone thought he was crazy to move there but then he did what Allah swt answered him, he did whatever he could to find money and he brought 3 of his children & moved to Damascus Syria. __ He went there to study religion & Arab culture, he didnt have a job to earn money but he believe that Allah swt is there to help him and he kept on praying and never gave up, eventho there were hard times that we had to go through but it was an adventure and a lot of lessons for us. He loved it there i loved it there Damascus is beautiful , the culture, the food, its just wonderful, we had so much fun so many good memories, we didnt even want to come back to Malaysia but after 6years of an amazing adventure we had no choice but to leave that beautiful country and come back to Malaysia because the war was starting and it wasn’t safe for us to stay there. __ When we came back here all of my siblings were all grown up and they started to live they’re own life here and i was still in primary school so i was left with my dad just the 2 of us. When he came back here he started doing religious talks (ceramah) all over Malaysia to earn money and i followed him wherever he goes.

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Ujarnya, bapanya sanggup melakukan apa yang terdaya untuk mendapatkan wang sehingga membawa tiga anaknya berpindah ke Damascus, Syria.

"Pada masa itu tiada siapa tahu di mana Syria, setiap orang fikir dia gila untuk ke sana tapi dia lakukan apa yang Allah berikan petunjuk," katanya.

Sambungnya, Azmil pada masa itu belajar agama dan budaya Arab. Pelakon popular menerusi filem Ali Setan ini juga tidak mempunyai pekerjaan untuk meraih pendapatan tapi percaya Allah sentiasa ada membantunya.

"Dia teruskan solat dan tidak berputus asa meskipun kami berdepan masa yang sukar yang perlu ditempuhi tapi ia suatu yang mencabar dan banyak perkara kami pelajari," katanya.

PART2 It was kinda hard for me when i came back here because i’m not used to the culture the people the school the language and everything else, i even got bullied in school, but i managed to survive. A few years later something bad happened to me i dont even want to mention it but it was so bad that i was suffering from depression and on medication for quite some time. __ Then a few years later my dad got sick he was admitted to the hospital in & out for quite some time and i had to take care of him so i wasn’t really focusing on my studies. when he was unwell we were suffering with financial so i was so scared and i kept on asking him what should i do? and he answered me lets pray to Allah swt for help. and again Allah swt answered us, this is when i started modelling. Honestly when i was a kid i always wanted to be in this industry but i really never expected it to happen, so then i started modelling (ill tell you this story some other time) i was able to take care of my dad when he couldn’t work. __ one day i got a letter from the school telling me that i got overdue bills and my results were bad because i wasn’t focusing, so i had no choice but to leave my school to work and study at home by myself. I was sad because i’ve always wanted to be a normal school kid but then im also very blessed that i get to work and take care of my dad. __ Im happy and Im so blessed that i get to spend a lot time with him, had lot of happy memories, that i get to give him all his needs, Im so happy i was there for him during his last few days. And now here i am alone and Im happy that hes in a better place now i have nothing to worry about.

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Alyimn memberitahu arwah bapanya dan dirinya sendiri suka menetap di Damascus yang digambarkan sebagai sebuah negara yang indah, mempunyai kebudayaan dan makanan yang sedap serta banyak memori bersama.

"Kami tidak mahu pulang ke Malaysia tapi selepas 6 tahun melalui kehidupan penuh mencabar, kami tiada pilihan meninggalkannya dan kembali ke Malaysia kerana peperangan baru bermula dan ia tidak selamat untuk kami terus tinggal di sana," katanya.

Teks oleh: Elrafaei Sapi

Foto: IG @alyimn