"They can see the difference"

Maybe since the war between Muslims who still have The Prophet Rasulullah SAW besides them with those who disobey Allah (the kuffar), they can see the difference.

And maybe since the First Crusade in 1095, they also saw the difference.

And during the war between Arab-Israel in 1948, they did see the difference.

What was it actually?

(Below was an extract from an article written by Almarhum Dr. Said Ramadhan Al-Buty, in The Muslim magazine entitled 'A lesson from the Battlefield'. It was a true story regarding the conversation between his friend who had been imprisoned during Arab-Israel war in 1948, with an Israel officer on the day his friend was being released)


(And this extract was published in a memoir entitled 'Desperately seeking paradise" written by Ziauddin Sardar)


"Can I ask you something for which I, as a fighter unable to get a satisfactory answer before this?",asked his friend.

"Go on. Maybe I can help you to answer it", replied the Israel officer.

"Why don't you attacked Sur Bahir?

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(below is the Malay translation of the extract since I couldn't find the original English copy.)

            “Mengapakah anda tidak menyerang Sur Bahir?”.Sur Bahir adalah sebuah perkampungan berhampiran Jerusalem, yang dikelilingi oleh dua koloni yang kuat, iaitu Tell Buyut dan Ramat Rahel.

            “Soalan yang baik. Adakah anda inginkan jawapan secara jujur?”

            Rakannya mengangguk tanda setuju.

            “Kami tidak menyerang Sur Bahir kerana ia diduduki oleh ramai tentera sukarela daripada Ikhwanul Muslimin.”

            “Apa perbezaannya? Anda seringkali menyerang posisi lain yang dipertahankan oleh lebih ramai askar, dalam situasi yang lebih sukar bagi anda.”

            “Bezanya ialah sukarelawan daripada Ikhwanul Muslimin adalah sangat berbeza dengan pasukan biasa anda. Bagi mereka, berperang bukanlah suatu tanggungjawab yang perlu dilaksanakan di bawah suatu perancangan , taktik dan arahan yang diterima, tetapi suatu kenikmatan yang di mana mereka mengabdikan diri mereka dengan sepenuh jiwa raga. Dalam kehormatan ini, mereka sama seperti tentera kami yang berjuang demi Israel. Tetapi beza antara kami dan mereka ialah kami berperang untuk mencari negara untuk kami tinggal, dan mereka pula mahu mati! Untuk menyerang golongan yang bukan sahaja tidak takut kepada mati malah amat bersemangat untuk mati dengan penuh keghairahan, seperti mereka adalah kuasa jahat yang keluar untuk menentang sendiri umat manusia, dan untuk menyerang golongan sebegitu ibarat menyerang sebuah hutan yang penuh dengan binatang buas dan liar. Ia adalah risiko yang kami pilih untuk jauhi.”

            “Pada pendapat anda, apa yang telah mempengaruhi golongan ini sehingga mereka tidak gentar pada mati dan menjadi sepasukan tentera yang sanggup hadapi segala rintangan?”

            “Kesan kuasa magis dalam agama pada minda orang biasa ini,” balas pegawai Israel itu. “Orang-orang yang miskin itu masih lagi menjadi mangsa kepada bayangan indah syurga yang menanti mereka selapas mati, dengan susu dan madu, arak dan bidadari….Mereka adalah bahaya bukan sahaja kepada kami tetapi juga kepada anda terutamanya….”

            Sahabat itu memberitahu Almarhum Dr. Said Ramadhan bahawa beliau merasakan sangat teruja dengan perbualan itu, ‘seperti dilahirkan semula. Saya sedar bahawa kuasa kepada senjata tersimpan dalam konsep kepercayaan dan kematian suci demi agama’ Almarhum Dr. Said Ramadhan memberitahu para pembaca bahawa insiden tersebut telah mengubah hidup rakannya dan dia menjadi seorang muslim yang taat(dan, melalui tekaan, juga ahli Ikhwanul Muslimin). Saya (penulis, Ziauddin Sardar) mempunyai masalah besar dalam kepelbagaian ketaatan ini. Dalam mengakui keberanian pejuang Ikhwanul Muslimin, saya berpihak kepada pegawai Israel itu. 

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Yes, they can see the difference inside these Muslims who fights in the cause of Allah. Motivasi syurga mereka sangat jelas, seakan-akan syurga itu terlihat di hadapan mata. 
Datangkanlah apa sahaja, sedikit pun mereka tidak gentar. 
Subhanallah...

Seorang Muslim itu hakikatnya perlu berbeza dengan orang-orang sekelilingnya. 
Dia yang mempunyai jadual waktu yang berbeza, penampilan yang berbeza, topik perbualan yang berbeza dan impian-impian yang berbeza. 
Perbezaan-perbezaan ini yang akan melihatkan ke mana arah pengakhiran kita. Sama ada kita memilih dunia, atau memilih untuk bahagia di akhirat sana. 

Kepada saudara-saudaraku yang memilih untuk menjadi berbeza, ketahuilah bahawa Allah bersamamu!

Picture from monumen-books.com

To you, from us

19 AUGUST 2013

The last snatched phonecall came on Saturday as Fatima used a mobile phone to ring home, telling her father: "Papa, they are beating me, they are beating me." Moments later, the line abruptly went dead.

The siblings and their mother, Amina Mostafa, were on their annual holiday to Egypt when they were caught up in a protest that turned violent at Ramses Square in the centre of Cairo. Their distraught mother, who was not with the siblings at the time, is now making frantic efforts to get access to her children in custody. "On Friday, I heard from my daughter (Omaima) in the square. She said a plane dropped a bomb on them on the street. They entered the mosque and they prayed in the mosque and when they went out to go home everything was closed," said Mr Halawa.

"From 7pm to 7am, everything is stopped in Cairo at night. The underground was closed, there were no taxis running. She entered the mosque and then the army and the policemen came."

Mr Halawa said the latest news he had heard was that his children were being held in Tora Prison.

"They are in Tora in Cairo. A girl who was inside -- and she got out because her uncle is a big man in the police -- she was with them in the mosque. She said my daughters and my son were inside the prison with them. I phoned the Department of Foreign Affairs this morning and they told us they will meet them. I hope soon," he added.

"My wife is very worried. I'd like to see what I can do here before I go to Cairo next week."

The Department of Foreign Affairs said it was in "ongoing contact" with the Halawa family and the Egyptian authorities. Irish Ambassador to Egypt, Isolde Moylan, is leading the consular efforts.

Last week, the department updated its travel advice for Egypt, saying a state of emergency had been declared. In July, due to the ongoing civil unrest, it advised against non-essential travel to Egypt, except for the Red Sea resorts.

(news published by Irish Independent, 19th August 2013)

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It is not only because I know Fatima personally that makes me worried.

All of us have been worried and continuously making prayers for all our Muslim brothers and sisters since the first day of the coup. 

To the democratically elected Egypt Presiden Mohamed Mursi, may Allah protects him where ever he is.

To the people whom fighting for justice, Allah is with you, we are all with you and there is no other Helper except Allah. We've keep updating ourselves on the situation in Cairo, we cry together and pray together for your safety and victory. Verily, al-haq will be protected by Allah. 

To the people whom responsible for the coup, may Allah destroys all of your plan. You are so inhuman, killing the citizen who stood for justice in their own country. 

To the coward leaders whom wouldn't call this a coup, this world doesn't last long for you to stay in power. We are living for our after life, and it is either we win or we die to meet our Lord.

Hasbunallahi wa ni'mal wakil..

p/s: President Mursi detention's period has been prolonged, while Hosni Mubarak will be released. Not surprising..

History repeats again

Assalamualaikum wbt, 

Segala puji bagi Allah yang telah mengizinkan kita untuk sampai kepada bulan Ramadhan 1434H yang mulia ini. Selawat dan salam kepada Rasulullah saw, kekasih Allah yang dirindui.

I would like to share with you one story about the companions of Rasulullah saw.

Ibnu Ishaq dan Ahmad meriwayatkan daripada Jabir r.a, ia berkata:

'Kami pernah berangkat bersama Rasulullah saw pada perang Dzatur Riqa'. Ketika itu, seorang wanita daripada kaum musyrikin ditawan. Setelah Rasulullah saw pulang, suami dari wanita itu yang sebelumnya tiada di rumah, baru datang. Lelaki itu kemudian bersumpah tidak akan berhenti mencari isterinya sebelum dapat mengalirkan darah para sahabat Rasulullah saw. Lelaki itu lalu keluar mengikuti jejak perjalanan Nabi.

Nabi saw kemudian turun di suatu tempat lalu bersabda,'Siapakah di antara kalian yang bersedia menjaga kita sepanjang malam ini?' Kemudian majulah seorang dari Muhajirin dan seorang dari Ansar lalu kedua-duanya berkata: 'Kami, wahai Rasulullah!' Nabi saw berpesan, 'Jagalah kami di permulaan lorong ini'. Semasa itu Rasulullah saw bersama para sahabatnya berhenti istirahat di suatu lorong dari sebuah lembah.

Ketika kedua sahabat itu keluar ke permulaan lorong itu, sabahat Ansar bertanya kepada sahabat Muhajirin, 'Pukul berapakah engkau inginkan aku berjaga, apakah permulaan malam atau akhir malam?' Sahabat Muhajirin menjawab, 'Jagalah kami di awal malam'. Sahabat Muhajirin itu kemudiannya berbaring dan tidur, sedangkan sahabat Ansar itu melakukan solat. 

Datanglah lelaki musyrik itu dan ketika mengenali sahabat Ansar itu, dia faham bahawa sahabat itu sedang tugas menjaga. Orang itu kemudiannya memanahnya dan tepat mengenainya, lalu sahabat Ansar itu mencabut anak panah dan terus berdiri tegak. Orang itu kemudiannya memanah lagi dan tepat mengenainya, lalu sahabat itu mencabutnya lagi dan terus berdiri tegak. Untuk kali yang ketiga, orang itu sekali lagi memanahnya dan tepat mengenainya, lalu dicabutnya juga. Sahabat itu kemudian rukuk dan sujud. Setelah itu, barulah dia membangunkan sahabatnya seraya berkata,'Duduklah, kerana aku telah dilukai'.

Sahabat Muhajirin kemudian melompat. Ketika orang musyrik melihat keduanya, dia sedar bahawa dirinya telah diketahui lalu ia pun melarikan diri. Ketika sahabat Muhajirin mengetahui darah yang melumuri sahabat Ansar, ia berkata,'Subhanallah, mengapa kamu tidak membangunkan aku dari tadi?' Dia menjawab, ' Aku sedang membaca satu surah dan aku tidak ingin memutusnya. Setelah berkali-kali orang itu memanahku, baru aku rukuk dan memberitahukan kepadamu. Demi Allah, kalau bukan kerana takut mengabaikan tugas penjagaan yang diperintahkan Rasulullah saw kepadaku, nescaya nafasku akan berhenti sebelum aku membatalkan solat..'

MashaAllah.

Saat membaca kisah ini, serta merta saya teringat akan serangan di Cairo pada pagi Isnin yang lalu. Serangan yang mengakibatkan lebih 50 orang syahid. Apa yang lebih menyedihkan, ada antara mereka yang syahid ditembak di kepala ketika sedang menunaikan solat Subuh. 

Selain daripada pengajaran besar daripada sirah di atas berkenaan kekuatan iman yang luar biasa dan kekusyukan sahabat Ansar ketika menunaikan solat sambil menjaga sahabat lain daripada musuh, satu lagi perkara yang ingin di highlightkan adalah strategi musuh yang menyerang ketika para Muslimin sedang solat. Iaitu strategi yang sama digunakan pada serangan Isnin lalu. Pasti saja mereka tahu, saat terbaik untuk membunuh tanpa diserang semula adalah ketika para Muslimin sedang menumpukan perhatian pada solatnya. Dan apabila dirinya telah diketahui, cepat-cepat ia melarikan diri bimbang dibunuh semula. 

Sejarah berulang kembali...

Ya Allah, selamatkan bumi Mesir daripada kebathilan

Berilah mereka di sana kekuatan untuk mempertahankan yang haq

Hancurkanlah rancangan-rancangan musuh yang ingin menghapuskan Islam

Kuatkanlah kesatuan di antara ummah Islam

Berilah kami kesedaran yang jelas tentang Islam agar kami dapat memilih yang haq dan menentang yang bathil

Kami memohon perlindungan daripadaMu ya Allah

Sesungguhnya Engkaulah sebaik-baik Pelindung dan sebaik-baik Penolong..

picture from Mesirkini

alhuda

4th Ramadhan 1434H

Terhiris

13 Sept 2012

7.40pm

Legend Inn, Taiping

Usai mengurus diri, aku membuka laptop yang baru direhatkan selepas digunakan untuk mendengar lecture 'CNS Trauma' secara online bersama lecturer yang mengajar di Penang. Lecture tamat agak lewat, namun hatiku puas kerana berkesempatan untuk mendengar dengan jelas segala points and warnings daripada Neurosurgeon itu. Amaran untuk kumpulan yang bakal bertemu dengannya di wad nanti, never forget everything that he taught you today. Or he would put you in agony for unable to retrieve the information. Gmail, Yahoo mail, PMC Moodle dan Facebook di buka di ruangan 'new tab'. Selesai membaca unread emails dan messages, laman web Al-Jazeera versi English dibuka seperti biasa. 

'Angry protests spread over anti-Islam video'

The 1st headlines puzzled me on the spot. What kind of video was it? (Ops, sorry for my malay-english writing. Sometimes as the idea flows you hardly have time to translate).I went through the news that stated on the rising demonstrations and protests in Islamic countries against the video that was released on Tuesday(11th Sept 2012). 

It was published in Youtube publicly for all people in the world to watch it.

(You see, how many u.S-made films are available on youtube? If you found one, believe me in less than one day the video would be unavailable due to copyright reason. Ok well, this video we are talking about is not a film anyway. Fine. But my point is -it is available/accessible to be watch by anyone, regardless ceruk dunia mana sekalipun.)

Being curious on what sparked the anger of the Muslim world, I decided to search it in that website. 

And as I watched the video, I realized of the growing anger deep inside my heart. My pulse rate increased, my forehead frowned, my breath rates consequently became more rapid and I kept my istighfar non-stop although the video had finished. It was about my beloved Prophet. With a very insulting representation and interpretation.

Tears rolled down my cheeks.
I was deeply hurt. 

"Huda?" 
My roommate noticed the tears.

"Apsal ni?" She asked again.
"Tengah geram ni. Ada video hina pasal Rasulullah. Baru release Selasa lepas and sekarang dah ade protest kat Gaza, Libya dan Tunisia. Baru lepas tengok video tu and it was really annoying! Tahu yang umat Islam satu dunia akan marah but they just don't care!
Astaghfirullahal azim..."

"Hmm, again kes menghina Rasulullah. Dulu kartun, sekarang video plak. Memang sengaja dorang tu. Ingat, jangan sampai kita hilang focus sebab marah pada mereka...", pesan rakanku.

Allahuakbar. Benar sungguh katanya.
Rasa marah adalah api yang akan disemarakkan lagi oleh hasutan syaitan. 
Jika ikutkan rasa, pasti yang menyesal adalah diri sendiri juga.

Isu sebegini, jangan sampai ia membuatkan kita kehilangan fokus utama kita selama ini. 
Apa fokus utama itu?
Iaitu untuk membina diri kita untuk menjadi seorang individu Muslim yang berilmu, berakhlak dan bertaqwa. 

Mesti berilmu, kerana dengan ilmu kita akan berjaya dan tidak akan diperbodohkan oleh sesiapa.
Mesti berakhlak, kerana dengan akhlak Islam dakwah boleh tersebar dan masyarakat kembali mengenal Pencipta mereka.
Mesti bertaqwa, kerana hubungan yang dekat denganNya akan memberi kita kekuatan untuk terus bertahan, tidak kira apa jua cabaran yang mendatang di depan.

Kerana mereka, musuh-musuh Allah tidak akan senang selagi kita tidak mengikuti mereka.

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Cerpen untuk memujuk hati yang terhiris, credit kepada team Langit Ilahi.

Bila kamu menghina Rasulullah aku.

Shad.Ba.Ra

picture by dailyenlightment.com

Sabar itu bukan setelah kita melepaskan kegeraman di saat kita berdepan dengan situasi tersebut.

Sabar itu adalah reaksi kita bermula pada saat pertama ia berlaku. Juga ketahanan kita menempuhinya untuk saat-saat yang berikut.

Fitrahnya manusia, diciptakan dalam keadaan tergesa-gesa.

Dan dengan rahmat Tuhanmu yang Maha Esa, rasa sabar itu terbit daripada iman yang menghuni di jiwa.

Kesimpulannya?

Tumbuhkanlah iman di hati setiap daripada kita, nescaya rasa sabar pasti akan terbina.

Ya Allah, jadikanlah hambaMu ini orang yang sabar dan tenang dalam setiap ketika.

"Apakah kamu mengira kamu akan masuk syurga, padahal belum nyata bagi Allah orang-orang yang berjihad di antara kamu, dan belum nyata orang-orang yang sabar"

(Ali-Imran, 3:142)

Pre-Ramadhan 1433H, moga redhaNya bersama kita.

Georgetown, and traffic jam

Assalamualaikum wbt

The first week passed by. End of orientation week.

Tomorrow, medicine rotation will start with a brief intro in PMC before all of us are off to Seberang Jaya Hospital.

I'm not sure what to expect over there, but what I can say is: even on my second day here in Penang, I learnt so many things. I reflected so many issues. 

The so-called reality, now it is true.

O'Allah, we seek strength from you.

When will I see you as Hafiidh?

Assalamualaykum

Just had to share this story - subhanAllah inspiration, may Allah fill our heart and mind with the Qur'an!

Shaykh Yasir Salamah

I recently heard an incredibly amazing account told by Shaykh Yasir Salamah, one of the leading Imams and recitors of Egypt. In his audio tape ‘When will I see you as a Haafidh?’ he speaks of the true account of Muhammad, a brother who after attending a workshop on memorising Qur’aan and utilising all the available mediums, went on to memorise the entire Qur’aan within just 50 days (i.e 2 months)

Within 2 months?!

Yes. Within 2 months. This is his account and he says:

“I declared a state of Jihad upon my soul and put death before my eyes. I made an intention to memorise the Noble Qur’aan. So I abandoned telephone calls and unnecessary visits, and I changed all the negative thoughts associated with hifdh (memorisation) to positive and practical ones e.g. When a thought came to me saying ‘I can’t do it!’ I’d say, ‘I can do it.’ If it said, ‘My memory is weak!’ I’d say ‘I take pleasure in having a great memory.’

I chose the masjid as the place of my hifdh as it preserves three:

1. The eyes

2. The ears

3. The tongue

I followed a specific dietary program consisting of eating dates, fruits and honey - and fasting helped me a great deal in that. I used to wake up before salaat al-Fajr by 2 and a half hours and I slept 2 hours after ‘Isha. I used to wake up for Tahajjud (the night prayer), prolonging my sujood wherein I would call upon Allaah ta’alaa to ease for me my affair. I would also seek forgiveness 100 times.

I began to memorise 5 pages and would recite them in the Sunnah prayers of Fajr. After salaat al-Fajr, I would begin the memorisation of 5 new pages and at the end, I would recite them in the 2 raka’ahs of salaat al-Duhaa, all the time thanking Allaah for easing the memorisation.

I would perfect the recitation of what I had memorised by listening to tapes of one of the recitors. I would read about the qiraa’ah in books or via the Muqaddimah al-Jazariyyah (poem on the ahkam of tajweed).

After salaat al-Dhuhr, I would repeat everything that I had memorised previously beginning from the 1st Juz, until salaat al-’Asr. After the ‘Asr prayer, I would repeat the new portion of hifdh and the juz before. After the Maghrib prayer, I would prepare the recitation of 10 new pages and it was only after salaat al-’Isha that I’d review the Qur’aan with my teacher, may Allaah reward him well.

Before retiring to bed, I would listen to all that I memorised in the day from cassettes and I would be sitting for 6 continuous hours, without any boredom or feeling tired. In the 1st week, I would sit for 6 hours, memorising and revising. In the 2nd week, I would sit for 8 hours. In the 3rd week, it was 10 hours and in the 4th week, it was 12 hours. In the last 10 days, I was sitting for 14 hours memorising and revising.

The hardest times for me were when it came to sleeping and eating. I ardently wished that the period of sleep would end quickly so that I could start my hifdh of the Noble of Qur’aan. Everytime I began to read the Qur’aan and memorise, I felt such delight and enjoyment that I had never felt before. Du’a was an important factor for me before and after hifdh. I would memorise a page whilst sitting down and then repeat it whilst walking. My teacher played an important role in encouraging me, in revision, in correcting me and benefiting me in terms of Tajweed.

In the last week, on the night of 20th Ramadan, only 4 and a half juz remained until completion of hifdh. So I turned to Allaah to open up my way and ease it for me. I went on to memorise it in 6 days with the Help of Allaah.

Laylatul-Qadr came, the night of delight and happiness - it was like a wedding night to me. My completion of hifdh took place between Maghrib and ‘Isha in the masjid with the Imam and those in I’tikaaf. We began the khatma (reciting from beginning till end of the Book). In the end, during the du’aa, my heart opened up greatly and I began to weep like never before. It was the most beautiful hour of my life. Allaah had honoured me with the memorisation of His Book.

During the du’aa, I remembered a dream I had more than 10 years ago… I was a Mu’adhin of a mosque and after Fajr salaah, I sat remembering Allaah in the mosque. I felt sleepy so I took a nap in the middle of the mosque, and behold! I found myself amidst a gathering. A powerful ray of light descended from the sky down to the middle of the masjid. From that light came many angels and between them were 2 big Angels. One of them turned towards me and took me to the light. I entered along with the 2 angels. I then found myself on top of a large green tree - I began to climb it in the companionship of the 2 angels. We found angels standing by the door of the 1st heaven. They said to me ‘Where are you going?’ They opened up a book and said, ‘We don’t have your name with us, so climb onwards to the top.’ And likewise, all the time (through each heaven), they said the same thing to me.

Upon arriving at the 7th heaven, we reached the end of the tree. I found angels standing at the door and they said, ‘Are you Muhammad?’ I said, ‘Yes.’ They said, ‘Enter, for the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) wants you.’ I said to the 2 angels that were with me ‘Come in with me.’ They said, ‘We can’t enter. But we will wait for you.’ So I entered Jannah and behold, I saw therein what no eye has seen, no ear has heard and had never entered in the heart of Man. Angels were surrounding me and there was a door, on top of it was written (There is no God but Allaah and Muhammad is His Messenger. Al-Firdaws Paradise).

The Angels opened the door and I entered. Before me was the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) sitting at the top end and beside him were men, some that I recognised and some that I didn’t. In front of him were a very large group of men, women and children. They wore white clothes, and they were so many that they had a beginning but no end. All of them were reciting Qur’aan.

The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) called me and I went up to him. He got up and made some space for me. I kissed him and he sat me down besides him. I asked him ‘Who are these people O Messenger of Allah?’ He said, ‘These are the people who have memorised the Book of Allaah `azza wa jall.’

Inshaa’Allaah ta’ala, the dream ended in truth. I never spoke to anyone about it until the night that I completed the memorisation of the Qur’aan.”

Allahu Akbar, if this is not tawfeeq from Allaah and determination… I don’t know what is!


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Copied from FOSIS Ireland's reminder. Subhanallah this is a very inspiring story for us to read and reflect upon. May Allah bless them till jannah, and may He also gives us courage to be one of the people of Quran. 

*dush*

Allah. Two weeks to go for the semester exam.

Another 2 weeks of gastrointestinal/hepatology lectures and tutorials.

And no study leave at all, to make things worst.

I clicked to view my blog, for a 5 minutes break after loaded with pneumonia notes.

And something caught my eyes;

" Knowledge is not what is memorised.

Knowledge is what benefits."

(Imam Shafie)

(from islamic quote of the day-on your right side)

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*dush*

That's hurt.

Thanks Allah for showing me this.

(T______T)

And to you, let's strive for this! May Allah with us insyaAllah.

Make du'a for everyone.

(Mode: sedang mengambil himmah dari kesungguhan Imam Syafie)

How do you define your leisure time?

Assalamualaikum wbt....

Moga sahabat-sahabat sekalian berada dalam kesejahteraan, dan selawat dan salam atas junjungan kita Muhammad Rasulullah SAW.

Take a deep breath, and exhale it slowly, beginning with basmallah.

Alhamdulillah to the Mighty God, Allah SWT for giving us the chance to live this life under His blessing and Mercy.

Syukr ilallah, without Him I might not be able to type this post, might not be able to walk, speak, or even breathe for once.

For the past two weeks I've gone through such a hectic time, regardless what day it was. People love Friday, as it is a mark for a long rest in weekend. People hate Monday-and some has 'Monday-blue' overwhelming them, as it is the end of their resting time.

Anyway, how do we perceive rest and leisure time?

Resting- can be associated to inactivity, freedom from work, strain and responsibility, and a pause for relaxation.

From resting people will benefit or lose. Two opposite things happens as a consequences of a same activity, which is resting.

Let's see how we can benefit or lose after resting.

Busyness thought me lots of things, until I realized that I grew to be more organized. Alhamdulillah. I can't bare just sit doing nothing, as time is priceless to just let it go.

If you notice, the title of this post is 'how do you define your resting/leisure time', not 'how do you define resting/leisure time'. These two bring a different concept as the latter only explains the general meaning of having a free time.

How do you define YOUR leisure time is referring to what do YOU do when you are free, not what generally people do when they are free.

Let's have a short reflection now. Allah gave us 24 hours, and yet man still finds it insufficient. Who is the most Knower of what is the best for mankind? Of course Allah SWT.

He created day and night consecutively-and man perceives it in 24 hours system.

What will happen when there's no sunset or no sunrise at all? Can we live that way? Subhanallah, we can only think about it, but the reality is that we survive well when Allah SWT set it in a day/night balance.

When we busy, we asked Him to give us 25 or 26 or more hours so that we have more time to settle our task/work. We whine, and cry seeking for help and guidance to go through the hard time.

When we are free, we wait as the time passes, and stand still doing nothing(inactivity). To make thing worst, we spend our leisure time with activities that doesn't improve our iman and a'mal. Sleep and sleep, eat and eat, movie marathon, shopping marathon, and many more.

Masya Allah. May Allah prevent us from being ungrateful to the time that He gave to us.

Rasulullah SAW said in a hadith,

"Take advantage of five matters before five other matters: your youth, before you become old; and your health, before you fall sick; and your richness, before you become poor; and your free time before you become busy; and your life, before your death."

Subhanallah, it's such a very concise hadith. Take advantage of our free time, to do something beneficial that can reward us in future, especially in hereafter.

Plus, busyness is actually a way to remembrance of Allah. I know, it's kinda cliche to say this, but Allah did say the same in Quran. Man remembers Him when he is in trouble, and forgets when he's free.

Take advantage from the busyness, to be close to Him and try to maintain the attitude, as we actually needs Allah in every single thing in our life. Really need Him.

If we feel that we can live our life without Him, go on, but don't take a single breath from His oxygen then. Can you actually do it? So don't be arrogant!

I remembered a moment few days ago when i told my mom that i need her advice to face all of the pressures, she replied a verse from Al-Quran. It was Al-Baqarah, verse 250.

" Our Lord! Pour forth on us patience, and set firm our feet and make us victorious over the disbelieving people"

(Subhanallah, thanks to Allah for giving me a great mom!)

She told me to memorize this verse, and recite it every morning after Subuh prayer. By Allah's will, His Mercy would be there :)

So friends, ask yourself-what do you do during YOUR leisure time?

'Hidup ini seharusnya dipenuhi dengan pekerjaan-pekerjaan yang agung dan pendek angan-angan'

Loves,

Huda.

Mujahadah itu di rumah

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Assalamualaikum wbt.

May All of you in the pink of health and iman, insyaAllah. How was your last days of Ramadhan? May Allah allow us to still grab this last chance because we never know whether we'll meet Ramadhan next year...

Being at home, it is a mujahadah. Kerana mujahadah itu di rumah.

Why do I say so?

Because frankly I feel so hard to practice things that I'm used to when I was away from home. Sometimes I hope to always be far from my home, so that the feel and need to be nearer to Allah is always there.

But Allah is always there, no matter where am I.
So I have to be realistic. Our comfort zone is a deadly zone.


O'Allah, don't let us astray with our past jahiliah and help us to be istiqamah, as we are nothing if You ignored us..astaghfirullah..



“All the hearts of the offspring of Aadam are between two fingers of Ar-Rahman’s Fingers, as one heart. He turns it (in any direction) as He wills. Then Allah’s Messenger said, “O Allaah! The Turner of the hearts, turn our heart towards Your obedience.”
(Rasulullah SAW, [Saheeh Muslim vol.4, p.1397, no.6418] narrated by Abdullah bin ‘Amr bin al-‘Aas)



“Seek out your heart in three situations:

-When you are listening to the Qur’an

-When you are part of a gathering of remembrance

-When you are alone and away from the world and it’s distractions.
If you cannot find your heart in these three situations, then ask Allah to bestow upon you a heart, for indeed you are bereft of one.”
(Ibnu Qayyim)



O' turner of the heart! Establish my heart upon your religion...(T__T)


Do remind me of Him in anytime!

Air mendaki bukit....

"Kecenderungan kepada kejahatan ibarat air yang menuruni bukit, manakala kecenderungan kepada kebaikan ibarat air yang mendaki bukit...ia memerlukan tenaga tambahan untuk naik ke atas..."

Assalamualaikum warahmatullah rakan2 :)

Pernah pergi trekking mendaki bukit yang mempunyai air terjun berhampirannya? Pasti kalian akan berjumpa dengan generator/pam air sepanjang perjalanan ke puncak bukit. Saya pernah menjumpainya ketika menghadiri camping ketika Tingkatan Dua dahulu.

Benar, the excitement to do something that we like-but Allah doesn't like is totally different with the things that Allah's like-but we may not really like it.

Kenapa?

Kerana hakikatnya nafsu dan syaitan itu menjadikannya indah di mata kita...dan jihad itu adalah apabila melakukan sesuatu yang tidak disukai oleh nafsu...

Berikan apa sahaja contoh- mengusik/mengenakan kawan, bergurau senda lelaki perempuan, menonton hiburan- apa sahaja yang disukai nafsu- pasti mudah sahaja jika terpengaruh. Pantas saja kita memberi idea-idea tambahan untuk hiburan yang ingin kita nikmati.

Tetapi jika untuk pergi mendengar ceramah, berjemaah di masjid/surau, membaca buku-buku Islam....terasa seperti ada satu bongkah batu yang memberatkan badan untuk melakukannya. Terasa seperti ada satu barrier di hadapan. Inilah jihadnya. Untuk melepaskan diri dari ikatan-ikatan yang membelenggu kita daripada membuat sesuatu yang Allah suka.

Tapi, jangan salah faham. Kebaikan itu tafsirannya bukan pada amalan kita yang suka membaca buku Islam, mendengar ceramah mahupun selalu pergi berjemaah. Kebaikan peribadi terkait rapat dengan hubungannya dengan Allah SWT.

Rasulullah SAW pernah bersabda,
"Sesiapa yang Allah inginkan kebaikan padanya , maka akan diberikan olehNya kefahaman dalam beragama'

Kefahaman dalam beragama. Kefahaman untuk unduk dan patuh pada Pencipta kita, kerana kita hamba. Kefahaman untuk menjalankan amar makruf nahi mungkar atas perintahNya, kerana kita dilantik sebagai khalifah di bumiNya.

Inilah kebaikan yang kita perlu ada. Kebaikan yang sangat dibenci oleh iblis dan tenteranya.

Maka, tidak hairanlah mengapa kebaikan perlu pada tenaga tambahan. Kerana hebatnya dugaan untuk berdepan dengan syaitan dan manusia yang sentiasa menghalangi ke jalan Allah.

Maka, kuatkanlah tekad, dan jangan lakukannya berseorangan.

Kerana tenaga-tenaga tambahan itu sentiasa ada selagi Islam masih di hati mereka, dengan izin Allah.

Tak kan pernah rugi selagi motivasi Al-Asr di hati....

Lifeline 4 Gaza: Lets Pray

Assalamualaikum wbt....

May this post finds you in the best health of iman, insyaAllah.

Tomorrow, 19th of May 2010, 11 Malaysian representatives will fly to Istanbul to join the international convoy organized by Foundation for Human Rights and Freedom and Humanitarian Relief(IHH) originating in Turkey and Free Gaza Movement to send aid to Gaza through sea, by means to break the Israel siege on Gaza land.

From Istanbul, they will go to Antolia on 21st May and set off to Gaza with others two days later, (23rd May 2010).

More information can be read on its website:

Lifeline 4 Gaza

Subhanallah, may Allah protects them from any shortcoming. May Allah ease their journey to Gaza.

Brothers and sisters, lets pray for them, and for the Muslims in Gaza too.

Allahuakbar!

p/s: terdetik hati membaca kata2 terakhir Ketua rombongan dari Malaysia. Ya Allah, ini jihad mereka untukMu, untuk Palestine. Bantulah mereka yaAllah..

Dan diriku, walau tidak sampai lagi di tahap itu, namun tidak bermakna kau perlu berdiam diri!

"...andai ia untuk Islam, biar ku jadi penolongnya!"

Mosque Open Day: Expect the unexpected

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Assalamualaikum warahmatullah..

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"Hello, assalamualaikum Huda"
"Waalaikumussalam.."

"Huda free tak petang ni? Nak ajak jadi volunteer untuk Mosque Open Day.."
"Ooo..erm..yup, insyaAllah free je. Boleh2, insyaAllah. Lepas Zohor nanti Huda datang, jumpa kat sana ye"

"Tapi apa benda ye yang kita kena buat nanti??", soalku.
"Ala macam jaga makanan camtu je..tolong2 apa yang patut"

"Ha, kalau cmtu Huda setuju, hehe..orait2"

......

There were three of us, and we introduced ourselves to the other committee as FOSIS volunteers. When we arrived, there was nothing much that we can do since everything had been prepared by other people.


"Oh, we gonna have exhibition too! Bagusnya..."
"Anyway, nak jaga makanan apa ni? Makanan kat meja tu macam bukan untuk dijaga je..."

Dan kami benar-benar tiada kerja untuk dibuat. Kami cuma berlegar-legar membaca poster-poster di situ..

Tiba-tiba seorang sister mendekati.
"Alright girls, can all of you go outside and help with the things there?"

Kami bersama a few sisters mula melangkah keluar, dan..

"But three of you have to stay here. We have to be ready when the visitors come in. Do you know what you actually have to do?"
"Err..not really", jawab kami.

"Well, basically when people come in, approach them and explain to them anything about Islam as they go along this exhibition. Starts with the 5 pillars in Islam, insyaAllah tell them about Allah, prophet, Quran, answer their question and insyaAllah if they want to see how Muslims pray and our praying area, bring them to the upstairs. Is everything clear?"
"InsyaAllah..we'll try our best"
"InsyaAllah"

......

Subhanallah. Daripada niat nak menjaga makanan, sungguh tak disangka Allah pilih kami untuk sampaikan Islam kepada non-Muslims yang hadir pada Mosque Open Day ini. Ya, agak terkejut dengan tugasan ini, tetapi rasa sungguh bertuah dipilih Allah.

Kami mulakan tugasan dengan doa Nabi Musa..

"Ya Allah lapangkanlah dada kami, permudahkanlah bagi kami urusan kami, lancarkan lisan kami, supaya mereka faham perkataan kami.."

And below are some of the questions that people asked and some sharing from what we have experienced..

Questions:

Hijab
- why do you have to cover your body and hair?
I explained to her the reason of hijab, and what is behind this obligation to Muslim woman. I told her that we are safe when we're covered and I tried to relate this issue with the social problem that occured nowadays. When she knew that the Muslims have to cover all but their face and hand to wrist, she asked this:

"Guys can still be attracted to your hand and your eyes..right?? So?"
Yup, I agreed with her. I told her about the attractions that women have, and there are some part that men more attracted to and how Islam protects women about this issue.


Kaabah
- What is inside the square thing/black box in Makkah? Can you see inside it? Or can you go inside that box?

-Is your God inside that thing? Where is your God actually?

Frankly we don't really know how to explain clearly regarding the 'black box matter'(oh Allah, forgive us for our wrong saying) but we did explain to them about the concept of God and the fact that Islam don't use statue as idols.

Allah

-You have a lot of mosques..so where is your God actually? Is that mean you have a lot of Gods?

We give them the analogy of wind, and pain where you can feel it but no one can show how is wind and pain looks like. And also the concept of Oneness of God in Islam.

Prophets
-(info from a poster-Prophet Iliyas (or Elisha)) Elisha? A woman?

We told them the fact that all prophets are men and there are some reason for God to choose men instead of women to become the Messenger of God. Men are stronger, they can hold the most challenging task to mankind, and..

"Well, I'm not really agree with that. Women are strong too,"replied her.

I just smiled and told them the story about the Arabs during pre-Islamic time where the women being oppressed, women were treated like an object. And Allah knows better. The society during that time wouldn't accept Islam if it was from a mere woman. Prophet Muhammad as the Last Messenger, came from a respected family who was responsible to take care the well of Zamzam.

Quran

-Who wrote this book? What's the book contains?

And many more...

Subhanallah...

-there was one lady who are among the first comers, revert to Islam and learnt to pray immediately as on that moment, it was the time for Asar prayer. She followed slowly, and after prayer she had further discussion with an Irish sister. Subhanallah...

-some of the visitors able to watch us to pray Asar together, brothers and sisters. Alhamdulillah, Allah gave them this chance as some of them never see it before.

-a teacher came to learn about Islam just because there is one Muslim child in her class (bagusnya..)

-some people left the mosque just because they didn't want to take off their shoes

-and yup..Allah showed us a lot of things...we became speechless when three of us sat together back after Maghrib prayer. We learnt a lot..

When we explained the fact and figures about Islam to the non-Muslims, we felt there was something missing/not being explained yet to them..so to every people that we accompanied, we conclude the explanation by try to relate all of the things back to Allah and the basic concept in Islam.

May Allah protect us from any wrongdoings and give His guidance to everyone that came to this Open Day. Thanks to Allah for choosing us to explain about Islam to them..

"Have you ever heard about Islam?"

"No."

"Have you ever know about One God, Prophet Muhammad?"

"No".

Subhanallah.

Brothers and sisters, it is our responsibility to tell them about Islam, whether directly or indirectly. At least by showing a good example of Muslim, insyaAllah Allah will give His rahmah and barakah to us..aminn.

p/s: Thanks to Rima and Noran..sayang korang..may Allah loves both of you more that I do.

Balang masa dan penyakit M

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This is a very simple story.

Seorang guru membawa sebuah balang kaca ke kelas dan meminta anak-anak muridnya mengisinya dengan sesuatu sehingga ia menjadi penuh. Anak-anak muridnya mengisi balang kaca tersebut dengan batu besar, maka sekejap sahaja balang tersebut dipenuhi dengan batu besar.

"Murid-murid, adakah balang kaca ini sudah penuh?"

Kesemua daripada mereka menjawab,"Ya!".

Tetapi guru tersebut menjawab, "Tidak, kerana kita masih boleh mengisi batu-batu kecil di celah-celahnya".

Maka mereka menukarkan batu besar digantikan dengan batu kecil, dan balang kaca tersebut kelihatan lebih padat daripada sebelumnya.

Guru tersebut bertanya, "Murid-murid, adakah balang kaca ini sudah penuh?"

Sebahagian daripada anak-anak muridnya menjawab ya, ada juga yang mengatakan tidak. Mereka mencadangkan agar diisi pasir, yang saiznya lebih kecil daripada batu kecil tadi.

Maka mereka menukarkan batu kecil dengan pasir, sehingga balang kaca tersebut penuh buat kali ketiga.

Guru tersebut bertanya lagi, "Murid-murid, adakah balang kaca ini sudah penuh?"

Serentak mereka menjawab, "Ya, cikgu!". Alasannya kerana sudah tiada celah atau ruang kosong di dalam balang tersebut apabila ia diisi dengan pasir.

Guru tersebut berkata, "Tidak, balang ini masih belum penuh. Kalian masih boleh mengisi air di dalamnya...".

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Terdapat beberapa pengajaran yang boleh kita manipulasi daripada cerita di atas.

Asasnya, balang kaca tersebut kita ibaratkan seperti masa yang kita ada dalam sehari.

Pertama, kebanyakan daripada kita sering mengadu,

"Ah, aku tak punya masa yang cukup!"

"Kenapa Allah hanya beri 24 jam dalam sehari??"

Dan banyak lagi alasan lain.

Masa, hakikatnya manusia memang merasakan ia tidak pernah cukup. Ibarat balang kaca sebentar tadi, kita perlu bijak mengatur masa kita. Kita sering memberi alasan, namun perlu kita sedari bahawa Allah Maha Mengetahui. Masa 24 jam yang Allah berikan, adalah yang terbaik untuk hamba-hambaNya. Allah Maha Mengetahui bahawa sebenarnya tidak perlu untuk dipanjangkan masa dalam sehari kepada 48 jam contohnya, kerana Dia tahu bahawa 24 jam sebenarnya cukup untuk manusia, dan beruntunglah orang-orang yang menjaga masanya!

24 jam, juga adalah ujian Allah kepada hambaNya. Ujian untuk melihat sejauh mana kita menguruskan masa dengan perkara-perkara dunia dan akhirat.

Firman Allah dalam Surah Al-Asr,

"Demi masa! Sesungguhnya manusia itu berada di dalam kerugian. Kecuali orang-orang yang beriman dan beramal soleh, yang berpesan-pesan dengan kebenaran, dan berpesan-pesan dengan kesabaran"

Ya, sesungguhnya manusia berada di dalam kerugian. Rugi kerana salah menguruskan masanya, rugi kerana tidak menggunakan masanya untuk sesuatu yang lebih baik, iaitu memperingati antara satu sama lain tentang kebenaran dan kesabaran.

Pengajaran kedua adalah mengenai prioriti.

Di dalam 24 jam yang kita punya, kita perlu bijak meletakkan prioriti terhadap amanah-amanah yang perlu kita laksanakan dalam sehari. Mungkin anda pernah berdepan dengan situasi seperti:

"Alamak, kenapa aku tidur tadi!Menyesalnya...kerja belum siap lagi ni..dah tak sempat ni..habislah aku"

"Kalau aku tak keluar tadi, mesti kerja aku dah siap..."

(Amaran: Tabiat 'berkalau' ini tidak digalakkan dalam Islam, kerana ia membuka lubang kepada syaitan untuk menghasut kita supaya tidak redha dengan qada dan qadarNya.)

Situasi-situasi di atas terjadi apabila kita salah meletakkan prioriti kerja kita dalam sehari. Berbalik kepada balang kaca sebentar tadi, ia akan menjadi penuh jika anda menyusun batu besar, batu kecil, pasir dan akhirnya mengisinya dengan air sehingga penuh. Maksud saya, dalam sehari, jika anda menyusun jadual seharian anda dengan perkara yang paling penting terlebih dahulu, perkara penting, kurang penting dan tidak penting kemudiannya, InsyaAllah masa 24 jam yang Allah beri benar-benar cukup.

Mohonlah kepadaNya supaya diberi keberkatan masa kita dalam sehari.

Baiklah, jika kita tahu akan kepentingan penjagaan masa, bagaimana pula apabila kita berhadapan dengan penyakit malas yang datang tidak kira waktu?

Malas, penyakit 'M' yang sering merosakkan jadual sehari, sehingga terbuang masa sebegitu sahaja.

Bagi para pelajar, sifat malas adalah musuh utama kita. Punca penyakit M adalah nafsu, dan lawannya adalah iman.

Rakan-rakan, ketahuilah bahawa Rasulullah pernah bersabda,

"Barangsiapa yang menempuh suatu jalan untuk mencari ilmu pengetahuan, maka Allah akan permudahkan untuknya ke syurga".(HR Muslim)

Subhanallah, pesan Nabi ini seeloknya manjadi pendorong untuk kita terus berusaha tanpa henti! Ibarat mengejar syurga...

Apabila malas, kita sebenarnya hanya menzalimi diri kita sendiri dan orang lain. Mana tidaknya, kita menyesal dengan diri sendiri apabila gagal menyiapkan amanah yang dipertanggungjawabkan, dan kita gagal memenuhi hak orang lain yang telah memberi kepercayaannya kepada kita.

Firman Allah dalam Surah Ali Imran ayat 135,

"dan juga orang-orang yang apabila mengerjakan perbuatan keji atau menzalimi diri sendiri, segera mengingat Allah, lalu memohon ampunan atas dosa-dosanya, dan siapa lagi yang dapat mengampun dosa-dosa selain Allah? Dan mereka tidak meneruskan perbuatan dosa itu, sedang mereka mengetahui."

Jika terasa malas, kemudian menyesal atau sedih dengan diri sendiri yang malas, mohonlah pertolongan daripada Allah untuk melawan hawa nafsu ini. Segarkan diri anda dengan peringatan-peringatan yang akan menjadikan anda lebih bersemangat, lebih kuat dan lebih bijak untuk menguruskan masa anda.

Mari kita sama-sama doa, agar Allah berkati setiap saat yang diberikanNya, dan bantu kita dalam menguruskan masa dengan perkara-perkara yang diredhaiNya.Amin.

Jangan tangguh, kerana syaitan tidak pernah rehat!

Tarbiyah tanpa laptop

Menulis post ini, menyebabkan saya benar-benar teringat post saya pada awal semester pertama dahulu: tarbiyah tanpa internet

Kali ini, permulaan semester kedua yang akan bermula pada esok hari akan menjadi-tarbiyah tanpa laptop.

Post ini saya tulis bukan berniat untuk meraih simpati, membesar-besarkan cerita, atau sebagainya. Saya tulis ini agar orang-orang yang berurusan dengan saya sedia maklum akan kekurangan ini, maka saya pohon seribu kemaafan jika kalian tertunggu-tunggu, tertanya-tanya atau apa sahaja jika saya lewat/tidak memberi respon pada isu yang memerlukan respon/jawapan saya dengan segera.

Ini adalah ujian Allah buat diri saya yang masih lemah dalam menggapai cintaNya. Allah sedang menguji sejauh mana saya lebih mengutamakanNya daripada kecintaan kepada dunia. InsyaAllah, Allah akan gantikannya dengan sesuatu yang lebih baik.

Buat Siti Shafarwati dan Aisyah Ismail yang menanti post Pencarian II: UK, maaf rasanya saya tidak dapat meneruskan hajat saya untuk menyambung post tersebut kerana kekangan ini. Tapi jangan risau, andai ada rezeki untuk kita saling menghubungi, akan saya kongsi kisah-kisah kami yang penuh dengan unsur berdikari, kesabaran, kekuatan, kerinduan yang menyulam sepanjang jaulah kami.

Pasti anda tertanya-tanya ke mana menghilang laptop saya. Laptop saya menjadi mengsa kes kecurian. Tetapi tidak perlu saya ceritakan details nya di sini. Semua kekuatan yang saya perolehi untuk terus menempuh hari-hari mendatang di bumi asing ini, semuanya datang dari Allah. Allah sahaja tempat kami memohon perlindungan..insyaAllah, ada hikmah di sebalik setiap kejadian yang berlaku. Moga tiada rasa sedih, kesal dan kecewa di atas kehilangan perkara dunia ini.

Maka, kembalilah saya ke zaman di mana pelajar-pelajarnya tidak memiliki laptop, dan lebih banyak menulis sendiri perkara-perkara penting pada kertas. Dan saya juga kembali seperti mana ketika semester 1 dahulu, iaitu check email through handphone again=)

"Sesungguhnya selepas kesusahan, ada kesenangan"

Khusus buat IPIS yang dalam perancangan untuk membuat meeting aktiviti 2010 dalam masa terdekat ni, saya yang sedang menanti respond dari kalian ingin memohon maaf jika kalian pula yang terpaksa menanti respond saya.
Juga YahooGroups dan segala groups yang berkaitan dengan saya, maaf sekali lagi.

Jika kalian sulit untuk menghubungi saya secara online, atau memerlukan respond saya dengan segera, sila hubungi saya menerusi nombor handset saya instead of menggunakan YM, Skype,Facebook etc.

Doakan supaya Allah beri kami kekuatan dan keberanian untuk menempuh cabaran-cabaran di hari mendatang. InsyaAllah.

"Siapa yang bersabar di atas ujian, Allah akan sempurnakan sabarnya dan memasukkannya ke dalam syurga mana yang dia suka..orang mukmin sama ada lelaki atau perempuan akan sentiasa diuji oleh Allah, sama ada dirinya, anaknya ataupun hartanya sehinggalah dia menghadap Allah swt tanpa dia membawa dosa sedikit pun...."

Ini baru sedikit....

Walau ringan atau berat

Loch Lomond, Glasgow

Edinburgh Castle

"Dan berangkatlah kamu baik dengan rasa ringan maupun rasa berat, dan berjihadlah dengan harta dan jiwamu di jalan Allah. Yang demikian itu adalah lebih baik bagimu jika kamu mengetahui"
(At-Taubah, 9:41)



"Dan katakanlah,"bekerjalah kamu, maka Allah akan melihat pekerjaanmu, begitu juga RasulNya dan orang-orang mukmin, dan kamu kan dikembalikan kepada Yang Mengetahui yang ghaib dan nyata, lalu diberitakanNya kepada kamu apa yang telah kamu kerjakan"
(At-Taubah, 9:105)

No excuse to not moving forward

No reason to not following Muhammad SAW

No reason to not being thankful to Allah, for giving me chances to be in Iman and Islam

Alhamdulillah.

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"Lihat generasi al-Quran yang unik, yang sempat bersama Rasulullah SAW untuk menyebarkan Islam. Mereka diproses dengan sebaiknya oleh Rasulullah melalui proses tarbiyah,bersama-sama menghadapi kesukaran dan hasilnya? Subhanallah, sehingga kini mereka masih diperkatakan dan menjadi role model kepada semua orang."

Antum nak jadi doktor, ambil masa 5 tahun untuk proses lengkapkan degree dan sanggup bersusah payah menghadapi segala cabaran dan kesusahan bidang ini. Untuk apa? Untuk akhirnya bekerja sebagai doktor yang berkelayakan tinggi.

Maka sama lah juga proses tarbiyah ini, untuk membentuk antum menjadi seorang individu muslim yang tulen seterusnya menjadi asas kepada pembentukan generasi muslim yang mencontohi keunikan generasi al-Quran yang terdahulu."


(post-PMS Glasgow 2009)

Selagi masih sempat, aku mohon diberi peluang untuk meluahkan rasa syukurku kepadaMU.

Wahai Tuhan yang membolak balikkan hati, tetapkanlah hati kami dalam ketaatan kepadaMU..kami mohon diberi keberkatan dalam setiap tindakan, dan petunjuk ke jalan yang Kau redhai.aminn


p/s: moga diberi keberkatan masa untuk kami mengulangkaji pelajaran utk exam final sem 1 ini.aminn.doakan kami ye=)

these people

"Apsal muka rilex je?Tak cuak ke?",tegur seorang ahli kumpulan kelas Anatomy ketika ujian lisan antomy.
"Erm,muka je kot~!hati nervous gak ni"

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Qalb, very subjective. Very complicated.


Who can read other's face expression?Even a psycologist need years to study human feelings and expressions, and ended up with answers that everyone knows that it isn't an absolute answer, as it applies to majority of the human population, not individual.

I lived for 20 years, and even sometimes me myself can't understand my own feelings.

I met a lot of people throughout my life, and by Allah's will I have met these people.

The people that no one can't tell that they are actually in pain, and trouble.Just because their face always give smiles to others, never get angry and used to be the first person to volunteer to help others who'r in trouble.

Subhanallah.May Allah bless them until hereafter.

These people, insyaAllah are those who are very close to Allah.

And their love to Allah and His Messenger, make them can stand everything. Yeah, everything.

O Allah, make me strong like them, and place us with those who always be thankful to You.

These people, reminded me to Your Messenger and his companions.

O Allah, what have happened to us is just very insignificant compared to what sahabat and sahabiah had faced earlier when they have Your Messenger with them.

Children threw stones without hesitation, discrimination in economy until they faced hunger,and many more.



Just within my surroundings, I met these people. And hopefully Allah will give me chances to always be with them until I die.

In reality, who are these people actually?

These are people who their lips never fail for zikr, their heart never hope for anything except Allah, their mind never oriented to others except to what Allah like and everything that they do, they will relate it to Allah.

And da'wa, is their business, because they believe in Allah.

Yes, only Allah knows what's inside their heart. And it never shown from their face.


*reflection dari diriku yg terasa diuji dengan kesenangan dan tiba2 kesedihan, namun apabila diizin Allah utk melihat these people...yaAllah, hambaMu bersyukur dengan ujian ini..jadikanlah kami setabah mereka....*