Virtual Qalbu

Indahnya susunan Allah

2011-09-05T19:45:00.000-07:00

Tinggal seminggu sahaja lagi masa yang berbaki sebelum pulang semula ke bumi Czech. Masa-masa yang tinggal ini cuba dimanfaatkan sebaiknya bersama keluarga insyaAllah.

Semalam ana perlu menguruskan beberapa urusan di bandar. Macam biasa, ana akan naik public transport untuk bergerak. Biarpun baru dapat lesen tempoh hari, tapi masih belum berpeluang nak drive sendiri. Perlu mantapkan lagi skill memandu. Masih fail di atas jalan.. Doakan.. ana nak sangat drive...

Ana saje ajak adik ana yang kecik sekali tu ikut. She is 3 years old. Bila dah ajak tu, memang kena la bawak. Mujur ada adik ana yang umur 14 tahun tu nak temankan sekali. Boleh tolong jaga adik yang kecil ni sekali.
Banyak juga tempat yang ana pergi. Angkut la adik ana ni naik teksi, LRT, dan monorail.

Mula-mula ana pergi ke post office. Nak post parcel. Ana keluar rumah agak lewat, pukul 11 lebih. Masa tu post office pun penuh. Terpaksa la menunggu sekejap. Ini nombor giliran ana.

Nombor giliran pun nak bagi tahu. Sabar ye, dengar lagi citer ana.. :) Next, ana pergi pula ke emirates office di Pavilion. Di tingkat 9. Jauh juga nak ke sana. Tapi dah alang-alang keluar rumah, pergi semua tempat terus. Kat situ pun kena ambil nombor juga. Orang tak ramai sangat, tapi kat sini paling lama tunggu.Ni nombor giliran ana.

After dah settle urusan di situ, ana saje round kedai-kedai di Pavilion. Ada nak beli something. Tapi turun naik shopping complex tu , tak jumpa barang yang dicari. Dalam pukul 3 petang baru bertolak from Pavilion. Seterusnya ana perlu menuju ke EON bank di Taman Sungai Besi. Nak bayar bil rumah. Macam biasa, kena ambil nombor juga. Ni nombor ana.

Sampai dekat bank ni pukul 4 petang. Bank tutup jam 4.30 petang. Mujur sampai on time. =)
Apa signifikannya ana bagi tahu nombor-nombor giliran ni? Heheh.. Cuba tengok apa persamaan yang ada pada nombor-nombor ni. Yeap. It ends with number 6.
Mula-mula ana tak perasan juga. Then adik ana yg 14 tahun tu bagi tahu. Mugkin kita melihat ini sebagai satu kebetulan. Takde apa yang luar biasa pun. Cuma sebagai seorang Muslim yang berfikir, kita tahu yang dalam hidup ni, takde yang kebetulan. Semunya adalah susunan Allah yang paling terbaik untuk hamba-hambaNya.

Ana rasa Allah sangat comel bila bagi ana nombor-nombor ni. It makes me think and make the journey with my adik-adik more worth it. Thanks Allah..

What's more? Ada lagi yang menarik. Sepanjang perjalanan tu, tiga kali ana naik teksi sebab memang jaraknya agak jauh.
Teksi yang pertama daripada rumah dengan pak cik Melayu.
Teksi yang kedua nak ke EON bank dengan pak cik Cina.
Teksi yang ketiga nak pulang ke rumah dengan pak cik India.
Comel tak.. Dalam banyak-banyak teksi yang ana tunggu, Allah hadirkan teksi yang pemandunya berlainan bangsa.
Bukan nak sentuh tentang konsep satu Malaysia, tetapi sekali lagi susunan Allah membuatkan ana rasa sangat kagum.

Perjalanan semalam biarpun agak penat kerana terpaksa mendukung adik yang beratnya sudah mencapai 16kg... namun, sangat bermakna insyaAllah. Bila lagi akan dapat peluang macam ni sebab ana pun dah nak berpisah dengan famili seketika...

Sampai di sini dulu coretan ana yang tak seberapa ni.
Sekadar mahu berkongsi kekaguman pada segala susunan Allah ke atas hamba-hambaNya.
Semoga hati ini sentiasa tunduk patuh mengingatiNya.
insyaAllah

“Sesungguhnya dalam penciptaan langit dan bumi dan silih bergantinya malam dan siang terdapat tanda-tanda bagi orang-orang yang berakal. Yaitu orang-orang yang mengingat Allah sambil berdiri atau duduk atau dalam keadaan berbaring dan mereka memikirkan tentang penciptaan lanjut dan bumi (seraya berkata), “Ya Robb kami, tiadalah Engkau ciptakan ini dengan sia-sia, Maha Suci Engkau, maka dipeliharalah kami dari siksa neraka.”
(Surah Al Imran; 3:190-191)

Keep on holding tight to HIM

HKL Diaries 3

2011-07-22T19:45:00.000-07:00

Yeap.. still about the days in hospital.
Just a short one this time.
Alhamdulillah finished my second week of practicle in HKL.
Just another 2 days next week before I end.

So, in the second week I learnt a lot of things too.
Often, I'll be in the 'Treatment Room' to watch the procedure performed by doctors and nurses. It's great to have the privilege to enter this room since you cannot simply enter the room. Even parents are restricted to be in that room while their child are being examined due to some reasons.

Among procedures perform in the treatment room are such as taking blood sample and set line for infusion. What is more challenging is that doctors have to perform this on babies or small kids who have a very delicate vein and the child cannot stay still. Crying is just part of the procedure. Some times it can take up to hours just to get blood sample. Just pity those children since they have to be pricked by the needle many and many times just to get it right.

One of the procedure that I manage to see last time is bone marrow aspiration (BMA).
It was something like this.
It was performed on a 2 months old, Malay boy.Imagine how small he is. It took about 5 to 6 times before the doctor can aspirate the blood. The baby of course was crying until he do not have enough energy to cry anymore. I can only hear his tiny little voice that describe the pain. The procedure is performed in a sterile condition. It looks like a small operation though. This last for about an hour.

On this second week also, I meet with another case of neglected child. This time was a three year old indian girl. She was admitted with small wounds all over her body. Her body showed a sign of malnutrion. When touching her shoulder I can only feel her scapula. No fat at all. Just bone underlying the skin. She was really thin. She had problems with her right leg; with some hip fracture a few months ago. Therefore she can't walk. She was very quiet and talk very softly.
But there is one time when I play with her, that she laugh with joy. Never see her like that before. :) She was very comel indeed.

After all, every day was very tiring for me that made me quite slow in doing my other works. huhu... This is just a few things that I had to do before facing the real job in the future. Be STRONG please <talking to myself>

Keep on holding tight to HIM

HKL Diaries 2

2011-07-15T07:43:00.000-07:00

Alhamdulillah. Completed my first week of practical at HKL. The 4th and 5th days were quite common. Nothing much to be said. It just that, in the hospital, I can see gathering of stories of people from different background.

When taking the patient medical history, you'll got to know a bit about the family histories as well. Sometimes when I got nothing to do, I just approach the patients' mother and ask questions. At first it was medically related and suddenly the topic changed. It depends on who do you talk to and how.

Actually I wanted to write a story about three siblings that I met in the ward that I am on duty. I'll be missing them for sure. It was my first time met with such kids. They are neglected child. When I first got to know their name, I said, 'wah, sedapnya nama budak2 ni'.

They were admitted to the hospital on last Monday(in the evening). When I arrived in the ward on the second day of my practical, I saw the three kids were still lying on the bed; sleeping, wondering what sickness they are suffered from. I am curious to know about them, until later that I knew they are not sick.

I listened to the HO who took their medical history. It's quite interesting to see how to take history from small patient. You need to use their language. :) Actually those kids came from a problematic family. Maybe its kinda completed to write it here. But I think it's enough to know that this are only one of many other cases of its kind that I got the chance to meet with.

Theses three kids are very active. They are quite grown up but their physical do not really represent their age. They are differ by each other by one year. Listening to how they speak between each other told me about the way they are treated at home. Children are easily influence by their environment that it is important to ensure conducive education for them since small.
I spent much of the time talking to them. Hoping that they can become a good person in the future.

I asked them a few questions about Islam. Just seeking how deep is their knowledge in it and wanted to instill their interest. Among the topics that I asked are like, solah, the 5 pillars, who is God, the prophets, etc. Glad that they are positive about it and one of them;the eldest liked to hear the Prophet's stories. But, my bad for not having much stories to tell.

This evening, I wave them a good bye for they are going to be discharge. They will be taken by some sort of welfare center to be taken care of. Hope I have the chance to meet them again in the future.

I ended the first week, spending times with this three kids. Wondering what the other two weeks will be filled up with. Just pray hard that the children will become a well-grown up person insyaAllah.

Keep on holding tight to HIM

HKL Diaries

2011-07-13T07:32:00.000-07:00

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim..

One of the requirement in my 2nd year study of medicine is to perform nursing clinical training for 3 weeks (@150 hours) . We can either complete this in Czech or perform it in our hometown. I chose to make it here in Malaysia since I need to come back early this summer to settle a few things.

So, I applied for my elective posting in HKL about 3 months before I came back in July.(It is actually not that complicated to apply elective posting at HKL. Just go to the website and you'll find the link for elective posting application. Just follow the instruction there). Alhamdulillah, my application was accepted and I am going to Paediatric department in HKL (as requested).

Finally, it was time for me to start the practical that will last for three weeks (11 July -29 July). On the first day, I went to the office first to set up the arrangement and followed a few procedure. The office located at the main building of HKL and luckily it was not that hard to find.

I went to the hospital every morning with my abah since his office is quite near to HKL. Alhamdulillah again.. can save the cost of travelling but I have to wake up as early as 5 am every day ^^.

Just one interesting thing on the first day, while waiting at the 'waiting area' at the A&E department before I headed of to the office; I noticed a foreigner sit in front of me. He was waiting for someone and slept on the chair. Then, when he woke up, a pak cik went on to greet him. Here was the dialogues goes:

Pakcik(P): Hi, how are you? What do you do here so early in the morning?
Foreigner(F): I'm waiting for my friend.
P: Ouh.. where are you from?
F: I am from Czech Republic, Europe.
... and the chatting goes on.
I just smile. What a small world!!:)

At first, I thought I will do the practical alone. But when I arrived at the office, I saw many other students whom are actually were about to start their practical as well. But most of them are already in their 4th and 5th year of studies.

We were instructed to gather in a meeting room (with the round table) and wait for the Doctor who is in charge in the arrangement of student elective posting in HKL to give some briefing. Dr. Ding told us to introduce our place of study since everyone comes from different places; Russia, Czech, Dublin, Aberdeen. They are about 15 students all together in the meeting room.

Quoted from Dr. Ding, she said, I always learn Geography here. :) Students nowadays comes from different places. So, this is your chance to learn from others. And, my message to you, be open minded to see what's here for you. ASK if you do not know. No one is here is paid to teach you. So, grab the opportunity to LEARN as much as you can.
Anyhow, the session with Dr. Ding was full of messages and gives an overview about career as a doctor in Malaysia.

Next, together with me who will also doing practical in Paediatric department are another 2 students, currently studying in Russia. They were in second year as well and thus our level of knowledge are kind of the same. At least I have someone to talk to and work with along the practical... Alhamdulillah.

On the first day, only at about 11am we went to the paediatric department after settling at the office. Me and another friend were assigned to KK6 ward. At first, we met with the head nurse of the ward and she gave us a short briefing about the ward background.

After that, we were free to go anywhere around the ward. It should be our own initiative to find any works in the ward since no one will supervise us. We are free to go for break,lunch and can go back at any time (the nurse however suggest us to stay up to 5pm). Usually I stay until around 2pm. We were given this student pas that allowed us to move around the hospital.

All students who do their elective posting were required to wear the white coat. In the ward, you'll see most of the people are with the white coat and they are consultants, MO, HO, and students like us. And everyone is addressed as doctor. :)
So, to be called as doctor in the first place was a bit weird since I am only in my 2nd year.

Plus, being in this ward for kids, the kids will always address you as doctor due to the white coat that you wear. =) And sometimes I feel like being in the nursery since there is too many kids, with all the babies crying and child running.

Most of the case reported in KK6 ward usually related with infectious diseases, skin diseases, and general cases. And seeing all the patients are among kids of younger age reflect to me that how grateful one should be. Each kid are look after by their own mother/father. Sometimes kids of upper age are accompanied by their big sister or brother.

Up to the third day, I've seen variety of cases everyday. I am quite exhausted during the day. Not because of much of work doing, but because I have to stand most of the time. Wonder how it will be when I have to do my houseman later.

On the ward today, me and my friend manage to follow the ward round by the consultant and HOs. We listened on how HOs need to present the cases to the consultant, the follow up questions and many more. If before this, I always heard that HO being scolded most of the time. But I do not see such thing yet so far. But I think the consultant are trying to educate the HOs well enough, and scolding in a good manner may be one of the way.

During the session, I realised that, although if you've already become a HO, it doesn't mean that you know everything. Experience and willingness is all what it takes to be more competent in this medical field.

I am impressed by the consultants that I made this morning. They are very low profile and treat everyone well. Even manage to make joke and make the learning relax and enjoyable. mm.. maybe, that is what I felt. I'm not sure if the feeling maybe different in a place of a house-officer.

There is too much to write I think. Hope to write more next time, with more and more stories.

I'm thinking of how my days will be in the future. How can I cope with the busyness to perform dhuha in the morning. How to attend usrah weekly. Do I have time to check emails. Time with families. and time to write something like this.
also, how to create the 'environment' in the hospital...
too much of work yet, that's what a daie have to do right..

lets make dua', may Allah make it easy for everyone insyaAllah

-appreciating things around

Keep on holding tight to HIM

Procrastinate?

2011-07-09T08:26:00.000-07:00

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim

It had been a few weeks already that I've been in Malaysia. Always wanted to share something here. Share what I had gone through all this while and many more. But the things just kept in my mind. Hard enough to throw it into a written form. But the idea is there.

One thing that I can share for now, use every single chance that you have to give out the best out of yourselves; for you may not have any chance at all after that if you procrastinate. This apply to all situations that you may come across in your life. Try to think once again. In any occasion, what will happen if you plan to procrastinate what you should really do at that particular time? Will you meet that that kind of situation again at any other time. Usually things do not happen as we wish. So, do what you think is right and don't think of procrastination.

-talking to myself

Keep on holding tight to HIM

Kenapa takde orang bagi tahu aku?

2011-07-01T10:11:00.000-07:00

Kenapa dulu kau tak cakap kat aku?

Kenapa dulu kau tak bagi tau kat aku yang benda ni salah?

Kenapa tak pernah cuba tarik aku daripada buat benda2 jahiliah tu?

Tahu tak.. Kadang-kadang tu aku sedar je aku buat silap. Tapi aku susah nak tinggalkan apa yang aku buat. Sebab aku rasa benda tu best. Aku rasa seronok. Semua ni buat aku lela dan lalai eventhough aku tahu yang aku tengah buat dosa. Aku rasa gembira. Aku tak rasa bersalah pun.

Aku tahu la kau budak baik. Tak buat apa yang macam aku buat ni. Tak kawan sangat dengan budak-budak laki. Kau senang la sebab kau memang jenis yang macam tu. Tapi aku lain. Aku ada life aku sendiri.Aku dah biasa hidup macam ni. Aku bahagia dengan life aku sekarang. Kawan-kawan semua sayang kat aku. Aku ada ramai kawan yang satu kepala dengan aku. Kitorang memang selalu hang out sama-sama. Dah macam satu family.

Tapi…

Kenapa… Kenapa aku tak sedar lagi. Kan apa yang aku buat ni salah. Kau bukan nak tegur aku. At least kalau kau pernah bagi tahu kat aku dulu, takde la aku hanyut sampai jauh macam ni. Sekarang ni, dah terlewat dah untuk aku bertaubat.. Kenapa kau tak cuba tarik aku sungguh2 dulu. Kau suka ke tengok aku dengan life aku yang tak betul ni?

Bila nyawa ni dah bercerai dari badan, apa lagi yang boleh aku buat? Aku dah tinggalkan dunia. Menunggu masa untuk hari pembalasan tiba. Menunggu masa untuk diazab di akhirat. MasyaAllah… takutnya!! Time ni la baru nak ingat kat Allah. Menyesalnya dengan apa yang aku buat kat dunia dulu. Kenapa tak pernah ada orang yang cuba nak tarik aku daripada masuk api neraka? Atau adakah aku je yg keras kepala sangat sampai tak pernah sedar apabila ditunjukkan dengan jalan kebenaran..?

Apa aku nak buat sekarang ni. Aku sedar ke tak? Wahai diri, kau tahu tak kenapa engkau diciptakan kat dunia ni? Ke kau tak pernah tahu? Kalau diberi peluang, engkau nak tak kembali ke jalan yang benar? Jalan yang sepatutnya engkau ikut..

Mampu ke aku? Aku takut tak dapat nak istiqamah. Aku takut kalau aku rindukan life aku yang dulu. Aku takut aku tak boleh nak survive sorang2. Macam mana dengan kawan2 aku yang selalu hang out dengan aku dulu. Aku sayang sangat nak tinggalkan diorang. Diorang yang selalu jaga aku dulu.

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"Chill out what you yelling' for?

Lay back it's all been done before

And if you could only let it be

You will see…"

Lagu Avril Lavinge berkumandang memecah keheningan pagi itu. Alarm hanset dimatikan.

"MasyaAllah, dah pukul 7! Aku tak subuh lagi ni..

Eh, jap. Aku mimpi apa ye tadi? Takpe2. Solat dulu..," monolog Anis sendirian.

Usai solat, Anis termenung panjang. Memikirkan apa yang dimimpikannya tadi.

Mimpi itu sangat memukul dirinya.

"Aku tak sedar lagi ke?" dia terus bermonolog.

Berfikir, merefleksi diri….

p/s: after viewing pictures of some friends on fb, i've thought of this...

cant say more...

Apa yang manis?

2011-05-04T23:21:00.000-07:00

Bila anda dengar perkataan "manis"

Apakah yang terbayang di fikiran?

gula, gula-gula, masakan mak, ais krim, dll..

all sorts of food...

is it?

mm.. ada tak sesiapa terfikir tentang iman?

yeap, kemanisan iman... (halawatul iman)

sesiapa yang ada terfikir macam ni, alhamdulillah... takde la teringat kat makanan je kan..

halawatul iman? macam pernah dengar.. sounds familiar kan.. hadis ea? hurm~

selalunya kalau kita makan sesuatu, mesti kita ada rasa nk makan benda tu lagi. sebab kita dah pernah rasa kemanisan benda tu. kita rasa sedap dan nak merasai lagi kesedapan makanan tu.

contohnya, on your birthday, someone baked for you a cheesecake. Yummy right.. :) Kita mesti akan ada rasa nk makan cheesecake lagi, be it on any birthday occasion or any normal day. Why? because cheesecake tu sedap. That makes us craving for more..

Bagaimana pula dgn iman ye? Kita ni pernah ke rasa kemanisan iman tu? Adakah sebab tak pernah merasai kemanisan iman tu membuatkan kita tidak pernah craving for it?..

Apa Nabi kata tentang halawatul iman ni?

Sabda Rasulullah SAW.: "Tiga perkara yang barangsiapa terdapat (ketiga-tiga perkara itu) padanya nescaya dia memperolehi kemanisan iman (iaitu) Allah dan Rasul-Nya adalah lebih dia cintai daripada selainnya (Allah dan Rasul), dan dia mencintai seseorang semata-mata kerana Allah, dan dia benci untuk kembali kepada kekufuran (maksiat) sebagaimana dia benci dilemparkan ke dalam api".
(Hadis Sahih Riwayat Bukhari dan Muslim dan lain-lain)

basically ada tiga perkara yang kita kena fulfill untuk capai kemanisan iman:
1. Mencintai Allah dan Rasul melebihi segala-galanya
2. Mencintai seseorang hanya kerana Allah
3. Benci kpd kekufuran spt benci dimasukkan dlm api neraka

then, ask ourselves, adakah kita dah pernah cuba fulfill semua tu...
merenung diri..
masih banyak lagi perkara yang perlu dilakukan

dalam setiap tindakan, di mana kita meletakkan Allah dan Rasul. Di manakah zikrullah dan selawat kita setiap hari? cukupkah?

dalam pergaulan dan kehidupan sehari-harian kita, adakah kita sudah menyayangi sesuatu itu keranaNya? Kita faham ke bila dikatakan sayang sstu tu kerana Allah? tahu ke nk buat macam mana?

dan sudah kah kita benci pada kekufuran seperti kita benci pd api neraka? bagaimana dgn jahiliah yang kita lakukan setiap hari, dalam sedar atau tidak. kita bencikan api neraka. Tahu keperitannya jika diazab di api neraka. Tak tertahan kepanasan yang menghambat tubuh. Namun sudah cukupkah kita bencikan jahiliah seperti itu juga? tepuk dada, tanya iman..

wahai diri,
beringatlah.. carilah kemanisan iman..
jika ditanya mengapa diri masih tetap sama di situ, tidak bergerak dan statik? mungkin kerana diri masih belum pernah disuap oleh rasa manisnya iman. Tidak pernah merasai kemanisan iman. Jadi, tiada force untuk mencari dan menambah iman.. Maka, teruskanlah berjalan dan mencari kemanisan iman..

Sesungguhnya, hati yang telah merasai kemanisan iman tidak akan mudah berpaling lagi dan akan terus maju ke hadapan demi terus merasai nikmat kemanisan iman yang dijanjikan..

InsyaAllah.. semoga dalam setiap hela nafas kita diselitkan dengan semangat untuk berusaha ke arah mencari kemanisan iman.
Semoga dengan itu, hidup kita di atas muka bumi ini akan menjadi lebih bermakna...

yang berpesan pada diri..

What goes around comes around...

2011-04-21T07:31:00.000-07:00

Agak lama juga blog ini kesepian.. mencari apa yang boleh dikongsikan kali ini..

What goes around comes around...

Biasa tak kita dengar idiom ni? or biasa tak kita guna idiom ni?
Apa yang kita faham bila kita kata ... What goes around comes around

Basically, I understand it as what you do to others will affect what others do to you.
for example, if you do good to someone, you will also be treated well iA... but it does not necessarily be that the same person that you do good with will treated you well, it can be another different person. The same case goes vice versa...

Kita mungkin rasa yang kita sayang sangat kat someone and lupa bahawa mungkin ada orang lain yg juga sangat sayang kat kita..

Kita mungkin membenci seseorang and tak sedar bahawa mungkinkah ada orang lain yg benci pada kita...

Kita mungkin cemburu dengan kelebihan seseorang dan tak tahu kalau ada yang sebenarnya cemburu melihat apa yang kita ada...

Kita mungkin rindu sangat kat someone dan tak sedar jika ada orang yg juga merindui kita..

Kita mungkin sedih bila kita tak dapat apa yg kita nk tp org lain senang je dapat hajat mereka dan tak sedar bahawa byk je lagi benda lain yg Allah dah bagi kat kita...

Kita mungkin itu dan ini...

Sedarlah bahawa What goes around comes around...
Whatever that you do on others, the same thing may happen to you but maybe in different way.. we just need to reflect ourselves everyday ...

The conclusion is, always be grateful with what Allah has grant you for He knows best and should we find anything that we don't like, make doas for Allah to show us His way and make ease of everything... iA..

yg berpesan pada diri

p/s:saya rasa hadis 36 frm Hadis 40 Imam Nawawi quite related dgn tajuk ni.. sama2 kita renungkan..

Daripada Abu Hurairah r.a, daripada Nabi s.a.w, baginda telah bersabda : “Barangsiapa yang meringankan salah satu daripada kesusahan seorang mukmin di dunia, maka Allah meringankan salah satu daripada kesusahannya di hari kiamat. Barangsiapa yang memudahkan (membantu dalam masalah hutang) orang yang mendapat kesusahan (berhutang), maka Allah akan memudahkan baginya di dunia dan di akhirat. Allah menolong seorang hamba selagi hamba itu menolong saudaranya. Barangsiapa yang menempoh jalan untuk mencari ilmu, Allah akan memudahkan baginya satu jalan ke syurga. Tidaklah satu kaum berkumpul di satu rumah (masjid) dari rumah-rumah Allah, mereka membaca Al-Quran dan mempelajarinya bersama-sama, kecuali ketenangan akan turun kepada mereka, rahmat akan meliputi mereka dan maklaikat mengelilingi mereka dan Allah memuji mereka di hadapan para maklaikat-Nya. Barangsiapa yang amal solehnya sedikit, maka nasabnya (keturunannya) tidak boleh mengangkat darjatnya.”

[Hadis riwayat Imam Muslim]

Apa yang kita kata?

2011-04-02T06:18:00.000-07:00

Dengan nama Allah yang Maha Pengasih lagi Maha Penyayang...

Katakan sahabat kita ada iPod yg latest edition...

kita pun main2 iPod dia... try all the application.. kita memuji-muji iPod tu..

Kita kata... Wa, hebatnya menda ni.. dah la touch screen, mcam2 ada.. bla.. bla..

Katakan sahabat kita beli kereta baru.. Model yang laris di pasaran.

Bentuk kereta bukan main lawa. berkilat-kilat and nampak elegant..

Kita kata... bagusnya kereta ni. nampak smart and ada style lah..

Katakan sahabat kita ada HTC. Kita ni guna handphone biasa je..

Macam2 HTC tu boleh buat. boleh simpan data, read pdf, camera,...

Kita kata... best la HTC. aku nk carik satu jugak lah....

Kita katakan itu dan ini pada gadjet2 dan benda2 dunia..

Kalau kita lihat ranting2 kayu, daun2 yang hijau kat tepi jalan... kita kata apa ye?

Or.. kita tak terfikir utk berkata apa2?

Ranting kayu je pun. Daun2 hijau. biasa la tu.. nk kata apa?

kita takde ke rasa nk puji ranting2 kayu dan daun2 hijau tu mcm kita puji gadjet2 ataw apa2 benda yang canggih manggih atas muka bumi ni?

well, it may be because kita tak nampak yg sebenarnya, ranting2 kayu dan daun2 hijau tu is actually far more wonderful compared to all those things invented by human...

yes it is.. how? ranting2 kayu tu.. bagaimana kewujudannya? siapa mecipta ia? bagaimana ia membesar..?

daun2 hijau itu.. dari mana datangnya? bagaimana ia mencipta makanan sendiri? apa kepentingannya?

SubhanAllah...

Hebat sungguh ciptaanNya

setiap yang dijadikan pasti tidak sia2 (3:191)

Gadjet2 dan material duniawi yang kita bangga2kan itu hanyalah hasil kreatif pemikiran manusia yang datangnya juga dari Allah swt.. Justeru, dalam setiap pandang kita, dalam setiap tutur kita, dalam setiap tingkah kita, kita perlu merasai keberadaan Allah yang mengizinkan semua perkara itu untuk berlaku.

Just look at the think around us and hadirkan Dia dalam ingatan.

Lihatlah setiap sesuatu itu menerusi neraca Allah. Semoga kita sentiasa tergolong dalam golongan insan beriman yang sentiasa mengingatiNya insyaAllah..

wA~

Kekuatan itu dari Allah

2011-03-09T23:04:00.000-08:00

Pernah tak rasa lemah?

Rasa cam dah tak larat nak buat apa2?

Rasa tak mampu nak buat sesuatu?

Rasa putus harapan?

Rasa ada something yang menghalang diri untuk keep moving forward?

Sudah menjadi lumrah manusia yang lemah ini untuk merasai segala bentuk ujian sama ada susah mahupun senang.

14:28

Maka dengan itu, banyakkanlah bersabar serta yakin dengan segala ketentuan Allah kerana Dia Yang Maha Mengetahu segala sesuatu.

2:286

Sekadar melafazkan kalimat sabar itu adalah lebih mudah daripada melaksanakannya. Kerana itu ganjaran orang yang bersabar itu sangat besar, iaitu kasih sayang Allah.

Ujian-ujian yang Allah beri tu adalah tidak lain untuk menguji tahap keimanan kita pada-Nya. Maka berusahalah membuktikan sejauh mana kita mengimani Dia Yang Maha Pencipta.

29:2,3

Selaku hamba-Nya yang lemah, kita juga mudah lupa. Maka, salinglah memberi peringatan kerana peringatan itu berguna buat hamba-hambaNya yang beriman.

51:55

87:8,9

Kelemahan lawannya KEKUATAN.

Dari manakah sumber kekukuatan itu?

Tidak lain hanyalah datang dari Allah.

" ... Barangsiapa bertaqwa kepada Allah, nescaya Dia akan membukakan jalan keluar bagiNya, dan Dia memberinya rezeki dari arah yang tidak disangka-sangkanya. Dan barangsiapa bertawakkal kepada Allah, nescaya Allah akan mencukupkan (keperluan)nya. Sesungguhnya Allah melaksanakan urusanNya. Sungguh, Allah telah mengadakan ketentuan bagi setiap sesuatu." - [Surah At-Talaq, 65: 2-3]

Muhasabah diri, dalam mencari cinta Ilahi yang hakiki...

Yang mencari kekuatan ^^

A Litter

2011-03-03T02:38:00.000-08:00

Yesterday's wind blew quite strong. Although there was sun, the winner was the wind still. This make me to bring out this quote: The fact that you can see sunshine doesn't mean that it is always hot outside.

I walked with my friends on the pavement, we had a chat with each other. On the path that we walked, I saw a litter. I picked it up with the intention to throw it to the nearby dustbin. The place where it should be. While I am looking for one, suddenly the strong wind blew away the litter in my hand.

The litter follow the blowing of the wind far and far away that I could not catch it back. Although I try to catch it , the wind brought the litter even far away from me. What a strong wind…

This incident brought me to think something…
Can you think anything?

First, how can I easily pick up the litter and how can I easily lose it in just seconds.
The strong wind blew the litter away because I did not hold the litter tightly.
because it is just a litter...

You can lose something easily if you do not hold it tightly.. Can you see..

This is what I think:

At first, it is easy for you to attach to someone once you meet a person.
Your intention is good that is to bring the person to the way that you know will be the right way.
But suddenly, the person somehow when away from you, since you do not hold her tightly, following the way that she shouldn’t follow, the way that you know that is not right for her..

Like the strong wind that blew the litter away, the same strong wind had also taken her far away. You try to catch her back, but the strong wind brings her even far. The closer you come to her, you'll never reach her, since the wind is stronger.

I lose with the wind.

How can I win the wind?

My first grip should be strong. Strong enough that could fight the power of the wind.

It is still not too late now. As long as I never give up. No matter how strong the wind is, at one moment it will stop blowing. And there's a chance for me to pick up the litter and bring it to its right place. Just like how I can hold the person back to show her the right way.

I'm not comparing a person with a litter. It is just the way I see it.
Do not merely look at the litter, but rather focus on the subject...

Tiada Kebetulan

2011-03-01T07:13:00.000-08:00

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim...

Apa khabar diri hari ini?

Bagaimana ingatan kepada-Nya?

Semoga hati ini sentiasa dikembalikan kepada tujuan hidup yang satu itu.

Tentu pernah dengarkan, "Tiada kebetulan dalam hidup seorang Muslim"

Hari ini ditemukan dengan beberapa ayat yang best:

[10:14]
Sesungguhnya Allah tidak menzalimi manusia sedikit pun , tetapi manusia itulah yang menzalimi dirinya sendiri.

[14:34]
Dan dia telah memberikan kepada mu segala apa yang kamu mohonkan kepada-Nya. Dan jika kamu menghitung nikmat Allah nescaya kamu tidak akan mampu menghitungnya. Sungguh manusia itu sangat zalim dan sangat mengingkari (nikmat Allah)

[29:49]
Sebenarnya Al-Quran itu adalah ayat-ayat yang jelas di dalam dada orang-orang yang berilmu. Hanya orang-orang yang zalim yang mengingkari ayat-ayat kami.

Bukan suatu kebetulan kan bila jumpa ayat2 ni.

Maybe Allah has something to tell through this.

Ok. nak share lagu ni...

p/s: Kepada sahabat2 yang kurang sihat, semoga kalian cepat sembuh dan semoga Allah pelihara. Dan semoga diri ini terus kuat... !!

What are the things that you usually think of?

2011-02-23T23:33:00.000-08:00

Apa yang anda sedang fikir sekarang?

Apa benda yang selalu difikirkan dalam minda anda?

Apa yang sentiasa berada dalam fikiran anda tanpa anda mahu memikirkannya?

3 soalan, namun yang pasti cuma satu jawapan. Have you got your answer?

Semua orang pasti punya jawapan yang berbeza-beza. Namun ada satu elemen persamaan bagi setiap jawapan-jawapan ini.

Apa yang kita selalu fikir-fikirkan sebenarnya? dan kenapa kita selalu fikirkan perkara tersebut.

Subjek yang kita fikirkan boleh jadi apa-apa sahaja. Sebagai contoh, famili, kawan, exam, study, masa dll...

From this variety of answers, what element do they share?

Mugkin anda selalu teringatkan seseorang sehingga dalam melakukan apa-apa pun, anda akan sentiasa terfikir tentang insan tersebut. Mungkin anda tak nak pun fikir tentang dia, namun anda tak dapat lupakan dia...

Mungkin anda selalu terfikir anda banyak benda dibaca. Bukan buku2 study je, buku2 tarbiah, fiqh, fikrah dll pun nak kena cover jugak. Belum lagi nak baca email, isu2 semasa, apa yang dah jadi dgn Islam sekarang, Palestine, blogs dll. Banyaknya nak baca..Kesibukan meyebabkan anda mencari-cari peluang untuk meggunakan masa untuk membaca apa yang sepatutnya.

Mungkin anda selalu terfikirkan exam yang bakal menjelang. Macam mana nk study dr awal. Kalau yang bekerja pula mungkin asyik terfikirkan kerenah di tempat kerja.

Mugkin kita selalu terfikirkan itu dan ini.

Mungkinkah kita memikirkan tentang Allah setiap masa? Di manakah Allah apabila kita sedang asyik memikirkan itu dan ini?

Kita terfikirkan tentang insan, buku2 dan pelajaran kerana kita sebenarnya sayangkan perkara2 tersebut. Ya. Inilah elemen yang dipunyai oleh segala benda yang kita selalu fikirkan.

Sayang.

Kita sayang pada famili, sahabat2, buku2, exam2 (ye ke..?), dakwah dan tarbiah.. maka kita akan selalu terfikirkan perkara-perkara ini.

Namun, yang lebih besar yang perlu kita fikirkan ialah yang memberikan anugerah berfikir itu sendiri; Allah swt.

Jika dirasakan masih belum cukup mengingati Dia, mungkin kita boleh reflect diri sejauh mana kita telah mencintai Dia.

Kerana jika kita benar2 sayangkan Dia, fikiran kita secara automatis akan sentiasa mengingati Dia. Dia akan hadir dalam setiap gerak langkah kita, dalam setiap helaan nafas dan dalam setiap kerdipan mata.

Ya Allah semoga diri ini sentiasa menjadi hamba yang sentiasa mengingatiMu melebihi segala perkara yang ada di atas muka bumi ini..

Apa yang anda fikirkan sekarang?

yang terus berfikir

p/s: ok.. study czech sekarang.. study kerana Allah k..

Hidup ini pilihan

2011-02-20T02:04:00.000-08:00

Setiap hari dalam hidup kita, kita tidak akan lari daripada melakukan pilihan. Untuk membuat pilihan dalam hidup sudah seakan menjadi perkara rutin dan kita tidak sedar bahawa sebenarnya setiap saat kita sedang melakukan pilihan. Huh?

Seawal kita celik mata di kala Subuh hari, kita diberi pilihan sama ada untuk terus bangun atau meyambung lena..

Kita memilih untuk mengaji satu page atau mengaji dua page..

Kita memilih untuk mandi atau tidak..

Kita memilih untuk pergi ke lecture atau tidak..

Kita memilih untuk makan roti atau sekadar minum air sahaja..

Kita memilih untuk bercakap atau sekadar berdiam diri..

Saya memilih untuk menulis di sini...

Setiap saat kita mempunyai pilihan-pilihan yang memerlukan kita memilih dan membuat keputusan. Untuk sesuatu perkara, kita mungkin memiliki lebih daripada dua pilihan tetapi kesemuanya hanyalah variasi daripada dua pilihan utama iaitu ; ya atau tidak.

Dan untuk setiap perkara yang memerlukan kita membuat pilihan itu, apakah neraca yang kita gunakan untuk menentukan keputusan kita?

Kita memilih untuk makan kerana lapar.

Kita memilih untuk mandi supaya rasa lebih segar.

Kita memilih untuk bersahabat supaya tidak keseorangan.

Kita memilih untuk belajar kerana nak faham sesuatu.

Kita memilih untuk tidur kerana mengantuk.

Kita memilih…

Namun, selain daripada menjadi insan yang selalu memilih, harus diingat bahawa kita ini insan terpilih.

Allah telah memilih untuk menghidupkan kita di atas muka bumi ini.
Sudah pasti pilihan Allah untuk menciptakan kita bukanlah pilihan yang biasa-biasa.
Sudah pasti Allah punya alasan dengan menjadikan kita penghuni dunia yang sementara ini.

Jika kita ingin membuat pilihan, sudah pasti kita mahukan yang terbaik daripada apa yang kita pilih.

Jadi, apabila Allah membuat pilihan, sudah pasti Allah juga mahukan yang terbaik daripada apa yang dipilih.

95:4

Kita pilihan Allah di atas muka bumi ini. Bukankah Allah mahukan yang terbaik untuk kita?
Adakah kita sudah menjadi yang terbaik di mata Allah…

3:110

Cuma diri ini kadang kala alpa dan leka. Lupa bahawa dia dipilih oleh Allah untuk melakukan sesuatu sebaiknya. Memilih apa yang baik untuk dirinya. Memilih dengan meletakkan Allah sebagai neraca, supaya setiap pilihan mendapat redaNya.

Wahain insan terpilih. Ingatlah Dia telah memilih untuk menjadikan kamu di atas muka bumi ini untuk tidak disia-siakan begitu sahaja. Carilah Dia dalam setiap pilihanmu, nescaya beroleh redhaNya…
Kerana pilihan yang terbaik itu ada pada redhaNya.

Wallhualam~

Pernah tak fikir?

2011-02-15T21:37:00.000-08:00

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim

Semasa belajar neuroanatomy, sangat kagum dengan penciptaan otak. Sedar bahawa, setiap bahagian pada otak kita melaksanakan fungsinya secra spesifik. Dan bagaimana otak berhubung dengan organ-organ lain melalui jaringan saraf yang pantas bertindak . Seperti semasa menulis post ini, otak sedang ligat berfikir sambil memberi isyarat kepada jemari untuk menyusun kata, yang juga memerlukan kolaborasi mata yang melihat supaya seiring dengan apa yang difikirkan.

Otak akan terus menjalankan fungsi tanpa henti selagi diizinkan-Nya.

Apabila kita berfikir, kita bukan sahaja menggunakan otak, tetapi kita juga memerlukan akal; otak yang berfikir. Itulah yang membezakan manusia dengan hidupan-hidupan lain di alam ini.

Pernah tak kita fikir tentang masa depan? Sejauh mana kita fikir tentang hari depan kita? Dan adakah kita ada buat apa-apa untuk capai apa yang kita fikirkan?

To make it simple, katakan esok kita nak buat surprise untuk kawan kita sempena birthday dia.
Apa yang kita akan mula2 buat? Of course kita akan fikirkan apa yang kita nak buat.
Eg: Esok, pagi2 pergi beli barang untuk buat cake. Then bila jumpa dia kat kelas tak yah cakap apa2 dengan dia, buat2 tak ingat yg hari tu birthday dia, and the list goes on…

Apa yang nak disimpulkan ialah, we need to have a clear plan!

Begitu juga dalam hidup ini, untuk merancang masa depan, we must have a plan! How? Kadang-kadang jika kita biarkan segala yang difikirkan sekadar berada di minda, kesannya tidak sama jika kita dapat melihat sendiri apa yang kita fikirkan. Thus, lay out what is in your mind into a piece of paper so that you can look at it everyday and work for it insyaAllah.

In short, do a self mapping of your life.

Some point to be cosidered:

-What you want to achieve in life?
-By what time you want to achieve it? (set a target; say by 27 years old I should manage to understand Arabic language)
-Plan your timeline until death (eg: Syaheed in Palestine at 63 years old)
-You may find out that what you want is not so realistic to be achieved, but do not afraid to shout it out onto the paper . If not, how can you force yourselves than…

Inspired by muharikah

Act now! Reminding my self...

Bicara Cermin

2011-02-15T15:33:00.000-08:00

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim

Selawat dan salam ke atas junjungan besar Nabi Muhammad saw, keluarga baginda dan para sahabat. Alhamdulillah syukur kepada Allah swt kerana dengan izinnya, jari jemari ini masih lagi mampu untuk melakar kata di sini. Walaupun sudah sekian lama dibiarkan sepi.

InsyaAllah, nak berkongsi satu hadis. Hadis ni biasa didengari jugak la..

Sabda Rasulullah saw yang bermaksud "Seorang mukmin adalah cermin bagi mukmin yang lain"[ HR:At-Thabbrani dari Anas ra.]

Sebenarnya dah banyak tafsiran yang memperkatakan tentang hadis ni. Antaranya, boleh baca kat sini and sini.

InsyaAllah, this is just a litte from me..

Secara jujurnya, diri ini baru2 juga mendengar tentang hadis ini. Kurang pembacaan maybe.
At first, my understanding towards the hadis is, 'when you see other people you are actually seeing yourselves'. Which is towards some extent is true. At least for me.

But maybe I need to extent my view a little bit.
'when you see other people you are actually seeing yourselves, and what should you do?'
Just imagine looking into a mirror and you see something on your face (say a stain of chocolate on the cheek)
What should you do? Of course cleaning up the dirt.
You will not let the stain of chocolate remain on your face for other people to see.
That if you really look into the mirror.

So, when the hadith say, a Muslim is a mirror of another Muslim , we see ourselves through the people around us. If we see an error anywhere, our action is to correct the error so that we reflect a good image on the mirror. In other words, we have to do something when 'looking into the mirror' so that the image shown on the mirror will be as desired. Did you get me?

Remind me if I forget and insyaAllah you will be reminded.

Somehow this post turn out to be written in English. Don’t understand how this brain can think in such way. God's creations are always the greatest and therefore can do great things. But the soul has to be added in.

From now on, do not just look into the mirror, but look into the mirror and correct any deformities.

That's all for now.

Looking into the mirror.

Doa Nabi Daud

2010-08-14T15:41:00.000-07:00

Bimillahirrahmanirrahim

Salam Ramadhan. Last time ada tonton rancangan Tanyalah Ustaz kat TV9. Tajuknya Cinta Abadi. At the end of the slot ustaz tu selalunya akan baca doa. Masa tu doa yang ustaz baca ialah doa nabi daud yang memohon cinta Allah. Ana rasa best sangat doa ni. Moga kita sama2 dapat manfaatkan.

Rasulullah shollallahu ’alaih wa sallam bersabda: “Di antara doa Nabi Daud ’alihis-salaam ialah: “Ya Allah, sesungguhnya aku memohon kepadaMu cintaMu dan cinta orang-orang yang mencintaiMu dan aku memohon kepadaMu perbuatan yang dapat mengantarku kepada cintaMu. Ya Allah, jadikanlah cintaMu lebih kucintai daripada diriku dan keluargaku serta air dingin.” Dan bila Rasulullah shollallahu ’alaih wa sallam mengingat Nabi Daud ’alihis-salaam beliau menggelarinya sebaik-baik manusia dalam beribadah kepada Allah.” (HR Tirmidzi 3412)

source

Book Review

2010-08-13T09:02:00.000-07:00

Bimilliahirrahmanirrahim
InshaAllah just nak share sket beberapa buku menarik dan best!

Apa Ertinya Saya Menganut Islam by Fathi Yakan

(Maza Yakni Intima'I Lil-Islam)

I first heard about this book after reading a blog entry yang menceritakan tentang perginya seorang ulama yang berjasa ini pada 13 Jun 2009. Masa tu tak rasa nak baca lagi buku ni. Then, recently ada someone cadangkan baca buku ni. Masa tu ada softcopy je. Tp tak start baca lagi. Then, sekali lagi bertembung dengan buku ni. This time jumpa yang hard copy punya. Bukunya takde la tebal sangat. Ada 210 pages.

Memang tak rugi la baca buku ni. Sangat best. Menjawab dan merungkai beberapa persoalan serta banyak info2 yang ana baru tahu.

Basically, buku ni ada dua bahagian.

The first part cerita tentang syarat2 yang wajib ada pada setiap orang yang menggabungkan dirinya dengan agama Islam. Other than that, turut ditekankan ialah perkara2 yang dituntut oleh Islam ke atas seseorang Muslim supaya penggabungan mereka ke dalam agama Islam menjadi penggabungan yang sah dan benar dan seterusnya menjadi seorang Islam yang benar.

In the second part, diterangkan pula tentang kewajipan beramal untuk menegakkan Islam dan kewajipan menggabungkan diri dengan harakah Islamiah.

A few excerpts from the book:

Seorang pendakwah itu mestilah memperkatakan tentang kalimah kebenaran di mana sahaja ia berkerja dan di mana sahaja ia berada, sama ada kebenaran itu disuarakannya melalui perkataan yang mampu beliau ucapkan atau ,melalui tulisan yang mampu beliau sebarkan.

Sesaat kesabaran seseorang kamu di medan jihad adalah lebih baik dari ibadah (biasa) seseorang kamu yang dilakukan selama enam puluh tahun. (Sabda Rasulullah)

Soft copy version of the book can be downloaded here.

Pemilik Cintaku setelah Allah dan Rasul by Fatimah Syarha Ahmad Noordin

Mesti ramai yang dah kenal penulis novel ni kan? Ana baru je kenal nama ni. Sebab bukan hantu novel sangat. Kalau baca pun bila ada orang promote novel tu.

Novel ni tak tebal sangat. Nipis je bukunya. But, isi kandungannya sangat mantap. Sangat sesuai untuk bacaan semua golongan yang sudah matang. Buku ni kalau bagi sebagai hadiah kahwin pun best jgak. Heheh..

Generally, dalam buku ni, penulis menceritakan tentang perjalanan kisah cinta yang ikhlas kerana Ilahi dan akhirnya membawa kepada kebahagiaan yang abadi. If you are reading this and havent read the book yet, ana sangat syorkan untuk anda semua baca buku ni. Moga dapat ambil manfaat daripada perkongsian penulisnya.

Takde softcopy. Kat kedai2 buku insyaAllah ada. Harga RM 12 (Semenanjung)

Denyut Kasih Medik by Dr. Farhan Hadi

Another novel yang sangat ilmiah. Penulis novel merupakan seorang medical graduate dan kini bertugas sebagai Pegawai Perubatan. Kepada yang tidak tahu, Dr. Farhan Hadi merupakan suami kepada novelis Fatimah Syarha. =D Sweet kan.. Heheh..

Novel ni bukan sahaja bagus untuk bacaan student2 medik, tetapi sangat sesuai untuk bacaan umum. Sesiapa pun boleh baca. Since ana ambil medik, bila baca buku ni, banyak jugak la life as a doctor yang ana belajar especially kehidupan i houseman. Penulis menceritakan tentang kisah doktor muda yang sedaya upaya mengaplikasikan syariat di hospital ketika bergelar doktor pelatih . Turut diselitkan ialah fiqh perubatan, fiqh wanita dan fiqh cinta.

Banyak term2 medik yang digunakan dan disertai dengan penjelasan. Penulis juga bijak menggunakan dalil2 Al-Quran dan Hadis dalam mencorakkan penulisannya. InsyaAllah, ini akan memudahkan kita untuk menjadikannya sebagai rujukan .

Banyak lagi yang boleh dikupas menerusi novel ni. Kan bagus kalau novel ni boleh jadi kajian sastera kat sekolah. Jika ada masa, bacalah ye. Highly recommended.

Rasanya, cukuplah setakat itu dahulu. Actually, banyak lagi buku yang hendak dibaca dalam waiting list. Hopefully dapat finish everything within this holiday.

Salam Ramadhan. . .

Muslim.Dead or Alive

2010-07-23T18:13:00.000-07:00

Just wanna share this link.

Sabar?

2010-07-12T18:44:00.000-07:00

“Anak saya ni dah sihat tapi itupun doktor tak nak bagi balik ke? Dah dekat seminggu dia kat hospital ni. Doktor bodoh!”

“Doktor ni, cucuk anak saya. Cucuk sana, cucuk sini. Doktor ingat anak saya ni kambing ke apa?”

Afwan jika dialog diatas kedengaran agak kasar. Tapi dialog itu bukan rekaan semata-mata. Dialog itu suatu realiti kehidupan yang berlaku di sebuah wad kanak- kanak di hospital terkemuka di ibu Negara. Dialog ini mungkin hanya secebis gambaran tentang suasana di sebuah hospital yang pasti punya pelbagai ragam manusia.

Beberapa hari emak berkampung di hospital kerana menemankan adik yang sakit lelah, itu yang emak ceritakan pada saya. Pada mulanya saya tertawa lucu kerana emak juga bercerita sambil ketawa. Kemudian, tiba-tiba diri ini terfikir, bagaimana jika suatu hari nanti diri sendiri berdepan dengan situasi yang sama? Terpaksa berdepan dengan caci maki dan herdik. Terpaksa menempuh pelbagai ragam pesakit.

Diri ini, suatu hari nanti juga akan bekerja merawat manusia. InsyaAllah, dengan izin-Nya jua. Dan apa yang emak ceritakan itu, mungkin juga akan terjadi pada diri ini. Bagaimanakah reaksi diri ketika itu, jika dimarahi sedemikian rupa? Nau’zubillah bukan itu yang dipinta tetapi cuma merenungi apakah tindakan diri jika diletakkan di dalam situasi sedemikian.

Siapa yang tidak terasa hati jika diungkapkan dengan perkataan yang keji dan hina. Lebih-lebih lagi jika perkara baik yang dilakukan disalah fahami. Mampukah diri ini bersabar? Sabar. Cukupkah hanya sekadar sabar? Mungkin ada yang kata, sabar pun ada batasannya. Namun, tidak dinamakan sabar sekiranya ia tidak dapat menahan diri daripada menghadapi segala ujian yang dihadapi. Jadi, adakah sabar punya batasan?

Semuanya bergantung kepada bijaknya hati yang mengawal emosi diri dalam apa jua keadaan dan rasional yang diletakkan sebagai asas pemikiran. Mudah-mudahan diri ini terhindar daripada segala perkara yang tidak diredai-Nya. Moga diri ini sentiasa beringat.

"Sesungguhnya Allah mencintai orang-orang yang sabar."

yang mengingatkan diri

Tiada Title untuk ini

2010-07-07T00:58:00.000-07:00

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim ....

Alhamdulillah
Alhamdulillah
Alhamdulillah

Syukur padaNya kerana diri ini masih diberi kesempatan untuk menulis di sini. Terima kasih Ya Allah. Tinggal beberapa hari lagi berbaki di bumi asing ini sebelum pulang ke tanah air sempena cuti musim panas. Hampir setahun sudah rupanya diri ini belajar di sini. Bukan sahaja ilmu duniawi, tetapi juga ilmu tentang tujuan hidup yang sebenar. Syukur padanya kerana diri ini tergolong dalam kalangan mereka yang terpilih untuk memahami deen ini. Sungguh indah berada di dalam tarbiyyah ini. Segala apa yang berlaku disandarkan padaNya.

Dalam susah, ada senang. Dalam sukar, ada mudah. Dalam sempit, ada lapang.

Setinggi kesyukuran juga kerana dengan izinnya diri ini berjaya melengkapkan pertempuran2 di medan perang (exam) untuk tahun ini. Tika ini juga masih ada lagi sahabat2 yang sedang bertarung pena dan kertas. Moga urusan mereka dipermudahkan. Setiap orang ujiannya berbeza. Mungkin orang lain diuji dengan ujian kesusahan tetapi diri ini diuji dengan ujian kesenangan. MashaAllah, siapa kata ujian kesenangan itu mudah...

Sabda Rasulullah:
"Kebanyakan manusia terpedaya dengan 2 nikmat; masa sihat dan masa lapang"

Diri ini cuba memanfaatkan masa yang ada. Mengisi jiwa dan hati supaya kembali dekat kepada fitrahnya. Membaiki lompong2 yang kosong agar tidak dibiarkan terus kosong. Mengisi diri supaya dapat memberi biarpun sedikit. InsyaAllah...

Masih banyak lagi yang perlu diperbaiki. Teringat kata2 seorang akhwat: "Baikilah diri dan serulah orang lain"

Semoga kita sentiasa berada di bawah lindunganNya dan moga diri ini terus kuat dalam tarbiyyah ini.

yang mencari kekuatan

Draw Mohammed Day': Bold affirmation of free speech or malicious attack on Islam?

2010-05-28T21:48:00.000-07:00

"When you attack black people, they call it racism. When you attack Jewish people, they call it anti-semetism. When you attack women, they call it sexism. When you attack homosexuality, they call it intolerance. When you attack your country, they call it treason. When you attack a religious sect, they call it hate speech. But when you attack the Prophet (peace be upon him), they want to call it freedom of speech? The message is clear, freedom of speech has to be constructive not destructive, encouraging not discouraging, peaceful not hateful and most of all it should bind people not divide them...For me any insult against any religion or religious figure or Holy scripture is sheer ignorance and not freedom of speech!"

-Jsana

2010-05-21T03:42:00.000-07:00

“Jika seseorang diberitahu oleh sahabatnya mengenai suatu hal, lalu ia pergi, maka hal tersebut telah menjadi amanat (rahsia yang harus dijaga) baginya.”

(Abu Dawud, Tirmidzi, Ahmad)

“Siapa yang menutup aib seorang muslim niscaya Allah akan menutup aibnya di dunia dan kelak di akhirat. Dan Allah senantiasa menolong hamba-Nya selama hamba-Nya itu menolong saudaranya….”

(Muslim)

Woman, are you strong enough?

2010-05-15T05:16:00.000-07:00

KEGAGAHAN seorang WANITA bukan pada fizikalnya, tapi pada

KEKUATAN perasaan TAHAN menerima sebuah kehilangan

TABAH menanggung rindu tika ditinggalkan dan

TIDAK meminta-minta agar dipenuhi segala keinginan.

KEGAGAHAN seorang wanita berdiri atas TEGUHnya IMAN...

Sejenak

2010-05-03T08:21:00.000-07:00

Dari Abu Hurairah radhiallahuanhu, dari Rasulullah saw bersabda :

Siapa yang menyelesaikan kesulitan seorang mu’min dari berbagai kesulitan-kesulitan dunia, nescaya Allah akan memudahkan kesulitan-kesulitannya hari kiamat. Dan siapa yang memudahkan orang yang sedang kesulitan nescaya akan Allah mudahkan baginya di dunia dan akhirat dan siapa yang menutupi (aib) seorang muslim Allah akan tutupkan aibnya di dunia dan akhirat. Allah selalu menolong hambanya selama hambanya menolong saudaranya. Barangsiapa yang menempuh jalan untuk mendapatkan ilmu, akan Allah mudahkan baginya jalan ke syurga. Tidak ada orang berkumpul bersama di salah satu rumah Allah, membaca kitab Allah dan mempelajarinya di antara mereka sendiri, kecuali ketenangan yang turun ke atas mereka, rahmat meliputi mereka, para malaikat mengelilingi mereka,serta Allah sebut-sebut mereka pada makhluk disisi-Nya. Dan siapa yang lambat amalnya, hal itu tidak akan dipercepat oleh nasabnya.

[Riwayat Muslim]

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give

2010-04-27T09:01:00.000-07:00

In this life, we always get so many things. Food, money, clothes, educations and many more. Sometimes, we get things without we even ask for it. The fact that you are reading this shows that you do not miss the rapid development of the world today. The world wide web, the latest lap top and iPhone model that you use to surf the internet indicates that you are among the so called 'lucky' to be able to have all these.

But, not everyone get what they want. No matter how much they ask for it. That's why we must help those people. God is always justice. He always give enough gifts to his slaves. It is our responsibilities to contribute something to those who are in need. So that it is fair to everyone. NO one will be left out from getting their right.

I will like to take this opportunity to inform you about the Indonesia Relief Mision organised by the Islamic Medical Association of Malaysia, UK-Ireland Student Chapter.

A new donation account has also been added. The detail is as follow:

ISLAMIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF MALAYSIA, MALAYSIA STUDENT CHAPTER

Acc. Name : Farhana Ibrahim Lutfi

Account No : 10703700283962

Bank Name: RHB Bank

For more information, you can visit this website. May God help us in everything that we do and only to him should we return.

If you lend Allâh a goodly loan (i.e. spend in Allâh's Cause) He will double it for you, and will forgive you. And Allâh is Most Ready to appreciate and to reward, Most Forbearing, [At-Taghabun;64:17]

Fikirkan

2010-04-21T17:20:00.000-07:00

Saudaraku, serendah-rendah ukhuwwah adalah berlapang dada

Dan setinggi-tinggi ukhuwwah adalah ithar~mengutamakan orang lain dari diri sendiri

Orang-orang yang hidup dibawah naungan cinta dan ukhuwwah kerana Allah...

akan merasakan kebahagian dan ketenangan

yang tidak pernah dirasai oleh orang-orang yang berkumpul kerana urusan duniawi...

"Sesungguhnya, seorang muslim itu,

apabila berjalan di jalan dakwah,

ia tidak berjalan dengan hatinya sahaja,

dibawa bersama hati saudaranya,

justeru setiap pahala yang didapati sepanjang perjalanannya

pasti akan terbias untuk saudara seperjuangannya"

-Mustafa Masyhur

[Al-Hujurat, 49:10]

Sleep?

2010-04-10T01:47:00.000-07:00

Praise be to Allah for enabling us to breath once again today. To be able to see His wonders. To be able to listen to His words. To be able to taste His love. To be able to smell His kindness.

Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah.

Every single day when we wake up, what's the first think that comes to our mind?

"What's the time now?", will probably be our first question. No matter we wake up from our usual night sleep or from a short nap or from any other sleep at anytime.

It shows that how time play an important role in our daily life. Because time determine our every single action. When we sleep, we are not capable of doing anything since we are in an unconcious state that prevent us from doing anything. The most that we can do is breathing as a sign that we are still alive. But our mind are swithced off to send signal for us to do any physical activities.

However, this dose not mean that our mind is completely off. When we sleep, our mind are just resting after full day of working and still conduct minor activities. That is why, we can have a dream when we sleep due to the activity of the mind that made it possible for us to think when we sleep.

Here's a quick fact about what happens during sleep:

You don't notice it, of course, but while you're asleep, your brain is still active. As people sleep, their brains pass through five stages of sleep. Together, stages 1, 2, 3, 4, and REM (rapid eye movement) sleep make up a sleep cycle. One complete sleep cycle lasts about 90 to 100 minutes. So during an average night's sleep, a person will experience about four or five cycles of sleep.

Stages 1 and 2 are periods of light sleep from which a person can easily be awakened. During these stages, eye movements slow down and eventually stop, heart and breathing rates slow down, and body temperature decreases. Stages 3 and 4 are deep sleep stages. It's more difficult to awaken someone during these stages, and when awakened, a person will often feel groggy and disoriented for a few minutes.

Stages 3 and 4 are the most refreshing of the sleep stages — it is this type of sleep that we crave when we are very tired. The final stage of the sleep cycle is known as REM sleep because of the rapid eye movements that occur during this stage. During REM sleep, other physical changes take place — breathing becomes rapid, the heart beats faster, and the limb muscles don't move. This is the stage of sleep when a person has the most vivid dreams.

Source

Sleep is essential. But overdose sleep or sleepless is not a good lifestyle. We need sleep to regenerate our brain. To be more refresh. To be more healthy. And the most importantly to be able to perform our responsibility towards HIM . Have you got enough sleep today? Or, are you just woke up from 'after subuh' sleep? What ever the condition is, we know ourselves better. Sometimes, we sleep not because we are tired. Not because we are sleepy. Maybe we sleep just to runaway from the world for a while.

He is Who has appointed for you the night taht you may rest therein, and the day to make things visible (to you). Verily, in this ayat (proofs, evidences,verses, lessons, signs, revelation, etc) for a people who listen (ie. those who think deeply). [Yusuf:10:67]

SLEEP. The best sleep is when coupled with the intention of Allah.

Wallahualam.

"Still sleeping" Wake me up!

What stop you?

2010-04-07T14:40:00.000-07:00

Do you ever come to a situation where, when you were assigned for a particular task, and you think you cannot complete the job?

Why do such thinking arise? Why do you think that you cannot do the task? What restrict you from doing so?

Just look at anything that happened in your daily life, something small and simple.

You wanted to wake up early for Qiamulail but end up wake up late and even almost miss the Subuh prayer.

You wanted to finish reading your anatomy book but end up facebooking on the internet.

You wanted to finish your homework as soon as you get back from school but you simply procrastinate and end up leaving the homework unfinished.

There are many other things that you can described about and you know yourselves better.

So, what is the main cause of all these matters.

REASONS!

You always lie on reasons if you do not manage to do a particular task. You give lots and lots of reasons.

These reasons are actually what refrain you from completing your work.

If you claimed that you are tired of doing your work and wanted to have a rest for a while; this is a reason.

If you claimed that you do not know about something because you still haven't finish reading the topic; this a reason.

As you can see, reasons stop you from trying to actually complete your task. Reasons made you feel in a comfortable condition for not completing the task.

According to the dictionary, one of the meaning for the word reason is: A declaration made to explain or justify action, decision, or conviction.

From what I understand here, reason is only valid once you have do the action and you do not succeed. It is only valid once you have made the decision and it seems that it is not a right one.

If you give reason without actually trying to complete the task yet, therefore the reason is not valid.

So, how many reasons have you made everyday to comfort yourselves for not completing your responsibility?

If you can omit those reasons, you can go far. What stop you from moving on is because of these reasons.

Reasons stop you from being a dynamic person. Reasons stop you from develop your potential. Reasons cannot simply be accepted.

However, sometimes it is not as simple as that to do not reasoning anything. We were given a brain that is the most powerful thinking tools ever created. So, use it wisely to the maximum.

Think. Act. And stop reasoning!

A reminder to myself.

Running away?

2010-04-05T21:15:00.000-07:00

Have you ever feel so down or so guilty in your life. You feel like suddenly there is something wrong in everything that you do. You feel like nothing that you do is right.

And you come to think that,

"What had happened to me?"

"What have I done wrong?"

"Why I feel like this?

You try to figure out. But the more you think of it, the more complicated it becames. Your problems seem to stuck in mind and your heart became hard that you can't reach to any solution.

You want to run away. Run far away from all the problems that surround you. You think that run and hide from the problem is the best thing to do. But, can you do that?

In fact, there is no way to run!!!

Here is something to ponder:

One Sunday morning, you are waiting for a bus at the bus stop and you see a small child (about 3 or 4 years old) and his mother waiting for the same bus too. The child hold on tight to her mother's hand so that he know that his mother will not go any where. Then, the child suddenly walk away from his mother and go to the dustbin near by the bus stop. He see an old broken toy and take it. The toy is quite dirty. The mother calls her son because she doesn't want her son to get dirty too. But the son refuse to do so. In his mind, he just think about that old and broken toy that seems pleasant to his eye. Her mother begins to feel angry and raise up her boice a bit. Her son still do not listen to her. After a few minutes, then the bus come. The child quickly leave the toy and get back to his mother; hold on to her mother ones again. Hold on her hand tightly because he know only her and no one else.

There's no way for him to run.

Actually, we are like the small children who cannot run from the hand of our Creator. We are in need of Him. Because, He knows better. Only He can guide us. We should actually run to him. So, in whatever condition that we are, only the remembrance of Allah can help us feel better. From Him we came and to Him we shall return ourselves.

And when My slaves ask you (O Muhammad SAW) concerning Me, then (answer them), I am indeed near (to them by My Knowledge). I respond to the invocations of the supplicant when he calls on Me (without any mediator or intercessor). So let them obey Me and believe in Me, so that they may be led aright. [Al-Baqarah,2:189]

A reminder to my self ...

What's up?

2010-04-05T13:35:00.000-07:00

May peace be upon you to whoever reading this.

It has been quiet a while since I do not update anything here. Erm... too busy? That shouldn't be taken as a reason supposingly. Well, lets not talk about this.

All this while, many things had happened. Many things had been learnt too. Now, it's time to apply. To apply what? To apply what I've learnt. What have I learnt? Nothing so special about but it is essential.

It's not special because it is something that everyone should learn and know about. It is essential because, without it, we will get to nowhere.

I've learnt something that can guide me to lead a meaningful life. And I should share this with the people out there so that everyone will not waste their life just like that. I really mean EVERYONE. Every single person in this world. No one should be miss out.

I hope I'm on the right track and will continue implementing and applying things that I learnt in any way that I can. This maybe one of the way...

The fact that you are in whatever condition right now is because you are capable of doing it. You are capable, because HE said so. So, do not lose hope and continue hold on HIS mercy. You will not regret.

"O my sons! Go you and enquire about Yûsuf (Joseph) and his brother, and never give up hope of Allâh's Mercy. Certainly no one despairs of Allâh's Mercy, except the people who disbelieve." (Yusuf, 12:87)

Lets make a move, its either now or never...

Kisah Renungan

2010-02-27T10:47:00.000-08:00

Ada sebuah kampung di pedalaman Tanah Jawa. Disitu ada seorang perempuan tua yang sangat kuat beribadat. Pekerjaannya ialah membuat tempe dan menjualnya di pasar setiap hari. Ia merupakan satu-satunya sumber pendapatannya untuk menyara hidup. Tempe yang dijualnya merupakan tempe yang dibuatn ya sendiri. Pada suatu pagi, seperti biasa, ketika beliau sedang bersiap-siap untuk pergi menjual tempenya, tiba- tiba dia tersedar yang tempenya yang diperbuat daripada kacang soya hari itu masih belum menjadi, separuh jadi.Kebiasaannya tempe beliau telah masak sebelum bertolak. Diperiksanya beberapa bungkusan yang lain. Ternyatalah kesemuanya belum masak lagi.

Perempuan tua itu berasa amat sedih sebab tempe yang masih belum menjadi pastinya tidak akan laku dan tiadalah rezekinya pada hari itu. Dalam suasana hatinya yang sedih, dia yang memang kuat beribadah teringat akan firman Allah yang menyatakan bahawa Allah dapat melakukan perkara-perkara ajaib,bahawa bagiNya tiada yang mustahil. Lalu diapun mengangkat kedua tangannya sambil berdoa , “Ya Allah , aku memohon kepadaMu agar kacang soya ini menjadi tempe . Amin” Begitulah doa ringkas yang dipanjatkan dengan sepenuh hatinya. Dia sangat yakin bahawa Allah pasti mengabulkan doanya.

Dengan tenang perempuan tua itu menekan-nekan bungkusan bakal tempe dengan hujung jarinya dan dia pun membuka sikit bungkusan itu untuk menyaksikan keajaiban kacang soya itu menjadi tempe . Namun, dia termenung seketika sebab kacang tu masih tetap kacang soya. Namun dia tidak putus asa, sebaliknya berfikir mungkin doanya kurang jelas didengar oleh Allah. Maka dia pun mengangkat kedua tangannya semula dan berdoa lagi. “Ya Allah, aku tahu bahawa tiada yang mustahil bagiMu. Bantu lah aku supaya hari ini aku dapat menjual tempe kerana inilah mata pencarianku. Aku mohon agar jadikanlah kacang soyaku ini kepada tempe , Amin”.

Dengan penuh harapan dan debaran dia pun sekali lagi membuka sedikit bungkusan tu. Apakah yang terjadi? Dia termangu dan hairan apabila tempenya masih tetap begitu!! Semen tara itu hari pun semakin meninggi sudah tentu pasar sudah mula didatangi ramai orang. Dia tetap tidak kecewa atas doanya yang belum terkabul. Walaubagaimanapun kerana keyakinannya yg sangat tinggi dia bercadang untuk tetap pergi ke pasar membawa barang jualannya itu. Perempuan tua itu pun berserah pada Tuhan dan meneruskan pemergian ke pasar sambil berdoa dengan harapan apabila sampai di pasar kesemua tempenya akan masak. Dia berfikir mungkin keajaiban Allah akan terjadi semasa perjalanannya ke pasar. Sebelum keluar dari rumah, dia sempat mengangkat kedua tangannya untuk berdoa. “Ya Allah, aku percaya, Engkau akan mengabulkan doaku.

Sementara aku berjalan menuju ke pasar, Engkau kurniakanlah keajaiban ini buatku, jadikanlah tempe ini. Amin”. Lalu dia pun berangkat Di sepanjang perjalanan dia tetap tidak lupa membaca doa di dalam hatinya. Sesampai sahaja di pasar, segera dia meletakkan barang-barangnya. Hatinya betul-betul yakin yang tempenya sekarang mesti sudah menjadi. Dengan hati yg berdebar-debar dia pun membuka bakulnya dan menekan-nekan dengan jarinya setiap bungkusan tempe yang ada. Perlahan-lahan dia membuka sedikit daun pembungkusnya dan melihat isinya.

Apa yang terjadi? Tempenya masih belum menjadi!! Dia pun kaget seketika lalu menarik nafas dalam-dalam. Dalam hatinya sudah mula merasa sedikit kecewa dan putus asa kepada Allah kerana doanya tidak dikabulkan. Dia berasakan Tuhan tidak adil. Tuhan tidak kasihan padanya, inilah satu-satunya punca rezekinya, hasil jualan tempe . Dia akhirnya cuma duduk sahaja tanpa mempamerkan barang jualannya sebab dia berasakan bahawa tiada orang yang akan membeli tempe yang baru separuh menjadi. Sementara itu hari pun semakin petang dan pasar sudah mulai sepi, para pembeli sudah mula kurang. Dia meninjau-ninjau kawan-kawan sesama penjual tempe , tempe mereka sudah hampir habis. Dia tertunduk lesu seperti tidak sanggup menghadapi kenyataan bahawa hari ini tiada hasil jualan yang boleh dibawa pulang. Namun jauh di sudut hatinya masih menaruh harapan terakhir kepada Allah, pasti Allah akan menolongnya. Walaupun dia tahu bahawa pada hari itu dia tidak akan dapat pendapatan langsung, namun dia tetap berdoa buat kali terakhir, “Ya Allah,berikanlah penyelesaian terbaik terhadap tempeku yang belum menjadi ini.”

Tiba-tiba dia dikejutkan dengan teguran seorang wanita. “Maaf ya, saya ingin bertanya, Makcik ada tak menjual tempe yang belum menjadi? Dari tadi saya sudah pusing keliling pasar ini untuk mencarinya tapi masih belum berjumpa lagi.” Dia termenung dan terpinga-pinga
seketika. Hatinya terkejut sebab sejak berpuluh tahun menjual tempe , tidak pernah seorang pun pelanggannya mencari tempe yang belum menjadi. Sebelum dia menjawab sapaan wanita di depannya itu, cepat-cepat dia berdoa di dalam hatinya”Ya Allah, saat ini aku tidak mahu tempe ini menjadi lagi. Biarlah tempe ini seperti semula, Amin”. Sebelum dia menjawab pertanyaan wanita itu, dia membuka sedikit daun penutup tempenya. Alangkah seronoknya dia, ternyata memang benar tempenya masih belum menjadi! Dia pun ra sa gembira dalam hatinya dan bersyukur pada Allah.

Wanita itu pun memborong habis kesemua tempenya yang belum menjadi itu. Sebelum wanita tu pergi, dia sempat bertanya wanita itu, “Mengapa hendak membeli tempe yang belum jadi?” Wanita itu menerangkan bahawa anakn ya yang kini berada di England teringin makan tempe dari desa. Memandangkan tempe itu akan dikirimkan ke England ,si ibu tadi kenalah membeli tempe yang belum jadi lagi supaya apabila sampai di England nanti akan menjadi tempe yang sempurna. Kalau dikirimkan tempe yang sudah menj adi, nanti di sana tempe itu sudah tidak elok lagi dan rasanya pun kurang sedap. Perempuan tua itu pun kehairanan dan berfikir rupa-rupanya doanya sudah pun dimakbulkan oleh Tuhan…

Moral:

Pertama: Kita sering memaksakan kehendak kita kepada Tuhan sewaktu
berdoa, padahal sebenarnya Tuhan lebih mengetahui apa yang kita
perlukan dan apa yang terbaik untuk diri kita.

Kedua: Sentiasalah berdoa dalam menjalani kehidupan seharian kita
sebagai hambaNya yang lemah. Jangan sekali-kali berputus asa
terhadap apa yang dipinta. Percayalah bahawa Tuhan akan mengabulkan doa kita sesuai dengan rancanganNya yang mungkin di luar jangkaan kita.

Ketiga : Tiada yang mustahil bagi Tuhan

Keempat : Kita sering ingin Allah memenuhi hak kita sedang kita tidak
pernah mahu memenuhi hak Allah seperti menjaga SEMBAHYANG 5 WAKTU ,menyegerakan solat, berkata-kata perkara yang berfaedah dan berpesan ke arah kebaikan…oleh itu, hantarlah kepada sahabat yang lain agar
kebaikan boleh sama dikongsi. Mudah-mudahan Allah suka dengan apa
yang kita buat( “,)..

Choose one ...

2010-01-21T10:19:00.000-08:00

"Kalau kamu tak mampu berdakwah dengan lisan, maka berdakwahlah dengan tulisan, kalau kamu tidak mampu untuk berdakwah dengan tulisan, maka berdakwahlah dengan perbuatan (akhlaq) dan jangan sampai kerana kamu, maka orang akan mengatakan bahawa Islam adalah agama yang tidak sempurna."

Renung-renungkan dan selamat beramal. =D

Jumaat - Friday

2010-01-14T21:02:00.000-08:00

Sabda Rasulullah s.a.w yang bermaksud, "Sesiapa yang membaca Surah al-Kahfi pada hari Jumaat, nescaya dia akan dikurniakan cahaya di antara kedua-dua Jumaat berkenaan." (Riwayat Al-Hakim dan Al-Baihaqi) Sabda Rasulullah s.a.w lain yang bermaksud, "Sesiapa yang membaca Surah al-Kahfi pada malam Jumaat, nescaya dia akan dikurniakan cahaya di antaranya dan Baitul `Atiq." (Riwayat Al-Baihaqi) Hadis riwayat Ibnu Kathir dari Umar r.a., siapa membaca surah Al-Kahfi pada hari Jumaat, maka bersinarlah cahaya daripada bawah kakinya hingga ke langit. Untuknya cahaya di hari kiamat dan diampunkanNya antara dua Jumaat.

Hidup untuk apa?

2010-01-03T10:10:00.000-08:00

Someone: Ada orang berkata, “Si bodoh hidup kerana mahu makan, manakala Si pandai makan kerana mahu hidup.”
Pernyataan ini tidak menyelesaikan masalah. Kerana hidup itu sendiri bukanlah suatu Tujuan. Persoalan masih tetap ada, Kenapa manusia hidup?
Para materialisme menjawab : “Sesungguhnya manusia hidup untuk dirinya sendiri dan untuk mengecapi nikmat dunia.”
Manakala, orang-orang beriman menjawab: “Sesungguhnya manusia hidup hanya untuk Tuhannya yang Maha Tinggi dan untuk hidupnya yang kekal abadi.”
-Yusuf Qaradawi- ^_^

The HARDEST thing to say

2009-12-29T06:09:00.000-08:00

What do you consider as the hardest thing to say? Well.. it depends.

The longest word can be hard to say. For example:
PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS (a lung disease caused by breathing in particles of siliceous volcanic dust)

but, that is not always the case. Sometimes we may find it hard to say even this short words: Thank you.

Yes.

Why it is so? Maybe because...
we feel shy...
or we afraid to say it out...
or we are not sure whether we should say it or not...
or we simply forgot to say it.

Whatever the reason is, this short word carry an important meaning as it shows kind of appreciation and respect.

Here, I will like to take this opportunity to thanks everyone around me for always guiding me to become a better person in whatever that I do either directly or indirectly.

Thank you very much. I really appreciate it and nothing can pay back all the good deeds.

Last but not least, Thanks Allah for guiding me in this road. Thanks for sending all the good people to be around me. Thanks Allah for everything. May I belong to those who is always be grateful.

Thank you.

Doa aka senjata

2009-12-01T13:28:00.000-08:00

Entry kali ini dipetik dan diubah suai daripada YM conference that I had with my friends last time. Bila baca semula best la pulak. Thanks rakan-rakan. Hope you guys don't mind that I published it here. Nama dan isi telah diubah sedikit mengikut kesesuaian.
Enjoy...

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Time: Morning at 7
Venue: In front of your own laptop

A: salam'alayk..
B: :D
C: hehee
B: selamat dtg semua org..
C: okiess
C: okeyh, harini topik kite
B: da buka majlis ek
C: tentang yang benda yg kite insya Allah buat hari2
C: salah satu senjata umat islam..
B: DOA
B: KAN
B: :D
C: yup, tepat sekali..
D: sume dah bce doa bbngun tido lom?
E: dah buka majlis ke?
F: dah
B: DAAAAAAAAH
G: eh, ak pun t'pk topic tu..
C: kite tamabah2lah yer..
D: ok jer iA
B: truskan
C: sape yg tak bace doa bukak majlis..bace doa dulu..:)
D: hahah
B: HEHEHEH
B: dah2
C: Allahuakbar..nervous pulak..ape2 pon..nak berkongsi ape yg saye dpt dgn rakan2..
C: mungkin doa ni kite kadangkala pandnag remeh
C: tgk masyarakat kite sendiri
C: kadang2 nak bace doa buakn main susah..
B: betol2
C: lps sembahyang terus blah..
D: sy pnh rse...
D: sampai xtau nk bce doa ape..
D: hehe
C: padahal Allah sgt suka kalau kite berdoa..
B: betoll2
C: cube fikir sgt contradict Allah dgn manusia ni...kalau manusia, org mintak2 kite sure tak suke..
C: tapi kalau Allah, Allah marah kalau kita tak mintak..
B: aahlaaa
B: subhanallah
C: kenape yer???
C: sesape ade idea...
E: sbb Allah nk suh kte b'gntung pade die je kn?
C: betol2...
F: haritu wkt daurah..sya kene bentang hadis doa ni.. n antara huraian dye.. doa ni berbalik pd aqidah.. mnunjukkan kbrgantungan kte pada Allah as doa ini membangunkan hati menyucikan jiwa =)
D: sy pnh dgr sape ckp ntah...yg lbh baik tue doa yg pndek tp mnyeluruh...bkn doa yg pnjg/khusus...
B: aah
B: betol2
B: nabi ske kalo cmtuh
C: betol2..org2 yg tak berdoa ni..Allah kate dlm surah albaqarah..
C: “dan tuhan kamu berfirman :” Berdoalah kamu kepada-Ku nescaya Aku perkenankan doa permohonan kamu. Sesungguhnya orang-orang yang sombong takbur drpd beribadah dan berdoa kepada Ku, akan masuk neraka Jahannam dalam keadaan hina”
C: ayt 187
B: waa
B: takotnyeee
D: btollh kate aisyah..kalau doa tp hati kt xder dlm doa tue xgune jgak...
C: betol2..
D: urm..sbb tue r tiap kali lps solat kt mesti berdoa walau sikit..
D: kalau x kt dkatakan sombong dgn ALlah
B: betol2
B: dierunk kate sape x doa
B: sombong kat allah namenye
C: dan bile kite berdoa ..dgn ikhlas..
B: nek keta sume bc doa
C: Allah malu kalau tak kabulkan doa kite..
B: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
B: soooooooooooooo shweeeeeeeeet'
C: Hadis riwayat abu daud dan tarmizi:
“sesungguhnya Tuhan kamu yang Maha Suci lagi Maha Tinggi itu sangat pemalu lagi mulia. Dia malu terhadap hamba-Nya yang mengangkat tangan berdoa, tiba2 tidak diberi-Nya pemintaan itu”
D: igt x ade ustaz tue pnh ckp..kalau kt sbut name Allah/ya tuhanku 3 x...Allah malu kalau xperkenankn...besarnye kasih AllahC: so, tgklah, betape bsrnye cable yg org islam ade..
B: betolllll
C: kalau kite tgkkan..mmg fitrah setiap manusia utk berdoa .
G: lagi2..
C: terutama kalau dlm kesusahan
C: tak kisahlah
C: die atheis ke..
C: kristian ke..
G: plg bagus kalo kite doakan utk org len, bkn diri kite jek
B: tuhla kalo kitenye doa x diperkenankan lagik, sbenanye allah suh malaikat jgn bagi lagik kat kite coz allah rndu akan sore rintihan kite everyday.Allah tau nant once kite dapat.kite berpotensi untuk jarang berdoa kat allah dahh
E: betul2
A: nk share leh x?
B: boleh2
D: :)
A: ad satu kisah psl kaum nabi musa
A: kmarau mmg sgt lame
A: so, dieorng pn nk b'doa kt Allah spaya hujan
A: so, nabi Musa pn pnggil smua kaum die kumpul
A: then, dieorng ramai2 doa
A: tp lpas doa 2,hujan xtrun jgk
A: dieorng pn pelik knpa Allah x mkbulkan doa dieorng
F: ps2
A: ramai yg balik
A: n yg tngal hne sorng
A: dia ni buta
B: owh
B: pastuh2
A: so, nabi musa pn smyang n doa lg skali ngn orng ni
A: mintak hujan trun
A: pas2 dgn kuasa Allah hujan pn trun
A: so, pngajarannyer
B: subhanallah
E: pngajaran: kawan a ngan org buta
B: dose=hijabb
B: hehehee
B: boleh2
A: kte kne b'sihkan dulu dri kte drpd dosa
B: dose=hijabb
A: sbb rmai yg b'doa tp xdmakbukln
A: sbb dosa mreka sndiri
B: owh
B: okayh2
B: waaaaaa
A: btul3
B: thnaks imani :D
E: klo period slalu jarang doa, cmne ek?
A: a'ah..
B: bacela
B: bile azan abes
B: leh ?
F: klo x doa atleast 5 kali sehari..xcluding doa makan keta toilet
B: huhuhu
G: baca mathurat wkt period kan doa gak
B: betol2
E: mathurat je la..time lain x doa..
G: mathurat tu kan antara doa yg paling mathur
B: doalaa
B: erm
A: haha
B: cari ruang
B: insyaallah
F: doa kan spatutnya membangun jiwa
F: xcluding bonus points..
G: banyakkan brzikir pun dh ckp baik
F: okla..
G: yg penting kte ingat Allah as org beriman itu dikala duduk baring brdiri hatinya mngingati Allah
G: =)
B: betol2
F: sy nak doa byk2 la.....
B: insyaallahh
B: k boleh2
F: thankx semua..
A: Jazakillah sumer...
D: Salam

Ringkas 5

2009-11-13T04:23:00.000-08:00

“Barangsiapa memperbanyakkan istighfar, Allah akan jadikan baginya kesukaan dr tiap2 kesusahan, (dan Allah jadikan bgnya) jalan keluar dari tiap-tiap kesempitan. Dan ia rezekikan kpdnya dr jurusan yang tidak disangka-sangka”

HR Abu Daud dr Ibnu Abbas

Sharing ...

2009-11-08T15:28:00.000-08:00

وَسَارِعُوا إِلَى مَغْفِرَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالأرْضُ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

"Be quick in the race for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a Garden whose width is that (of the whole) of the heavens of the earth, prepared for the righteous" (3:133)

"Dan bersegeralah kamu mencari ampunan dari Tuhanmu dan mendapatkan syurga yang luasnya seluas langit dan bumi yang disediakan bagi orang-orang yang bertakwa." [3:133]

Erti Hidup Pada Memberi

2009-11-06T22:44:00.000-08:00

Does the title sounds familiar...? Yeah.. Ustaz Hazrizal's blog

First thing that I came across this morning is about this article in my inbox: Rayuan Derma Untuk Penderma Hati

... dan saya seakan baru memahami maksud erti hidup pada memberi.
Hidup lebih bermakna when there is give and take...

Jadi ambillah peluang untuk memberi kerana selama ini kita selalu menerima .

"Jika kamu meminjamkan kepada Allah dengan pinjaman yang baik, nescaya dia melipatgandakan (balasan)untukmu dan mengampuni kamu. Dan Allah Maha Mensyukuri, Maha Penyantun." [64;17]

Ringkas 4

2009-11-04T08:46:00.000-08:00

yLang: Dari Abu Hurairah, Rasulullah saw bersabda, ”Allah berfirman, ”Aku sebagaimana prasangka hambaKu kepada Ku, dan Aku bersamanya selama ia mengingatiKu dalam dirinya, maka Aku pun akan mengingatinya dalam diriKu, jika ia menyebutKu di hadapan manusia, maka Aku pun akan menyebutnya di hadapan makhluk yang lebih baik daripada mereka. Jika ia dekat kepadaKu satu jengkal, maka Aku akan mendekat kepadanya satu hasta, jika ia dekat kepadaKu satu hasta, maka Aku akan dekat kepadanya satu depa, jika ia mendekat kepadaKu dengan berjalan, maka Aku akan mendekatnya dengan berlari”

note: renung-renungkan dan selamat beramal =D

What happen now??

2009-10-30T22:36:00.000-07:00

Life is getting busier and hectic all this while. It's been about one month that I didn't post anything in here. I got no time to write. I know I should have manage my time wisely. Alhamdulillah, finally today I am here and writing this. Living in this country where Muslim is only the minority group of people, I have a lot of stories to tell. Meeting new people were one of the best experience too.

It's great to be asked about "What is Islam?" and things related to it like the Quran, fasting, pray and many more by people who have different religion overview and stand. They were interested to know about it and admire our deeds. We had a great time and often spend time together.

Sometimes I found myself lost of word about what to say and explain. It takes time for me to recall some words and translate them into English since those words do not have direct translation. Anyway, I am grateful to be here not just because I managed to study medicine, but also be able to grab the chance of becoming a true Muslim along the way.

I hope to write more next time.. Running out of words..

New LIFE

2009-09-18T06:08:00.000-07:00

Thanks to all the wishes and advices I received before taking off to Czech Republic. I will remember all the amanat to make me more strong. InsyaAllah...

It's been quite a while that I didn't post anything here. I don't think I can spend much of my time here anymore. Living in a new place and having lots of things to do, I need to manage my time wisely.

I just started medicine for one week and I know my journey is still a long way to go. If I didn't take it seriously from now, I'll be in trouble. I have one BIG problem. Always feel like wanna doze off during lecture. (I know this is bad). People said that it is jet lack. Hopefully I can overcome this.

Raya is coming soon. I wish everyone a very Happy Eid Mubarak and may this Ramadhan teach us something.

Currently I need to do some notes and got to read many things. Need to organize the unorganized. Didn't have much time. Ya... gtg.

note: ...

Arabic Series 6 [Finale]

2009-09-06T10:43:00.000-07:00

16. "What is the relationship between Tajweed and Arabic grammar?"

Tajweed if you do not already know is the science of the proper pronunciation and recitation of the Quran. There is certain nuance principles that the Prophet saw use to apply when he recited the Quran that he learn from Jabir as.His principles are part of the right of the Quran.

And also they have the right bearing on how the Quran is to be interpreted. So, as you are learning to understand the grammar, the vocabulary, this area of the Arabic language. Also at the same time you have to concern yourselves at the measured phase with the tajweed of the Quran. With the principle of tajweed as they apply to the recitation of quran for a couple of reasons.

Number one,it will beautify the recitation of Quran for yourselves because it is a science within it itself which ensure that you are doing justice when you pronounce the word of Allah azzawajalla as they were meant to be pronounced as they were menat to be recited.

And this will give you appreciation and rhythmic beauty of the Quran also that is lost, is not really truly appreciated unless you are a student of science of tajweed. InshaAllah hu taala Bayyinah tajweed program will be a great help to your effort in learning tajweed. InshaAllah hu taala.
#Video 16

[The End]

OK. This video will be the last part of this series. Why am I translating all these videos? Just to fill my leisure time. Hopefully it can be benefited by anyone out there. Hopefully this can also push me up to actively learn Arabic for and find some time to learn it. I love language. I love Arabic language. Sorry if I made any mistake along the Arabic Series. Do listen to the video for yourselves.

Jazakallah. . .

Am I ready?

2009-09-05T09:24:00.000-07:00

It has been a while that I didn't post here. I've been little bit busy; completing 'things to do' list and packing my stuffs since I will depart to Czech Republic this coming Monday. (now is 12:28 am, Sunday).

After about 3 months of holiday and sitting at home life, soon I'll start my study life again. Now is the time for me to touch the book and read it. I need to listen to talks and lectures. I need to do revision, need to study, need to do experiment, need to put my focus back! Am I ready?

Sometimes I feel scared to start a new thing for I fear to face the challenges that awaits me. But this is actually common and I know time is all what it takes. As time goes by, I'll get use to the new environment. Right?

At my new place, I believe that the challenge in becoming a Muslim is harder since Muslims are just a small minority of group. The solah time will be different. Fasting maybe longer. Halal food source is not much.

After all, all these obstacle will help me to become more strong in seeking the redha of Allah. I hope I can strengthen my pillars of Islam and istiqama in whatever that I do.

Arabic Series 5

2009-08-25T11:45:00.000-07:00

13. "How do I get my family involved?"

This is something that will become so much easier on you if your wife, your children, your siblings are involve with you. Your parents indeed. So, one of the best thing you can do is have them come to Bayyinah program. My job, my collegues job are to get them motivated. To get them fired up to learn this thing together. So now, even if you got them to come to one session. Just the intro session, that's enough inshaAllah hu taala and you let us do the work of getting them fired up, of getting them motivated, that maybe you can't do that, well inshaAllah hu taala we can because that's our job to do so.

#Video 13

14. "What is the relationship between conversational Arabic and Quranic Arabic?"

This are actually two different studies that shouldn't be confused with each other. When you focused on conversational arabic, that does not necessarily mean that you made any significant progress in Quranic Arabic and vice versa.

Somebody may understand the Arabic of the Quran really well, but at the same time not understand much of the coversational Arabic or not even able to converse either.

So if you divide this two things and tackle one problem at a time, you will see better result. My recomendation is take on grammar and the Quran first because it is something you can keep up with on your own. Conversation you may not have enough opportunity to converse with someone at any given time but Quran is gonna come up when you pray, is gonna come up when you recite. So tackle that area first that is why we teach Quran and Arabic frst at Bayyinah because it is the easiest excess to Arabic for the average Muslim.

And then, after that when you have a lill bit of famialirity in that, now you move on to conversational Arabic which has its own benefit because when you learn a conversation in Arabic, you can take advantage of the Arabic lectures, classes, you can read Arabic articles, Arabic books. Things like that. That will come afer you study a lil bit of conversational Arabic.

But in the beginning, focus your energies and your concentration on Quranic Arabic.

#video 14

15. "Is there anything I can do to significantly boost my progress in learning Arabic and the Qur'an?"

Yes there are. The first and the most important thing you should worry about is your reading fluency, how well and how fast you can read. If you are reading slowly, concern yourselves with that first, become good at reading at a decent fluent level, the very next thing whether you understand it or not, make it a project to your life to give yourselves half an hour, 20 minutes a day, to memorize something from the Quran.

The more Quran you memorise, the better your experience become and in the context of this discussion, the better the understanding of your Arabic becomes. Its easier for you to learn Arabic, when you memorize the best excerpts of Arabic available, and there are already in your head. So, when you learn a concept you can apply it to ayat that you already know, that already been memorized by you and you repeat them often. It's a automatic practice.

If you are serious about learning Arabic, then you better be serious of memorizing the Quran as much as you possibly can also. InshaAllahu taala.

By the way, I would recommed, our collegue have an entire program of tips on how to memorize the Quran in a part time basics effectively. So inshaAllah hu taala take advantage of that and begin your journey to learn and to analyse this book.

#video 15

Braces lesson

2009-08-24T16:27:00.000-07:00

Last time my nine years old sister watched the television and she saw someone wearing this.

I'm sitting next to her. Then she said:

"orang tu pakai gelang kat gigi dia"

and I said:

"Iraaa..?"

What i want to say here is, although we are looking at the same thing but the way she think is not the same like what I think of. It is clear to me that the person in the TV is wearing a braces but this is not clear to her (my sister). Maybe because she never saw anyone with braces before.

Then I explained to her about braces and she seems to have more questions coming over. (Just like my TOK essay title: In expanding the knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance)

So, when applied this situation in the real world, we see the same thing happen everyday but everyone has their own way of interpreting them. It is not because I am right or you are wrong or vice versa. It is just the way we think. Just like my sister thought that braces is a bracelet wearing at the teeth.

If somehow you have a contradicting view with someone else, there's nothing to argue about. Just take some time to discuss.

Arabic Series 4

2009-08-22T11:23:00.000-07:00

10. "When it comes to learning Arabic, where do I begin?"

The place to begin is your intention and your motivation. I tell my students all the time. The first thing you are going to need when you study the Arabic language is motivation and the first thing you are going to lose when you studying Arabic the language is also motivation.

So keep in mind that you are doing this for a really nobel cause. The best motivation you can remind of your self over and over again and you will never on dry are the words of Allah Himself. "We made the Quran easy already. No doubt about it for the purpose of remembrance" Allah says He made it easy.

If that is not a motivetion for a believer I don't know what it is. So keep that as your first point , your starting point by which you continue. This is the firs thing, your intention.

The second thing, focus on the Arabic of the Quran. Instead of focusing on conversation of Arabic from the beginning, which may or may not be a sourec of motivation for you. If you learn the Arabic of the Quran, and you focus on it, its something that you can keep up with easily and something that you see results in immediately when you start reading the Fatihah or Al-Baqarah or something like that because you are able to applied very quickly even on your own. InsyaAllah.

So, start with regular reading the Quran. And study the grammar and the vocabulary applied to the Quran itself.
#video 10

11. "How do I continue my Arabic studies effectively?"

Here you need to take some consideration. Take some things into consideration rather. The first of them is your time restriction. You have a full-time job. You are a student. You are busy with family. You are busy with many things. To effectively keep up with Arabic studies, dont forces your self into a full time type schedule. Give your self a part time schedule. Ten to fifteen minutes or half an hour a day, an hour every two days. Something like that, something light on you. Something you can keep up with that you can use to continue.

After you have this time problem solved, that you dedicated some times to this study, the second issue you have to consider your self with is the curriculum. More important than the teacher even. I say this because you can have a great teacher but a terrible curriculum, and the results wont be that good because the curriculum doesn't go far enough.

And you can have an OK teacher, not that good of a teacher. But a fantastic curiculum and you will still see significantly a better result. So concern yourselves with a good curriculum and applied it at a given place, the thing that you have to consider for yourselves when you want to continue effectively is measured growth.

Don't think too far ahead. Give your self a limited goal. For example you want to accomplish this much this week. This less and this few words I'm going to learn. This one rule of grammmar I want to learn this week or this few weeks. That's all you concern yourselves with.

Dont be overwhelmed by what you dont know just concern yourselves with what you do know.
#video 11

12. "How do I know I'm progressing in my Arabic?"
You gauge your progress by reading Quran. You read the Quran from the very beginning or take the Surah you already memorize. You start picking up the vocabulary. You study the grammar. You study the translation. And now you are reading on your own when they are sitting in the Masjid. And you just reciting the Quran and you dont get something.

Now you know you are stumbling about what word you dont get. Concern yourselves with those words. Concern yourselves with developing questions around the part of Quran you dont understand. This will enhance your knowledge of Quran, simultaneously enhance your knowlegde of language. So, gauge your progress by means of checking your comprehension when you sit there and you recite the Quran.

If you understand very little. You make little progress. But, by the next week or the next month, if you understanding a little bit better. You know a lot more on the page about what's going on. You can smell a lot more words now. And there is progress that has been made. So gauge yourselves. Give yourselves a limited goal. A score of passage in the Quran that you concern yourselves with and you focus on them and you see your progress within them and that's how you should gauge your progress.

#video 12

Here and there

2009-08-11T10:43:00.000-07:00

Last week, I attended a pre-departure program organized by a society known as IMAM (I just heard of this) . And I just realised that this is my fourth time attending such camp. Why am I attending so much of such camp? I wonder too. Well, maybe because living in the capital of the city ease me to go here and there. Overall, I have to say that all the pre-departure program that I went to were beneficial and different from each others. So, if you have the chance to go to any pre-departure program, do not miss it.

Here I want to share about the pre-departures program that I had joined and things that I learnt.

1. Program Semai Mesra '09
Organizer: Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (ISMA)
Date: 9 - 11 January 2009
Venue: Bukit Cahaya Seri Alam Shah Alam, Selangor
Website: http://www.semaimesra.wordpress.com/

Ok. This was my first camp. At this time I still didnt know that such camp is called a pre-departure program. I just started my Sem 4 at KMB while attending the program.

So, basically, the program is meant for Australia and New Zealand bounded student. Last time I am a New Zealand bounded. That's why I joined the program. Since this was my first time attending the program, I heard a lot of new things about life in oversea.

In short:

>Many participants attending the program.

>I met my schoolmate too. (She's pursuing medic in Newcastle, OZ).

>During the Fiqh of traveller session, I first time heard about KHUF (useful to ease you when taking ablution)

>Heard many stories from the seniors. One of the story that I still remember was by a sister who is studying in Australia: Kakak ni dan beberapa orang rakan telah pergi ke sebuah pantai yang famous dan lawa di OZ. Kemudian mereka berdiri di tepi pantai itu sambil ombak-ombak kecil membasahi kaki mereka. Mereka baca ma'thurat sambil berpegangan tangan. Kemudian datang ombak besar. Mereka teruskan membaca ma'thurat. Then, ombak itu sujud di depan mereka dan mereka tidak dibasahi air. Ombak itu sebenarnya sujud pada kalimah-kalimah Allah. Subhanallah. Saya kagum sungguh bila dengar cerita ini.

>They are lot more nice stories.

Overall, I enjoy the program but still do not have the feel since I do not know my future university yet at that time. (Other participants who joined the program fly in February)

2. Fly High Aussie-Newzie 2009
Organizer: INTELEK and ILUVISLAM(ILI)
Date: 16 - 18 January 2009
Venue: Institut Latihan Islam Malaysia (ILIM)
Website: http://www.flyhighoznz2009.wordpress.com/

Another camp for OZNZ bounded. The best thing about this program is the venue. A room is shared by 2 people. And the room was air-conditioned. =D Very comfortable. The speakers are great too. I got the chance to meet Ustaz Hazrizal (He owned this blog). His talk was really cool and I hardly fallen asleep (like I used to when hearing any talk). The lecture hall was good too. It has really nice sound system that I am able to record the talk from the speakers by my Nokia 5200 phone. Really cool.

In short:

>Again, heard about Khuf during the Fiqh of traveller session. Khuf can last for 3 days for travellers and only one day for non travellers.

>How to solat in Flight?

>Just know that Ustaz Haz lived in Ireland before. So, he kind of have lots of story to share about life in oversea.

>During the session with seniors, i joined the NZ group. The seniors told about how nice NZ was. At that time, I felt so wanted to go to NZ. Their stories really inspire me. They told us that in NZ, there are not much crime. Sometimes, a story about a death of a dog become a headline for a week (This is funny =D).

>Many shops there close at 5 pm everyday.

>Make new friends. Aqeelah and Lisa.

>heard about how winter is so cold that you don't even dare to touch the water. hmm...

>I just know that during some seasons (not sure what season) , the gap between solah time is too short. How do you know that it is already solah time?

>Lots more informational things...

Overall, this program was different from the one that I had attended earlier. So, what I want to say here, although they were the same program, the content was different and I got to learnt different things. So, it is worth it joining both program rather than just one.

3. Banting Extended Experience 09 (BEE 09)
Organizer: Ex-Kmbians
Date: 31 July - 2 August 2009
Venue: Kolej Keris Mas, UKM Bangi
Website: http://www.bee09.com/index

This is the first time BEE was held. So, I understand if there's any flaws here and there. Not to say that the program is not good but since it was its first time, I can say that the program is not that bad and can improve a lot more. One thing for sure, some of the activities were different from the first two that I had attended. It was FUN indeed.

For example, there are lot more practicals, informative explorace and lots of debate. There is also short drama by the participants where we have to act on the situation given. After all, its nice to hear from the seniors about their life and how some of them are now in their fourth year and coping well there.

However, sad to say that not many students join BEE. I heard that there are about hundreds who registered but about less than 30 who able to make it. The numbers of facis are almost the same with the number of participants. You can view the pictures at the website. We were divided into groups. They are 6 groups. My groups consist of 5 people (only) and we have 3 facis. =D

This program is actually made for any bound but it focused more on those who are going to UK and IRELAND since most of them will fly in September. All the facis also are from UK and Eire. I'm going to Czech but heard many stories about UK and Eire ... hmm.. It'll be easier for me to travel in the future then. Surrounding by people who are going to UK and Eire make me feel awkward sometimes. But, I don't mind... After the program, somehow I wish I could study in UK or Ireland.

So, in short, things I got from the programme:

>Got and IN[SIGHT] about UK and Ireland

>UK Visa application is really complicated whereas for Ireland, Visa is not needed. But the student need to have GARDA card (hope I got it right)

>Seniors suggest us to go travel while we are in our sfirst and second year. The rest of the year will be busy

>A sister told me that the money from sponsor is enough for you to survive. No need to work. Just know how to manage your finance well.

>Halal Food. In UK and Ireland there are plenty of Halal food. (Not in Czech I guess) When buying foods, just make sure that the ingredients are free from alcohol. (Alchohol has many names. Just take note) . Vegetarian food is always halal unless if it contains alcohol.

>First time heard the word 'whey powder'. This is not halal

>Solat. You can solat just about everywhere as long as the place is clean. My group did a presentation on this. You can perform prayer in the fitting room(if you are in the shopping complex), car park, chapel, airport, in the flight and etc. Just make sure you always bring a compass with you. Do you know how to read the compass? Better learn..

>Get to know what is PUISI-Ireland and FUIYO-UK. Those are winter camp and organized in December. Everyone is invited. Can I go?

>Know a bit about IMAM. There are Students Chapter (SC) and Doctors Chapter (DC)

>One of the faci in my group is studying in Manchester Uni. She's going into third year. She told about PBL where there is only 4 to 5 lectures a week. And the test is Multiple Choice Question. The uni use Normal Distribution to give the result.

>One of the speaker is Akh Fakrul Razi. He was a KMBian too last time. (Batch 1993 I guess). He is married now and have children already. Her wife is a doctor and she was paired with her husband for the forum session. Her wife is not KMB anyway. But I have to say that I really enjoy the forum and heard many nice (and bad) story from an experienced doctor.

>Married but still studying? How? =D

>A friend give me this book. Thanks Madi...

Overall, I believe BEE can improved a lot more and it is really a beneficial to those who participate. Thinking of becoming one of the faci next year. Hmm..

4. IMAM Pre-Departure 2009
Organizer: IMAM UK RIRE Student Chapter
Date: 7 - 8 August 2009
Venue: Bukit Cahaya Seri Alam Shah Alam, Selangor
Website: no website but this is the organizer's Yahoo Group [klik]

OK. This pre dept is different from the rest since it focused on medic only. Do you know what is IMAM? It stands for Islamic Medical Association Malaysia. We were briefed about IMAM history (but I do not remember much). Maybe you can read more here. But I know that there are IMAM Malaysia, IMAM Russia, IMAM India and so forth. IMAM Czech Republic just started in 2007 (I read this somewhere)

I know that this pre dept is focusing on UK and Ireland(again) but I still attracted to go since I wanna here the talk by the speakers. They are great speakers. And this ad attracted me too.

In short:

> Not so many participants. Only 2 boys attended. The rest are girls (over all <20)>> This pre dept got so many practical activities: Solah in the garden (we pray on the tar. Nice experience), got the chance to learn OSCE (First time heard about this. I learnt about how to take blood pressure, stethoscope, history taking, first aid and pulses. )

> Inspired by the talk from Prof Amal and prof Latif. I cant recall prof Amal profile but Prof Latif is one of the Dean at CUCMS. One thing for sure, they are great doctors.

> Again I heard about how winter is so cold. Often heard that winter can be so cold that you can become demotivated somehow. Can winter affected me?

> Talk from Prof Latif: He said medicine is tough. You got to be strong. Failure can make you feel down but do not give up.

>Chat with the sisters: they jokingly said that pre-dept MARA (which will be held this coming 19 aug) is boring and some of them skip out. Hmm.. boring?

>Glad that I joined this!

Ok. I guess that's all for now about my view on Pre-departure briefing that I have attended. I like all of them in any way and hope all these can help me in the future InsyaAllah.

Nisfu Syaaban

2009-08-05T09:39:00.000-07:00

Ya. Rata-rata ramai yangsudah mengetahui bahawa malam ini ialah malam nisfu syaaban. Tadi sempat juga berjemaah di Masjid dan baca Yaasin 3 kali. Alhamdulillah.

Tapi, apa maknanya malam nisfu syaaban ni? Apa yang special? Banyak yang saya tak tahu rupanya.

So, masa nak tulis post ni, searh la kat google about Nisfu Syaaban.

Jadi saya jumpa ini. (Copy paste je)

Nisfu dlm bahasa arab beerti setengah. Nisfu Syaaban beerti setengah bulan Syaaban. Malam Nisfu Syaaban adalah malam lima-belas Syaaban iaitu siangnya empat-belas haribulan Syaaban.

Malam Nisfu Syaaban merupakan malam yang penuh berkat dan rahmat selepas malam Lailatul qadr. Saiyidatina Aisyah r.a. meriwayatkan bahawa Nabi saw tidak tidur pada malam itu sebagaimana yg tersebut dalam sebuah hadis yg diriwayatkan oleh Iman Al-Baihaqi r.a:

Rasulullah saw telah bangun pada malam (Nisfu Syaaban) dan bersembahyang dan sungguh lama sujudnya sehingga aku fikir beliau telah wafat. Apabila aku melihat demikian aku mencuit ibu jari kaki Baginda saw dan bergerak. Kemudian aku kembali dan aku dengar Baginda saw berkata dalam sujudnya, "Ya Allah aku pohonkan kemaafanMu daripada apa yg akan diturunkan dan aku pohonkan keredhaanMu daripada kemurkaanMu dan aku berlindung kepadaMu daripadaMu. Aku tidak dapat menghitung pujian terhadapMu seperti kamu memuji diriMu sendiri."
Setelah Baginda saw selesai sembahyang, Baginda berkata kpd Saiyidatina Aisyah r.a. "Malam ini adalan malam Nisfu syaaban. Sesunguhnya Allah Azzawajjal telah datang kepada hambanya pada malam Nisfu syaaban dan memberi keampunan kpd mereka yg beristighfar, memberi rahmat ke atas mereka yang memberi rahmat dan melambatkan rahmat dan keampunan terhadap orang-orang yang dengki."

Hari nisfu sya'aban adalah hari dimana buku catatan amalan kita selama setahun diangkat ke langit dan diganti dengan buku catatan yang baru. Catatan pertama yang akan dicatatkan dibuku yang baru akan bermula sebaik sahaja masuk waktu maghrib, (15 Sya'aban bermula pada 14 hb sya'aban sebaik sahaja masuk maghrib)

Berikut adalah antara amal ibadah di hari Nisfu Sya'aban:

1.Solat sunat nisfu sya'aban - terdapat dua cara mengerjakan solat sunat ini

Sembahyang 100 rakaat dengan memberi salaam selepas setiap 2 rakaat. Surah Al-Ikhlas dibaca sebanyak 11 kali setelah setiap rakaat setelah membaca surah al-Fatihah

Sembahyang 10 rakaat dengan memberi salaam selepas setiap 2 rakaat. Surah Al-Ikhlas dibaca sebanyak 100 kali setelah setiap rakaat setelah membaca surah al-Fatihah

2. Membaca Yasin 3x selepas solat Maghribnya

i) Yasin pertama : mohon dipanjangkan umur untuk beribadat kepada Allah

ii) Yasin kedua : mohon rezeki yang halal untuk beribadat kepada Allah

iii) Yasin ketiga : mohon ditetapkan iman dan Islam & mati di dalam iman

3. Berpuasa pada siangnya (mulai pagi esoknya-15 Syaaban)
Source

NOTE: Moga hari mendatang lebih baik.

Ringkas 3

2009-08-05T08:47:00.000-07:00

"Avoid suspicion as much as: for suspicion in some cases is a sin; and do not spy on each other, nor speak ill of each other behind their backs" (Al-Quraan, Surah Hujurat Ayat 12).

"He brings you back to life each day, so that the appointed term be fulfilled; in the end, to Him shall you return" (Al-Quraan, Surah An'aam Ayat 60).

Umar bin Abdul Aziz berkata"Tidak ada sesuatu nikmat yg di kurniakan Allah swt,kepada seseorang,lalu diambil kembali nikmat itu sedangkan orang itu menerima takdir yang menimpa dirinya dengan sabar, melainkan Allah akan menggantikan yang lebih baik bagi dirinya"

"On that Day (of judgement), whoever has done an atom's weight of good will see it, and whoever has done an atom's weight of evil will see it" (Al Quraan, Surah Al-Zalzala Ayat 7-8)

"Sebaik-baik wanita adalah yang apabila diberi sesuatu dia bersyukur, dan apabila tidak diberi apa-apa dia bersabar, yang menyenangkan hati mu bila kamu melihatnya, dan mentaatimu bila kamu menyuruhnya." (Maksud Hadis Nabi S.A.W).

"Dan orang-orang yang menahan marahnya serta memaafkan kepada orang banyak dan Allah itu mencintai orang-orang yang berbuat kebaikan." (ali-lmran: 134)

Soleha

2009-08-04T08:36:00.001-07:00

Ini Soleha ke? Bukan la. Inikan Marshanda.

Ini baru Soleha.

Hari-hari pertamanya.

Soleha lahir di HUKM

Soleha ni adik saya.

Hari ini genap Soleha 10 bulan.

Soleha lahir pada 5 Oktober 2009.

Soleha keluar ikut tingkap. Faham kan?

Kenapa namakan Soleha?

Mungkin impak sinetron Soleha yang ditayangkan ketika itu.

makan-makan

Soleha makan comot

ish ish

Gambar terbaru

Apapun, moga Soleha bakal jadi anak yang solehah.

Insya Allah.

p/s: Anak-anak ibarat kain putih. Kitalah yang mencorakkannya.

Arabic Series 3

2009-08-04T07:35:00.000-07:00

7. "My native language has a lot of similar words to Arabic, so when I read the Qur'an I get the gist of what its saying. Why should I bother to learn the Arabic then?"

This are very common misconception. When words travel from one language to another they change in meaning. So, in Arabic, if a word is the same and even it is spell exactly the same way as it is in your native language, it is no guarantee that it means the same exact thing.

I give you an example. The word 'Ihsan' in Arabic means 'excellence', 'to do ones best'. In the word 'Ihsan' in the Urdu language for example, it means 'to do one a favour'. A completely different words. Now, the word is use in the Quran and it is use in the Arabic sense meaning excellence. But if an Urdu speaks or read it and says, 'Hey, I know this word, it means favour'. Then they are misunderstanding with the Quran sync.

So just because you have common words from the Arabic language that doesn't mean you actually know the meaning of those words in the Arabic language. Take it a step further, even the classical Arabic, its connotation of certain words are different from those same exact words in modern Arabic.

So, we have to specifically study the Arabic of the Quran.

#Video 7

8. "If I'm already learning Arabic vocabulary, why do I have to learn grammar - especially when I'm already learning the meanings of the words?"

Language is more than just the meaning of words. Language is how words come together and form new meanings. You think about it this way. If you know the word "give" in English, you know what that means already .And if you know what the word "up" means, you know what direction its talking about.

But when I say "give up". It's a completely different meaning. It has nothing to do with "give" or with "up". It came up and form a new meaning that didn't exist in isolation.

So, just because you learn words in the Quran in isolation or Arabic words in isloation, that isn't a substitute or that isn't in itself enough for you to ignore the concept of grammars, expressions,syntax, language that have to be learnt especially when it comes to the book of Allah s.w.t
#Video 8

9. "What's the best translation of the Qur'an?"

I get asked this a lot. What's the best translation of the Quran? And I used to have an answer to that. But I can't in all honestly recommend a translation anymore. And I'll tell you why.

In the very beginning of this series of questions I share with you that people say, what's lost in translations? What's lost in translation is so powerful and so monumental in size that if I suggest to you that the translation is going to be justice to what Allah is saying in the Arabic, I would be selling the Quran shortly.

The only thing I can recommend as far for the translation is that the English translation of the quran is recommended only for Arabics students who are trying to figure out what did translator have in mind when he was addressing this particular issue or that particular issue.

So, you look at 4 translation, not one. You look at all of them that you can find, and you look at each of them and see what Arabic principle did the translator address in this translation or what did he failed to address in this translation.

I don't recommend translation of Quran for people that aren't studying Arabic at all. If you want to understand the Quran without being the student of the Arabic language, or being student of tafseer, read the tafseer, read the english tafseer, listen to the syeikh give tafseer of Quran. This is the better way and more productive way for you to learn the Arabic language and learn things about the Quran than just raw reading of translation. InsyaAllah

#Video 9

Give Thanks To Allah

2009-08-04T06:37:00.000-07:00

My 9 year old sister seems to memorize this song. I am quite impress since she manage to sing the English song very well. Including the Arabic part. Not to say that its good to memorize a song, but somehow she learnt how to speak English. Maybe because she thought that the song was sang by Michael Jackson. She asked about Michael Jackson quite a lot too. Below is the complete lyrics:

GIve Thanks to Allah
by Zain Bikha

Give thanks to Allah,
For the moon and the stars
Prays in all day full,
What is and what was
Take hold of your iman
Don't givin to shaitan
Oh you who believe please give thanks to Allah.
Allahu Ghefor Allahu Rahim Allahu yuhibo el Mohsinin,
Hua Khalikhone hua Razikhone whahoa ala kolli sheiin khadir

Allah is Ghefor Allah is Rahim Allah is the one who loves the Mohsinin,
He is a creater, he is a sistainer and he is the one who has power over all.

Give thanks to Allah,
For the moon and the stars
Prays in all day full,
What is and what was
Take hold of your iman
Don't givin to shaitan
Oh you who believe please give thanks to Allah.
Allahu Ghefor Allahu Rahim Allahu yuhibo el Mohsinin,
Hua Khalikhone hua Razikhone whahoa ala kolli sheiin khadir

Allah is Ghefor Allah is Rahim Allah is the one who loves the Mohsinin,
He is a creater, he is a sistainer and he is the one who has power over all.

Adakah anda dipilih?

2009-07-30T09:25:00.000-07:00

Hari ini agak memenatkan. Banyak sungguh berjalan. Keluar rumah awal pagi. Balik dah dekat senja. Besok nak keluar lagi.

Tapi hari ini menarik. Jumpa kawan-kawan seperjuangan. Banyak pengisian rohani. Alhamdulillah. Terima kasih rakan-rakan di atas usaha kalian.

Rasa bertuah kerana diri ini dipilih dan berpeluang menyertai majlis ilmu ini. Dipilih oleh siapa?

Sudah sekian lama sentiasa menerima. Bila pula nak memberi?

"Sampaikanlah walaupun dengan hanya satu ayat"

Apa yang saya belajar hari ini?
>belajar tentang diri
>realiti dan ilusi
>teruskan usaha mencari dan mantapkan pemahaman diri
>bicara dengan-Nya
>say thank you and be grateful
>Just do it!
>Impossible is nothing

Kulsem's Day Out
KLCC Park
30th July 2009

Adik-adik

2009-07-29T09:36:00.000-07:00

Mereka main-main.

main cikgu-cikgu

Just for fun...

Ringkas 2

2009-07-26T08:38:00.000-07:00

And among His wonders is this: He creates for you mates out of your own kind. so that you might incline towards them, and He engenders love and tenderness between you: in this, behold, there are messages indeed for people who think!

(Qur'an 30:21)

Kenduri Kahwin dan Kenny Rogers

2009-07-25T09:12:00.000-07:00

Gambar sekadar hiasan.

Makan Kenny Rogers kat kenduri kahwin ke? Kaya giler... Taklah. Begini ceritanya.

Hari ini sepatutnya ada undangan ke kenduri kahwin. Lokasi majlis terletak di Dewan Tun Hamdan Syeikh Tahir, Anjung Wisma Sejarah, Jalan Tun Razak. Wow! Tempat macam ekslusif je kan. Tempat ni sebenarnya terletak di antara Hospital Pusrawi dan Perpustakaan Negara. Betul-betul kat tengah tu.

So, tengah hari tadi, kami sekeluarga pun bertolaklah ke lokasi majlis. (Abang yg drive. Abah tak ikut) Semasa di dalam kereta, saya pun membelek-belek la kad jemputan kahwin tersebut.

Hardi dan Irsyida (nama pasangan mempelai yang tertera di muka hadapan kad)

Setibanya di lokasi majlis, kami pun pergi ke aras 2 iaitu tempat majlis berlangsung. Dewan itu memang nampak ekslusif la dengan pintu gerbang dan meja bulat yang nampak grand. Tetamu tidaklah begitu ramai ketika itu kerana masih ada meja-meja yang kosong. Mak berjalan di hadapan, mendahului rombongan.

Timbul tanda tanya.

Mak kata, "Haih, ini ke tempatnya. Muka semua tak kenal pun. Betul ke ni?"

"Betul la ni. Dah memang in tempatnya." Di situ memang tiada dewan lain dan membuatkan kami yakin bahawa ini lah tempatnya.

Penyambut tetamu yang menyambut kami juga tertanya-tanya tentang gerangan kami dan dia hanya membenarkan kami masuk.(Tapi muka dia can pelik aa..) Kami pun masuklah ke dalam dewan dan menjadi tumpuan seketika. Kami terus berjalan hingga ke tempat mengambil makanan. Majlis menggunakan konsep buffet.

Namun, mak tak sedap hati. Masih ragu-ragu. Saya juga mula mempersoalkan. Abang juga. Kami bermesyuarat kecil seketika di dalam dewan itu. Nasib baik lagu-lagu pengantin yang berkumandang menenggelamkan perbulan kami daripada didengar oleh khalayak.

"Ya, betulke ni Ya?", tanya Mak pada abang.

"Tadi tak tengok ke? Dalam kad kata apa? Kad dalam kereta plak.."

"Betul la ni. Tadi orang dah tengok kad tu."

Kemudian, mata ini sempat mengerling pada goodie bag yang diagihkan kepada pengunjung.

Tertera nama "Rina dan Iqbal". OK. You know what.

"Eh, mak. Ni pengantin lain ni. Orang ingat nama kat kad tu tadi Hardi dan Irsyida. Ni dah lain dah ni"

Fuh.. nasib baik tak makan lagi tadi. Kami pun keluar semula daripada dewan. Masa tu pulak ramai la tetamu yang baru nak masuk. (Malu jugak la, tapi buat muka tak malu je)

Bila diteliti semula kad tu, bukan kad yang silap. Tapi kami yang salah baca. Selalu kenduri kahwin kan tengah hari. So, tak pernah pulak nak belek kad tu masanya pukul berapa.

Di sudut kiri kad, tertulis:
Aturcara Majlis: 8.00-10.30 malam.

Hmm.. di situlah silapnya. So, moral of the story is, sebelum kita melakukan apa-apa perkerjaan, pastikan segala butiran diketahui dengan terperinci supaya tak silap macam ni.

Kenny Rogers? Ha.. lepas tu, masing-masing dah lapar sebab tak dapat makan nasi minyak. Nasib baik ada orang tu baru dapat gaji dan bermurah hati nak belanja Kenny Rogers. Alhamdulilah.. Syukran.

Ok,that's all.

Jk.

Short Notes

2009-07-22T09:20:00.000-07:00

Many things happened this past few days. I wish I have the time to jot something here. But it all stuck in my mind. Whenever I go somewhere, I always have something to share here. But now everything seems miserable in my brain. Need some times to sort things out. But I do not have that much time. Got 'things to do' list awaits me.

Huh, do not know when I'll have the time to mumbling here. (Do not sigh)

Ok, I'' try to get back here when I have some free time. Hopefully. ::-_-::

In short, a reminder to myself, appreciate the things around you while you still have them and be grateful for what has been given by The Lord.

Ringkas

2009-07-21T07:48:00.000-07:00

'Hanya orang yang berani GAGAL DENGAN TERUK
mempunyai harapan untuk BERJAYA DENGAN HEBAT'.

Got nothing to do?

2009-07-20T10:40:00.000-07:00

What do you do when you have nothing to do? Everyone must has their own way on how to use the time wisely (I wish). Well, I just want to suggest about this website which I think might be useful if you can spend about a couple of minutes every day.

Yahoo answer homepage.

Yahoo! Answer (YA) Yes. Some people may dislike this website since the answer to every question may not be reliable as anyone can simply answer it. Ya, no doubt in that. But, the thing is, you still get an overview from people around the world about the question you asked. Its up to you on how to sort out the answer within your knowledge.

I have joined YA since October 2008. Initially, the reason I join YA is to ask for opinion. I need opinions regarding my oral topic and decide to ask on YA.

The question sounds like this:

Some might say traveling around the world for 10 years is better than reading ten thousand books. Is it?

Within a few minutes, my question was answered and I never expect it to be so soon. Overall, I am glad with all the answers given and it did help me in the oral. After that, I involved actively in YA until I manage to reach Level 3. At that time, some how i think I'm addicted to it.

I can't stop answering question and actively throw my opinion in the Religion and Spirituality section. Through this section, I discovered that they are many Atheist in other parts of the world who seek answers about the existence of God and the evidence. Apart from that, they are also people who questioned about Islam, Christians and stuff. Some how, I manage to give my view on certain things and this encourage me to learn more deeply about Islam. So, that I didn't give false knowledge.

Some questions that I've answered from this section are such as:

Muslims: why a women cant have more than one husband in the same time but a men can have more than one wife ?

Why Did Mohammed Get So Many Wives?

Muslims, Honestly speaking - would you want shariah law in the country you live in?

Muslims: Does it ever worry you?

To all Muslims, Jews, Christians and Hindu's - why does God want you to pray in a specific way?

Those are some of the questions that I have tried to answer. Maybe you might think that what's the point of answering those questions. Well, the point is, at least you can help them with the knowledge you have. At least you can routed your knowledge to somewhere that can benefited some one. May be through your answer, someone get inspired or realised about the truth. The possibilities are there. In other words, you are doin da'wa. InsyaAllah.. I guess, that's all for now.

p/s:Me myself is not so active in YA anymore but I'll try to view some questions sometimes. I hope that by posting this, I kind of reminding myself too. Last time when I was busy with Sem 3 and Sem 4, I always find time for YA. Now that IB is over and I got nothing to do, I rarely open YA.. Mm.. why ya?.. Maybe, when we are busy, we use our time more wisely...

Top Up

2009-07-16T08:37:00.000-07:00

Salam semua. Hari ini nak bercerita tentang "topap". Bukan topap hanset tu. Tapi topap PAHALA. Macam mana?

Saya nak cakap pasal solat sunat rawatib, iaitu solat sunat yang dilakukan sebelum dan selepas solat fardu. Kalau time SPM dulu, selalu keluar soalan:

"Apakah kelebihan menunaikan solat sunat rawatib?"

dan jawapan saya selalunya ialah:

"Menampung kekurangan pahala solat fardu yang dilakukan"

Tapi, kita selalu mengabaikan solat sunat ini sungguhpun mengetahui banyak fadilatnya. Mungkin kita fikir,buat yang fardu je dah la.
Mengapa ye?

Mungkin kerana memikirkan kekangan masa yang singkat dan banyak lagi kerja yang lebih penting untuk dibereskan. Urusan dunia belaka.

Namun tidak sanggupkah kita berkorban masa hanya untuk 2 atau 4 rakaat solat extra?

Sempurna sangatkah solat fardu kita tu?

Kalau kredit phone tinggal sikit, kita mesti dah stand by topap awal-awal, tapi kalau dah tahu solat fardu tu tak sempurna, kenapa tak topap dengan solat sunat?

Saya juga pernah mendengar bahawa, sesuatu amalan yang dilakukan selama 40 hari berturut-turut, nescaya ia akan menjadi darah daging kita. Mudah-mudahan kita dapat istiqamah dalam melakukan amalan-amalan sunat ni.

Untuk lebih info tentang solat sunat rawatib (dan solat-solat sunat yang lain) boleh klik sini.

Rasulullah SAW bersabda,
Sesiapa yang sembahyang sebelum Fajar dua rakaat, dan sebelum Zohor empat rakaat dan selepasnya empat rakaat pula, serta rakaat sebelum Asar, masuklah dia ke dalam syurga." (Muttafaq 'alaih)

Wallahu'alam.

Hitam

2009-07-11T10:09:00.000-07:00

Hitam

Hitam is the name of my cat. Usually I just call her TAM. My house now is like 'Cat Keeping Centre' (Direct translation from Pusat Pengumpulan Kucing)

Tam love to pregnant again and again. My mom have to look after them all. Last time Tam made a record for giving birth to seven live and healthy kittens. Those kittens are then sent to Ampang (Pet Centre) since my mom herself is pregnant at that time. So, tak larat nak jaga kucing.

Last two months, Tam gave birth again. This time 5 black kittens. Take a look at the pictures below.

The kitten's house

One day, there is a box of 3 kittens in front of my house. Don't know who put it there. (orang buang kucing la tu). So, my mom just put them inside the sangkar. Tam give milk to all the kittens. Although the other three are not hers. The kittens are all siblings now... =D

This white kitten is the biggest among all. Its not Tam's child. I do not know where Tam got it from.

Yesterday, 3 other kittens were added by someone. Again, unknown.
So, in total, 5+3+1+3=12
Quite a lot huh..

Its not easy to look after the kittens. Have to settle their litters, food, ..
The smell also.. fuh.. (when there are too many cats, you know how the smell was like)

Rat caught by Tam

Rat.. ya. Tam is really good at this. Every morning (time Subuh) they will be 2 or 3 rats in front of my house. I don't know why Tam doesn't eat them but just lay them in front of my house instead. Tam.. Tam..

Sleeping Tam. Look at her when sleep.

She is like dancing.

One more nice pose.

Being with these cats, I learnt that we should always care about others, god creatures.

R.E.M.I.N.D.E.R

2009-07-09T07:20:00.000-07:00

Don't do this again
Just listen to her
For her words come from HIM.

She is always correct
Don't deny it
Though you hate it
Or you dislike it
Her words is the best
For it comes from HIM.

How many times should this happen,
until you want to listen to her.

Listen to her, listen to Mak!

NOTE: Something bad happened today. I wrote this just after the incident occurred. Sorry Mak.

6th July 2009

2009-07-07T09:54:00.000-07:00

Pelajar-pelajar IB seluruh dunia cuak menantikan tarikh di atas. Hari di mana keputusan IB akan diumukan secara rasmi. Saya juga turut merasakan debaran. Alhamdulillah. Keputusan saya cukup untuk melayakkan saya menyambung pelajaran di bumi asing. InsyaAllah.

Laman web untuk mengakses keputusan IB.

Syukur. Keputusan tidaklah tinggi mana, tapi saya tahu itu yang terbaik untuk saya. Ada juga beberapa kenalan yang tidak berjaya melepasi 'requirement' yang diperlukan. Tidak kurang juga yang berjaya dengan cemerlang. Rezeki masing-masing. Saya mendoakan yang terbaik untuk semua. Walaupun ada yang tak lepas, bagi saya, kita semua dah berjaya dari segi usaha. Contohnya, mungkin ada orang dapat 31 je. Tapi, sebelum ni dia tak pernah dapat points banyak tu. So, itu satu kejayaan juga. Mungkin orang lain tak nampak kejayaan tu. Tapi, kita tahu pencapaian kita.

Kejayaan tidak bermakna dapat 35 and above.
Kejayaan tidak bermakna dapat semua 6 in HL.
Kejayaan tidak bermakna dapat pergi oversea.

Kejayaan ialah apabila kita menerima segala ketentuan-Nya dengan hati yang redha dan meletakkan sepenuh keyakinan kepada-Nya.

Sesungguhnya Dialah perancang terbaik.

"Tetapi boleh jadi kamu tidak menyenangi sesuatu padahal itu baik bagimu, dan boleh jadi kamu menyukai sesuatu padahal itu tidak baik bagimu. Allah mengetahui sedangakan kamu tidak mengetahui." [Al Baqarah:216]

Pernah juga mempersoalkan,

"Kenapa tak leh dapat 7?"

"Ni kalau dapat 7 kan best..."

"Ala.. 5 je?"

"1 je bonus point"

"Malay 6 je... "

Tapi bila difikirkan semula, kita memang selalu tidak pernah puas. Sentiasa mengharapkan yang lebih baik. Ini memang lumrah manusia. Tapi, sesungguhnya, apa yang Dia bagi tu, pasti ada hikmahnya. Kita cuma perlu fikirkan dan lunasi.

Kebetulan, semalam terjumpa artikel ini.

Mungkin ada yang pernah membacanya di mana-mana. Saya tertarik dengan kata-kata di bawah.

KELAYAKAN:

Anda tidak perlu bawa siji-sijil,termasuk sijil saham termasuk saham Internet. Anda tidak perlu bawa pingat , Mercedes mata belalang atau kad kredit. Anda tidak perlu bawa wang atau harta serta emas yang anda kumpul. Anda tidak perlu berparas rupa yg cantik, hensem atau berbadan tegap atau seksi.

Sila bawa dokumen asal iaitu : Iman dan Amal serta sedekah jariah sebagai sokongan.

Segala apa yang kita perolehi di dunia ini hanyalah sementara. Keputusan peperiksaan kita tidak penting pun. Hanya Iman dan Amal yang akan dibawa mati.

Jadi mengapa begitu mengejar dunia? Inilah silap kita. Kita tahu dunia ini sementara namun tidak pula kita berusaha untuk akhirat yang kekal abadi. Tidak salah mengejar dunia, tapi janganlah pula meninggalkan akhirat begitu sahaja. Kedua-duanya perlu seimbang. Jika kita tahu matlamat hidup di dunia ini adalah sebagai khalifah-Nya, InsyaAllah, segala ujian dunia dapat kita hadapi secara tenang dengan izin-Nya.

Apa yang saya nak sampaikan ialah, keputuasan IB (atau apa-apa peperiksaan pun) ini hanyalah kelayakan untuk perjalanan hidup di dunia. Hasilnya adalah untuk dunia. Sama-samalah pula kita mencari kelayakan untuk akhirat pula.

Jadikan kejayaan di dunia sebagai landasan untuk mendekatkan diri dengan-Nya.

Dunia ini tempat mencari bekalan. Bekalan untuk ke akhirat.

Ayuh, bangkit semua!

Arabic Series 2

2009-07-03T08:48:00.000-07:00

4. "If the Qur'an is meant for all of humanity, why should we only learn it in Arabic? Why shouldn't it be in all languages?"

People ask if Allah made me to be an arab, if He wanted me to know Arabic. I will be born in Arabs. So, its not my problem to learn Arabic because its not my native tongue. The answer to this is historical, you know Muslim, we have learnt the Quran and study it in the original language for a millennium and a half. And as I mention before, the vast majority of people on the face of this earth they call them selves a Muslim but they are not Arab. And even in the non-Arab parts of the Muslim world, Arabic has always be part of our tradition, our base education and our learning. It is only in the last couple of hundred years Arabic has been taken away from the curriculum and become secondary for a certain groups of people.

Otherwise in Muslim civilization, this is a standard component of education. Just like when you study even non-human things in sciences. When you study science, you study physics, you chemistry, you study biology, it's the standard in education. By the time you get to high school. The study of Arabic was the standard second language thought in all over the Muslim world. And that is the historical phenomenon.

So, there is nothing to do with being Arab or non-Arab. It just the language of this religion, the language of this Ummah.

Video #4

5. "There are Arabs who understand the Qur'an but aren't very righteous, so why do you emphasize the learning of Arabic so much?"

This is actually a blinging. You could say, while this person knows about the religion, they know what's right and wrong. But they still don't change the way they behave. So, the issue isn't about being Arab or non-Arab, the issue is practicing what you know and that's not the problem for the people of the language but its the problem for anyone who know something to be true and doesn't follow it.

As far as Arabs knowing the language or not knowing the language, what we were presenting here, isn't that Arabic is the only thing you need to understand or appreciate the Quran or to become a better Muslim. What we are suggesting if you on this role to become a better Muslim, certainly the learning of Arabic is going to facilitate that journey. And its gonna be a key component in your relationship with the Quran. So, you should take it into consideration.

Its not the only requirement, but it certainly one of the biggest one.

Video #5

6. "If the Quran were revealed today, would it have been revealed in English?"

This is actually not a good way of thinking about this problem. You know, we know that Allah speaks and Allah has complete wisdom. An absolute wisdom. He knew the people of this world, what languages they are going to speak and how society is going to change. And He knows with his ultimate wisdom that this is the final revelation.

So, just to even a route to the idea that if He sends something it will be more relevent or more appropriate for this time is to suggest that the Quran isn't relevant and isn't the solution for all. This cut the very base about what we believe in the Quran.

It is a universal guidance that transcend race, that transcend gender, that transcend nation. It's a universal human guidance. So, when we say Allah Azza Wajalla reveal the Quran in Arabic, we dont reduce its to just the Arabs. That He didn't reveal it to doesn't Arabs and they were the one who benefited from it and nobody else is benefited from it

History itself is a testimony against that. And it is only in our time that we find scepticism and even among Muslims of the relevance of the Quran. A question that hasn't occur for more over than a Millennium in regards to this book and this religion is now popping up which speaks up of the less and the lack of integrity and the credential of the question itself.

Video #6

Genting dan Niqab

2009-07-02T08:42:00.000-07:00

Sudah ada aura kemalasan untuk meneruskan blog ini. Baru beberapa post dah malas. Haih.. apa ni.NO!..Singkirkan sikap malas itu.

Baik. Saya teruskan. Semalam saya berkesempatan pergi ke Taman Tema Genting. Pegi dengan kawan-kawan. Best la jugak mencuba permainan-permainan yang ada. Before this, saya tak tahu saya ni gayat ke tak. Alhamdulillah. Takde la gayat sangat rupanya.

Barangan yang dijual kat situ semuanya mahal-mahal belaka terutamanya makanan. Maklumlah, tempat tinggi, kos nak angkut barang pun meningkatla. Masa mula-mula datang tu, terpaksa korbankan RM 4.60 untuk membeli 8 pieces of Kaya Ball sebab nak tukar duit. The 60 cents is for tax. Air mineral yang biasa jual RM1 jadi RM2.50. Kalau botol besar RM5. Semuanya mahal-mahal belaka. Sesiapa yang nak ke sini nanti, belilah bekalan siap-siap. (Saje je gi taw benda ni)

Sebenarnya nak sampaikan benda ni.

Niqab

Dalam kesibukan pelbagai ragam manusia di taman tema tu, saya dapat menyaksikan beberapa kaum muslimah memakai burqa atau niqab. Agak janggal bagi saya melihat situasi yang sedemikian. Lebih-lebih lagi di kawasan seperti itu. Mungkin kerana saya jarang melihat wanita-wanita memakai burqa atau niqab. Menutup keseluruhan anggota badan mereka. Hanya dua pasang mata yang kelihatan. Kadang-kala, mata juga ditutup oleh kain nipis.

Mata yang hampir tidak kelihatan.

Tetapi, melihatkan wanita-wanita ini bertudung litup di kawasan yang majoritinya berpakaian bebas, timbul rasa kagum pada mereka. Mereka mampu menjaga aset wanita kurnian-Nya namun, masih tetap bebas bergerak. Sungguh, Islam itu universal.

Wanita-wanita ini, ada yang datang dengan suami mereka serta membawa anak-anak. Ada juga yang datang bersama kumpulan kawan-kawan. Mereka kadang kala mejadi pusat tumpuan dek kerana penampilan yang unik dan lain daripada yang lain.

Saya tertarik dangan cara berpakaian yang sedemikian. Pernah juga terlintas untuk memakai niqab, tapi... Ada seorang sahabat yang saya kenal di ym mengesyorkan saya mencuba untuk berniqab. Dia beriya-iya mengajak saya memakai niqab. Sahabat saya tu, memang memakai niqab jika dia keluar rumah atau bekerja. Saya tak pernah pula berjumpa dangan dia. Hanya view melalui web cam sahaja. And pernah la tengok gambar dia pakai niqab. Pada mulanya, pelik sebab tengok dia tutup satu kepala. (Mata pun tak nampak, scarry gak la). Rupanya, memang ada orang pakai macam tu, saya je yang tak tahu.

Gambar hiasan

So, kepada semua muslimah , sama-samalah kita sematkan niat untuk membuat satu anjakan satu hari nanti. Bukannya saya menyuruh memaki burqa atau niqab. Saya juga tidak lah sesempurna itu. Jika dulu pakai tudung pendek, sekarang pakai lah yang labuh sedikit. Jika dulu pakai tudung dengan baju lengan pendek, pakailah dengan lengan panjang. Sentiasalah berubah kepada yang lebih baik. There is always Home of Improvement. Ikutlah kemampuan diri. InsyaAllah, diberi petunjuk oleh-Nya.

Arabic Series 1

2009-06-26T02:57:00.000-07:00

In this Arabic Series, I will address some common question about Arabic and how to answer them. The questions was answered by Brother Nouman Ali Khan in his video. You can watch the video by clicking on the link.

1."What's the point of learning the Arabic language if there are already so many translations of the Qur'an already available?"

It's a very common question. Simplest answer, we have to take into consideration about what is lost in translation. Basically two things lost in translation. Certainly the content is lost, meaning the Arabic language has a lot of words for the same thing. 'Anger' has 10 to 12 different words for it. The word 'person' has 10 to 12 different words for it. Even the word 'human being' you can say 10 to 12 different ways in Arabic. Each one of those ways carry a different connotation. But when I translate them to English, if I use words A, B, C, D or E for human being, the english translation just can say human being. So, certainly something lost in translation as far as contents.

On the other side, there's a matter of style. When Allah speaks in the Quran, He speak in incredibly articulate fashion. It's profoundly creative speech. And when human being translate what Allah says, maybe they can get some of the content but certainly the creativity and the uniqueness of the words is entirely loss.

Just like when you try to translate poetry or song, from one language to another, maybe you can translate the word but you couldn't translate the creativity and the beauty.

Video #1

2. "If I don't read the Quran or don't understand the Quran in Arabic or don't learn Arabic, am I lesser Muslim? Am I sinful?"

It is actually an inappropriate question. The fact that you are not Arab or you do not know Arabic, even that itself isn't a sin. Vast majority of Muslims that belong to this Ummah aren't Arabs. So, even that itself the lack of knowledge in Arabic is not the problem. The problem however is when one doesn't feel the desire to learn the language of the one who created them.

You know, the question that should be asked instead in this place is "Am I a lesser Muslim if I have no desire to learn this language even when Allah said that He made it easy" . He is the one who himself send the Quran, "with no doubt we make the Quran easy for remembrance". So, if Allah guarantee that the learning of the Quran is easy, then I should be motivated automatically to learn it. InsyaAllah

Video #2

3. "The Qur'an calls itself clear, so why do I have to learn this complicated language to understand the Qur'an? Why Can't I simply read the translation?"

Now, the answer to this question is very simple. It's a confusion between two different words. The Quran calls itself clear and clarifying. The Arabic word is "Mubin" which mean clear and clarifying. But that doesn't mean that it is simple. The Quran does not saying that it is simple.

You know, if there's a very difficult calculus problem and I write a really clear solution to that problem, there is no guarantee that the answer to that problem is simple. But it is a guarantee that it is clear. The Quran deal with complex issues. Sometimes very intricate one. It's response and guidance towards those issue is clear. But it doesnt necessarily mean that it self explanatory is simple. So, the two words shouldn't be confuse to each other.
Video #3

Arabic? Anyone?

2009-06-25T08:22:00.000-07:00

Last time I came across this video. It's about why study Arabic?

I didn't mean to watch it in the first place. I just suddenly click it and listen to it. I am glad to watch the video since it made me realize about something that I just take for granted before this.

The speaker is Brother Nouman Ali Khan.

"Why Arabic is important?"
Generally, for average Muslims, doesn't matter where they come from, the answer were pretty much the same,
"Arabic is important because of QURAN"

When we come to Rasulullah saw, the final messenger, What do Allah give him?
Allah give him message, we call them Quran..
Allah give him miracle, what do we call them ? QURAN..
Quran is the message and Quran is the miracle. Two things at the same time..
There is a fundamental different between what Allah gave to the other messengers and what Allah gave to Rasululah saw, the final messenger.

Isn't that unfair?
Other messenger got all sorts of cool stuff..
eg: dead man come to alive...
cane turn into a snake...
a river completely apart...
and all we got is a book...?

Allah put 2 things in the Quran
-The message and the miracle..

Quran is a book that demand the reciter to read over and over again to UNDERSTAND
we cant reat it once and claim that we understand..
It's not that cheap the understanding of Quran.
You have to pay for it with TIME n EFFORT.
NOT just by reading it casually.

The translation, even the very best translation, the most we can get is only the message but not the miracle..
The miracle of Quran is only in the words of Allah.

Those are snippets that I quote from the video. Watch the video for yourselves for more input. You'll get something InsyaAllah.

Lets learn Arabic. In the next post, I'll address some of common questions about Arabic language and how to answer them.

Tiga bulan mulia

2009-06-25T06:45:00.000-07:00

Farhana Annuar Mushadad: Tiba lagi bulan Allah, bulan yang berkah, bulan haram yang sendirian. Bulan berlakunya isra` dan mi'raj Junjungan Nabi SAW,bulan berubahnya qiblat muslim. Pada bulan itu, terungkap pelbagai kisah kecintaan, nikmat berkasihan, rahmah perjuangan mengerjakan cinta. Marilah kita mempertingkatkan amalan sholeh kita, amalan yang menjadi sebab bagi kita memperolehi rahmat Ilahi, amalan yang menjadi teman yang menyenangkan dalam kubur nanti, sebelum disenangkan dengan kesenangan abadi dalam syurga yang penuh kenikmatan. Salam kembali Tiga bulan mulia yang namanya itu Rejab, Sya’ban dan Ramadhan. Selamat berusaha buat diri dan semua rakan-rakan, sama-sama kita du’a amal yang terbaik buat semua umat islam.

Bicara tentang "gerak"

2009-06-24T17:52:00.000-07:00

Assalamualaikum w.b.t

Kulsem pagi tadi berbicara tentang "bergerak". Apa yang anda faham dengan bergerak? Semua orang pasti ada gambaran masing-masing tentang apa yang dimaksudkan dengan bergerak. For me, "Bergerak" ni kalau dilihat dari aspek tersirat ialah menyeru kepada kebaikan dan mencegah daripada kemungkaran. Atau dengan erti kata lain amar makruf nahi mungkar. Atau lebih ringkas lagi, dakwah.

Jadi, adakah kita "bergerak" selama ini? Bukankah "bergerak" itu merupakan tanggunggjawab yang dituntut ke atas kita selaku hamba-Nya. Saya percaya, setiap orang ada cara "bergerak" yang tersendiri untuk menggerakkan apa yang patut digerakkan. Kadang-kala, kita juga perlu digerakkan untuk menambahkan ilmu di dada, merungkaikan kekeliruan dan merapikan kekusutan.

Salah satu persoalan yang dibangkitkan oleh e c a h h u s s i n , "rasenye, sape yg kene bergerak, n siapa perlu digerakkan, n untuk siapa kite bergerak?"

Kita semua perlu bergerak demi DIA. Mungkin kita rasa kurang yakin dengan apa yang hendak dikatakan dan rasa takut untuk "bergerak". Bagaimanakah melahirkan rasa yakin itu? Kata 'aisyah imail, "yakin datang dari iman".

"matlamat asal kene jelas.. ble dh faham.. then akan yakin
kyakinan bukan datang memswine buta
memswine=membabi buta"

Melalui diskusi ini, saya lihat ada tiga golongan:
1. Golongan yang tidak bergerak kerana takut apa yang disampaikan tidak betul dan dilabel, "Eleh, macam taw sangat je."
2. Golongan yang bergerak tapi apa yang disampaikan tidak tepat (dan dengan harapan ada pihak yang akan membetulkannya, InsyaAllah)
3. Golongan yang bergerak dan tahu apa yang disampaikannya (dan dapat menimbulkan kesedaran dalam diri kumpulan sasaran)

Kita di mana? Selama ini, saya mungkin berada dalam golongan yang pertama. Sentiasa mendengar dan terus mendengar tanpa menyampaikan atau mengaplikasikan. Bila difikirkan semula, sayangnya menjadi golongan yang pertama. Jika bergerak, setidak-tidaknya, kalau apa yang disampaikan salah, ada juga orang yang membetulkan. Mungkin iman dalam diri ini belum betul-betul utuh dan mantap. Namun, jika itu yang ditunggu, sampai bila ingin terus berdiam. Mungkin dengan "bergerak", akan lahir iman yang dicari.

Bergerak tidak semestinya bijak melontarkan kata-kata.
Bergerak tidak semestinya bercakap berjela-jela.
Bergerak juga tidak semestinya perlu ada nama.

Jika ada semua ini, itu satu advantage. Namun,sesiapa sahaja boleh bergerak. Dan cara untuk bergerak itu terpulanglah kepada setiap individu as long as tidak keluar dari jalan-Nya.

Alhamdulillah, akhirnya terbit rasa untuk melaksanakan satu anjakan. Anjakan ini mungkin kecil dan tidak begitu signifikan. Bukankah sekecil-kecil zarah kebaikan yang kita lakukan tetap dikira.

Wassalam...

Nota: Pesanan untuk diri sendiri supaya sentiasa menjadi yang lebih baik dalam usaha menjadi hamba-Nya yang beriman dan sentiasa memperbaiki diri untuk terus "bergerak". Mohon tunjuk ajar kalian.

Ujian

2009-06-23T10:10:00.000-07:00

Asmak Nabihah: “Allah ta’ala akan sentiasa menguji antum pada titik terlemah antum. Orang yang lemah dalam masalah harta, namun kuat dalam masalah pangkat dan wanita, tidak diuji dengan wanita dan pangkat. Orang yang sentiasa mudah tersinggung dan pemarah, akan diuji oleh Allah dengan dipertemukan dengan orang-orang yang sentiasa membuatnya tersinggung dan marah. Seseorang yang sentiasa berlambat-lambat dalam dakwah kerana alasan ‘isteri, mertua, tetamu’ akan sentiasa dihadapkan dengan alasan-alasan itu, ‘mertua datang, tetamu datang silih berganti,’ yang akan terus menundanya untuk bersegera menghadiri program dakwah, sampailah dia boleh mengutamakan agenda dakwah dalam kehidupannya” (K.H. Rahmat Abdullah,Episode Cinta Sang Murabbi)

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

2009-06-22T13:09:00.000-07:00

Assalamualaikum and Greetings to everyone...

Last time I used to spend my time answering questions on Yahoo Answer (YA). Through YA, I discover many things that people wanted to know and got to realize how far I know about it. One of the question that I came across is this:

Does it sound like i could have OCD?
I've been thinking that i have OCD for about two years now.
I go through cleaning fits. EVERYTHING has to be organized. If something is not clean/organized in my possesion i get extremely stressed out.

I also find myself doing strange things, like when i walk down the stairs i can not skip a step, if i do i must go back and touch the one i missed. If i hit one side of my body i must hit the other in the same spot...things like this. This kind of thing doesn't occur everytime, but many times it has.

Thanks for your input!

Katrina<3>

The question seems interesting since I never heard about such disease before this. So, I search through to find out what is OCD. Then, I found this video on YouTube:

This girl has serious OCD.

I didn't know that it can come to such extend where one become so anti towards germ and really care about hygiene. From my reading, OCD is kind of chronic mental disorder most commonly characterized by intrusive, repetitive thoughts resulting in compulsive behaviors and mental acts that the person feels driven to perform.

This another video may help you get a better picture about OCD.

This case may not be common in Malaysia. But, in the United States, 1 in 50 adults have OCD, and twice that many have had it at some point in their lives.

Symptoms of OCD

OCD involves having both obsessions and compulsions. A person with OCD may sometimes have one or the other.

Common obsessions are:
1. Contamination fears of germs, dirt, etc.
2. Imagining having harmed oneself or others, imagining losing control or having aggressive urges
3. Intrusive sexual thoughts or urges, excessive religious or moral doubt
4. Forbidden thoughts, a need to have things "just so," and a need to tell, ask, or confess.

Common compulsions are: washing, repeating, checking, touching, and counting.

Do you ever feel like having OCD before?

In OCD, the brain gets stuck on a particular thought or urge and just can't let go.It is a medical brain disorder that causes problems in information processing. Before the arrival of modern medications and cognitive behavior therapy, OCD was generally thought to be untreatable. Most people with OCD continued to suffer, despite years of ineffective psychotherapy. Today, luckily, treatment can help most people with OCD.

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If somehow in the future we happen to meet this kind of people, we should not laugh at them. Instead, give them support and advice so that they know that people are care about them.

There must be reasons behind every creations of God.

"and it may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing which is bad for you."[Al-Baqarah:216]

Cinta Nurul

2009-06-21T19:48:00.000-07:00

Assalamualaikum. Hari ni saya nak kongsi tentang cerpen yang saya baca tidak lama dulu. Saya rasa cerpen ni bagus and banyak mesej yang boleh diambil. Bukan kisah cinta biasa la. Saya ni jarang baca cerpen or novel melainkan ada orang promote pasal story tu. Disebabkan ramai yang kata cerita Cinta Nurul ni best. Saya pun baca la. Alhamdulillah, worth it la baca. Sedikit latar belakang cerpen ni:

Judul: Cinta Nurul

Penulis: Syuhada_aku

Genre: Cerpen

Bilangan muka surat: 58 m.s (setelah dikompilasikan)

Sumber: IluvIslam (ILI)-klik untuk muat turun cerpen di sini

Cerpen ini mengisahkantentang kisah cinta Nurul terhadap suaminya, Arief. Kedua-duanya saling mencintai. Setelah beberapa tahun berkahwin, Arief meragui cinta Nurul terhadapnya. Nurul pelik dengan tingkah laku Arief yang semakin dingin saban hari. Nurul bukanlah wanita biasa. Semua ciri-ciri isteri solehah ada padanya. Arief tahu itu semua, namun dia buta seketika. Apakah yang membuatkan Arief meragui cinta suci isterinya sendiri?

Hafiz, sahabat baik Arief turut menyimpan perasaan terhadap Nurul. Perasaan tersebut hanya dipendamkan. Dia lebih senang melihat Nurul jika dia bahagia dengan Arief. Oleh itu, apabila berlaku keretakan dalam rumah tangga Arief-Nurul, Hafiz tidak berdiam diri. Dia tahu dia harus membantu pasangan itu. Namun, niat baiknya disalah ertikan Arief yang merasakan ada sesuatu di antara Hafiz dan Nurul.

Nurul sebenarnya sedang hamil 5 bulan. Pada suatu hari, kecelakaan telah menimpa Nurul. Semuanya gara-gara sikap Arief yang tetap berkeras dan enggan mendengar penjelasan oleh Nurul tentang salah faham yang berlaku antara mereka. Nurul terjatuh ke dalam sungai dan hanyut dibawa arus. Nurul hilang.

Setahun telah berlalu dan Nurul masih tidak ditemui. Arief kesal. Dia tahu dia bersalah dalam hal itu. Lebih-lebih lagi setelah dia mengetahui bahawa isterinya tidak besalah. Kejahilannya memakan diri. Di mana cinta Nurul itu? Setalah setahun Nurul hilang, masih hidupkah dia? Bagaimana Arief terus hidup dalam kekesalan?

Segalanya akan terjawab kalau anda baca cerpen ni… =D

Apa yang saya nak tekankan ialah tentang pengkisahan watak-watak dalam cerpen ni. Jelas digambarkan kebergantungan Nurul kepada Yang Maha Esa sama ada ketika senang mahupun susah. Arief juga, reda dengan ketentuan Ilahi dan sentiasa mengharapkan petunjuk dari-Nya. Ini adalah salah satu perkara yang boleh kita contohi dan reflect kat diri kita. Dalam cerpen ni, diselitkan juga coretan Diari Nurul. Saya tertarik dengan cara penulisan diari tersebut yang disajikan dengan puji-pujian terhadap Yang Maha Kuasa . Rasa macam nak tulis diari macam tu jugak.

Untuk lebih lanjut lagi. Bacalah cerpen ni. Memang agak sakit mata la sebab tengok skrin computer lama-lama. But, it’s worth it. Moga mendapat input yang berguna.

Jazakillah.

p/s: I am not really good at telling story. Just nak menyampaikan.

Qaleelan

2009-06-20T12:23:00.000-07:00

قليلا

Qaleelan. Ya. Nama blog ni Qaleelan. Saya pun baru jumpa nama ni masa sedang search a suitable name for this blog.

Qaleelan maksudnya Just a little. Kebetulan come across this word in a video kat YOU TUBE about arabic lesson. The name is quite nice... so there goes qaleelan.

Saya rasa nama tu sesuai since saya pun takde banyak benda sangat yang nak dikongsikan dalam blog ni. Just a little from me.