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Powerful Words

2012-01-18T20:19:00.000-08:00

A deep and powerful message to me.

Kian Pupus

2011-12-23T21:22:00.000-08:00

Oh muslimah
Allah cinta kepadamu
Rasulullah kasih kepadamu

Oh muslimah
Berbahagialah kau telah dilahirkannya dengan mulia

Subhanallah Tuhan telah berkati
wanita yang cukup ilmu rendah hati

Oh muslimah
busanamu menutup rapi
auratmu kau lindungi
dengan indahnya

Oh muslimah kau rajin mengaji
Islam kau jadikan ikutan sejati

Oh muslimah
memandangmu menyejuk hati
menundukkan nafsu hati yang goyah
Keayuan wanita solehah indah peribadi
Tulus hatinya

Oh muslimah
Kecantikan yang sebenar
Pada tutur kata penuh berhikmah
Mempertahan kehormatan dirimu
dengan pakaian mentaati Allah

Oh muslimah
Kau masuk ke syurga
Solat lima waktu dan berpuasa
Menundukkan pandangan matamu
Mentaati suami yang tercinta

Menjelajah Dunia (Part II)

2011-12-15T06:07:00.000-08:00

bersambung...

LUBNAN

Lubnan bukanlah bumi yang terlalu asing kepada dunia Islam, Sheikh Mohd Abduh pernah bertamu disini semasa dibuang dari Mesir kerana menyebarkan faham pan Islamism. Di zaman moden ini beberapa intelektual Islam telah dilahirkan dari sulbi Lubnan seperti Dr Fathi Yakan, Dr Muna Yakan, Sheikh Faisal Moulavi dan sebagainya.

Lubnan tidak pernah merasai erti keamanan, kerencaman etnik, ideology, agama sentiasa dijadikan alasan untuk menghunus senjata antara satu sama lain, dan yang paling penting, mereka berjiran dengan Israel. Kewujudan Israel melalui Balfour Treaty adalah untuk memastikan Asia Barat sentiasa bergolak. Lubnan bernasib malang kerana menjadi jiran Israel.

Televisyen Lubnan melambangkan rakyatnya yang berfikiran sangat liberal, moden dan sekular seolah kita berada di sebuah negara Eropah. Siaran TV yang mempunyai lebih seratus siaran sendat dengan hiburan. Dua siarannya dengan aksi porno dan semi porno termasuk menayang aksi homoseksual secara terbuka.

CUBA

Cuba, sebuah negara yang cukup intim dengan pemimpin utamanya, Fidel Castro adalah negara berideologi sosialisme yang cukup rapat pula hubungannya dengan hukum pembelaan terhadap orang miskin. Petugas-petugas dari negara Cuba memakai seragam seolah tentera dan sekaligus pengikut Fidel Castro yang taksub. Doktor-doktor dan petugas paramedik ini sangat komited dengan tugas masing-masing.

Krisis kemanusiaan ini telah menarik ribuan petugas kemanusiaan dari seluruh dunia samada daripada barat atau timur, blok kapitalisme atau blok sosialisme. Yang menjadi persoalan adalah Cuba sentiasa menghantar doktor-doktor dalam bilangan yang sangat ramai (2,000 – 3,000 doktor) untuk turun padang mengharung kepayahan membantu mangsa. Dengan usia yang relatif muda antara 26 – 30 tahun.

Mengenali Cuba, sebuah Negara yang sering mencetus isu selain terkenal kerana cerut eksportnya banyak kali menghantar para doktor untuk misi kemanusiaan, di Iraq, Somalia, Amerika Latin bahkan membantu mangsa-mangsa taufan Katrina di Amerika Syarikat, sebuah Negara yang mengepalai blok kapitalis. Sosok orang mereka seiras dengan pelakon filem-filem Amerika Latin yang dipaparkan melalui skrin tv kita di Malaysia. Fidel Castro, ikon pemimpin politik kebencian Amerika Syarikat cukup sederhana kehidupan harian dan berani bersuara menyanggah ketidakadilan kuasa unipolar Amerika.

BRITAIN

Sebuah Negara mengamalkan kebebasan bersuara, ruang demokratiknya lebih luas dan selesa berbanding dengan mana-mana Negara umat Islam terutama yang diperintah dengan system monarki. Kesannya umat Islam semakin meriah dan membesar jumlahnya, beriringan pula dengan bertambahnya jumlah institusi pengajian Islam yang dibangunkan oleh umat Islam Britain terutama aktivis-aktivis Islam.

*Episod akan datang insyaAllah Mesir, Palestin dan Indonesia. Buat masa ini, perlu berundur dulu. Ada urusan. Doakan moga Allah masih beri kesempatan untuk mentadabbur dan menjelajah lagi. Kata orang biasa, jauh berjalan luas pandangan. Tapi kata Sayyid Qutb pula "Sempadan kita orang beriman bukan sempadan geografi, tetapi sempadan kita ialah sempadan akidah". Tidak kira di pelusuk mana pun dia berada, sekiranya dia beriman maka itulah saudara kita yang perlu kita pertahankan dan utamakan.

Ma'aSalamah

Menjelajah Dunia (Part I)

2011-12-08T08:00:00.000-08:00

Membaca buku Cinta di langit GAZA benar-benar terasa seperti menjelajah satu dunia. Buku yang dikarang oleh Riduan Mohamad Nor, seorang aktivis NGO Muslim Care banyak berkongsi tentang suasana dan pengalaman beliau sepanjang misi kemanusiaan. Pendek kata buku ini merupakan satu koleksi pengalaman membantu umat Islam di merata tempat. Jika diteliti cukup menarik, budaya dan adat masyarakat sedunia memang berbeza. Apatah lagi kerenah seseorang dengan pelbagai rupa dan rencah. Kadang sangat memualkan dan menjijikan jiwa tapi ada juga yang sangat menenangkan dan mententeramkan hati. Dengan ruang yang serba singkat dan sangat terbatas ini, jom kita pula mengembara dan menjelajah, menapaki beberapa tempat untuk dijadikan ikhtibar dan mengutip ibrah daripadanya.

BANGLADESH

Negara umat Islam yang sangat miskin dengan kepadatan penduduknya yang sangat tinggi. Ibu negara Bangladesh, Dhaka juga kaya dengan kemiskinan. Bangladesh mempunyai penduduk Islam yang ramai dengan jaringan madrasah, sekolah-sekolah agama, sekolah-sekolah tahfiz yang berselerak di seluruh Negara.

Negara ini mempunyai kadar pengangguran yang tinggi, sumber ekonomi juga terhad untuk menampung penduduk yang ramai. Kadar kelahiran yang tinggi tidak diimbangi dengan sumber ekonomi yang efisyen. Kesannya, ramai melakukan migrasi ke luar Negara seperti Negara-negara Arab, Eropah, juga ke Negara membangun yang lain seperti Malaysia. Tidak pelik jika warganya tidak jijik untuk bekerja sebagai pencuci kebersihan dan melakukan kerja-kerja memburuh untuk mencari sesuap rezeki.

Negara ini sentiasa menghadapi ancaman alam seperti banjir, taufan dan cuaca ekstrem yang mengancam kehidupan rakyat. Fenomena alam yang tidak menentu menyebabkan agak sukar kepada rakyat dan kerajaan untuk menggerakkan ekonomi pada tahap yang cekap.

Negara ini juga mempunyai sejarah panjang pergolakan politik semenjak perang saudara pada tahun 1960an, tidak pernah sunyi daripada sengketa politik semenjak berpisah dengan Pakistan pada tahun 1971. Rusuhan dan pembunuhan ialah sebahgian sketsa persaingan kuasa dan inilah faktor mengapa negara ini bukan pilihan kepada pelancong asing dan tidak mampu menarik pelaburan luar.

Namun demikian, rakyat Bangladesh amat mesra solat berjemaah, kehadiran ke masjid amat memberangsangkan setiap kali lantunan azan menggema di udara. Dhaka menjadi tapak subur kepada gerakan Islam dan gerakan dakwah seperti Jamiat Islami dan jamaah Tabligh. Jamiat Islami merupakan organisasi kuat di lima buah Negara di Sub Continent, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan.

PAKISTAN

Sikap orang Pakistan sangat menjaga maruah wanitanya. Ia bukan sahaja berkait dengan agama namun juga berkait dengan budaya masyarakat tempatan Pakistan. Berada di Pakistan, jangan cuba-cuba untuk melirik pandangan mata anda sesuka hati terhadap wanita, risikonya cukup mengerikan seperti dikeronyok oleh lelaki-lelaki mereka yang cukup kuat perasaan cemburu.

Di Malaysia kita akan melihat dengan jelas akibat hilang cemburu kepada maruah wanita, anak-anak gadis dengan mudah membiarkan mahkota mereka hilang dalam usia yang masih remaja sebagaimana kajian yang dibuat oleh Durex sex global. Kes anak luar nikah juga telah meningkat dengan mendadak dalam alaf baru ini.Orang Melayu di Malaysia termasuk di Indonesia telah hilang rasa cemburu kepada maruah wanita. Perubahan sikap ini seiring dengan kemajuan teknologi yang pesat berkembang. Di era langit terbuka, pemikiran masyarakat semakin liberal dengan anak gadis dibebaskan daripada kongkongan keluarga, trend membuka aurat pula semakin popular dikalangan wanita Negara kita.

Di Bandar-bandar kecil Pakistan, amat sukar melihat anak-anak gadis berkeliaran di jalanan atau di Bandar tanpa tujuan. Jika seorang gadis keluar biasanya diiringi dengan rombongan yang ramai ahli keluarga. Sekolah-sekolah diasingkan diantara lelaki dan perempuan, kenderaan awam juga sama apabila pintu di sebelah belakang untuk lelaki. Bahkan di masjid-masjid juga, tiada tempat yang dikhaskan kepada wanita kerana golongan wanita bersolat di rumah. Di desa-desa Pakistan, kaum lelaki membanting tulang dan kaum perempuan berada di rumah menguruskan keluarga. Cuma di kawasan Bandar telah mengalami perubahan.

Bagi rakyat Pakistan mereka telah biasa dengan pengasingan ini dan member kesan moral yang cukup baik kepada Negara. Mereka tidak disibukkan dengan percintaan dan pertemuan kerana urusan perkahwinan adalah ditentukan oleh keluarga. Kecuali di Bandar-bandar besar seperti Karachi yang mula menerima pengaruh barat, wanita berpakaian barat mula menjadi fenomena baru. Globalisasi Amerika berintikan protocol Yahudi telah meratah syakhsiah umat Islam terutama golongan wanita.

KEMBOJA

Bandar Pnomp Penh, kota yang menjadi saksimata kekejaman regim Pol Pot menyembelih umat Islam sehingga mencecah jutaan manusia, kegilaan regim komunis ini telah membekaskan perit yang tajam serta api dendam yang sentiasa dibumbui sepanjang hayat kepada mangsa. Bumi bersejarah ini pernah berperang dengan Siam dalam tempoh yang lama.

Negara ini kadar jenayahnya cukup tinggi seakan Amerika Latin, senjata api masih didagang dengan bebas. Ketenangan Kemboja (Kampuchea) sentiasa dikocak dengan berita jenayah, samun senjata api, rogol, pembunuhan, korupsi gotong-royong. Tidak pelik kerana papan iklan gergasi di kota kumuh itu sering bersaing iklan jenama arak, diselang dengan iklan rokok yang pelbagai.

Gambaran sebuah kota yang penat selepas zaman perang yang panjang. Wajah bandar yang cukup hodoh dengan jaringan trafik yang lintang pukang, ditambah cara wanitanya memperagakan diri. Kota ini dilatari dengan perempuan jalanan yang menjual ‘sekangkang peha’ untuk menyuap mulut. Cuma mungkin tidak sehebat kota Bangkok yang menjadikan pelacuran sebagai sumber pendapatan Negara.

Menyusuri Sungai Mekong, terkedu melihat ‘manusia bot’ yang berasal dari Vietnam yang berumahkan bot dengan anak-anak kecil membesar dalam perahu tanpa halaman rumah! Mereka ini beragama Buddha, tetapi jika pendakwah Islam mendekati dan menyantuni mereka, dengan mudah mereka akan memeluk agama Islam.

Perlu ada usaha menyemarakkan lagi gerakan dakwah di sana kerana Kemboja memerlukan kepada pemurnian semula kefahaman agama. Mereka dalam tempoh yang panjang hidup dalam dasar pemencilan agama dibuat oleh regim komunis. Masyarakat Muslim Kemboja pula terperuk dalam lingkaran ganas kemiskinan yang berakar hampIr seabad yang lalu. Pemencilan terhadap masyarakat Muslim berlaku secara sistematik.

Stay Energized

2011-11-25T18:15:00.000-08:00

When you feel that you are very exhausted and wear out, flash back in any pages in the Quran. These verses are the best ever fuel to burn and move you forward. The Quran willbreaks hard hearts and heal the broken hearts. I would like to share, a nice article to ponder. A deep message to all of us.

From Facebook to God's Book

well written by Maryam Amir-Ebrahimi. MasyaAllah

Quoted from this nice article 'From Facebook to God's Book' in www.suhaibwebb.com:

Sometimes we find Facebook addicting because of our ability to interact with our friends. So let’s find the Qur`an addicting because of our ability to interact with God. When reading God’s Book and you want to like something, say alhamdulilah (all praise is to God)! You’ll get rewards and be increased in what’s good (Qur`an 14:7). When you personally want to respond to a status, put up your hands and make du`a’ (supplication)! Instead of aimlessly commenting, you’ll be strengthening your connection with the One Who can hook it up for you, Who can hear you and will answer you! When you read the descriptions of Paradise and Hell, know that Allah Most High is uploading images for you to focus on and be impacted by; when you’re captivated or horrified by the image, comment through your actions! Do the actions which will include you amongst the chillers in Paradise and keep you from being in the excruciating fire. That type of commenting will bring everlasting results in this life and the Next and, God willing, Allah subahanahu wa ta`ala (exalted is He) will tag you as His homies in this life and the Hereafter.

Fixing A Broken Glass

2011-11-13T06:46:00.001-08:00

At one time, sometimes you feel helpless. You feel as if you couldn’t get up anymore. After a trial, another trial comes up unexpectedly. Demanding you to face it without your wish and your will. But trials are trials which every Muslim will be tested. When something happens, it is certainly for some good and for a purpose. When we say “there is good in this" (hikmah), it is not by mere words, but comes with our heart, and showing patience in the face of difficulties with heartfelt submission and gratitude.

Putting faith in this truth should inspire us with a better outlook, by which we feel grateful for everything that befalls us. In other words, a person will try to recognize the "good" in everything he hears, in every sight he sees, in every incident he experiences, in brief, in every moment of his life, and thereby, achieve a proper understanding of the meaning of this life. Making the right choice between those offered to him, expressed in the Qur'an as, "We guided him on the Way, whether he is thankful or unthankful" (Surah al-Insan: 3), man will, by God's Will, attain the the supreme end-result, that is, the eternal life in paradise.

Every event a person sees, and every noise he hears, are in ever instance part of a life that has been created for him as a unit. Whether major or insignificant, no event in the universe happens by coincidence. No flower either blooms or fades by chance. No man comes into existence or dies out of pure coincidence. No man becomes sick by mistake, and neither does his sickness develop in an uncontrolled manner. In each case, these occurrences are especially predestined by God, from the very moment they were created. Anything that exists, within the depths of the earth or the oceans, or the fall of a single leaf, all occur in compliance with destiny.

(Seeing Good in All - Harun Yahya)

Allah in advance, He has told us what will be tested. Fear, hunger, loss of life. And good news for those who are patient.Sometimes when you face a failure, the lesson might be harsh but the lesson is learned. Life is full of lessons to be learned, right? We are defined not by how many times we are knocked down, but by how many times we get up. There is a saying goes; “When everything crumbles to the ground, the only thing you can do is pick up the pieces.”

You see, it is not possible to change the past, as if it is not possible to fix a broken glass. However, by picking up the pieces of broken glass at least it will prevent you and others from getting hurt by stepping on it accidentally. So when something goes wrong, not to what you have expected to happen, just pick up the pieces, clear up that mess and change the future. We can not fix the past, but we could make a better future, insya Allah.

"...It may be that you hate something when it is good for you and it may be that you love something when it is bad for you. God knows and you do not know." (Surah al-Baqarah: 216)

And the first reaction of calamity for a mukmin is;

inallahi wa inna ilahi raji’un

We belongs to Allah and verily we will return to Allah

Mimpi Berprestasi

2011-10-30T04:13:00.000-07:00

Dalam mode membaca novel: Negeri 5 Menara. Karangan A. Fuadi

Pertama, antara ungkapan yang menarik minat saya adalah Sahirul Lail. Sebuah pepatah Arab berbunyi, Man thalabal ‘ula sahiral layali. Siapa mahu mendapatkan kemuliaan, maka bekerjalah sampai jauh malam. Itulah yang diamalkan oleh beberapa murid di sebuah sekolah pondok yang terpencil dalam penceritaan novel ini. Sangat menarik. Jam 10 malam mereka tidur dan kemudian bangun semula ketika dinihari nanti. Usually at 2 am they will wake up.

Bagi saya sangat praktikal sementara masih cuti dan berada di rumah ni. Bila dah mula ada komitmen lain, agak sukar untuk tidur seawal mungkin. Bagi mahasiswa/i yang terlibat dengan pelbagai organisasi di institut masing-masing, I believe it is almost impossible to get to sleep sharply at 10pm. But still, 12am would be okay. At least you get some rest for tomorrow. Qum ya akhi, tahajjud.

Kedua, Man jadda wajada kata mutiara sederhana tetapi kuat. Menjadi kompas kehidupan. Mantera ajaib berbahasa Arab ini bermakna tegas, "Siapa yang bersungguh-sungguh, dia berjaya!". Setiap mereka yang mempunyai impian pasti berjaya sekiranya berusaha. With desire, of course, come actions. But know that it is not solely the results of our endeavours that count; what matters most is that we made our best effort. Jadi mari kita memasang mimpi dan mengejarnya. Mimpi yang terealisasi adalah prestasi, bi iznillah.

Di kepalaku berkecamuk badai mimpi. Tekad sudah aku bulatkan: kelak aku mahu menuntut ilmu ke luar negeri. Jika perlu sampai ke Amerika. Dengan sepenuh hati, aku toreh tekad ini dengan huruf besar-besar. Hujung penaku sampai tembus ke halaman sebelahnya. Meninggalkan jejak yang mendalam. “Man jadda wajadda. Bismillah”. Aku yakin Tuhan Maha Mendengar.

A du'a is assured.

Lifelong Leader

2011-10-17T08:07:00.000-07:00

Imam Syahid Hasan Al-Banna telah menggegarkan bumi Mesir serta dunia Arab dan Islam seluruhnya melalui dakwah, tarbiyah, jihad dan ketokohannya yang unggul. Allah telah mengurniakan tokoh ini dengan bakat dan kebolehan yang dianggap tidak mungkin wujud menurut pandangan pakar psikologi, pakar sejarah dan pakar penganalisis. Kelebihannya terletak pada kemampuan akal yang begitu hebat dan pintar, kefahaman yang luas, emosi yang begitu mantap dan stabil, hati yang penuh keberkatan, jiwa yang muda membara, lisan yang petah, zuhud, qana'ah dalam hidup tanpa mengenal erti susah, rajin dan berwawasan jauh tanpa mengenal erti putus asa dalam usaha menyebarkan dakwah dan prinsip, jiwa yang penuh inspirasi dan bercita-cita tinggi, bersemangat tinggi, berpandangan realistik dan jauh, tabah dan prihatin dengan dakwah, bersikap merendah diri terutama yang membabitkan dirinya sehingga diakui oleh sesiapa sahaja yang mengenalinya. Beliau ibarat sinaran cahaya yang lembut, tidak terlalu cerah, tidak terbalam dan tidak tertutup.-Abu Al-Hasan Al-Nadwi

Siiruu wa abshiruu…

2011-09-28T07:45:00.000-07:00

MIQDAD BIN ‘AMR.

Ketika membicarakan dirinya, para sahabat dan teman sejawatnya berkata: “Dia, Miqdad ibnul Aswad adalah orang yang pertama memacu kudanya dalam perang sabil”.Miqdad ibnul Aswad yang mereka maksudkan itu ialah tokoh kita Miqdad bin ‘Amr. Di masa jahiliyyah ia menyetujui dan membuat perjanjian untuk diambil oleh al-Aswad ‘Abdi Yaghuts sebagai anak, sehingga namanya berubah menjadi Miqdad ibnul Aswad. Tetapi setelah turunnya ayat mulia yang melarang merangkaikan nama anak angkat dengan nama ayah angkatnya dan mengharuskan merangkaikannya dengan nama ayah kandungnya, maka namanya kembali dihubungkan dengan nama ayahnya iaitu ‘Amr bin Sa’ad.

Miqdad termasuk dalam rombongan orang yang pertama masuk Islam dan orang ke-7 yang menyatakan keislamannya secara terbuka dan berterus terang. Oleh itu, dia menanggung penderitaan dari amarah murka dan kekejaman Quraish. Pun begitu, dia tetap menghadapinya dengan penuh keberanian dan keperwiraan. Perjuangan dia di medan Perang Badar tetap akan jadi tugu peringatan yang selalu semarak takkan pudar. Perjuangan yang mengantarkannya kepada suatu kedudukan puncak, yang dicita dan diangan-angankan oleh seseorang untuk menjadi miliknya. Berkata Abdullah bin Mas’ud yakni sahabat Rasulullah:“Saya telah menyaksikan perjuangan Miqdad, sehingga saya lebih suka menjadi sahabatnya daripada segala isi bumi ini…”

Pada hari peperangan Badar, ketika Quraish datang dengan kekuatannya yang dahsyat, dengan semangat tekad dan bergelora, dengan kesombongan dan keangkuhan mereka. Pada hari itu, kaum Muslimin masih sedikit, dan belum pernah mereka sertai peperangan demi mempertahakan Islam, dan inilah peperangan pertama yang mereka terjuni.

Rasulullah s.a.w ingin menguji keimanan para pengikutnya dan meneliti persiapan mereka untuk menghadapi tentera musuh yang datang menyerang, baik pasukan pejalan kaki mahupun angkatan berkuda, maka para sahabat dibawa untuk bermesyuarat. Setiap mereka diminta untuk memberi pendirian dan pendapat yang tulus, walaupun sekiranya pendapat mereka berbeza dengan majoriti, mereka tidak akan dikritik.Jadi Miqdad khuatir sekiranya ada di kalangan kaum Muslimin yang tidak mahu sertai peperangan. Jadi sebelum ada yang mengemukakan pendapat, Miqdad ingin mendahului mereka agar dengan kalimah-kalimah yang tegas darinya dapat menyalakan semangat perjuangan dan turut mempengaruhi pendapat sahabat lain.

Tetapi sebelum dia menggerakkan kedua bibirnya, Abu Bakar As-Siddiq telah mula bicara, baik sekali buah perbicaraannya itu hingga hati Miqdad menjadi tenteram kerananya. Setelah itu, Umar Al-Khattab menyusul bicara, dan buah perbicaraannya juga baik. Maka tampillah Miqdad, katanya:

“Ya Rasulullah, teruslah laksanakan apa yang diperintahkan Allah, dan kami akan bersama kamu. Demi Allah kami tidak akan berkata seperti yang dikatakan Bani Israel kepada Musa: Pergilah kamu bersama Tuhanmu dan berperanglah, sedang kami akan duduk menunggu di sini. Tetapi kami akan mengatakan kepada kamu: Pergilah kamu bersama Tuhanmu dan berperanglah, dan kami turut ikut berjuang di samping kamu…!

Demi yang telah mengutus kamu membawa kebenaran! Seandainya kamu membawa kami melalui lautan lumpur, kami akan berjuang bersama kamu dengan tabah hingga mencapai tujuan, dan kami akan bertempur di sebelah kanan dan di sebelah kiri kamu, di bahagian depan dan di bahagian belakang kamu, sehingga Allah memberi kemenangan!”

Kata-katanya itu mengalir tak ubah bagai anak panah yang lepas dari busurnya. Dan wajah Rasulullah s.a.w pun berseri-seri kerananya, sementara mulut Baginda mendoakan yang baik untuk Miqdad. Indeed, Al-Miqdaad's words left their impact on the hearts of the believers. Sehingga Sa’ad bin Mu’adz, pemimpin kaum Ansar bangkit berdiri mengatakan pandangan sama sepertinya. Maka hati Rasulullah s.a.w pun penuhlah dengan kegembiraan lalu sabdanya kepada sahabat-sahabat baginda: siiruu wa abshiruu… (berangkatlah dan besarkanlah hati kalian…!)

Dan kedua pasukan pun berhadapan. Anggota pasukan Islam yang berkuda ketika itu jumlahnya tidak lebih dari tiga orang, iaitu Miqdad bin ‘Amr, Martsad bin Abi Martsad dan Zubair bin Awwam, sementara pejuang-pejuang lainnya terdiri atas pasukan pejalan kaki atau pengendara-pengendara unta.

* Demikianlah sifat Miqdad. Banyak lagi kisah-kisah agung beliau yang perlu kita teladani. Kecintaan Miqdad kepada Islam tidak terkira besarnya. ‘Biar saya mati, asal Islam tetap jaya…’ menjadi impian dan cita-citanya yakni kejayaan Islam walau harus dibalas dengan nyawa sekalipun, hingga selayaknya beliau berolah kehormatan dari Rasulullah s.a.w dengan ucapan berikut:“Sungguh, Allah telah menyuruhku untuk mencintaimu, dan menyampaikan pesanNya padaku bahawa Dia mencintaimu”

* Kisah ini diambil dari buku karangan Khalid Muhammad Khalid yang berjudul Men Around the Messenger. Kitab Rijal Hawlar Rasul ini sangat mengasyikkan untuk dibaca, dikaji dan ditelaah. Semoga kita sentiasa bercita-cita untuk mencontohi peribadi-peribadi agung ini. Wallahu'Alam.

Rekreasi Hati

2011-09-18T07:52:00.000-07:00

Sebuah pesanan dari Imam Al Ghazali, “Carilah hatimu di 3 tempat. Temui hatimu sewaktu bangun membaca Al Quran. Tetapi jika tidak kau temui, carilah hatimu ketika mengerjakan solat. Jika tidak kau temui juga, kau carilah hatimu ketika duduk tafakkur mengingati mati. Jika kau tidak temui juga, maka berdoalah kepada Allah, pinta hati yang baru kerana hakikatnya pada ketika itu kau tidak mempunyai hati!”

Inilah rekreasi yang sebenarnya, rekreasi HATI. Fizikal kita mungkin lelah kepenatan, tapi hati lebih lelah, lelah dengan hiruk pikuk permasalahan dunia. Hati ini haus, haus akan cahaya langit sebagimana fitrahnya. Dan hati ini gersang, kering dan hampa kerana minimanya cahaya yang seharusnya kita dapatkan. Inilah rekreasi HATI.

Al-Quran - Solat - Mengingati Mati

Pinta kepada Nya

Seni Kehidupan

2011-08-16T08:14:00.000-07:00

Bismillahi Ar-Rahmani Ar-Rahim

Segala puji bagi Allah, yang menciptakan dan mematikan manusia, yang menidurkan kita dan juga membangkitkan kita semula. MasyaAllah, besar nikmatNya kerana masih memberi peluang dan membenarkan kita untuk terus berada di kem rawatan kecederaan. Ye, kem bulan Ramadhan. Sangat bertuah dan beruntung orang yang melaluinya dengan penuh sedar. Inilah saat di mana luka-luka dapat dicuci dan calar balar dipulih semula. Moga perjalanan dalam bulan ini membuatkan kita kuat dan tabah dalam mengharungi perjuangan 11 bulan yang selebihnya.

Tidak dapat dinafikan, dalam fasa-fasa kehidupan kita, kita selalu berhajatkan kepada keselesaan, kedamaian dan aman dari di uji dan di duga. Sedangkan, hakikat sebenar kehidupan adalah sebaliknya. Tersebut ada sebuah kisah yang saya ambil dari buku Jangan Melampaui Batas karangan Dr. Aidh Abdullah Al-Qarni. Buku ini mengupas berkenaan dengan kisah-kisah dalam Al-Quran untuk kita fahami dan renungi. Sangat bagus untuk dimiliki, bahasa yang digunakan sangat indah dan mudah. Apatah lagi sekiranya ia adalah kupasan kisah didalam Al-Quran, pasti lebih banyak pengajaran yang bermakna perlu kita fahami untuk dijadikan panduan dalam menjalani kehidupan seharian kita seperti mana yang Allah kehendaki. MasyaAllah! Ok, berbalik kepada kisah yang nak diceritakan tadi:

Pada suatu hari, khalifah Hisyam bin Abdul Malik berkata kepada para menterinya, “Mari kita hitung hari-hari yang ku lalui dengan kesenangan semenjak aku dilantik menjadi khalifah.” Ketika itu, dia telah beberapa tahun menjawat jawatannya, lalu dia menghitung hari-hari yang telah dia jalani. Dan ternyata dia hanya mendapati 13 hari sahaja. Bayangkan, hanya 13 hari tanpa kesukaran, fitnah dan cubaan berat. Sehingga dia pun berkata, “Pasti esok aku akan menyendiri di taman kerana itu aku harus dijaga agar aku dapat merasa bahagia dari pagi hingga petang”

Esoknya dia menyendiri di salah satu taman di Damaskus dan berpesan kepada para pengawalnya, “Kamu semua jangan menerima utusan, jangan member izin kepada sesiapa pun untuk bertemu denganku. Aku tidak ingin menangani masalah hari ini. Biarkan aku menyendiri di taman ini sepanjang hari”

Khalifah pun duduk di taman itu dari pagi hingga ketika menjelang siang, tiba-tiba jatuh sebuah anak panah yang berlumuran darah dekat dengannya. Rupanya anak panah itu berasal dari dua orang di luar taman yang sedang berselisih. Khalifah berkata, “Tidak ada satu hari pun, kita bebas dari masalah.”

Nampakkan, tidak mungkin kita akan sunyi dari masalah. Belum sempat kita menghela nafas dengan tenang, cubaan lain pula datang menyapa. Itulah lumrah seni kehidupan. Allah berfirman dalam surah (Al-Baqarah: 155);

Pastinya setiap gerak geri manusia akan diperhatikan oleh Allah. Tidak ada gerakan, ucapan, langkah, dan juga diam kita kecuali Allah pasti berserta kita. Setiap amalan dan kelakuan dalam hitungan Allah. Semuanya dalam pengetahuan dan pengawasan Allah. Suatu hakikat yang kita tidak dapat lari. Hatta apa yang terlintas di dalam benak fikiran dan hati walaupun tidak dizahirkan juga dalam hitungan Allah. Setiap itu dinilai secara langsung oleh Allah, kemudian Allah sendiri yang menentukan pahalanya.

Beriman, bersabar, bertaqwa dan bertawakal kepada Allah adalah kunci kebahagiaan. Sekiranya kita beriman, maka kita akan bersabar. Sekiranya kita bertaqwa, maka kita akan bertawakkal. Semua ini merupakan seruan dan gesaan kepada orang beriman supaya sentiasa bersabar, bertaqwa dan bertawakkal kepadaNya. Kerana sifat-sifat ini membuatkan orang itu menjadi kuat yang luar biasa dan redha dengan susunan Allah. Hebatkan! Wallahu’alam, moga kita sentiasa tergolong dalam barisan orang yang akrab denganNya.

17 Ramadhan 1432H
17 Ogos 2011
Selangor
Malaysia

Empayar Islam

2011-08-08T04:30:00.000-07:00

Sungguh hebat dan luar biasa manusia yang dididik dan dibangunkan oleh Rasulullah s.a.w. Para sahabat dididik untuk menjadi seperti gelombang bukan menjadi buih, kerana buih hanyalah muncul dan terlihat banyak namun tidak memiliki kekuatan yang setelah itu akan hilang dengan begitu mudah, namun berbeza dengan gelombang. Gelombang walau mungkin tidak terlihat oleh mata kasar, namun mampu memberi impak yang sungguh luar biasa dan diluar jangkaan manusia. Hebatkan! Sehingga generasi unik ini diabadikan dalam Quran sebagai khoiru ummah, sebaik-baik umamah.

Di celah kesempatan ini, ingin saya kongsikan sejarah pemerintahan Islam di dalam blog ini. (supaya lebih ingat. Sebab apa yang dikeluarkan dari pembacaan dan pemahaman kita sama ada dikongsikan melalui lisan atau tulisan, yang itu lebih diingati dari disimpan di dalam hati untuk seorang diri. Wallahu’alam. Moga sama-sama kita dapat ambil manfaat)

Dalam sebuah hadis, Rasulullah s.a.w ada menggambarkan keadaan pemerintahan Islam. Baginda membahagikannya kepada 5 era, yakni:

“Tempoh an-Nubuwwah (kenabian) akan berlangsung pada kalian dalam beberapa tahun, kemudian Allah mengangkatnya, setelah itu datang zaman khilafatun ‘ala minhaj an-Nubuwwah (kekhalifahan atas manhaj kenabian), selama beberapa masa hingga Allah ta’ala mengangkatnya, kemudian datang periode mulkan aadhdhon (penguasa-penguasa yang menggigit) selama beberapa masa, selanjutnya datang periode mulkan jabbriyyan (penguasa-penguasa yang memaksakan kehendak) dalam beberapa masa hingga waktu yang ditentukan Allah ta’ala, setelah itu akan terulang kembali periode khilafatun ‘ala minhaj an-Nubuwwah. Kemudian Nabi Muhammad s.a.w diam” (Hadis sahih Nabi yang diriwayatkan oleh Imam Ahmad)

Jadi secara umumnya, peringkat kepimpinan umat terbahagi kepada:

1. An-Nubuwwah (Kenabian): Era pemerintahan Islam yang dipimpin oleh Rasulullah s.a.w sendiri. Baginda merupakan imam para muttaqqeen dan pemimpin para mujahideen.

2. Khilafatun ‘ala minhaj An-Nubuwwah (Kekhalifahan atas Manhaj Kenabian): dipimpin oleh Khulafa Ar-Rasyidin yakni khalifah yang adil, jujur, benar dan terbimbing oleh Allah s.w.t

3. Mulkan Aadhdhon (Penguasa-Penguasa yang Menggigit): pemerintahannya masih disebut sebagai Khilafah Islamiyyah, tetapi pola pemerintahan seorang khalifah kepada khalifah berikutnya menggunakan cara pewarisan takhta. Disebabkan itu dipanggil mulkan iaitu para raja atau para penguasa. Mereka masih berpegang kepada 2 sumber utama orang mukmin iaitu Al-Quran dan As-Sunnah walaupun tidak sehebat genggaman Khulafa Ar-Rasyidin dalam pemerintahan mereka.

4. Mulkan Jabbriyyan (Penguasa-Penguasa yang Memaksakan Kehendak): di saat ini, umat Islam hidup tanpa khilafah. Bahkan umat Islam tidak lagi dinaungi oleh sistem pemerintahan Islam bernama Khilafah Islamiyyah. Inilah era yang kita sedang lalui sekarang. Yang dimaksudkan dengan Jabbariyyan, yang memaksakan kehendak bererti mengabaikan kehendak Allah dan Rasulullah s.a.w.

5. Khilafatun ‘ala Minhaj An-Nubuwwah: berjayanya kembali umat ini dengan tegaknya kembali Khilafatun ‘ala Minhaj An-Nubuwwah.

Sejak tanggal 3 Mac 1924, umat Islam kehilangan sistem pemerintahan Islam Khalifah Islamiyyah. Bermula dari situ umat Islam mula melalui kehidupan yang penuh dengan kelemahan, kepincangan dan kemunduran. Mana tidaknya, kebanyakkan umat Islam ketika ini menyangka bahawa sistem yang selain dari sistem Islam lebih memuaskan. Sedangkan sistem itu sangat rapuh dan mudah dipatahkan. Namun begitu, periode keempat bukanlah periode terakhir dalam sejarah umat Islam. Masih ada harapan untuk kita bina ketamadunan Islam itu semula. Kini, kita menanti sistem era yang kelima yakni Khilafatun ‘ala Minhaj An-Nubuwwah. Mari kita sama2 merealisasikannya, bermula dari memupuk dan melengkapi diri menjadi individu muslim yang sebenar. Wallahu'alam.

Tanggal 3 Mac 1924, Majlis Nasional Agung
yang berada di Turki menyetujui 3 buah undang-undang iaitu;

i. Menghapuskan kekhalifahan
ii. Menurunkan khalifah
iii. Mengasingkannya bersama-sama dengan ahli keluarga

Different Vision #1

2011-07-27T07:03:00.000-07:00

In picture: Jet Engine Boeing 747. Looks simple huh...
but you will never believe the complicated system that lies beneath it.

From a small and tiny to large and huge living being that Allah has created, we will never completely understand nor replicate exactly the same thing that Allah has created for us.

"O men! Here is a parable set forth! listen to it! Those on whom, besides Allah, ye call, cannot create (even) a fly, if they all met together for the purpose! and if the fly should snatch away anything from them, they would have no power to release it from the fly." [Al-Hajj, 22: 73]

In Picture: Airplane Accidents - Jet Engine on Fire.
When we become careless or too over confident, accidents may occur

But Allah is always there, standing just right beside us, indeed He is very near, willingly to help whenever we are in need. What we need to do is just ask and ask from Him with all our heart. Allah always have an answer for our Duas, ujibu da'watad daa'i iza da'aan. But only with one condition which is:

"Let them also, with a will, listen to My call, and believe in Me; That they may walk in the right way." [Al-Baqarah, 2: 186]

Sebuah Pesanan AMAL SOLEH

2011-07-23T07:08:00.000-07:00

Bismillahi Ar-Rahmani Ar-Rahim

Wasiat Saidina Ali karamallahu wajhah:

"Apabila kamu merasa letih kerana melakukan kebaikan maka sesungguhnya keletihan itu akan hilang dan kebaikan itu akan terus kekal. Dan sekiranya kamu berseronok dgn melakukan dosa (maksiat) maka sesungguhnya keseronokan itu akan hilang dan dosa itu akan tetap berkekalan."

Pesanan AMAL SOLEH Imam Al-Ghazali:

"Pertama telah ku pandang makhluk yang banyak ini, maka aku menyaksikan bahawa tiap2 mereka mempunyai kekasih dan kecintaan tempat hatinya tertambat. Sebahagian daripada kekasih hanya mendampingi sampai ke sakit yang membawa maut dan sebahgian lagi hanya sampai ke tepi liang kubur. Setelah itu kesemuanya pulang dan meninggalkan dia terbaring seorang diri. Tak seorang jua pun yang turut masuk ke kubur dan menghiburkannya. Yang demikian tak ku dapati selain amalan soleh. Sebab itu maka ku ambil ia menjadi kekasihku. Supaya kelak ia menjadi pelita di dalam kuburku, menghiburkan dan tidak meninggalkan aku seorang diri."

Akhir kalam, Saidina Umar Al-Khattab:

"Sesiapa yang mencintai akhirat, dunia pasti menyertainya"

Jadi mari kita terus beramal soleh. Memberi sepenuh komitmen untuk beramal dengan penuh keikhlasan. Bulan Ramadhan pun kian hampir, sama2 kita menuju puncak taqwa. Melatih, mendidik dan mengasuh diri kita dalam bulan ketenteraan sangat menguntungkan bahkan menenangkan jiwa kerana ia berupaya untuk mentransformkan diri kita menjadi manusia yang hebat, taat dan terus dekat dengan Allah. Jadi yup, sama2 kita merebut peluang ini. Terus memburu barakah dan beramal soleh!

Memasuki AKADEMI RAMADHAN, dengan penuh PERASAAN KEIMANAN.

Abu Hurairah melaporkan, Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda:
"Sesiapa yang mendirikan / menghidupkan malam Ramadhan dengan penuh keimanan dan keikhlasan, diampunkan segala dosa." Direkodkan oleh Bukhari & Muslim

23 Sya'aban 1432H
24 July 2011

Flashback: In being together

2011-07-18T07:05:00.000-07:00

Bismillah Ar rahman Ar rahim
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Compassionate

Bursts of Colour
Let them bloom over and over again

It is really part of those simple joys of life I treasure and for that, I am so grateful I have friends who always push me going forward into such healthy activities. Every once in a while, usually before the beginning of our semester, we plan and decide our semester activities and all these activities have its own purposes and objectives. Though, there are also activities that weren’t planned at the beginning, but Allah made it run smoothly and without any flaws especially when it comes to informal activities. Yeah, it is truly a memorable and wonderful day of being together! There is really nothing I want except a bunch of caring and sharing people like them!

It’s really interesting to meet different kinds of people with different kinds of personality. Such simple activities actually make you become closer and closer. And sometimes, during the moments of free time, I do wonder how long I have this awesome chance to stay with them, us being all together like this? You forget time waits for no one and this will definitely come to a close one day, to move on a new place, a new life, changing scenery. Of course, InsyaAllah, that will have its own joys and wonders but what I have now, I must not forget to cherish it while it is still here. I love you guys from the bottom of my heart.

You know what, in the small steps to Jannah friends and companions play the important roles. The Prophet Muhammad s.a.w said: "You will not enter Paradise until you have faith, and you will not have faith until you love each other. Shall I direct you to something which if you fulfill you will love one another? Spread salam amongst yourselves." Sahih Muslim (Book 001, Number 0096)

May Allah preserve and strengthening our ukhuwwah always!

'Khoiru Ummah' Family Day

Thanx to kak Am for her wonderful unique drawing

Twinkling Stars

2011-05-27T07:31:00.000-07:00

Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety; after all, it is only in the darkest nights that the stars shine more brilliantly. [Saidina Ali r.a]

TWINKLING HOPE

Twinkle Twinkle little hope
Pass me down that great big rope
Give me peace and give me pride
Like the sky so big and wide
Twinkle Twinkle little hope
Pass me down that great big rope

(Taken from: Islamic Poems)

Kesenangan yang Menghanyutkan

2011-05-17T06:45:00.000-07:00

Assalaamu'alaikum w.b.t,

Salam sejahtera, salam bahagia,

Mari kita hayati sebentar Kisah seekor Semut

"Ada seekor semut, dia memanjat pokok kelapa hingga ke puncaknya,
kemudian, dari jauh, ada angin kencang datang membadai,
lalu, dia kuat memegang dahan, agar tidak jatuh,

lagi, angin taufan juga datang,
meniup kuat, hingga menggoyangkan pokok kelapa,
lalu, lebih kuat dipegang dahan itu,
dan tidak jatuh lagi,

puting beliung juga berpusing,
menghempas pokok, mencemaskan hati,
tapi dahan semakin kuat dipegang,
lalu selamat dari terjatuh dari dahan pokok yang tinggi itu...

tetapi, tidak lama, angin sepoi-sepoi bahasa bertiup lembut,
mengenai kepala, membelai rambut,
lalu, mata semut menjadi kuyu,
terasa indah, sedapnya angin,
lalu tertidur, dan jatuh dari pokok...."

Petikan dari filem 'SANG MUROBBI'

Sebuah kisah yang perlu kita pelajari, renungi dan fahami bahawa Allah s.w.t tidak mendatangkan ujian itu dalam bentuk kesusahan sahaja tetapi juga dalam bentuk kesenangan. Kesusahan dan kesenangan itu merupakan satu fasa dan lumrah kehidupan.

Di saat Allah datangkan kesusahan, kita resah gelisah lalu cari tempat untuk berpaut, kuat pegangannya kerana kesusahan itu banyak mengingatkan dia akan akibatnya. Tetapi di saat Allah datangkan kesenangan, kita terasa selamat dan leka, lama kelamaan pautannya makin longgar dan longgar hingga akhirnya barulah dia tahu bahawa dia berada di jurang kehinaan penuh kelalaian.

Maka di sini, biarlah Allah uji kita dengan kesusahan kerana di saat itu hati yang sebegini lebih lunak dan mudah untuk dekat padaNya. Tetapi bila Allah menganugerahkan kesenangan, maka selalulah pulangkan puji dan syukur itu kepada Allah s.w.t dan berhati-hatilah dalam meniti kesenangan. Janganlah sampai kesenangan itu menghanyutkan kita.

Sama2 kita memohon kepada Allah, sang Maha Pelindung dan yang Maha Pemberi Pertolongan agar meneguhkan kedudukan kita supaya sentiasa berwaspada dengan segala tipu daya dunia. Mari mencari kesenagan Akhirat!

Wallahu'alam. Dan Allah lebih Maha Mengetahui.

In Being Humble

2011-05-10T00:03:00.000-07:00

Bismillah Ar rahman Ar rahim
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Compassionate

IN BEING HUMBLE

It is reported from Saidina Ali r.a. that he said: The one who shows off has three characteristics: He is lazy when by himself, he is lively and energetic when with others and he increases in his actions when he is praised and decreases in them when he is criticized.

At one time, it is important for us to check and reflect either the deeds that we have done is pure and not contaminated by other intentions because we don’t want at the end of the day, we realized that Allah did not even pleased by any of our good actions just because of our wrong intentions.

An explanation to the Hadith "Your actions alone will not save any of you".

It needs to come with ikhlas. How can an intelligent person be amazed with his deeds when these deeds are one of Allah's blessings, He is the only one that makes us able to do such and such and He is the only one that touched and moved our heart to embrace and accept the teachings of Islam. So how could we be so proud if it isn’t by His will.

Wallahu’alam. Short reminder in calling myself to become sincere and whole-heartedly want to be closer to Him for only His pleasure and no one else.

Harapan Seorang Ibu

2011-05-04T18:03:00.000-07:00

Anakku! Belajar dan pelajarilah ilmu pengetahuan untuk diamalkan, guna kepentingan sendiri dan untuk dikembangkan kepada khalayak ramai. Pelajarilah ilmu pengetahuan itu, dengan maksud agar dapat menrecanakan hidupmu dalam menempuh kehidupan dunia dan akhirat. Jangan hendaknya pengetahuan itu menjadi beban di atas pundakmu, mengikat langkahmu dan menghalangi dalam berusaha mencari penghidupan.

Anakku! Orang yang berilmu itu harus menjadi contoh teladan bagi khalayak ramai dalam mencari penghidupan dengan jalan yang halal, untuk dibelanjakan dalam hal kebajikan. Itulah orang alim yang memancarkan pancaran ilmunya kepada khalayak ramai, untuk diikuti dalam cara berjual beli, berhutang piutang, bertani, berdagang dan dalam cara pengeluaran wang dsb.

Anakku! Sebagai pelajar, tidaklah hina bekerja di sawah, di ladang atau di kebun. Tetapi yang harus dipandang hina, ialah menjadi beban masyarakat yang hidupnya selalu mengharap-harap sedekah orang lain dan belas kasihan mereka.

Nabi kita Muhammad s.a.w sebelum menjadi utusan (Rasul), pernah menggembala kambing dan pernah berdagang. Khalifah Abu Bakar As-Shiddiq juga pernah menjadi pedagang kain di pasar. Begitu juga para sahabat yang lain. Di samping menuntut ilmu, juga tidak ketinggalan dalam mencari penghidupan.

Sabda Rasulullah s.a.w “Tiadalah Allah mengutus seorang Nabi, melainkan ada pengalaman menggembala domba”, Para Sahabt bertanya: “Apakah tuan juga begitu?” Jawab Nabi: Ya, dahulu saya pernah menggembala domba, dengan mendapat upah dari penduduk Mekkah.

Sebagaimana engkau ketahui, bahawa dalam syara’ banyak diterangkan hukum-hukum dari hal perdagangan, pergadaian, perburuhan, pertanian dll. Amalkanlah semua pengetahuanmu, dan kembangkanlah kepada masyarakat. Allah akan melipat gandakan pahalamu atas ilmu dan amalanmu.

Anakku! Tawakkal kepada Allah, bukanlah seperti sangka orang, dengan berpangku tangan bertekuk lutut, tanpa kerja dan usaha sambil menyerah atas takdir Tuhan. Bukan begitu.

Sedapat mungkin hendaklah segala amal dan usahamu itu, didasarkan untuk berkhidmat dan membela agama Allah, bangsa dan negara, kerana mengharap keredhaan Allah semata-mata. Semoga Allah melimpahkan kurnia dan taufiqnya kepadamu dalam menempuh hidup di dunia ini dan di akhirat nanti.

Anakku! Banyak-banyaklah membaca Quran. Jika mungkin, hafalkanlah di luar kepala. Bacalah dengan saksama dan resaplah ke dalam hati sanubari, camkanlah apa erti dan maksudnya. Jangan asal membaca sahaja. Mana yang belum mengerti, tanyakanlah kepada guru atau kepada alim ulama.

Orang yang membaca Qur’an dengan tidak mengerti apa erti dan maksudnya, jauh berbeda dengan orang yang membaca yang tahu dan mengerti apa maksud dan ertinya. Orang yang pertama orang yang buta berjalan tidak melihat apa-apa. Sedang yang kedua, seperti orang yang meliha, tahu mana tempat yang ditujuinya.

Anakku! Koreksilah (periksalah) dulu amal perbuatanmu sendiri, sebelum diperiksa oleh Allah. Pada tiap-tiap hendak tidur, renunglah sehari yang te lah berlalu tadi. Jika baik, bersyukurlah kepada Tuhan. Jika tidak baik, bertaubatlah dengan menyesal dan berjanji tidak akan mengulangi lagi. Perbanyak minta ampun kepada Allah. Mudah-mudahan Allah menerima taubatmu dan mengampuni dosamu yang sudah terlanjur itu.

International Seminar on Peace & Humanitarian Aid

2011-04-15T22:58:00.000-07:00

Dear respectable readers,

I am pleased to invite you guys to join and listen from the range of speakers from various background in person. These honorable speakers are gathered from different nations and distinct countries so that we could comprehend and understand the war that we don't see. They call for human rights and they call for us to unite. I'm telling you that this seminar won't let you down, insyaAllah. Among the main speakers are:

1. Huseyin Oruc, one of the prime movers of the Gaza Flotilla mission. He is one of the founders of The Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief, IHH, a Turkish NGO based in Istanbul.

2. Prof. Mattias Gardell, a Swedish scholar of comparative religion. Gardell was aboard MV Mavi Marmara during the Israeli armed forces raid on the flotilla on the morning of 31 May 2010.

3. Santi Soekanto, the former Chief Editor of The Brunei Times. One of the hundreds of survivors in the Mavi Marmara raid, she wrote a very touching letter entitled 'Gaza tidak membutuhkanmu!' or 'Gaza doesn't need you.'

An event not to be missed:

-Click on the picture to enlarge-

Date: 23rd APRIL 2011

Day: SATURDAY

Time: 7.30 AM - 6.00 PM

Venue: Conference Room, Cultural Activity Center (CAC)
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA (IIUM)

Fee:
Student - RM 30
Public - RM 50
Corporate - RM 100

Online registration at http://seminar2011.lifeline4gaza.org/

"Together We End the Siege on Gaza"

For any inquiries, you may contact through the following persons:
Br. Musab (019 - 218 7861), Br. Akram (012 - 374 7406), Br. Afiq (019 - 212 9557)

A picture of the Mavi Marmara Returns in Istanbul After Israeli Massacred 9 of the Peace Activists. And now, Flotilla II is coming back!!!

Lets us support the Palestinians' right to rebulid their lives. The second flotilla of ships will approach Gaza, answering the call for help. The more people become aware of the suffering of the Palestinians, the sooner hopefully it will end! Please forward this invitation far and wide through email, facebook & any other form of mass communication to all the community.

Thank you. Till then.

Note to Self

2011-04-10T16:22:00.000-07:00

Iza amsaita fala tantazhir assobah,
wa iza asbahta fala tantazhir almasaa',
wa khuz min sihhatik limarodhik,
wamin hayatik limautik.
- hadis riwayat bukhari -

"Apabila kamu berada di waktu petang,usahlah menunggu waktu pagi. Dan apabila kamu berada di waktu pagi, usahlah mengunggu waktu petang. Dan gunakanlah masa sihatmu sebelum masa sakitmu, dan masa hidupmu sebelum masa matimu"

Hadis ini sering kali kita dengar berulang2 kali. Tetapi disebabkan kerana doif dan lemah nya manusia itu maka kita sering lupa. Kita selalu berada dalam kelalaian (ghaflah) terhadap apa yang diciptakannya tanpa disedari; masanya, usianya, potensinya, hartanya, kepandaiannya dan sewaktu dengannya. Justeru, sama2 kita sentiasa diperingatkan akan kesempatan yang kita miliki untuk terus dan terus beramal dan berubudiyyah kepadaNya.

Procrastination is the thief of times. So beware guys.

Smart student starts here

2011-04-04T15:51:00.000-07:00

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
“Over the knowledgeable, is Allah the most knowledgeable”

All praises and gratitude is due to Allah, the Lord to whom every single creature in the heaven and the earth belongs to. Thank you Allah for giving us the strength and patient during this trying times. May peace and blessings be on the leader of all creation, the prophet Muhammad S.A.W, his family and companions.

In these days, we are drowning with a vast amount of information and starving for knowledge. We were taught sciences, maths, social studies, politics, history, economics etc etc but no where we see those who have a clear vision and mission in life, maybe just a quite number of them. Our goal in education is not merely to learn for the sake of learning. If we don’t specify our goal, then we will make some mean and cheap goals.

Let’s us imagine a society with a team of good Muslims. They have doctors, engineers, scientists, economists, managers and all other experts. Each group having a clear vision and mission as a Muslim and they have an excellent interaction between themselves. Don’t you think Allah wants such society as a true khilafah?

Hence, calling all graduated high-school students (SPM) and graduated pre-universities students (Matriculation, STPM and STAM) to participate in this beneficial programme!

Smart student starts here. HiMeGa

Hijrah Menara Gading 2011 (HiMeGa 11)

Date: 22nd - 24th April 2011 (Friday - Sunday)
Venue: International Islamic University Malaysia, IIUM
Theme: Nurturing 'Alim Mujahid

If you have any inquiries, please contact:

Brothers
- Br. Ikrimah [0134059395]
- Br. Ameen [0135041501]

Sisters
- Sr. Izzah [0132115422]
- Sr. Khairiah [0132504986]

For online registration, please log on to this link (click here)

This programme will help and facilitate us, tells us, prepares us, reminds us, suggest us a plan and follow up on our progress on our path to live in a balanced life fid dunya wal akhirah. Also balance in terms of ruhi, aqli, jismi. To be expert in one’s own field and to have a vision & mission along with discipline.

Whatever we do, counts towards in becoming an excellent in our field and towards forming that excellent team. Let us become a student who will look at this world with Islamic vision. Starting our day with Allah’s word and then study Allah’s world. Quran and Hadith is a direct study of Allah’s word while maths, science, technology, laws, economics are supporting studies of Allah’s world. Don’t you think so???

O Allah, increase us with beneficial knowledge that brings closer to You.

ilaliqo', ma'as salamah.

Kita Ibarat Pepohonan

2011-04-01T00:00:00.000-07:00

"Dan tumbuh-tumbuhan dan pohon-pohonan kedua-duanya tunduk kepadaNya" (Ar-Rahman: 6)

Sesungguhnya tiap-tiap pohon itu mengukapkan sesuatu dari karekteristik iman, sujudnya seiring dengan penampilan penghambaan dirinya kepada Allah. Sesaat untuk menyendiri dibawah pepohonan menjadi faktor yang dapat menggugah kelalaian hati dan sebagai jalan untuk kembali bertaubat kepada Ilahi.

Pohon iman akan lemah jika tidak disirami setiap hari. Daun-daunnya akan layu, jika tiada hujan. Akarnya akan kering dan dahannya terkulai jika tidak dibajai. Lantas pohon ini bertukar menjadi pohon yang buruk yang tidak dapat berdiri tegak dan segak. Suatu hari ia pasti tercabut dari permukaan bumi sehingga tiada lagi tempat baginya di bumi ini.

Tetapi hanya pohon keimanan sahaja yang berpotensi untuk terus subur dan melahirkan produk yang bermanfaat. Mengutip pesan Imam Hassan Al-Banna, "Jadilah seperti pohon, dilempar dengan batu, malah membalas dengan buah"

Segala spesis rerumputan, tetumbuhan mahupun pepohonan yang mekar berbunga dan berbuah telahpun dihampar di permukaan muka bumi ini untuk dijadikan pengajaran, maka sama2 seharusnya kita renung-renungkan sehingga hati ini tergugah dan tergerak untuk turut menyoroti jejak langkah pepohonan yang setia sujud abadi didepan Ilahi. InsyaAllah...

Melengkapi Sebuah Pengembaraan

2011-03-26T14:35:00.000-07:00

Bismillah...

-Tanah perkuburan UIA-

Selautan syukur tanpa sedikit kufur selayaknya dipanjatkan kepada Allah s.w.t kerana selepas mematikan kita pada malam semalam, Dia memilih kita untuk terus hidup, menjenguk dan mengintai kehidupan yang fana ini. Kita masih diberi pelbagai nikmat termasuk setiap helaan nafas yang turun dan naik, masih diberi peluang untuk beramal soleh supaya dapat menuai di hari kemudian. Selawat dan salam ke atas imam para muttaqqin, pemimpin para mujahidin x lain x bukan Rasul terakhir kita, ahli2 keluarga & sahabat2 Baginda dan juga orang2 yang mengikuti Baginda hingga hari Kebangkitan.

Pagi itu, entah mengapa tergerak hati saya untuk ziarah kubur. Selepas pekena nasi lemak di Sg.Pusu kami bertiga pun menyinggah sebentar di tanah perkuburan uia. Sudah lama saya tidak bertandang di situ. Ini bukanlah pertama kali saya menjejakkan kaki di sini malah mungkin kali ketiga, kalau x silap. Tapi Allah izin ada suatu kelainan daripada sebelum2 ini yang membuatkan saya terkenang2 dan berfikir dalam. Kami berkesempatan untuk bertemu dengan pakcik2 penggali kubur maka kami pun mengambil kesempatan ini untuk berbual2 sedikit dengan mereka.

Pakcik2 itu terus menghanyungkan cangkul,
sedang sibuk dan tekunmenggali kubur.

Kami: Pakcik, nanti ada upacara pengebumian ke kat sini?
Mereka: A'ah. Jenazah akan sampai pas zohor ni.
Kami: Owh...jenazah dari mane pakcik?
Mereka: UIA. Pakcik dah banyak dah tanam orang2 uia ni.
Mereka: Jenazah ni perempuan. Kamu kena banyak2kan zikir sikit.
Kami: InsyaAllah... (serentak)
Kami: Biasanya berapa dalam ni kena gali?
Mereka: Dalam 6 masta. tau masta?
Kami: Haa...??? (kehairanan. master??)
Mereka: 6 hasta
Kami: owh...biasanya ambil berapa lame?
Mereka: 4 jam
Kami: Lame la jugak ek pakcik. Mai nak tolong.
Kami: Pakcik, tadi kami nampak ada salah satu kubur tu berlubang. Dalam pulak tu. (Agak seram bila tengok) kenapa ek jadi macam tu selalu ke jadi macam tu?
Mereka: Oh..tu liang lahad terpatah agaknya.
Mereka: Kadang tanah x mampat. sebab tu kena pijak2 mayat
Kami: ye??? (kebingungan n kehairanan)
Ketika kami minta izin untuk berundur dulu, pakcik panggil...
Mereka: eh, x nak tengok sampai habis ke?
Kami: Xpe pakcik, kami balik dulu. Nanti insyaAllah kami datang lagi.

Bila muhasabah balik, janji itu benar2 semakin dekat dan menghampiri sedangkan hati ini selalu dalam kelalaian, menuju kepada hiburan dan cinta kepada kehidupan. Kita ghairah dengan kehidupan dan khuatir dengan kematian. Sedangkan dunia ini hanya sebuah persinggahan dan pengembaraan. Hanya penglihatan yang panjang dan pandangan yang dipacu oleh ketaqwaan akan mempunyai kekuatan dan kemampuan untuk menganalisa kehidupan duniawi. Teringat kata Muhammad Ahmad Ar-Rasyid dalam buku Ar-Raqa'iq, "Lupa kematian adalah awal penyimpangan"

Sungguh hati seorang mukmin akan dicekam rasa takut, gerun dan gelisah. Kadang terbayang di kotak fikiran bermain2 di ruangan mata, bagaimana agaknya keadaan akhir hayat kita nanti. Di saat semua pinjaman dikembalikan, di saat pipi bertemu dengan tanah, dan di saat penantian ke alam2 yang lain semua itu pasti dan pasti dilalui oleh setiap manusia yang bernyawa.

“Ya Allah, berilah kami taufik kepada kebaikan dan istiqamah di atasnya sampai akhir hidup kami. Jangan jadikan kami silau dan tertipu dengan kehidupan dunia yang fana hingga melupakan pertemuan dengan-Mu. Matikanlah kami dalam keadaan husnul khatimah. Lindungi kami dari azab kubur dan dari seksa neraka yang amat pedih. Ya Arhamar Rahimin, berilah nikmat kepada kami dengan surga-Mu yang seluas langit dan bumi. Amin Ya Rabbal ‘Alamin."

Selalulah jenguk kuburan, ambillah pelajaran dan
jangan kita disibukkan oleh anagan-angan

Sendiri Bertemankan Sepi,
Hanya Kain Putih Yang Membaluti Tubuhku,
Terbujur Dan Kaku,
Jasad Terbujur Didalam Keranda Kayu.

Ajal Yang Datang Dibuka Pintu ,
Tiada Siapa Yang Memberi Tahu,
Tiada Siapa Pun Dapat Hindari,
Tiada Siapa Yang Terkecuali,
Lemah Jemari Nafas Terhenti,
Tidak Tergambar Sakitnya Mati,
Cukup sekali Jasadku Untuk Mengulangi,

Menanti di Barzakh (Far East)

My lil brother used to love this song very much. Usually during my vacation, before he went to bed, he would grab my hand phone and played this music repeatedly until he falls asleep. His way of doing reflection, i believe...

Sekiranya anda ada masa? Bacalah Perjalanan Roh Selepas Kematian di sini.

First Mission: Accomplished!

2011-03-19T00:18:00.000-07:00

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim...

-F-9 Team with my treasured lecturer-

Designing and fabricating an aircraft was surely a headache. I have to admit that. Starts from the very scratch, we did assumptions, calculations, analysis and then the drawings so that we have a clear picture of an aircraft-to-be before we proceed with the fabrication. But when you are in the stage of fabrication, then you will realize that how hard it is to ensure that each component functions and performs effectively as you planned. At this point we need to be patient in trial and error, dare to take risk and a lot of testing one by one. There are some loses and we were also cheated by the retailer, but you see, learning from mistakes is always the best curriculum for self-improvement especially when you work in a team.

Alhamdulillah, many hands truly make light work. After the countless effort of working together plus with a consultation of an expert person, we managed to finish it earlier. Nevertheless, the worrying part is the flight test stage whereby we need to ensure that the aircraft could take off, climb, cruise and land accordingly. The first test, it was a failure. Well, it did take off well, climb and cruise but then with the lack of battery power, it fell down and crashed. Ouch…it did hurt himself. So we try to fix it. Even after the front arm was broken, but giving up was not the choice.

There was a silence. You should see our expressions, everyone was worrying and hoping that there’s still a chance. We were pretending and forcing ourselves to put on the fake smile, convincing ourselves not to worry and everything will be okay. After the amendments and the recitation of basmallah, we went for the second test and guess what, mission accomplished, Alhamdulillah. Everyone was contented and relieved. Need I say anything more than Alhamdulillah! Certainly it was with His help and assist that the F-9 aircraft flew successfully. Subhanallah! You should have seen it, up in the sky, F-9 pusher aircraft finally flying happily with the birds chirping around, such an awesome feeling and surrounding. It was surely a fun and enjoyable experience when you had been given a chance to work in this field area. Thank you Allah for everything, thank you.

O Allah, there is nothing easy except what You make easy,
and You make the difficult easy if it be Your Will.

Some components and parts of aircraft to be considered and analyzed.

The control panel and the aircraft

Transmitter control

FYP II Schedule

Next mission: Remaining Mini-Projects, Presentations, Final Exams &
of course Final Year Project of Hot Water Rocket.

Life is too short and time is too precious to be wasted so please make a doa for me and hoping that all of you doing your very best in your work field area. May Allah place us in a place that is good for our dunya and for our akhirah. Ameen. Till then, see you later, InshaAllah.

In memory: F-9 Aircraft

Must-Read Comic

2011-03-13T07:03:00.000-07:00

Assalamu'alaikum wbt.

After countless efforts of planning and hard work plus with Allah's wish and permission (bi iznillah), IIUM Journalism Club would like to present to you the first edition of JC.COMIC, Alhamdulillah. This essential graphic comic is a must-read comic for anyone interested in the medium.

Front and back cover

Behind every curtain, a story.
Under every flagstone, a legend.
Around every corner, a miracle.
An unlikely beauty that’s waiting to be discovered.

For those who are interested to get a copy of this first edition JC.COMIC, you can kindly give your name, contact number, and mahallah to our representative below:

Br: Helmi - 013-7282685 / hiromi2907@yahoo.com
Sr: Mastura - 019-3642048 / twinkle_twinz@yahoo.com

*P/S Congratulations to those who have struggled and helped direct or indirectly in realizing this JC.Comic. May Allah count it as amal soleh and may He grant us all Paradise out of His mercy. Ameen...

Jalan Dakwah - MM

2011-03-12T15:34:00.000-08:00

"Jalan dakwah hanya satu. Jalan inilah yang dilalui oleh Rasulullah s.a.w. dan para sahabat baginda. Demikian juga kita dan para pendokong dakwah, sama-sama melaluinya berpandukan taufik dari Allah s.w.t. Kita dan mereka melaluinya berbekalkan iman, amal, mahabbah (kasih sayang) dan ukhuwwah (persaudaraan). Rasulullah s.a.w. menyeru mereka kepada iman dan amal, kemudian menyatupadukan hati-hati mereka di atas dasar mahabbah dan ukhuwwah. Berpadulah kekuatan iman, kekuatan akidah dan kekuatan persatuan. Jadilah jamaah mereka jamaah yang ideal sebagai model. Kalimahnya mesti lahir dan dakwahnya pasti menang walaupun ditentang oleh seluruh penghuni muka bumi ini."

Dipetik dari buku TARIQUD DAKWAH (Jalan Dakwah), yang merupakan penulisan lanjutan daripada karya imam Mustafa Masyhur yang terdahulu iaitu Zadun 'Ala Tariq (Bekalan di Jalan Dakwah)

When it's Too Late

2011-03-08T15:13:00.000-08:00

Bismillah ArRahman ArRahim

"People are asleep;
when they die, they awaken"

(Surah Al-Mu'min: 45-50)

I remembered in one of our weekly meeting, one of the members brought up these verses. It made me think and ponders how todays life is valuable and will determine our conditions at The Judgment Day and also in Hereafter. So, treasure each second a valuable moment with kindness, humanity, charity and all good things which is coupled with pure intention (ikhlas). Wallahu'alam. Allahumma inni asaluka ‘ilman nafi’a wa rizqan thoyiba wa ‘amalan mutaqobbala. Ameen…

Think beyond the Needle

2011-03-02T03:34:00.000-08:00

Bismillah ArRahman ArRahim

Last few days, I came down with a terrible cold. With the runny nose, I have trouble breathing through it. Then a tiny sharp needle was like poking my bone continuously. I lost my attention in classes even though I did try to catch up with the lectures. The painfulness distracts my interest. The next day, my head was heavy overwhelmed with dizziness. As I try to move around the pain was getting worse. I felt tired and depleted, but worst of all I lost my focus and concentration in doing my routine work. With such much pain, I don’t have any option except for went to bed earlier than before.

It wasn’t easy. With the overworking duties, not getting enough sleep and missing meals might be the major factors to my pain. Pains are like needles, once it strike it does hurt even though it might not be severe injuries. But, I realized that that was not all. The pains are actually helping me to relief, to relax and to heal. To relief means freeing me from anxiety as a small voice keep on whispering slowly that you’re not alone. To relax means to have some rest for a moment from these worldly matters. And to heal me from such sins which might prevents me from gaining Allah’s pleasure. Deep inside my heart, I thank Allah for the golden chance of having so much pleasure. Indeed, relaxation relies on the exhaustion (Kepenatan itu suatu kerehatan). Wallahu'Alam.

Breaking Promise

2011-03-01T03:18:00.000-08:00

Promise is easy to make but hard to deliver. Why? Because every promise, there is price to pay right? Undoubtedly keeping one’s word are characteristics of the believers, and breaking promises is one of the characteristics of the munafiq, as was narrated from ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Amr (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:

“There are four (characteristics), whoever has them is a hypocrite, and whoever has one of the four has a characteristic of hypocrisy unless he gives it up: when he speaks, he lies; when he makes a promise he breaks it; what he makes a pledge he betrays it; and when he disputes he resorts to foul language.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 2327; Muslim, 58.

Well actually, at the very beginning of this semester, I hope and promise to myself to update my blog at least once two weeks. But seems like it turns up the other way round, perhaps I only manage to write once 2month. Ish3…lately I have such a lack of motivation to write something here. But reading my fellow friends’ blog makes me boosted up again. Hopefully, I wouldn’t break my promise again since breaking promise is not the attributes of a Mukmin.

Losers make promises they often break.
Winners make commitments they always keep.
~Denis Waitley

Pelayaran Menuju Pelabuhan

2011-02-05T20:51:00.000-08:00

BismillahirRahmanirRahim...Mudah-mudahan mulut ini, tangan ini, kaki ini, tubuh ini, seluruh deriaku ini, akan tetap terus kekal dan istiqomah dalam keadaan memuji ALLAH Rabbul Izati. Sebagai tanda syukur. Sebagai tanda kehambaan. Sebagai tanda ketergantungan.

Beberapa analogi buat diri ini,

Matlamat adalah NAKHODA bagi sebuah kapal yang berlayar menongkah arus menuju destinasi. Tanpa matlamat, manusia menjadi seperti kapal yang terumbang ambing. Ia hanyut dipukul arus. Kejelasan matlamat memudahkan pelayaran. Perbezaan antara hanyut dan berlayar ditentukan oleh matlamat. Begitulah dalam sebuah pelayaran hidup perlu kepada matlamat untuk sampai ke pelabuhan dengan selamat. Dan hanya matlamat yang tertinggi tidak boleh dihapuskan oleh musuh-musuh Islam sama ada hawa nafsu, syaitan mahupun manusia yang samar hala tujunya dan rendah matlamatnya. Maka berlayarlah kapalku ke arah redhaNya, JannahNya, dan pertemuan denganNya.

Perancangan adalah PEMANDU bagi sebuah kenderaan yang sentiasa memastikan bekalan petroleum yang dibawa sentiasa mencukupi untuk sepanjang tempoh perjalanan. Tanpa perancangan, manusia menjadi seperti sebuah kenderaan yang tersangkut di tengah perjalanan. Gagal untuk menghidupkan enjinnya kerana kehabisan bekalan bahan bakar di dalam tangki minyak nya. Maka di sepanjang perjalanan semester yang berbaki ini saya akan singgah sebentar di perhentian stesen minyak. Perhentian ini adalah majlis-majlis ilmu yang menghidupkan hati saya, memantapkan fikrah saya dan mengobarkan lagi semangat perjuangan saya. Tetapi sangat perlu kepada penelitian dalam perancangan, perlu utamakan yang mana lebih utama kerana al-wajibaat aktharu minal auqaat.

Strategi ibarat PILOT bagi sebuah pesawat yang sentiasa mengawasi penerbangan tersebut berada di posisi yang betul, low cost but high profit. Pengawalan pesawat ini sangat sukar dan perlu kepada ilmu dalam pengendaliannya. ia perlu tahu pada tahap ketinggian mana yang bersesuaian untuk misi penerbangannya, pada halaju mana yang sesuai untuk pesawat itu berangkat dan pada waktu bila pesawat itu perlu mendarat. Tanpa strategi, dikhuatirii dia mungkin berjaya dalam memulakan langkah pesawat tersebut tetapi apabila berlaku ketidak seimbangan maka pesawat itu akhirnya akan hilang kawalan dan terus terhempas di tengah penerbangan. Perlu berstrategi dalam membahagikan masa antara duniawi dan ukhrawi kerana bila kita akan berangkat dari alam ini (dunia) ia ibarat penerbangan ke sebuah daerah lain iaitu alam Kubur dan perkampungan Akhirat. Maka adakah saya sudah bersedia untuk berangkat ke daerah sana??? Muhasabah.....

Pesanan & kata-kata inspirasi buat siswa siswi:

Sidi Ahmad Al-Zarruq menukilkan: “Aturlah ibadahmu dan kamu akan mendapati masamu menjadi panjang disebabkan oleh barakah yang ada padanya.” Apabila kita mengosongkan sebahgian masa kita untuk berdoa, bertafakur, bermuhasabah dan menggilap hati kita, maka kita akan menjadi seperti bateri yang sering dicas. Bateri ini pastinya lebih hebat dari bateri-bateri lain.

Imam Al-Ghazali berkata di dalam Ihya Ulumuddin, “Modal bagi seorang hamba Allah ialah waktunya. Jika dia gunakan waktu itu pada perkara yang tidak diperlukan dan tidak digunakannya untuk mencari pahala akhirat, dia telah mensia-siakan modalnya.”

Imam Al-Ghazali berpesan lagi di dalam Ihya Ulumuddin, “Awasilah setiap detik hidupmu. Jangan kamu lupakan Allah walaupun seketika kerana apabila itu berlaku kamu sebenarnya berada di dalam keadaan yang amat berbahaya”

Mengikut Imam Bukhari, beliau berkata, “Sesungguhnya Tuhanm mempunyai hak ke atasmu, dirimu mempunyai hak ke atasmu, dan keluargamu mempunyai hak ke atasmu. Berikan setiap yang berhak ini haknya.” Dan hak diri ini adalah mengurangkan tidur, mengurangkan makan, mengurangkan percakapan dan berpada-pada dengan rezeki yang ada.

Ya Allah, kebergantunganku padaMu,

Robbanaa aatinaa minladunka rohmah, wahayyik lanaa min amrinaa rosyada (Q.S. Al-kahfi : 10)

P/S Doa diatas baik sekali dibaca oleh para pejuang muda yang menegakkan agama Allah agar mendapatkan keberhasilan dan kesuksesan. Kerana doa tersebut adalah doa yang dibaca pemuda Ashabul-Kahfi, yakni sekelompok pemuda yang beriman kepada Allah Swt. hingga mendapatkan petunjuk yang sempurna dari sisi-Nya. Jadi sama2 kita berusaha dan berdoa, berdoa dan berusaha kerana USAHA itu syariat dan DOA itu hakikat. Doa terus kita panjatkan, ikhtiar terus kita lakukan. Wallahu'alam bisowab.

Life Gets Better

2011-01-18T14:16:00.000-08:00

There are things in life that we don’t appreciate enough,
until it’s all gone.

There are blessings that we do not truly understand
until Allah swt takes them away...

... but when it’s all gone, we begin to regret it all.

So, let's us all appreciate His blessings one and all.

Today will be awesome, when we have IMAN
and tomorrow will be outstanding, if we have IMAN

Fabrication Begins

2011-01-17T14:10:00.000-08:00

Bismillahi Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim

This semester will be extra tougher than the previous last semesters. Right now I’m trying to work out with my hot water rocket which was my final year project and at the same time, each of the final year aerospace engineering students have to fabricate an aircraft which can take off and land safely. If crashes occur during the flight, cruise, climb, takeoff or landing, your mission will be considered as fail operation. As for my FYP II, the operational and testing of hot water rocket seems to be similar as my propulsion lab. Hope that it runs smoothly. Even now, we are facing some difficulties in fabricating these things. Esp FYP II.

Really hope for your prayers.
Allahumma yassir alaina, amin.

Birds are as an inspiration to human being. The idea of building a large huge aircraft comes from the imitation of a small little bird. Subhanallah, how fantastic.

"Ya Allah, aku berlindung kepadaMu dari segala perkara yang menyibukkan ku untuk menyembahMu. Dan dari segala penghalang yang merenggangkan hubunganku denganMu"

Kewajipan yang Lazat

2010-12-14T08:54:00.000-08:00

Bismillahi Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim

Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, ucapan puji-pujian terus dilafazkan, kerana masih diberi kesempatan dan peluang untuk merasai kelazatan dalam mengabdikan diri padaNya. Masa tidak berapa mengizinkan saya untuk peruntukkan masa yang banyak di ruangan maya ini. Tapi biarlah sedikit titipan ini menjadi pendorong dan bekal untuk saya terus meraih prestasi di sisi Allah.

Dalam menelusuri hidup ini, ramai dikalangan Muslim mempersoalkan kewajipan rukun-rukun Islam. Dan tidak kurang juga ada yang mencari fadhilat dan hikmah terlebih dahulu sebelum melaksanakannya. Tapi tidak bagi salafus soleh daripada kalangan para sahabat dan tabien. Mereka tidak mencari hikmah di sebalik kewajipan rukun-rukun Islam tersebut, tetapi tunduk dan ta’at kepada Allah. Malah mereka rasa lazat dan nikmat dalam kewajipan ini.

Umar Tilmisani (dalam buku zaadun ‘alat toriq) tidak menyatakan: “Carilah hikmah di sebalik perintah-perintah Allah”, namun beliau tegaskan: “Laksanakan dahulu perintah-perintah tersebut tanpa teragak-agak atau cuba memahami hikmah di sebaliknya. Tunaikan rukun-rukun sebagaimana yang telah dititahkan. Sehinggalah apabila anda merasai kelazatan ketaatan dan perlaksanaan perintah-Nya, Allah s.w.t akan membukakan anda pintu-pintu hikmahNya untuk menambahkan lagi ketenangan dan keyakinan anda”

Sedikit perkongsian daripada buku Bekalan dalam Jalan Dakwah karangan Mustafa Masyhur, bahagian pendahuluan ditulis oleh Ustaz Umar Tilmisani. Wallahu'alam.

Terus Baca, Pelajari, berTawakal, dan berAmal.
Ya Allah, tetapkan kaki-kaki kami di atas jalanMu.

The Most Beautiful Flower

2010-12-01T21:02:00.000-08:00

Something to ponder...

The Most Beautiful Flower

Once long ago, there were a group of men gathered together for the sake of Allah. These men were all knowledgeable in their own right. One man, a scholar (as they all were), was giving a talk of religious matter. After the lesson, the teacher gave each man an assignment. To find the Most Beautiful Flower they could find and bring it back for all to see. They all left out immediately looking for the most beautiful flower.

Oh you should have seen the flowers that were picked. Orange with pinks, Reds and purples, beautiful colors. They all presented the flowers as they placed them on the teacher's desk.

There was one man, a small man, who had a bit of trouble finding his flower. He searched and searched until he found the perfect one. He entered the room and placed his flower on the desk. The other men gasped. They were shocked. They grumbled.

The teacher entered the room, and looked at all of the beautiful flowers and fixed his eyes upon one in particular.

"Who brought this flowers to me? He asked with a very curious voice.

The small man replied in a very humble tone, "I am the one that placed this flower upon your desk, my dear teacher."

The teacher then asked, "Please akhi, tell me why, why this flower?"

The small man replied, again in a very humble tone, "I thought this one was the most beautiful flower in the entire field."

The teacher, very curious, then asked, "Please akhi, tell us your reasons for choosing this flower, InshaAllah."

The small man stared at his teacher, then at his fellow companions and said, "As I walked through the field of beautiful flowers, I could not help see their strength, with vibrant colors. They looked like beautiful Muslims, praying to Allah (swt) in solah. All of these flowers reaching up to the heavens humbled by the power and might of Allah (swt). Solely dependent upon Allah."

The small man paused, as if he were thinking of all the flowers he had seen.

He continued, "I then came upon a flower, small, withered, decaying. I walked to it, it was no longer full of life, devoid of any brilliant color, no longer with strength, and no longer in its worship to Allah (swt). This flower to me was the most beautiful flower, because it served Allah (swt) to its fullest. It worshiped Allah (swt) with humility and obedience. This flower had completed its purpose. And Allah (swt) had taken this flower out of Mercy, for its obedience to him."

He once again paused. The other men were on edge.

He continued, "You see, I dared not pick a flower which was still worshipping Allah (swt), I dared not place this flower in sadness, as it would no longer be able to praise Allah. I feared, that if I picked a flower, vibrant with color, glorifying Allah (swt), it would be as if I disturbed the solah of one of you. Astghfirullah (may Allah forgive me)

After the small man's explanation. All of the men in the room, gathered their flowers, placed them back into the ground, and praised Allah (swt).

Quran 3:190- "Behold! In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of night and day,- there are indeed Signs for men of understanding,-"

Quran 42:29 "And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the living creatures that He has scattered through them: and He has power to gather them together when He wills."

Subhanaka Allahumma wa bihamdika,
ash hadu an la ilaha illah Anta,
astghfiruka wa atoobu ilaika.

Glory is to You, Oh ALLAH, and praise is to You.
I bear witness that there is no One worthy of Worship but You.
I seek Your forgiveness and return to You. ameen...

waAllah'alam

Taken from: laman_islami yahoogroup Dec 27, 2005

Rehat: 3 Minggu!

2010-11-20T15:57:00.000-08:00

Mendamaikan jiwa. Lebih kurang seminggu sudah diperuntukkan untuk balik kampung dan berjalan2 bsama keluarga. Jadi tinggal 3 minggu.

Bismillahi Ar-Rahmani Ar-Rahim.

Sesungguhnya segala puji dan puja bagi Allah, Tuhan yang memelihara sekelian alam. Tidak ada Tuhan kecuali Dia yang telah memberi nikmat Islam kepada kita dan itulah sebaik-baik nikmat.

Alhamdulillah, setelah berhempas pulas bertarung dengan pelbagai cubaan pada semester lepas akhirnya dapat berehat sebentar untuk menyegarkan kembali jiwa dan mendamaikan semula hati dengan janji2 Allah. Mahu muhasabah sebentar. Cuti kali ni pasti dipenuhi dengan pelbagai perancangan bagi memastikan diri ini sentiasa tertingkat.

Kali ni sebenarnya sangat teruja untuk baca lebih banyak buku. Terutamanya apabila terjumpa dengan ungkapan ni...

Buku adalah taman orang mulia,
Perkebunan orang cerdas, dan
Tempat rekreasi orang terhormat.

Buku adalah taman syurga bagi para pencinta ilmu,
Senjata untuk melawan musuhmu

Sangat menggelorakan jiwa kan. Rasa nak baham je semua buku. Tapi perlu kepada tapisan dan pemilihan. Sesetengah buku hanya boleh dikunyah, setengah buku pula boleh ditelan dan sedikit buku yang boleh dihadam. Yang dikatakan kunyah adalah kita hanya boleh rasa di permukaan suatu penulisan sahaja tetapi perlu memuntahkan semula kerana tidak sesuai dan selari dengan pendidikan jiwa kita. Yang perlu dihadam adalah bait2 kata Allah (sumber asas kita Quranul Kareem) dan buku2 fikrah. Buku2 ini perlu dirasai, dijiwai, dihayati dan di zahirkan.

Buku2 yang perlu dirujuk untuk FYP I

Report project hari tu pulak sv suggest supaya alter dan amend balik. Jadi kene rujuk lebih banyak buku. Dan selain dari project ni ada banyak lagi assignment2 dan amanah2 lain yang memerlukan kepada lebih banyak pembacaan, pemahaman, hafalan dsb. Moga kerja2 ini sentiasa dilakukan ikhlas keranaNya.

Cherry pun mahu berehat sebentar.

Jadi jom kita penuhi cuti kali ni dengan aktiviti2 yang menjurus kepada pembentukan diri yang dahsyat penuh manfaat untuk umat sejagat.

Sangat membutuhkan doamu: Safi Ar-Rahman

Musibah sebagai rahmat terselubung

2010-11-10T07:11:00.000-08:00

Alhamdulillah, selaut syukur dipanjangkan buat Dia, Dia jua yang memlimpahkan rezeki tak putus-putus tanpa kita pinta. Limpahan kurniaan rahmatNya teramatlah banyak dan tidak terkira nilai jumlahnya. Dari setiap detik jantung bergerak, setiap pernafasan yang turun dan naik, setiap kaki dan tangan bergerak semuanya adalah dari Dia. Moga kita terus menjadi hambaNya yang bersyukur.

Semalam ketika baca buku Bibir Tersenyum, Hati Menangis, saya tertarik dengan perkongsian penulis bagaimana beliau menggambarkan ujian, dugaan dan kesulitan hidup mempunyai falsahfah agung yang perlu kita fahami. Muhammad Muhyiddin (2010) mengajak pembaca untuk merenungi dan mengamati burung-burung yang berterbangan di angkasa.

Bagaimana burung hendak mengajarkan terbang kepada anak-anaknya, dia membawa anak-anaknya keluar dari sarangnya, dan menggendongnya di udara, lalu dengan tiba-tiba dia melepaskan anak-anaknya dari ketinggian. Anak-anak burung itu pun berusaha sekuat tenaga mengibas-ngibaskan sayapnya hingga letih. Bila anak-anak burung itu hendak jatuh ke tanah kerana keletihan, maka dengan cepat ibunya akan menyelamatkannya di atas sayapnya. Beberapa saat kemudian,ibunya pun kembali menjatuhkannya dari ketinggian, dan anak-anak burung itu pun kembali berusaha mengibas-ngibaskan sayapnya ke atas dan ke bawah hingga keletihan. Manakala anak-anak burung itu benar-benar telah letih, maka dengan segera ibunya pun mendudukkannya di atas sayapnya kembali. Demikian yang dilakukan oleh ibu berulang-ulang kali hingga anak-anaknya benar-benar dapat terbang (p. 202).

Apa yang boleh saya intepretkan di sini adalah keletihan anak burung itu sebenarnya mampu membuahkan kekuatan fizikal pada sayapnya dan juga kekuatan internal pada dirinya. Begitu juga dengan manusia, bilamana Allah menenggelamkan hambaNya yang soleh dengan pelbagai musibah, ia akan membuatkan kita bangun, sedar dan kuat. Hebatnya Allah, dengan perumpamaan burung ini Dia mahu kita berfikir. Masha-Allah. Memang masha-Allah. Tidak ada yang maujud di alam ini kecuali di sana ‘terlihat’ kebesaran Allah. Di sini, tertimbul kepasrahan dan keyakinan bahwa Allah sajalah yang mentarbiyyah (mendidik) semua mahluk dengan ilmu-Nya, Allah sajalah yang menjamin rezeki kita dan Allah sajalah yang memenuhi hajat hidup semua mahluknya. Wallahu’alam. Sekadar renungan bersama.

Peranan Kita

2010-09-25T05:49:00.000-07:00

25hb September – Alhamdulillah hari ni, Allah beri kesempatan dan peluang untuk saya menghadiri Wacana Lepasan Matri yang kedua. Paling tersentuh apabila Ustaz Hadi menyampaikan amanat murabbi. Allah…terasa sangat besar dan genting peranan kita. Jadi ayuh, mari kita terus melangkah menyambung risalah Nabi s.a.w.

"Bukan kita yang memulakan perjuangan ini tapi yang memulakannya adalah para nabi dan rasul. Kita, aku, engkau dan pejuang adalah merupakan mata rantai yang berkait daripada para rasul. Sekarang aku gugur maka terlucutlah satu rantai." (As-Syahid Syed Qutb)

Dalam Kenangan: Ustaz Dahlan Mohd Zain (18 Sept 10). Beliau adalah...
Seorang walid dalam konteks kejiwaan dan perasaan
Seorang syeikh dalam konteks tarbiyah ruhiyah
Seorang ustaz dalam konteks mengajar ilmu
dan seorang qaid dalam konteks kerja2 da'wah & amal islami
inilah peribadi2 unggul yang terdapat pada murabbiku, UDMZ
moga sama2 kita dapat mencontohi peribadi beliau

Fikr & Zikr

2010-09-07T09:27:00.001-07:00

If these parts of aircraft are not joined and assembled together, there are unable to operate and work as it’s supposed to be, transporting passengers from one place to another and carrying loads as well. Same goes to knowledge. Knowledge is just parts of facts, data and information. If we couldn’t relate and connect the knowledge together, we failed to comprehend The Greatness and Mighty of Allah. Allah inspired us to combine zikr(remembrance) and fikr(reflection). With these two bases then men will understand.

(Surah Ali Imran: 190 – 191)
"Sesungguhnya dalam penciptaan langit dan bumi, dan silih bergantinya malam dan siang terdapat tanda-tanda bagi orang-orang yang berakal, (iaitu) orang-orang yang mengingat Allah sambil berdiri atau duduk atau dalam keadan berbaring dan mereka memikirkan tentang penciptaan langit dan bumi (seraya berkata): "Ya Tuhan kami, tiadalah Engkau menciptakan ini dengan sia-sia, Maha Suci Engkau, maka peliharalah kami dari siksa neraka."

Moga akhirnya kita mengecapi kenikmatan dan ketenangan dalam berfikir. W'alam.

Raih Kesempurnaan Pahala Ramadhan dengan INFAQ

2010-09-04T05:06:00.000-07:00

Infaq Apa yang Kamu Cinta & Sayang

(Surah Ali Imran: 92)

“Kamu sekali-kali tidak sampai kepada kebajikan (yang sempurna), sebelum kamu menafkahkan sehahagian harta yang kamu cintai. Dan apa saja yang kamu nafkahkan maka sesungguhnya Allah mengetahuinya.”

Mendekatkan Diri kepada Allah

(Surah At-Taubah: 99)

“Di antara orang-orang Arab Badwi itu ada orang yang beriman kepada Allah dan hari kemudian, dan memandang apa yang dinafkahkannya (di jalan Allah) itu, sebagai jalan untuk mendekatkannya kepada Allah dan sebagai jalan untuk memperoleh doa Rasul. Ketahuilah, sesungguhnya nafkah itu adalah suatu jalan bagi mereka untuk mendekatkan diri (kepada Allah). Kelak Allah akan memasukan mereka kedalam rahmat (surga)Nya; Sesungguhnya Allah Maha Pengampun lagi Maha Penyayang.”

Pinjaman kepada Allah (Infaq), Diampunkan Dosa

(Surah Al-Maidah: 12)

“Sesungguhnya Aku beserta kamu, sesungguhnya jika kamu mendirikan shalat dan menunaikan zakat serta beriman kepada rasul-rasul-Ku dan kamu bantu mereka dan kamu pinjamkan kepada Allah pinjaman yang baik* sesungguhnya Aku akan menutupi dosa-dosamu. Dan sesungguhnya kamu akan Kumasukkan ke dalam surga yang mengalir air didalamnya sungai-sungai. Maka barangsiapa yang kafir di antaramu sesudah itu, sesungguhnya ia telah tersesat dari jalan yang lurus.”

*Maksudnya ialah: menafkahkan harta untuk menunaikan kewajiban dengan hati yang ikhlas.

(Surah At-Taghabun: 17)

“Jika kamu meminjamkan kepada Allah pinjaman yang baik, niscaya Allah melipat gandakan balasannya kepadamu dan mengampuni kamu. Dan Allah Maha Pembalas Jasa lagi Maha Penyantun”

Rezeki – Allah Ganti Derma Kamu

(Surah Saba: 39)

“Katakanlah: "Sesungguhnya Tuhanku melapangkan rezki bagi siapa yang dikehendaki-Nya di antara hamba-hamba-Nya dan menyempitkan bagi (siapa yang dikehendaki-Nya)." Dan barang apa saja yang kamu nafkahkan, maka Allah akan menggantinya dan Dia-lah Pemberi rezki yang sebaik-baiknya.”

Bisnes yang Tidak Rugi

(Surah Fatir: 29)

“Sesungguhnya orang-orang yang selalu membaca kitab Allah dan mendirikan shalat dan menafkahkan sebahagian dari rezki yang Kami anuge- rahkan kepada mereka dengan diam-diam dan terang-terangan, mereka itu mengharapkan perniagaan yang tidak akan merugi,”

Infaq Sebelum Mati

(Surah Al-Munafiqun: 10)

“Dan belanjakanlah sebagian dari apa yang telah Kami berikan kepadamu sebelum datang kematian kepada salah seorang di antara kamu; lalu ia berkata: "Ya Rabb-ku, mengapa Engkau tidak menangguhkan (kematian)ku sampai waktu yang dekat, yang menyebabkan aku dapat bersedekah dan aku termasuk orang-orang yang saleh?"”

Tidakkah seruan-seruan ini mampu mengetuk pintu hati anda? Hakikatnya orang yang berinfaq adalah untuk kepentingan dirinya. Sebab menginfakkan (membelanjakan) harta akan memperoleh barakah dan keuntungan. Tidak menghairankan jika orang yang berinfaq diibaratkan orang yang melabur dan menabung disisi Allah dengan jalan meminjamkan pemberiannya kepada Allah. Balasan yang akan diperolehnya berlipatganda. Sesungguhnya, orang-orang beriman merasakan janji Allah s.w.t sebagai pendorong kepada dia untuk bekerja kuat, beramal soleh dan berjihad pada jalan-Nya. Janji-janji Allah itu benar dan Dia tidak sekali-kali akan memungkiri janji-janji-Nya. Jadi ayuh, sambutlah Ramadhan dengan semangat berderma dan bersedekah sebanyak-banyaknya di jalan Allah.

Fiqh Mar'ah

2010-08-03T15:55:00.000-07:00

Assalamualaikum!

(SISTERS ONLY!)

Di sini saya ingin menjemput dan mengundang anda semua ke Ceramah FIQH PUASA UNTUK WANITA.

Dalam majlis "Fiqh Mar'ah" akan dibahas isu berkaitan PUASA dan WANITA yang dipandang dari sudut pandangan Fiqh yakni Syariat Islam. Fiqh ini akan dikupaskan oleh saudari Fatimah Syarha Nordin, berkelulusan UIAM jurusan Kulliyyah Ilmu Wahyu & Sains Kemanusiaan, pengkhususan Fiqh & Psikologi. Jadi sama2 kita ambil manfaat dan peluang dari program ni.

Semoga program ini dapat memberi jawaban atas pelbagai permasalahan wanita berkaitan dengan puasa yang bakal kita hadapi, dan memberi pemahaman lebih dalam akan hakikat syariat Islam yang adil.

Semoga Allah juga memberi jalan dan petunjukNya bagi kita semua, menuju Islam yang kaffah, hingga akhirnya nanti menghadap Ilahi Rabbi dan mencapai RedhaNya. Ameen...

Semester VII + Peluang Ramadhan

2010-07-29T07:32:00.000-07:00

Bismillahi Ar-Rahmani Ar-Rahim.
Assalamualaikum!

Sesungguhnya pujian itu hanya bagi Allah, kita memujiNya, kita memohon pertolonganNya dan keampunanNya, kita memohon perlindunganNya dari kejahatan diri kita dan keburukan amal perbuatan kita. Sesiapa yang diberi petunjuk oleh Allah maka tiada kesesatan baginya & sesiapa yang disesatkan maka tiada petunjuk baginya. Aku bersaksi bahawa tiada Ilah yang layak disembah melainkan Dia yang Maha Esa, tiada sekutu bagiNya dan aku bersaksi pula bahawa Muhammad itu hambaNya dan pesuruhNya.

Apa khabar iman dan amal kalian? Adakah kita sudah bersedia untuk berjumpa dan persembahkan segala amal kita di akhirat kelak? Sesungguhnya, ramai di antara kita yang selalu tekankan amal2 besar tetapi lupa akan amal hati. Ikhlas merupakan amal hati dan penyempurnaan amal. Tapi kita lupa dan memandang enteng dengan amal hati ini. Agaknya, adakah Allah akan terima amal2 kita sebelum ini tanpa penekanan amal hati kita? Astaghfirullahal ‘Azim…Moga kita sentiasa dijauhkan dari perasaan riak dan ujub yang boleh merosakkan amal kita.

Alhamdulillah, tahun ini merupakan tahun akhir saya berada di UIA insyaAllah. Cume saya tidak pasti bagaimana pengakhiran saya nanti. Adakah Allah akan terus memberi peluang untuk saya menghabiskan pengajian saya di sini atau sebaliknya. Allah sahaja yang berhak untuk memanggil kita pada bila2 masa. Yang pasti, saya hanya menginginkan kehidupan saya terus menerus berhubung denganNya, meletakkan posisi saya pada tempat yang Allah redha dan terus bersyukur atas kenikmatan mahupun musibah yang mendatang.

Suatu perkara yang sangat mustahak yang perlu diberi perhatian sekarang ini adalah kedatangan Ramadhan yang kian hampir. Rejab telah berlalu dan Sya’ban juga bakal meninggalkan kita. Tinggal beberapa hari sahaja untuk kita mempersiapkan diri sebelum melangkah ke madrasah Ramadhan. Saya menginginkan Ramadhan saya begitu indah, tempat untuk menuai taqwa dan membuah amal soleh yang ikhlas. Saya juga mengharapkan Ramadhan kali ini penuh makna, mendapat pengampunan Allah dan meraih redhaNya. Justeru, saya perlu melakukan persiapan dan persediaan untuk diproses di madrasah kali ini. Doakan saya supaya saya memperoleh apa yang saya impikan ini.

Moga Allah terus redha akan saya dan kalian.

P/s Pesanan untuk saya khususnya, selalu lah belek, baca dan hadam Syarah Usul 20 dari IHAB. Dalam prinsip ketujuh belas beliau menghuraikan bahawa “Aqidah adalah asas amalan. Amalan hati lebih utama berbanding amalan anggota. Mendapatkan kesempurnaan dengan keduanya adalah dituntut pada syara’ sekalipun terdapat perbezaan martabat tuntutan tersebut”

Kian Mekar is Back!!!

2010-07-26T21:05:00.001-07:00

Assalamualaikum!

Calling all IIUM JC Members (Sisters Only!),

We’re glad to invite all of you, JC members who are currently enrolled in IIUM, Gombak and alumni of IIUM to come together and join the “Kian Mekar VIII”, that will be held this coming Saturday (31st July) till Sunday (1st August).

Details of the programme are as follow:
Day: Saturday-Sunday
Date: 31st of July-1st of August 2010
Venue: Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan
Fees: RM35

Do confirm your attendance to:
-Sister Khairul Barieyah (for those who are still studying in IIUM)
-Sister Nursa’idah (for those who have graduated from IIUM)

For further details, don't hesitate to contact us. We're very happy to assist and attain it, insya'Allah. May Allah shower His Bless and Guidance upon us, in the path of Da’wah and Tarbiyyah.

Wassalam

Ukhtukunna Fillah
Light of Happiness
Nursa’idah Binte Mohtar

Terus Melangkah

2010-07-10T08:26:00.000-07:00

Memang mudah melakar impian, tetapi mungkin sukar untuk menterjemahkannya mengikut hakikat. Namun, biar apapun kemungkinan yang bakal berlaku, kita sebagai umat Islam perlu sedaya upaya menguatkan semangat agar apa yang dicitakan tercapai. Semester baru bakal menjelma. Berbekalkan niat yang ikhlas, jiwa yang jitu, tekad yang kuat, penyerahan yang total kepada Allah, saya meneruskan jua perjuangan dan pengembaraan saya sebagai seorang hamba yang menggalas amanah di bumi UIA. Saya doakan semoga saya, kamu dan seluruh umat Islam sentiasa mampu mencipta kejayaan yang hakiki yakni kejayaan mendapat dan meraih redha dan syurgaNya. Tolong doakan untuk saya sama, saya juga hajatkan pada doa kalian.

Tulus Ikhlas,
Pemburu ilmu Allah,
Safi Ar-Rahman,
Kejuruteraan Aeroangkasa

A Fading Shadow

2010-07-04T07:51:00.000-07:00

"This Dunya is like a Shadow. If you try to catch it, you will never be able to do so. If you turn your back towards it, it has no chioce but to follow you."

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah

Lagi seminggu

2010-06-26T10:52:00.000-07:00

Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim.

Tinggal lagi seminggu saya akan berkhidmat di STRIDE bermaksud dalam seminggu ni saya perlu siapkan kerja saya yang tertunda pada minggu lepas dan saya kena siapkan final report sebelum balik johor. Kerja tertangguh sedikit sebab hari tu ada dua kali pembentangan latihan industri. Satu depan visiting lecturer dan supervisor. Hari jumaat pulak depan semua pegawai bahagian jentera dan aeroangkasa. Alhamdulillah semua berjalan dengan lancar.

tengah tunggu lecturer sampai

Dah lama rasanya tak balik JB. Hari tu ummi abah pindah rumah lagi, area JB jugak. Tapi takda kesempatan lagi untuk balik. Boleh dikatakan setiap hujung minggu ada hal. Alhamdulillah adik-beradik lain dapat tolong. Kesian ummi abah kalau nak harapkan kudrat diorang je. Barang2 kami yang banyak kalau nak dibandingkan dengan barang2 mereka. Tak sabar untuk cium tangan dan pipi mereka, rindu jiddan!!!

Hamizah dan ahmad di sebuah R&R, otw nak balik johor

Cuma kali ni, Allah izin saya dapat bercuti dalam seminggu sahaja. Mungkin tak sampai seminggu, mungkin 5 hari sahaja. Bila saat nak tinggalkan mereka, mesti rasa sebak dan sedih. Sebab sejak masuk main campus tak banyak masa yang dapat diluangkan bersama mereka. Tapi ummi selalu pasrah dan redha. Ummi faham dengan kesibukan anaknya. Ummi kata ummi seronok dan suka tengok anak2 ummi yang sibuk dengan urusan akhirat bukan urusan dunia semata2. Pernah sekali mengadu pada ummi:

“Ummi, letih nya sem ni...banyak kerja kena buat, banyak benda kena fikir” sambil sandarkan badan pada kerusi kereta exora dan mengeluh panjang. Ketika tu dalam perjalanan nak balik UIA, ummi abah tolong hantarkan. Kemudian ummi jawab dengan penuh keibuan: “Xpalah...biar letih di dunia, tapi jangan letih di akhirat”. Seronok bila ada orang di sekeliling kita dapat mengingatkan kita bahawa hidup di dunia ni hanya sebuah persinggahan.

Abah pulak tak jemu2 hantar message supaya sentiasa ingat Allah. Pernah sekali bila nyatakan hasrat untuk memilih kursus aeroangkasa abah mula2 keberatan. Tapi bila dibincang semula abah jawab dengan sms yang ringkas: “InsyaAllah, jika itu yang kak lang suka, abah sokong. Yang penting kena yakin, ikhlas & istiqamah dalam belajar & ibadah. Semoga kak lang berjaya dengan cemerlang”. SMS lain “kalau nak masuk teaching line, mana2 kursus pun ok dan diperlukan”

Dan pada cuti mid-semester lepas, saya banyak luangkan masa bersama abah. Pergi ke pejabatnya dan duduk puchong bersama abang2. Adik2 kecil kat JB dengan ummi. Diorang nak sekolah jadi tak dapat nak bersama. Teringat ketika dalam perjalanan nak pulang ke rumah, abah tak habis2 ingatkan bahawa orang yang berjaya di akhirat adalah orang2 yang berjaya di dunia. Kata abah: “Mana mungkin orang yang solat, yang mempunyai hubungan terus dengan Allah itu akan gagal dalam urusan dunia nya. Cuma mungkin kadang2 kejayaan itu tertunda. Dan mana mungkin orang yang tinggal solat itu boleh berjaya. Cuma mungkin azab nya sahaja yang tertunda dan balasan di akhirat itu pedih dari jankaan.” Abah sambung: “Lagi banyak kita baca, fahami dan hayati Quran, lagi luas peluang kejayaan kita.”

Ciwan dan ahmad di rumah sewa lama

Itulah antara kata2 keramat mereka. Alhamdulillah, mereka banyak sabar, tak jemu2 mendidik dan berdoa untuk kami. Seronok bila dapat bahagiakan mereka kerana keredaan Allah terletak pada keredaan ibu bapa itu sendiri. Maka, marilah kita sama2 terus menjadi anak yang soleh dan berbakti kepada kedua-dua ibu bapa. Moga Allah hadiahkan kita semua mahligai syurga di akhirat nanti.

Dalam memenangi pandangan dan redhaMu,
Hamba-Mu yang hina: Safi Ar-Rahman

RESS 2010

2010-05-14T07:27:00.000-07:00

JANGAN LEPASKAN PELUANG INI!

-Tautan Ukhuwah, Menuju Mardhotillah-

Musim peperiksaan bagi kebanyakan universiti sudah lama berakhir. Kini ada yang sedang menjalani latihan industri, ada juga sedang sambung pengajian dengan mengambil semester pendek. Tapi saya percaya ramai juga dikalangan siswi yang sedang bercuti di rumah. Jadi diharapkan di sepanjang cuti ini kita boleh lebih mengenali diri, membina potensi dan keperibadian.

Untuk makluman semua, 21-23 Mei 2010 akan diadakan Rekreasi Nasional Siswa (RESS), program yang menyediakan satu pakej yang cukup menarik. Pengisian yang merangkumi ruhi, aqli dan jasad quotient. Jadi, apa kata kita semua pakat sama2 luangkan masa untuk hadiri RESS ni. Bagi yang berminat, jangan malu2, jangan segan2 untuk hubungi saudari Hidayah di talian 013-2226879.

Jom penuhi masa kita dengan aktiviti2 yang bermanfaat. Ngee...(0_o)

Si Tukang Seru

2010-05-09T06:03:00.000-07:00

(1) Qum, Faanzir !

Bangkit dan berdirilah, susun barisan dan kekuatan. Barisan dan kesatuan Umat. Canangkan seruan dan ancaman. Seruan kebenaran dan ancaman kebinasaan jika menolak atau menentang kebenaran. Gemakan sentiasa Kalam Ilahi, kumandangkan selalu suara dan seruan kebenaran. Sampai peringatan ini ke kuping segala Insan! Gempitakan kepada dunia dan kepada manusia ajaran agama Tauhid, ajaran Cita dan Cinta.

(2) Worabbaka fakabbir

Besarkan Tuhanmu, di atas segala! Tiada kebenaran yang menyamai KebesaranNya. Tiada kekuasaan yang menyamai KekuasaanNya. Tiada urusan atau kepentingan yang lebih dan urusan dan kepentingan menjalankan perintahNya. Kecil semuanya dihadapan Allahu Akbar. Fana, lenyap dan binasa segala dalam ke BaqaanNya. Tiada ketakutan selain dan azab, siksaNya yang akan menimpa. Tiada harapan selain dari keRedhaanNya belaka. Tiada kesulitan apabila ruh telah bersambung dengan Maha Kebesaran dan Maha Kekuasaan Tuhan yang Tunggal itu.

(3) Wathiabaka fathahhir!

Bersihkanlah dirimu, lahir dan batinmu! Hanya dengan kesucian ruh jua Amanah dan Risalah ini dapat engkau jalankan. Risalah dan Amanah ini adalah suci. Dia tidak boleh dipegang oleh tangan yang kotor, jiwa yang berlumur dosa dan noda. Hanyalah dengan kesucian ruh engkau dapat memikul tugas dan beban berat ini. Sucikanlah dirimu, lahir dan batin, baru engkau ajar manusia menempuh tugas dan beban berat ini.

Thahirum muthahir suci dan mensucikan, itulah peribadi Mukmin yang sejati. Tangan yang berlumur darah maksiat tidak mungkin akan berbuat khairat kepada dunia dan manusia. Jiwa yang kotor dan penuh dosa tidak mungkin akan memberikan isi dan erti dunia dan manusia.

(4) Warrujza fahjur !

Jauhilah maksiat, singkiri mungkarat! Dosa itu akan menodai dirimu, akan menghitamkan wajah riwayatmu. Engkau tidak akan sanggup menghadap, jika mukamu tebal dan hitam dengan dosa dan maksiat, Namamu akan cemar dihadapan Rabbi, kalau laranganNya tidak engkau singkiri dan jauhi. Bersihkanlah keluargamu, jiran dan tetanggamu, masyarakat bangsamu dan maksiat dan mungkarat dan dosa dan noda. Bangsa dan Negaramu akan karam-tenggelam dalam lembah kehancuran dan kebinasaan, jikalau maksiat dan mungkarat telah menjadi pakaiannya. Makruf yang harus tegak dan mungkar yang harus roboh, adalah dan jihadmu.

(5) Wala tumnun tastakthir’

Janganlah engkau memberi kerana harapkan balasan yang banyak! Jalankan tugas ini tanpa mengharapkan balasan dan ganjaran dari manusia ramai. Menjalankan tugas adalah berbakti dan mengabdi, tidak mengharapkan balasan dan pujian, keuntungan benda dan material. Kekayaan manusia tidak cukup untuk “membalas” jasamu yang tidak ternilai itu. Bukankah tanpa engkau, masyarakat ini akan kering dan ketiadaan Iman, kepercayaan dan, pegangan? Bukankah tanpa engkau, masyarakat ini lenyap ditelan kesepian, tiada suluh dan pelita? Bukankah tanpa engkau, hidup ini akan kerdil; hidup kehampaan dan segala kehampaan, kerana tiada Iman dan Agama? Kalau tidak adalah “penyuluh-penyuluh” baru datang ke dunia seperti engkau, alam ini seluruhnya akan tenggelam dalam kegelapan, kesepian dan kehampaan. Jalankan tugas ini kerana hanya mengharapkan keRedhaan Tuhanmu jua.

(6) Walirabbika fasybir!

Kerana Tuhanmu, hendaklah engkau sabar! Lakukanlah tugas dan kewajipan ini dengan segala kesabaran dan ketahanan. Sabar menerima musibah yang menimpa, ujian dan percubaan yang datang silih berganti. Sabar menahan dan mengendalikan diri, menunggu pohon yang engkau tanam itu berpucuk dan berbuah. Tidak putus asa dan hilang harapan atau kecewa melihat hasil yang ada kerana tidak seimbang dengan kegiatan dan pengorbanan yang diberikan. Hanya Ummat yang sabar yang akan mendapat kejayaan sejati dan kemenangan hakiki. Hanya Ummat yang sabar yang akan sampai kepada tujuan.

Haza dzikrun!

Inilah enam peringatan dan enam arahan! Untuk Mujahid Dakwah. Syahibud Dakwah, si Tukang Seru. Bukankah tanpa engkau, masyarakat ini lenyap ditelan kesepian, tiada suluh dan pelita? Bukankah tanpa engkau, hidup ini akan kerdil; hidup kehampaan dan segala kehampaan, kerana tiada Iman dan Agama? Kalau tidak adalah “penyuluh-penyuluh” baru datang kedunia seperti engkau, alam ini seluruhnya akan tenggelam dalam kegelapan, kesepian dan kehampaan. Jalankan tugas ini kerana hanya mengharapkan keRedhaan Tuhanmu jua.

Petikan dari buku: Usrah dan Da'wah
Karangan: IHAB

Latihan Industri

2010-05-08T06:26:00.000-07:00

-Kereta idaman-

Maaf, masa tak mengizinkan saya untuk meluangkan banyak masa di dunia blogging. Sekarang tengah buat praktikal jadi nak curi masa untuk buka internet susah sikit. Banyak duduk dalam workshop & lab xpun pergi site. Kalau duduk dalam lab pun biasanya untuk investigation. Kene cari punca kerosakan then buat report hasil dari penyiasatan tu. Contoh hari tu ada kes tangki minyak aircraft terbocor. So nanti akan disediakan beberapa team untuk lakukan siasatan. Sama jugak kalau ada aircraft accident. Macam team CSI la kononnya.

SITUASI PERTAMA - Hari tu tengah buat kerja pertukangan sikit. Tak pakai glove sebab tak disediakan pun. Pastu ada senior technician lalu dan perhatikan cara saya bekerja

Danial: Dik, nape tak pakai glove? Nanti kasar tangan
Safi: Haa...kene ke? Orang lain tak pakai pun (sedikit blur)
Zaim: Ala...xyah pakai, sape suruh amik course ni
Safi: (Dalam hati) Tau la jealous budak perempuan belajar tinggi2
Zaim: Kalau sume belajar tinggi2, sape la nak buat keje2 ni.
Safi: Eik...macam mane dia dengar? (pelik...td x cakap kuat pun. Cume getusan dalam hati. Obvious sangat ke. Seems like he’s reading my mind)

SITUASI KEDUA - Time tu nak measure rod diameter yang tergantung tinggi sebelum kerja pemotongan. Sambil pegang caliper, saya berusaha la untuk capai rod tu tapi measurement tak berapa tepat sebab kedudukan caliper tak betul

Zaim: Kamu pendek piah. Nah...pijak ni. (Sambil hulur bangku buatan sendri)
Safi: Cet...selamba je under estimate ketinggian orang. standard la perempuan tinggi ni. (Getus saya dalam hati... Nasib baik Zaim tu cikgu saya. Kalau x dah lama nak kene balun. Geram tapi sabar je)

Setiap dua tiga minggu saya akan ditukarkan ke cawangan berbeza. Sume ada 5 cawangan dan setakat ni baru 2 cawangan. Minggu depan ni pun still cawangan yang sama. Cume kali ni sambil buat projek ada benda lain yang perlu belajar. Belajar bagaimana nak buat report yang profesional selepas penyiasatan dilakukan.

Pe2 pun, Alhamdulillah kerja2 kat sini takde masalah. Diorang sangat sporting termasuk supervisor. Bila fikir dan renung balik masa depan, stakat ni saya tak berminat pun nak jadi engineer. Tapi ada sebab kenapa saya ambil kursus kejuruteraan terutamanya bahagian aeroangkasa. Ada objektif dan matlamat yang tersembunyi. Hanya orang tertentu sahaja akan faham. Jadi bila ada orang persoalkan saya kenapa kursus ini jadi pilihan, saya tetap dengan pendirian dan berazam untuk teruskan misi ini.

Sesungguhnya, Allah sahaja sebaik-baik penolong dan sebaik-baik pembantu. Moga setiap perancangan dan amal kita dikira dan dipandang olehNya.

Restrain your Anger

2010-04-06T15:37:00.000-07:00

Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim

All praise is due to Allah, the Director of all that is created. I praise Him for all of His bounties. I bear witness that there is none worthy to worship except Allah alone and I bear witness that our leader Muhammad is His messenger, His beloved and the best of all creation. May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, the other prophets, their families and the rest of the righteous one.

Anger is something that happens to all of us. Especially when something occurs which does not happen according to our plan we often tend to outburst our anger. Expressing how disappointed and how upset we are to others. When this happen, it actually affect the feelings of others it doesn't matter whether they are younger, older, male or female but sometimes it hurt deep inside our heart. Your heart was like torn into pieces.

It is indeed a strange thing when we claim that we want to emulate the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w, yet we say hurtful words and actions to others which do not resembles the Prophet. Have you ever find in any seerah which Prophet Muhammad s.a.w had an outburst due to his anger or upset? Tell me if you did manage to find it and I would tell you that’s not a seerah but it’s a fitnah. There are some occasions in which we are told his face became red and he was visibly upset. But we never find an instance in which the emotions of Prophet Muhammad s.a.w were uncontrolled and exploded into anger.

In this post, I wish that I wouldn’t talk too much but simply I would like to share with you guys this short video as a small reminder. It is simple and brief yet gives a big impact which we ought to ponder, a talk by Nouman Ali Khan. There is nothing that I can add to it. It’s a complete message, subhanallah. It’s a strong message since he’s been constructing an argument from the divine source. There is no way that you finish listening to it and you feel that he’s talking nonsense. IT’S ABOUT ALL OF US. We really need to work on this.

So let’s strive to restrain our anger and ready to forgive and pardon those whose actions or words might have angered us. Indeed the best person is one who controls himself in anger. Again, I’m talking to myself before talking to others and I’m reminding myself before reminding others. May Allah give us strength in holding back from our anger and gives us the capability to forgive each and every one of us. Wallahu’alam.

Apolobloggingize

2010-04-06T07:11:00.000-07:00

Have you heard this word before? Sure you haven’t, have you? Add your vocabulary, it’s a new word that you should know in this blogging world. Well actually it’s a made up of course. Apolobloggingize = Apologize + blogging. You use this word when you were too busy to update your blog and wish that your readers and friends understand your situation. I was busy with final examination before, so I have to stop form blogging for a while.

I would like to ask a big apology for not responding to some messages, emails or phone calls. And I’m asking an apology for not updating this blog either. I know it was just examinations where all students have to face it but I just couldn’t focus if I kept messaging while studying. I’m not a multi-tasking person for sure. But still I did respond to some messages right.

What I used to keep in mind is that, we will never learn if we don’t concentrate. Kalau betul kita berhajat kepada ilmu, perlu kita serahkan seluruh tumpuan dan focus kita padanya. Ilmu tidak akan masuk pada dada orang yang sombong (yakni tuntut ilmu sambil lewa) dan juga pada hati yang kotor. Kalau benar kita hajat pada ilmu, perlu kita tuntut dengan sungguh-sungguh. Barulah kefahaman dan penghayatan akan datang. Juga bantuan dan pertolongan Allah. Wallahu’alam. But that’s just my humble point of view. It’s up to us how we interpret the word ‘strive’.

Anyway and anyhow, SORRY FOR EVERYTHING. For those who haven’t finished with their examinations yet, I pray and I hope that you guys could perform well for the sake of Islam. May Allah SWT guide us and may He make the Day of Judgement the best day of our lives.

Don't Lose Hope

2010-03-19T06:55:00.000-07:00

Bismillahi Ar-Rahmani Ar-Rahim, In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

“And for those who fear Allah, He (ever) prepares a way out. And He provides for him from (sources) he never could imagine. And if anyone puts his trust in Allah, sufficient is (Allah) for him."

(Surah Al-Talaq, 65: 2-3)

Let’s us take a moment to try to focus on the words of these verses. Our biggest misery strikes us when we try to think the ideal solutions to our problems. But Allah SWT gives us a straight forward answer that the best of solutions, often times, are unimaginable. This must end the story for a true believer because there is no logic that could justify that feel of despair – it’s not our responsibility to specify the solutions to Allah SWT in our doa, and I repeat – it’s not, not at all! But, what’s the pre-condition? Just one that is FEAR ALLAH! And Allaah knows best.

Therefore readers, Don't Lose Hope on His limitless and countless Mercy.As usual, I speak to myself before i speak to those who are reading.

"Oh Allah, it is Your mercy that I hope for, so do not leave me in charge of my affairs even for a blink of an eye and rectify for me all of my affairs. None has the right to be worshiped except You."

D Sebalik Tabir

2010-03-13T07:10:00.000-08:00

Di sini kami berkumpul...

dalam rangka untuk siapkan bahan2 pameran.
Seharian mereka bertungkus lumus siapkan kerja2 ni.

Khusyuknya adik ni buat komik.
Ttibe t'ingat kat ciwan...kononnya nak jadi cartoonist terkenal.
Xpe2...teruskan niat sucimu itu, andai ia membawa manfaat untuk Islam.

Kakak ni pulak sangat gemar melukis. kitorg pulak tumpang kaler. sume dibahagikan kerja. Alhamdulillah berjalan lancar. banyak jugak hasil yang dapat.

Water color, crayon dan dakwat pen marker sumenya habis kami kerjakan. Memang terzahirlah kesungguhan mereka untuk menyedarkan masyrakat UIA ni. Cume kami x sempat nak beli kain untuk buat bendera Palestin. sedis...tp xpe. Mungkin next time, insyaAllah. Tp alhamdulillah sempat jugak buat bendera Israel untuk pijak2. hee...

Sekalung penghargaan buat mereka yang telah banyak meluangkan masa, membelanjakan harta, mengerahkan seluruh tenaga dan potensi demi menjayakan program CISO pada 5/3/10 - 6/3/10. Teruskan perjuangan kalian yang akhirnya bermuara ke destinasi akhirat. Allah satu2nya MATLAMAT kita. Moga apa jua yang kita lakukan untuk program ini dapat meningkatkan lagi hubungan kita dengan Allah dan membantu kita supaya lebih beramal. Allah bersama antunna akhwat yang ana kasihi fillah.

Akhirnya, siap alhamdulillah...

Islam will dominate the world insyaAllah

La haula wa laa quwwata illa billah…

Are we Still?

2010-02-15T08:09:00.000-08:00

Bismillahi Ar-Rahmani Ar-Rahim.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, the one who does not forgive shirk, yet forgives anything less than that for whomsoever he wills. Peace and blessings be upon Muhammad ibn Abdullah, the Imam of the Muwahhidin, the one who was ordered in the Quran to follow the path of the people who attain blessings and love of Allah.

In this short entry, I wish to share with you guys our previous theme nasyid for Kian Mekar VII. I can't stop listening to it. Great lyrics with a catchy tune! It’s about our relationship with Allah, the bond which most of us take for granted and easily forgotten. We should realize that our very existence and our continuing survival are dependent on Allah. Whatever praise is due to Him alone, for nobody has the power or the resources to give you anything except by His will. His bounties and blessings are countless.

نقبل بقلوبناعلى الله
لا خوف ولا حزن لمن هداه
حبله متين لا يندفر
رزقه دائم لمن يفتقر

Chorus:
في كل مكان وكل زمان
فوقك رب عظيم يرعاك
في اي مكان واي زمان
لك رب يحبك لن ينساك
اما زلنا اما زلنا نخشى
اما زلنا نرى نعم الله
اما زلنا اما زلنا نخشى
اما زلنا نحمده ام نسينا
اناعبا

نعيش في ملكه ما يشاء
نغوص في جوده بالدعاء
نطمع في افضاله بالرجاء
منادنا ادا اشتد البلاء

Repeat Chorus

قلبي لله, روحي لله, امالي لله
قلبي لله, روحي لله, امالي لله
لله

Approaching God with our hearts
No fear nor grief for whom He guides
His rope is strong and will never waver
His provision is there for all who are in need

In every place, at every time
Above you is The Glorious Caretaking Lord
In every place, at every time
You have a Lord who loves you and will never forget you

Do we know our Lord?
Do we see our Lords blessings?
Do we know our Lord?
Do we thank Him... or have we forgotten..
that His servants... we are

In His Dominion we exist for as long as He wills
And we call upon His bounty through prayer
And seek His favors through hope
For He is our refuge when difficulty strengthens its hold

In every place, at every time
Above you is a Gloriouscare Taking Lord
In every place, at every time
You have a Lord who loves and will never forget you

Do we know our Lord?
Do we see our Lords blessings?
Do we know our Lord?
Do we thank Him... or have we forgotten..
that His servants... we are

My heart is Allahs,
My soul is Allahs,
My wealth is Allahs

On The Move

2010-01-27T07:09:00.000-08:00

Bismillahi Ar-Rahmani Ar-Rahim.

Assalamualaikum my dear friends, time comes and goes, life slips and goes forth, what is to come? No creation knows huh… As a morning lost is a morning lost. Once that time has gone by, it’ll never return. For I would have wish to stay at home a bit longer, than just the remaining 3 days. Why? Well, mid-semester break was supposed to be a time recovery to me, where I usually used this time to cover up my studies and to gain back of something that I lost. I lost my time in renewing my intention, I lost my time in doing some of muhasabah and of course I also lost my rest time.

So I’m on the move, busy doing one thing after another. Then trying to go forward and making some progress. I have already list down Things-To-Do as I wouldn’t like to miss the things behind like the previous semester. I forgot to pay my tuition fees. Well, I thought that my sponsor would have paid it for me. Unfortunately, they didn’t and I have to pay it by myself. Huhu…Never mind about that, it was my fault and my mistake for not being aware of the notice. Thus first, I have to settle my tuition fees before 5th February which will cost RM 1,302.50. I hope that I could remember once the lectures starts. No, bad idea, better for me to settle it before the break ends.

Apart from that, actually I have to find an appropriate place of camp site for the upcoming programs. We went to Air Terjun Serendah on last Saturday to look at the venue. But in terms of safety and security, it wouldn’t be the best choice for us to sleep there. Because it is open to public and I don’t want to lose any precious things of course. Perhaps, it is suitable to have picnic or rehlah. So, I’m looking forward to have programs over there next time. It is super extra beautiful and wonderful. I love the waterfalls, Subhanallah! So, in spite of that I have to survey for a venue again on this coming Sunday insha Allah. Anyway, thank you to Sha, Saidah kak Khairiah and Hanisah for accompanying and being beside me. I’m glad that you guys did enjoy the scenery, Alhamdulillah.

Bergambar dengan Auntie. hehe...Thanx to Uncle Mustaza for taking the picture.

For my academic division, there are lots of midterm examinations, submit assignments, project and presentation waiting for me of course. These are the routines task for a university student. I took eight subjects for this semester after I dropped my skill even though it’s only 0.5 credit hour. You see, I was too scared of not being able to cope with it, that’s why. 5 core-course subjects, 1 experimental aerodynamic, 1 aerospace lab and the last one is Engineering Management, which I really hope that I would have loved it very much. I realize that I wasn’t good in economics or business. Even though, most of my friends did score for that subject. Hmm…maybe I didn’t put my full efforts in it. I’ll try this time, Insha Allah. Do pray for me!

Ya Allah, pimpinlah aqalku, fikiranku dan kefahamanku untuk menguasai pelajaran2 ini. Ya Allah, keluarkan aku dari gelapnya kebingungan dan muliakan aku dengan cahaya pemahaman. Mudahkanlah aku untuk menghafal dan mengingat ketika aku memerlukannya, wahai yang Maha Pemurah lagi Maha Penyayang

By then, when time flies easily you will realize how precious the time is. It is a gift from Allah that we ought to be grateful and thankful to Him. Each and every time is a time to take a step forward to Allah. Don’t you think so? I might have lose my specific time to study or I might have less time for rest, but the main key point is that I don’t want to lose Allah in my life. Life is meaningless, worthless and empty without Him. You’ll lose the blessings in this life and the life after.

Hence, let’s ponder, reflect and find the real purpose in this life. In the end, we are all on the move. We are on the move from this temporary world to the everlasting hereafter. May Allah allow us to make use of our time and increase the barakah in all of our actions, amen!

*Vocab: On the move
1. Going from one place to another
2. Busy doing one thing after another
3. Going forward, or making progress

Congratulations to The Couples

2010-01-25T07:10:00.000-08:00

Bismillahi Ar-Rahmani Ar-Rahim,

Assalamualaikum, it has been for a while since I have had a chance to update this blog. I wouldn’t talk too much in this entry since I have a lot of stuffs to settle before the mid-semester breaks ends. Let the pictures speaks by itself. Hee… Actually, I did try to steal some time to post this entry before the New Year comes, but too bad I failed to do so. Sorry for the delay though. Okay, here are some pictures of the weddings that I had been last month.

Kak Shahidah Muslimah dan pasangannya

Rombongan dari UIA. Sangat meriah, hadiah pun besar.

kak Mashitah Aminah & Jefri

Raudhah & Ust Muzakkir

kak Azah & Khalid

There are lots of invitations apart from them but unfortunately I didn’t manage to fulfill all of them due to time constraint. Though, I would always pray for you guys to live happily ever after. Ewah…I mean in this world and the life to come. May Allah showers His blessings on your special day and ease you in being an obedient servant to Him always.

-Click Here- for more pictures of other couples. They are of course my seniors and juniors from my best ever school, MATRI. Oh ya…I couldn’t possibly miss it. A Bride-to-be: Farhah Hazirah bt Hamdan & Asma bt Shamjuddin (They both are my schoolmates too, batch SPM ‘04)

The Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a man marries, he has fulfilled half of his religion, so let him fear Allah regarding the remaining half."

Dear Sinners

2010-01-12T07:26:00.000-08:00

Dear Sinners,

I saw you yesterday as you began your daily chores. You awoke without kneeling to pray Fajr. As a matter of fact, you didn't even say Bismillah before your meals, or pray Isha before going to bed last night. You are so unthankful, I like that about you. I cannot tell you how glad I am that you have not changed your way of living, Fool, you are mine. Remember, you and I have been going steady for years, and I still don't love you yet.

As a matter of fact, I hate you, because I hate Allah. I am only using you to get even with Allah. He kicked me out of heaven, and I'm going to use you as long as possible to pay him back. You see, Fool, ALLAH LOVES YOU and HE has great plans in store for you. But you have yielded your life to me, and I'm going to make your life a living hell. That way, we'll be together twice. This will really hurt Allah.

Thanks to you, I'm really showing Him who's boss in your life with all of the good times we've had. We have been watching dirty movies, cursing people, out stealing, lying, being hypocritical, fornicating, overeating, telling dirty jokes, gossiping, Being judgmental, back stabbing people, disrespecting adults, and those in leadership positions, No respect for the Mosque, bad attitudes. SURELY you don't want to give all this up. Come on, Fool, let's burn together forever. I've got some hot plans for us.

This is just a letter of appreciation from me to you. I'd like to say "THANKS" for letting me use you for most of your foolish life. You are so gullible, I laugh at you. When you are tempted to sin, you give in - HA HA, HA, you make me sick. Sin is beginning to take its toll on your life. You look 20 years older, and now, I need new blood. So go ahead and teach some children how to sin. All you have to do is smoke, get drunk or drink while under-aged, cheat, gamble, gossip, fornicate, and live being as selfish as possible. Do all of this in the presence of children and they will do it too. Kids are like that.

Well, Fool, I have to let you go for now. I'll be back in a couple of seconds to tempt you again. If you were smart, you would run somewhere, repent for your sins, and live for Allah with what little bit of life that you have left. It's not my nature to warn anyone, but to be your age and still sinning; it's becoming a bit ridiculous. Don't get me wrong, I still hate you. IT'S JUST THAT YOU'D MAKE A BETTER FOOL FOR ALLAH.

Yours Sinfully, SHAYTAN

P.S. If you really love me, you won't share this letter with anyone.

Credits: iMuslimah

Now you realized that we have enemies; someone who’s their goal is to mislead, misguide and drag us into the Hellfire. It is through their whispers that causes all of us to stray off into the darkness of evil. That’s their full-time job, no vacation and no breaks! I don't want to be fooled by them and I'm pretty sure you wouldn't like to be under their yoke too. So let's struggle against them. Ya Allah, protect us from the Evil Whisperer of Syaitan.

Disebalik 'S'

2010-01-02T07:01:00.000-08:00

Sabar, Study, Semangat, Success

To be frank and honest, I always had the feeling of that I don't have enough time to study. When I'm trying to focus in the class, it would always end up sleeping at the back. It's too obvious and all my classmates and lecturers realized it. hmm...really need to do something.

Ibn Umar narrates: one day I was with the Messenger of Allah s.a.w. He then turned to me, held my shoulders with both of his blessed hands, and said: "Be in this life like a stranger or a traveler."

And whenever Ibn Umar narrated this to his students he would add: "If you reach the evening, do not await (to be alive) by dawn, And if you reach dawn, do not await (to be alive) by evening. Take advantage of your Health before you fall sick. And take advantage of your life, before you die." - Bukhari

This hadith really makes me ponder...how life is sure very short and brief.

Burning to Succeed

2009-12-12T06:27:00.000-08:00

Bismillahi Ar-Rahmani Ar-Rahim, In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

Alhamdulillah, thanks and perfect praise is only for Allah. The One who gives me the opportunity to further my study, widen my knowledge and eventually buildup the fact that how tiny and powerless we are. Every single step that I travel, every sign that I have observed and all the lessons that I take in I came to one conclusion that there is no God except Allah, The One and Only Master of all creation and the best Planner to all human being, MashaAllah.

A new semester recommenced signifies a new process of learning lies ahead of us. Throughout this period, we should apply our mind as much as we could. That’s what Dr.Waqar keeps telling aerospace students again and again: “Apply your Mind!”. In the end, you should realize that the sweetness of iman lies in the fruits of knowledge. The result of the process of thinking is absolutely awesome indeed.

All the way through my study as an aerospace student, there are lots of times where we learnt the behavior of air. Well, can you imagine how the mixture of gases which forms atmosphere has an ability to lift a heavy weighted aircraft? To lift an airplane you should simply have to apply your mind by manipulating the upper and lower pressure. And these require some technique. It is by then that you realize that all of the ecosystem or solar systems are in dynamically equilibrium. Masha Allah…We should really reflect, ponder and think! These are all the signs of how Mighty and Powerful He is, don’t you think so???

So, lets the stimulating begins!

P/S If you are burning to succeed, flash back to any page in the Quran.

The page will be the fuel to burn.

With best wishes to see you succeed,
Safi Ar-Rahman, Aerospace Engineering Student

First-Rate Version of Yourself

2009-12-03T06:54:00.000-08:00

Bismillahi Ar-Rahmani Ar-Rahim.

My esteemed friends and valued readers, Assalamualaikum!

Alhamdulillah, all praise and thanks is for Allah for giving me the golden opportunity to write and share here. Life is sure short and I understand that I wouldn't be long in this world. Life-to-come is a time without end. At that time there are no more turning back, not even a teeny-weeny chance. In spite of that the perfect praise is only for Allah.

A few days ago I’ve found Zain Bhikha’s new album “1415: The Beginning” which was released on 23rd October 2009 if I’m not mistaken (sorry I’m not very sure). 1415 simply marks the year where Zain Bhikha began recording that is in 1994/1415H. Most of his nasheed is well loved by all state of ages either teenagers or adults all over the world including me..hehee... Zain always stress on simplicity but with deep and reflective messages. A true nasheed always brings the remembrance of Allah and reminds us about our duty as a Muslim agent. Among of his popular nasheeds which I adore and enjoy is Eid-un Saeed-un, Go Forward Young Muslims, Turn to Allah, I Am a Muslim, Heart of a Muslim, Give Thanks to Allah, Cloud of Islam. You should try to listen to them sometimes for those who haven’t heard of it yet. It's very refreshing.

By the way, in this entry I would like to focus on his new nasheed from his new album entitled "Who I Am". Yeah...I couldn’t help liking it so much hence I wish to share it with you guys too. It’s very impressive and awesome, I’m pretty sure that this nasheed won’t let you down inshaAllah. I guarantee you two thumbs up. Here, take a look at this lyrics and listen to the melodious nasheed sung by Zain Bhikha featuring with Abdul Malik Ahmad:

Social Expectation drowns us all inside
What you have should be what I want
Cos what I have just aint alright
The clothes I wear, the way I comb my hair
How I live, oh I don’t care

chorus:
This is who I am, this is me
Nothing, everything, can’t you see
Who I am, just let me be
Cos like it or not but God loves me
Who I am

He said, she said, they all did
What’s expected of them all
To get to the top don’t matter
If somebody’s gotta fall
You gotta brace the storm, the norms to conform
Get what you wants’ gonna kill us all

(chorus)

Beyond the body that you see
There’s so much more to me
And I feel best when my soul is free

(chorus)

They tell me this is the way
that I need to reform
If I continue to stray,
I’m gonna start up a storm

Wear this, drive that, like this, not that
Don’t dare lose track or you’ll fall way back
But if my Lord loves me then I know that I’m free
You can say what you please just let me be

I know if I’m real and it’s not a disguise
You’ll love who I am if you open up your eyes
I insist that you see, I aint a mystery
It’s who I wish to be, this is me

It’s what’s true within,
come and look again
Looking through the skin
This is Who I Am

(chorus)

There. Allah has created each human unique at the same time He also revealed the perfect way of life that fits with human nature. As a result Islam is a religion which caters our different personalities and diverse lifestyles yet Islam provides boundaries to keep us away from destructive and ruined elements. We ought to realize that there is nothing in Islam that is forbidden unless it is harmful to us and there is nothing in Islam which is obligatory unless there is benefit in it.

Allah has made Islam an easy religion for us to follow and it is a perfect and always suits with our daily lives. If we wish to please Allah and earn His Paradise then we have to stop worrying about what people will say and stop trying to please them, because our reward is within Allah’s hand, not with the people. As a Muslims, we have our own identity and principles. We shouldn’t imitate others especially the disbelievers and live up to people’s expectations if it is contradicted to syari’ah. Bare in mind that each of us will die and meet Allah individually so let us be the best Muslims for Allah even if it doesn’t meets peoples expectation. Maybe being ourselves would be a means of opening other people’s eyes to what Islam really teaches and the true meaning of taqwa.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself that earns Allah’s pleasure,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else that earns Allah’s displeasure.

Wallahu’alam.

Zain Bhikha, a Muslim singer and songwriter

Tegarkah Aku

2009-11-27T19:29:00.000-08:00

Rasulullah s.a.w pernah bersabda yang bermaksud:

“Aku melihat ke dalam syurga, maka aku melihat kebanyakan penduduknya adalah fuqara (orang-orang fakir) dan aku melihat ke dalam neraka maka aku menyaksikan kebanyakan penduduknya adalah wanita.” (Riwayat Bukhari dan Muslim daripada Ibnu Abbas dan Imran serta selain kedua-duanya)

Imam Qurthubi rahimahullah menjelaskan hadis di atas dengan pernyataannya:

“Penyebab sedikitnya kaum wanita yang masuk syurga adalah hawa nafsu yang mendominasi pada diri mereka, kecenderungan mereka kepada kesenangan-kesenangan dunia, dan berpaling dari akhirat kerana kurangnya akal mereka dan mudahnya mereka untuk tertipu dengan kesenangan-kesenangan dunia yang menyebabkan mereka lemah untuk beramal...”

Ini bukan pertama kali aku membacanya. Cuma baru-baru ini, bila terbaca balik perasaan gentar dan takut menyelinap di hati. Takut akan seksaan dan murka Allah. Kenapa? Sebab kematian itu suatu kepastian dan kita akan ditanya! Ujian di sana tidak seperti ujian di dunia yang jika gagal kita boleh ulang mengambil peperiksaan lain. Kegagalan di sana NERAKA tempatnya yang panasnya 70 kali ganda panas api di dunia ini. Soalan di sana bukan dijawab oleh mulut tetapi amal. Apakah yang kita akan jawab jika hidup kita bergelumang maksiat, suruhan Allah ditinggalkan dan larangan Allah dibuat?

Bila diteliti balik sabda Rasulullah s.a.w di atas ia bukan kenyataan ataupun ungkapan yang kosong semata-mata. Memang benar terdapat satu hadis Rasulullah s.a.w yang menceritakan pengalaman baginda bertemu Allah SWT di Sidratul Muntaha malam Israk Mikraj, di mana Allah SWT telah memperlihatkan kepadanya keadaan wanita yang kebanyakan mereka dihumban ke dalam api neraka lantaran beberapa kesalahan semasa berada di dunia.

Aku lihat ada perempuan digantung rambutnya, otak kepalanya menggelegak.

Aku lihat perempuan digantung lidahnya, tangannya diikat ke belakang dan timah cair dicurah ke dalam halkumnya (tekak).

Aku lihat perempuan yang digantung kedua-dua kakinya terikat, tangannya diikat ke ubun-ubunnya, didatangkan ular dan kala.

Aku lihat perempuan yang memakan dagingnya sendiri, di bawahnya dinyalakan api neraka.

Aku lihat perempuan mukanya hitam dan memakan tali perutnya sendiri.

Aku lihat perempuan yang telinga pekak dan matanya buta, diisikan ke dalam peti yang diperbuat daripada api neraka, otaknya keluar daripada lubang hidung, badan bau busuk kerana penyakit kusta dan sopak.

Aku lihat perempuan yang kepalanya seperti babi, badannya seperti himar dengan pelbagai kesengsaraan dihadapinya.

Aku lihat perempuan yang rupanya seperti anjing, kala dan ular masuk ke kemaluannya, mulut dan pelepasnya (punggung). Malaikat memukulnya dengan corong api neraka.

Sistem pesanan ringkas yang ku terima dari senior ku:

Dengan kecantikanmu, kau lebih elok dari matahari,
Dengan akhlakmu, kau lebih wangi dari haruman,
Dengan rendah hatimu, kau lebih tinggi dari rembulan,
Dengan kelembutanmu, kau lebih halus dari rintik hujan

Ya Allah, tegarkah aku dalam mempertahankan keindahan ini,
Menjadi sayap kiri perjuangan, penegak kalimah Allah di muka bumi.

Duhai diri,

Dan serikandi mujahidah sejati,
Jagalah diri, Hiasi peribadi,
Seindah mawar berduri,
Moga Allah senantiasa di hati

Dalam memenangi pandangan dan redhaMu,
Safi Ar-Rahman

Salam Eidul Adha 1430H

2009-11-26T20:48:00.000-08:00

Kullu 'Am Wa Antum bi Alfi Khair
TAQABBALALLAH MINNA WA MINKUM

P/S: The Prophet Muhammad's last sermon was offered on the occasion of the only Hajj he ever performed in his lifetime. Peace and blessings be upon him. Read the sermon not only for the wisdom it offers, but also, try to close your eyes and picture yourself there, with the thousands of other Muslims who were. It will be hard not to cry.

What’s Hurting Me?

2009-11-26T06:39:00.000-08:00

When the Prophet s.a.w stood on the plain of Arafah and gave his farewell speech he said to the Ummah,
"Treat the women kindly!"

Memang sukar untuk ku melupakan peristiwa itu. Bila dikenangkan, ku hampir menitiskan air mata. Kecewa, sedih dan terkejut dengan apa yang berlaku. Tapi itulah susunan Allah, pasti terselit hikmah untuk dijadikan pedoman masa hadapan. Ku pujuk jua hati ini untuk menerima kerana setiap manusia tak terlepas dari melakukan kesalahan. Cuma yang pasti, tidak mungkin Islam akan tertegak andai kita mencampurkan sistem Islam dengan sistem jahiliyah. Oleh itu, perlu kita berusaha semaksimum mungkin untuk mengikis karat-karat jahiliyah yang sudah lama bertamu di hati.

Sama-sama kita mengambil ikhtibar...

Madah dari Hukama: "KALAU ORANG MENGHINA KITA, BUKAN KITA TERHINA, YANG SEBENARNYA ORANG ITU MENGHINA DIRINYA SENDIRI." Kita tak perlu takut akan ancaman manusia kerana dia tak mampu untuk memudaratkan diri kita tanpa keizinan dari Allah. Asalkan pandangan Allah didahulukan dan diutamakan itu lebih baik bagi seorang mukmin. “Barang siapa mencari keredhaan manusia dengan kemarahan Allah nescaya dia akan diserahkan oleh Allah kepada manusia, barang siapa yang mencari redha Allah dengan marahnya manusia nescaya dia akan dicukupkan Allah dari perbelanjaan manusia”

Madah dari Hukama: "MENASIHATI ORANG YANG BERSALAH, TIDAK SALAH. YANG SALAH MEMIKIRKAN KESALAHAN ORANG" Kadang-kadang kita tak perasan perbuatan atau arahan yang dikeluarkan jelas bertentangan dengan syara’. Menjadi tanggungjawab sahabat handainya untuk menegur dengan hikmah bukan dengan cara berdendam hingga menjadi tomato yang busuk dan tidak menyenangkan. Ya Allah, berilah kekuatan kepada ku untuk berkata benar walaupun pahit.

Akhir sekali, kita perlu selalu berdoa kepada Allah supaya kita dapat membezakan antara yang haq dan batil kerana selalunya kita terlalu lemah dan doif dalam membuat penilaian. Allahumma arinal-haqqa haqqan warzuqnat-tiba'ah, wa arinal-batila batilan warzuqnaj-tinabah, bi rahmatika ya arhamar-rahimeen. O Allah! Let us see the good as good, and bless us with following it. And show us the falsehood as falsehood, and bless us with staying away from it, with Your mercy, O Most Merciful!

Wallahu'alam.

KMK Ke-10 [Zon Selatan]

2009-11-25T14:57:00.000-08:00

The Last Sermon of the Prophet

2009-11-25T06:57:00.000-08:00

In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful

After praising, and thanking Allah the Prophet s.a.w said:

"O People, lend me an attentive ear, for I know not whether after this year, I shall ever be amongst you again. Therefore listen to what I am saying to you very carefully and TAKE THESE WORDS TO THOSE WHO COULD NOT BE PRESENT HERE TODAY.

O People, just as you regard this month, this day, this city as Sacred, so regard the life and property of every Muslim as a sacred trust. Return the goods entrusted to you to their rightful owners. Hurt no one so that no one may hurt you. Remember that you will indeed meet your LORD, and that HE will indeed reckon your deeds. ALLAH has forbidden you to take usury (interest), therefore all interest obligation shall henceforth be waived. Your capital, however, is yours to keep. You will neither inflict nor suffer any inequity. Allah has Judged that there shall be no interest and that all the interest due to Abbas ibn 'Abd'al Muttalib (Prophet's uncle) shall henceforth be waived...

Beware of Satan, for the safety of your religion. He has lost all hope that he will ever be able to lead you astray in big things, so beware of following him in small things.

O People, it is true that you have certain rights with regard to your women, but they also have rights over you. Remember that you have taken them as your wives only under Allah's trust and with His permission. If they abide by your right then to them belongs the right to be fed and clothed in kindness. Do treat your women well and be kind to them for they are your partners and committed helpers. And it is your right that they do not make friends with any one of whom you do not approve, as well as never to be unchaste.

O People, listen to me in earnest, worship ALLAH, say your five daily prayers (Salah), fast during the month of Ramadan, and give your wealth in Zakat. Perform Hajj if you can afford to.

All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action. Learn that every Muslim is a brother to every Muslim and that the Muslims constitute one brotherhood. Nothing shall be legitimate to a Muslim which belongs to a fellow Muslim unless it was given freely and willingly. Do not, therefore, do injustice to yourselves.

Remember, one day you will appear before ALLAH and answer your deeds. So beware, do not stray from the path of righteousness after I am gone.

O People, NO PROPHET OR APOSTLE WILL COME AFTER ME AND NO NEW FAITH WILL BE BORN. Reason well, therefore, O People, and understand words which I convey to you. I leave behind me two things, the QURAN and my example, the SUNNAH and if you follow these you will never go astray.

All those who listen to me shall pass on my words to others and those to others again; and may the last ones understand my words better than those who listen to me directly. Be my witness, O ALLAH, that I have conveyed your message to your people".

This sermon was delivered on the 9th Day of Dhul Hijjah 10 A.H. in the 'Uranah valley of Mount Arafat' (in Mecca).

A Short Break

2009-11-24T08:18:00.000-08:00

Praise be to Allah.

Inter semester vacation already started on 20th November which is Friday last week but since I’ve got programmes to attend and organize so I have to stay at IIU for a while. Now I’m still in Kuala Lumpur and I’m not allowed to go home at Johor Bahru since I have to do the washing and cleaning the house in KL before my parents here. We were told that most probably we are going to move back to KL. So need to start tidying up and arrange all of them properly. Too bad both of my brothers working, I have to do it all by myself.

Ahmad Faisal

Anyway, trying to steal some time to write something here. First of all is that I greatly miss my family. Hope they will arrive here safely as soon as possible. As usual, Ahmad must have been waiting for my chocolates again. He must have been a big boy right now. It had been a long time I haven’t meet him since Eidul Fitri break.

Ciwan standing on right side

Next, I would like to wish a hearted congratulation to Ciwan who pass his UPSR with flying colours. I pray and hope that he could consistent with the result and bring back the glory of Islam. Being a good Muslim ourselves isn’t sufficient. Islam was never meant to be an individualistic faith, reserved for the "chosen few". We have a duty to spread the Deen. But one crucial thing to put in mind is that to establish Islam in ourselves, then Islam will be established at our place, insyaAllah.

Last but not least, wishing Basyirah and all MATRI’s students who are sitting for SPM this year to do the best and beat the rest. Hmm…I’m not sure how she’s getting on right now after I heard that she accidently fell from the stairs. It’s great to hear that there’s no fracture but still worried about her muscle damage. Hope that she accept it as her lessons for being too careless all the time…ish3x… Xpe2, Allah izin. Kejap je sakit tu, insyaAllah ada ubatnya…

Till then, Salam.

Study Mode

2009-09-27T07:24:00.000-07:00

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatahu,

Just wanted to give everyone a head’s up that I’ll be taking a short leave from the blogging world. Insha Allah I’ll be back and blogging with full force after I finished focusing and concentrating on my work and study for this semester, which is my fifth semester in IIUM main campus.

Jom, kita belajar dan bekerja sungguh2 kerana Allah!

One thing to note is that our actions and deeds are not just for the Day of Judgment. It is also for the sake of the success in this temporarily and momentarily world. Even though it is surely in the short term if it is compared to akhirah, but Muslims ought to perform their best in each and every action. Indeed, Allah wouldn’t waste our deeds and there is a reward either in-this-world or in the life-to-come insha Allah. That is what the Law Maker state in the Quran.

“Surely (as for) those who believe and do good, We do not waste the reward of him who does a good work.” (Al-Kahfi, 18: 30)

“For such the reward is forgiveness from their Lord, and Gardens with rivers flowing underneath,- an eternal dwelling: How excellent a recompense for those who work (and strive)!” (Ali Imran, 3: 136)

“So, he who has done an atom's weight of good shall see it. And he who has done an atom's weight of evil shall see it.” (Al-Zalzalah, 99: 7-8)

Another last verse and the divine social rule that I would like to share is:

“Verily never will Allah change the condition of a people until they change it themselves (with their own souls)” From Surah Ar-Ra'd: verse 11

This law is not an empty logo, but it is the only way to get out of the hardships the Muslims are suffering. But we have to realize that no change will happen in the Ummah’s lives except if we start by changing ourselves. The injustice that is being inflicted on Muslims will not be removed except if we change ourselves. Seriousness and high spirits should replace laziness and dullness. Positivism should replace negativity. Fruitful and important work should replace emptiness and wasting the time in unimportant things.

Remember, our small actions today may change the millions of life of others by pondering and put into action these words of God’s divine guidance. The solutions to the problems of the Muslims world today are in the hand of the youth of the Ummah. May Allah reward us for our life's work. Amin.

WoRk HaRd, PlAy HaRd BUT PrAY HaRdEr

Dalam memenangi pandangan dan redhaMu,
Safi ArRahman

They're Back!

2009-09-25T17:19:00.000-07:00

Oh no, they're back. You should have seen how slickly they are in deviating us. Visit this weblog to read more. Click Here

Salam Syawal 1430 H

2009-09-19T06:29:00.000-07:00

Syawal has just arrived. Another Ramadan has come and gone! 30 days of fasting, 30 days of reading Qur’an, 30 nights of Qiamul Lail and Tarawikh. Finally, Eid comes again.

Hence, I would like to send out the warmest Eidul Fitri greetings to you and your families! May Allah accept our good deeds and continue to shower us all with His Mercy, ameen! Kullu'am wa antum bikhair. TaqabbAllahu minna wa minkum. Shiamana wa shiamakum!

Semoga Ramadhan yg dlalui meningkatkan taqwa dan semoga Syawal yg tiba adalah hari kemenangan jiwa yg dsambut dengan penuh keimanan. kekalkan madrasah Ramadhan supaya kt tidak menjadi hamba Ramadhan tetapi berjaya menjadi hamba Allah yg bertaqwa.

Kalau ada salah itu namanya manusia,
kalau ada terluka itu khilafnya hamba,
kalau ada terasa itulah lemahnya kita,
bulan baik hari mulia maka
disusun sepuluh jari mencuci dosa
seadanya yang tercipta.

MAAF ZAHIR & BATIN

Tulus ikhlas,
Safi Ar-Rahman
Kejuruteraan Aeroangkasa,
Universiti Islam Antarabangsa

O Allah, make us among those people who benefit from every Ramadan,
who have our sins forgiven and become better people for all time after that!
Ameen ajma’een!

A Farewell Party

2009-09-12T09:26:00.000-07:00

An ad hoc farewell party which was held on 7th September, last Monday was unpredicted. Actually we were planning to have iftar together for third year aerospace students. But the plan changed when someone came up with the idea to invite Madam Nabilah as well. Madam’s going to set off to London to pursue her studies. So we wouldn’t see her after this Raya celebration. Somehow, I’m starting to miss her. Absence really makes the heart grow fonder.

Behind the silver lining of the clouds,
there are destinies to be discovered.

In each book that is written,
there are facts to be known.

In every picture that is painted,
is a memorable meaning captured.

Delightful, appetizing and mouthwatering dishes – ikan siakap 3 rasa, tomyam campur, sotong tepung, telur bungkus, sayur campur & rojak.

The spirit of togetherness - 13 of us including madam: Eiz, Syah, Farih, Cnar, mdm, Wani, Ainin, Safi, Haf, Dila, kAfif, along. Not in the pic: Nina

Token of appreciation. Oh ya, we look forward for souvenirs from UK too.hee…. (0_o)

Till then, just a short reminder for me and you guys. Don’t miss to grab the golden opportunity of the last ten days of Ramadhan where Lailatul Qadr is most likely occurred. Lailatul Qadr is the most blessed night. A person who misses it has indeed missed a great amount of good. We ought to strive to encounter this night and to pass it in worship and obedience. So let the stimulating begin!

Jummat,
21 Ramadhan 1430H,
11th September 2009.

Less Food, More Think

2009-08-21T20:17:00.000-07:00

Less Food, More Think: a quotation that was quoted from my aerodynamic lecturer, Dr. Waqar Asrar, Head Department of Mechanical Engineering. He reminds us that this month is not about food at all times but it’s about the consciousness towards Allah. I’m glad he shared his thought for sometimes I was too busy thinking of what, where and how much should I buy for my iftar.

This semester is a bit tough for me. Every day my class starts at 8.30am then finishes by 6, 6.30, and 7pm. So, it happens to me that I will think of what am I going to have for my iftar. I don’t cook at hostel but I would help my mum out if I were at home. Luckily I’m going home for today, my first iftar with my family at home, yeah. Alhamdulillah.

Talking about less food and more think means that we ought to think of what am I going to be after this blessed month? What are the outputs or the outcomes that I wanted to have? What does Allah actually wants us to be? These are all the questions and thought that we should ponder and keep in mind. What makes this month as extremely significant and important month for the sahabah? Have you ever pondered?

You see, one of the companions of the Prophet s.a.w said, “We spend half the year making du’a for Allah s.w.t to allow us to see another Ramdaaan, and we spend half the year making du’a for Allah s.w.t to accept the Ramdaan that passed.”

Now, we’ve already entered the blessed month. It is by time we ought to think and think. The general tip to increase Iman and taqwa is to study Islam and Quran. Then you could feel the nearness and closeness to Allah, insha Allah.

My esteemed brothers and sisters, Allah has distinguished Ramadan from other months with many merits and virtues so make good use of this month inshallah, don’t let it pass you by! May Allah give us all success in reaching the highest peaks of Iman through Ramadan and beyond, ameen!

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2009-08-02T02:59:00.001-07:00

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Pause to Reflect

2009-07-10T08:12:00.000-07:00

I'm trying to make some positive changes in my life. Developing, improving and widening some skills and abilities. Even though I didn’t manage to cope with all of it but less stress at home really helps me a lot in changing my attitudes. Too bad I haven’t got time to learn sewing from my cousin. She lives in Selangor. It’s too far to go there since I’m doing some extra class for my brother who’s sitting for UPSR examination this year. Hope he can score well.

Well, actually I did plan to take short semester to lessen my subjects for the next semester. But we planned, and Allah has planned. And Allah’s plan is the best for you (Wa makaru, Wamakarallah. Wallahu khairul makirin). We can plan something and someone else can plan something but if it doesn't fall within Allah's plan is not going to happen. Throughout my journey in this short fake world, I realize that Allah’s plot is the best story for us to live in.

I wouldn’t regret of what had happened. I’m just putting my trust in Him and trying to put my efforts to face the hardship. Well talking about trust, it must be parallel to our iman and action. How can we trust Him when we miss our obligatory prayers or pray with heedlessness not focusing on Allah and His Mercy? You see, Allah’s help only comes after the struggle and doa we put in. Then, trust in Allah (tawakkal) for Allah loves those who place a complete reliance on Him.

Ibn Taymiyah said: A calamity that makes you turn to Allah is better for you than a blessing which makes you forget the remembrance of Allah.”

So within 2 months and 2 days that is about 63 days at home I did a long muhasabah. I’m trying to figure out the mistakes that I had done and listing it in my mind so that I could have a clear picture. Maybe I should list some of the do and don’t as well to guide me, just a simple one like reading Quran and Ma’thurat every day to ensure that I have time for my spiritual as well.

Now finally, a new chapter opened and I’ll be leaving my home to the campus sooner or later. What I learn during my long vacation is that:

A Mukmin is like a SCIENTIST, they are knowledge seekers. They are curious, seeking answers to known questions and finding many more questions.

A Mukmin is like an ENGINEER that is a problems solver. They are the people that make things work and make life interesting, comfortable, and fun.

A Mukmin is also like a TECHNICIAN, technicians are skilled personnel. Their skills are necessary for the research and development activities of Engineers and Scientist.

So Safi ArRahman, be a Mukmin which comprise of a scientist, an engineer and a technician where it has 3 basic qualities: the knowledge seekers, problems solvers and skilled personnel. (insyaAllah, i'll try my best)

To mum and dad, I will always miss you.
Remember me in your prayers at all time ye. Hee…(^_^)

With lots of love,
Safi ArRahman.

Tiny and Powerless

2009-07-08T06:12:00.000-07:00

Ponder on these pictures and explore
how tiny and powerless we are!?

This is the earth, when comparing to other small planets

But this IS the earth, when comparing to other big planets

Now, let's compare them with the Sun,
The biggest star in our solar system

But the sun is smaller when comparing with other stars
Jupiter is about 1 pixel in size

While Earth is invisible at this scale

Now the Sun is about 1 pixel in size

While Jupiter is invisible at this scale
How about the Earth?
and where are we?

Can you imagine, the biggest of all stars are like a germ to Allah!
Thats shows us how small, helpless and powerless we are.
Whoever made the Universe must be super extra powerful!
We are nothing! NOTHING, in the eyes of Allah.

Ya Allah! You must be so HUGE, sitting there right now on your Arsh, looking down on all of us, have mercy on us.

We are almost invisible n no power at all when it comes to Allah's power. No doubt, we are very weak and so other humans or creations. Therefore, we should not fear no one but Allah as he is in control of everything.

"O young man, I shall teach you some words [of advice] : Be mindful of Allah, and Allah will protect you. Be mindful of Allah, and you will find Him in front of you. If you (have need to) ask, ask of Allah; and if you seek help, seek help from Allah. Know that even if the Nation (or the whole community) were to gather together to benefit you with something, they would not benefit you with anything except that which Allah has already recorded for you, and that if they gather together to harm you with something, they would not be able to harm you with anything except that which Allah has already recorded against you. The pens have been lifted and the pages have dried."

Crying Over

2009-07-05T07:43:00.000-07:00

Truly, Allah controls over all things.
Allah is the only planner & the decider of all my futures.
So im sitting back, chilling out, and letting the tears run freely.
Belum puas menangis, Air Mata Keinsafan mengalir lagi.

Air mata keinsafan
Yang mengalir di malam sepi
Inilah dia pelembut jiwa
Bagi mendapat kasih Ilahi

Rintihan di sepertiga malam
Dari seorang hamba yang dhaif
Kerana mengenang segala dosa
Moga mendapat keampunan dari Ilahi

Setiap kekasih Allah
Menempuhi jalan ini
Untuk mereka memiliki kejayaan

Ayuh bersama kita susuri
Perjalanan kekasih Allah
Agar kita tiada rugi dalam meniti hidup ini

Deraian air mata ini
Titisan yang paling berharga
Buat menyimbah api neraka
Moga selamat di titian sirat
Syurga abadi

Munsyid : Saujana

“Very few things in life are worth crying over”

Little Backbiter

2009-07-01T07:24:00.000-07:00

Ouch…It hurts when someone bite up my back and eating my flesh. You know what hurt most? It’s not the bites but the fact that it comes from a friend. Creepy huh…it all happens behind your back. I like to share with you what Islam teaches us about back-biting. Here, take a look at this video first. I’m pretty sure that you don’t want to be one of these people, do you?

Ok...before I start, I would like you guys to have a clear picture about backbiting. Backbiting consists in speaking about an absent person in a way that would annoy him if he were to be present and hear. Well, how about if we were talking about is a true story. Does it still call backbiting? I would go for: YES. If the words uttered are true, that is backbiting; if they are not, this is both backbiting and slander which will be a doubly disgusting sin.

*Slander = Saying of something false and damaging somebody’s reputation.
*Backbite = Making spiteful comments about somebody who is not present.

Let see, why am I so eager to talk about this subject? It’s just simply because this action has become a routine and so widespread that it becomes a hot topic of people’s meetings, to express their feelings and anger. Gossiping as well is a shameful weapon and most commonly used by newspapers to gain popularity. To me backbiting and gossiping is something so poisonous and awful that we shouldn’t commit and accept to our social life especially Muslims.

Islam is a religion of peace, love and compassion. The bond of relationship between Muslims is based on sincerity and honesty. In spite of that, Allah strongly prohibits the action that can cause destruction to the ummah. Have you ever heard a story of the battle of Jamal (Camel) and the battle of Siffin? Both of these battles are due to fitna where Muslims fought each other for the first time. The damage done at the battle was great. Do read about these battles here.

"And spy not, neither backbite against one another. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would hate it (so hate backbiting). And fear Allah. Verily Allah is the One Who accepts repentance, Most Merciful." (49:12)

Is backbiting ever allowed in Islam? There are very few situations where it is permissible to speak about the faults of another person. But just be extra careful not to fall or transgress yourself into sin. For you would regret afterward. There are six all of them which I have shortly listed below:

1. Complaint because of an injustice

2. Seeking help to change a wrong deed and to correct the wrongdoers.

3. Seeking a Fatwa. A person may state to the Imam, Mufti or Shaikh.

4. Warning Muslims against evil and advising them.

5. Mentioning the person who indulges in Haraam or Bid'ah openly.

6. Identifying a person.

Remember, our tongue will witness us in the Day of Judgment. We have to answer to Allah s.w.t for our actions. Let’s ponder beautiful saying of the Prophet s.a.w that will ensure the protection of our tongue. The Messenger of Allah s.a.w said: "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last day, LET HIM EITHER SPEAK GOOD OR KEEP SILENT"

Again, I’m reminding myself before reminding people who are reading. Forgive me for the wrong doings and harsh words. Correct me if you see my error and slip. Jazakallahu khair for spending your time here. May Allah bless us all.

O Allah! Guard our tongues. O Allah! Guard our actions. O Allah! Forgive us our sins against You and ease the hearts of those we have harmed so that they too will forgive us. Ameen

Seasonal Muslims

2009-06-29T15:15:00.000-07:00

Salam Readers and Followers, sit down and relax. I’ve got something to share with you to flash back and reflect. Lets do some muhasabah together. It relates to our daily actions and behavior. Did we really act as a true Muslims? Where the Prophets s.a.w has shown and guide us, the perfect example for us to behave well.

Muslim are not seasonal thing, being muslim means full time

All ur actions will b recorded and u have to answer to Allah 1 day

Paradise is expensive, there is no free ticket to Jannah bro!

So please dont limit urself for being a 'Ramadon' Muslims

If u lose Allah swt, u lose everything

So lets not be muslims part time, lets be muslims full time.

May Allah forgive us and increase our iman.

and speak to myself before i speak to those who are watching.

Jazakallahukhair - BE MUSLIMS -

Tagged | Humayra

2009-06-28T07:32:00.000-07:00

Salam. I’ve been tagged again, by ukhti Humayra. But simpler one inshaAllah. So here goes…

1. Copy the picture below, and paste it on your post. (or copy the whole post)

2. Tag 10 friends and ask them to do the same.

This tag reminds me of the verse that we always read in our prayer;

“Say. Surely my prayer and my sacrifice and my life and my death are (all) for Allah, the Lord of the worlds” (Al-Anaam: 162)

It inspires me a lot to practice my faith vigorously which will eventually hearten my life. Those who practice Islam are a super model and a pillar of stability for all societies. And I wanna be one. InshaAllah…Do pray for me too.

Tagged | Syaz

2009-06-28T07:08:00.000-07:00

Salam. Here I am blogging again. Stepping forward for my comeback. But allow me to respond to the tags first.

Nyatakan 5 fakta menarik tentang pemberi award ini Syazwani Bt Mustafa:

1. Charming and attractive young girl

2. Talkative and she wouldn’t stop talking till she fell asleep.

3. Always bump into each other at Asma’s café every evening but not all the time though. Next time Syaz, you have to treat me eh. Thats a must and no excuses!

4. The first time we met at matriculation center IIUM but we haven’t been in the same class till we took Bahasa Melayu Engineering at main campus. We were in the same group at that time, remember?

5. Last but not least, she loves pink color. I was really surprised when I went to her room. Full with pinky things; the curtains, blankets, shirts and wallpapers. Luckily her skins not in pink or people would call her as Pink Panther. (0_O)

Setiap blogger perlu menyatakan 10 fakta @ hobi diri sendiri sebelum memilih penerima award seterusnya:

1. A human being – All of the deeds will be counted in the Judgment Day.

2. Muslim – Rase nikmat menjadi hamba Allah, bukan hamba nafsu

3. Really loves sky juice. The best juice ever!

4. Loves cooking but still couldn’t beat her brothers cooking. That’s what mum always said. Yet, they would always eat them whole up. It’s still delicious though.

5. Loves swimming, riding horse and archery. It started when I read a lot of seerah. How they were very good at them.

6. Really enjoy playing baseball. The last time I played at Matri. It had been a long ago eh. I wish to play it again.

7. Hates people who smoke. It made me suffocate and grasping for air.

8. Not interested in TV reality shows today. Its just made people to love dunya and ‘takut mati’ illness. Xda rancangan yang membangun jiwa.

9. Hates jahiliyah cause it is totally contradict to Islam but still I wouldn’t blame those who accidently involve in it. There’s still some time to repent. Just don’t be late.

10. Mempunyai cita-cita yang tinggi: Memburu Syahid dan mendapat RedhaNya to gain Jannah.

Anda perlu memilih 10 penerima award seterusnya describe tentang mereka:

Well, let’s just stop here better. But those who wish to receive this award, taffadol. (^_^)

Syaz, sorry for the late reply. hope u dont mind. Next time make it free, with no questions to be answered. hee...Nyway, thanx for the award. i really enjoy it.

Faith in God

2009-06-20T06:39:00.000-07:00

An Atheist Professor of Philosophy speaks to his class on the problem Science has with GOD, the ALMIGHTY. He asks one of his New Muslim Students to stand up. Then, they both had a long conservation.

Professor: You are a Muslim, aren’t you, son?

Student: Yes, sir.

Professor: So you believe in GOD?

Student: Absolutely, sir.

Professor: Is GOD Good?

Student: Sure

Professor: Is GOD powerful?

Student: Yes

Professor: My Brother died of Cancer even though he prayed to GOD to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn’t. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?

( Student is silent )

Professor: You can’t answer, can you? Let’s start again, Young Fella. Is GOD Good?

Student: Yes

Professor: Is Satan good?

Student: No

Professor: Where does Satan come from?

Student: From . . . GOD . . .

Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this World?

Student: Yes

Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it? And GOD did make everything. Correct?

Student: Yes

Professor: So who created evil?

(Student does not answer)

Professor: Is there Sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the World, don’t they?

Student: Yes, sir.

Professor: So, who Created them?

( Student has no answer )

Professor: Science says you have 5 Senses you use to Identify and Observe the World around you. Tell me, son . . . Have you ever Seen GOD?

Student: No, sir.

Professor: Tell us if you have ever Heard your GOD?

Student: No, sir.

Professor: Have you ever Felt your GOD, Tasted your GOD, Smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any Sensory Perception of GOD for that matter?

Student: No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.

Professor: Yet you still believe in HIM?

Student: Yes

Professor: According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?

Student: Nothing. I only have my Faith.

Professor: Yes, Faith. And that is the Problem Science has.

Student: Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?

Professor: Yes

Student: And is there such a thing as Cold?

Professor: Yes

Student: No sir. There isn’t.

( The Lecture Theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events )

Student: Sir, you can have Lots of Heat, even More Heat, Superheat, Mega Heat, White Heat, a Little Heat or No Heat… But we don’t have anything called Cold. We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is No Heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as Cold. Cold is only a Word we use to describe the Absence of Heat. We cannot Measure Cold. Heat is Energy. Cold is Not the Opposite of Heat, sir, just the Absence of it.

( There is Pin – Drop Silence in the Lecture Theatre )

Student : What about Darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as Darkness?

Professor: Yes. What is Night if there isn’t Darkness?

Student: You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the Absence of Something. You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light... But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and its called Darkness, isn’t it? In reality, Darkness isn’t. If it is, were you would be able to make Darkness Darker, wouldn’t you?

Professor: So what is the point you are making, Young Man?

Student: Sir, my point is your Philosophical Premise is flawed.

Professor: Flawed? Can you explain how?

Student: Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality. You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a Good GOD and a Bad GOD. You are viewing the Concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a Thought. It uses Electricity and Magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view Death as the Opposite of Life is to be ignorant of the fact that Death cannot exist as a Substantive Thing. Death is Not the Opposite of Life: just the Absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your Students that they evolved from a Monkey?

Professor: If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes, of course, I do.

Student: Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?

( The Professor shakes his head with a Smile, beginning to realize where the Argument is going )

Student: Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and Cannot even prove that this Process is an On – Going Endeavor, Are you not teaching your Opinion, sir? Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?

( The Class is in Uproar )

Student: Is there anyone in the Class who has ever seen the Professor’s Brain?

( The Class breaks out into Laughter )

Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s Brain, Felt it, touched or Smelt it?... No one appears to have done so. So, according to the Established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have No Brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then Trust your Lectures, sir?

(The Room is Silent. The Professor stares at the Student, his face unfathomable)

Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on Faith, son.

Student: That is it sir . . . The Link between Man & GOD is FAITH. That is all that Keeps Things Moving & Alive.

Yesterday, I read an article about Sisters in Islam (SIS). It had become a hot topic these days since most of their actions are simply based on philosophy and contradict to syariah. Salbiah Ahmad, the ex-founder of this organization said that one of the reasons she quit SIS is because she was forced to open her hijab. The SIS’s members claimed that they don’t want people to say that they are ‘tudung type’, not progressive, fundamentalist and obscurantist (opposed to new ideas). Due to these reasons, they’re not allowed to wear hijab. How dare you SIS putting Allah's laws aside? Who are you to challenge Allah? All of the Muslims actions should be parallel with the teachings of Islam. It shouldn’t merely based on our thinking that always influents by obsess of this world and its affairs.

Oh ya...another thing, Islam is being discussed regularly nowadays on all major media stations. It is our responsibility to correct the misconception someone has about Islam and be a guardian of our Deen! If we’ve always wanted to be a Da’iyah (to invite people to the Truth) but felt like we don’t have much time, then we'd better take a fresh look at da’wah again! Anywhere and at anytime is an opportunity for da'wah. Even at our home can make as a Da’wah hub! Believe me!

Hang on to Faith! Fight for Iman!
With regards, Safi ArRahman

Life and Death

2009-06-17T06:54:00.000-07:00

“What is the life of this world but play and amusement? But best is the home in the hereafter, for those who are righteous. Will ye not then understand?” (Holy Qur’an Al An'aam, 6:32)

Once a man saw in his dream, that a LION was chasing him! The man ran to a Tree, climbed on to it and sat on a branch. He looked down and saw that the Lion was still there waiting for him.

The man then looked to his side where the branch he was sitting on was attached to the Tree and saw that two RATS were circling around and eating the branch. One Rat was black and the other one was white. The branch would fall on the ground very soon.

The man then looked below again with fear and discovered that a big black SNAKE had come and settled directly under him. The Snake opened its mouth right under the man so that he will fall into it.

The man then looked up to see if there was anything that he could hold on to. He saw another branch with a HONEYCOMB. Drops of honey were falling from it. The man wanted to taste one of the drops. So, he put his tongue out and tasted one of the fallen drops of HONEY. The Honey was amazing in taste. So, he wanted to taste another drop. As he did, he got lost into the
sweetness of the Honey.

Meanwhile, he forgot about the two Rats eating his branch away, the Lion on the ground and the Snake that is sitting right under him. After a while, he woke up from his sleep. To get the meaning behind this dream, the man went to a pious scholar of Islam.

The scholar said:

The Lion you saw is your DEATH. It always chases you and goes wherever you go.

The two Rats, one black and one white, are the NIGHT and the DAY. Black one is the night and the white one is the day. They circle around, coming one after another, to eat your time as they take you closer to Death.

The big black Snake with a dark mouth is your GRAVE. It’s there, just waiting for you to fall into it.

The Honeycomb is this WORLD and the sweet Honey is the LUXURIES of this world. We like to taste a drop of the luxuries of this world but it’s very sweet. Then we taste another drop and yet another.

Meanwhile, we get lost into it and we forget about our time, we forget about our death and we forget about our graves.

Imam Ali (pbuh) says: “You are the game that death hunts. If you stand still it will seize (catch) you. If you ran (flee) away it will overtake you.”

This picture is the latest version where i took it last week during my visit to my grandma’s and great grandma's graveyard. Last year during Eidul Fitri it wasn't like this crowded and packed. My grandma and grandpa passed away when I was in UK. At that moment my siblings and I were not allowed to see them due to lack of budget and money. So my dad returned to his hometown by himself using his scholarship pocket money to buy the ticket.

At that time, I wish immensely to see him and to say a final goodbye. But it doesn’t matter now. From then on, I use my pen name as Safi ArRahman where Ar-Rahman (a short name of Abdul Rahman) refers to my grandpa’s name. A name should mean something to the holder. Al-Fatihah to my late granpa. May he be rested among those who believe.

No Way Out

2009-06-16T07:04:00.000-07:00

Assalamualaikum wbt

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillah I’m back, after my long journey heading to north and back to south. From JB – Bangi – Gombak – Puchong – Permatang Bogak – Alor Setar – Beseri Perlis – Puchong – and JB back. I arrived home yesterday but too tired to write and post. This couple of days has been a difficult days for me. I have had to deal with the internal turmoil of knowing that Allah's promise is true and knowing how to apply this to my life. Lately, after the news of Ummi Halimaton’s death I received the same news but different people.

Fatimah Safiah's brother, Shaari bin Zakaria (1985 - 10 June 2009)
Muhammad Ammar Zulkifli (1988 - 10 June 2009)
Sheikh Dr. Fathi Yakan (9 February 1933 – 13 June 2009)

I barely knew them. I have met Shaari once (people call him Dik Ah) when I went to Fatimah’s house. That was a long time ago but still I would always keep in touch with her family. Her brother had involved in motor accident resulting injuries on his head and face, broken his right arm and right leg. He was in critical condition when he was admitted to hospital. Al-Fatihah buat mereka. Semoga roh Allahyarham Shaari, Ammar and Dr.Fathi Yakan ditempatkan di kalangan para solihin dan siddiqin.

Little did I know, these 3 people were a cornerstone to the people around them especially Dr. Fathi Yakan. His shell lies dead, but his soul lives on. He had contributed a lot of his work for the sake of Islam. He has authored more than 35 books, some of which were translated into many languages. The Holy Prophet (saw) has said, “Whenever Allah (SWT) takes away the soul of any scholar of this nation, there becomes a gap in Islam that cannot be filled in till the Day of Judgement”.

DEATH IS A BEAUTIFUL GIFT FOR A BELIEVER. A believer always remembers death, since his or her main goal is to reach Allah. Qasim, the son of Imam Hasan Al-Mujtaba (pbuh), when asked concerning death at Karbala, answered: "Death to me is sweeter than honey." Therefore true believers anticipate death since to them it signifies the long-awaited meeting with their Creator.

During imprisonment, Imam Ali An-Naqi, Al-Hadi (pbuh) had a grave dug up ready by the side of his prayer mat. Some visitors expressed concern or surprise. The Imam explained, "In order to remember my end I keep the grave before my eyes."

DEATH IS ONCE. LIFE IS TWICE. All men die, and surely Allah give them life with His ability, and judges them on their deeds and actions. We know Allah is the Creator and can recreate us, because if one can do something he has the ability to do it again. For instance, if your teacher asks you to draw a picture on the blackboard and color it. Then if after you have drawn it with beautiful colors, the teacher asks you to rub it out and do it again, could you repeat the same drawing again? Of course you would be able to repeat the picture. It is what you created and are capable of doing again.

From this example, we can understand Allah is able to give life to the dead because it is He Who created us in the beginning. On Resurrection Day He will re-create the dead for judgment, and then allow the doer of good to enter paradise but cast the evil-doer into hell.

Wherever you are, death will find you out, even if you are towers built up strong and high. (Holy Quran 4:78)
NO WAY OUT. It states here that everyone one of us is to die even if we hide ourselves anywhere in the world; or even if we try to protect ourselves. This is the fact that death is unstoppable: there is No Way Out. No one can escape this fate. When death comes, we will realize, with terror in our hearts, how wrong we had been about things in this world. It will come and that will be the time when we have to leave everything and everyone behind to return to our Creator. Everyone is in the world as a guest, and his money is but a loan. The guest must go sooner or later and the loan must be returned. For sure the time will come.

EVERYTHING THAT HAS A BEGINNING HAS AN END. I close my eyes and think of my sins that I have committed. Suddenly my eyes are flooded with tears. The day will come when I shall have to answer for everything I have done. Am I really prepared? And when is my turn? Wallahualam.

I just can't believe
maybe can't conceive
that God knows the very second
when my soul will come out of my body
And the news will shock everybody

So am I ready for the test?
The Most important final test?
But how can I pass
when I knew all the While
that when I didn't prepare
for a test in school
I got a letter in my mail
a lousy F for Fail
Exactly what I was expecting
WHAT AM I EXPECTING??????!!!!

Don't take God for granted
Yes, He is Merciful
His Punishment is also Painful

IslamicPoem

I turn to Allah asking for His forgiveness. Ya Allah! Make me not from those upon you have sent your wrath. Ya Allah, when I return to You, let it be with Imaan and and please don’t let me go astray. Aminnn.

Oh My Fingers!

2009-06-15T07:14:00.000-07:00

As usual it was raining outside
The blessed water from Allah, falling far and wide
I spent my time in my room on my computer
As usual I e-mailed to my sister.
Suddenly, there's pain on my fingers, Yikes!
The pain won't stop, it just continues and strikes!
I looked at my fingers, what did I see?
WORMS crawling, eating, biting looking squirmy
tearing away the flesh that I adore
My fingers are pretty no more.

Oh no! I quickly jumped from my seat
The worms take my fingers for meat!
I shook my arms, but the the worms ate away,
Biting, tearing my flesh and determined to stay.

"Allah! What did I do wrong?
Why are the worms so strong?"
Then an inner voice said to me
"O Muslim, this is your tragedy.
You wasted your fingers on deeds sinfully.

Was it not you who sent the fake e-mail?
You spread rumours and forwarded tall tales.
Your fingers typed in insults towards our Muslim scholars.
You hurt their feelings and harassed the others.

You designed a web page to insult Islam.
Your fitnah are worse than drinking rum!
You even flirted with the opposite sex on cyberspace
You even used seductive words and dirty phrases!
Instead of having meaningful discussions
You come in all ready for sensations.

Have you forgotten when you die?
Your fingers bear account and they can't lie.
Your mouth will be shut but the fingers will reveal
everything which you typed on the keyboard to kill.

Your fingers keep no secret and speak for all to know
Repent now! Stop typing insults for show!"

I said "I promise! I promise! I'll stop it!"
Then the rain stopped the room was lit.
My ears drummed wildly, my thoughts full of fear.
When I looked at my fingers, the worms disappear....

If you belong to the above category, repent now.
For our Lord Allah knows it all.

Taken from: IslamicPoem

KKM is back!

2009-06-03T07:13:00.000-07:00

Kelab Remaja Haluan Johor now presents you Kem Kembara Muda 9 with its theme “Mengorak Langkah, Menjadi Bintang”. This time KKM will focus on Dakwah & Tarbiyyah inshaAllah. There will be heaps of exhilarating and thrilling activities awaits you. So don’t miss it and grab this opportunity!

For any inquiry, you can contact Adam (013-4044787) or Nadhirah (013-9670889).

Oh ya…doing some promotion here. This time Kem Minda Kreatif ke-13 (KMK 13) will be held at Lake Resort at Kedah. It will be open to all form 1 till form 5 students. Everyone is invited to come and participate. Click on the picture below for more information.

Dear brothers and sisters, basically these two programs is organized in order to help us renew our faith. Faith is the most precious of possessions. It is the greatest gift. We must value the gift of faith. We should take care of it and safeguard it. We must not let it weaken or fall into peril. How do we do this???

There are lots of ways to increase your faith but remember you are also and always exposed to tons and tons of means that deteriorate your faith. It is well-known that faith increases and decreases. Thus this program might help us in elevating this precious gift. May Allah increase us in faith and make us all God-fearing, inshaAllah.

[5:35] O you who believe, you shall reverence GOD and seek the ways and means to Him, and strive in His cause, that you may succeed.

Do U Still Remember Us?!

2009-06-02T09:00:00.000-07:00

Do U Still Remember Us?!

We are still under siege,

darkness,

And hunger.

Do you still remember us?!

To get water we have to walk so far,

To fill a bottle or a jar.

Do you still remember us?!

We still have No food,

Or medicine to be fed.

Our kids...

are dying every day,

in their beds,

And many have just tears to shed.

Do you still remember us?!

Death!
is everywhere.

that sometimes we have No place,
to make Our prayer.

Do you Really still remember us?!

We have nothing but pain,

illness,

And daily sadness,

to Share.

So do you still remember us?!

At least in your prayer?!

Gaza children implore you!
They are dying due to the blockade!

There is 'growing humanitarian crisis,'
happening in Gaza.

There is an EXTREME restricted access,
to food, water, and medicine!!

Please!

Saad - burnt by an unconventional Israeli bomb.

.....don't forget us!!

Please do Remember us!

Gaza Needs Your Voice!

May Allah help them & us

With prayer,
Abdul Gafoor Parappil,
Saudi Electricity Company

Being ignored

2009-06-02T06:35:00.000-07:00

Anak kecil main api
Terbakar hatinya sepi
Air mata darah bercampur keringat
Bumi dipijak milik orang

Nenek moyang kaya raya
Tergadai seluruh harta benda
Akibat sengketa sesamalah kita
Cinta lenyap diarus zaman

Taken from: LionOfIslam

Being Beauty or Beast

2009-06-01T07:32:00.000-07:00

Have you ever wondered why so many people who were bright, cute and beautiful as children, however, as they grew older their gorgeousness and beauty evaded them? Well, wonder no more. In this post, I will share with you what Sheikhul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah rahimahullaah had said about this topic.

The person who is righteous and honest, his honesty is manifest from the radiance or sparkle on his face, and his honesty can be known from the glow that is on his face, likewise the opposite for the sinful one and the liar. The older a person gets, the more this sign becomes apparent and obvious. Thus a person as a child would have a bright face, however if he becomes a sinful person, at the older stages in his life, an ugly face would manifest that which he used to internalize, and the opposite is also true.

It has been narrated that Ibn Abbas radiyallaahu ‘anhu said, “Indeed righteousness illuminates the heart, radiates the face, strengthens the body, increases provision, and produces a love in the hearts of the creation for that person. Whereas sinfulness darkens the heart, greys the face, weakens the body, and produces hatred in the hearts of the creation for that person.”

It is possible that a person may not intentionally lie; he may even be a person who makes great effort in ibaadah and has zuhd. However he has false, incorrect ‘aqeedah regarding either Allah, His deen or His Messenger sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam or His righteous servants. and what is on the inside affects what is on the outside. Thus, this false, incorrect ‘aqeedah that he thought was true and correct reflects on his face, and his face would be dark in accordance with the level of falsehood he possesses.

On the Day of Judgment this would be very clear as Allah says,
“And on the Day of Resurrection you will see those who lied against Allah their faces will be black. Is there not in Hell an abode for the arrogant ones?” [Surah Az-Zumar, 39: 60]

Allah ta’ala also said,
“On the Day when some faces will become white and some faces will become black; as for those whose faces will become dark (to them will be said): "Did you reject Faith after accepting it? Then taste the torment for rejecting Faith.” [Surah Ali-Imran, 3:106]

Uthman ibn Affaan radiyallaahu ‘anhu said, “No one ever hides evil within them except that Allah makes it manifest from his facial outlook and the statements his tongues utters.”

So, the choice is in your hand. Either you choose to become a charming, sweet and eye-catching person or you choose to be an ugly, horrible and nasty being. I believe that for sure everyone would go for a good looking and stunning guy. So be it. You are what you eat. It also includes that you are what you act or you are what you behave.

To Become BEAUTY???

or To Become BEAST???

inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi roji'un