Look back and learn

Bismillahhir Rahmaannir Raheem

Assalamualaikum all. So, in a few hours or so, most of you will be free from the exam fever that has gripped you for the past 3 weeks. And, the most frequent question asked would probably be: "How was exam? Ok?"

Then you go, "Uh... ok lah, I wish I did better." or "I should have... " or "If only..."

Word: IF. Iatah yang paling mahal ni.

But, usually after all those replies we uttered, we'll (probably) say "Tawakkal lah saja."

Then, if you truly do just that, the above replies wouldn't have come out from your lips. When (you're) asked the question, you'd just go straight to "Tawakkal" instead of playing around with ifs and what-should-have-beens.

But of course, we're human. We're never satisfied with what we did. However, if we understand the meaning of the concept of Tawakkal, we'll probably have a feeling of contentment though we did not do so well (in whatever it is that we're doing).

A friend of mine once said: "To know meaning is to know life and love... when the heart is empty, the mind doesn't work."

Thus with comprehension do we find satisfaction, insyaAllah.

Here's a very beautiful, self-explanatory excerpt on Tawakkal:

"You asked me about tawakkul [total reliance on Allah]: it means that you should strengthen your believe in everything promised by Allah the Exalted, that is, believe in whatever that has been destined for you will reach you inevitably, even if everybody in the universe should strive to keep it from you, and whatever has not been written for you will never reach you even if all of (the) creation assisted you."

So, other than hardwork and good discipline, Allah should be prioritised in everything that you do.

Sayyidina Ali (r.a.) said:

"Those who think they can achieve their aims without work are dreaming, and those who think they can attain their goals through exertion alone are overconfident and consider themselves self-sufficient."

Jaga Diri, Jaga Imaan

fortune-telling-and-what-not quizzes on Facebook

HUKUM BERTANYA TUKANG RAMAL

Nabi Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam telah melarang umatnya daripada bertemu dengan tukang ramal, apatah lagi mempercayai ramalannya.

Sabda baginda:

من أتى عرافا فسأله عن شيء لم تقبل له صلاة أربعين ليلة

Maksudnya, “Sesiapa mendatangi tukang ramal lalu bertanyakan sesuatu kepadanya, maka tidak diterima sembahyang baginya selama empat puluh malam”. (Direkod oleh Muslim).

Di dalam hadis lain:

مَنْ أَتَى كَاهِنًا أَوْ عَرَّافًا فَصَدَّقَهُ بِمَا يَقُول فَقَدْ كَفَرَ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّد

Maksudnya, “Sesiapa mendatangi tukang ramal lalu mempercayai apa yang dikatakannya, maka dia telah kufur kepada apa yang diturunkan ke atas Muhammad”. (Direkod oleh Ashab Al-Sunan).

Mendatangi tukang ramal bukanlah satu kekufuran atau syirik secara mutlak. Menurut Syeikh Al-Utsaimin, ia boleh dibahagikan kepada tiga katagori.

Pertama: Orang yang datang kepada tukang ramal untuk bertanya ramalan sesuatu, tetapi tidak mempercayainya. Perbuatan ini adalah haram, dan balasannya ialah tidak diterima sembahyang selama 40 hari.

Kedua: Orang yang bertanya tukang ramal, dan mempercayai apa yang diramalnya. Perbuatan ini selain haram, ia menyebabkan jatuh kafir kepada Allah. Kerana mempercayai bahawa tukang ramal mengetahui perkara-perkara ghaib yang merupakan hak mutlak Allah. Ia juga satu bentuk mendustakan ayat-ayat Al-Quran yang menegaskan bahawa ilmu ghaib adalah kepunyaan Allah semata-mata.

Ketiga: Orang yang bertanya tukang ramal kerana maslahah untuk menyelidiki dakwaannya. Supaya dapat dijelaskan pendustaannya atau diambil tindakan terhadapnya. Tindakan ini adalah harus sebagaimana Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam pernah bertanya beberapa soalan terhadap Ibn Shoyyad.

Justeru, sebelum pengguna Facebook menyertai kuiz-kuiz ramalan, pastikan dulu dia termasuk dalam kategori manakah.

SEKADAR MAIN-MAIN

Sesetengah penagih kuiz-kuiz ini mempertahankan tindakan mereka dengan hujah kuiz-kuiz ramalan itu hanyalah satu bentuk permainan merehatkan minda sahaja, tanpa mempercayainya.

Sedarkah mereka bahawa dalam perkara Akidah, kita dilarang menjadikannya sebagai main-mainan dan olok-olokan? Bolehkah akidah tentang qadha dan qadar dijadikan main-mainan? Akidah bahawa Allah sahaja yang mengetahui perkara ghaib boleh dijadikan bahan mainan?

Di samping itu, adakah kita pasti kuiz-kuiz seperti itu langsung tidak memberi kesan kepada akidah pengguna Facebook yang rata-ratanya adalah remaja dan muda-mudi? Bagi saya, kuiz-kuiz ramalan di dalam Facebook adalah satu fitnah terhadap pengguna-pengguna Muslim, terutama mereka yang cetek ilmu agama.

Mereka yang bertanggungjawab mencipta kuiz-kuiz ini, hendaklah bertaubat kepada Allah kerana perbuatan mereka boleh membawa fitnah dan bencana kepada akidah orang Islam lain. Allah berfirman:

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ الْحَرِيقِ

Maksudnya, “Sesungguhnya orang-orang yang menimpakan bencana untuk memesongkan orang-orang lelaki yang beriman dan orang-orang perempuan yang beriman, kemudian mereka tidak bertaubat, maka mereka akan beroleh azab Neraka Jahanam dan mereka akan beroleh lagi azab api yang kuat membakar. (Al-Buruj: 10).

so brothers and sisters, what can we learn from this? Menjaga akidah itu sangatlah penting and how I hear you ask? dengan mantapkan lagi ilmu agama ketani... :)

Syaitan pernah menyebut, " Sesungguhnya aku lebih takut dari seorang yang berilmu dari 1000 orang yang rajin beribadat tanpa ilmu".

Assalamualaikum.

Jaga diri, hiasi peribadi,

jaga hati, perbetulkan akidah dan mantapkan iman

Ameen Ameen Ya Rabb.

Self Reflection

Assalamualaikum w.r.t.b.

The Blessing of Repentence or The Blessing of Richness?

A resident in Damascus, Ubaidah bin Muhajir was a well-respected and extremely rich businessman, who one day decided to make a business trip to Azerbaijan. After a long day of travel, Ubaidah came across a pasture and a river that ran alongside it. He decided to make camp there and was resting when he heard the sound of someone praising Allah S.W.T.

Going to the source of the sound, Ubaidah came across a man who, attired in a garment made of straw and was resting in a ditch. After having extended greetings of peace to the man, Ubaidah inquired: "Who are you, O slave of Allah?"

"A Muslim," answered the man.

"How difficult your circumstances seem to be," said Ubaidah.

"I lead a life that is replete with blessings," said the main.

"How can you say that when you are wearing nothing but a covering made of straw!" exclaimed Ubaidah.

"And why shouldn't I praise Allah for creating me, for giving me good form, for causing me to be born healthy, and for covering that part of my body which I dislike mentioning? Who goes to sleep having greater blessings than these, all of which I enjoy?"

"May Allah have mercy on you," said Ubaidah. "Will you not come to my camp, for I have made camp beside the river?"

"Why?" the man asked.

"So that I can feed you and give you real clothing, making it unnecessary for you to wear straw."

"I have no need for any of that," said the man.

Ubaidah later said, "I then left him and returned to my campsite. I later fell into contemplation, and the more I thought about my situation, the more I despised my life and even myself. Here I was, the richest man in Damascus having nearly as much wealth as I had, and yet, I was on a journey to make even more money. It was at that point that I said: O Allah, I indeed repent to You for the evilness of my situation."

Ubaidah thereafter turned away from the pursuit of acquiring wealth, and instead dedicated his life to repentance and worship.

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Because of what Allah has given us (which is a massive quantity such that we can never repay it) to be thankful to Him, at all times, is the least we can do. To remember Him in everything that we do, for whatever it is that we do, we're relying on Him, on His nikmat.

Here you are reading, and here I am writing, we're using the body on which He has cased our souls into. For you are reading with your eyes, comprehending it with your brain, and hopefully, InsyaAllah, feel it with your heart.

It's not that hard, is it? To stop for a while and say: "Alhamdulillah Ya Rabb, Thank You for giving all these nikmat that You have given to me all these while."

Just Alhamdulillah is also good enough :)

Mengenal apa itu kebaikan dan dosa

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Dari Nawwas bin Sam’an radhiallahuanhu , dari Rasulullah sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam baginda bersabda : “Kebaikan adalah akhlak yang baik, dan dosa adalah apa yang terasa mengganggu jiwamu dan engkau tidak suka jika diketahui manusia. “
(Riwayat Muslim)

Dan dari Wabishah bin Ma’bad radhiallahuanhu dia berkata : Saya mendatangi Rasulullah saw, lalu baginda bersabda : Engkau datang untuk menanyakan kebaikan?, saya menjawab : Ya. Baginda bersabda : Mintalah pendapat dari hatimu, kebaikan adalah apa yang jiwa dan hati tenang kerananya, dan dosa adalah apa yang terasa mengganggu jiwa dan menimbulkan keragu-raguan dalam dada, meskipun orang-orang memberi fatwa kepadamu dan mereka membenarkannya.
Ref: (Hadits hasan kami riwayatkan dari dua musnad Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal dan Ad Darimi dengan sanad yang hasan)

Mari ketani tingkatkan amal dan iman :)

La Taqrabuzzina.

Ummu Tariq

Reaching out

Salam :)

Maybe you're thinking... eh, masih jua update even though last time cakap: busy lah, revision lah, buat assignment lah, etc. Eksen saja dorang ani cakap cematu...

The answer is: I just can't keep away from this page. :P Banar! So do you, kan? If not, kenapa masih di sini, inda ja? :P Nadawah!! Main-main saja.. thank you anyway for reading. Even though selalunya.... nvm!

Anyway, iatah, I read this (the following) and I just knew it at that instant when I first read it that I need to share it with you lot out there. Happy reading!

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Every Friday afternoon, after the Jumma prayers, the Imam and his eleven year old son would go out into their town and hand out "PATH TO PARADISE" and other Islamic literature.

This particular and fortunate Friday afternoon, as the time came for the Imam and his son to go to the streets with their booklets, it was very cold outside, as well as pouring rain.

The boy bundled up in his warmest and driest clothes and said, 'OK, dad, I'm ready!'

His dad asked, 'Ready for what?'

'Dad, it's time we go out and distribute these Islamic books.'

Dad responds, 'Son, it's very cold outside and it's pouring rain.'

The boy gives his dad a surprised look, asking, 'But Dad, aren't people still going to hell, even though it's raining?'

Dad answers, 'Son, I am not going out in this weather.'

Despondently, the boy asks, 'Dad, can I go? Please...'

His father hesitated for a moment then said, 'Son, you can go. Here are the booklets. Be careful son.'

'Thanks, Dad!'

And with that, he was off and out into the rain. This eleven year old boy walked the streets of the town going door to door and handing everybody he met in the street a pamphlet or a booklet.

After two hours of walking in the rain, he was soaking, bone-chilled wet and down to his VERY LAST BOOKLET. He stopped on a corner and looked for someone to hand a booklet to, but the streets were totally deserted.

Then he turned toward the first home he saw and started up the sidewalk to the front door and rang the door bell. He rang the bell, but nobody answered..

He rang it again and again, but still no one answered. He waited but still no answer.

Finally, he turned to leave, but something stopped him.

Again, he turned to the door and rang the bell and knocked loudly on the door with his fist. He waited, something holding him there on the front porch!

He rang again and this time the door slowly opened.

Standing in the doorway was a very sad-looking elderly lady. She softly asked, 'What can I do for you, son?'

With radiant eyes and a smile that lit up her world, this little boy said, 'Ma'am, I'm sorry if I disturbed you, but I just want to tell you that ALLAH REALLY LOVES AND CARES FOR YOU and I came to give you my very last booklet which will tell you all about God, the real purpose of creation, and how to achieve His pleasure.'

With that, he handed her his last booklet and turned to leave.

She called to him as he departed. 'Thank you, son! And God Bless You!'

Next week on Friday afternoon after Jumma prayers, the Imam was giving some lectures. As he concludes the lectures, he asked, 'Does anybody have questions or want to say anything?'

Slowly, in the back row among the ladies, an elderly lady's voice was heard over the speaker.

'No one in this gathering knows me. I've never been here before. You see, before last Friday I was not a Muslim, and thought I could be. My husband died few years ago, leaving me totally alone in this world.. Last Friday, being a particularly cold and rainy day, I was contemplating suicide as i had no hope left.

So I took a rope and a chair and ascended the stairway into the attic of my home.. I fastened the rope securely to a rafter in the roof then stood on the chair and fastened the other end of the rope around my neck. Standing on that chair, so lonely and broken-hearted I was about to leap off, when suddenly the loud ringing of my doorbell downstairs startled me. I thought, I'll wait a minute, and whoever it is will go away.

I waited and waited, but the ringing doorbell seemed to get louder and more insistent, and then the person ringing also started knocking loudly....

I thought to myself again, 'Who on earth could this be? Nobody ever rings my bell or comes to see me.' I loosened the rope from my neck and started for the front door, all the while the bell rang louder and louder.

When I opened the door and looked I could hardly believe my eyes, for there on my front porch was the most radiant and angelic little boy I had ever seen in my life. His SMILE, oh, I could never describe it to you! The words that came from his mouth caused my heart that had long been dead TO LEAP TO LIFE as he exclaimed with a cherub-like voice, 'Ma'am, I just came to tell you that ALLAH REALLY LOVES AND CARES FOR YOU!'

Then he gave me this booklet, Path To Paradise that I now hold in my hand.

As the little angel disappeared back out into the cold and rain, I closed my door and read slowly every word of this book. Then I went up to my attic to get my rope and chair. I wouldn't be needing them any more.

You see? I am now a Happy Vicegerent of the One True God. Since the address of your congregation was stamped on the back of this booklet, I have come here to personally say THANK YOU to God's little angel who came just in the nick of time and by so doing, spared my soul from an eternity in hell.'

There was not a dry eye in the mosque. The shouts of TAKBIR... ALLAH AKBAR.. rented the air.

The Imam (Dad) descended from the pulpit to the front row where the little angel was seated.

He took his son in his arms and sobbed uncontrollably.

Probably no jama'at has had a more glorious moment, and probably this universe has never seen a father that was more filled with love and honor for his son... Except for one. This very one...

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Beneficial? I do hope so! :)

Okeh, jaga diri, jaga iman. Salam!

p.s.: To those having exams, selamat berjuang! Jangan lupa selawat and tawakkal to Allah.

7 JUTA SEDUNIA!

Assalamualaikum!

Sebenarnya nada plan kan update this blog until habis our own assessment. Assessment being: exams, essays and any kind of writing that has a deadline to it, etc... you get the picture, right?Sigh, anyway... iatah, sekalinya (sorry ah, becerita tah ku sekajap nah) :P

Sekalinya... aku ani boring wah. Aku check lah blog ani mana tau ada new update magically appear *winks*... sekalinya nada. So, sedih tah ko ni? No! Andang jua aku expect nada pasal kami sibuk. Sekalinya kan... I was about to click the 'X' button, kan tutup the window... tapi aku masih mau jua scroll ke bawah. So aku scroll lah kan. Sekalinya... *look at the 'keen readers' "

Guilty tia aku pasal inda update. Hence this.

Bath inda snow lagi. B-O-ring! Sama... cuba tah Yen Sushi ani dapat delivery. Or Jamuna or Eastern Eye! We need real food guys! Awu... kami selama ani keep on munching on Pringles and Thorntons chocolates, and... um, apalagi.... Um.. apa apa lah! Pokoknya, we need REAL, SOLID, MOUTH-WATERING-FINGER-LICKING-GOOD type of food. Well, dapat pulang ke kadainya... TAPI, kami malas jalan. Pasal sajuk. And kami takut tegelincir. As Ka Reefah implied, karang mikin surut bukit Thornbank atu, pasal kmi tegelincir di sana balik2. *blush*. Bulih, patut nya kesiankan kami lah Ka Reefah, BUKAN BUKIT! :D

Anyway, yeah. Even though the icy condition made us slip and slide and (dare I say it?) fall... We still want the snow! Please, snow, please... listen to our pleading voices. Let you come down and whiten the streets. Let you fall so we can be away from our books. (evil laughs!) So come down already, in any manner you choose! Snow dusts kah, flecks kah, or even better, thick drops! Like, um... (sorry for being technical, but I've always wanted to see this!) a sphere of 2cm in diameter? Is it too much to ask? Huh? Huh?

Aha. So, you see? Where all these readings has got me to?

Actually, that wasn't really the point of this entry. I know I said I'm writing this pasal kesian to the readers, which means, nothing specific to write about, but ada sebenarnya kan ku cakapkan wah... Sekajap ah... let me recall. Snow ni punya pasal... balum turun... ish!

Um, ah!! Nah, aku ingat sudah.... Atu kami ada new phrase. Its:

"7 JUTA SEDUNIA" :)

Scene: Suka barang.
Line: Waaaahhh, lawa jua.... aku suka. Berabis!! 7 JUTA SEDUNIA lawanya!

Scene: Sasak.
Line: Eh, Eastern Eye ani, cuba tah ada delivery! Boring 7 JUTA SEDUNIA!

Geddit? Haha. We use them all the time... Or sometimes, pakai 7 JUTA saja, or SEDUNIA saja. But for maximum impact, combine both lah. Baru power... 7 JUTA SEDUNIA! HAHA. See what I mean?

Anyway, yeah. Pokoknya aku kan becerita pasal our new phrase ani lah ah. Tapi ada tia the snow factor masuk and the delivery dilemma that we're having.

Happy using our phrase!

The Reality of Our Existence

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahhi wabarakatuh

Apa khabar everyone? I hope semua sihat, Alhamdulillah. We're all busy, kan? Pasal kan exam... inda papa, insyaAllah, soon it will be over. Sabar saja tia dulu. And we're really sorry for making you come and visit this page (if ada orang visit lah ah!:P) but nada jua update... Oh well, another sabar factor to add on! :D

So, with nothing specific in mind to write about here, I thought I'd share something useful, insyaAllah. Beneficial lah at least, yes?

"The diversions of this world are often so enticing that those who are enjoying them do not see life for what it really is. That is why it is so rare, and actually nice when it happens, to see a ruler or king (or a person, in our case) who perceives the reality of life.

Al-Asma'o reported that the ruler Ar-Rashid once ordered for many delicacies to be prepared for him. He wanted to have a nice party for himself, so he had a hall decorated for him, and he invited the famous poet Abul-'Atahiyyah.

When the party had begun, Ar-Rashid looked at Abul-'Atahiyyah and said, "Describe the pleasures of the world that we are enjoying." It was often the case that kings and rulers requested poets to compose impromptu verses for them. Abul-'Atahiyyah began thus:

Live in comfort as long as you please,

Under the shades of high and wonderful castles.

"Wonderful, wonderful. Please continue," said Ar-Rashid.

Abul-'Atahiyyah continued:

All that you desired is brought to you

Quickly, both in the morning and in the evening.

"Wonderful, wonderful," chimed in Ar-Rashid. "Please continue."

He resumed thus:

Then when the souls are parting,

Through the breast with a croaking sound,

It is then that one comes to know:

I have lived nothing but a life of deception.

Ar-Rashid began to weep profusely, and some of those who are present looked reproachfully at Abul-'Atahiyyah and said, "The Leader of the Believers has invited you here to make him happy, yet all that you have succeeded in doing is making him sad."

"Leave him alone," said Ar-Rashid with a sigh. "He simply noticed that we were in a state of blindness, and disliked adding to it even more blindness." "

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More of something like this next time? InsyaAllah.

Salam :)

Ref: Muhammad Abduh Mughawiri