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I went out to see the social world today :p Alhamdulillah, after staying at home for about 4 consecutive days, it’s a bless. Actually, I couldn’t really stay at home, it’s holiday, hence I ain’t got much to do pun! All I did is read a book called ‘La Tahzan’ meaning ‘Don’t be sad/Jangan Bersedih’ and stuck with Grey’s Anatomy TV series. -.-” I had enough of the TV show! Gives me headache. Make me go laaazy. Make me procrastinate things. Alhamdulillah, mommy took me out today! And surely, I’m in need of Usrahh!

In the morning, I went to the Ministry of Finance, yeah, speaking ca$h here. It’s the end of the month you know. -.-” And I met a very nice lady whom I know to be Azmi’s Mommy, Aunty Lili. Also mommy’s ex-classmate ) That already made me ha-pp-eee. And, lots of the pensioner crowded the place, like lots of em. And majority of the men are wearing ‘topi haji’ really reminds me of dad. -.-

Then, in the afternoon, Mommy and I need to do some grocery shopping at our favorite store, Hua Ho :p I was blessed! Why? I met LOADS of people I know Some of them are Kak Jiyah and Kak Aisyah! I miss em both! Hoping for another outing with the PTEBians yeah, sisters?

I miss my late dad. Mommy miss her late husband. We all miss him. 

This afternoon, my sister and I exchanged stories about our dreams about Dad. To summarize everything up, my sister said that basically what my dad was trying to show in the dream is about how Allah has the power over all things in the world and how Allah can easily take nyawa kita just like that *snap fingers* I believe that. I believe that with all my heart. We should never ever think that there is still tomorrow for us. There is still tomorrow to repent. There is tomorrow to submit to Allah . Don’t be too cocky, readers. Just don’t. We never know when ‘our day’ will be. That’s why, we always need to be prepared. Prepared with what? Prepared with sins? Or prepared with Iman and Amal Jariah kita?

People, we should make each and every day worth living. If today is the only day left for us to live (if only we know), what we want to do are basically Khusyu’ prayers asking for forgiveness from Allah for each and every minor and major sins we have done, reciting Al-Quran and appreciating it’s beautiful meanings, Dzikir with all our heart, to do good deeds, to help people around us who needed one and just be good to everyone because you know this is going to be your last day living in this world. Unfortunately, we do not know exactly when is our time to go. That’s why, we need to be prepared all the time for this, for the time of our take-off.

Berpeganglah pada prinsip : “Aku hanya akan hidup hari ini.” With this, insyaAllah, it will help us to appreciate every single thing that we do at each and every second as the time passes by. It will make you say, “This is the only day left for me to say about good things and not to gossip about anyone and not to curse on anything. And this is the only day left for me, hence I will take good care of my heart, my mind, my eyes, my ears, my mouth, my hands, my legs and just about everything.”

Kerana hanya akan hidup hari ini, maka aku akan berusaha sekuat tenaga untuk taat kepada Raab, mengerjakan solat sesempurna mungkin, membekali diri dengan solat-solat sunat, berpegang teguh pada Al-Quran, mengkaji dan mencatat segala yang bermanfaat.

Kerana hanya hidup hari ini, kerananya aku akan menanam dalam hatiku semua nilai keutamaan dan mencabut darinya pohon-pohon kejahatanberikut ranting-rantingnya yang berduri, baik sifat takabur, ujub, riya’ dan buruk sangka.

Hanya hari ini aku akan dapat menghirup udara kehidupan, maka aku akan berbuat baik kepada orang lain dan menghulurkan tangan kepada sesiapa pun. Aku akan menjenguk mereka yang sakit, menghantar jenazah, menunjukkan jalan yang benar bagi yang tersesat, memberi makan orang yang kelaparan, menolong orang yang sedang dalam kesulitan, membantu orang yang dizalimi, meringankan penderitaan orang lemah, mengasihi mereka yang menderita, menghormati orang yang alim, menyayangi anak kecil dan berbakti kepada orang tua. 

Aku hanya akan hidup hari ni, maka aku akan mengucapkan, “Wahai masa lalu yang telah berlalu dan selesai, tenggelamlah seperti mataharimu. Aku tak akan pernah menangisi pemergianmu, dan kamu tidak akan pernah melihatku termenung sedetik pununtuk mengingatimu. Kamu telah meninggalkan kami semu, pergi dan tak pernah kembali lagi.

“Wahai masa depan, engkau masih dalam keghaiban. Maka, aku tidak akan pernah bermain dengan khayalan dan menjual diri hanya untuk sebuah dugaan. Aku pun tak bakal memburu sesuatau yang belum tentu ada, kerana esok hari mungkin tak ada sesuatu. Esok hari adalah sesuatu yang belum diciptakan dan tidak ada satu pun darinya yang dapat disebutkan.”

Quoted from ‘La Tahzan’

These things are exactly what we want to do, IF only we know when is our last day on earth. So people, appreciate when Allah still give you the chance to wake up in the morning Let this be a reminder for all of you and of course for me, myself

We never know people, we never know…

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Apparently, it’s a long-boring holiday for me. Being jobless,I went blog hunting :p I came across a sister of Islam’s blog post about saying goodbye to Jahiliyyah I find it genuinely interesting hence, I shall quote some from that post here. I know it would be useful, insyaAllah to everyone who think that they need to make a turning point.

 This picture below caught my attention coolies~

We are living in a beautiful creation of Allah full of joy and all. But, the fact is that people nowadays are enjoying their life too much that they forget their intention of living in the world. They move beyond the Islamic boundary. Evrything is all about keseronokan dunyawi. Dunyawi, dunyawi, dunyawi. We forget that the clock is ticking and akhirat is surely coming nearer than we ever knew.  I’ve bid goodbye to my appealing clothes. I’ve bid goodbye to my social life. I’ve bid goodbye to my somber history. I surely have bid goodbye to my Jahiliyyah days. Are you gonna bid yours goodbye? It’s a boon for here and hereafter.

—* But then the question is now how? How to get rid of our jahilliyah?

First of all we have to know by heart what are our jahiliyyah. If we don’t know what are our jahilliyah then we might not be able to get it away from our heart, mind and life. So are you ready?

Jahilliyah here doesn’t mean era Mekah, masa dulu-dulu zaman Nabi Muhammad saw. But here it means our past time that we knew that what we did was totally wrong and we didn’t like them and we want to get rid of them. We don’t even want a little bit of it stay in our body, our heart and our mind. We as a human being know how to differentiate things right, whether that thing is good or bad for us but then it depends on ourselves whether we want to do it or not, di sinilah bermainnya peranan iman dan nafsu kita. Kalau kita menang dari nafsu kita, maka kitalah orang yang paling berjaya, happy dan rasa nak teriak kat seluruh dunya ne bahawa kita telah mengalahkan bisikan syaitan tu, namun kalau kita kalah dengan nafsu tu, rasa kita tak nak keluar dari bilik sendiri, nak menyendiri, malu dengan orang lain walhal orang lain tak tahupun yg kita kalah dengan nafsu tu.

Tentulah setiap orang perlukan masa untuk berubah. Some might say,”Oh tak pe lah, esok esok lah aku ubah diri aku.” And as well as “Oh tunggu tahun depan or hijrah depanlah baru nak ubah diri sebab ada semangat(because people will start to ask, apa azam baru tahu ne?)” Also many will say,”Oh belum sampai seruan…..” But little will say,”I want to be a better person starting tomorrow, I wanna have a new life, a new beginning.” Ermz but the thing is kekadang kita lupa adakah kita masih punya waktu? Adakah masa akan menunggu kita untuk berubah? Adakah malaikat Israil akan menunggu kita apabila kita dah ready nak jumpa Allah baru nak jalankan tugas dia? Adakah kita yakin kita akan hidup selepas 5 minit ne? The thing is also we must make an effort to change too not just sit there and say,”Esok lusa tah.” Mesti ada niat and action to do it.

“Actions are (judged) by motives (niyyah), so each man will have what he intended. Thus, he whose migration (hijrah) was to Allah and His Messenger, his migration is to Allah and His Messenger; but he whose migration was for some worldly thing he might gain, or for a wife he might marry, his migration is to that for which he migrated.”[Al-Bukhari & Muslim]

“Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a traveler/wayfarer.”
Ibn ‘Umar used to say:
“When evening comes, do not expect (to live till) morning, and when morning comes, do not expect (to live till) evening. Take from your health (a preparation) for your illness, and from your life for your death.”[Al-Bukhari]

Second, we must replace our jahilliyah atu with good things. And we must be very tegas to ourselves jua, discipline diri tani so that we wont go back to our jahilliyah.

Anologi : Sekiranya sebelum ani we have a piece of land yg full of rumput rampai saja but now tani mau it looks nicer and interesting, then tantulah tani mau tanam bunga-bunga untuk jadikan ya gardenkan. Then mestilah tani cabut rumput-rampai atu dengan akarnya sekali supaya nanti once kita tanam bunga ianya inda akan tumbuh in between bunga-bunga yang warna-warni. So same thing with us, if we want to buang our jahilliyah tani mestilah ganti dengan something yang good then tani won’t feel lost instead tani gembira sal ada gantinya daripada ianya kosong which in the end will buat tani kembali kepada jahilliyah atu sendiri.

“O ye who believe! Enter into Islam whole-heartedly; and follow not the footsteps of the evil one; for he is to you an avowed enemy.”(2:208)

“And this is a Book which We have revealed as a blessing: so follow it and be righteous, that ye may receive mercy”(6:153)

Third, we should have friends that could support us and remind and correct us when we do wrong things. So that we’ll know that there’re people who want to see us jadi baik jua. That’s why i really love my sisters, I know that truths always hurtful but if they’re not your friend they won’t say something which is true that could help to improve yourself and they love you that’s why they don’t want you to be in jahanam. It’s true right that our environment affects us, so it’s good to be at least meet your good friends once in a week(which we call it as halaqah or usrah).

“Your (real) friends are (no less than) Allah , His Messenger, and the (fellowship of) believers,- those who establish regular prayers and regular charity, and they bow down humbly (in worship).” (5:55)

Last but not least, we’ve to have knowledge too. By reading or sharing thoughts with your good friends, it helps to improve yourself and know what is wrong and right. In addition, by having a knowledge we now can control our whims where before all those times we were controlled by our whims.

“Say: If it be that your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your mates, or your kindred; the wealth that ye have gained; the commerce in which ye fear a decline: or the dwellings in which ye delight – are dearer to you than Allah , or His Messenger, or the striving in His cause;- then wait until Allah brings about His decision: and Allah guides not the rebellious.” (9:24)

Habibi ku, when you are in a ‘phase of change’ dugaan will always come. Iman as well as patience will always be tested. I get that sort of dugaan you know, when people go to you and say, “why are you dressing up like this. whats with the socks and all?” I’m so immune to that now. I admit, initially I was saying, “oh my, why am i dressed up like this? my friends don’t do this, why should I?” Then, I get back to my initial NIAT. My intention of turning back to right path. To the right way. Eventually, I got over it. Just remember that, whenever you face this sort of dugaan, seek refuge from Allah . Du’a. Allah listens to us, all.the.time.

Oh, and don’t feel bad. Don’t ever think that you are worse than I am. Because, there are people out there lagi worse than you are. Again quoted, the worst ones could have the strength to stand up as a Muslim and why can’t you? Just have faith in Allah like I said previously. Allah is always there to listen to our problems. Allah is always there to take us out of the darkness.

‘Kita tak akan merasai kemanisan iman sehingga kita merasa sukarnya untuk meninggalkan jahilliyah’

“Therefore remember Me, I will remember you, and be thankful to Me, and do not be ungrateful to Me.”

[Quran 2:152]

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Apparently, it’s a long-boring holiday for me. Being jobless,I went blog hunting :p I came across a sister of Islam’s blog post about saying goodbye to Jahiliyyah I find it genuinely interesting hence, I shall quote some from that post here. I know it would be useful, insyaAllah to everyone who think that they need to make a turning point.

 This picture below caught my attention coolies~

We are living in a beautiful creation of Allah full of joy and all. But, the fact is that people nowadays are enjoying their life too much that they forget their intention of living in the world. They move beyond the Islamic boundary. Evrything is all about keseronokan dunyawi. Dunyawi, dunyawi, dunyawi. We forget that the clock is ticking and akhirat is surely coming nearer than we ever knew.  I’ve bid goodbye to my appealing clothes. I’ve bid goodbye to my social life. I’ve bid goodbye to my somber history. I surely have bid goodbye to my Jahiliyyah days. Are you gonna bid yours goodbye? It’s a boon for here and hereafter.

—* But then the question is now how? How to get rid of our jahilliyah?

First of all we have to know by heart what are our jahiliyyah. If we don’t know what are our jahilliyah then we might not be able to get it away from our heart, mind and life. So are you ready?

Jahilliyah here doesn’t mean era Mekah, masa dulu-dulu zaman Nabi Muhammad saw. But here it means our past time that we knew that what we did was totally wrong and we didn’t like them and we want to get rid of them. We don’t even want a little bit of it stay in our body, our heart and our mind. We as a human being know how to differentiate things right, whether that thing is good or bad for us but then it depends on ourselves whether we want to do it or not, di sinilah bermainnya peranan iman dan nafsu kita. Kalau kita menang dari nafsu kita, maka kitalah orang yang paling berjaya, happy dan rasa nak teriak kat seluruh dunya ne bahawa kita telah mengalahkan bisikan syaitan tu, namun kalau kita kalah dengan nafsu tu, rasa kita tak nak keluar dari bilik sendiri, nak menyendiri, malu dengan orang lain walhal orang lain tak tahupun yg kita kalah dengan nafsu tu.

Tentulah setiap orang perlukan masa untuk berubah. Some might say,”Oh tak pe lah, esok esok lah aku ubah diri aku.” And as well as “Oh tunggu tahun depan or hijrah depanlah baru nak ubah diri sebab ada semangat(because people will start to ask, apa azam baru tahu ne?)” Also many will say,”Oh belum sampai seruan…..” But little will say,”I want to be a better person starting tomorrow, I wanna have a new life, a new beginning.” Ermz but the thing is kekadang kita lupa adakah kita masih punya waktu? Adakah masa akan menunggu kita untuk berubah? Adakah malaikat Israil akan menunggu kita apabila kita dah ready nak jumpa Allah baru nak jalankan tugas dia? Adakah kita yakin kita akan hidup selepas 5 minit ne? The thing is also we must make an effort to change too not just sit there and say,”Esok lusa tah.” Mesti ada niat and action to do it.

“Actions are (judged) by motives (niyyah), so each man will have what he intended. Thus, he whose migration (hijrah) was to Allah and His Messenger, his migration is to Allah and His Messenger; but he whose migration was for some worldly thing he might gain, or for a wife he might marry, his migration is to that for which he migrated.”[Al-Bukhari & Muslim]

“Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a traveler/wayfarer.”
Ibn ‘Umar used to say:
“When evening comes, do not expect (to live till) morning, and when morning comes, do not expect (to live till) evening. Take from your health (a preparation) for your illness, and from your life for your death.”[Al-Bukhari]

Second, we must replace our jahilliyah atu with good things. And we must be very tegas to ourselves jua, discipline diri tani so that we wont go back to our jahilliyah.

Anologi : Sekiranya sebelum ani we have a piece of land yg full of rumput rampai saja but now tani mau it looks nicer and interesting, then tantulah tani mau tanam bunga-bunga untuk jadikan ya gardenkan. Then mestilah tani cabut rumput-rampai atu dengan akarnya sekali supaya nanti once kita tanam bunga ianya inda akan tumbuh in between bunga-bunga yang warna-warni. So same thing with us, if we want to buang our jahilliyah tani mestilah ganti dengan something yang good then tani won’t feel lost instead tani gembira sal ada gantinya daripada ianya kosong which in the end will buat tani kembali kepada jahilliyah atu sendiri.

“O ye who believe! Enter into Islam whole-heartedly; and follow not the footsteps of the evil one; for he is to you an avowed enemy.”(2:208)

“And this is a Book which We have revealed as a blessing: so follow it and be righteous, that ye may receive mercy”(6:153)

Third, we should have friends that could support us and remind and correct us when we do wrong things. So that we’ll know that there’re people who want to see us jadi baik jua. That’s why i really love my sisters, I know that truths always hurtful but if they’re not your friend they won’t say something which is true that could help to improve yourself and they love you that’s why they don’t want you to be in jahanam. It’s true right that our environment affects us, so it’s good to be at least meet your good friends once in a week(which we call it as halaqah or usrah).

“Your (real) friends are (no less than) Allah , His Messenger, and the (fellowship of) believers,- those who establish regular prayers and regular charity, and they bow down humbly (in worship).” (5:55)

Last but not least, we’ve to have knowledge too. By reading or sharing thoughts with your good friends, it helps to improve yourself and know what is wrong and right. In addition, by having a knowledge we now can control our whims where before all those times we were controlled by our whims.

“Say: If it be that your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your mates, or your kindred; the wealth that ye have gained; the commerce in which ye fear a decline: or the dwellings in which ye delight – are dearer to you than Allah , or His Messenger, or the striving in His cause;- then wait until Allah brings about His decision: and Allah guides not the rebellious.” (9:24)

Habibi ku, when you are in a ‘phase of change’ dugaan will always come. Iman as well as patience will always be tested. I get that sort of dugaan you know, when people go to you and say, “why are you dressing up like this. whats with the socks and all?” I’m so immune to that now. I admit, initially I was saying, “oh my, why am i dressed up like this? my friends don’t do this, why should I?” Then, I get back to my initial NIAT. My intention of turning back to right path. To the right way. Eventually, I got over it. Just remember that, whenever you face this sort of dugaan, seek refuge from Allah . Du’a. Allah listens to us, all.the.time.

Oh, and don’t feel bad. Don’t ever think that you are worse than I am. Because, there are people out there lagi worse than you are. Again quoted, the worst ones could have the strength to stand up as a Muslim and why can’t you? Just have faith in Allah like I said previously. Allah is always there to listen to our problems. Allah is always there to take us out of the darkness.

‘Kita tak akan merasai kemanisan iman sehingga kita merasa sukarnya untuk meninggalkan jahilliyah’

“Therefore remember Me, I will remember you, and be thankful to Me, and do not be ungrateful to Me.”

[Quran 2:152]

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“How long have u been dis way?”, asked a friend.

I asked myself, “Wow, how long have I been a true Muslimah?” I’m not quite sure myself. But according to a vip, it has been approximately a year. But I think it has been less than a year. But, it doesn’t matter. Alhamdulillah, I left my dark history behind and moved on. I es no longer friends with Shaytan. I es now love Allah very very much

Lots of things happened in just a nick of time. Alhamdulillah, Allah has made it easy for me through my phase of change.

Hoping that everyone would accept me as I am now.

Hoping that everyone will one day get their ‘hidayah moment’ as well.

Have faith in Allah , people. Have faith. That’s all you need.

“But those will prosper who purify themselves. And glorify the name of their GuardianLord and (lift their hands) in prayer” Quran {87:14-15}

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During my Jahiliyyah days, I never ever thought that there is a ‘boundary’ between an Islam woman and a non-Islam woman. (It shows that having a ‘pangkat satu’ in Ugama doesn’t assure that I know everything about Islam -.-” Ilmu Allah is surely UNLIMITED, MasyaAllah) Hence, I don’t go to the salon I used to go during my Jahiliyyah days anymore because the hairdresser is an Amoiii. So the ’salon-hunting’ started after my Alevel exam (: And I found one today, at the Mall. A beauty salon called ehems* Sari Ayu. I’m sure you woman know this place right? Alhamdulillah, my head feels rather light now and yihaaa huuhaaa, no more annoying split-ends (:

So, just to share with all the Muslimah about aurat kita orang Islam with the non-Islam here

Until then, Salammm habibi (:

Nas Pertama

“Dan katakanlah kepada perempuan-perempuan yang beriman supaya menyekat pandangan mereka (daripada memandang yang haram), dan memelihara kehormatan mereka; dan janganlah mereka memperlihatkan perhiasan tubuh mereka kecuali yang zahir daripadanya; dan hendaklah mereka menutup belahan leher bajunya dengan tudung kepala mereka; dan janganlah mereka memperlihatkan perhiasan tubuh mereka melainkan kepada suami mereka, atau bapa mereka atau bapa mertua mereka atau anak-anak mereka, atau anak-anak tiri mereka, atau saudara-saudara mereka, atau anak bagi saudara-saudara mereka yang lelaki, atau anak bagi saudara-saudara mereka yang perempuan, atau perempuan-perempuan Islam, atau hamba-hamba mereka, atau orang gaji dari orang-orang lelaki yang telah tua dan tidak berkeinginan kepada perempuan, atau kanak-kanak yang belum mengerti lagi tentang aurat perempuan; dan janganlah mereka menghentakkan kaki untuk diketahui orang akan apa yang tersembunyi dari perhiasan mereka; dan bertaubatlah kamu sekalian kepada Allah , wahai orang-orang yang beriman, supaya kamu berjaya.”

“And say to the believing women that they cast down their looks and guard their private parts and do not display their ornaments except what appears thereof, and let them wear their head-coverings over their bosoms, and not display their ornaments except to their husbands or their fathers, or the fathers of their husbands, or their sons, or the sons of their husbands, or their brothers, or their brothers’ sons, or their sisters’ sons, or their women, or those whom their right hands possess, or the male servants not having need (of women), or the children who have not attained knowledge of what is hidden of women; and let them not strike their feet so that what they hide of their ornaments may be known; and turn to Allah all of you, O believers! so that you may be successful.” [An-Nur:31]

Nas Kedua

“Wahai Nabi, suruhlah isteri-isterimu dan anak-anak perempuanmu serta perempuan-perempuan yang beriman, supaya melabuhkan pakaiannya bagi menutup seluruh tubuhnya (semasa mereka keluar); cara yang demikian lebih sesuai untuk mereka dikenal (sebagai perempuan yang baik-baik) maka dengan itu mereka tidak diganggu. Dan (ingatlah) Allah adalah Maha Pengampun, lagi Maha Mengasihani.”

O Prophet! say to your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers that they let down upon them their over-garments; this will be more proper, that they may be known, and thus they will not be given trouble; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. [Surah Al-Ahzab:59]

Nas Ketiga {Dari Kitab-kitab karangan Ulama Muktabar]

-Aurat antara muslimat dan bukan muslimat.

Khilaf ulama’ dalam mentafsirkan kalimah `auNisaa’ ihinna’ dalam ayat 31 surah anNuur (24).
Menurut Tafsir Fakhrur_Razi, Jld 23, ms 207 menyatakan jumhur ulama’ mentafsir kalimah itu sebagai wanita-wanita Islam sahaja. Dari tafsir Qurthubi (Jld 12, ms 233) juga mentafsirkan kalimah “aunisaa’ihinna” itu sebagai wanita muslimah sahaja.

Ini bermakna aurat wanita dihadapan wanita bukan Islam ialah muka dan dua tapak tangan. Imam Qurthubi membawa hujah perintah Umar alKhattab RA kepada Gabnurnya, Abu Ubaidah alJarrah  supaya tidak membenarkan wanita Islam mandi bersama wanita ahli Zimmah di permandian awam.

Pandangan yang agak berlainan dari pandangan jumhur ialah pendapat Ibn Arabi (Ahkamul Qur’an, Jld 3, ms 326)
beliau berpendapat maksud `aunisaa’ihinna’ (wanita mereka) itu bermaksud semua wanita yang baik akhlaqnya dan baik hubungannya dengan wanita muslimah. Ini bermakna wanita Islam boleh membuka auratnya kepada wanita yang baik akhlaknya dan menjalin hubunan baik dengan mereka. Ia termasuk wanita bukan Islam. Jika wanita itu buruk akhlaknya termasuk wanita Islam sendiri, maka wanita Islam tidak boleh membuka auratnya. Syaikh Ali Asyhabuni (mufassir baru dari Saudi (Tafsir Asyabuni) menyokong pendapat Ibn Arabi.

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I’m back in action, people

Alhamdulillah I sat for my final paper this afternoon, Physics Paper 1 was just fine. Answerable. And hoping that most of the answers would be right. Tawakkaltualallah. Oh, I would like to apologise to a sister, Wardah for tolerating my excitedness this afternoon :p  LOL.

Okay people. During my ‘exam period’, I received quite few dugaan from Allah . I was sick for about a week or so. Friendship was a little shaky and all. Distractions, distractions, distractions! Alhamdulillah, I learned some things behind all those incidents. and Alhamdulillah, I am as healthy as before and friendship is a strong as it was

Kesabaran and Keimanan play a major role when dugaan after dugaan fall upon us.  Alhamdulillah, with the help of my Halaqah sisters as well I managed to get through all the calamities.

أَحَسِبَ النَّاسُ أَنْ يُتْرَكُوا أَنْ يَقُولُوا آمَنَّا وَهُمْ لَا يُفْتَنُونَ

“Do men think that they will be left alone on saying, We believe, and not be tested?”

[Quran; 29:2]

 وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ الْخَوْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِنَ الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَنْفُسِ وَالثَّمَرَاتِ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَ

“And We will most certainly test you with somewhat of fear and hunger and loss of property and lives and fruits; and give good news to the patient.”

[Quran; 2:155]

لِيُنْفِقْ ذُو سَعَةٍ مِنْ سَعَتِهِ ۖ وَمَنْ قُدِرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقُهُ فَلْيُنْفِقْ مِمَّا آتَاهُ اللَّهُ ۚ لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا مَا آتَاهَا ۚسَيَجْعَلُ اللَّهُ بَعْدَ عُسْرٍ يُسْرًا

“Let him who has abundance spend out of his abundance and whoever has his means of subsistence straitened to him, let him spend out of that which Allah has given him; Allah does not lay on any soul a burden except to the extent to which He has granted it; Allah brings about ease after difficulty.”

 Quran; 65:7

Allah knows my weaknesses.

Allah tested me with weaknesses.

Alhamdulillah, I got through it.

♥ Jazzakallahu Khairan Kathira Ukhti.

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I am so grateful for real, true friends.

For the one who tells you what you really need to hear, even when you don’t want to hear it.

For the one who pulls you out of despair and negative thinking by calling you to remembrance of Allah .

For the one who holds up the mirror, and then holds your hand when you are crying at the image of yourself.

For the one who can tell you, with all sincerity, that they love you for the pleasure of Allah ,

within minutes of you making a total jerk of yourself.

For the one who would defend you against anyone else.

For the one who is always there when you just need to not be alone.

For the one with tried-and-true advice who shares it without

making you feel stupid for not having thought of it yourself.

.. and for the one who sent me mms just to put a smile on my face. Jazakallah sweetie!

Alhamdulillah, I’m so grateful that Allah has given me these lovely people around me. 

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Have you ever thought of how much chances Allah has given to us? Each and every single day, for how long we have lived, Allah wake us up from sleep and Allah has constantly gives us another chance to repent and submit to him fully. How many times have we WASTED this chance? How can you be sure that there is always tomorrow to repent?

How many of you have actually wake up in the morning and say, ” Hmmm, what should I do today?“

How many of you say, ” Hmm, I should make coffee and scrambled egg for breakfast. Hmm, I should finish this work, that work and all. Oh this shop offers 70% discount, I should totally go there! “ and how many of you pulak yang cakap, ” What should I do for Islam today? Hmm, I should do something beneficial for me in dunya as well as akhirat today. “

As well as before you go to bed, have you ever asked yourself of what you have contributed to Islam on that day. Apa yang kamu lakukan yang telah membina Iman kamu pada hari itu? Dan juga apa yang telah kamu lakukan yang membinasakan Iman kamu pada hari itu pula? Have you people ever thought of all these? Please people, be wise. Lets not just think of hal dunyawi at all time because all these are not going to do you any good in akhirat nanti.

Lets take an example yeah. Today, 10th November 2008. 

Bear in mind ;

There was never 10th November 2008.

There is not going to be another 10th November 2008 in future.

And when Allah asked you in the akhirat nanti, what did you do on this day? What would you answer? You WASTED it on this. You WASTED it on that. Have you done anything spiritual on this day? What are you going to say? ” NO. Because I was too busy doing this and that! ”

Just like what Moche Dayan stated about the weakness of Muslims nowadays:

1. They did not study the history of the past Muslims. 
2. They do not have strategic planning.
3. LAZY.

My dear readers, before we were brought to this world, dalam rahim Ibu kita, we actually made a promise to Allah that we are going to serve him. And look where we are standing now. Recall back what we have been doing? Adakah kamu menyembah Allah sebagaimana kamu telah berjanji kepada Allah untuk menyembahnya? Adakah kamu meninggalkan segala larangannya dan membuat semua suruhannya? Where has our responsibility gone? Where is it now wahai muslim dan muslimah?

” And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should serve Me. “

( Quran 51:56 )

Do not waste our prophet’s and his sahaba’s effort to stand for Islam. Remember, the last words of Nabi Muhammad SAW, “Ummati.. Ummati.. Ummati.. “ ( Umatku.. Umatku.. Umatku.. ) He only mentioned about his UMAT not his wife, not his daughters, but his UMAT. Come to think of it, when the great warriors of Islam are still alive, perhaps they would say, ” Whats happening??? “ Apa tah gunanya perjuangan mereka for Islam atu?

My dear readers, come on. Stand up for Islam. Be Islam in the heart.

We never know when is our last day in this world, and it’s a pity when we have not repent to Allah when we are gone? Apakah bekalan kamu di akhirat nanti? What will help and save you in akhirat nanti? IMAN.

We sure want to return to Allah as ‘clean’ as when we were born.

” Shift Your Paradigm. ”

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Apakah ujian terhebat Allah kepada kita?

Solat Subuh/Fajr Prayer. 

Nilai tertinggi dalam ujian ini bagi laki-laki ialah Solat Subuh secara berjemaah di masjid.

Bagi perempuan ialah Solat Subuh tepat pada waktunya di rumah.

 Why Subuh? Why not Zuhur ke, Asar ke, Maghrib ke, Isya’ ke?

Why Subuh?

Lets recall, how many times have we woke up and waited for Fajr prayer?

How many times have we woke up during period of Fajr  prayer and solat or just went back to sleep?

 How many times have we missed Fajr prayer and slept till the sun’s above our head!?

Hmm, keep the answers to yourself.

Tepuk dada tanya selera (:

So, why is that Fajr prayer is the hardest test Allah has given to us? Susahhh kan bangun subuh-subuh?

” Behapa susah-susah bangun pagi-pagi buta, qadha’ saja bah? “

” Apa jua bezanya nya bangun subuh and qadha’ saja? Sama saja, baik ku qadha inda payah bangun awal-awal pagi. “ 

Subuh has the biggest benefits among any other prayer. Just two raka’ats at dawn. Should be easy, no? Compared to 4 raka’ats at noon? But, people being people, sigh. We are too heedlees. -.- Some would rather hug their very very very comfortable quilt and have a sweet dream rather than waking up and pray. Eventhough as a matter of fact, we know we get benefits di dunia and akhirat for performing Fajr prayer. But why is that, one could wake up at dawn just to finish up his work? He will forsake his mind and have a restless sleep just for the fear that he might be punished or have his salary reduced? Such people do not know what they are missing. If only pahala and dosa anii nampak.. I can imagine people berlumba-lumba mengerjakan amal ibadah just to get the Pahala and would leave all His larangan just to avoid Dosa.

My habibi, being able to wake up for Fajr prayer is like a gift from Allah . Tapi jika hati kita cinta dengan kemaksiatan, bagaimana kita kan bangun for Solat Subuh? Macam mana tah kita kan terpengaruh dengan hadith-hadith yang berbicara tentang Subuh? It is as if hati kita tertutup. Nauzubillah minzalik.

Apabila Rasulullah ragu akan Iman seseorang, baginda akan menelitinya pada saat solat subuh. Apabila baginda tidak mendapati orang tadi solat subuh, maka benarlah apa yang baginda ragukan dalam hati. 

Here’s a short list of the benefits of performing Fajr Prayer with congregation:

Are you readyyy?

*drum-rolls!*

1) Awarded the reward of Qiyamul-Layl.

2) Salvation from Hypocrisy.

3) He will have complete Noor – He will have the most brilliant form of light on a day when there will be no light, the Day of Qiyamah.

4) He will have the testimony of the Angels, and their praise for him in the court of Allah Taa’la.

5) He will have the reward of one Hajj and Umrah, if he carried on remembering Allah Taa’la till sunrise.

6) He will be given treasures that cannot compare with the meagre treasures of the world.

7) He will have the blessing of praying the two rak’ats of Fajr.

He will attain freedom from Hell and the glad-tidings of entering Paradise .

9) He will be free from the chains of Shaytaan, and the laziness of his body and its impurities.

10) THE BIGGEST BENEFIT: He will be blessed with the power to see Allah Taa’la on the Day of Qiyamah.

May Allah Taa’la give us the ability to pray the Fajr prayer with congregation. Ameen.

But, don’t worry (: InsyaAllah this post will bring benefits to all of you.

I shall list the guidelines as well to help you wake up for Fajr prayer before I go. (:

• To make sure to go to bed early as the Prophet (sallallaahu-alaihi-wasallam)used to discourage sleep before performing Ishaa prayer and especially engaging in conversation after it. Certain cases were excepted, some of which are enumerated by Imam Nawawi , the reason why conversation after it is discouraged is the fear lest it leads to staying awake for long , which might induce drowsiness and difficulty with observing night prayers or Subh [dawn] prayer in their permitted, preferred or best times. The topics covered by this restriction are all fulfilling no good useful purpose. However, as to useful purpose then it’s ok.

• To be assiduous in observing the Aadaab [good manners prescribed in Islam] as to what to do before sleep such as making Du’aa [supplication], bringing one’s palms together, very mildly spitting into them and reciting the last three soorah’s of the Qur’aan into them and them wiping them over one’s face, head and body, being physically and religiously pure and performing a two rakah voluntary prayer after wudhoo [ablution]. A muslim has to ask his wife, parents, relatives or neighbours to help waking you up. Once waken up, he should not linger lazily for long in bed, lest he acquires the vices of the hypocrites who come to prayer showing ample signs of laziness and lack of enthusiasm.

• To fill one’s heart with faith and good deeds. Once faith is alive in the heart, it induces the person to do good deeds and strive unremittingly hard. Faith is like a tree which only yields good fruit when irrigated from the streamlets of good deeds, thus bringing about an improvement both in personal conduct and at the interactional level with society at large. The lack of such streamlets or water supplies proportionately causes faith to wither and wilt. The heart is highly sensitive to external hardening stimuli, such as excess food or drink or aberrations in watching or listening (letting your eyes and ears loose to what is unlawful for them). You should therefore protect your heart from such external allurements.

• To keep away from Ma’aasi [acts of disobedience to Allah ] by protecting the eyes, the tongue, the hearing and all the senses from indulging in the perception of objects that Allah has made unlawful for us. As an alternative, one should concern himself with matters pertaining to the worship of Allaah, such as devoting one’s sight to the reading of Allaah’s Book, meditating over the creatures that Allaah has created in this universe, reading books of knowledge etc.

No doubt sins can be a major cause for a persons inability to enjoy the blessings of piety.

As Imaam Ibn ul-Qayyim said, sins are wounds and some wounds can be fatal.

• To bear in mind the great reward for attending Fajr prayer in congregation on time, and the strong rebuke for him to fails to observe it and to satisfy its conditions.

Uthmaan ibn ‘Affaan related:I heard Allah ’s Messenger (sallallaahu-alaihi-wasallam) say:

“He who prays Ishaa in Jamaa’ah [congregation] is as if he has prayed for half the night . As to him who (also) prays Fajr in congregation, it is as if he has prayed all night.”

[narrated by Maalik and the wording is that of Muslim who also reported it]

Similarly, Bukhaaaree and Muslim and An-Nasaaee related on the authority of Ibn Mas’ud (radiallaahu-anhu) that he said:

The case of a man who slept all the night up to sunrise (without waking up for Fajr) was related to the Prophet (sallallaahu-alaihi-wasallam) whereupon he said:

“That was a man in whose ear Shaytaan has urinated”, or he said “in both his ears”.

• To realise the bad effects resulting from one’s failure to pray Fajr, such as the melancholic and depressive state of mind and the loss of many religious and worldly benefits, and the good effects resulting from managing to perform it.

In this respect the Prophet (sallallaahu-alaihi-wasallam) said:

“Shaytaan ties three knots on the crown of any one of you in your sleep. He says upon each knot that he ties: “You have a long night before you, therefore sleep”. But if you wake up and mention Allah , Most Exalted in remembrance one knot will be untied. If you then make ablution another knot will be undone. If you then proceed to pray the last knot will be disentangled. Thus, you will feel in the morning energetic and in good spirits. Otherwise you will feel in a despicable state, lazy”.

[narrated by Maalik, Bukhaaree, Muslim and Abu Dawood]

• To lose no time to categorically clear yourself from the stigma of hypocrisy. Because of the difficulty of waking for this time, praying Fajr in congregation provides evidence that a person has firm faith and is free from hypocrisy.

That is why in a hadeeth narrated by Bukhaaree and Muslim, the Prophet (sallallaahu-alaihi-wasallam) said:

“Indeed, the most difficult of prayers to bear, for the hypocrites, are Ishaa [night] and Fajr prayers. If only they knew what they are missing , they would sooner come, even if crawling on their knees”

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” Sahabat yang baik itu adalah sahabat yang membawa diri mu dekat kepada Allah

dan sayang akan akhirat mu.. ”

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