2nd day of Eid

Now I am officially announced that last Saturday is my second day of Eid celebration. How bout the rest of the last 5 days? Ooo that day is my normal day, Eid without any celebration like wishing each other and wear something nice. So last Friday we have a celebration, Remembrance of Al-Quds that has been postponed since last August till few days ago. It was a great day. We were allowed to wear our 'baju raya' and we have a small party, not to say party but they are plenty types of biscuits served by the AJK and the retro 'hari raya' songs were played. So it was a complete Hari Raya ocassion. Then, suddenly one of us came forward (as a Palestinian) and voice out how she feel. She yelled at us, let us know how frustrated she was by our attitude. How come we could still laughing and singing even though our brothers and sisters there in Palestine still haven't rest for a moment. What more to celebrate this joyful occasion. The atmosphere now has totally change, quite, thinking, blurring. Then, the video played at the screen, showed the fate of other brother and sisters of Muslim around the world. Not only in Palestine, but also in China, Thailand, Pakistan, Africa, Bosnia. The list doesn't seem to come to an end. Just something to be think upon from Hadith 4

Abu Hamzah Anas bin Malik, radiyallahu 'anhu, who was the servant of the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, reported that the Prophet, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, said:

"None of you truly believes (in Allah and in His religion) until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself"

That is the theme of the day. Dalam kemeriahan kita menyambut aidilfitri, bagaimana dengan saudara kita yang tidak jemu mempertahankan maruah dan martabat agama kita. Bagaimana kita?

A price of everyday nikmat we got

A man reached 70 years of age and was affected by a disease which made him unable to urinate. The doctors told him that he needs an operation to cure the disease. He agreed to do the operation as the problem was giving him severe pain for days. When the operation was completed the doctor gave him a bill which covered all the costs. After looking at the bill, the man started crying. Upon seeing this, the doctor said, “If the cost is too high then we could make some other arrangements for you.” The old man replied, “I am not crying because of the money but I am crying because Allah (SWT) let me urinate for 70 years and HE never sent me a bill!” SubhanAllah!

And He gives you of all that you ask Him; and if you count Allah’s favors, you will not be able to number them; most surely man is very unjust, very ungrateful.
- Noble Qur’an (14:34)

Take a little pause and think for a while about the bounties of Allah Almighty within yourself. May Allah (SWT) grant us the ability to recognize His bounties and thank Him more often.

Aku Lihat

Aku lihat gunung menangis lagi,

Menghamburkan tangisan tanah tanpa henti,

Dek kerana baju hijaunya yang diregut tangan-tangan yang tidak pernah puas,

Satu demi satu baju ku hilang entah ke mana,

Hanya tangisan sepi yang mampu dihamburkan,

Namun tidak dibalas sesiapa

Aku lihat ombak mengamuk deras,

Menghentam benteng batu itu tanpa henti,

Mengapa pergerakan ku kini terbatas?

Kenapa aku tidak bisa bersua pesisir pantai kasihku yang dulu setia menemani ku,

Sentiasa ceria menerima ombak lembut ku,

Aku ingin bebas,

Dan ombak lembut ku itu kini hanya akan menjadi kenangan

Aku lihat langit berwajah suram,

Kelihatan keruh bersulam duka wajahnya,

Tiada lagi hamparan biru yang memukau pandangan mampu ku pamerkan,

Kini segala-galanya tersorok jauh di tabir kotor itu,

Indian Proverb

All flower of tomorrow,

are in the seedsof today

p/s:have a nice day, may today is a lot better than yesterday

It is normal to be sad BUT

21:87)
Lâ ilâha illa Anta [none has the right to be worshiped but You (O Allâh)], Glorified (and Exalted) are You [above all that (evil) they associate with You]. Truly, I have been of the wrong-doers."[Al-Anbiya,21:87]

Prophet Yunus's story have been captured several times in Quran for us human to learn from it. And apply it in our daily life. There is nothing better than story from Quran cause this is the words from Him, The Creator, The Al-Mighty. For example, it is normal for us human to feel sad and sometimes when we are under depression we would make a wrong decision and might end up regret about it later. let say we feel depressed after having a bad exam result or maybe the result we get is not like the way we expect. Then to release the tension, we decide to go to shopping complex or to the pub or watching movies non stop without realizing that we still have other responsibility to be full fill. At the mean time me might forget that we still have assignment to be send tomorrow or forgot that we have make a promise with one of friend to teach her and etc. Then it would end up not only having a bad exam mark but also no marks for assignments and bad record with your friend. Isn't it kind of double the trouble? And Now you regret about it even more.
But DONT WORRY, event Allah's messenger make false BUT the ONLY difference is He regret about it and ask for the forgiveness right away, non stop. Just like Allah describe about Prophet Yunus (pbuh) in 37:139-148

So also was Jonah among those sent (by us). (139)
When he ran away (like slave from captivity) to the ship (fully) laden (140)
He (agreed to) cast lots, and he was condemned: (141)
Then the big Fish did swallow him, and he had done acts worthy of blame. (142)
Had it not been that he (repented and) glorified Allah, (143)
He would certainly have remained inside the Fish till the Day of Resurrection. (144)
But We cast him forth, on the naked shore in a state of sickness (145)
And We caused to grow, over him a spreading plant of the Gourd kind (146)
And We sent him (on a mission) to a hundred thousand (men) or more. (147)
And they believed; so We permitted them to enjoy (their life) for a while. (148)

Sampai kapan kelana ini?

سُوۡرَةُ الاٴنبیَاء
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

ٱقۡتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمۡ وَهُمۡ فِى غَفۡلَةٍ۬ مُّعۡرِضُونَ (١)

Telah hampir datangnya kepada manusia hari perhitungan amalnya sedang mereka dalam kelalaian, tidak hiraukan persediaan baginya. )

مَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن ذِڪۡرٍ۬ مِّن رَّبِّهِم مُّحۡدَثٍ إِلَّا ٱسۡتَمَعُوهُ وَهُمۡ يَلۡعَبُونَ (٢)

Tidak datang kepada mereka itu sebarang peringatan yang diturunkan dari Tuhan mereka lepas satu: Satu, melainkan mereka memasang telinga mendengarnya sambil mereka mempermain-mainkannya)

bergetar hati membacakan kalimat suci ini,

risau fikiran memikirkan keadaan diri ini,

dan sungguh al-Quran itu benar, dan TIDAK ada yang benar melainkannya,

adakah kita termasuk dalam golongan ayat di atas?

satu demi satu nasihah menyapa telinga,

insan silih berganti menyampaikan pesan,

namun bagaimanakah kita,

adakah sekadar membiarkan ianya berlalu sekadar angin senja,

menyapa sebentar, dingin seketika,

kemudian hilang entah ke mana,

dan mentari pasti tenggelam di ufuk barat,

begitu juga dengan ajal kita,

pasti tiba, tanpa lengah walau sesaat jua,

namun Alhamdulillah kita masih diberi peluang,

melihat mentari naik lagi, melihat ombak memukul pantai lagi,

meneruskan sisa perjuangan hidup yang entah dimana akan terhenti,

dan insan-insan yang tersedar masih cuba membangunkan yang terlena,

tanpa jemu nasihah meniti bibir,

melafazkan kalimah menyedarkan jiwa,

dan pada hari itu mentari akan tenggelam kembali,

dan kemudian mentari muncul kembali,

peluang diberi sekali lagi,

mata bertemu mata kembali,

Namun sampai bila kita harus membiarkan ia pergi begitu saja?

sampai bila kita perlu endah tak endah akan 2nd chance itu,

entah barangkali hari esok matahari itu tidak naik lagi,

entah esok jasad tiada kekuatan untuk berdiri lagi,

kerana roh pinjaman telah diambil kembali Pencipta,

dan bagaimana kita ketika itu ?

Eid Mubarak

Ramadhan fly so fast and now Syawal is already coming. It feels awkward to leave the blessful month after a full pack priod with ibadah insya Allah.
Eid Mubaarak!

Takaballah mina wa minkum

I pray that Allah accepts all our fasting, and sujuud, and dua, and other ibaadaah, and forgives all our previous sins, and admits us to the Jannatul Firdaus. Ameen..

My fist day of Syawal isnt that bad compared to Malaysia, but the worst thing happen, I miss my Eid prayer at the mosque, Ya Allah! I was frustrated, really. But the past had past and my friends and I perform the once in a year solat at my house with few jemaah.
Then I proceed to the Forte Common Room for the Mount Street open house. We prepared maybe about 10 different dishes that normally served during this special day. Name it, and Insya Allah it is there. We expected about 200 guest from different races. Alhamdulillah, the celebration is a joyful event where everybody came to greet each other and ask for forgiveness. Pictures are taken continously, non stop, just to capture this memorable day. But that isnt me to take too much photos, hehhe kind of not my personality, it would be enough to have one or two just for memory sake.
Then realizing that I havent attend Kak Husna's open house, I 'memohon diri'. Kak Husna prepared a special dish from Terengganu, Nasi Dagang. Sounds delicious right. But I could put anymore food in ar else it will get explode. So I just take some biscuits, my favourite biscuit, biskut Suji=D Some kids there love it as well. Ogh I mean some postgraduates sons and daughters there.

Me and Headlines

Me and headlines, that is what I learn for my 2nd day of Syawal. Human works best with headlines and that is what thought by Ramadhan that just left us yesterday. Working with deadline make you an effective person and always on right track in carrying your task either in your assignment, prayer, bill payment blah..blah..blah. It makes you afraid that you haven't finish your work on time which could lead to the marks reduction or being compensate or maybe...
That is what Sahur thought me. It always hard to wake up early in the morning. Rather than having my face wash with the icy water, I would rather choose to be in my warm blanket. but when I know that I HAVE to take my sahur before 5.00am for example I would definitely wake up to fill my stomach with something even it is hard to chew something that early. but now, i know even the azan already sound from my laptop, even the alarm of high beat sound ringing, i still n my bed. Knowing that i still have a couple of minutes before subuh come to an end. BAD BAD BAD.
If I can do it then, why cant I do it now, right? Human can do anything, especially when they have the target in their head, in their mind. So have your aim, and work for it.

Between races

I am currently enrolling STATS 370, a financial mathematics course. This course is mainly taken byvChinese where I could only spot few heads with blond hair. Maybe in terms of percentage 80% Chinese, 8% Malay, 5% Indians and the rest are Whites. That is what I assume. Maybe because this is a a curse where most of the students have financial background; a famous course among Chinese. These percentage has actually bring a difference atmosphere in the class. This is from what I observe. A class where hugely populated by Asians (including us) would make the atmosphere kind of blur or passive maybe. Asians hardly ask questions in class or maybe 'bersikap lebih menerima'. Just listen to what the lecturer said and put everything in my mind. Where whites in general would normally raise up their hand and ask question on the spot. That is what I see in MATHS 361 last semester. Student wo normally corrected the lecturer are whites and I could see from the question they brought up in class actually show that their brain is working and they are thinking from many point of view; apart from what we discussed in class. But maybe this is just an observation only

The night of POWER

The term Lailatul Qadar is made of two words. In Arabic, Lailat means night and Qadr means honour and dignity. Therefore, the term Lailatul Qadr refers to the night of honour and dignity. It is this night in which the first Divine Revelation came to the Prophet sallalahu alayhi wasallam, when he was in meditation and prayer in the Cave of Hira’. Since this night enjoys the honour of having the first revelation brought to the Prophet sallalahu alayhi wasallam, it has been named Lailatul Qadr.
The Qur’an is peace in itself. It distinguishes between the good and evil and shows to the way of peace and the eternal joy for all humanity. Being this thus, the night in which this Divine Book was sent down is worthy of great esteem. The Qur’an says:

“Surely We revealed it [the Holy Quran] on the grandest night. And what will make you comprehend what the grandest night. The grandest night is better than a thousand months. The angels and Gabriel descend in it by the permission of their Lord for every affair. Peace onto it until the break of the morning.” (97:1-5)

In the Hadith, we have been asked to seek it in the last ten nights of the month of Ramadhaan. A’ishah radhiyallahu anhaa narrates that the Messenger of Allah sallalahu alayhi wasallam has said:

“Seek the night of Dignity in the odd nights of the last ten days of Ramadhan.” (reported by Bukhari)

By odd nights, the reference is made to the 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th, 29th night of the month of Ramadhaan, some said most likely to be the 27th. No one night has been fixed so that the yearning to find it may increase and people may spend more nights in worshiping Allah. From this aspect, the importance of `Itikaaf (seclusion) during the last ten days of Ramadhaan is clear.

As the Prophet sallalahu alayhi wasallam was reported to have said:

“The person who offered prayers to Allah in the night of Dignity with faith and with hope of reward from Allah, all his past sins have been forgiven.” (reported by Bukhari)

This is one of the holiest and most blessed nights. The reward of worship on this night is better than the worship of a thousand months of worship, equivalent to a person’s lifetime. So, on this night one should perform the night prayers, recite the Qura’n, do tasbih, zikr and du’as as much as possible.