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Saturday, August 4, 2012

Illuminati Makan Bubur Justin


Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
Assalamualaikum wbt.

1. Nama-nama artis yang sedang hangat selalu dijadikan bahan pelaris jualan.

2. Dari tudung Ekin dan tudung Mawi hinggalah ke tudung Wardina, semuanya pernah muncul di pasaran.

3. Tidak kurang juga bulan puasa tahun ini, ada juga orang kita yang cukup kreatif memperkenalkan juadah paling menarik era kontemporari- Justin Bubur!

Betul ke bubur ni dijual bulan puasa ni? Kat mana eh?
4. Mungkin dari satu sudut, usaha sebegini bertepatan dengan selera masyarakat.

5. Yelah, masyarakat sangat dambakan Justin Bieber, maka mengapa tidak mereka membeli sesuatu yang ada nama Justin padanya?

6. Mungkin itulah yang difikirkan oleh para peniaga.

7. Begitu juga kisahnya di sebuah negara saya tak pasti di mana. Kerajaannya cuba menarik minat golongan muda untuk datang ke program yang dianjurkan.

8. Lantas kerana 'percaya' bahawa orang muda amat sukakan hiburan, maka dibawa masuk K-POP dan artis luar lain yang cukup mengiurkan.

9. Inilah jasa dan janji yang ditepati, yang pasti melahirkan golongan muda yang dekat dengan Tuhan, kerana mendapat tarbiyah daripada K-POP.

10. Saya tinggalkan hal itu di situ untuk saudara-saudari fikirkan sejenak. Malas nak bercakap panjang. Lagipun saya dah tak ingat negara mana tu. Bersebelahan negara Timbaktu kot.

11. Perkara kedua yang ingin saya sentuh adalah pastinya tentang kerancakan kelompok Illuminati yang mewarnai suasana sukan Olimpik yang sedang berlangsung sekarang.

12. Kecoh satu dunia bahawa saya ni hensem orangnya. Eh, silap! Kecoh bahawa Illuminati cuba menampakkan warna dan simbolnya.

13. Ada dua isu yang ingin saya sentuh di sini.

14. Pertama, saya bersetuju dengan perkembangan tindak balas orang-orang kita yang mengkritik ketakutan tak berasas ini. Sebahagiannya melakukannya dengan cara yang halus dan sinis, agar siapa yang makan cili, dialah terasa pedasnya. Oit, tak puasa ke? hehe =p

15. Hakikatnya, saya menyokong bahawa kita terlalu takut pada bayang-bayang. Sehingga kita lupa dari mana datangnya cahaya yang membentuk bayang-bayang itu. Cahaya? Alamak, Illuminati!

16. Maksud saya, kita hanya melihat di luar, tapi tidak mengkaji sumber dan asal ketakutan kita tadi.

17. Antara faktornya mungkin, adalah kerana cerita sebegini ada nilai komersial, yang cukup menarik untuk ditayangkan di media seperti Facebook dan Twitter serta menjanjikan kutipan like dan RT yang sudah pasti besar bilangannya.

18. Namun di mana kita dalam menilai konspirasi seperti agenda Illuminati ini?

19. Adakah dengan sekadar mengkajinya lebih lanjut maka kita boleh menewaskan mereka dengan anggun dan bergaya?

20. Allah SWT ada menyentuh sesuatu yang cukup berkesan di hati tentang hal ini jika kita benar-benar menghayati maksudnya.

21. Firman Allah SWT: "Dan Allah lebih MENGETAHUI tentang musuh-musuhmu. CUKUPLAH Allah menjadi pelindung dan CUKUPLAH Allah menjadi penolong (bagimu)."
(Surah An-Nisa', ayat 45)

22. Dengan kata lain, kenapa lebih banyak masa dihabiskan untuk mengkaji musuh sehingga kita lupa mengkaji dan mempelajari agama kita sendiri?

23. Malah jika ketaksuban dan ketakutan pada Illuminati itu langsung tak mendekatkan diri kita pada Allah SWT, malah lebih melemahkan kita dalam beribadah kepada-Nya, maka ada sesuatu yang tak kena di situ.

Saya setuju sangat: Janganlah terlalu taksub, tapi jangan ambil ringan juga ya?
24. Allah 'azza wajalla terus memberi assurance dan jaminan lagi apabila Dia berfirman maksudnya:
"..... sesungguhnya tipu daya syaitan itu lemah!"
(Surah An-Nisa', ayat 76)

25. Kita hanya perlu takut pada syaitan dan tenteranya jika kita bergantung pada diri kita yang lemah!

26. Tapi kita tak lemah jika kita bergantung kepada yang tak lemah- Allah SWT! Bukankah Allah itu wali dan pelindung orang-orang yang beriman?

27. Perkara kedua yang ingin saya sentuh adalah tentang peranan kita para pendakwah.

28. Dan saya secara umumnya menganggap semua orang, yang mengaku dirinya Muslim, termasuk dalam kategori pendakwah.

29. Pada saya, tidaklah adil untuk kita terlalu cepat melenting pada orang yang termakan dengan mainan konspirasi sebegini. Pada saya, apa yang berlaku ada betulnya, cuma perlu diuruskan dengan cara yang berhikmah, agar manusia tak luka hatinya dan tak menjauhkan diri daripada agama kerana merasa terhina.

30. Teori saya ialah, 'rahsia-rahsia' Illuminati ini, jikapun benar semua itu, pasti disebarkan oleh orang-orang Illuminati ini juga.

31. Kenapa? Kerana mereka tak perlu takut lagi! Nak takut Islam buat apa? Muslim di Rohingya disembelih pun kita masih duduk selesa goyang kaki menari gelek lagi! Maksud saya, kita terkadang terlalu leka dengan kesenangan dan kemewahan diri sendiri, lebih-lebih lagi di Malaysia, negara bertuah ini.

32. Benarlah apa yang disebut oleh Nabi SAW, tentang akan datang satu zaman walaupun kita umat Islam cukup ramai, namun musuh umat Islam sudah hilang rasa hormat dan takut pada kita.

33. Baginda SAW menyebut bahawa puncanya adalah kerana umat Islam sudah dihinggapi satu penyakit yang bernama Wahn.

34. Apa itu Wahn? Terang Nabi SAW, Wahn itu ialah CINTAKAN DUNIA, TAKUTKAN MATI!

35. Soalnya sekarang, di mana kita? 

36. Kita lupa, yang disembelih sekarang itu saudara seislam kita di negara jiran, padahal tak mustahil, suatu hari nanti, sama ada kita sendiri atau keluarga kita pula yang disembelih. Na'uzubillah ya Allah!

37. Adakah kita semulia Nabi Ismail AS, yang apabila disembelih akan selamat dan digantikan dengan kibas?

38. Fikir-fikirkanlah..

39. Biarkan saja Illuminati itu mempersembahkan konspirasi tak henti-henti. Asalkan kita tak mati dengan butanya hati, hanya kepada Allah dan Rasul kita taati, dan moga dalam iman kita mati! Mengerti?

"Allah pelindung orang yang beriman. Dia mengeluarkan mereka daripada kegelapan kepada cahaya (iman)....."
(Surah Al-Baqarah, ayat 257)
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Monday, July 23, 2012

Poster Panjang Ramadhan!


Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
Assalamualaikum wbt.

1. Selain BURAK, dua lagi pelan saya dalam bulan Ramadhan untuk blog ini ialah poster panjang (di bawah) dan juga satu projek yang belum lagi bersedia untuk memperkenalkan dirinya. 

2. Mungkin akan diumumkan pada hari pertama Aidilfitri insya Allah. Saya masih mengusahakannya, insya Allah untuk manfaat diri saya dan keluarga, serta para sahabat di luar sana.

3. Mohon doakan keredhaan Allah terhadap diri saya dan keluarga. Moga Allah memperkenankan doa saudara/ri semua dan membalas dengan sebaik-baik nikmat dan ganjaran. Ameen ameen ameen =D

Muat turun (download) saiz asal di sini

Wallahuaklam. Wassalamualaikum wbt.

P/S:
1. Sahabat pembaca yang dihormati, kongsilah apa jua yang ada di blog ni jika anda mahu, walaupun tanpa menyebut nama pemilik blog ini. Kerana jika yang dikongsi itu ialah kebaikan atau boleh mendatangkan manfaat, maka hanyasanya Pemiliknya hanya satu, yakni Allah 'Azza wajalla ;-)

2. Laman Freebies saya ada menyediakan banyak lagi perkara yang boleh dikongsi secara percuma. Silalah melawatnya jika sudi =D
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Saturday, July 21, 2012

Siapa Nabi Akhir Zaman?


Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
Assalamualaikum wbt.

1. Akhir-akhir ini, media beberapa kali melaporkan berita tentang kehadiran hero dan penyelamat dunia yang tiba di muka bumi. Maklumlah, tahun ini tahun 2012.

2. Di Putrajaya contohnya, seorang lelaki mengaku sebagai Imam Mahdi dan membawa pula bersamanya seorang wanita, mengamuk hingga ditembak mati oleh pihak polis. 

3. Biarlah Allah SWT sahaja yang menilai niat dan kewarasan lelaki ini, kerana hanya Allah lah Tuhan yang Maha Mengetahui sama ada yang nyata mahupun yang tersembunyi.

4. Terkini, ada pula seorang kapten di Melaka mengaku menjadi rasul dan juga mengaku dia Allah?

5. Lelaki ini dibicarakan di Mahkamah Syariah dan mengaku tak bersalah.

6. Terlalu ramai (jika tak semua) orang di dunia ini yang ingin menjadi hero.

7. Namun, amat jarang sekali yang mengaku hero ini mengetahui siapakah lawan atau musuhnya yang sebenar.

8. Kita semua mempunyai musuh. Dan kita tahu iblis dan syaitan itu musuh kita. Mereka dibelenggu dan diikat pada bulan Ramadhan yang penuh keberkatan ini.

9. Akan tetapi, siapa sedar masih ada musuh yang belum diikat? Musuh inilah yang dinamakan nafsu. Nafsu itu ialah diri kita sendiri.

10. Bagaimana mungkin kita boleh memisahkan diri kita daripada diri kita sendiri. Kan ke pelik tu?

11. Diciptakan nafsu untuk ditunggang. Jangan biarkan ia yang menunggang kita.

12. Inilah punca besar kekalahan seorang hero. Seorang wira. Mereka lupa siapa musuh yang PERTAMA.

13. Lihat bagaimana Saidina Ali RA, yang berhenti daripada membunuh musuhnya di medan perang apabila diludah oleh musuh itu, kerana sedar bahawa perbuatannya tidak lagi kerana Allah SWT, tetapi kerana nafsu marahnya akibat diludah.

14. Inilah hero yang sebenar. Yang memerangi dan memenangi nafsunya.

15. Wahai para sahabat di luar sana, tak mustahil lebih ramai antara kita yang mungkin mahu menjadi hero mahupun mencari hero, sehingga kita menjanjikan jalan pintas untuk ke syurga, ataupun percaya apabila diberitahu tips cepat masuk syurga.

16. Berhati-hatilah. Kita ibarat kebun yang berbuah ranum. Pagari diri kita dengan ilmu.

17. Hakikatnya, tiada lagi nabi atau rasul selepas Nabi Muhammad SAW.

18. "Muhammad itu bukanlah bapak dari seseorang antara kamu, tetapi dia ialah utusan Allah, dan PENUTUP segala nabi. Dan Allah Maha Mengetahui segala sesuatu."
(Surah Al-Ahzaab, ayat 40)

19. Dalam satu hadis riwayat Abu Hurairah RA, Nabi SAW bersabda:

“Bandingan antara aku dan nabi-nabi sebelum aku ibarat seorang yang membina rumah. Dia membina dengan baik dan cantik, tetapi ada sekeping batu bata yang masih belum diletakkan di satu sudut. Kemudian orang ramai mengelilingi rumah itu dengan kagum melihatnya, lalu mereka berkata, “Mengapakah tidak diletakkan batu bata ini.” Nabi Muhammad berkata lagi, “Akulah batu bata itu dan aku adalah PENUTUP segala Nabi.” 
(Bukhari dan Muslim)

20. Peranan Muhammad SAW sebagai nabi dan rasul terakhir mempunyai signifikan yang cukup besar dalam mengajar kita memahami kepentingan Al-Quran, lebih-lebih lagi dalam bulan Ramadhan, bulan diturunkan Al-Quran.

21. Jika tiada nabi, maka siapa pula yang akan memimpin kita semua?

22. Di sinilah datangnya Al-Quran sebagai mukjizat terakhir nabi SAW, yang akan kekal sehingga akhir zaman.

23. Mukjizat pada nabi dan rasul yang lain hanya dapat disaksikan pada ketika itu, di tempat yang tertentu, namun Al-Quran sebagai mukjizat nabi Muhammad SAW, yang dijadikan Allah SWT sebagai rahmat buat sekalian alam, kekal dan dirasai seluruh alam sehingga ke hari ini!

24. Persoalannya, bagaimana hubungan kita dengan Al-Quran?

25. Kata Nabi SAW, seseorang pasti tak akan sesat selama-lamanya, selagi mana dia berpegang kepada dua perkara, yakni Al-Quran dan juga sunnah Nabi SAW. Cuba formula ini. Setiap waktu solat, bacalah empat muka surat (2 helai). Insya Allah jika istiqamah sehingga 30 hari, kita boleh khatam Al-Quran.

26. Sebagai penutup, ingin saya mengajak kita sama-sama menghayati Islam dengan sebenar-benarnya.

27. Jadikan bulan puasa ini sebagai satu medium mengembalikan kita kepada fitrah yang sebenar, sebagaimana sucinya seorang bayi yang baru dilahirkan. Barulah kena dengan sambutan aidilfitri pada bulan Syawal, bulan yang menyaksikan 'kelahiran' diri kita yang baru!

28. Sesungguhnya kita semua pernah melakukan dosa atau kesalahan. Namun sebaik-baik antara kita adalah yang bertaubat atas dosa tersebut, menyesal dan tak lagi mengulanginya.

29. Peliharalah solat kita, dan jangan lupa akhlak serta kebersihan jiwa perlu juga dijaga.

Sejauh  mana kita bersyukur dan menzahirkan kesyukuran itu dengan solat?
30. Berusahalah untuk ISTIQAMAH dalam ibadah dan mintalah kepada Allah SWT agar dikurniakannya istiqamah dan iltizam yang kuat dalam diri kita.

31. Ingatlah sentiasa akan mati. Kerana dengan mengingati mati, kita sedar bahawa kita akan kembali kepada Allah SWT jua.

32. Tak ada apa pun yang mampu menahan kita daripada ajal maut, jika ia datang menjemput kita.

33. "Di mana pun kamu berada, kematian akan mendapatkanmu, walaupun kamu berada di dalam benteng yang tinggi dan kukuh...."
(Surah An-Nisa', ayat 78)

34. Persoalannya sekarang, adakah kita akan hidup sehingga berakhirnya Ramadhan? Jika ya pun, adakah kita akan bertemu lagi dengan Ramadhan yang berikutnya?

35. Berapa lama kita hidup di dunia ini? Fikirkanlah, tak lama lagi, bila kita dah meninggalkan Ramadhan, kita mungkin berkata, eh cepatnya dah habis Ramadhan!

36. Mungkin perasaan yang sama akan kita alami ketika kita mati, dan mungkin kita akan kata, eh dah mati dah aku?

37. Namun tatkala itu, tiada lagi ruang untuk bertaubat, tiada lagi peluang untuk kembali ke dunia, untuk mengumpul persediaan menjelang hari Akhirat. 

38. Maka bila lagi kalau bukan sekarang?

39. Benarlah kata Saidina Ali RA, manusia itu tidur. Bila mati baru mereka terjaga!

Wallahuaklam. Wassalamualaikum wbt..
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Istimewa Ramadhan: BURAK


Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
Assalamualaikum wbt.

1. 18 Julai 2012: Alhamdulillah, akhirnya bermulalah misi Buletin Ramadhan Kita (BURAK) yang saya rancang dan usahakan dengan bantuan anda semua beberapa minggu yang lalu.

2. Bermula hari ini dan besok, saya akan edarkan helaian-helaian BURAK untuk edisi pertama.

3. Memandangkan insya Allah hari pertama Ramadhan jatuh pada hari Sabtu ini, dan pada waktu itu cuti (tiada kelas), maka saya edarkan edisi pertama ini lebih awal kerana bermula hari Isnin depan, edisi 2 pula akan menyusul.

4. Sepanjang bulan puasa ini, akan ada 9 edisi, maka saya akan edarkan setiap edisi mengikut turutan lebih kurang dalam tempoh setiap 2 atau 3 hari.

UNTUK APA BURAK NI?

5. Ringkasnya, usaha kecil ini adalah untuk mengajak diri saya dan anda semua di luar sana terutamanya golongan orang muda untuk kembali dekat dengan Islam, dengan cara mempunyai minat terhadap Islam, memahaminya, lantas mengamalkannya.

6. Anda boleh turut serta membantu saya dalam usaha ini melalui beberapa cara.

7. Pertama, anda boleh muat turun setiap edisi BURAK ini (yang akan diletakkan dalam entry ini secara berkala- yakni setiap 3 hari insya Allah) melalui pautan (link) yang saya sediakan di bawah.

8. Kedua, jika anda berdekatan dengan kawasan Shah Alam, anda boleh berhubung terus dengan saya supaya saya boleh serahkan kepada anda BURAK yang telah dicetak dan difotokopi dengan banyak untuk diedarkan kepada keluarga, sahabat handai dan orang awam di kawasan anda.

9. Anda juga boleh mencetak sendiri kesemuanya dan edarkan. Saya tak letakkan sebarang hak cipta atau hak milik (copyright) disini. Malah, saya lebih alu-alukan sebarang maklum balas dan teguran untuk sebarang tujuan penambahbaikan insya Allah.

10. Ketiga dan terakhir sekali, anda boleh membantu dari aspek kewangan jika anda sudi dan untuk itu boleh berhubung terus dengan saya. Saya akan pastikan sumbangan kewangan yang anda salurkan digunakan HANYA untuk tujuan mencetak dan fotokopi.

11. Sekian sahaja, saya mohon anda semua doakan saya agar Allah SWT menerima ini sebagai salah satu amal jariah saya pada bulan Ramadhan ini.

12. Semoga Allah juga menerimanya sebagai amal jariah anda semua ameen ameen ameen.

13. Sebarang pertanyaan, bolehlah berhubung terus dengan saya. Terima kasih!

Wallahuaklam. Wassalamualaikum wbt.

P/S: Sesiapa yang ada masalah teknikal untuk download sila emel saya di jako_imp[at]yahoo.com supaya saya boleh emelkan terus kepada saudara/ri. Terima kasih ;-)

Satu hari di Aidilfitri yang lalu. Adik-beradik lelaki. (Along tiada dalam gambar) =)
Muka belakang (sama untuk semua edisi)
Edisi 1 (muat turun)
Edisi 2 (muat turun)
Edisi 3 (muat turun)
Edisi 4 (muat turun)
Edisi 5 (muat turun)
Edisi 6 (muat turun)
Edisi 7 (muat turun)
Edisi 8 (muat turun)
Edisi 9 (muat turun)
TENTATIF EDARAN BURAK SEPANJANG BULAN RAMADHAN

1 Ramadhan: Edisi 1

3 Ramadhan: Edisi 2

6 Ramadhan: Edisi 3

9 Ramadhan: Edisi 4

12 Ramadhan: Edisi 5

15 Ramadhan: Edisi 6

18 Ramadhan: Edisi 7

21 Ramadhan: Edisi 8

24 Ramadhan: Edisi 9
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Thursday, July 12, 2012

I am old and I am in a relationship


Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
Assalamualaikum wbt.

1. Ramadhan is very near. 

2. Unlike many of us (me included), the companions of Nabi SAW will pray to Allah SWT that they will be able to live until the month of Ramadhan even 6 months before the month came.

3. What is quite astonishing for me is to know that after Ramadhan, they will spend another six month to pray to Allah SWT asking that their ibadah and good deeds be accepted and rewarded by Allah SWT.

4. What that means is that it was a continuous one-whole year full of prayers i.e non-stop!

5. It is therefore absolutely true that one of the best ways to become a good Muslim is by studying the life of the pious people, which of course, would never exclude the biography of the greatest teacher of all, Prophet Muhammad SAW.

6. We all can emulate them, so why don't we?


7. It's already one month plus since I enrolled in UiTM and alhamdulillah, so far everything was not good, because instead of good, it was very awesome rather!

8. I bet I am the oldest student in the faculty, or at least, one of.

9. The environment is totally different, because being surrounded by many people who are much younger than I am, I have a feeling that it helps develop a fatherly characteristic in me- perhaps a good sign that I am getting married. Err..

10. I just want to comment on one thing- which I hope some of you readers out there are actually my juniors (though at the same time classmates) in UiTM.

11. Since I was in primary school, (alhamdulillah) I have been granted with numerous privilege to hold a number of leadership positions, almost everywhere I went to.

12. That didn't exclude programmes or workshops that I attended in the past.

13. They definitely provided me with strong grounds to learn and acquire priceless experience in leadership and management, not to forget their great contributions in developing my self-maturity and the sense of 'being old'.

14. However here's the thing. 

15. If because of my age, and perhaps the seemingly maturity that may emanate from the way I behave, it definitely is not the best reason to make me a leader of yours in UiTM, even in position as trivial as a class representative.

16. I believe that university is, like schools, a perfect place to learn new things in life before we all start working.

17. So, the way I see it, if I were to allow myself to monopolize everything, and that is perceived as  being 'considerate' (because others don't have to think about it then), the truth is actually quite the opposite!

18. If I were to be considerate, despite my possibly higher capability and greater experience at my age, I should have avoided all positions in the class and other form of groupings instead!

19. Why? Because at your age my dear, say, at 18-19 years old, you should have grabbed the chance and given yourself the opportunity to learn and take responsibilities in life rather than giving them to me- which will not only help you develop your self-discipline, but never less important also is to boost your own self-esteem and self-confidence!

20. This is the way I look at it but I don't have problems if you disagree. And for that adik-adik, please take it as if I don't exist there in the first place (only in this aspect though- don't completely ignore me or I'll cry with cuteness haha). I can't afford to take away the chance and space that you should have had, had I not been in UiTM in your batch right now.

21. I mean, if there's one thing I understand about being mature, it is exactly what I have mentioned above. Just because I had the experience here and there in the past, doesn't make me in any way superior than you guys that I can simply show off and transcend others in many things I want to do here in university.

22. In other words, I already had my chance last time (though in different places) and I cherish those moments a lot. Now I have to focus on the next phase of my life, and the real battle ground for me next is the working place instead, certainly not this place called university. Because otherwise, the best title I would be crowned with is only a pathetic 'jaguh kampung'. 

23. You guys instead, please do not find excuse. The opportunities are all yours ;-)

In a relationship

24. Before I end, I also want to touch on another point.

25. That normally, if we have a friend, especially one who is of the opposite gender, and we are always with him or her at many times and often also at many places, people around us will speculate that we are dating him or her.

26. And we feel comfortable by this sort of rumor and scandal. Oh, we are now 'in a relationship'.

27. It's quite sickening though, if you think about it, because this is a form of relationship which is built solely upon speculation and feeling and emotion and all other things that are simply brittle and most of the time short-termed.

28. Let me therefore suggest an alternative for us. What about using the same 'formula' for the Quran?

29. What does it feel to have a relationship with the Quran instead? That everywhere we go, people see us with an Al-Quran.

30. I tried. Not only that it may be something weird- a rare view for most passers-by and 'strangers' in the public, but I myself  personally find it quite awkward too (initially), to for instance, recite Quran or even just to open the book and read the translation of verses from it in places like a bus stop.

31. I mean, again, why is it that this type of relationship so new and awkward to us now?

32. Here are my final remarks.

33. At the end of my entry, I always try to ensure that there will be something we can practice in our daily life, based on what I have written. Because practice will not only last longer, it is also life-changing and insya Allah, be counted and rewarded by Allah SWT The Most High.

34. First, improve our relationship with Allah SWT, that we make prayers or supplication (doa) as something we endlessly practice in our daily life. The second, is to improve the relationship with our own selves i.e to give us more opportunities to actively learn rather than to be passive at most of the time.

35. Lastly, is to increase the relationship between us and the Quran, so that insya Allah, our hearts will always be soft and softened by it ameen ameen ameen.

36. Maybe it's good that we set a target to khatam or finish reading the whole Quran within 1 month in Ramadhan, and that's approximately 20 pages a day, which is equal to 4 pages only per prayer time (we have 5 times of fardh prayers a day right?).

"And We have certainly made the Quran easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?"
(Surah Al-Qamar, ayat 17)

37. Really, I am missing home. Love my mom. Miss my dad. And love my family. Their love is the best of love I could get on earth, after that of Allah SWT and Rasulullah SAW. Thanks for reading my dear. Family first!

Wallahuaklam. Wassalamualaikum wbt.

I miss you ma. Really! ;_ )
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Friday, July 6, 2012

[Awesome] The Fog Is Lifting


Al-Makkatul Mukarromah - Muslims from different countries and backgrounds unite in their worship to Allah SWT in this holy land, which also becomes the direction (qiblah) for prayers to all Muslim around the world ;-)

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
Assalamualaikum wbt.

1. I was, like most of us, born into a Muslim family.

2. And for that, I am thankful to Allah SWT alhamdulillah.

3. This is especially because there's no guarantee for sure that I will find Islam and be convinced to embrace and accept it, had I not been born as a Muslim.

4. However this shall not last. We can no longer rely much on such thing in this globalized and open world i.e become an 'automatic' Muslim because our parents are Muslim.

5. Instead, each of us must be well-equipped with Islamic knowledge, so that we know and understand the reason why we choose to either remain a Muslim, or become a Muslim (for those who were not born Muslim).

6. It's not only about us, but more importantly about our children and great great grandchildren in the next generations to come.

7. For that, let me suggest all of you the following 8 parts of an awesome Islamic documentary (that I collected from You Tube), which is so far the best and most brief explanation about Islam that I found on the net.

8. Please kindly share this not only with our fellow Muslim and family members, but it is perfectly suitable for dakwah purpose to non-Muslims as well.

9. May Allah bless us all ameen ameen ameen ;-)











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Kenapa Tunduk?


Comel! (Gambar sekadar hiasan) =_=' 
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
Assalamualaikum wbt.

1. Waktu saya duduk di asrama dulu, senior tak bagi kami pandang muka mereka. 

2. Kami kena tunduk saja.

3. Bila mata bertentang mata, maka jatuhlah cinta. Jatuh dek graviti. Eh silap line. Itu cerita lain, sorry.

4. Sebenarnya, bila mata bertentang mata, maka akan berkumandanglah ke udara suara yang begitu menggetarkan. "Woi apa stare-stare?"

5. Hanya mereka yang terer Bahasa Inggeris sahaja yang faham maksudnya. "Woi apa stare-stare?" itu sebenarnya bermaksud "Woi apa pandang-pandang!" Jangan terkezut, Bahasa Inggeris pun ada kata ganda apabila di-Melayukan!

6.  Bila dipikirkan balik, memang kelakar. Sebabnya?

7. Salah satu sebabnya adalah macam dalam kes saya, saya lebih tinggi (saiz) daripada kebanyakan senior saya sekarang bila saya jumpa mereka di luar.

8. Jadi cuba bayangkan jika saya sentiasa tunduk. Memang saya kena tunduk pun untuk pandang mereka! haha (orang kata kalau kawen dengan isteri yang lebih tinggi daripada kita, murah rezeki. Betul ke? Alamak, off-topic!)

9. Dulu mereka duduk atas balkoni bangunan boleh lah, cuba duduk atas lantai yang sama, baru tahu tinggi ke rendah langit ni hehe.

10. Sebenarnya muqaddimah je semua tu. Saya sayang semua senior saya. Cukup banyak jasa mereka semua pada saya. Bahkan, salah seorang daripada mereka ialah abang kandung saya sendiri, Along. Sewaktu saya Form 1 di MCKK, dia sudah masuk Form 4.

11. Tujuan sebenar saya menulis hari ini adalah untuk bercakap tentang kelebihan tunduk.

12. Sehinggakan tunduk ini menjadi satu perintah di dalam Al-Quran serta menjadi sunnah Nabi SAW.

13. Dalam dunia moden yang penuh dengan pancaroba hari ini, sudah semoleknya lah disyariatkan buat sama ada laki-laki mahupun perempuan untuk tundukkan pandangan kita terutamanya di tempat awam. Malah bukan setakat pandangan, paling penting, tundukkan nafsu!

14. Ini terutamanya buat orang lelaki, kerana orang lelaki cukup cepat tertarik dengan hanya melihat. 

15. Yang dilihat pulak ialah golongan wanita. Dan yang menariknya ialah, kaum wanita (yang dilihat ini) dijadikan pulak fitrahnya cukup suka berhias dan suka pada perhatian. Tak mahu la pagoda-pagoda. Kena cantik dan menggoda! Apa da! *sambil tepuk dahi*

16. Disebut di dalam surah An-Nur, ayat 30-31 maksud terjemahannnya:

"Katakanlah kepada laki-laki yang beriman, agar mereka menjaga (menundukkan) pandangannya, dan memelihara kemaluannya; yang demikian itu lebih suci bagi mereka. Sungguh Allah Maha Mengetahui apa yang mereka perbuat."

17. Tiga perkara di sini. Pertamanya, orang perempuan oi, jangan lah senyum lebar. Yang saya taip di atas itu terjemahan ayat ke-30 sahaja. Ingat orang perempuan tak payah ke? Cuba baca ayat seterusnya (ayat 31) tengok? Lagi panjang ayatnya! Amek kau! =p

18. Kedua, Allah mendahulukan dengan menyuruh lelaki terlebih dahulu menundukkan pandangan. Maka orang lelaki, jadilah pemimpin dalam semua perkara termasuklah dalam bab ni.

19. Malah Allah SWT menyebut bahawa Dia tahu apa yang kita buat (yang saya merahkan di atas). Sebab orang lelaki amat kreatif berimaginasi. Maka Allah SWT dah siap bagi amaran awal-awal.

20. Sebab itulah dalam ayat ke-31, Allah ada pesanan special untuk orang perempuan. Allah perintahkan perempuan menjaga aurat mereka!

21. Oh jadi orang lelaki boleh bogel lah ya di tempat awam? 

22. Jangan jadi 'cerdik'. Kalau nak sangat cubalah try test tengok(frasa 'cuba try test tengok' agak unik kan? Ramai yang suka guna frasa ni). Ada berani? *sambil merenung tajam anda yang bergelar lelaki di luar sana*

23. Saudara, pastilah orang lelaki pun wajib menutup aurat. Cuma seperti yang disebut tadi, orang lelaki cukup mudah ternoda dengan hanya melihat. Orang wanita pulak cukup suka berhias (sehingga sanggup menampakkan aurat)- ini adalah secara amnya, mungkin setiap orang ada perbezaan.

24. Maka sudah cukup kena dan cantiklah perintah Allah SWT, yang memang tepat dengan fitrah kita kaum Adam dan Hawa yang berbeza tapi saling melengkapi antara satu sama lain.


25. Selain itu, tunduk juga adalah sunnah Nabi SAW.

26. Jika dirujuk dalam Kitab Syamail Muhammadiyyah contohnya, disebut di dalam hadis bahawa Nabi SAW ketika berjalan seolah-olah menuruni tanah yang landai. 

27. Senang cerita, macam turun bukit la kan?

28. Maknanya, Rasulullah SAW berjalan agak pantas dan sambil tunduk, sebagaimana seorang yang sedang menuruni bukit.

29. Maka jika kita pun tunduk, kita bukan sahaja menurut perintah Allah dan mengelakkan panahan tajam kecantikan wanita, malah kita juga telah mengumpul pahala kerana mengikut sunnah Nabi SAW. 

30. Akhir sekali, saya cadangkan selain tunduk ketika berjalan, tunduklah juga ketika duduk di tempat awam sambil menunggu bas contohnya. Maka bagi saya, cara terbaik adalah untuk sentiasa memastikan ada buku bersama kita.

31. Maka, secara automatik, kita cuci mata kita dengan membaca. Bukannya dengan melihat fashion show di tempat awam. Tergedik-gedik, tergedak-gedak, baling batu kang baru tau!

32. Kesimpulannya, marilah belajar untuk tunduk. Yang paling penting, apabila tunduk itu, niatkanlah untuk menurut perintah Allah SWT serta untuk mengamalkan sunnah Nabi SAW, kerana semoga dengan itu, amalan kita diterima dan diganjari pahala.

33. Sekaligus, harapnya kita dapat membentuk tabiat amat suka membaca dan kasih pada ilmu. Dengan kata lain, saya mencadangkan perihal tunduk 3 dalam 1 dalam tulisan kali ini.

34. Tunduk menurut perintah, tunduk mengikut sunnah dan tunduk membaca risalah!

35. Izinkan saya menutup artikel ini dengan mengajak kita untuk menghayati perkataan tunduk itu juga dari aspek spiritual dan rohani, yakni kita tunduk kerana khusyuk, takut, dan patuh kepada Allah SWT.

36. Walaupun mungkin hari ini kita degil mahu sombong dan bongkak, kelak pada hari akhirat, tidak ada seorang pun yang berani berlagak di hadapan Allah SWT yang Maha Besar dan Agung.

37. Sahabat sekalian, tunduklah!

"Dan semua wajah tertunduk di hadapan (Allah SWT) Yang Hidup dan Yang Berdiri Sendiri. Sungguh rugi orang yang melakukan kezaliman."
(Surah Taha, ayat 111)


Wallahuaklam..

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Friday, June 29, 2012

If I Am A Gay


Bismilahirrahmanirrahim.
Assalamualaikum wbt.

1. Five years in a single sex school (Malay College Kuala Kangsar) was enough to make me a man so frightened of a girl.

2. I mean, I am shy. 

This guy is shy, but obviously this is not me ;-)
3. But here's my story.

4. Because of my fear and shyness towards girls, I always resort to selective smiles.

5. I mean, I believe (as taught in Islam) that smile is a form of charity (sodaqoh in Arabic).

6. So I make it a habit to smile when I see people in the public. But not all people. That's why I call it a selective smile.

7. Hence, selectively, I only smile to men, because again, I don't dare to flirt, most of the time thinking that if I smile at girls randomly- they would've thought that I can beat Justin Bieber and they'll collapse! Err, I mean they would have thought that I am interested in them. =p

8. So I generally seldom smile to a girl. Girls like to smile at me instead! (errr...)

9. But here's a bigger issue. Things change. So do the way we think and the way we do things. They all change.

10. Nowadays, even to guys in the public I hesitate to smile! I mean, seriously. I hesitate many times!

11. You know why? Because they may also have thought that I am interested in them! 

12. This is what we nowadays call gayism.

13. First thing first- I am not gay. In fact, I want to marry a girl and I want to wait until that right time comes so that I can meet the parents of that 'someone'- a girl of course (I mean, someone old like me la, not a 5 year old girl). ;-)

14. It's this thing that I want to highlight in this post actually.

15. Few generations in the past, people of the same gender, had no problems to hold hands when they were in school. In fact, that was exactly what their teachers told them to do- to queue before entering class, and hold hands- for that is the true form of love and friendship.

16. On the contrary, nowadays, I doubt that even young people at school can do that as comfortably as people at their age used to do before!

17. Put it simply, people in the past may have not even heard of the word gay or lesbian, let alone to think of being one!

18. This is what I would have termed as the "benefit of ignorance".

19. It means, there are certain things in life that we'd better not know, because all they do is things like what I've just mentioned above. Knowing about gayism and lesbianism give the thought of becoming one- to some of us! Nauzubillah! May Allah safeguard us!

20. But a bigger point is this. Ignorance, despite the benefit that it has, like what I propose above, is a benefit that is definitely transitory. I mean, it lasts only for a short period of time.

21. It is the benefit of knowledge that will in the end, last forever.

22. What I am saying is that, when it comes to the issue of gayism and lesbianism, it only benefits us (in terms of not thinking to be one of them) when people do not even know what they mean. But when people start to know what gayism or lesbianism is, the benefits just fly away- giving rise to a growing number of gays and lesbians in the community- O Allah protect us! Ameen ameen ameen.

23. However, the people of knowledge, are able to reap the benefit of that knowledge even since the time of previous prophets such as prophet Luth AS.

24. And the knowledge that I refer to now is the knowledge that homosexuality is not good, against out innate nature and most important of all, forbidden by God the Creator!

25. So no matter in what age we are living, including until the last age we are in right now, with knowledge, we shall enjoy the benefit of keeping ourselves away from such a social and psychological 'defect'- homosexuality.

26. Which brings me to the conclusion of my sharing this time- that I will quote a real story of the past, the story of our prophets.

27. We all know full well that the first three prophets sent down to earth was Prophet Adam, Idris and Noah, may peace be upon them all.

28. Since the time of prophet Adam until Prophet Idris AS, there was no such thing called shirk which means associating partner with Allah SWT- the greatest form of sin in Islam.

29. However, quite interestingly, the first sin of shirk was committed by the people who lived few generations after the lifetime of Prophet Idris AS. And it has something to do with ignorance!

30. After Prophet Idris passed away, he had among his people, a group of 5 very pious followers.

31. To cut this short, after some time, these 5 pious followers passed away too.

32. So people were very sad, and they wanted to make something to remind them of these pious people.

33. Therefore they created an idol (for each of the followers) that resembled all these 5 pious people, not to worship them, but only as a memory of them- which was not wrong, because no problem arised yet during this time.

34. Until the next generation came, these people started to do something more, such as they made sacrifice for the idols.

35. And then that generation ended too, while a new generation came. Unfortunately, out of ignorance, these new generation of people, without any knowledge of why their parents and grandparents built the idols in the first place, made the idols as an object of worship instead!

35. Hence, history has now been made, that for the first time ever, the sin of shirk took place on earth.

36. And it is for this reason that Prophet Noah (who came after Prophet Idris AS), was the first Messenger given the task to fight against shirk.

37. Two quick points here. First, from this story, it simply opens our eyes of how detrimental ignorance can be to our life and faith.

38. Secondly is that, we have to always make some reflection or muhasabah, that we are now Muslims not because we blindly follow our family or the majority of people we are living with around us.

39. Instead, we are all Muslims, because we chose to become one- out of knowledge, not ignorance.

40. To conclude, let us love 'ilm (knowledge) more and be a very true knowledge-seeker, also a person who have high respect upon the ulama' (the people with great knowledge).

41. Allahuaklam and thanks very much for your visit. You see, as knowledge literally means to know about something, please know that I am not gay ok? It's a true knowledge, really ;-)

Alhamdulillah, time to take some rest ;-)
P/S:
1. Alhamdulillah, please do not forget your Al-Kahfi recitation today, in case you are reading this on Friday insya Allah.

2. Just few weeks ago, my dakwah page (IH.DE.NA) only had about 200 plus followers, but alhamdulillah I am quite not sure what happened, maybe someone just kindly made a very wonderful promotion that now the page has grown to nearly 750 followers (true at the time of this writing) alhamdulillah!

My page, IH.DE.NA
Jazakallahu khair for those who have been supporting me since day one, and it's not the number, but the prayers of you guys that matter the most to me insya Allah ameen!
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Saturday, June 23, 2012

Why I Left KDU


Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
Assalamualaikum wbt.


Many people know why I left (or 'forced' to leave) IMU. But why did I leave KDU?

1. To answer that question, you firstly have to understand the accounting program I am currently taking (I'll make it very brief).

2. It is called Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) and is administered by a professional accounting body based in UK called ACCA, which is short for Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

3. Those doing a diploma or degree in accounting may have heard of ACCA anyway.

4. So in this program (CAT) I will have to pass 9 papers before I can proceed to the next level- a professional level which is called ACCA, a level that even people with a degree in accounting will pursue (as a qualification) to have a higher recognition as a practicing accountant.

5. So this is my story. It was March (2012) and it was too late to enrol into UiTM (the first intake for the year I suppose was in January)- which was the initial plan after I decided not to do medicine (which was a tough decision of course). 

6. In short, I decided to do CAT. So rather than to wait for June (UiTM's second intake) and do nothing for a couple of months, I went to KDU and managed to finish 3 papers there- one of which I just passed today (June 23rd, 2012) alhamdulillah. 

7. CAT is an external program, hence institutions like KDU, UiTM or whatever colleges and unis out there are just the 'providers of knowledge' (as I would term it) or providers of lectures and lecturers.

8. This is how flexible the program is, apart from being a tough yet the fastest route for those pursuing a profession in business, accounting or management.

9. So that's about it, with 3 papers done, I have 6 more to go, of which despite having an option to finish them by June next year, I am planning to complete everything by end of this year insya Allah.

10. Please make prayers for me and thanks very much in advance for that.

11. Before I end, I want to do 2 things here. Firstly- to acknowledge this: what I have gone through for the past 3 months would not be possible without (by Allah's Will and Grace alhamdulillah) the support of people like Abg Raf and wife, Kak Ana (KDU) plus many supportive friends out there, and also awesome lecturers in new place here in UiTM.

12. As for parents and family, their support and presence are 'supermeaningful' to me that they can't possibly be described by words alone here- hence why I'd rather keep it to myself. Nothing greater than the past 3 months have made me love them even much more- how grateful alhamdulillah I feel towards Allah, for what he had me to face, for the great hikmah and greater goods that I gained from it all- even at this early phase of my 'recovery'.

13. Second, is just a wonderful experience and lesson I would like to share with all of you my dearest readers, which I would relate to what I heard from Ustaz Ismat Nazirin Mat Isa, a wonderful man who tirelessly spends his time to communicate the message of Prophet SAW to us, the Muslim students in IMU.

14. I had to travel from Shah Alam this morning to Damansara Utama for my final subject (computer-based exam) in KDU. So as usual it's a RapidKL Bus (U80) to KL Central and then LRT to Taman Bahagia LRT station and then a RapidKL Bus (T626) again to KDU (I mention this just in case anyone finds it useful for their future travel) ;-)

15. And the route back to Shah Alam was of course the same.

16. To cut it short, after I finished the exam at around 4pm, I made my way back to Shah Alam, and now would like to highlight what happened when I was waiting for U80 at KL Central.

17. It was near a busy road and yes, the day was still hot, so I looked for a nice shelter- which of course was under a tree.

18. And a bird (possibly just had its tea or something) dropped a 'bomb' on my head!



19. And thank God it was near a petrol station so it was not really a big deal (there's always a washroom there).

20. But it really reminded me of a story by Al-Fadhil Ustaz.

21. On how do we respond when such thing happens to us.

22. One who is impatient will most probably 'recite' many nice spells and magical words. In Malay Language, it's called mencarut. For instance.. (seriously? No! I won't give an example here =p)

23. Ok if you insist, allow me to say one.

24. What the heaven!

25. But a truly thankful person will rationally think of an excuse to be patient.

26. For instance, we should thank Allah that He doesn't make a cow fly!

27. Because you see, if the same thing I just had, occurred to you, but it was a cow rather than a bird. Can you imagine? (nice right? =p)

28. In other words, there are always ways to see the good or positive sides of something we hate in life.

29. Al-Fadhil Ustaz also always complements with another example i.e when we accidentally step on, (say), cat's dung?

30. Although we may be angered by that, it is an indisputable fact that our sense of touch (that we feel what we step on) and our sense of smell (that we detect the foul smell) and sense of sight (that we see the dung with our own eyes) and all other senses are still intact.

31. Meaning, we always have many reasons to be thankful, despite whatever tests that befall upon us, and hopefully no matter how serious they are. Alright, the end!

Oh Allah, from You we come and to You we shall return! Wallahuaklam. ;-)
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The Colours of Life

The Colours of Life
Picture taken on Syawal 1, 2009

THE BELOVED FAMILY-Hey, do the maths!

Dad: Mohd Hanaffi bin Hassin
Mom: Noorma bte Mamat

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Mohd Ridzwan
Nurul Shuhada
Mohd Amirul Asyraf (blog owner)
Fatihah Sakinah
Nurul Ain Afifah
Ilyana Nazlin
Nur Amira Mawaddah
Mohd Aizat Aiman
Nur Anis
Mohd Amri Afiq