7 April 2013

Of Uncle Ben, Spiderman & April



بِسْــــــــــــــــــمِ اﷲِالرَّحْمَنِ اارَّحِيم


السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته


Surprise Party for me and the Other Marchian. Dayang and Nina!
Yes people I'm wearing Sarong. This is indeed the best surprise ever! 
I am sad the fact that March is over. But hey life must go on right? Just to recap before we move on into April (well we are in April now), this final semester is really killing me. Somehow we are very lucky to have the great lecturers teaching us. However "with great lecturers come great responsibility" said Uncle Ben. And Uncle Ben got it right. I do have great responsibility. The amount of work I'm on right now is like literally killing me. 4weeks in a row I'm not spending my weekends at home. My firmates had to stay at the office until 4.00am twice within this four weeks.Crazy right? I know but this is what I asked for so like Spiderman this is a curse and a gift at the same time. 

Okay enough about March even though I still can't move on but March has been a blessing for me. Alhamdulillah. For my family friends and friends and friends and friends for the wishes and celebrations. Indeed all of you spoiled me. Okay I think I really need to move on. Welcome April I guess? 

Sheikh Faraz Rabbani talking about "Love Don't Cost a Thing"
April is going to be very exciting with Parliament is now dissolved, and election is coming soon like really soon. Campaigns all over internet, manifestos, talks are all around. Of course the most annoying thing about election is the mainstream media. I shall not comment more on that cause I know It just going to be a waste of time. I just hope that people will go out and vote with conscience as this is the most important election in our nation's history. This GE13 will determine the future of Malaysia. 

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mufti Menk Live in KL2013, Peace Meal, and Young Muslim Project for a great and wonderful time with the Mufti, Imam & Shuyukh. Alhamdulillah I've been spending time with them personally, got their advice, had a great conversation with them and most importantly learn from them. Indeed it has been a magnificent experience and may Allah grant me more such opportunities. 

For the rest of April that is yet to come may Allah make it easy for us all, To tell you guys the truth I am looking forward for my mid-term break. As I'm heading to Sabah for a short vacation with the peeps. Well of course I need to go through several test. But who cares, all I see now semester break! I hope you guys will have a great April. I think this is it for now. 



Enjoy!

30 March 2013

Peace Meal : Poetry, Percussions, Tea with Yahya Rhodus


Dear readers, 

I Would like to invite all of you to this event. Check it out..



Like Shakespeare, the works of Imam Abdullah Alhaddad are known all over. 300 years later, people still recite his poetry with accompanying beats and beverage, just not in a theatre production with costumes.
In between lively recitals and hot cups of refreshments, Rhodus will be elaborating the work of this renown Islamic scholar from an ‘undeveloped’ part of the world, that has become so significant today.
Come for Poetry with Percussions and Tea, an evening with Shaykh Yahya Rhodus looking at the works of Imam Abdullah Alhaddad (1634-1720).
We have selected five poems to be recited along with accompanying percussions band. Those attending are welcomed to join in, as we will be providing the text for the poems like we've done at previous events. In between each poem, Shaykh Yahya Rhodus will be leading the explanation on the poems.

Rhodus began his study of Islam with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf and then at Dar al-Mustafa in Tarim, Hadhramout in theology, legal theory and Arabic poetry under the likes of Habib 'Umar binHafiz and Habib 'Ali al-Jifri. He has a B.A. in Near Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley and is currently pursuing his Masters in Islamic Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. He is also an instructor at Zaytuna College, and teaches with Deen Intensive Foundation and Seekers Guidance.




10 March 2013

I'm a Marchian



بِسْــــــــــــــــــمِ اﷲِالرَّحْمَنِ اارَّحِيم

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته


March has always be the best month of the year. Nothing is more awesome than March because my Birthday is coming soon! February was Alhamdulillah. I think my holiday was well spend. Though I didn't have the opportunity to go for an ASEAN trip or Euro trip. I had a great time with Seminar Baitul Muslim 2.0, Team Sarong who organized #KeretapiSarong and of course quality time with family and books. 



Talking about March, it has been a rough start for Malaysia especially those in Sabah particularly Lahad Datu as we were under attack by the Sulu Sultanate. I am disappointed by our politicians. Both the ruling party and the opposition. I know that we all have our won theory how on earth those Suluk managed to pass through our waters, who invited them, who are their secret agent. For me those are secondary what is important now is to resolve the issue. I pray that the government and security force will manage it wisely. 


So apart from the Sulu attack I'm now in my "final le finale" semester. Excited? I'm not sure about that. on the 3rd day I've already receive SIX Assignments which two due the following week and one of the due cost me 10% of my coursework ! Freak much? This is Law School people. I am looking for a fresh start and hope this momentum is sustainable. I have a long semester to go and a high mount to climb. 

I think that's it for now. I hope all of you will have a great March. Remember this is my month so make sure you guys get me some present. And to all March-ian happy birthday have a great one may Allah bless us all, grant us rezeki, ease our dealings in this world and the hereafter. Alhamdulillah for this longevity may we all become a better muslim a better person. 

Have a great month people.! 

Enjoy 

1 March 2013

Ciri Lelaki & Wanita

Apabila kita hendak membeli kereta kita akan tengok apakah spesifikasi yang ada pada kereta itu. Begitu juga dengan rumah. Adakah spesifikasi itu sesuai dengan kehendak dan objektif kita? Perkara yang sama juga terpakai dalam mencari pasangan hidup. Setiap orang mempunyai spesifikasi yang berbeza. 

Persoalannya apakah common factor/specification yang perlu ada pada setiap pasangan yang dicari baik lelaki mahupun wanita? Maka dalam penulisan kali ini saya akan cuba kongsi sedikit sebanyak apa yang telah dikongsikan bersama Ustaz Pharol Md Juoi. 




3 Ciri-ciri utama yang pataut ada pada seorang lelaki adalah :- 

1. Bertanggungjawab 
2. Bijaksana 
3.Kepimpinan 

Bertanggungjawab

Ciri utama yang perlu ada pada seorang lelaki adalah bertanggungjawab. Lelaki yang bertanggungjawab tidak akan mengabaikan hak dan tuntutannya. Jika seseorang lelaki itu tidak bertanggungjawab maka timbullah masalah-masalah seperti tidak membayar nafkah dan sebagainya. 

Jika seseorang lelaki itu bertanggungjawab, walaupun dalam keadaan yang tidak baik dia tetap akan melaksanakan tanggungjawabnya. Jika kita lihat hari ini kebanyakkan masalah rumah tangga berlaku akibat sikap lelaki yang tidak bertanggungjawab. 

Bagaimana hendak melihat sifat kebertangungjawaban seseorang lelaki itu? Cara yang paling mudah dah semula jadi adalah dengan melihat bagaimana dia melayan ahli keluarganya terutama sekali ibu dan saudara perempuannya. 

Selain daripada itu sifat tanggungjawab ini juga dapat dilihat bagaimana seseorang lelaki itu bertanggungjawab ke atas dirinya sendiri. Jika dia tidak bertanggungjawab terhadap dirinya sendiri jangalah kita mengharapkan dia untuk bertangunggjawab ke atas kita. Lihatlah pada bagaimana dia menjaga haknya dengan Allah, rutin harian dan juga aspek-aspek lain dalam kehidupannya. 

Bijaksana 

Kepandaian dan kebijaksanaan adalah dua perakara yang berbeza. Maka haruslah difahami kedua-duanya. Kepandaian lebih kepada ukuran IQ maka kebijaksanaan lebih kepada ukuran EQ. Bijaksana ini juga datangnya dengan hikmah.  

Alam rumah tangga merupakan alam yang mencabar. Sepertimana yang kita ketahui lelaki dan perempuan itu pada lahiriahnya dan rohaniahnya berbeza sama sekali. Tiada persamaan antara sifat lelaki dan perempuan yang menyebabkan mereka ini compatible to each other. Maka konflik itu adalah sesuatu yang pasti. 

Maka kebijaksanaan itu penting dalam menangani konflik yang bakal timbul. Tiada rumah tangga yang aman dan damai. Malah jika kita kaji pada sirah Rasulullah SAW & para sahabat juga kita dapat lihat konflik yang melanda rumah tangga mereka dan bagaimana mereka menanganinya dengan penuh kebijaksanaan. 

Kebijaksanaan ini datang dengan kematangan dan kematangan itu bukanlah diukur pada umur akan tetapi ilmu yang ada pada seseorang. Ilmu itu hendaklah diaplikasikan dan dilahirakan dalam kehidupan seharian. Bukan hanya disimpan untuk dimomok-momokan apabila perlu. 

Carilah kebijaksanaan dalam seorang lelaki. Dan bagi kaum lelaki jadilah orang yang bijakasana agar berupaya menjadi insan yang berjaya. 

Kepimpinan 

Sifat kepimpinan ini sepatutnya tidak perlu diberitahu atau disenaraikan kerana fitrah lelaki itu untuk memimpin dan menjadi khalifah. Namun begitu, sifat kepimpinan dalam kalangan lelaki masa kini boleh dikatakan semakin menurun.

Lelaki haruslah boleh memimpin kerana itu tugas utama mereka baik untuk diri sendiri, keluarga, masyarakat, malah negara. Sekiranya lelaki itu tidak mempunyai sifat kepimpinan yang baik maka huru-haralah rumah tangga yang dipimpinnya.



Bagi wanita pula ada 4 ciri-ciri utama yang patut ada pada dirinya :- 

1. Cepat Kahwin
2. Banyak Anak 
3. Murah Maharnya 
4. Baik Akhlaknya 

Cepat Kahwin 

Cepat kahwinya seseorang wanita itu adalah antara ciri-ciri baiknya. Bukanlah hendak dikatakan wanita yang lambat kahwin itu tidak baik, akan tetapi adalah lebih baik jika seseorang wanita itu berkahwin pada awal usianya (berpandukan panduan syarak) kerana  dapat mengelakkan perkara-perakara yang tidak baik seperti fitnah. 

Banyak Anak

Ini antara point  yang meninmbulkan banyak persoalan. Iaitu, belum kahwin lagi macam mana nak tahu banyak anak atau belum? Apa yang dimaksudkan disini adalah perempuan yang baik adalah perempuan yang sihat, subur dan mudah melahirkan anak. Perkara ini dapat dilihat melalui keluarganya. 

Bukanlah bermakna perempuan yang tak banyak anak itu tidak baik, apa yang lebih penting disini adalah kesihatan perempuan itu. Maka jagalah kesihatan. Terutama dalam zaman teknologi serba moden ini banyak alternatif yang boleh dicari untuk menjaga kesihatan. 

Murah Maharnya 

Perempuan yang baik adalah yang mana maharnya murah. Saya percaya ramai daripada kalangan kita yang tahu akan hadis yang bercakap mengenai mahar. Antara reasoning yang diberikan adalah perempuan yang baik tidak akan membebankan pihak lelaki kerana memikirkan tanggungjawab yang bakal ditanggung oleh pihak lelaki apalah sangat mahar itu. 

Malah kebahagiaan rumah tangga tidak boleh dijamin dengan meletakkan mahar yang tinggi. Malah ramai sahaja dalam kalangan masyarakat kita yang meletakkan mahar yang tinggi tetapi akhirnya perkahwinan mereka gagal ditengah jalan.

Baik Akhlaknya 

Ciri yang keempat patut ada, ialah akhlak yang baik. Seseorang perempuan itu perlulah mempnyai akhlak yang baik. Perempuan ibarat permata. Nilai mereka sangat tinggi dan mereka sangat dimuliakan dalam Islam. Setiap perempuan wajar dilayan seperti puteri raja. 

Maka selaku entiti yang mempunyai martabat yang tinggi perlulah seorang perempuan itu mempunyai akhlak yang baik. Jika kita lihat barang-barang yang branded mahal semuanya mempunyai kualiti yang tinggi. Samalah seperti perempuan. Bukanlah hendak disamakan perempuan dah material yang ada di bumi ini akan tetapi analogi yang diberikan merujuk kepada akhlak seorang perempuan itu. 

Akhlak perempuan itu antara kayu ukur kepada kualiti yang ada pada mereka. Maka live up to your potential ladies. Jadilah wanita yang berkualiti yang mahal, wanita yang menjaga martabatnya. 


Kesimpulan

Setiap ciri dan sifat yang dinyatakan dalam penulisan ini haruslah didatangi bersama iman dan taqwa. Sifat-sifat ini hanyalah menjadi panduan kepada mereka yang mencari. Carilah nilai-nilai ini dalam pasangan anda. Sejauhmana nilai ini ada dalam diri mereka itu bergantung. Kita harus ingat perkahwinan itu merupakan satu ekspidisi dan bukanlah satu perjalanan.

Ekspidisi ini tiada penghujungnya jika kita bandingkan dengan perjalanan. There's no state of being. Hidup ini tidak sempurna. Pasangan yang kita kahwin itu akan melalui tiga fasa iaitu siapa dia sebelum kita kahwin siapa dia semasa kita kahwin dan siapa dia selepas kita kahwin. Apa yang lebih penting ialah end result iaitu siapa dia selepas dia berkahwin dengan kita. 

Maka sekiranya dia kurang sifat-sifat yang diceritakan di atas tidak mengapa. Yang penting asas itu ada dan cubalah kita sama-sama memperbaiki diri kita agar menjadi lebih baik. 


22 February 2013

" I'm waiting for Hidayah "


If we want to know something, we have to ask question. Without question there will be no answer. This has been said by Allah in Surah Yusuf, Verse 7 (12:7)


If we want something so search for it. The topic that can be discuss is the topic of Hidayah. Hidayah is a form of answer by Allah SWT. We know that some people just love to say "Hidayah belum sampai lagi" or "Belum sampai seru lagi". Is it? Isn't that Islam has been completed during the lifetime of Rasulullah SAW?  Allah has said in Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 3 (5:3):-

"......This day those who disbelieve have despaired of [defeating] your religion; so fear them not, but fear Me. This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion....."

We have to know that hidayah can be divided into two category namely:-

1. Hidayah Al-Bayan
2. Divine Hidayah

Hidayah Al-Bayan

Hidayah Al-Bayan can be said as indirect hidayah. It usually the small things that happen in our daily life. For example take this situation:-

"You were chilling with your friends at a mamak stall. Suddenly came a guy selling a book about Islam to you. He said that usually this will cost RM25 but today he would sell to you RM15. Later, he put it on your table. But you said no."

The act of the salesman putting the book in front of you, offering you, is an act from Allah. If you choose not to buy it then it is your lost. That is just one example. Bear in mind that, now we are living in the era where information is easily accessible. We have youtube, da'wah website, books and many more. If we did not have the urge to search for hidayah how would we expect hidayah would come to us?

Referring to the story, the act of the book being put there is the hidayah. So whether we want to take it or not (strength or urge) to take it is call 'taufik'. Taufik is something that we must ask from Allah. Remember Allah is everything. Ask Him for anything that you want as He owns everything.

Thus, do not stop from seeking hidayah and do not stop from making du'a for taufik. If we don't search we won't get it.

Some people might say this is qada & qadar. But we have to remember at the end of the day it is us who decide. Allah only provide the pathway. Allah has shown to us which path to take, if we choose otherwise that is our fault.

It's like coming to a T-Junction. You know that if you turn left you will go to a jungle where there's no civilization but if you turn right you will enter into a beautiful garden. So which would you choose? From what you have chosen is it Allah's fault? You know which one will lead to the jungle and which one will lead to a garden but yet you choose the jungle route. Think about it.

Divine Hidayah

Divine hidayah is the hidayah that Allah instill it in our heart. This is a special case. Only those who Allah has chose He will grant it. Take a look at Yusuf Islam, or the BBC Journalist that was caught by the Taliban in Kabul.

The journalist hate Islam very much. She was caught by the Taliban. She were not locked up but was kept at their base. She can run anytime she want. The Taliban made a deal with her that if they let her go. She would promise she will read Quran.

When she came back to London, she remembered her promise and she read the Holy Quran. And upon reading she felt in love with it and she is now a muslim.

Conclusion

For us who has born to be a muslim, we are very lucky. But yet some of us take our religion lightly. That is why we see those who struggles to get Islam they have a better understanding than us. We? Keep on blaming that "belum sampai hidayah lagi". Do not wait for hidayah. Search for it. If we come to Allah, He will run to us. Learn and keep learning and learning insyaAllah we would have a better understanding.

May Allah help us in our journey seeking the deen, the iman, and taqwa. If there's anything wrong with my writing please let me know. As I am still learning.

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