Ramadhan *realistic* goals.

Peace be upon to you.

This post was written with my stream of consciousness, not planned at all and I’m sorry if it’s quite random.

I know Ramadhan is already here and this post might be quite late but I always believe that you are never too late until you already done with it, and our journey is way too long. Make it count.

To some of my readers who don’t know what Ramadhan is, it is a month;  seventh month of Islamic Hijri calendar where all of Muslims fast, restraining our self from food, drinks and stuff that can break the fast, as an act of spiritual cleansing or ibadah (act of pray, I don’t have the perfect words to put here) from dust to dawn.

First. Why do we need goals at the first place? Well… I think it’s nice to have something to achieve to enhance our ability, to make this whole time because Ramadhan is the time where Allah gave a lots of His chance, rewards and based on I know (I’m an Islamic law student, and one of my favorite subject to look  up to is Islamic Jurisprudence) and in it fasting (in Ramadhan) is ‘wajib mudhayya’ the obligations with limitations where you only have one month to fast. That’s all. Why not have a good plan on making this whole time the best of us?

Okay, let’s get to the main point.

I think it would be nice if we have a top 3 goals that we really want to achieve like;

1.       Read the whole Quran in a month.

2.       Stop smoking.

3.       Donate to the people in needs

 and give our full attention and focus to this three, if you have more just put it there but know your limits and start making it work. If you have other things that you want to achieve but not really as important as your top 3, make a general list so you can always review it.

Ramadhan is a perfect time, to change our inner self, from bad habits stuff. I hope everybody is in good shape and time and this little writing helps you, or at least give you an idea on making our best Ramadhan this year.

I guess that’s all.

Bye.

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Escape to Allah

Assalamualaikum. Now were in the few last days of Ramadhan and I Felt like sharing something to you.

so here it is.

He said to them, so escape ( Run away) to Allah. I am from him to you … a warner, I warn you about Him, so run away to Him in order to protect yourself from Him.

And Rasulullah (S.A.W) used to make this famous dua’ :

                “Oh Allah I seek refuge in You from You”

Rasulullah (S.A.W) after one of the battle that happened here were some captive and the muslims have to look after them and there were this mother who was running from child to child, from baby too baby trying to find her own child. She was so hysterical about finding her child until finally she found her child and she hugged her child so intensely.

The messenger of Allah (P.B.U.H) was watching this with awe, with compassion, with emotion and he said to his companions:

                “Do you think that this mother would ever grab her child and throw it in the fire? And burn it?

They said, never. It would’ve never crossed our mind and he said (S.A.W),

                “Allah is more merciful to his servants than this mother to her own child.”

There is nothing greater than the mercy of Allah (SWT) and nothing can be compared to it and Allah will refuse to put anyone in the fire, just like that unless they truly, truly, truly deserve it.

Rasulullah (S.A.W) tells us, this hadis is in sahih Muslim; he says that Allah (SWT) he created Rahma (mercy) between us and he took it from himself and he gave us one portion of it and left 99 of this portion to be used in the hereafter. And he left a small portion of it for us to use in the world and because of this Rahma which he placed on earth.

This is why you find even the animal mother will be so compassionate while its baby comes to drink from its milk. It is so careful that it doesn’t step on it’s child.

Who taught this animal to be compassionate to its baby?

To give it from it’s body it’s milk and is so careful not to thread on it.

Who gave it this mercy?

Allah (S.W.T).

Because of this mercy even the enemy of Allah (S.W.T) drinks from the water of this earth, is given his or her comfort. This is the mercy of Allah (S.W.T).

This nurturing thing that when you remember your parents that Allah has greater mercy than your own parents.

This nurturing nature of the mother and the father they would rather the dust particle enter into their eyes than into yours.

That is they were to wake up in the middle of the night and find that you are ill or sick. They would wish that the sickness was in them instead of you.

This Rahma which makes the mother carry you in her womb for nine months and then after that breastfeed you and Allah knows, there is so much pain in doing so. Only a mother understands. After that nurturing you and going through all the agony and possibly getting diabetes and discs in her back while the father runs around trying to provide you their whole youth is spent on you and the whole world stops when you are born.

For this reason we are called an Ummah taken from the name ‘Umm’ because we might as well be one mother.

All of this is due to the Rahma of Allah (S.W.T)

When you see your mother and father being like that towards you, Allah tells us a lot about our parents. You know why?

He is telling us indirectly about himself.

He’s saying see how I’ve given you your parents. See how I have created this natural Rahma inside of them, how they see you as the most important thing for them in the whole world in the entire universe. They would rather them die than you die.

See this which I create in your parents, well this is only a tiny speck of the portion of my mercy. It is my attribute of mercy and I’ve given a little bit of it to your parents just to give you a small example of who I am.

So when your mother or father they keep away something from you only in order to teach you to become stronger in life. They are nurturing you.

When you prevent your child who is two years old from opening the fridge, are you preventing them from eating or drinking?

No.

But you’re preventing them from eating things that are bad for them. From grabbing the jar and it breaks on their foot and the glass will go into their feet or they might grab the vinegar and drink it thinking it’s water.

 Or they might open the cupboard under the sink and drink the detergent thinking it’s water or food and poison themselves.

You are nurturing them, you are preventing them from certain things because you have Rahma towards your children. So don’t ever think that when Allah prevents us from something it doesn’t mean that Allah (S.W.T) is punishing us.

He is nurturing us.

Because we don’t know any better.

From a video in the Youtube : The Merciful Servant: Escape to Allah by Sheikh Bilal Assad. Find them and subscribe or help them expanding dawah.

P/s : It is still a time to chase after Ramadhan !

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Important reminder!

Assalamualikum and hi.

Actually I don't really have any point here, just to 'remind' myself and you because we merely human forget.

Right?

Stay strong.

don't forget them.

special thanks to almohamedg.tumblr for the poster :)

May Allah bless.

Winter not-so-sonata.

Assalamualikum dan hai J

La ni tengah musim sejuk tapi tak bersalji di Kaherah.. Aku rasa lebih baik takda salji. Sebab kalau bersalji maknanya suhu akan jadi negative camtu. Berselimut 24 jam lah jawabnya. Alhamdulillah fasa enam darjah selsius dah berlalu. *fuhh

Tak tipu, musim sejuk memang dugaan. Dugaan nak ke kelas. Sebab nak ke kelas kena mandi. Tapi sebelum mandi tu nak kena bangun tidoq pun jenuh (susah). Kira sindrom malas musim sejuk ni memang A ler. Nak jadi cerita lagi kelas aku memang sejuk tahap gaban. Kira cakap tu keluar asap lah. Ingat lagi Doc. Ahmad habaq, “antum ba’da usbuq satamut. “ (Hampa selepas seminggu, pakat mati habis sebab sejuk) sebab kelas tu tingkap atas terbuka luas. Tak boleh tutup pulak. memang sabaq je lah.

Dan antara perkara yang aku rasa agak obvious adalah selera makan aku. Makin berselera. Kira selalu makan nasik arab sepinggan tak habis kali ni habis sepinggan. Boleh kata jajan tu memang spare lah. Boleh baham waktu emergency *lah sangat. Bab makan aku ni dikira ok lah, tak la picky. Campak ja apa pun insyaAllah aku boleh makan asalkan halal.

Teringat aku satu hadis nabi, yang mafhumnya berpuasa di musim sejuk ini bagaikan hadiah yang mudah bagimu riwayat Ahmad dan makna hadiah yang mudaah disyarahkan oleh Ibn Rajab sebagai hadiah yang didapati tanpa kesusahan dari pihak yang menerimanya.

See?

Point nya kat sini, berpuasa di musim sejuk adalah perkara yang mudah dilakukan dan diamalkan. Mungkin antara sebabnya yang aku boleh kaitkan dengan kefahaman aku adalah malam lebih panjang daripada siang. So waktu puasa pun singkat. Contoh la ni subuh pukul 5.30. Maghrib pulak pukul 4.15 lebih kurang. Jadi waktu berpuasa tu lebih kurang 11 jam ja dibandingkan dengan musim panas/Ramadhan yang waktunya lebih kurang 16 jam.

Lagipun musim sejuk ni tak berasa sangat dahaga. Dan tak seletih musim panas. Cuma best nak lena ja. Haha.

Mudah cakap, antara ibadah yang mudah pada musim sejuk ni adalah dengan berpuasa. Rahmat musim sejuk mungkin. Alhamdulillah ala kulli hal.

Hurm, rasanya cukup kot entry setakat ni. Moga bermanfaat. Jumpa lagi,

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Assalamualaikum.

Helping hands.

Assalamualaikum and hi.

For this time, this entry is just my personal thought. It happened every time I walk around Cairo especially around the area of my house and uni *I warn ya, this post might be extremely boring. When you walk around some places like Hussien, Darrassah or around shopping mall you’ll notice beggars and homeless everywhere.

Around the place where I currently studying you’ll find everyday few kids selling tissues. To me they’re supposed to be at school at that moment like the other child. Not begging people buying their tissues.

Whenever I saw them, I felt so sad kinda feeling and that moment remind me of how blessed I’m to have this life. How big are His nikmah/blessings to me that almost every time I forgot. One of my goals this year is to be helpful, to give more than I take.

And the reason I wrote this entry is to convey to you, and also reminding myself to all the point I wrote above.

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You know, sometimes when we help people randomly maybe when we’re in need there’ll someone else that’ll help us back. I believe the chains never end.

On the other hand, Quran tells us that next purity of faith, the most pleasing in the sight of Allah is kindness and charity, forbearance and forgiveness, and doing good to others. Those who spend in charity, whether in prosperity or adversity, who restrain anger and pardon people: for Allah’s bless.

And know what, when we give one of our belongings, Allah pay 10 back. In any possible ways. 

 May this post benefits us all. InsyaAllah.

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Bersahabat seperti Sayyidina Abu Bakr Assiddiq.

Assalamualaikum, bismillah.

Entry kali ini secara totalnya nak bercerita tentang persahabatan dan Saydina Abu Bakr.

Sebab tu tajuk pun bersahabat seperti Saydina Abu Bakr. Eheh  - - *

Kalau tentang persahabatan, memang tak lari dari perkataan ni. Ukhwah.

“Ee.. geli lah dengar perkataan tu,” kata anak Pakcik Meon jiran sebelah tahun lepas.

Hurm, ukhwah sebenarnya bukanlah perkara geli geli. Ukhwah adalah nadi utama dalam persahabatan. Lebih kurang kalau kata takda ukhwah, for sure sesuatu persahabatan takkan utuh. Tak payah mengaku BFF kalau sebut ukhwah pun dah geli. Eheh.

Tapi, point kat sini lebih kepada nak cerita fasal figura besar dalam dunia Islam, Khalifah pertama Islam, Sahabat pertama yang memeluk Islam dalam kalangan syabab dan kalau nak senarai, tak habis entry ni jawabnya.

Beliau dilahirkan dua tahu/tiga tahun selepas tahun Gajah, atau selepas keputraan rasulullah. Beliau tidak pernah menyembah berhala dan tidak pernah meneguk arak.

Oklah. Tahu kan, sebab apa beliau digelar as siddiq? Yang membenarkan?

Sebab semasa rasulullah s.a.w mengkhabarkan berita Isra’ dan Mikraj, ramai ragu ragu dengan baginda. Dalam kalangan ramai ramai yang masih bersyak wasangka, beliaulah yang tanpa ragu ragu membenarkan baginda.

Dan gelaran As Siddiq yang digelarkan oleh rasulullah kepada beliau tidaklah terhenti disitu.

Ketika kekalutan pengkhabaran kewafatan rasulullah, ketika seluruh manusia tidak dapat menerima pemergian baginda, hattakan Saydina Umar sendiri berkata : “Barang siapa mengatakan bahawa Muhammad itu wafat, nescaya akan aku pancung kepalanya!”.

Beliau membenarkan kewafatan baginda.

Kata-kata beliau yang mahsyur ketika itu, “ Barangsiapa menyembah Muhammad, sesungguhnya Muhammad wafat. Barangsiapa menyembah Allah, sesungguhnya Allah hidup dan tidak mati,”. 

Maka terdiam semua manusia.

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credit to iiadb.com

Ketika Islam ditindas, umat Islam disiksa oleh musyrikin Makkah ketika itu, beliau adalah antara yang menyumbangkan hartanya untuk membeli hamba hamba yang disiksa. Seperti Saydina Bilal bin Rabah

Dan ketika hijrah nabi s.a.w ke Yathrib (Madinah), beliaulah yang menemani baginda. Mereka diburu dan diancam bunuh. Beliau masih setia disisi baginda. Maka turun ayat quran khas buat mereka berdua. *tak ingat dengan sempurna ayat tu jadi tak berani nak tulis.

*nangis*

Dan pengakhiran hidup beliau, beliau wafat selepas beberapa tahun kewafatan rasulullah.

Disemadikan bersebelahan baginda.

Beliau sahabat rasulullah di dunia, di kubur dan di akhirat sana. (Beliau adalah sahabat yang dijanjikan syurga).

Cukup setakat ini mengenai beliau. Yang penting mampukah kita bersahabat seperti beliau?

*terduduk*

 Andaikata tulisan ini banyak cacat cela, mohon disempurnakan. E-mel ja. Takpun komen bawah. Cakap baik baik tau.

But more than anything, moga entry ini bermanfaat. Berguna buat kita terutamanya syabab/fatayat islami.

Sekian, Wasalam J