Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Kuliah Hadith 2 - 29 July 2008

Dari Ibnu Umar r.a bahawasanya Rasullullah s.a.w bersabda :

"Seorang Muslim itu adalah saudara orang Muslim yang lainnya. Janganlah ia menganiaya saudaranya itu. Jangan pula menyerahkannya kepada musuh. Barangsiapa memberikan pertolongan pada hajat saudaranya, maka Allah selalu memberikan pertolongan pada hajat orang itu. Dan barangsiapa melapangkan kepada seseorang Muslim akan satu kesusahannya, maka Allah akan melapangkan untuknya satu kesusahan dari sekian banyaknya kesusahan pada hari kiamat. Dan barangsiapa yang menutupi cela seseorang Muslim, maka Allah akan menutupi celanya pada hari kiamat."

~ Muttafaq'alaih


- Hajat menunjukkan sesuatu yang amat penting. Hajat adalah satu keperluan, bukan kemahuan.
- Minta bantuan dari orang bila kita sangat-sangat perlu dan terdesak.
- Ada sebuah riwayat, ketika Rasulullah s.a.w berada di atas unta, cemeti (rotan) baginda terjatuh. Baginda tidak menyuruh sahabat yang berada di bawah untuk mengambilkannya. Malah baginda turun dan ambil sendiri cemeti itu. Ini menggambarkan Rasulullah s.a.w tidak suka menyusahkan orang lain, walaupun pertolongan yang kecil.
- Lebih baik kita berkhidmat kepada orang lain, dari orang berkhidmat untuk kita.
- Jangan berasa gusar bila kebaikan kita tidak diketahui orang. Allah maha Mengetahui.

"Dan lakukanlah perbuatan baik, tentulah engkau semua akan berbahagia."
~ (QS Al-Haj : 77)


"Dan apa saja kebaikan yang engkau semua lakukan, maha sesungguhnya Allah itu Maha Mengetahui."
~ (QS Al-Baqarah : 215)


- Orang yang suka menganiaya orang lain, Allah akan azabkannya di dunia DAN akhirat. Kesudahan hidupnya akan sukar sekali.
- Sekiranya kita ada bergaduh atau tidak suka pada seseorang, jangan menyerahkannya pada musuh, hanya untuk membalas dendam. Orang Islam dibenarkan bergaduh, tapi jangan sampai melebihi dari tiga hari.
- Penyakit malas amat merbahaya dan tiada ubatnya. Kita boleh marah anak kita jika mereka memberi alasan malas ketika disuruh. Rasullullah s.a.w selalu berdoa supaya dijauhi sifat malas pada dirinya.
- Jika kita ingin meminta hajat dari Allah, kita boleh mengungkit kebaikan kita pada Allah. Dengan cara ini mungkin hajat kita boleh dikabulkan dengan cepat. Kita dilarang untuk mengungkit kebaikan kita pada manusia.
- Jangan minta balasan pada kebaikan kita pada manusia. Minta terus pada Allah.
- Satu kesusahan di dunia amat jauh berbeza dari kesusahan di akhirat. Bayangkanlah jika Allah melapangkan kesusahan kita di akhirat, bila kita menolong orang yang susah di dunia. Alangkah nikmatnya....

~ Ustaz Mamfizam Bakaram

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Kuliah Hadith 1 - 29 July 2008

Dari Abu Hurairah r.a berkata :

Rasulullah s.a.w didatangi oleh sahabat-sahabatnya dengan membawa seorang lelaki yang telah minum ARAK, kemudian baginda bersabda : "Pukullah dia, sebagai hadnya."

Diantara kita ada yang memukul orang itu dengan tangannya, ada pula yang memukul dengan terumpahnya, bahkan ada yang memukul dengan pakaiannya. Setelah orang itu pergi, lalu sebagian orang banyak itu ada yang berkata, "Semoga engkau dihinakan oleh Allah!"

Kemudian Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda, "Jangan berkata demikian, janganlah engkau semua memberi pertolongan kepada syaitan untuk menggodanya lagi."

~ Hadith Riwayat Bukhari


- Dari hadith ini, Rasulullah s.a.w mengajar kita, apabila seseorang yang bersalah telah dihukum, janganlah dia dihina atau diolok-olokkan. Cukuplah dia dengan hukumannya. Ditakutkan dia akan kembali ke maksiat lamanya jika dia terus dihina.

- Janganlah disebarkan keburukan dan keaiban orang lain.

- Rasulullah s.a.w melarang pukul di muka, kerana ia akan meninggalkan bekas yang boleh dilihat. Pukullah di tangan, badan atau punggung. Tidak ada hukuman di dalam Islam untuk pukul di muka, kecuali pada orang yang sudah bernikah tetapi melakukan zina, maka mukanya boleh direjam dengan batu.

- Meminum arak adalah kesalahan yang nampak kecil, tapi besar padah dan dosanya. Arak adalah punca segala maksiat dan membawa kepada melakukan dosa-dosa yang besar. Apabila mabuk, orang itu tidak sedar dia melakukan maksiat seperti berzina, membunuh, memukul dan ada yang menceraikan isteri. Cerai itu dianggap sah oleh para ‘ulama, kerana orang itu meminum arak dengan sengaja, walaupun dia tidak sedar akan perbuatannya ketika mabuk. Sebab itulah Allah melarang hambanya meminum arak.

- Orang yang ketagihan arak hingga akhir hayatnya, tidak ada harapan untuk masuk syurga. Arak perlukan 40 hari untuk bersih dari tubuh badan. Bagaimana Allah hendak menerima ibadah orang yang minum arak, jika darahnya mengalir arak yang haram?

- Ustaz Mamfizam Bakaram

Penghapusan Dosa

"Maafkanlah kesalahan kami, serta ampunkanlah dosa kami dan berilah rahmat kepada kami."

(QS Al-Baqarah 2:286)

"Dan Dialah Allah, yang menerima taubat dari hamba-hambaNya (yang bertaubat) serta menghapuskan segala kesalahan (yang mereka lakukan) dan Dia mengetahui akan apa yang kamu kerjakan."

(QS As-Syura 42:25)

"Allah menghapuskan dan menetapkan apa jua yang Dia kehendaki, dan (ingatlah) pada sisiNya Induk segala ketentuan. "

(QS Ar-Rad 13:39)


Istighfar tidak mencukupi untuk menghilangkan dosa, selagi kita tidak minta Allah MENGHAPUSKAN semua dosa-dosa kita.

Allah bersifat Al-'Afu - Maha Suka Menghapuskan Dosa-Dosa.

"Ya Allah, sesungguhnya Engkaulah yang Maha Pengampun. Engkau suka memberi keampunan, makan HAPUSKANLAH dosa-dosa ku..." (Doa yang dibaca ketika bulan Ramadhan)

Mukjizat doa untuk menghapuskan dosa ada di dalam doa antara dua sujud di dalam sholat. Alangkah ruginya bagi mereka yang tidak dapat menghayati doa ini, apalagi bagi mereka yang tidak melakukan sholat...

- Ustaz Abdul Shafi Nurul Anwar

Wallahu'alam.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Freedom is here

Alhamdulillah!! I am a very happy Ummi today.

Afrina, Afiqah and Affandy have been declared free of HFMD!!

They have started school today, and my routine is back to normal.

These happened when my children got their "freedom" back, last Saturday :

Afrina said, "Eh eh, lama tak naik lift!" And she jumped up and down in the lift.

Affandy wanted to go Causeway Point, but we went to Compass Point instead. As long as the word "Point" is there, he's happy. He persisted to buy Toby (from Thomas & Friends), but his request was declined, as he already has too many of Thomas & Friends trains collection. But we brought him a Optimus Prime T-Shirt & pants, he was satisfied.

Afiqah...haiz....she wanted to go to the salon to have her hair cut!! She had her hair trimmed last month, and now she decided to have a new look. Now she wants her hair short. She wants to show to her classmates, the "new" her. Gasak kau lah, nak!...Makin terserlah ketembamannya....hehehe...

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

I am a teacher

Alhamdulillah, I think Afiqah is fully recovered from HFMD. No more ulcers in her mouth, and I do not see any blisters on her hands and feet either. But since her MC is till end of this week, I just let her stay at home.

While Afrina and Affandy, still have ulcers in their mouth. Good thing is that both do not have blisters on their hands and feet. Affandy do not really care about his ulcers as he ate almost anything. And yes, he talks a lot! But Afrina has some difficulty in swallowing food and talking. These few days she only ate porridge, and ice-cream for all the three of them.

I went to Afiqah and Affandy's school to collect their homework. They were given the whole of one week's school work. So they may be sick, but lessons still going on from home. And I am their teacher.

I realized that it's not easy to home school my children. They are not just completing their homework, but I have to teach them the new topics that are given. They need to catch up on their lessons so they will not fall back behind. Sometimes they are easy to coach, sometimes they do not co-operate enough. So that will make Ummi's blood go upstairs!!

Affandy kept asking what day is today and asked is it school holiday. When I replied no, he will raise the same old questions again and again - then why he is not in school!

Afiqah has started to miss her classmates. She even wanted to go to school by herself and asked me to look after Affandy. Like real, huh?

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Amalan Lahir Di Masyhar

Semua amalan manusia akan keluar dalam keadaan berbentuk pada hari Masyhar. Amalan yang saleh akan mengiring tuannya dan akan mententeramkannya. Amalan yang jahat akan mengancam dan mencela tuannya, dan ada pula yang mengatakan bahawa ia akan menunggang tuannya dan memaksa memikulnya di belakang.

"Sesungguhnya telah rugilah orang-orang yang mendustakan pertemuan mengadap Allah; sehingga apabila hari kiamat datang secara mengejut kepada mereka, mereka berkata: Aduhai kesalnya kami atas apa yang telah kami cuaikan dalam dunia! Sambil mereka memikul dosa-dosa mereka di atas belakang mereka. Ingatlah, amatlah buruk apa yang mereka pikul itu." ~ (Surah Al-An'am 6:31)

Dari kitab "Peringatan Tentang Umur Insan" karya Imam Habib Abdullah Haddad.


Jagalah diri dan jiwa kita sebaik-baiknya, kerana ia akan membentuk kita kelak di Padang Masyhar ~ Ustaz Abdul Shafi Nurul Anwar.


Wallahu'alam.

Garden of Paradise

Last Saturday I had a really soothing experience. No words could describe when I was in the garden of paradise. Together with some friends whom I love so much for Allah's sake, we met at Masjid Al-Mukminin and recited the Zikir Munajat lead by Ustaz Fahrurazi Kiayi Kassim.

Tears just flow, without any force. Be at Majlis Zikir, and you'll know it!!

Saturday, July 19, 2008

I redha

Sad to say, now Afrina and Affandy got the HFMD too.

But I redha....

Last night, I checked on them, they have the ulcers on the mouth. But so far nothing on the hands and feet. Hubby took them to the doctor and they were give a week MC, just like Afiqah.

So for the whole of next week, my children will be home, just like school holidays. But they can go out during school holidays, but not this time. Even how bored they are, they are not permitted to get out of the house. I have to teach them to be considerate as their disease is contagious.

But seriously, they don't feel sick at all. Afiqah and Afrina did complain of difficulty in swallowing their food. But other than than, they are all pretty healthy.

Even Affandy was asking, why he needs to stay home when he is not sick at all.

Ummi : "Sebab Ady sakit"
Affandy : "Tak rasa sakit pun. Mana Ady ada sakit."
Ummi : "Memang Ady tak sakit."
Affandy : "Abe Ummi cakap Ady sakit."
Ummi : "Memang Ady sakit."
Affandy : "Apa ni Ummi?? Ady sakit ke tak?"
Ummi : "Just go and play with your toys lah!!"

I got a feeling he will be asking the same question everyday till end next week. :0

Friday, July 18, 2008

A Test From Allah, For Me

It all started when Afiqah complained about having headache. She came back from school on Wednesday, saying the she needed to lie down because she got got headache. I thought it's because of the heat, so after she finished her homework, I let her rest.

On Thursday morning, she complained of "sakit hati". Ugh? Knowing that she can be a drama princess, at times, so I thought she meant her chest was in pain. But no, she insisted that it's "sakit hati". I asked how the pain felt like? It was like "cocok-cocok kat dalam hati". The funny thing was when her Abah asked, how she could get "sakit hati". She replied, "Mana Afiqah tau, Allah dah nak kasi, Afiqah sakit lah!" I should be smiling at that answer, right?

Due to her "sakit hati", I let her be absence from school yesterday.

But last night, after she performed her Maghrib, and was about to salaam me, I noticed small red dots on her fingers. I took a closer look and found a few more on both her palms. I felt so uneasy already. I took the torchlight and asked her to open her mouth. Hah!! I knew she got it already.....HFMD!!

No wonder she's been complaining of difficultly in swallowing food. Nothing on her feet yet and only a few on her hands. But the ulcers in the mouth has spread to her tongue. So I brought her to the doctor and she has 1 week MC.

I really really hope that her siblings will not get it. So far there's no obvious sign on them yet.

I need your prayers, my friends....

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Hak Seorang Muslim

Dari Abu Hurairah r.a, bahawasanya Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda :

Hak seorang Muslim terhadap orang Muslim lainnya itu ada enam perkara,

1) Jika engkau bertemu dengannya, maka berilah salam padanya


Salam itu sendiri merupakan satu doa. Hukum memberi salam adalah sunat, tapi wajib untuk menjawab salam itu.

2) Jika dia mengundangmu, maka kabulkan undangannya

Majlis undangannya itu haruslah memenuhi syariat Islam dan tidak ada unsur-unsur maksiat. Seandainya kita yakin majlis itu ada unsur-unsur maksiat, kita dibolehkan untuk tidak menghadirkan diri.

3) Jika dia meminta nasihat, maka berilah nasihat padanya

Agama itu adalah nasihat. Berilah nasihat melandaskan hukum-hukum Islam.

4) Jika dia bersin dan mengucapkan "Alhamdulillah", maka tasymitkanlah dia

Mentasymitkan dengan mendoakan beliau "Yarhamukallah - Semoga Allah merahmatimu". Kemudian si pembersin itu boleh menjawab "Yahdikumullah wa yushlihu balakum - Semoga Allah beri petunjuk padamu dan memperbaiki hatimu".

5) Jika dia sakit, maka kunjungilah dia

Doakanlah kesembuhan untuknya dan minta doa dari dirinya untuk kita. Doa orang yang sedang sakit dimakbulkan Allah.

6) Jika dia meninggal dunia, maka iringilah jenazahnya

Barang siapa menghadiri jenazah sampai jenazah itu disholati, maka ia mendapatkan pahala satu qirath. Dan barang siapa menghadirinya sampai jenazah itu dikuburkan, maka ia mendapatkan pahala dua qirath. Satu qirath sama besarnya dengan Jabal Uhud.


~ Riwayat Muslim


Wallahu'alam

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Kata-kata Ustaz

- Tidak perlu rasa sedih bila kita dibenci manusia. Yang kita perlukan ialah keredhaan Allah, bukan keredhaan manusia.

- Ajar dan tanamkan pada anak-anak kita, sifat kecintaaan pada Allah.

- Tanda-tanda orang yang bersyukur :
1) mengucapkan Alhamdulillah
2) mendirikan sholat dan bersujud
3) menggunakan nikmat yang dikurniakan dengan cara yang betul

- Tanya diri kita sendiri, untuk apa kita menghadiri kuliah? Adakah hanya untuk mendengar? Adakah perubahan pada diri kita?

- Seharusnya, setiap ilmu dari kuliah harus masuk ke dalam hati, bukan sekadar mendengar. Amalkan ilmu itu kemudian ajarkanlah.

~ Ustaz Firdaus Masruhen

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Asked. And HE will give.

I've decided to cease one of my classes.

The teacher, no doubt is good and has deep knowledge, but I couldn't make myself to attend his class at this mosque anymore. From day one I started joining, too many distractions overtook the class. The noise, the unnecessary talks, the lateness, the absence. I just didn't feel "fit-in". It's just not for me.

I asked from Allah, please show me the way to gain HIS knowledge. I'm yearning for more. I need beneficial knowledge. Knowledge that goes straight to the heart. Not just ordinary ones.

Subhanallah, Subhanallah, Subhanallah!!!

HE shows me the way, not just one, but a few for me to choose. MasyaAllah!!

A sweet sister-in-Islam recommended me to attend a class today, and I did. Just imagine, on the first day upon hearing the Ustaz's words, could make me cry, what will happen when I attend all his classes? His words simply moved my heart. This Ustaz is sort of a male version of my beloved Ustazah Sharifah Maimunah. Both of them stressed on the cleansing and purifying of the hearts. Cause everything start from there - the heart. Too bad that this Ustaz is just a relieve teacher for today's class. But I managed to find out his other classes that he teaches. I wanted my Hubby to sit in his class, at least, once.

That's why I said earlier, all I did was asked from Allah, and HE gives to me.

Allahu Akbar!

I tell myself, "make your time for Allah, and Allah will be there for you."

"Ya Allah, please don't let me walk alone. I need YOUR blessings and redha"

Monday, July 14, 2008

Kata-kata Hikmah

Secebis kata-kata hikmah dari guru-guru yang aku sayangi, demi kerana Allah....

Kehidupan ini akan menjadi begitu INDAH, jika kita dekat dengan ALLAH...

Kehidupan ini akan menjadi begitu MUDAH, jika kita dipelihara ALLAH...

~ Ustaz Muhammad Abdul Shafi Nurul Anwar


Mereka yang tidak sholat, jiwanya tidak akan terasa tenang. Walaupun dia kaya, dia akan rasa kekayaannya tidak mencukupi. Dia tidak akan dapat pertolongan dari Allah. Jika dia tidak sudi untuk memandang Allah, Allah juga tidak sudi untuk memandangnya.

Orang yang kurang ilmu agamanya, suka berburuk sangka pada Allah. Dia akan rasa lambat sungguh permintaannya dikabulkan oleh Allah. Berburuk sangka adalah sejenis penyakit yang amat merbahaya yang boleh membawa kepada kekufuran.

~ Ustaz Jalaluddin Hassan


Orang yang sanggup tinggalkan sholat hanya untuk terus mencari harta dunia, Allah akan jadikan dia semakin kaya. Tetapi seandainya dia terus leka dan mati sebelum bertaubat, maka dia adalah orang yang amat rugi.

Lelaki wajib menunaikan sholat Jumaat, kerana dalam khutbah ada terkandung nasihat yang boleh diajarkan pada isteri dan anak-anak. Isteri dan anak-anak boleh mengheret suami/bapa ke neraka, seandainya lelaki itu tidak memenuhi kewajiban dalam mendidik mereka secara Islam.

~ Ustaz Fahrurazi Kiayi Kassim

Friday, July 11, 2008

It's been ELEVEN years

Alhamdulillah.

ELEVEN blissful years of marriage.

"And among His Signs is this, that He created for you wives from among yourselves, that you may find repose in them, and He has put between you affection and mercy. Verily, in that are indeed signs for a people who reflect."

~ (QS Ar-Rum 30:21)



Thursday, July 10, 2008

I Can't Explain You

This poem is written by Aaron Haroon Sellars, which Syekh Khalil Moore recited during his lecture at Singapore Post.

Aaron Haroon Sellers wrote this poem from his heart...

Syekh Khalil Moore recited this poem from his heart...

And I, the listener, cried and I can feel our beloved prophet, Rasulullah's (s.a.w) love for us, but what have I done to return his love? Was my selawat for him enough to return his love?


I Can’t Explain you! (Oh Messenger of God)

I could not write about you
For fear
Fear of your presence
And fear of
My hearts' brittleness
That I might die
In this pursuit
Yet wishing to die
In this state of intoxicated love
This is the conflict within me
Language cannot explain
Except the language of tears and laughter
Even the molecules of my body
Shake and tremble
With awe and excitement!

I just can't explain!
Oh Messenger of God!
I can't explain you!

Sometimes I forget
To say "Prophet" before your name
Not from heedlessness
But from desirous haste
To just say your name!
Muhammad, Muhammad, Muhammad!

I just can't explain!
Oh Messenger of God!
I can't explain you!

Oh the mystery of how
You have captured my heart
As a Christian
I loved the Prophets before you
But with you
I get them all!
I can love
Abraham, Moses and Jesus
Just by loving you!
Without this love
Your nation falls
With it
They are purified and irresistible!
Let those who
Possess this love
Not be stingy
Take it to the marketplace!
The workplace
And especially the home

It's hard to explain!
Oh Messenger of God!
I can't explain you!

Seeing the land of your life
causes some to live
And seeing your grave
Causes some to die
Nothing is more difficult
Than you
In my youth
I have written easily
My love for many
But when I encountered you
The translator of my heart
Fell mute
Lost in inexplicable wonder!

That is hard to explain!
Oh Messenger of God!
I can't explain you!

You sacrificed for me
Before I was even born
How should I thank you
As I now walk upon the earth?
My heart holds your love
My tongue sends you blessings
But it is my limbs
That often fall short
All this controversy about you
A proof of the veil
On your enemies hearts
And a proof against those
Who only follow you with words
But don't turn your face from me
As I reach for a drink
From your soft hands

Because it's hard to explain!
Oh Messenger of God!
I can't explain you!



Masya'Allah.....


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Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Soalan Demi Soalan

Apakah aku sudah bersedia menerima undangan Allah?

Apakah yang telah aku sediakan dalam menerima undangan Allah?

Sanggupkah aku meninggalkan segalanya demi untuk memenuhi undangan Allah?


Apa sebenarnya yang harus aku siapkan?

"Apa jua kebaikan yang kamu kerjakan adalah diketahui oleh Allah dan hendaklah kamu membawa bekal dengan cukupnya kerana sesungguhnya sebaik-baik bekal itu ialah memelihara diri (dari keaiban meminta sedekah) dan bertakwalah kepadaKu wahai orang-orang yang berakal (yang dapat memikir dan memahaminya)."
~ Surah Al-Baqarah (2:197)

Untuk memenuhi syarat bertaqwa, harus ada Islam, Iman dan Ihsan.

Tetapi, Islamkah aku ini?

Ya Allah, perjalanan ku masih jauh......dan bekalan ku tidak mencukupi untuk aku bawa ke sana..... :'(




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Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Allah, The Sustainer

Lesson learnt from my Kuliah Hadith.

Allah limit the provisions (rezki) in order to balance His slaves. Some slaves are destined to be rich, and some are poor. Allah wants those who are rich, to donate to the poor, while the poor supplicates for the rich.


"Verily, Allah is the All-Provider, Owner of Power, the Most Strong."

~ Surah Az-Zhariat (51 : 58)

"Beautified is the life of this world for those who disbelieve, and they mock at those who believe. But those who obey Allah's Orders and keep away from what He has forbidden, will be above them on the Day of Resurrection. And Allah gives (of His Bounty, Blessings, Favours, Honours, etc. on the Day of Resurrection) to whom He wills without limit."

~ Surah Al-Baqarah (2 : 212)

"And surely, We gave you authority on the earth and appointed for you there in provisions (for your life). Little thanks do you give."

~ Surah Al-A'raf (7 : 10)

"To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth, He enlarges provision for whom He wills, and straitens (it for whom He wills). Verily! He is the All-Knower of everything. "

~ Surah As-Syura (42 : 12)

"And whosoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty). And He will provide him from (sources) he never could imagine. And whosoever puts his trust in Allah, then He will suffice him. Verily, Allah will accomplish his purpose. Indeed Allah has set a measure for all things."

~ Surah At-Tholaq (65 : 2-3)


Allah provides everything for all His slaves, all rezki come from Allah, not from humans.



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