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Rant on mother's love

It's been like a year since i've updated this blog..again, there is always time for an update.but then, halfway through writing, i gave up and stopped. this time, i'm going to make it happen. though only few people will glance into this post and will barely read it till the end of it,

I believe that what i'm writing right now is a reminder for myself. Stories and experience i had from others struck me to put it out, just to share with others, hoping that somehow, in any way anyone could benefit from this

Every single day,as we open our eyes, appreciate whatever we have. Who knows, something or someone that we do not even realise the existence of it, one day disappear, and you no longer possess that thing or if we're talking about human, you'll never met him or her again. Maybe then only you start to regret, disappointed that you were never grateful of the existence of the person to you. At that point of time, there is no turning back , there's no way you could bring back that someone u've lost in order to make things right again..

Take for instance, someone very close to us, taking care of our whereabouts badly, always worrying for us, and loving us unconditionally.i'm talking about our very own mother. the one who is always there for us, whenever we feel down, she will offer words of comfort, calming us in her very own special way. there's no one else like mother. but then, as we grown up, some people find that their mother's attention and care is annoying. i do know some people who think like that. we were busy growing up, until we forget that our mother is also growing old. we were busy with our own life, forgetting to check into her life, whether she is in a healthy condition or not. this is really happening in this crazy world today, people dump their mothers into old folk's home, not wanting to take care of her anymore, assuming their mother as burdens.

As we look into the hadith of Rasulullah SAW , when being asked to whom we should offer our love to, He replied , to ALLAH, to Rasulullah and lastly to our mother. A hadith of which we should all hold onto and feel it with our heart. This hadith may be simple but it is actually hard to practise especially in this rat race world, where everyone is busy gathering wealth, beautiful spouses, big house and cars.

dear self, look back on what your mother had done for you, all her sacrifices she made just to see u happy and succeed. all the time she had been there for you whenever you need her, imagine her euphoria when you were first born into this world, tears that drop on her cheek the first time she held you into her arms. feel that warm hug she'll gave you whenever you feel scared and afraid.. if that does not even touch your heart even a slight, check back. there may be something wrong with you.

till then.

may Allah bless.

Usaha dan Alasan

"Aku dah penat dah belajar,macam2 aku dah usaha,tapi result tang tu jugak.."
"Si A tu tak belajar pun, aku belajar bagai nak rak,sama je result aku ngan si A tu, buat apa aku belajar lebih2?"

Astaghfirullah..
Pernahkah kita berkata begitu atau terfikir sebegitu? Sesungguhnya kata-kata sebegitu bisa melemahkan aqidah kita..
ingatlah sesungguhnya kita ni hanya manusia yang lemah,hanya mampu berusaha,dan Allah yang menentukan segala-galanya.

Teringat sebuah kisah umat Nabi Musa di zaman Firaun yang ternukil dalam Al-quran , Surah Al-A'araf:131

فَإِذَا جَآءَتۡهُمُ ٱلۡحَسَنَةُ قَالُواْ لَنَا هَـٰذِهِۦ‌ۖ وَإِن تُصِبۡہُمۡ سَيِّئَةٌ۬ يَطَّيَّرُواْ بِمُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُ ۥۤ‌ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّمَا طَـٰٓٮِٕرُهُمۡ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَڪۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ (١٣١)
Kemudian apabila datang kepada mereka kesenangan mereka berkata: “Ini ialah hasil usaha kami”, dan jika mereka ditimpa kesusahan, mereka mengatakan nahas dan malang itu disebabkan oleh Nabi Musa dan pengikut-pengikutnya. (Tuhan berfirman): Ketahuilah, sesungguhnya nahas dan malang mereka itu hanya di tetapkan di sisi Allah, akan tetapi kebanyakan mereka tidak mengetahui.

ye,sesungguhnya,apabila datang nikmat Allah kepada mereka, mereka angkuh dengan berkata bahawa semua rezeki ini datang daripada hasil usaha mereka, akan tetapi apabila bala Allah datang menimpa, mereka menyalahkan ALllah..Nauzubillah..
Apabila kita mula mencari alasan atas apa yang menimpa diri kita, Allah akan mula menarik nikmat masa dan ketika itulah kita sering merasakan apa yang kita buat serba tak kena dan masa terasa terlalu singkat..
Ketika itu, jiwa kita akan merasa sakit, dan hati keruan untuk melakukan sesuatu yang bercanggah dengan pendirian hidup sebagai seorang Muslim.

sebagai seorang muslim,kita tidak boleh lari dari konsep tawakkal..Setelah berusaha dengan bersungguh-sungguh, serahkan segalanya pada Allah..Kalau kita tak dapat apa yang kita nak sekarang, yakinlah bahawa itu hanyalah ujian Allah S.W.T untuk kita tingkatkan lagi usaha kita, untuk tingkatkan lagi darjat kita. Dan ingatlah bahawa Allah sebenarnya memandang usaha yang kita lakukan untuk capai sesuatu, bukan hasil atau keputusan yang kita dapat..

Apabila diri ini ditanya bagaimana tips2 ana belajar + sibuk ngan persatuan, ana sebenarnya memang tak tau nak jawab macamana.Ana tak rasa diri ana sibuk,ana rasa ramai lagi orang yang lebih2 busy daripada ana.bagi ana, apa sahaja yang kita lakukan, buat sehabis baik, tak kiralah bab studi ke bab belajar atau yang lain.dan bagi ana doa adalah senjata utama, rajin2 pohon doa dan restu dari ibu bapa dalam apa2 yang kita lakukan.Berdoalah agar apa sahaja masa yang kita korbankan di jalan Allah ada barakahnya dan dikira di sisi Allah kerana pandangan Allah lah yang paling utama.

Ada 3 benda yang merosakkan diri kita,yang sentiasa ada dalam hati manusia
1- sifat kedekut
2- hawa nafsu
3- rasa diri hebat

Jadi. sama-samalah kita berusaha menjauhkan menghilangkan sifat-sifat ini dalam diri kita,especially bab riya' yang memang paling susah nak jauhkan. Bila ada orang puji kita, sedarlah bahawa semua nikmat ltu datang dari Allah dan dia boleh tarik nikmat dari kita bila-bila masa sahaja..Itulah pentingnya sentiasa tajdidkan niat kita dalam apa sahaja yang hendak kita lakukan. walaupun sedikit sahaja perasaan riya' yang timbul dalam hati, langsung tak guna pun amalan yang kita lakukan.
thus,kena sentiasa check balik niat kita dia awal,semasa dan selepas sesuatu amalan.Gapailah REDHANYA,kerana itu yang utama.
Wallahua'lam..

Sekadar peringatan buat diri yang lemah ini..

Become a Better Muslim Project

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim,

As i was walking through the net, I came by an amazing blog, whose creator had come up with a wonderful project, one worth sharing..http://blog.iloveallaah.com/2010/06/become-a-better-muslim/#connect_0

AIM

A challenge to discipline our nafs (soul); leave sins, engage in more good deeds and race towards the Forgiveness and Mercy of Allah (SWT)

THE CHALLENGE

For fifteen days, let's challenge ourselves to DROP some sins and ADD some good deeds from our lives.

You do not have to reveal the sins or good deeds. That remains between you and Allah! A promise between you and your Rabb..

First Part of the Challenge:

DROP Sins:

-Disobeying Parents
-Not Praying
-Drinking
-Smoking (Yes, hookah/shisha counts!)
-Backbiting
-Not Wearing Proper Hijab
-Viewing Pornography
-Unncessary Freemixing
-Flirting
-Cursing
-Lying
-Listening to Music
-Gambling
-Oppression
-Riya (showing off)
-Spying

TIME TO ABANDON THEM!!!

Motivation: “Except those who repent and believe (in Islamic Monotheism), and do righteous deeds; for those, Allaah will change their sins into good deeds, and Allaah is Oft‑Forgiving, Most Merciful.

And whosoever repents and does righteous good deeds; then verily, he repents towards Allaah with true repentance”

[al-Furqaan 25:70-71]

Second Part of the Challenge:

ADD Good Deeds

-Being Dutiful to Parents
-Reading Qur'an
-Dhikr Throughout Day/Night
-Fasting
-Praying Optional Prayers
-Charity (Even if it's small)
-Helping Other Muslims
-Seeking Knowledge
-Attending Lectures
-Praying at Masjid
-Memorizing Qur'an and Understand it
-Repentance/Seeking Forgiveness
-Helping Community
-Correcting Self and Family
-Implementing Qur'an/Hadeeth

TIME TO ENGAGE IN THEM!

Motivation: “Whoever works righteousness — whether male or female — while he (or she) is a true believer (of Islamic Monotheism) verily, to him We will give a good life (in this world with respect, contentment and lawful provision), and We shall pay them certainly a reward in proportion to the best of what they used to do (i.e. Paradise in the Hereafter)”

[al-Nahl 16:97]

Good Deeds Suggestions: Here or Here

Are you up for the challenge?

WE CAN DO IT!!

SINS TO DROPS!

GOOD DEEDS TO ADD!!

If you are up for the challenge, make a promise to yourself:

I, ____, will join the I LOVE Challenge: Become a Better Muslim. I will try my BEST to drop sins I commit and engage in good deeds which I can do continuously throughout the next month (and insha'Allah many more months after that).

They had even made a checklist..Just in case we need to check out what has not yet been done or what should we abandon.Cool..

Well,though the project had ended, it is never too late for us to take up the challenge. There is'nt an expiry date for us to engage in good deed and abstain from sins,until death invites us or the Last day approaches.

All we need is just Mujahadah and Istiqamah..

We are Muslims, but we are also human beings,who forget and do make mistakes. In fact, our iman is not consistent .There are times when we want to always do good deeds and repent for all the sins that we have done , yet, there are also times when we forget, and it's just hard to even do something small.

However,there's always room for improvement,and Allah S.W.T had promised in his Holy Quran

(132) And vie one with another for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a paradise as wide as are the heavens and the earth, prepared for those who ward off (evil);

(133) Those who spend (of that which Allah hath given them) in ease and in adversity, those who control their wrath and are forgiving toward mankind; Allah loveth the good;

(134) And those who, when they do an evil thing or wrong themselves, remember Allah and implore forgiveness for their sins - Who forgiveth sins save Allah only? - and will not knowingly repeat (the wrong) they did.

That's it. Let's seek for HIS forgiveness always, and ask from HIM the strength, to become a better MUSLIM, to enjoin what is good and forbid evil. It may sound easy, but it would take the hell of the world to do it.Seriously.We all know that.

May Allah bless and shower us with his blessings always,as with his blessings only could we keep on living on this temporary world as his Khalifah,carrying out what he had implemented on us.AMIN.

Allah knows best..

~the beginning~

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim..

What is the purpose of me having a blog? I am just not sure what to write.I guess whatever comes into mind, I'll put it down into words into this new blog of mine. It never occurred to me that i'll have my own blog where i could just write whatever i wanted. Alas, I should use this medium for Islam. To enjoin the good and forbid the evil, and as they say, preach trough the virtual world. I believe that we should have more blogs that tell the truth about Islam, to show that Islam is not what people always think. We have like thousands Islam haters who do not have the true idea what Islam really is, and i think that our my responsibility to let them know, though I too have lots more to learn. The prophet once said that

" tell people what you know, even though it is just an ayah"
We should use every means there are to do so, so people will shift their paradigm and see Islam at a better angle. This is indeed our job.In Fact,it is all Muslims job.
However, to note,I am not that expressive. sometimes, I prefer hearing other people's ideas, then respond to it. I'll guess that is me.well, maybe by having my own blog, i could improve the way I think and also my writing,that's it. This is the beginning, and i hope i won't lose the momentum to write more.Lot's more to learn. InsyaAllah.

Allah knows best..