Only Hope

There's a song that's inside of my soul
It's the one that I've tried to write over and over again
I'm awake in the infinite cold
But you sing to be over and over and over again

So I lay my head back down
And I lift my hands and pray
To be only yours, I pray
To be only yours I know now...
You're my only hope

Sing to me the song of the stars
Of your galaxy dancing and laughing and laughing again
When it feels like my dreams are so far
Sing to me of the plans that you have for me over again

So I lay my head back down
And I lift my hands and pray
To be only yours, I pray
To be only yours I know now...
You're my only hope

I give you my destiny
I'm givin' you all of me
I want your symphony singing in all that I am
At the top of lungs
I'm givin' it back

So I lay my head back down
And I lift my hands and pray
To be only yours, I pray
To be only yours, I pray
To be only yours I know now...
You're my only hope

Royal Pardon...! Hey, come on laa!

Then kitorang bincang pasal forgiveness. This one lagi susah nak practice... the exact concept of forgiveness is to forgive when you have the ability to punish the one who committed the mistake, especially when you are the victim, and you rights have been treated unjustly... then when you have the ability to take back your rights and punish this person, you just forgive him and just let him go... sound pretty easy, cuba la kena dulu baru tahu senang susah, rasa cam pikul peti ais naik puncak klcc senang lagi!

Allah says: "Nor can Goodness and Evil be equal. Repel (Evil) with what is better: then will he between whom and thee was hatred become as it were thy friend and intimate!" [Fussilat, 34]

Err... another important thing that must be considered in forgiving others is that the forgiveness must lead to benefits, if it lead to harm, then one must take his right, punish the wrongdoer and not to forgive. You can’t deny it... there are people that would not ‘makan saman’... if you forgive him, he will be bold and continue to do injustice... then, better not to forgive!

Building Islamic Network through Brotherhood

Wahh... ini pun susah nak praktik.

Most of us have the characteristic of doing good to those who benefit us only, right? (Don't worry, myself included). Yupp, we are inclined to have good relationship with those who benefit us only. Many will think that they are observing the command to enjoin brotherhood with their surrounding friends & relatives, but as the Prophet said: "The one who enjoins brotherhood is not the one who befriend those who are already having good term with him, but the one who enjoins brotherhood is the one who befriend with those who break the relationship with him." [al-Bukhariy].

Hmm... kadangkala keegoan diri menghalang impian murni ni tercapai... ye lah, orang tu yang tak nak kawan dengan kita, kita pulak ibarat hidung tak mancung, pipi pulak yang tersorong-sorong... soron pun sorong la, janji penting untuk keutuhan ikatan ukhuwwah, lagipun RasuluLlah yang suruh... buat saja la.

Zaman kebendaan banyak mempengaruhi kehidupan manusia, sehingga ramai yang bersikap individualistik dan selfish - sedihnya :-( . Susah nak suburkan sikap diberi tuba dibalas susu... biarlah orang buat apa pun kat kita, yang penting kita buat baik kat dia. Senyuman manis pun dah dikira satu kebaikan... tak perlu keluar modal. Betul, kadangkala bila ditimpa pelbagai problems, tetiba kawan baik kita @ sesiapa pun la pandang kita dengan senyuman manis, rasa cam hilang semua problem... so, keraplah senyum kat orang, jangan la lupa sunnah beri salam pulak! (ingatan untuk diri sendiri - ok, lepas ni buat jangan tak buat)...

Remember aa! Don't break loose your ukhuwwah!

The inner beauty... is the right of every person.

Just got back from Aqeedah class... on the last pages from Al-'Aqeedah Al-Waasitiyyah' (author: Syaikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, commentaries: Sheikh Ibn al-'Uthaymeen & Dr. Soleh al-Fawzaan).

Some characteristics of Ahl al-Sunnah wa Al-Jamaah: excellent akhlaq (the internal) and practices (the external)... as mentioned in the hadith: "The most complete faith among the believers is the one with the best akhlaq" [Ahmad, al-Tirmidhi & Abu Dawud]. Forcing myself to practice these words... huh, susahnya nak jadi budak baik... and remember, the real beauty lies within your character, not the physical appearance (its given by God... you can't do nothing about it!)... made me to recall the story of Fatimah bint Qays, when Abu al-Jahm and Mu'awiyyah asked her for marriage, she went to the Messenger of Allah and asked his opinion... which he favours Usamah ibn Zayd, both his father and mother (Zayd ibn Harithah & Umm Ayman) were slaves... not-so-good-looking, but his akhlaq excels many others, alas he is the beloved of the beloved of the Messenger of Allah. Fatimah (of the noble Quraisy) married Usamah, and had a happy life together with him...

Hmm... still, kalau ada peluang, nak laa yang ada dua-dua (batin & zahir). However kena beringat, agama jua yang akan berkekalan dan penentu bahagia di dunia & akhirat...

Menyambut Kelahiran...

First time for the semester conduct Statistics tutorial... ok laa I guess, nampak student pun ok jee... mesti dah faham. 6.30 pm sharp - tutorial ends.

Sempat la makan malam with my good friend kat kantin bilal. Maghrib pun kat situ je laa. Lepas mandi rasa nak ke masjid pulak (woit! kertas SEKI due hari ni tak siap lagi la!!!) takpe la, apa salahnya solat Isyak kat masjid. Habis lama pun 1/2 jam, pastu balik sambung la paper SEKI tu...

Nak dijadikan cerita, lepas Isyak tu - my friend, Syed Abdul Khaliq from Kulliyyah of Medicine ajak ke rumah - celebrate his first niece - and the first granddaughter dalam family dia. Sheikh Aiman la jadi kepala, MKA & Razzaq ikut sama. Bukan selalu dapat tengok orang buat amalan tahnik ikut sunnah... so, dah ada peluang ni pergi je laa. At least dapat kongsi kegembiraan diorang. (woit! kertas SEKI tak siap lagi la!!!)

So, majlis dimulakan dengan makan-makan dulu. Family Syed masak Arabian food. Kitorang pun makan la bersungguh-sungguh (tapi aku dah makan tadi before Maghrib!) Then Sheikh Aiman kasi tazkirah sket pasal penjagaan anak, pastu cara-cara menyambut kelahiran bayi ikut sunnah... ni yang aku ingat la, pada hari ketujuh sunat diberi nama, lepas tu dijalankan aqiqah - baby boy dua ekor kambing, baby girl seekor saja. Pada hari ke-14 dicukur rambut baby, ditimbang. Kemudian beli la emas or perak dengan nilai timbangan tu, disedekahkan kepada fakir miskin.

Pasal aqiqah tu, tak disyaratkan beri pada fakir miskin. Bagi la kat sesiapa pun, atau kalau nak simpan makan sendiri pun takde masalah sebab tujuan utama aqiqah ni ialah nak tumpahkan darah kambing tu. Cara memasak pun takde ditentukan, suka hati la nak buat kurma ke, kari ke, masak BBQ ke... apa-apa la yang sesuai.

Lepas tazkirah pendek, bermulalah upacara tahnik (orang utara kata belah mulut). Sheikh Aiman ambil air zamzam + madu (tamar pun boleh) dan masukkan dalam mulut baby tu. Lepas tu lama la jugak dia baca doa untuk baby tu... tapi doa tu takde la dia baca kuat-kuat sampai ramai-ramai aminkan!

Aku dah buat azam, esok kalau dapat anak, aku akan pastikan upacara sambutan kelahirannya mesti selari dengan sunnah. Jangan la ada benda-benda bid'ah macam sesetengah orang buat. Kesian, baby baru lahir dah didekatkan dengan benda bid'ah. Sori la pakar-pakar marhaban, berzanji dan tahlil... better korang datang makan kenduri je...

Dah habis semua tu, kitorang pun balik la. Dalam kereta, Syed tak habis-habis tanya permasalahan Fiqh Perubatan Kontemporari... sampai kat bilik punya la letih... kertas SEKI? Esoklah siapkan!