La Tahzan La Tahzan La tahzan

Life is a university for us. Let's strive for all-round success. Hidup ini tarbiyah untuk kita. Ayuh usaha untuk kejayaan dunia dan akhirat.

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Sunday, February 28, 2010

Waitley once said, "I had the blues because I had no shoes, until upon the street I met a man who had no feet." Be thankful for what you have, be thankful you have something to do. When you see blessings of being in school and/or having a job, insyaALlah every Monday and everyday will be a day of colours for you.

-Huda, NI daily reminder, 28 Feb 2010, 2206hrs

Friends are like colour pencils, they colour our lives. I may not be your favourite colour, but hope you will need me somewhere to complete your pic!

-28 Feb 2010, 1938hrs

"Sesungguhnya orang yang membazir adalah saudara-saudara syaitan dan syaitan pula sangat kefur kepada Tuhannya." Surah Al-Israa' verse 27.

-Din, NI daily reminder, 27 Feb 2010, 1052hrs

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TV  

Finally I get to blog again. It has been such a busy busy week. The week I turned 21 and I'm so busy like a bee... I think there were 2 days that I only had like 2hrs of sleep. ICT essay due on Mon, 2 chem reports & ALS statement of topic due of Fri... And I had disappointed myself very badly that I feel soooooo guilty over the weekends. I procrastinated alot and suffered badly on Thursday night. None of the assignments due were done with satisfaction. I even sipped questions for chem report and my safe assignment was like 46% (stupid references)

But then again, I truly enjoyed my 21st week. The suspense, the surprise, the smilessssssssss :)

My mum got me a pretty pink dress with pink brooch, and my friends commented that it is nice :))) My aunt got me a small sling bag with dragonfly motifs which I really really like. And my family gave me some cash to go get what I want. The plan was to go Malaysia and shop. But firstly, I seriously have no time. (What? What recess week? What break? Got break meh? No lah got no break....) And secondly, my passport has expired. But the idea is so tempting! I can get lotsa stuffs shopping with RM200 in Malaysia!!! I should really go and make my passport. Maybe I should do that tmr...

This week shall be jam packed with FOC stuff, and abit of family and.... to be continued...

I just finished watching tv. It's been some time since I really sat down to watch tv. And today I watched Cinta Ixora (just because my friend is acting in it, as Martina) and this Korean drama, I think Queen Seon Deok (cos I love their elaborate dressings, and the palace stories are always interesting) and the last 1/2hr or so of The Reader (which left me feeling.... sad, or something unidentifiable uh).

Really, it's weird to see your friend on tv. Not the first time. Abg Anuar was on tv before, but.. it's just not the same seing Nabilah on tv. And I think she can really act!

Ever since Huan Zhu Gege, which I still didn't get to watch the first season because it was no longer shown on tv with subtitles sadly, I like watching Chinese dramas based on palace life. And eventhough the Queen Seon Deok is Korean, it was dubbed in Chinese just now hehe. I learn my Chinese through watching tv la seh, and abit from my brother larh.

And I've got this thing for stories from history... The Reader involved the Austwritch camp (I dunno how to spell it) and yeah, I guess that's the reason how I got hooked on the story...

Ok, I wanna watch Huan Zhu Gege on youtube now, hehe. Chem report and study for genetics later can!

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Saturday, February 27, 2010

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beynd measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinknig so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconscious;y give other people permission to do the same. As we liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." - a famous quote from 'Coac Carter'.

-Azimah, NI daily reminder, 26 Feb 2010, 1106hrs

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Friday, February 26, 2010

I can't stop laughing reading this:

1. Kalau tersepak batu: Jangan terus bangun,
sebaliknyer anda baring dan terus berguling-guling
hingga jauh dari perhatian ramai...lepas tu baru
bangun bila tak ada orang nampak..

2. Kalau terjatuh basikal: cepat-cepat naik basikal
anda semula dan jatuhlah lagi sehingga berkali-kali
supaya orang ingat anda saja-saja buat lawak...

3. Kalau terjatuh tangga: terus bersilat seolah-olah
anda dirasuk atau sedang berlawan dengan
makhluk halus...

4. Kalau terjatuh dalam longkang: pungutlah
sampah yang ada sambil marah-marah dengan
suara yang kuat, pasti orang menyangka anda
seorang yang amat prihatin terhadap kebersihan....

5. Kalau jatuh ketika nak naik bas: jeritlah kuat-
kuat.."oi! apa tolak-tolak ni?" walaupun tiada orang
di belakang anda....

6. Kalau terjatuh di depan stesen bas: terus buat-buat
pengsan sehingga ada orang membantu
anda..kalau tak ada..baring terus sampai malam dan bila
tak ada orang lagi kat syesen bas tu...haa...ni lah
masa sesuai untuk bangun semula....

7. Kalau jatuh tergelincir kat lantai licin: tarik la
kawan (atau sesiapa yang ada kat sebelah anda)
untuk jatuh bersama-sama supaya tak lah anda malu seorang diri

Cubalah ye tuan2 dan puan2 :D

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Thursday, February 25, 2010

A man once asked Rasulullah s.a.w. that what is it that might prevent us getting the love of Allah s.w.t., Rasulullah answered "our sins, our sins, our sins."For every step we take toards Alah, He will come running at us. It is only our sins that prevent us from getting His rahmat and hidayah. Thus, a Muslim with so many sins is as good as a non-Muslim in this duniawi world. Even hough all Muslims are promised paradise, do we actually want to spend time inhell to relinquish our sins where one day there is like a thousand years in this world? So don't take things for granted my brothers and sisters. Take good care of your soul and iman and insyaAllah , we will be very close to Allah s.w.t.

-Harith, NI daily reminders, 25 Feb 2010, 1235hrs

A friend is someone we turn to when our spirits need a lift... A friend is someone we treasure for our friendship is a gift.... A friend is someone who fills our lives with beauty, joy and grace... And makes the whole world we live in a better and happier place!

-Siti Hawa, 24 Feb 2010, 1851hrs

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Cold cold sleepy sleepy  

I don't know why I really can't stand the cold of late. This is the second time I'm using the computer at the comp lab to do my work today and again, I'm freezing. Wish I'd brought my laptop, then I can sit anywhere cool and shady yet warm enough aka the musollah hehe. I took a nap at the benches outside the musollah and I woke up sweating, it was sweltering hot! Yet right now i can feel the chill right up to my bones in the comp lab. I've already put on my new shawl, but it's still super cold... which is making me sleepy... Should I make my way home now? I'd reach home by 7.30pm insyaAllah... Sounds good huh? I'm not being that productive here anyway since the cold is really freezing my brain...

I suddenly feel sad today. Perhaps because I smiled too much yesterday, so today needs to balance yesterday? Haha, what crap.... There is no such thing as smiling too much...

It would help to have a netbook huh, but haiz... Ex laaaa... And the small screen wuold probably get on my nerves..

Ok, seriously IT'S SO COLD and I should go home.

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Wagawaga  

Wagawagawagawagawaga

Ok it's 4.46am in the morning and I'm bored. I have churned out a few statement of topics, and I have actually identified oone I'm particularly interested to explore, but I just can't seem to move on. I keep feeling that there's something better that perhaps I could try exploring. I want my A! I got a B+ for the previous test. If I can do an exceptionally good job with this research that would really interest my lecturer, then I may get that A! So yeah...

But right now I feel like disturbing somebody haha. Macam takde kerja.

I should take a short nap before Mir decides to wake up, and I thought I wanna wake up too and try to qiyam (for the first time at hall!) but I dunno, I'm afraid I may sleep and even miss Subuh aiyoh.

4.50am....

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The most beloved deed to Allah is making a Muslim happy. Whoever restrain his anger, Allah will conceal his faults. If you do something bad, follow it by doing something good. Control your tongue and beware of this world, for it is sweet and tempting.

-Diyana, NI daily reminder, 24 Feb 2010, 1551hrs

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The Special Day that I tried to forget  

I just thought I should jot this down before I forget...

I had a wonderful 21st!!!! I can't say thank you enough to express how grateful I feel to have these people around me :)

As I mentioned, I purposely removed the date from FB profiles. I haven't decided when to put it back. Tmr perhaps? Or end of the month maybe?

It's interesting to see who remembers... Eventhough it is not 100% representative of who cares, since my family themselves only messaged me in the late afternoon/night and yet I am very sure that they care larrrr, but yea it gives me a notion of... well.. who bothers...

I'm especially touched at the amount of effort my friends put into organizing wonderful celebrations for me! I never had such elaborate celebrations before that I can't help smiling so much today. I just feel so happy!!! I feel like I do not deserve such a wonderful treatment from them!

Harizah & Mahmudah spent weeks cracking over how to surprise me, finding the perfect presents, preparing the presents, preparing the surprise and such. They gave me a present on Monday and another on Tuesday and yet another one, along with a pizza & a cookie cake on my birthday! Really, I can really see how much effort they put into the presents and into the surprise (no matter how much Harizah kept slipping and releasing random info accidentally, she's so cute haha)... Really, I guess only the pics would show the effort... And I really love their presents for me! There's a grey cool shawl which can act like a cardigan & vest and I dunno what else - there's 8 ways to fashion it! They got it for me because they know how cold I can get in lectures, brrr.... My fats don't seem to be insulating me well, though yeah maybe the fats are going down a bit considering at how much lesser am I eating these days. I haven't even finished my dinner cum supper! They also made a photo collage in a shape of a butterfly of the pics we had taken together over the past few months we'd known each other. Pretty! And really, they're not easy to make seh! They also got me this zip-zip small bag to put my what-nots that I seem to dump into my bag hehe. And it even has my name on it! Cool! Inside the bag there's some foodstuff, as they know how little food I have in my hall (though not so little anymore after my shopping spree at NTUC last week! Heh) They really tried their best in finding what I need and what I'd like. They got it spot on, I love butterflies! And I really appreciate beautiful stuffs with "effort" literally drawn all over it! And the shawl is soooooooo nice, I really really can't imagine not loving it. Liyana Sukri saw it and instantly fell in love with it larh hehe...

The Bio peeps, eventhough they just found out about my birthday one day earlier, they took the effort to still surprise me. And I'm pretty sure they have another surprise up their sleeves hehe.

The FOC peeps were... HAHA! I love them larh... Poor Faizah aka Maria having to hunt the perfect present for me, and poor Mir too, for having to withstand "You're her roommates, how can you not know??!!" from Faizah haha! They had a cake, a card and even a present for me. Aww... These people are already like a family to me. Time flies, it's almost two months that we have been meeting up!

Amirah... she's so sweet larh! I didn't expect her to decorate our room in that short two hours she had before meeting just now so as to surprise me when we get back from meeting! And eventhough she have to be in Ang Mo Kio early early tmr morning, she accompanied me in opening my presents and listening to my stories. Awww, thank you Mir! And her attempt to find me something that I'd like bore it's fruits. I really like the book she got me ;)

Not to forget Khairiyah (lower sec closest friend), Siti (upper sec closest friend), Cindy (sec sch - the first to remember seh), Kenneth (sec sch), Ad (poly closest friend), Kak Raihanah (poly close friend), Fathi (Fityan closest friend), Jun (Fityan closest friend), Wawan (NI - I treat him like my lil bro), Fatimah (NI closest friend), Kak Fiza (NI), Auntie, Kak Ju who remembered! I am so touched. Especially those people like Cindy, Kenneth, Kak Fiza and Kak Ju whom I really didn't expect would remember :))))

In summary:

I'm so happy!!! :: unfinished tutorials :: Harizah's msg & call :: flower delivery :: 3rd/4th floor :: pizza & cookie cake for brunch :: freedom to suspense :: presents :: Mahmudah's demo :: flower pens :: Izzati & Shikin's wish :: song outside LT :: pronto speech :: paiseh :: Atiqah just finding out :: saw Arep writing card :: paiseh :: cake after Maghrib jemaah :: song & candles :: card-giving :: present :: first impressions :: perangai mafia :: dinner/supper :: perangai Marliyana: makan halfway halfway :: ayam goreng! :: balloons :: surprise in room :: present opening!!!

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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Kehadiran sahabat dalam kehisupan mampu menguatkan kita yang kadangkala lemah dengan mehnah kehidupan, kerana mereka seringkali berperanan sebagai penyokong kuat kita dalam menempuh setiap apa yang ingin kita perjuangkan. Begitu juga dengan Rasulullah, para sahabat lah yang sering menyokong baginda dari belakang bai membantu baginda dalam memperjuangkan Islam.

-Kak Maryam, 23 Feb 2010, 2326hrs

Rasulullah (pbuh) once said, "The greatest reward comes with the greatest trial. When Allah s.w.t. loves a people He tests them. Whoever accepts that win His pleasure but whoever is discontent with that earns His wrath." (Tirmidzi) InsyaALlah if we believe and trust in Allah, we can go through it all with ease. "If Allah wants to do good to somebody, He afflicts him with trials" (Sahih Bukhari)

-Huda, NI daily reminder, 29 Jan 2010, 0823hrs

The words, "Praise be to Allah" or "Alhamdulillah", are the easiest to recite yet heaviest in balance & dearest to the Merciful. - the Prophet pbuh as rereported by Abu Hurairah, We should always be grateful & syukur to Allah with what we have. InsyaAllah our life will be blessed by always thanking Allah everyday.

-Din, NI daily reminder, 28 Jan 2010, 0843hrs

"Tersenyum ketika bertemu dengan saudara kalian adalah termasuk ibadah." - At-Tirmidzi, Ibn Hibban & Al-Baihaqi. Senyum adalah ibadah yang senang dilaksanakan. Oleh itu, senyum-senyum selalu! "A warm smile is a universal language of kindness" - William Arthur Ward. When someone smile at you, it's polite to return it. And most of the time, smile is the first act to a new friendship.

-Azimah, NI daily reminder, 27 Jan 2010, 0641hrs

Rasulullah s.a.w. said "A man might speak a word without thinking about its implications, but because of it, he will plunge into the hellfire further than the distance between east and west." (narrated by Bukhari & MUslim) True enough my beloved brothers and sisters, we sometimes on't think before we say something. And we keep doing it over and over again, ignorant to the fact of how grave the consequences may be. Our tongue should never react quicker than our brain. For what we say and the manner in which we speak, portrays us as a muslim. So let us make a point to always be in clear conscious control of whatever we say. Cause we don't atually realise how our tongue can lead us to grave consequences when not in control. Start today, give it a try. InsyaAllah, Allah s.w.t. will make it all easier for all of us.

-Harith, NI daily reminder, 26 Jan 2010, 0742hrs

Never regard study as a duty but as an enviable opportunity to learn to know the liberating influence of beauty in the realm of the spirit for your own joy (as we able to please Him) and to the profit of the community to which your later works belong.

-Ishak, 25 Jan 2010, 1229hrs

"I like living ,I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing." (quote from a book) So bottomline is to be thankful of what you have.

-Diyana, NI daily reminder, 25 Jan 2010, 0800hrs

"...and be patient and persevering: for Allah is those who patiently persever" (Al-Anfal 8:46) Abu Ali ad-Daqqaq said: "People who have patience are the true winners in this world and the next, because they have the companionship of Allah." Patience is the way to earn the companionship of Allah.

-Zariq, NI daily reminder, 24 Jan 2010, 0728hrs

A few impactful reminders for the rest of our lives. 1) When we remember Allah the Almighty & we are aware of the reality of death, we pay more attention to worship and to our actions; we show more sensitivity and try to avoid hurting the feelings of others. 2) If you survive till the evening, do not expect to be alive in the morning, and if you survive till the morning, do not expect to be alive in the evening, & take from your sickness, and from your life for your death. (Bukhari) 3) The objective of human beings in this world is to attain happiness in the hereafter.

-Faatimah, NI daily reminder, 23 Jan 2010, 0712hrs

Hati itu umpama kaca, jangan biar ia retak. Akal & iman itu umpama air, jangan biar ia kering. Persahabatan itu umpama tali, jangan biar ia putus. Persahabatan is a gift that you don't have to pay to get one...

-Zuib, NI daily reminder, 22 Jan 2010, 0801hrs

Dalam apa jua perkara yang kita lakukan kita perlu usaha dan doa. Jom kita pakai formula DUIT. "D.U.I.T., D: Doa, U: Usaha, I: Ikhtiar, T: Tawakkal"

-Syabrina, NI daily reminder, 21 Jan 2010, 0845hrs

Beribadahlah seakan kamu akan mati besok. Bekerjalah ibarat kamu hidup seribu tahun. Seize every opportunity that comes your way. InsyaAllah, your life wil; change for the better

-Wawan, NI daily reminder, 20 Jan 2010, 0737hrs

"On no soul does Allah place a burden greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns..." Surah Al-Baqarah verse 286. So when we are experiencing a great challenge or having a great responsibility on our shoulder, Allah s.w.t. knows that you can handle it. So let's brace ourselves to face the world.

-Mus, NI daily reminder, 18 Jan 2010, 0719hrs

Little Keys can open big locks. Simple words can express great thoughts. Hope something simple can make someone smile.

-Siti Hawa, 4 Jan , 1420hrs

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Narrated Abu Huraira r.a.: The Prophet said, "Allah says, I am just as My slaves think I am (I am able to dofor him what hhe thinks I can do for him). And I am with him if he remembers me. If he remembers me in himself, I too, remember him in Myself. If he remembers me in a group of people, I remember him in a group that is better than them. And if he comse nearer to Me, I go one cubit nearer to him. If he comes one cubit nearer to Me, I go a distance of two outstretched arms nearer to him. And if he comes to me walking, I go to him running." [Sahih Bukhari]

-Faatimah, NI daily reminder, 22 Feb 2010, 10.55am
comment: my fav hadith!

Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "On every Friday the angels take their stand at every gate of the mosques to write the names of the people chronologically, and when the imam sits (on the pulpit) they fold up their scrolls and get ready to listen to the sermon." [Sahih Bukhari, book #54, hadith #4331]

-Wawan, NI daily reminders, 19 Feb 2010, 8.37am

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What a start  

I am still awake. Padahal I only had about 2hrs of sleep last night hehe. But I took short naps today larh.

I keep doing my household chores that I don't have time to do my schoolwork, hish. But at least my environment now is neat and condusive. InsyaAllah I shall be able to work on my statement of topic and lab reports in peace after this...

I am motivated to study! Just that the inertia to hold the notes and start reading is really great.

I went to school in baju kurung just now. Haha, trying out something new... But I don't think I'd be wearing a baju kurung to school again soon. Cos, firstly paiseh ah receive the comments, and secondly cos I feel I can't handle it well, I almost got it all wet in the toilet while taking wudhu'! Not used to it I guess. Later later la eh baru seasonkan diri. My mum ask me to wear baju kurung when I start teaching in schools, to give the "I demand discipline from you" look that students would respect. But then, if I were to be so serembah serembih with it, alahai let's just stick to the casual la yar.

Harizah & Mahmudah are keeping their word to keep the suspense to the day. They gave me gift no. 1 today and insisted that I shouldn't open it yet. And according to them, I'll be receiving another one tomorrow (actually today, look at the time! 2.49am!), and the last one on wed then I can open all. Haha. But well, two can play the same game ;)

I had a bad start to the week, I guess. I limped to school, cos my achilles tendonitis returned this morning... My left ankle tendon is red now... But I'd eaten the painkiller pills and applied the gel. Hopefully it gets better tmr. I'm so tempted to go take mc, but aiyar it is so troublesome to find a clinic in the first place.

I shall have to skip silat again tmr cos of my tendon, and so I guess I can use the time for my schoolwork. Devote to it! Ade hikmah eh segala yang berlaku...

Aite, 8.30am class tmr!

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The Day  

Sunday, February 21, 2010

I feel very miserable because...
1) I have just disappointed my brother AGAIN
2) I have 4 submissions next week and I can't seem to start/continue on any
3) my room is so very the messy (and since I can't seem to start on my schoolwork, I'm trying to do something about this)
4) I think I let my FOC prog team down
5) I feel that I'm very bad at managing my time
6) I'm scared if I have to tanding for friendlies this Thursday
7) I just received my passbook updates and I'd been spending more than I get for the past few months
8) I hadn't manage to be consistent with my daily routines this week
and some more that I do not wish to share...

At least I made one person happy today :) Nadiah, Hamizah & I shared to pay for this white shirt that Zakiah likes as a birthday present from us, and she was very happy.

And I hope that when my room is more or less cleared, I'd feel better. Maybe I should clear my table and transfer my laptop onto my table after that...

I bought a top for myself, which I shall wear on my special day. I don't know why I bother... I tried to forget the date, but all the more I remember it. I didn't even want to mark the date in my calendar, but thanks to Mahmudah, the date is marked now. Colourful. I have removed the date from my facebook anyway. Purposely. :) I should fast on the day, and follow sunnah. But I'm not sure if I would have the will to do so...

I have a really long week next week beginning right from tomorrow. It is making me miserable on this Sunday night... I'd probably have Monday blues tomorrow morning.

It is so very hard to guard the heart. Why is it so hard to do what Allah asks us to? Takes alot of discipline and willpower, and control.

But I'm trying to look on the bright side of things. I'm trying, I'm trying!

Ya Allah, please let next week a better week than this week.

I need to study! Discipline! Istiqamah!

I wanna play kite. I wanna hug a big big bear. I wanna complete ALL my work. I wanna study. Right now, I wanna continue cleaning my room.

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Masjid Darul Ghufran  

Masjid Darul Ghufran – Urus Masjid Seperti Urus Syarikat
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Darul Ghufran Mosque Singapore

Oleh: Rudy Herman Sinen
Disiarkan di: Majalah I (Karangkraf), Julai 2005. In PDF (690KB)

Sejurus tamat pengajian di Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Ahmad Khusairi Abidin, 22 tahun, mula berkhidmat sepenuh masa di Masjid Darul Ghufran sebagai Guru Madrasah. Lima bulan kemudian, beliau menyandang jawatan Pegawai Eksekutif Pembangunan Belia dan Dakwah. Tugas barunya ialah untuk mengembangkan kegiatan belia masjid serta melebarkan sayap dakwah kepada belia dan juga masyarakat umum.

Ahmad Khusairi, yang memiliki ijazah kepujian dalam bidang Syariah, merupakan di antara golongan karyawan muda yang sedang bekerja cergas menguruskan program-program Masjid Darul Ghufran. Hasilnya ialah program-program Masjid Darul Ghufran sentiasa innovatif, bermutu dan dapat memenuhi jangkauan jemaah dengan cemerlang.

Masjid Darul Ghufran Singapura terletak di sebelah timur Singapura di kawasan perumahan Tampines. Tampines merupakan sebuah kawasan perumahan yang moden, lengkap dengan 4 buah pusat beli-belah, sebuah sekolah politeknik serta kawasan pejabat syarikat-syarikat berbilang negara.

Jumlah penduduk di kawasan Tampines sekitar 200,000 orang dan penduduk muslim merangkumi sebahagian besar dari jumlah penduduk di sini. Secara purata, penduduk Tampines mempunyai taraf pendidikan pos menengah serta mempunyai pendapatan kelas pertengahan.

Sejajar dengan profil penduduk Tampinies inilah, pihak pengurusan masjid secara berpandangan jauh berusaha untuk mencapai satu visi cemerlang dalam pengurusan masjid.

Darul Ghufran Mosque Singapore

Visi Pusat Cemerlang

Encik Muhammad Effendy Ibrahim, Pengerusi Masjid Darul Ghufran menerangkan, “Visi Masjid Darul Ghufran ialah untuk menjadi pusat pilihan bagi pendidikan dan dakwah.”

Visi inilah yang diterapkan dalam setiap program yang dilaksanakan bagi penduduk Tampines khususnya dan bagi penduduk muslim Singapura secara keseluruhan. Bagi En Effendy, mutu sesuatu program terletak pada sejauhmana ia mencapai matlamat Masjid Darul Ghufran itu.

Beliau berpendirian untuk menjadi sebuah pusat pilihan, program-program yang dianjurkan mesti mempunyai nilai tambah bagi peserta dan juga mesti mampu menjadi peneraju dalam mencetuskan program-program yang bermutu dan kreatif.

Gagasannya besar dan memerlukan satu kaedah pengurusan masjid yang terancang rapi. Untuk mencapai tujuan itu, Masjid Darul Ghufran melakarkan satu rangka operasi yang memberi tumpuan terhadap pembangunan dakwah dan pendidikan. Dua bahagian induk itu disokong oleh satu bahagian Khidmat Korporat yang merangkumi bahagian-bahagian pentadbiran dan sumber manusia, kewangan, IT dan perhubungan, khidmat pelanggan serta pengurusan estet dan logistik.

Dalam bidang dakwah, selain dari mengadakan program ceramah agama yang lazim diadakan di masjid, Masjid Darul Ghufran banyak menganjurkan program-program secara sendirian atau menganjurkan program bersama badan-badan lain, termasuk dengan badan-badan bukan Islam.

Contohnya, Masjid Darul Ghufran bersama City Harvest Church, salah sebuah gereja terbesar di Singapura, dan Persatuan Palang Merah pernah menganjurkan acara menderma darah dan program kesihatan.

Tahun lalu, Masjid Darul Ghufran bersama enam pertubuhan kemasyarakatan yang lain secara kolektif menganjurkan acara Peace One Day untuk memperingati Hari Keamanan Sedunia sekaligus menyatukan badan-badan agama lain dalam satu acara khas.

Kerjasama juga dilakukan dengan National University of Singapore Muslim Society untuk menganjurkan Islamic Awareness Week (Minggu Kesedaran Islam) di dataran bersebelahan sebuah pusat beli-belah di Tampines dengan tujuan untuk memberi penerangan kepada masyarakat umum mengenai agama Islam.

Pada tahun baru hijrah 1426 ini, Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura telah memilih Masjid Darul Ghufran sebagai tempat untuk melancarkan sambutan Maal Hijrah bagi seluruh negara.

Salah satu program yang mendapat sambutan ramai ialah program Bicara Iman. Ustaz Jamaluddin Abdul Wahab, Imam Eksekutif Masjid Darul Ghufran menerangkan, “Konsep program Bicara Iman ialah diskusi ilmiah yang diselang-selikan dengan tayangan video dan sketsa.”

Kunjungan-kunjungan muhibbah juga kerap dilakukan oleh pertubuhan-pertubuhan kristian, buddha dan sekolah-sekolah ke Masjid Darul Ghufran dalam usaha mereka mengenali dengan lebih rapat masyarakat Islam di Singapura.

Darul Ghufran Mosque Singapore

Menarik Ramai Jemaah

Ustaz Jamaluddin akur bahawa salah satu kekuatan Masjid Darul Ghufran ialah jumlah jemaah yang ramai berbanding dengan masjid-masjid lain. Dan perkembangan ini menjadikan staf di Masjid Darul Ghufran lebih bersemangat dan terdorong untuk bekerja keras bagi menyediakan khidmat yang terbaik.

Ustaz Jamaluddin, yang berpengalaman mengajar di sekolah-sekolah agama di kawasan Gombak, Selangor dan Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, mendedahkan bahawa banyak masjid-masjid lain yang meminta Masjid Darul Ghufran menganjurkan program bersama dan sebab utamanya ialah kerana Masjid Darul Ghufran mampu menarik jumlah jemaah yang ramai.

Kejayaan Masjid Darul Ghufran dapat menarik ramai peserta dan jemaah untuk menyertai program-programnya adalah satu pencapaian yang memberangsangkan. Adakah mungkin kerana Masjid Darul Ghufran terletak di bahagian sentral kawasan Tampines atau mungkin kawasan perumahan Tampines mempunya penduduk Islam yang ramai?

Ustaz Jamaluddin berpandangan, “Saya rasa ini satu anugerah Allah. Sebab ada masjid yang dekat dengan MRT atau terletak di kawasan orang Islam, tetapi masjid itu lengang saja.”

Selami Masalah Masyarakat

Satu lagi inisiatif Masjid Darul Ghufran yang bakal dilaksanakan ialah menubuhkan satu kumpulan yang diberi nama Wafdul Ghufran (Perwakilan Ghufran). Pada masa kini, Masjid Darul Ghufran mempunyai tiga golongan jemaah yang aktif iaitu golongan warga emas yang dinamakan Syeikhul Ghufran, golongan muslimah dan golongan belia yang dinamakan Fityan Ghufran (Belia).

Konsep di sebalik Wafdul Ghufran ialah untuk menggabungkan tenaga ketiga-tiga golongan ini dan menyalurkan mereka ke tengah masyarakat supaya mereka dapat mendekati dan menyelami permasalahan masyarakat. Melalui pendekatan ini, masjid akan dapat mengenal pasti secara tepat siapakah di kalangan anggota masyarakat yang memerlukan bantuan atau bimbingan.

Melalui Wafdul Ghufran juga, pihak masjid berharap dapat berkongsi formula jayanya dalam bidang dakwah dengan masjid-masjid lain di Singapura.

Menyediakan Khidmat Cemerlang

Dengan peranan masjid yang semakin mendapat tumpuan umum, En Effendy sedar akan peri perlunya menyediakan khidmat yang cemerlang bagi para tetamu.

“Kita mahu sesiapa sahaja yang berurusan dengan masjid pulang dengan rasa lega dan gembira. Lebih-lebih lagi, bagi sebuah masjid, jika ada orang bukan Islam yang datang ke masjid tetapi mendapat layanan yang buruk, bayangkan, apakah pandangan mereka terhadap Islam dan masjid,” ujar Pengerusi yang hampir 10 tahun berkhidmat dengan Masjid Darul Ghufran.

Bagi Masjid Darul Ghufran, menyediakan khidmat yang cemerlang bukan sahaja tertumpu kepada khidmat pelanggan. Malah, tumpuannya lebih luas dari itu.

En Effendy mengulas, “Adakah bangunan masjid mesra pengunjung? Adakah masjid ini diselenggarakan dengan baik? Adakah lelaman web masjid mudah digunakan? Adakah papan tanda di masjid tidak mengelirukan?”

Secara berterusan, Masjid Darul Ghufran berusaha untuk meningkatkan infrastruktur dan kemudahan masjid, melatih tenaga kerja dalam bidang-bidang kemahiran mereka dan melaksanakan program-program yang dapat merapatkan masyarakat setempat kepada masjid.

Sebagai Pengerusi Masjid, En Effendy bersama sepasukan 11 orang anggota Lembaga Pentadbir Masjid dan seramai 50 petugas sepenuh masa sama-sama beriltizam untuk mencapai tiga tumpuan utama dalam pembangunan masjid. Tiga tumpuan utamanya ialah:

1. Kecemerlangan dalam melaksanakan program
2. Kecemerlangan dalam menyediakan khidmat
3. Kecemerlangan dalam pengurusan kewangan

Ketiga-tiga tumpuan ini saling berkait dan kukuh-mengukuhkan. Dengan program yang bermutu, khidmat yang cemerlang serta keupayaan kewangan yang mandiri, Masjid Darul Ghufran terus mengatur langkah untuk terus maju berkhidmat dan menjadi masjid pilihan bagi pendidikan dan dakwah.

Fakta Ringkas Masjid Darul Ghufran

Visi: Untuk menjadi pusat pilihan bagi pendidikan dan dakwah

1. Tarikh dibuka: 7 Disember 1990
2. Majlis perasmian masjid: 1hb Muharram 1412H bersamaan 13 Julai 1991
3. Kos pembinaan: S$6.2 juta
4. Dengan keluasan 0.3 hektar, masjid ini boleh menampung 5000 orang jemaah sekaligus.
5. Pada tahun 1991, Masjid Darul Ghufran mendapat anugerah dalam kategori “Honourable Mention” oleh Institut Arkitek Singapura kerana reka bentuk, seni bina dan struktur masjid yang menarik.
6. Masjid Darul Ghufran dikenali sebagai “The Blue Minaret” (Menara Biru) kerana permukaan luar masjid yang berwarna biru.
7. Lelaman web masjid: http://www.mosque.org.sg/ghufran/

Lembaga Pentadbir Masjid Darul Ghufran

1. Seramai 11 orang anggota Lembaga Pentadbir Masjid Darul Ghufran yang diketuai oleh En. Effendy Ibrahim.
2. Seramai 50 orang tenaga kerja sepenuh masa yang bertugas di bahagian pentadbiran masjid, khidmat korporat, madrasah dan guru Al Quran.

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More reminders!  

Every nice friend is a gift from God. Its one of the life's best blessings, a priceless gift that can never be bought, sold, or forgotten.

-Zuib, NI daily reminder, 21 Feb 2010, 12.28pm

"dan hari ini cuba fikirkan... Apa satu perubahan yang you na buat, yang kalau you buat perubahan itu, you akan jadi orang yang lebih hebat berbanding harti semalam!" - dfk

-Kak Maryam, 21 Feb 2010, 12.15pm

Surah Al-Baqarah ayat 286: "Ya Tuhan kami, janganlah Engkau hukum kami jika kami lupa atau kami melakukan kesalahan. Ya Tuhan kami, janganlah Engkau bebani kami dengan beban yang berat sebagaimana Engkau bebankan orang-orang sebelum kami. Ya Tuhan kami, janganlah Engkau pikulkan kepada kami apa ang tida sanggup kami memikulnya. Maafkanlah kami, ampunilah kami dan rahmatilah kami. Engkaulah pelindung kami, maka tolonglah kami menghadapi orang-orang kafir."

-Syabrina, NI daily reminder, 20 feb 2010, 12.46pm

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Sleeping Beauty  

I dunno why am I so super duper tired. I think I'd just returned all the sleep I missed for the past two weeks. I feel like I had just come back from a 9 days camp which lacks sleep. It's like worst than the time I went for Pesantren followed by Teenz Camp.

I slept so much that my head hurts, and my ankle too (I'm certain I did not dream of playing soccer like the doctor suggested many years back haha).

I planned to watch movie with my brother seh tonight... But looking at the pile of things still not done, haiz... I think I have to disappoint him AGAIN. :(

I should start on something right now!

Kk last, Kak Faiezah's wedding was splendid! Love the pelamin (both at Ghufran & majlis) and her gown was so niceeeee. There were so many fatayaats that when we took a pic with the pengantin, rasa macam nak roboh. Imagine if we put the kompang boys together with kendarat on the pelamin, woah. Sume orang kita hehe.

Sayang Ust Ahmad's wedding I had to go off early so like didn't get to take pic with everyone...

Who's next? I think it'd be our UK guy haha.

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More reminders!  

Saturday, February 20, 2010

"He who emigrates (from his home) in the cause of Allah, will find on earth many dwelling places and plenty to live by..." (An-Nisaa: 100) DO things (be it for yourself, family, or friends) because of Allah... One shall find it easy even when in times of difficulty and gain true happiness from doing it.

-Aisha, NI daily reminder, 1 Feb 2010, 9.30am

"For every hardship I complain, there are 10 God-given gifts I have to appreciate. For every bad memory I wish to drown, there are 10 wonderful ones I need to remember. For every horrible experience I go through, there are 10 sweet things waiting for me." Allah has given us so much more than He has taken away. He is never unfair. From Nurfarahin Md Amin.

-Liyana, NI daily reminder, 31 Jan 2010, 9.27am

JUST DO YOUR BEST, LET GOD DO THE REST. Short and sweet phrase. This applies to anything we do in life. Often we will not get what we want by just asking for it. We have to work for it and earn it. What I'm trying to say is kalau kita nak sesuatu, haruslah kita usaha. Selepas itu, serahkan kepada Allah s.w.t. Never have regrets and remember, sometimes you get what you want and sometimes you don't. Life still goes on.

-Ihsan, NI daily reminder, 30 Jan 2010, 9.07am

Rasulullah (pbuh) once said, "The greatest reward comes with the greatest trial. When Allah s.w.t. loves apeople, He tests them. Whoever accepts that win His pleasure but whoever is discontent with that earns His wrath" (Tirmidhi). As we go through today, there may be problems and obstacles that we may have to face. As we are racing against time to submit that assignment due soon, there might be last minute problem that crops up. But insyaAllah if we believe and trust in Allah, we can go through it all with ease :) "If Allah wants to do good to somebody, He afflicts him with trials (to be continued, sry my hp died)

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Rabi'ah al-Aslami & Abu bakr As-Siddiq  

MasyaAllah, beautiful...

repentance

وَالَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا السَّيِّئَاتِ ثُمَّ تَابُوا مِن بَعْدِهَا وَآمَنُوا إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِن بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ(الأعراف: 153)

And (as to) those who do evil deeds, then repent after that and believe, your Lord after that is most surely Forgiving, Merciful.


a glimpse <<<<

Rabi'ah al-Aslami narrated:

"I used to serve the Messenger of Allah. So, he gave me a piece of land, and gave Abu Bakr a piece of land. Then, the worldly life came and and we argued over a bunch of palm trees, and Abu Bakr said: "It is in my piece of land!" and I said: "It is in my piece of land!" Then, there was an exchange of words between Abu Bakr and myself. So, Abu Bakr said something to me that I disliked, and he regretted that.

So, he said to me: "O Rabi'ah! Say back to me what I said to you so that we would be equal."

I said: "I will not do so!"

Abu Bakr said: "Say it, or I will call the Messenger of Allah on you!"

I said: "I will not do so."

So, Abu Bakr – may Allaah be pleased with him – went to the Prophet and I followed him, so the people from (the tribe of) Aslam came and said: "May Allah have mercy on Abu Bakr! Why would he call the Messenger of Allah on you when he (the Prophet) has said to you what he has said?"

So, I said: "Do you know who that is? That is Abu Bakr as-Siddiq! He is the one who was in the Cave with the Prophet, and he is the elder of the Muslims! So, you had better not cause him to turn around and see you helping me against him, making him angry, causing the Messenger of Allah to come and become angry because of Abu Bakr's anger, thereby causing Allah to become angry for both of their anger, thereby causing me to be destroyed!"

So, they said: "So, what do you want us to do?"

I said: "Go back to where you came from."

So, Abu Bakr went to the Messenger of Allah and I followed him by myself and continued until he got to the Prophet and informed him of our conversation as it happened.

So, he (the Prophet) raised his head to me and said: "O Rabi'ah! What is going on between you and as-Siddiq?"

So, I said: "O Messenger of Allah, this happened and that happened, and he said something to me that I disliked, and he told me to say the same thing back to him so that we would be equal."

So, the Messenger of Allah said: "Do not return his comment to him. Rather, say 'May Allah forgive you, O Abu Bakr! May Allah forgive you O Abu Bakr!' "

So, Abu Bakr – may Allah have Mercy on him – turned his face and began to cry."

['as-Silsilah as-Sahihah'; # 3258]



//the thoughts

Short episodes in the life of the companions r.a. relayed to us, often accompanies with it tutorials by which we reflect, adopt and live by. This heart rendering incident details the etiquette when dealing with people who have wronged us, the reconciliation of the offender and their return to peace, all for the sake of His pleasure.

1. We should seek forgiveness from the person whom we harmed.

2. We can learn that an offender should feel remorse over his wrongdoings. The companions رضى الله عنهم all had a common goal in mind that they would rather be punished in this world rather than hereafter.
3. We, if offended upon should not return the same insult back to the person (retribution) and rather we should seek forgiveness the offender.

4. We should reflect upon our actions and repent to Allah for any wrong doings that we had done.

5. We should be careful with our words. What is said can never be unsaid.

6. This exemplifies the high taqwa and reconciliatory nature of Abu Bakr ‎as-siddiq رضى الله عنه



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Thank you & regards,

Azhar Mohamed Yasin


Abu Malik at-Ash'ari reported:
The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said:
"Cleanliness is half of faith and al-Hamdu Liliah (Praise be to Allah) fills the scale, and Subhan Allah (Glory be to Allah) and al-Hamdu Liliah (Praise be to Allah) fill upwhat is between the heavens and the earth, and prayer is a light, and charity is proof (of one's faith) and endurance is a brightness and the Holy Qur'an is a proof on your behalf or against you. All men go out early in the morning and sell themselves, thereby setting themselves free or destroying themselves.
(Sahih Muslim, Book 2, Hadith 432)

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Compassion  

This week's khutbah discusses on the importance of a Muslim to show compassion towards others and being unselfish.

* Our real status in Allah's sight is not based on how we look, but it depends on the values we uphold, the positive impact and effect of our actions on ourselves and others, as well as the sincerity in our hearts.
* A good Muslim who shows concern towards others, he will contribute towards the betterment of society, and love his brothers more than his love for himself.
* We should take steps and actions that will raise our status in front of Allah, and it will result in us becoming an ummah that cares for one another.

Versi Melayu;

Khutbah minggu ini membincangan kepentingan untuk bersikap kasih sayang, mengasihani sesama saudara serta tidak mementingkan diri.

* Nilai Muslim di sisi Allah bukan hanya pada kezahiran amalan sahaja, tetapi terletak pada kualiti, kesan dan keikhlasan di sebalik amalan tersebut.
* Seorang Muslim yang baik, perlu bersikap prihatin, menyumbang kepada masyarakat serta menyayangi saudara seislam seperti menyayangi diri sendiri.
* Langkah-langkah bagi berusaha menjadi umat yang saling kasih mengasihani sesama manusia serta mendapat kedudukan yang tinggi di sisi Allah.

Summary provided by Ustaz Ibrahim yang ngah semangat

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Time flies  

Friday, February 19, 2010

It felt like it was just yesterday that I was sitting down at the NIE bench finishing the Cell Structure & Function lab report and then blogging at Mac while waiting for my dad to pick me up... yet a week has actually passed!

How time flies... Before long, it'd be time to die....

Eh cam morbid pulak asyik cakap pasal mati hish

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Random stuff  

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Marliyana terasa emo la niari... Tak tau kenapa, mungkin sebab semalam attend Monthly Dose of Islam and so I'm being extra reflective today kott. Entah eh. Been 'beating' myself up for the littlest wrongs.

I didn't do much today, again, but I managed to print some stuff, transfer my money and buy food to reastock at my hall...

Macam layan nafsu seh tadi kat NTUC. Rasa serba salah gitu spend >$30 on biscuits, sweets and chocolates... But I rather need them larh... Tulah my breakfast, and sometimes my dinner too...

Listening to "I believe I can fly". Random seh. Lagu classic. Motivational pon ade jugak.

Initially I wanted to devote an entry on death, the topic of yeserday's MDI. But... cam... tak jadi gitu... tengok kott nanti camne.

I attempted to watch episode 3 of the mentalist while having dinner, but the sound system and buffering really got on my nerves that I decided to just close it.

Watching mentalist (walaupun setakat 2 episode yg sungguh pathetic compared to others) makes me more critical of people's body language. Interesting! Can know who is having the upperhand of a discussion, can see how confident someone is etc. Haha.

Oh, tadi ada babi hutan! Satu family! 2 anak agaknya. First time nampak babi hutan. Ingatkan binatang ni kecik tapi size dia betul macam babi eh? Jakon sekejap tadi, tapi tak dapat amek gambar sebab terlalu jauh...

I just called home to inform that I'll be back late tmr night. My dad has been complaining to my mum that I hadn't been calling home right, so when he picked up the phone just now, I attempted to tell the babi hutan story ah, and I feel that I sound childish and ridiculous -_-'

Still suffering from post camp syndrome. Miss the Radiate Camp...

K, back to work

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Hmmm  

Hey gals, I wanna thank you two sweetie pies so so much for the presents. It's really perfect, love everything about it! Haha, and marli, I still tak paham what is membazir? Wah so cheem. lol! Thanks alot2! Really appreciate it cos I never really had tudung friends before. Xoxo!

Yea, there are Malays out there who don't speak Malay, or hang around much with Malays.

I think there is still this stigma out there about minah tudungs, sadly :(

Anyway, since I entered NIE, I have people calling me all kinds of short names. I asked them to call me Liyana, and that's what Harizah & Mahmudah still stick with. But the Bio peeps call me Marli. Some of the FOC peeps call me Liyana, some call me Marli haha... I will answer to either larh...

Haha Marli -> Marley -> Barley

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Genetics  

I've ended class today! But I shall be staying in school to finish up some work... Hope to accomplish alot today. NEED to accomplish alot today...

Mir is celebrating her friend's birthday in our room, and so I shall linger around in school... Having my lunch now, vegetarian! I just feel like it... Perangai! Haha I know... I shall move over to NTU around Asar time I guess...

Genetics was horrible just now. Dr Sam took up the whole 3 hours with no break in between, and there's this concept that no one seems to be able to grasp and she ket going round and round in trying to explain it. We kept saying we don't understand, we can't see what she meant, yet she didn't change her way of explaining... Use diagrams or analogies or something lar....

So anyway, I was so pissed (sleepy + hungry + don't understand what's going on) and she could see it on my face. Though really, everyone else was having a similar reaction uh... We just had 2hrs of Genetics yesterday, and 3hrs of Genetics today is like beyond saturation point.

I was sitting in the secnod row, but there was no one infront of me, and so she could see my every expression and hear my every response... So when she asked to do a tutorial, she actually wanted me to go to the front of the class and do (me no hal, I was doing the question already anyway...) but she didn't point to me, and instead attempted to find my name in the attendance list, of which fate be it she called the wrong name haha. Syikin was called instead. Just because we both wear tudung.... haha! But in the end, this Calvin guy (from poly Biotech) went up front to do the question...

I am talking about the same lecturer, whom I commented last week to be very passionate with the subject she teaches. The earlier parts of the module were ok because I had studied them before and so I didn't really see how she is. But when she started on extensions and linkages and stuff, gosh, she needs to improve in her explanation skills la... Gonna comment on it when we do the feedback form.

This sem, I find it so hard to pay attention to the female lecturers, they just seem to frustrate me... The male lecturers can keep my attention throughout the whole lecture, and I can even ask and answer some questions confidently... Perhaps because they had taught us before last sem, I dunno... But yeah, I can stay awake!

It's raining with strong wind... I've yet to restock my food stock.... Or attend the briefing for bike... Haiz...

My vegetarian pineapple rice is badly cooked by the way:(

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Buzzzzzzzzy  

It's 2am in the morn! And I haven't done much! I've bathed, cleaned my room and washed my clothes (haven't hang out to dry though)... But I haven't started on my schoolwork! I wanted to finish my Chem report! And my FOC prog minutes... :(

I took almost an hour just reading my emails, woAH!

I'm giving silat a miss tmr. My roomie is quitting silat (padahal I was the one, who from the start has been contemplating over and over again whether to quit silat or not haha, and right now she is so tempting me to quit as well... My purpose of joining was partly to try something new, which I did, and I never planned to stay long anyway, I would definitely quit when I end NIE, longest would be 8 years down the road uh...) tmr.

It's 7 days away... Getting closer to death *gasp*

I have FOC prog minutes due tmr night, I have a short meet with Head of Publicity on Friday afternoon, I have a Chem lab report due on Friday, I have meeting on Friday night, I have 3 things going on this Sat (Kak Faiezah's wedding, madrasah friends' outing, FOC gathering to make kuih layang2 all at about the same timing), I have madrasah on Sunday, I have ICT essay/lesson-plan due on Monday, I have FOC prog meet on Monday afternoon, I have ALS Statement of topic due on Tuesday, I have FOC general meeting on Wednesday night, I have NTU-MI silat friendlies next Thursday, I have another Chem lab report due next Friday *stones*

And right now I am super sleepy... I hope tmr will be a better day, a more fruitful day... I end class at 11.30am, I have 12hrs to do work?

We'll see...

Btw I attended NTUMS's Monthly Dose of Islam just now. The speaker was Ustaz Asmadi Ahmad, principal of the Young Khulafa' Institute, who happened to be the ex-president of NTUMS back in 1992.... He's a good speaker, and I feel that he presented very well on the topic given, "Death as Hikmah"... Great reminders :))) I need them...

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Tak habis2  

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

My mum is so cute...

"Gi Australia $400 je?! Jadi yang kelmarin kau cakap $1000 tu semua termasuk ah? Pergilah! Selagi persahabatan tu masih baru...."

"Eh $400 je? Mama pon boleh pergi. Aah eh daripada mama gi masuk hutan, baik jalan2 kat Australia."

"Kau pergi ah Australia. Mane tau dapat jodoh pat saner... Boleh mama jalan2 kat Perth."

"Kawan kau nye abang ke, sepupu ke, sedara mara ke..."

Mak ooooo mak ku sayang.... HAHHAHA

How the topic got there was quite complicated. We were talking about my brother's wedding, then it went to her best friend's youngest son wanting to get married and her question if I have anyone special, to my second brother's marriage, to the air fare to Surabaya, to yea air fare to Australia....

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More reminders!  

Are we better than Prophet Musa a.s.? Is the person you're talking to/arguing with any worse than Pharaoh? Please refer to Surah Ta-ha (20) verse 43-44. What more of us? Let;s relook into our human relationship and communication :)

-Musaddiq, NI daily reminder, 17 Feb 2010, 10.35am

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Cute!  

I juz find this conversation cute haha!


person A

blh tanya sesuatu?
itz kinda sensitive though..
but up to u to say or nt lar..


person B

okeh

person A
have u been like a person b4?

person B
been like a person?
oh!
as in has someone liked me before?

person A
u like someone i mean..
ya tatz one also can..
both lar..

person B
haha kalau samada ade someone like me b4 ke t tak tau la pulak, no one has said anything to me, and i do not wish to interpret wrongly of ppl's moves/words takut create fitnah... baik sangka jelah
kalau me like someone...
haha come on, let's be human ;)
of cos ade la crushes here n there
but i dun acknowledge these feelings
juz nafs
always try to remind myself this isnt right lar

person A
hmm ic..

person B
liking someone takut2 jadi zina mata atau zina hati sekalipun bukan zina physically
but yea, adela have crushes on ppl... im human, n im a a woman lol
it's fitrah bg seorang wanita tertarik pd seorang lelaki
cuma now's not the time to layan these feelings. takmu mentel!!! hahaha

person A
hahaaha...
yes mdm!

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Sign?  

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

It is funny how you hear a new word and suddenly you keep hearing it again and again...

I'm currently at Mac Raffles Place... Just had meeting at BK before this about Muslim (trainee) teachers.

Hmmm... sustainer... huge responsibility... leadership renewal process... a need...

I dunno. Is it a sign?

Haiz... What do you do when you see a need in something? You do something about it right? I feel guilty that I am... having this mindset which says, "It's ok, I don't have to get involved, there are others who can take care of it..."

That's a very wrong mindset....

Anyway, how did I end up here? Long story...

I was supposed to go to campus to study Bio with Amirah & Harizah, but I found it too far and asked them if we could have it central. It happened that I received a message about this meeting at central, and so I kinda used it as a back-up why I'd like to have it in central instead of campus. Turns out Amirah slept late and don't wanna go central, she wanna study on her own, and then Harizah also replied that the test has been postponed to March and so she said we study on our own firsat and then we discuss later on... So oklah, study date cancelled.

It then happened that Mai and the bio gang thought of going kite-flying at Marina Barrage. I was reluctant cos I haven't finish my report, but I really wanna go kite-flying!! So I told myself ok, I'll go late and then I'll go off early to join in the meeting at Raffles, Marina is just one stop away anyway...

While I was otw to mrt, I found out that the Bio peeps cancelled the kite-flying outing, and so I went to the library to do abit of report before going to Raffles...

So the summary is that, all other plans got cancelled EXCEPT for this meeting. Is it a sign?

Haha, I dunno larh... We'll see how things go...

I haven't accepted the sustainer role.... :) I'm not ready to reshuffle my priorities...

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More reminders!  

"Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game." Never let your fears overcome you.. Do what you believe is right.. InsyaAllah things would turn out fine.

-Aisha, NI daily reminder, 16 Feb 2010, 11.23am

Of tolerance. Be so tolerant that your heart becomes wide like the ocean. Offer a hand to those in trouble and be concerned about everyone. Return good for evil, and disregarddiscourteous treatment. Choose tolerance and be magnanimous towards the ill-mannered. Let's make Rasulullah s.a.w. as our role model in our life.

-Liyana, NI daily reminder, 15 Feb 2010, 6.26pm

Take my advice that you will do well by women. Since they have been created from the rib, and the greatest curvature of the rib lies in the raised centre; you will break it in your attempts to straighten it out. But if you leve as it is, its crookedness will persist - bukhari. Any attempt bu men to make women 'straight' will be futile as we have been made 'curved' by nature. Curved ribs ensure smooth running of conjugal life :) now we kniw why Allah made Hawa from the rib of Adam to be his companion and sustenance to his life.

-Kak Fiza, 15 Feb 2010, 11.17pm

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Just getting it off my chest  

Monday, February 15, 2010

Okok, I shall try to make this my last post for today. I have my lab reports, one due this wed, another this fri, yikes!

I have something to confess... Or rather, something to let out larh. I guess it'll make me sound so sensitive, but really I wanna get it off my chest...

I don't like it that people ungkit about the RYC amazing race again and again. I've heard it a 1001 times before. The first time I hear it, I can accept it, cos I myself know it was badly done. On the day itself, I broke down, I broke down in the middle of the camp, because I have already realised how badly it was done and it was almost beyond my control to make things right because of the time constraint. Now that I keep hearing it again and again, each time I feel like crying. Because it isn't fair la...

You guys as station masters and facis have your part of your story. I have mine to. This is my part of the story:

First and foremost, I only joined the programmes team less than 3 weeks before the camp day itself. I met them on 19th (I hear what they have done so far and I just suggest how to improve), 21st, 22nd-23rd (faci trg), 28th, 30th (general meeting), 2nd (meet emcee) and the camp itself is on 5th sep tau... If you see properly, I only had 2 days, which was 21st and 28th with the programmers. I was supposed to help out here and there only, but ended up having to come up with the whole route on which group goes where (prog did the recce with me to identify the stations - it was a mutual agreement between the three of us on the stations being from end to end of Pasir Ris, NOT ME ALONE tau), all 15 games (ingat senang nak create 15 games macam petik jari?), all preparations for the 15 games (settling with logictics, printing out the puzzles, pictures and the station numbers - faizal only managed to help with the laminating on the day itself), finding 15 station masters (only to receive news from the comm that they just wanna use comm members) and the briefing for station masters (which had to keep postponing because firstly, no one can confirm with me who were to be the station masters, then the comm members were very busy and I only managed to sit with them before maghrib on the first day of camp, about 4hrs before the race).

To top it up, the head programmer is very new, it's her first time doing programmes, and so I was assisting her alot with the prog sheet, with the concept with linking to objectives and theme (a call to remember, spark for a change), spiritual booster (oso I prepared the slides) and keeping track of scores on the day itself. The other programmer was serving NS and could hardly do much. So yeah, understand our plight.

Plus, I have my own NTUMS Ramadhan adhoc event to settle, which was only one week away from RYC. It was a 4-man show, so all admin, publicity, programmes, logistics were under us. And, I had my GESL event to plan for - another amazing race, I was doing programmes too. And, I was still adapting to school. It was still my first month in school. Tutorials, lab reports, essays... And, I just started silat.

My hands were full! I sacrificed alot of sleep! I fell sick quite a number of times then.

I don't mind, I'll help where I can...

The thing is, I gave my best. That's all I can say.

My bad that I didn't foresee how tiring it would be for the facis and pax to be running from one end of PRP to another. I'm sorry. Yes, I am responsible for the Amazing Race. I do feel bad about it. I do feel bad that probably all the pax didn't enjoy the camp because it was too tiring. But then again, I am really sick and tired of so many people being so cynical about how it turned out with no one to back me up...

Each time I hear more comments about the race, the worst I feel. And I have withstood it since September 09. I keep telling myself that it is positive criticism; accept it, learn from it, and don't repeat it. Now is February 10, it's 5 months plus, I can't remember how many times I've heard comments about it. I can probably never forget the Amazing Race, because I don't like anything less than perfect, and of course, this Amazing Race was very far from perfect.

I just feel that I've withstood it too long, and this is the peak of it all. It is just too much and I can't stand anymore of it...

I have a meeting in 18 mins, programmes again. No, I am not sick of programmes.

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Camaraderie!  

That was my group name for the Fityan Orientation Radiate! over the weekends.

Great people. Great games. Great learning points.

Anisah was my partner in facilitating our group. And my group was made up of Aryani, Hidayah, Nazilah, Atiqah & Amalina. Amalina was the one who came up with the group name. It was hard to pronounce, yet the meaning really described the group well: a spirit of familiarity and trust existing between friends. Some synonyms to the word are: comradeship, fellowship, brotherhood, companionship, togetherness, esprit de corps, good-fellowship, companionability...

To my group, thank you for being very enthusiastic people, for never giving up, for giving your best in everything that you do, and simply for being yourself :) I really hope you guys had fun, and I would really like to apologise for any of my shortcomings.

C for what? CAMARADERIE!

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Facilitating  

:) I had fun during my weekend. Well, of course uh, it's with the fityan peeps!

And I did something new... I became a faci! These days I just enjoy doing new stuff, perhaps cos I feel I'm tired with the routines. My schedule is so packed with the same thing over and over again...

I would never have been open to the idea of being a faci before this. But come to think of it, I was never really open to the idea of being a teacher either.

It may be because I feel that now is the perfect age to start being a faci that people can trust. I'm not saying that you should be above 20 to be a faci (though that is normally the case in many places), but more of: At this age, I have accumulated enough experience and confidence to carry out the roles of a faci well.

Being a faci means to be up front. To be representing an organisation. To be delivering the objectives of the event and the learning activities of the games well. To be a good role model. To be instilling good values.

That isn't something that anyone can do. It takes skill. And since I have sat in so many faci trainings over the past 2-3 years, I've absorbed some of the skills a faci require theoretically. Yea, eventhough I attended those trainings not as a faci...

Of course I still made mistakes. I have a lot more to learn. But that's all part of the journey right?

Yeah I wasn't the best faci during Fityan Orientation, probably the worst haha, but I gave my best. I am just glad I had a fun and enthusiastic group :) Alhamdulillah.

I hope I get more opportunities to develop my skills as a faci, because I feel that it would help me in being a better teacher later on. Yea, and so I would like to focus on those programmes with pax who're in sec school, to make it more specific and relevant. Depends uh... My other objective of being a faci is afterall to spread the word of da'awah and we shouldn't be choosy on who should or should not receive it. ALL deserve it...

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We, Your creations, NEED You O Allah  

Sunday, February 14, 2010

The Creation is in Need of Allah

By Dr. Saleh as-Saleh,

"Man always looks for what benefits him and what protects him from harm. However, to accomplish this, man must be able to realize what is harmful. He must then know whom he should need, trust, and love so that he can attain what is beneficial as well as to feel good about his choice. He also must know the proper and good approach that would make him achieve this goal. This latter condition requires that man:

Know about harm

What ways can be used to drive harm away?

Certainly, man can have no better guidance than that which comes from the One Who had perfected everything, and the One who Has no deficiency in Himself and in His Attributes. The One Who is Ever-Living and Who does not die. There can be no One better than the One Who Has no need for anything; the One Who is rich; the Giver; the One who, after all, controls man's soul. Man is so poor to Him. He is Allah, the True and only God. Man can bring harm to himself if he seeks other than Allah for help. Allah is the One Who can help man drive away any harm for it cannot occur without His Will and His Power.

1.Allah (swt) sent down His Books and chose His Messengers to guide man to:

2.Know His Lord as He (swt) had explained about Himself, and

3.Seek Him Alone while living in accordance with His plan

Knowing Allah's Names and Attributes liberates man from worshiping any form of creation because creation is weak and is in need of The Creator, Allah. The knowledge about Allah leads man to know that he is created to live according to Allah's way as revealed to the last Messenger Muhammad . This Revelation contains a complete code of life. Everything that is beneficial or harmful is established so that man can centre his life around this Revelation. If man commits wrong and knows that Allah is Oft-Forgiving he would turn to Him and to Him alone seeking His forgiveness:

"Know, therefore, that there is no God Who deserves to be worshiped except Allah; and ask forgiveness for your sins."
(Qur'an, 47:19)

It is wrong to think or believe that Allah created other 'gods' besides Him so that man turns to them for help; loves them or fear them, etc. He is the same God of all nations. He does not order that people should make of stars, sun, fire, Jesus, Moses, etc. gods besides Him. He (Most Exalted) cannot be 'contradictory'. He has one way (religion) that calls man to surrender his will only to Him. He warned that if man (even Muhammad would take partners with Him, then his work will fail and will be among losers:

"And verily, it had been revealed to you (O Muhammad ) as has been revealed to those before you. If you join others in worship with Allah (then) surely (all) your deeds will be in vain and you will certainly be among the losers. Nay! But worship Allah and be among grateful." (Qur'an, 39:65-66)

Let us know what Muhammad, the man-Prophet, who knew Allah best, used to say:

"O Allah, I seek refuge in You for Your Pleasure and against Your Wrath, and in Your Forgiveness and against Your Punishment and in You from You, I cannot Praise You as You can Praise Yourself." (Muslim, Abu Dawood, at-Tirmidhi, ibn Majah)

"I have surrendered myself to You, I have directed my face to You, I have entrusted my affairs to You, I have compelled my back to refuge in You, in want and in fright of You, there is no resort nor survival from You except (in turning) to You. I have faith in Your book (i.e. the Qur'an) which You brought down and in the Prophet (Muhammad) you have sent." (Al-Bukhari, Muslim)

When we read in the Qur'an that:

"Whatever of Mercy (i.e. of good), Allah may grant to mankind, none can withhold it, and whatever He may withhold, none can grant it thereafter. And He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise." (Qur'an, 35:2)

And when we read that:

"If Allah touches you with hurt, there is none can remove it but He; and if He intends any good for you, there is one who can repel His favour which He causes it to reach whomsoever of His slaves He will, and He is the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." (Qur'an, 10:117)

We should be motivated to return to Him Alone at times of ease and at times of hardship.

And when we read that:

"If Allah helps you none can overcome you, and if He forsakes you, who is there, after Him, that can help you. And in Allah (alone) let believers put their trust." (Qur'an, 3:160)

The Qur'an, therefore, leads man to a true liberation from any false attachment. It brings peace to the heart. It helps the believer against hypocrisy and all forms of dishonesty. Imagine, for example, a believer facing a problem at work. He sees wrong and faces unlawful practices. He does not fear rejecting what is wrong. He knows that the job is only a means to gain his sustenance. While he may be unable to correct what is wrong, he knows well that Allah is the One Who provides. If he leaves his job for the sake of Allah, Allah will give him a better one. Allah (SW) said:

"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 could never imagine." (Qur'an, 65:2-3)

The above texts, necessitates that man must depend upon Allah (SW) asking Him Alone for assistance. It also requires that man must love Allah and worship Him Alone to gain His pleasure and His help. Is it not true that the people who consider this life as the "Final Goal" end up worshiping many things in it? You see them so careful about "having it all". They torture themselves: pain, difficulty, and constant worry, keeping their hands in the banks for loan after loan to keep up with the "demands of development". They are under the constant threat of foreclosure. They constantly see poverty in front of their eyes. The Prophet (saw) said:

"Allah says: 'Son of Adam: Fill your time with My worship and I will fill your heart with richness, and end off your poverty. But if you don't, I would make your hands fully busy (i.e. in worldly affairs) and I would not end off your poverty.'" (At-Tirmidhi said that it is a good hadeeth)

Our purpose of existence on earth is more meaningful than being slaves to worldly gains. There can be no meaningful life better than that prescribed by our Creator Allah. Every act done according to Allah's way is an act of worship. Man is the beneficiary and Allah is in no need:

"O mankind! It is you who stand in need of Allah ,but Allah is Rich (Free of all wants and needs), Worthy of All Praise." (Qur'an, 35:15)

Source: http://www.missionislam.com/knowledge/Creation.htm

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More reminders!  

Whenever we are down or facing a problem, always think that there are people out there doing much worse. We just have to be patient and insyaAllah everything will be okay. And when we are blessed with something good, don't be too happy cos some people are not so fortunate. Simply put, BE POSITIVE AND KEEP OTHERS IN MIND AS WELL :)

-Ihsan, NI daily reminder, 14 Feb 2010, 10.28am

What bears in your thought Allah knows. What bears in your heart He knows. So remember my fellow friends, always think of good things

"Allahumma yassir walaa tu'assir, wa tammim bil khair" Ya Allah, please ease my work and do not make it harder. And please let it be well in the end...

-Huda, NI daily reminder, 13 Feb 2010, 11.41am

-NI daily reminder, 12 Feb 2010, 10.35am

Character cannot be developed in ease & quiet. Only through trial & suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired & success achieved - Helen Keller. So don't be afraid to take in challenges that life throws. They just keep making you a better & stronger person :)

-Azimah, NI daily reminder, 11 Feb 2010, 8.12am

Whenever you give your word, say the truth. Seek help in patience and prayer. Pray to Allah and be confident of a response. And speak good to people. Pay attention to Allah and He will pay attention to you. Be content with what Allah has given you and you will be the richest of people. Do not become angry and paradise will be yours. Cheer people up, do not put them off. and fear Allah wherever you may be.

-Diyana, NI daily reminder, 10 Feb 2010, 1.07pm

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Bluessss  

Thursday, February 11, 2010

*faints* I'm so super duper tired...

Monday, had FOC prog meet during break afterwhich went to Chem lab to collect results. After school, I forgot I had dinner date with the sahur comm, so rushed down to Hall 11 after Maghrib and had abs training during dinner. Kekek gila! We finished earlier than the previous time, cos everyone had to rush off. Myself, I was rushing back to do ALS. I ended up falling asleep on the floor halfway through reading the website given.

Tuesday, ALS at 8.30am. Managed to finish my work afterall. And we had a 400-word essay test. I hope I did fine... We ended 1hr earlier, GOOD. But we Bio students had to meet up with the Sub-dean to choose our AS1. I kinda have chosen Bio. Logically thinking arh, I'm trying to commit suicide if I choose Chem, logically. But they gave one day to make the decision, and I thought there wasn't any harm in asking some.. guidance. Ended school at 3.30pm. Prayed and stuff, and did lab report, then rush off to silat. After silat, I chatted with Mir, cos we're like too... I dunno. Just needed to talk I guess. That night I found myself crawling up onto the bed and without realising I fell asleep.

Wednesday, there was supposed to be GESL presentation at 10.30am, err... I kinda woke up at 10.25am heheh. So yeah, I skipped it, and so did 80% of my class anyway... I had duty to tend our GESL booth. Supposedly it's just an hour, but I just sat there for 2 hrs, doing a bit of my lab report. Oh, and the director and gang came by our booth and I had the honour of explaining our GESL project to them! They were impressed with our project! *beams* After duty, went to get my lab results signed, then while Harizah submitted my form for me (I took Bio as my AS1) I went to print some stuff with Mahmudah. After school, print some more stuff, then rush to buy dinner, then rush to FOC general meeting. After meeting, while the rest have dinner, I did my lab report (waiting for Mir...) We walked back to hall after that and I did my lab report in the room till around 3am yesterday and still didn't finish.

Today, is the most boring. Had 3hr lecture at 8.30am. Tried to do the lab report but it was impossible to multitask! So I just paid attention to the lec. Did my lab report after lec, with a short brunch in between, all the way till 7+pm. Woah... And my references were superbly badly done. But library was closing at 8pm, so no choice...

Currently am waiting for my dad to fetch me. Don't feel like sleeping in hall alone. Besides I need to bring home my camp bag and start packing for Fityan Orientation Camp (I'm a faci! I'm a faci! I'm a faci! -_-) and I'll be meeting Husni to buy shawls at Arab Street tmr morn anyway. We were supposed to go out today, but... haiz, a broken promise... I was super excited to get myself new shawls.

I'm like stoning as I type this. I don't even know why am I typing this. I should be starting on my other two lab reports.

So easily distracted...

I experienced sleep paralysis last Sunday at home and once again on Tuesday when I took a nap during lec break (of which I dreamt I was scubadiving lol!) I must be very very tired to be experiencing them again. I don't like it.

Oh, and I had very bad PMS this time around. The worst I think. I think all the stress around me is making it worst. I snapped during prog meet on Monday (but it was just snapping my fingers in front of them to get their attention uh) and I snapped at Amirah during lunch on Tuesday, cos she was asking why don't I eat vegetables, and I just got so irritated that when she asked us to try her plasticy (her words, not mine)vegetarian meet, I gave a very sarcastic remark. And thrice I ate vegetarian food this week, cos I'm in a rush, and I dunno, I just feel like punishing myself. But the vegetarian pineapple rice with mock char siew meat and hashbrown are nice ar actually. And cheap too! And the queue is short too! Haha

But yalarh, cramps were bad.... Started 3-4 days before time seh. There were times I just feel like curling up. The worst sehh...

Ok, 9.06pm. My dad gonna reach in about 20mins time. I'm starving actually. And sleepy.

2 more LAB REPORTS!!!

Celebrating Mai's 20th tmr after Chem...

I try to forget I'm turning 21, but I can't. I'm amazed at how people can forget it's their birthday... Seriously.

Eww, I smell vomit. My stomach is close to empty, don't make me vomit too seh...

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More reminders :)  

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Sahabat kepada Rasulullah s.a.w. pernah bertanya kepada baginda bahawa adakah iman dia sempurna? Rasulullah s.a.w. menjawb "Tidak". Sahabat Rasulullah s.a.w. kemudian bertanyakepada baginda kenapa imannya tidak sempurna. Baginda pula menjawab "Tidak sempurna iman jika kemusuhan terdapat dalam hati". Oleh itu, janganlah membiarkan kemusuhan dan kebencian dibiarkan berterusan. Leburkanlah keegoan kita, dan hulurkanlah kemaafa kita semoga sentosa dalam keredhaan Allah s.w.t.

-Harith, NI daily reminder, 9th Feb 2010 11.18am

comment: disclaimer: I don't know the standing of the hadith whether it is sahih or what...

Hell is a real place prepared by Allah for those who do not believe in Him, rebel against His laws, and reject His messengers. Hell is an actual place, not a mere state of mind or a spiritual entity. The horrors, pain, anguish, and punishment are all real, but different in nature than their earthly counterparts

-Zariq, NI daily reminder, 8th Feb 2010 9.00am

Reminder from our parents: "If, when we speak to you, we repeat the things over and over again, do not interrupt us. Listen to us. When you were small, we had to repeat and explain to you 1001 times before you could understand." and "When you see our ignorance of new technologies, help us. We tyaught you to do so many things... how to eat, to dress and to fight for your rights" and "You must not feel sad, angry or ashamed having us near you. Instead try to understand us and help us like we did when you were young." Reminding myself before anyone else... As the qur'an states: Keredhaan Allah is keredhaan ibu bapa.

-Faatimah, NI daily reminder 7th Feb 2010 10.39am

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If & When  

Monday, February 08, 2010

IF and WHEN were friends. Every week they met and had lunch. Their conversation usually centered on all the things they were going to achieve. They both had many dreams and they loved to talk about them.

This particular Saturday when they met, WHEN sensed that IF was not in a great mood. As usual they sat at the table reserved for them and ordered their lunch. Once they placed their order, WHEN questioned IF. "IF what is wrong with you? You don't seem your usual cheery self?"

IF looked at WHEN and replied, "I'm not sure, I just don't feel like I am making any progress. This last week I saw a course I wanted to take if only I had the time to take it."

WHEN knew exactly how IF felt. "Yeah," replied WHEN, "I too saw a course and I am going to register when I get enough money together." WHEN then said, "well what about that new job you were going to apply for. You were so excited about it last week, did you apply?"

IF responded, "If my computer didn't break down last week, I would have applied. But, my computer is not working, so I could not type my resume."

"Don't worry about it IF, when you are ready another job will come through. I have been thinking about looking for another job also, but I will wait and when the weather gets nicer I will look then." WHEN then went on to tell IF about his week, hoping that it would cheer him up a bit.

The man at the next table couldn't help overhear WHEN and IF. They both were talking about when this and if that, finally he couldn't take it anymore. "Excuse me gentlemen," the man said. IF and WHEN both looked at the man and wondered what he wanted. The man continued, "I'm sorry, but I couldn't help hearing your conversation. I think I know how you could solve your problems."

IF smiled and thought, how could a complete stranger know how to solve all of their problems. If only he knew. When he realized the challenges they faced there was no way he could solve their problems! Curious, IF asked the gentleman, "How do you think you can solve our problems?"

The gentleman smiled and said, "You only need listen to yourselves. It reminds me of an old proverb:
'If and When were planted, and Nothing grew'."

IF and WHEN looked puzzled. The gentleman smiled and said, "Start counting how many times you use the words 'if' and 'when'. Rather than thinking 'if and when', start doing, take action, stop talking about 'if and when'."


IF and WHEN both looked surprised, and suddenly realized that what the gentleman had said was so true. Both of them were guilty of thinking, acting and living their life for the "ifs and whens". The gentleman left and IF and WHEN's conversation changed. They made a pact that when they met for lunch next week, there would be no "ifs and whens"; they would only talk about what they accomplished!

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Seven Habits of Highly Successful Muslim Youth  

Sunday, February 07, 2010

Seven Habits of Highly Successful Muslim Youth

By Altaf Husain - Social Worker — USA

You cannot escape it. The discussion about habits is all around you: Mom and Dad are constantly telling you to break your bad habits; your teachers are telling you to develop good habits; your friends are pressuring you to adopt their habits; and the television and media are influencing you to explore new and supposedly cool habits. "You will never be successful," the constant refrain goes, "unless you drop your bad habits and develop some good habits." In the end, it's all up to you. You have to decide what your habits are going to be. Have you given this matter some thought?
If you are alive and breathing, you should constantly be engaged in an inner struggle to develop habits which draw you closer to Allah Most High. Success in this world is directly related to the strength of your relationship with Allah. The farther one is from Allah and the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), the less likely one is to achieve success in this world and, for sure, even less likely to achieve success in the hereafter. Is it not time for us to reflect upon Islamic teachings to discern the necessary habits of highly successful Muslim youth?
Here are at least seven habits indispensable for highly successful Muslim youth, derived entirely from the Qur'an and the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).


Be Truthful
Being truthful is not always easy, especially when we make a mistake. We fret over whether or not to disclose exactly what happened. We sweat, we are afraid, we feel nervous and anxious. We are often afraid that if we tell the truth about what we have done or said, we will be in trouble with our parents or friends. What we forget is that whether we tell the truth or not, Allah Most High knows exactly what took place, even those things that were never manifest or visible to people around us. Despite how burdensome telling the truth might seem, all of us are aware of the feeling of relief we experience when we tell the truth, even if the consequence of telling the truth is punishment. Casting the telling of truth and the fate of the truthful in terms of profit and loss, Allah Most High tells us in the Qur'an
[This is a day on which the truthful will profit from their truth: theirs are gardens, with rivers flowing beneath — their eternal Home: Allah well-pleased with them, and they with Allah. That is the great salvation, (the fulfillment of all desires).] (Al-Ma'idah 5:119)
So much is to be gained from being truthful as opposed to escaping punishment or blame because of not being truthful. Not being truthful, in fact, leads us down a slippery slope, guaranteeing that with one lie, more lies must be told. Being truthful is not an option for Muslims, but rather an obligation, because our goal in being truthful is Paradise. The beloved of Allah, Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), said, as narrated by `Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him),
Truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise. And a man keeps on telling the truth until he becomes a truthful person. Falsehood leads to al-fujur [wickedness, evil-doing], and al-fujur leads to the (Hell) Fire, and a man may keep on telling lies till he is witten before Allah, a liar." (Sahih Bukhari, Book #73, Hadith #116)
Ultimate success is therefore achieved by living one's entire life — the youthful years, the adult years, and the elderly years — being truthful.


Be Trustworthy
Who do you rely on? Of course, Allah. He is indeed the Most Trustworthy. But among humans, who do you rely on? Who can you trust to come through for you all the time? Do people rely on you? Are you considered trustworthy?Moving ahead in life, achieving ultimate success, requires that people consider you trustworthy and reliable. Being trustworthy should not be an arbitrary activity but rather a habit so that you can be relied upon in all instances, big or small, convenient or inconvenient, easy or difficult.
In colloquial terms, we often hear "I've got your back," implying, in the most literal sense, that people cannot see what is behind them so they need to rely on their friends to cover that angle, just in case a threat occurs from the back. Just imagine what it would be like if a friend were climbing a tree and was heading out onto a very thin branch to get a kite that got stuck there. She asks you if you "have her back." In this instance, she is relying on you entirely to hold on to her in case the branch breaks. There is no room for joking around or for being distracted: your friend is trusting you with her life.
When we say Allah is the Most Trustworthy, we are coming to terms with the fact that Allah Most High will never let us down, will never leave our side. He, Most High, says about someone who willingly accepts Islam,
[Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from error: whoever rejects evil and believes in Allah hath grasped the most trustworthy hand-hold, that never breaks. And Allah Heareth and Knoweth all things.] (Al-Baqarah 2:256)
Indeed, the prophets of Allah were all trustworthy people and Allah attested to the trustworthiness of those who were doubted by their communities. Prophet Hud, appealing to his community, declared to them,
[I but fulfill towards you the duties of my Lord's mission: I am to you a sincere and trustworthy adviser.] (Al-A`raf 7:68)
Practice daily developing the habit of being trustworthy. Accept responsibility and then fulfill it. When others trust you, do not betray their trust.
You can read in the beautiful biography of our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) how people used to entrust him with their valuables, knowing that upon their return they would find their valuables safe and unharmed. His personal and business practices were commendable to the degree that he was known for it in his community, even before he became aware that he was the Prophet of Allah, literally one who is most truthful and trustworthy.


Have Self-Restraint and Be God-Conscious
Perhaps the most difficult challenge while navigating adolescence is to restrain oneself from falling victim to one's desires — especially one's lower desires.
Our success in life depends to a great extent on how well we are able to restrain ourselves and to be moderate in what is permissible, as well as how capable we are of distancing ourselves from what is impermissible.
Why is self-restraint so critical? Satan's goal is to make you a slave of your desires to the extent that you eat until you are actually uncomfortable; that you consume without restraint beverages made of caffeine, sugar, and artificial flavors; that you find yourself longing for sleep more than prayer; and that you yearn to satisfy your sexual desires. Developing self-restraint as a habit entails making self-restraint your second nature — something which is done almost without thought, without too much effort. We are reminded by Allah Most High,
[And no one will be granted such goodness except those who exercise patience and self-restraint, — none but persons of the greatest good fortune.] (Fussilat 41:5)
In seeking to be highly successful Muslim youth, that is, youth deserving of the greatest fortune, it is imperative that you develop self-restraint.
An interesting parallel is that, throughout his Qur'an translation, the late Abdullah Yusuf Ali translates taqwa as self-restraint. While taqwa is most commonly translated as "God-consciousness," one realizes without much effort that the height of self-restraint is full and complete understanding that one is indeed conscious of one's duty to one's Lord. How awesome will it be if you can look back at your life and say to yourself, all praise is due to Allah that I did not succumb to my lower desires and instead exercised self-restraint consistently!


Be Thorough
Look around your room. How many unfinished projects do you have? When you work on homework, are you likely to rush through the assignment just so you can be done with it or are you more likely to take your time, to check your work, and most importantly, to be thorough?
Often teachers will grade a report based on how well and to what extent the student covered the topic at hand. Being thorough is not a habit that is developed overnight. The opposite of being thorough is being incomplete, being rushed, and working in haste without any regard for accuracy or quality. The most perfect is Allah Most High, Who perfected creation, Who perfected our religion, and Who guided His Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) to be the most perfect among humans in behavior and in character.
We read in the Muwatta of Imam Malik "Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'I was sent to perfect good character'" (Book #47, Hadith #47.1.8).
To be thorough stems from a desire to be perfect to the extent that this is humanly possible. Seeking perfection in our actions and speech from an early age helps us to develop a keen eye, not only for thoroughness in our own life, but also for thoroughness in the lives of those around us. Being thorough in prayer, for example, teaches us to be patient and to concentrate upon the words we are reciting and the different positions of the prayer.


Be Focused
One thousand ideas go through your head the moment you stand up for prayer. Is that you? Really? What do you make of those ideas? Do you process them? What about when you are sitting in class? Do you find your mind wandering, daydreaming, and unable to focus on the lecture at hand? Are you likely to use any excuse whatsoever to leave what you are doing?

Developing the habit of being focused ensures that you are awake, alert, and totally motivated to work on and complete the task at hand, whatever it may be. Being distracted early on in childhood by video games, fast-paced imagery, and constantly changing scenes on television shows contributes to an inability to concentrate, to focus. Among the best ways to develop focus is to practice praying with deep concentration to the extent that you are almost unaware of your surroundings. Allah Most High tells us in the Qur'an that the believers are
[those who humble themselves in their prayers] (Al-Mu'minun 23:2)
The humility referred to here results from total focus and concentration on the fact that one is in the presence of Allah, standing before Him, Most High. Do your best to develop focus, no matter what activity you are engaged in — whether in prayer, in academics, in athletics, or some other pastime.


Be Punctual
Stop saying over and over again that you are late because of "Muslim standard time," or the "standard time" of your particular ethnicity. The last thing we should attribute to Islam is the notion that its teachings somehow make us late, slow, slugging, and anything but punctual. What a sad state of affairs, indeed, that we attribute our own weaknesses to our religion or ethnicity!
Highly successful individuals, be they Muslim or not, understand and appreciate the value of not only their time but the time of everyone else with whom they interact. Keeping people waiting for hours on end is neither something to be proud of nor a habit that has a place in the mindset of a person who tries to be successful.
One of the central pillars of Islam is prayer, and Allah and the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) have given us clear reminders that we are to establish prayers at their due times.
When `Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) asked "which deed is the dearest to Allah?" the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "To offer the prayers at their early stated fixed times" (Sahih Bukhari, Book #10, Hadith #505).
If indeed your day is to be considered successful, you must have prayed all the obligatory prayers at their established times and as many voluntary prayers as possible. If your day is planned around the times of prayer, you should not pray exactly at the time when you are to pray but then come late to all other appointments. Being punctual is a habit which, when perfected, demonstrates to others the tremendous value that Islam places on time — not only ours but that of everyone else with whom we interact.


Be Consistent
Apart from all the habits listed above, perhaps the one that is sure to help you become a highly successful Muslim youth is that of being consistent. One cannot be truthful one day and a liar the next; one cannot be trustworthy in one instance and totally unreliable in the next; and so on for each of the other habits. A Muslim understands from an early age that it is easier to do something once or whenever we feel like it but much harder to do something regularly and consistently.
Indeed, the Mother of the Believers `A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that "the most beloved action to Allah's Apostle was that which is done continuously and regularly" (Sahih Bukhari, Book #76, Hadith #469).
Regular and consist actions show that a person has thought about it, has intended to do it, has planned to do it, and therefore does it.
We urge you to be as consistent as possible, especially in those areas of your life which need constant improvement, such as your prayers, your fasting, your manners, your studying habits, etc. Do not say, I am going to pray all day every day, or fast voluntarily all of the days of every month, or study all night every night, because such actions cannot be humanly sustained over a long period of time. Say on the other hand, I am going to be sure to read at least one part of the Qur'an every day, or I will strive to help my parents with at least one household chore every day, or I will try to study at least one new item every week so that I can be ahead of the lesson plan.


Conclusion
Finally, Muslims aspire to develop all of these habits because, in doing so, we draw nearer to Allah Most High. If you are intent on being a highly successful Muslim youth, then you owe it to yourself to reflect upon your own life and see how many of these habits are already a part of who you are and how many you need to further develop or acquire.
We end with a reminder that developing these habits will help you to emulate the life of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). His message and his life are summarized well in a narration of `Abdullah ibn `Abbas:
Abu Sufyan told me that Heraclius said to him, "When I enquired of you what he (Muhammad) ordered you, you replied that he ordered you to establish the prayer, to speak the truth, to be chaste, to keep promises, and to pay back trusts." Then Heraclius added, "These are really the qualities of a prophet." (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Book #48, Hadith #846)
Strive to develop the seven habits listed above and many others from the Islamic teachings so that you will be among the highly successful Muslim youth.

From http://www.missionislam.com/youth/sevenhabits.html

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Through prayers, God hears more than you say, God blesses more than you ask, God gives more than you desire.

-Zuib, NI daily reminder, 6 Feb 2010

"Ukhuwah itu bukan terletak pada manisnya ucapan di bibir atau pada indahnya pertemuan, tetapi dalam ingatan seseorang pada temannya didaam doanya" (Imam Ghazali)

-Siti Hawa, Teenz Camp

When asked which deed is the most beloved to Allah, Allah's apostle answered, "The one that is done regularly, even if it is a little". So let us be consistent in whatever we do in His name. Doing good deeds consistently create good habits and those with good habits are people of good character. So let us strive to be people of good akhlak.

-Amina from Fazliah, NTUMS FOC

Faith is like electricity. You can't see it, but you can see the light. Check your imanometer to find out your light bulb watt

-sis Fiza, from Ustaz Asmi & Hatta SPIb perdaus

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Work  

Thursday, February 04, 2010

I have found the best place for me to study, or do work! On the floor on my sejadah almost directly under the fan facing the window!

The bed doesn't work anymore haha. I did this last Friday and finished two tutorials.

And now I'm progressing with my minutes, like finally! :P

I told myself to start listening to more songs without music, only with voice, and that's how I found Labbayk. But I got bored of the same few songs over and over again. I miss my nasyids, with the music, yet I've yet to listen to them again. But Maher Zain's songs are too meaningful, the song InsyaAllah almost made me cry... Love the lyrics...

My foodstock is almost depleted. Need to restock soon... *hungry*

I think I lose weight staying in hall (only 2 meals per day, one heavy one slightly lighter with 'healthy' biscuits for snacks instead of junk food and ice-cream, and I drink more plain water than sweetened drinks, though I'm still not drinking enough) but then.... once I go back home on the weekends, I tend to have 3 meals per day, all RICE okeh... I gain back whatever I lost during the week haha.

I wanna go to class A!!

I gave silat a miss today. It was raining, my silat shirt not dry, and I'm still aching everywhere...

Back to work!

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