The source of strength is in our doa.
Rasulullah s.a.w. taught us to stay positive through this doa:

اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ، وَأَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ، وَ أَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْجُبْنِ وَالْبُخْلِ، وَأَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنْ غَلَبَةِ الدَّيْنِ وَقَهْرِ الرِّجَالِ.




Ya Allah, aku berlindung dengan-Mu daripada keluh kesah dan kesedihan, dan aku berlindung dengan-Mu daripada kelemahan dan kemalasan, dan aku berlindung dengan-Mu daripada bebanan hutang dan daripada paksaan manusia.

Dari Bukhari, diriwayatkan daripada Anas ibn Malik; apabila Rasulullah s.a.w., berhenti untuk berehat; saya dengar baginda berdoa: “Ya Allah, aku berlindung dengan-Mu daripada keluh kesah dan kesedihan, dan aku berlindung dengan-Mu daripada kelemahan dan kemalasan, dan aku berlindung dengan-Mu daripada bebanan hutang dan daripada paksaan manusia"

45oth post whee~

Hmm, swimming (snorkeling kott) under a pile of schoolwork to do. I'm glad I'm not tied down by any other urgent responsibilities currently that requires immediate attention, though my tasklist seems to get longer each day! It's k... One at a time I guess...

Feeling quite motivated actually. Something Ustazah Sakinah or one of the other sisters said yesterday made me sort of decide where I wanna go next. Or at least narrow down my choices... She said somethig, which I can simply conclude as: We Muslims wouldn't want to be at a disadvantage because we refuse to learn secular studies. We need Muslims in every other stream, the Science stream, the Arts stream, the Business stream etc to show that Muslims are not one dimensional. Islam afterall is not just a religion of worship, but it's actually a WAY OF LIFE... MY way of life. Taking the secular stream doesn't mean we can't practice Islam or that we are not practicing Islam.

Hmm... I know I am only one person. One Muslim. But one can still make a difference right? That's why I strive to do well in school. Hopefully I motivate other Muslims as well. I think I need a new badge that says, "JOM BELAJAR!" haha.

It's really sad larh to see a lot of Malay/Muslim students playing around in school not bothering with studies or not trying to always better their grades. What's happening??

Ok if I wanna do well this term, I guess the first step is to GET BACK TO WORK... NOW!!! K byez!

Oh I have yet to say what I feel like becoming... I wanna try out for medical school, I wanna be a doctor and I wanna cure people. :)

Oh btw, KPR starts tmr!! At Khawarazmi room level 2 7-9.30pm, hope to see you guys there!

Awww, I miss my bloggie! Haha, yep had no internet connection for the past few days. Used my bro's comp, can't use long long mah...

Anyway, there's a lot to share actually. But nvm, I just take a few important ones.

Firstly, my atuk sedare masuk hospital due to heart problems. He was in ICU for the past few ddays, but got better and has been transferred to a normal ward yesterday alhamdulillah. Nevertheless, let's pray that Allah gives him strength and puts him back into good health. Hadidahkan Surah Al-Fatihah to him may he gets well soon ye? Oh he kirim salam to belia-belia ghufran anw..

Secondly, Cikgu Fauzan came to KPR class to meet us! Just nak sampaikan his salam to all who knows him...

Thirdly, I came across this:

'I asked for Strength.........
And Allah gave me Difficulties to make me strong.

I asked for Wisdom.........
And Allah gave me Problems to solve.

I asked for Prosperity.........
And Allah gave me Brain and Brawn to work.

I asked for Courage.........
And Allah gave me Danger to overcome.

I asked for Love..........
And Allah gave me Troubled people to help.

I asked for Favours.........
And Allah gave me Opportunities.

I received nothing I wanted ........
I received everything I needed!'

Afterall, Allah is the All-Knowing! What you feel is right may not be right and what you feel is wrong may not be wrong. :D

Fourthly, Liyana shared an ayat from Surah Baqarah to lift my spirits and I thought I'd share here!

"Apakah kamu mengira bahwa kamu akan masuk syurga,padahal belum datang kepadamu (cobaan) sebagaimana halnya orang-orang terdahulu sebelum kamu?mereka ditimpa oleh malapetaka dan kesengsaraan,serta digoncangkan (dengan bermacam-macam cobaan) sehingga berkatalah Rasul dan orang-orang yang beriman bersamanya:bilakah datangnya pertolongan Allah?Ingatlah,sesungguhnya pertolongan Allah itu amat dekat." Surah Baqarah Ayat 214.

Fifthly, I'd like to share about two stories I heard yesterday which brought tears to my eyes and sebak di dada. But I'm not so sure how it goes... I'll try my best ye.

There was a blind old Jewish lady who begs at a market place. She will always criticise Rasulullah s.a.w. for bringing in a new religion. Everyday, there will be this man who comes to feed her. But one day, someone else was there to feed her and she knew it was not the usual man! She pudhed him away and said, "You're not the usual man who comes to feed me! His hands were gentler! Where is he??" The man who was pushed away replied, "He has passed away." That man who replied was Saiyidina Abu bakar (if I'm not mistaken) and the man who had always fed the old jewish lady was Rasulullah s.a.w himself. Saiyidina Abu Bakar knew about Rasulullah's daily routines and felt obligated to continue what Rasulullah had done. When the old Jewish lady found out that the man who had always fed her was the same man she had always critiicised, which is none other than Rasulullah s.a.w, she embraced Islam.

There was another story about a lady whose house Rasulullah s.a.w has to pass by all the time. This lady would always put harmful things in his path like sharp plants and such to injure Rasulullah. (If I'm not mistaken, not only does she do that, she would also hurl bad language at Rasulullah) One day, Rasulullah noticed that there was nothing in his path that might injure him and he wondered what had happened to the lady. She went to her house and when she saw him, she said harshly, "What?? Now that I'm ill, you have come to say bad things to me??" Turns out, no, Rasulullah wasn;t there to say or do bad things to her. Instead, he was there to render help to an ill lady.

This brings me to another story. But I shall not tell it. Just listen to it kk.


Sixthly, there is a arabic poem I keep hearing titled 'Mawlay' or 'Qasidah Burdah'. I find it a very nice song. But I'm not so sure of the meaning... This video I put here has the translations written at the bottom. However, I'm not sure if the translations are right. Also, the words are super small I can hardly see.


Seventhly, I might be MIA for quite some time... Till school reopens I think... I dunno...

Eightly, is there such a thing as fourthly, fifthly, sixthly, seventhly and eighthly??? LOL, nvm...

I'm really so envious of those brothers and sisters yang soooo rapat. Tak kisah lah sama mak sama bapak ke tak. The ties of ukhuwwah that holds them strongly together and that strengthens each other sungguh mengkagumkan. Salang my brothers (se-mak, se-bapak) pon I don't think are as close as them.

Ok, moving on to KPR! I'll only jot down the lessons learnt. Kalau nak tahu tentang inti perbincangan, hege, silalah join kelas KPR ni every Saturday 8-10pm at Masjid Darul Ghufran Bilik Al-Khawarazmi 1 :D

Lesson 1 (JAN): Hijrah by Ustaz Ahmad (err, I don't think I jotted down anything on paper)

Question raised: "What would you tell someone who approached you at a bus stop and asked you to tell him/her about Islam. He has heard about some of the good things about Islam. Do you have something that could deter him from heading towards a church and instead make his/her way to a mosque?" Something like that... Sham gave an impressive answer about Islam's basic words of salam which means peace...

Lesson 2 (JAN): Sirah Nabi by Bro Helmy

We watched the first 2 episodes of "Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet" a documentary on youtube. That's all I remember.

Lesson 3 (JAN): Before Prophethood by Bro Helmy

-Only when we know him would we love him. To show our love to him, we would like to please him and to do so, we would have to follow him.
-Revelation was received at Gua Hira' Jabal Nur.
-3 marks of prophethood Salman Al-Farisi was looking for (we have to find that out ourselves).
-Jahiliyah period: bad qualities
#Arabs don't believe in life after death
#bury girls alive (Saiyidina Umar did that to his daughter before he reverted to Islam)
#girls/women live to be owned
#shrewed businessmen
#materialistic people: earn and enjoy
-Jahiliyah period: exemplary qualities
#committed
#loyal
-Towsfolk vs Baduin/nomads = weak vs strong = oppose Islam vs accept Islam
-As a youth leader:
#Nabi s.a.w. was trusted, accepted & respected
#you don't have to be appointed to be a leader
#good akhlak
-Nabi s.a.w. appointed as Allah's messenger:
#sometimes when we get appointed, there are people who don't like it
-Nabi s.a.w. as shepherd & as a trader.
-Nabi s.a.w. always going up to Gua Hira' to retreat & the fact that at Gua Hira' you can get a view of Mekah (Ka'abah):
#sometimes you need to retreat and reflect yet still maintain a certain view of the community

Lesson 4 (FEB): Saiyidina Umar Al Khattab by Fatayaats and Ustaz Ahmad

-Gelaran=Al-Faruq:
#tegas membezakan yang hak dan yang batil
-His conversion:
#Don't hate a person, instead hate the wrong character/deed.
#Don't be judgemental.
#By understanding that everyone makes mistakes, you may be able to change someone.
#Lead others by example.
#Do not be ashamed of past mistakes. It's in the past.
#Once, a person's character may be bad, worse than us but you cannot condemn the person, as you do not know if one day that person would be a better person than you are.
#Berani kerana benar-> maju.
-The story whereby he reverted after he heard his sister reading the Qur'an:
#Even as a younger member of the family, you can still show something exemplary to those older than you.
#Dakwah begins with your own family. Do it slowly, bit by bit.
#You contribute to the mosque/society, yet always remember about your family.
-Applying to this generation... How do you react to smokers and how should smokers react:
#Quite a lot actually, but I was engrossed in the discussion to be writing them down. They're mostly opinions anyway...
#You do not do something because you respect your parents/elders, not because you're afraid of them.
-When he became a Khalifah:
#Khutbah point 1: bring everyone to the right path.
#Khutbah point 2: based on Al-Qur'an and As-Sunnah.
#As a khalifah/leader, sometimes you need to 'go down' to your subjects to ask them their state yourself. Do not just get reports and trust them to be complete or true.
#Touch your subjects'/followers' hearts.

Lesson 5 (FEB): Saiyidina Hamzah Bin Abdul Mutalib by Syababs, Ustaz Ahmad and Bro Helmy

-Does Islam change a person?
#Islam stops ill-habits, especially those that are againstt the teachings of Islam
#Islam does not take away a person's natual characteristics. These natural characteristics may even be used for kemakmuran Islam.
#Some lost their riches/families because they insist on becoming Muslims. They sacrificed those for Islam. Us Muslims?
-His conversion:
#Berani membela Islam. Have confidence in Islam/Nabi s.a.w.
#Gelaran (eg. Singa Allah) should not be a pride to show off to humans, not just for name.
-Quraisy's response to the teachings brought by Nabi s.a.w. and why?
-3 types of non-believers:
#Don't embrace Islam, yet are not against Islam and may sometimes even help Islam eg. Abu Talib.
#Don't embrace Islam and are strongly against Islam, will fight to see Islam brought down eg. Abu Jahal
#Variations... Those who don't embrace Islam just because of economic reasons, social reasons etc.
-Similarity/Differences of Nabi s.a.w. period and Singapore now:
#Muslims make up only a small proportion (14% in Singapore)
#Emulate Nabi s.a.w.'s attitude towards the 3 types of disbelievers: dengan rahmah?
#Alhamdulillah, in Singapore, if there are people like Abu Jahal that threatens the existence of Islam, they'd be persecuted by law.
#There are more people like Abu Talib.
#Tolerance.
#Dakwah through example.

Lesson 6 (FEB): Next up! Hijrah to Habsyah by Fatayaats and ???

Do join us yeah! Check out Fityan Blog (with new skin!!)

And just a reminder/advice to all. Received it from someone once. It's time I pass it on I suppose.

Perjuangan ni tak mudah. kdg2 kita jatoh tp yg penting kita bgn semula dan terus lawan. jgn putus asa ya! Allah tak janjikn perjalanan yg mudah tp Allah janjikn perjalan penuh dgn hikmah.

Take care my brothers and sisters. Till we meet again, insyaAllah. Maintain your iman, or even better boost your iman!

I had a good read at Bro Siswand's blog on one of his post titled: one of more meaningful conversations with my bunk mate When I read the post, I immediately thought of Faizal. Firstly, because he is currently serving the nation. Secondly, he once told us he'd like to have an inter-religious chat with a pastor of a church. Thirdly, because he showed me a small book written in Malay about Christianity using Qur'an verses, which could mislead some Muslims especially the erm... non-practising Muslims...

I also thought of Jamie who converted to Christianity a few years back.

And I also thought of Sheena who is a very religious devoted Christian.

And I remembered once again Ust Ahmad's question to us during our first KPR session this year- "What would you tell someone who approached you at a bus stop and asked you to tell him/her about Islam. He has heard about some of the good things about Islam. Do you have something that could deter him from heading towards a church and instead make his/her way to a mosque?"

And also I'm reminded of questions I myself receive such as, "Why do you wear the tudung? Why are there Maly girls who don't wear them?" or "Why can't you eat pork? Why must have halal sign then you'd eat?". I receive a lot of this in poly. Haha, especially from my classmates last year and from my psycho group this year. I need D'Talk for myself haha. How to answer?? Answer in a way that not make them think Islam is very strict or Islam is restricting?

What would you answer my friend?

Rabeetah sry kita ade kerja sekolah sikit nak kena habiskan ni. InsyaAllah tmr Ill update this post about today's KPR k :)

Saiyidina Umar Al-Khattab...
Gelaran: Al-Faruq yang bererti tegas membenarkan yang benar dan menyalahkan yang salah

Lessons learned from his conversion:-

Lessons learned from his perlantikan as a Khalifah:-

There is a song by far East on the Khulafa' ar-Rasyidin and this is what it says about Saiyidina Umar...

Khalifah kedua Umar Bin Al-Khattab
Khalifah berani berjiwa mulia
Diberi gelaran Amirul Mukminin
Panglima agung orang mukmin

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