Envy

These are some of the views, a got it from Saifulislam.com.

MasyaAllah. 30 000 views per entry?

I can't think of the reward given.

I envied him. Seriously.

Narrated Anas: Allah’s Messenger said: “Three (things) follow a deed person: Members of his family, his possessions and his deeds. Two of them return; and one remains with him. The people and his wealth return; his deeds remain with him.” (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)

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Will I ever be like them?

The air was tense with news of Dr Asri's arrest.

Thus it came to no suprise that many has opposed the move by JAIS, and show support for Dr Asri.

One such support was an article by Ustaz Maszlee Malik (click here), a friend of Dr Asri (they both studied in Jordan). There was another written respond (click here), by Ustaz Hasrizal, of whom that considered Dr Asri a dear friend.

I will not touch much on this issue as it has been extensively covered by the press.

But both article made me think and ponder.

Ustz Hasrizal's article was written such that, i could felt the honesty that flows with the words. There was balance in his admiration and criticism to Dr Asri.

Ustz Maszlee, being the President of Durham Univ. Islamic Society was very sharp of his criticism to JAIS and personnel involved.

They are all such great people, quick to respond in such situation. To uphold truth. Without personal benefit. They are the future leaders .

.. and that is what lies in front of us - the very next decade to come. That is when the batton is ready to passed on (like i have mentioned in last entry). For its the young people that shape the future of a country.

To be honest, i envy them. Each of them (Ustz Maszlee, Hasrizal, Asri) have their own charismatic appeal. Each of them have their own values and system of belief that they hold on to. .. and each of them could write very well, talk very well and inspired thousands, if not millions of others.

In stark contrast, i felt like struggling in finding my own values. I know i am here on earth to serve Allah. I know i must study and become great doctor (oh, Prof Fauzi is another person that i admired). I can't even write, or speak well, what more to influence & inspire others.

Will i ever be like them? (what more better)

*sigh*

I seriously need to reevaluate myself..

Well, i got 10 years to prepare..

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Ready?

Abu Hurairah that the Prophet, peace be upon him, said: "The life-span of those in my ummah is 60 to 70 years. And a very few of them will exceed this span."

(reported from Tirmizhi)

Having lived for 23 years, it could be said that i've reached 1/3 of (my) expected life.

Pretty scary - especially considering all the time that i've wasted on trivial matter.

What have i achieved so far?

Have i met all the expectations?

Am i prepared for for the next 2/3 of what is there to come?

These are some of the important questions in life that started to haunt you in your dreams.

However there are even more important questions than those mentioned.

What will become of the world tomorrow?

Who will be the leaders in time yet to come?

Thinking only of my 'own' future is being selfish.

Someday... (and surely) one day, that burden will surely fall on our shoulders. Only then we cringed and abase oneself, trying to run away.

As quoted from a Dr MAZA

"The actors in the stage of history come and go, but their role is (suprisingly) the same"

In acting there will always people who will take the 'protagonist' role.

Poles aside, there will be those of 'antagonist'.

I now aware that, there isn't much choice left.

For the fact is, the baton is on its way to be passed down, from one generation to another.

To continue the mission here on earth..

...as muslim..

khalifah..

and servant of Allah.

Not willing to accept it means the race stop there - leaving the 'antagonist' taking the lead.

Only two sides to choose.

There are no place for spectators here in this world.

Everyone is involved.

The question is..

Will i ever be ready?

Will us all be ready?

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Sudahkah Kita berdoa?

"Sudahkah kita berdoa (dengan ikhlas)?"

"Gaza Needs your Du'a"

"Death comes without warning"

p/s:

This is just a prototype for Car Sticker design..

To be put on sale for iQuest (insyaAllah)..

Comments & suggestions are welcomed.

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Suggested site for Maqasid Syariah:

Suggested (reading) site for Maqasid Syariah:

http://fikrah.interaktif.tripod.com/Agama/maqasid.htm

http://tasekpauh.blogspot.com/2009/07/qawaid-maqasidiyyah-imam-syatibi-dalam.html

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p/s:

Terbayang bngunan 27 tingkat ..

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Adding more 'value' to Duit Raya

We were paying a visit to an uncle’s house when an idea pops to my mind - it’s about adding more value to the (tradition of) giving duit raya .

Has it ever occur to you where kids come to your house to get ‘Duit Raya’?

Give them 1 RM or 2.. they’ll labelled you ‘kedekut’.

5RM?

Its too much for a total stranger (unless you have extra cash in your bank accound)..

What more they’ll tell their friends. Before you know it and a new swarm of kids will come to pay visit and sap away your money fast.

By the way, this is just a suggestion.

Giving money to kids is good. But why don’t we spend extra ringgit to print out and put in pieces of bookmarks with hadith/quotes inside the envelop .. along with the duit raya.

Example of bookmark are like below:

** i think its cute and kids will love it. I've already measured it and it could fit into a regular size duit raya envelop **

I belief the benefit is more - both for the ‘giver’ and ‘receiver’. I m sure the children won’t mind getting a ringgit or two, because they have already get something extra (bookmark and perhaps/hopefully... knowledge)

The ‘giver’, also will get continous benefit : Ilmu yg bermanfaat & diamalkan.

(^_^)

Silly me. I should’ve posted this entry earlier, considering Raya season is over and everybody is back to school.

Oh well..

Next raya, perhaps..

ان شاء الله

=)

p/s:

Oh.. beside bookmarks, stickers might also work as an alternative.

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"GOD" is racially BIASED?

God(s) in India...

... 'God' in Europe??

What about God in China??

** ....perhaps 'God' has to change His appearance to please and attract human followers?

It was told that Christianity had difficulty to spread the words in India, because of post-colonialism hatred..

.. so they had to create Jesus for the blacks & Indians?

.. Can Indians worship this "God" willingly?

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If there is ONE TRUE GOD...

Then GOD CAN"T be RACIALLY BIASED...

besides.. humans are not the only living creatures on earth...

What about the God who created birds?

What about the God who created cats?

.. different kind of fishes in the seven ocean?

...and other zillions of insects and bacteria on earth..

Will it be fair for God to take human-form?

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(42:11) فَاطِرُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأرْضِ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا وَمِنَ الأنْعَامِ أَزْوَاجًا يَذْرَؤُكُمْ فِيهِ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ (As-Syura: 11) (He is) the Creator of the heavens and the earth: He has made for you pairs from among yourselves, and pairs among cattle: by this means does He multiply you: there is nothing whatever like Him, and He is the One that hears and sees (all things).

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MULTILEVEL reward/punishment..

Dari Abu Hurairah ra ia berkata:

“Sesungguhnya Rasulullah saw bersabda:

“Siapa saja yg mengajak kpd kebenaran (kebaikan), maka ia memperoleh pahala seperti pahala orang yg mengerjakannya tanpa dikurangi sedikitpun.

Siapa saja yg mengajak kpd kesesatan, maka ia mendapat dosa seperti dosa orang yg mengerjakannya tanpa dikurangi sedikitpun.””[HR Muslim]

1 ilmu/tazkirah/doa

3 orang sebarkan - - - - - - 1 X 3 = 3

4 orang sebarkan - - - - - - 3 X 4 = 12

3 orang sebarkan - - - - - - 12 X 3 = 36

5 orang sebarkan - - - - - - 36 X 5 = 180

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X Ramadhan? - سبحان الله

Facebook adalah platform yg berkesan (dan mudah!)..

Marilah sama-sama berda'wah dan menyebarkan Islam..

..dan membuat investment untuk akaun akhirat..

=)

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"..impian saya adalah untuk mati syahid pada usia dalam 35 tahun .."

"There are many ways Allah could touch a person's heart.."

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I stumbled upon a blog post of a distant friend. I never know him much. Just a friend i met during few IMAM programs (i.e Islamic Medical Conference, Sunnathon.)

I must say i was at loss for words. The words was just simply plain direct. I could almost feel like it comes from myself. Truely this is one of most honest piece of writing i've ever read.

Oh i wish every muslim have the same fikrah as his..

One thing caught my attention though:

"Salah satu daripada dua cita-cita yang terakhir dan impian saya adalah untuk mati syahid pada usia dalam 35 tahun (umi saya minta tukar doa ini… (>_<) )daripada sekarang, setelah saya mencapai segala impian dan cita-cita yang saya catatkan di dalam buku scrap hitam."

I was dumbfounded, feeling ashamed with myself.
I've lost my aim as i lived myself for 23 years, blinded by the world that lies before me.

What about me? Have i set up a date/year to die as a shahid?
... or have i even thought of being one (shahid)?


I remember during one of Usrah session with Pak Cik Husni, he told us how during his time he and his fellow usrah brothers were asked by their naqib about the age they wish to die as matyr.

Fortunately pakcik did not asked us directly. If the same question were asked, I think i'll need more time to answer.

I m calculating too much.

What about my family? At 35 perhaps i have wife and children to take care of? What about my career and other unfinished job? Lastly, my wealth?

Perhaps i do have love this world, somewhere in my heart.. .
Oh Allah forgive me for my wrong doings..
Forgive me for being ignorant.
(teringat hadith tentang al-wahnu)


I envy you Waqi. You have a clear vision and strong heart.
Before i ended this post, again i would like to quote from your blog:

"Jika saya diberi 5 kehidupan sekalipun, memiliki 5 pekerjaan yang berbeza, tinggal di 5 tempat yang berbeza, membesar dalam 5 suasana yang berbeza, saya hanya ingin memilih jalan ini, berjuang mencapai impian…dan jika diberi peluang untuk mencintai, saya ingin mencintai hati yang mendokong perjuangan diri. Cukuplah satu, semoga berkekalan hingga ke syurga. Memahami tanggungjawab dan melaksanakannya adalah lebih besar daripada segala-galanya. Dan pengorbanan adalah suatu perkara yang tidak dapat lari daripadanya. Firman Allah SWT, dalam Surah Al-An’am ayat 6;

“Katakanlah wahai Muhammad, sesungguhnya solahku, ibadahku, hidupku dan matiku hanyalah untuk Allah, tuhan seluruh alam,”


Semoga perjalanan hidup saya selama beberapa tahun ini menjadikan diri selangkah demi selangkah menghampiri Allah SWT. Biarpun selalu melencong dan terlalai, moga disedarkan kembali dan diluruskan kembali jalan-jalan yang tersasar. Bercakap dan berjanji adalah perkara yang mudah tetapi mengotakan dan merealisasikan apa yang dikatakan adalah susah. Bagi saya, menjadi lelaki, menjadi seorang Muslim, nilaiannya adalah di atas besarnya seseorang itu memikul tanggungjawab dan janji-janji yang dimaktubkan.

Inilah jalanku, inilah impianku."



I'll pray for you as well as to all muslims out there to be perservere and steadfast in صبغة الله.

ان شا اللة..

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LAFAZ NIAT - Medan (platform) Syaitan memerangi golongan was-was.

Ibn Qayyim menyebut:

“Niat ialah tujuan dan azam melakukan sesuatu. Tempatnya di hati. Tiada kaitan dengan lidah sama sekali. Justeru itu, tidak pernah diriwayatkan daripada Nabi s.a.w dan para sahabat sebarang lafaz bagi niat. Tidak pernah kita dengar hal ini dari mereka.

Segala lafaz yang diada-adakansebelum bersuci dan solat telah syaitan jadikannya medan memerangi golongan yang was-was . Syaitan memenjara dan mengazab mereka dengannya. Dia menjadikan mereka berusaha membetulkan lafaz-lafaz itu, sehingga anda lihat ada yang mengulang-ulang dan berhempas pulas dalam mengucapkannya. Padahal ia langsung tiada kaitan dengan solat.


Sebaliknya niat itu ialah tujuan sesuatu perbuatan. Setiap yang berazam melakukan sesuatu, dia telah berniat. Tidak tergambar terpisahnya perbuatan dengan niat kerana perbuatan itu adalah hakikat niat. Tidak mungkin tiada niat sedangkan wujudnya perbuatan. Sesiapa yang duduk untuk berwuduk maka dia telah berniat hendak berwuduk. Sesiapa yang berdiri untuk bersolat maka dia telah berniat untuk bersolat. Tiada seorang yang berakal melakukan sesuatu ibadah atau selainnya tanpa niat.



Niat merupakan perkara semestinya wujud bagi tindakan insan yang disengajakan. Tidak perlu bersusah payah dan berusaha mendapatkannya. Sekiranya seseorang ingin menghilangkan niat dari perbuatan pilihannya, nescaya dia tidak mampu. Jika Allah mewajibkan solat atau wuduk tanpa niat, maka Dia mewajibkan apa yang insan tidak mampu. Ia tidak termasuk di bawah keupayaan insan. Kalau begitu, mengapa bersusah payah untuk mendapatkan niat?.



Sesungguhnya syak dalam memperolehi niat adalah sejenis penyakit gila. Sebab, pengetahuan seseorang tentang keadaan dirinya adalah sesuatu yang yakin. Bagaimana mungkin seorang yang berakal syak tentang niat dirinya. Seseorang yang berdiri belakang imam untuk menunaikan solat zohor; bagaimana mungkin dia syak mengenai tujuannya?! Jika seseorang memanggilnya untuk sesuatu urusan ketika itu, nescaya dia berkata: aku ada urusan, aku ingin solat zohor. Jika seseorang bertanya kepadanya ketika dia keluar menuju ke tempat solat: awak hendak ke mana? Nescaya dia berkata: aku hendak solat zohor bersama imam. Jadi, bagaimana mungkin seorang yang berakal ragu-ragu mengenai hal ini dalam dirinya sedangkan dia mengetahuinya secara yakin”

(Ibn Qayyim, Ighathah al-Lahfan min Masaid al-Syaitan, halaman 144).

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..moving on to 2nd phase..

60+ is the expected lifespan of man...

after living for 20+ years, i should have gone through 1/3 of my life.

Its time for evaluation (muhasabah) before move on to the next 2/3.

..that is if we all live up till 60s..

.. maybe much sooner?
Nobody knows..

Live your life wisely..

Lets pray for the best..

May Allah be with us all..

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Tazkirah? ... er.. tak nak lah..

"Tazkirah? ... er.. tak nak lah.."

Itu adalah antara jawapan atau alasan yg sering kedengaran apabila diminta menyampaikan tazkirah. Kebanyakkan menolak sebelum mencuba. Janganlah kita fikir untuk member tazkirah, kita hendaklah menjadi seperti ustaz. Berilah peringatan sekadar kemampuan. Ingat, fasilitator adalah pendakwah.

Berikut adalah beberapa tips & cadangan.

1. Persiapan.

Sudah tentu tanpa persediaan rapi, seorang tidak boleh menyampaikan ucapan dengan baik. Persediaan apakah dimaksudkan di sini? Segalanya. Dari persediaan mental, fizikal (sihat, xbatuk – skrang bnyak kes H1N1) dan persediaan dari segi pengisian. Buatlah catatan atau nota ringkas untuk membantu. Tidak semua orang seperti ustaz, pantas mengeluarkan fakta dan dalil. Manusia pelupa. Tidak mengapa kita memberi tazkirah sambil memegang nota.Tidak mengapa menyampaikan tazkirah menggunakan nota. Kerana kita bukan ustaz. Malah ada juga ustaz yg menyampaikan tazkirah dengan merujuk kepada kitab-kitab tebal. Mengapa tidak pula kita?

2. Tiru

Manusia belajar dengan meniru. Dari kecil kita belajar dengan meniru tingkah laku ibu bapa kita. Di sekolah kita belajar dengan meniru perilaku guru dan rakan kita. Apakah kaitan “meniru” dengan persediaan menjadi muzakkir?

Jika kita mendapati seorang penceramah yg kita rasa kagum dengannya, tirulah cara penyusunan ideanya. Tirulah gaya penyampaiannya.Tirulah memek mukanya. Tirulah lawak jenakanya.

3. Teknologi.

Dalam konteks ilmu, kita sedang hidup di pada zaman tanpa sempadan tempat dan masa. Maklumat dengan mudah boleh dikongsi dan diperolehi. Kita tidak perlu menjadi seperti Imam Shafie yg perlu mengembara jauh hanya untuk mengesahkan kredibiliti seorang perawi hadith . Kini buku2 dengan mudah boleh didapati, kadangkala boleh dipinjam di perpustakaan. Belajarlah meniru dari buku-buku ini. Lihatlah cara-cara penyusunan ayat dan idea mereka. Gunakanlah youtube sepenuhnya. Downloadlah video tazkirah dan tirulah (seperti disebut langkah 3 di atas).

Teknologi juga boleh membantu bukan sahaja untuk persiapan sebelum tazkirah, malah semasa tazkirah. Power point, radio boleh digunakan sebagai bahan bantu visual dan audio supaya penyampaian lebih menarik.

4. Teknik penyampaian

a. Jenaka

Sedikit gelak tawa adalah perlu untuk mengelakkan kebosanan. Ia juga penting untuk memastikan tazkirah yg kita sampaikan sentiasa menarik. Tidaklah tazkirah ini sesuatu yg sentiasa bersifat serius, muram. Salah satu teknik untuk menarik perhatian orang ialah dengan menjadi ekstrem. Apabila membuat analogy, berikanlah contoh yg ekstreme. Apabila sedang melakonkah situasi, lakonlah dengan memek muka yg melampau. Jangan segan.

b. Jangan monotonus.

c. Permudahkanlah. Gunakan analogy yg mudah difahami orang. Berikan contoh yg praktikal.

d. Interaktif. Boleh libatkan rakan fasi lain untuk membantu (contoh demo/lakonan drama situasi). Pelajar sekolah terutamanya akan lebih terhibur dengan prsembahan fasi berbanding tazkirah berbentuk sehala. Antara contoh lain tazkirah 2 hala, boleh juga menyampaikan tazkirah dengan membuat quiz pertanyaan/survey.

5. Practice makes perfect.

Latih diri anda menyampaikan tazkirah dalam kumpulan kecil. Anda juga boleh berlatih sesama rakan baik anda. Minta komen dan pendapat. Atau anda boleh ulang dan rephrase tazkirah anda berulangkali di hadapan cermin atau ketika bersendirian. Bukanlah niat kita untuk pandai bercakap supaya dikata orang pandai bertazkirah, tetapi apa yg penting ialah mesej dan impak yg mahu kita bawa itu tercapai. Kita sendiri lebih tertarik dan suka mendengar tazkirah yg lancar, tidak tersekat-sekat.. bukankah begitu?

Harapnya selepas ini lebih ramai yg 'rela' memberi tazkirah. Sahutlah seruan Rasulullah:

Ballighu 'anni walau aayah..

=)

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Beer Ban: Its all up to the cashier.

Headlines on 7th August 2009:

Arak: Selangor tidak larang (click)

It was stated that all premises, supermarket, and convinience store have to control and ban the selling of beer and liquor to muslims - THEMSELVES.

Question: How?

Let's assume the role as a customer here. I go to nearby 7-E. Walk in straight to the drinks section. Take a Carlsberg. Marched to the paying counter.

(Now here's the interesting part)

What's next?

Do you expect the casher will even dare warn me not proceed buying?

Do you EVEN expect them to ask if i am a muslim (afterall some say i am chinese-looking)

Heck. Even I am chinese, aren't there any chinese muslim around??

In terms of hierarchy cashers are the first line. They are the one will meet the customer. Hence they are the one most suitable to bear the responsibility to warn/ ban the selling of alcohol to muslims.

..and we all know that these cashers aren't capable of doing that.

First is because their level is even lower than that of the customer! "Customer is always right" is a well known motto in the business world. Sometimes these poor cashers are being scolded by customers without justice. In short. People undervalues cashers.

Perhaps it is because of the level of education? Everybody has a common delusion (fixed false belief) that cashers comes from SPM graduates (with so-so result, or just waiting to be accepted into college). Plus, because it is seen all over the place, this same delusion has become something that is so deeply ingrained in the society and even happened to take place inside the casher mind himself!

"Siapalah aku. Aku hanya seorang cashier"

They have poor self esteem. Thus are they the one who best to work out this ban ruling?

Second is the age barrier. Almost all casher that i've seen are those around 20s. Rarely do i see casher in their 30s. Thus they will have problems to speak out (warn) their elder 'muslim' buyer. They must mouth out the words cautiously. If lucky, they'll be abused verbally. If not, perhaps a slap to the face, or worse being thrown out of jobs.

What about their peer muslims, those of that aroung their own age?

I would say this is more difficult. Those who drink alcohol are not likely to be the sopan, mendengar kata type. Right? Perhaps these group of people are more violent than theelderly buyer.

Yes, these are all hypothetical situation that i myself created. It almost never happened anyway.

In short.

Not practical. And the government is not serious to combat liquor and beer selling.

I don't want to comment on the politics involved.

But if they are really serious, and they WANTED... they could've done better.

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..menggantikan kamu dengan kaum yang lain.

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“Wahai orang-orang yang beriman! Sesiapa di antara kamu berpaling tadah dari agamanya, maka Allah akan mendatangkan suatu kaum yang Dia kasihkan mereka dan mereka juga kasihkan Dia; mereka pula bersifat lemah-lembut terhadap orang-orang yang beriman dan berlaku tegas gagah terhadap orang-orang kafir, mereka berjuang dengan bersungguh-sungguh pada jalan Allah, dan mereka tidak takut kepada celaan orang yang mencela. Yang demikian itu adalah limpah kurnia Allah yang diberikan-Nya kepada sesiapa yang dikehendaki-Nya; kerana Allah Maha Luas limpah kurnia-Nya, lagi meliputi pengetahuan-Nya” [al-Maaidah 5: 54]

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“Sekiranya kamu berpaling, Allah akan menggantikan kamu dengan kaum yang lain. Kemudian mereka tidak seperti (perangai dan prestasi) kamu” (Surah Muhammad:38)

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“at 12:34:56 on 7th August 2009, the time and date will be 12:34:56 7/8/09 – 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.... this will never happen in your life again.”

A got this SMS sometime around 00:25 on 7^th August 2009. Similarly i’ve seen some posted on their Fbook status.

Humans sometimes can be funny creatures.

Time is an entity that they arbitrarily set themselves. Different watches will tell you different time. Even the time in News for different TV channel will show different time.

Well sometimes it just got me to think, what is the origin of time? Who ‘created’ time?

When the ‘first’ clock was invented, what would happen if there is delay one minute or one second? Wouldn’t the subsequent time be affected? ... and what is the ‘real’ time when the 1^st clock is created? How does the ‘creator’ knows its 3’o clock? Maybe its 3.15? .. or 4 o clock? ..

Haha..

Anyway,

...so what is there to ‘celebrate’?

Maybe its just for fun..

.. or maybe (for i am being skeptic now), its the telecommunication corps cunning plan, creating new hype, sending waves of SMSes across the country, no .. the entire globe maybe..

..Anyway if they are the one who really ‘plan’ this, thats a very clever way to suck out consumers money. Nice job.

=)

Well... even if they are not the one who started the wave, the telecom corps surely should be thankful, to a certain degree.. to anyone who started in the 1^st place.

p/s:

i really not sure why i posted this up.

Oh one more thing, forgot to mentioned, i believed the time that is referred to is 12:34 pm (tomorrow’s afternoon), not 12:34am (already past by the time i posted this blog entry).. haha..

So whoever send the SMSes reminder before 12:34am, surely they are giving the reminders a bit too early- although it is still acceptable..

=p

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Amar munkar, Nahi ma`ruf

I was browsing through the blog for our batch. The latest entry caught my attention : Latest Carta Hot FM 30 Original Lagu "Free Fast Multiple-files-at-a-time" Download ”

One of the response to the post goes:

"hai..
carta lagu pun post kat blog?
... Rasanya banyak lagi benda MANFAAT LAIN yg boleh dipost dan disharekan.."

I m not suprised there are people who commented back, crying out slur remarks

“ ek eleh orang post lagu pun kecoh”, klu tak suke dgr lagu duk je jauh2”..

Hmm...

I don’t mind much about people sharing hits top chart, but what bothers me, when people give reminder to each other, they retaliate, most probably ego-driven, starting smear campaign back to the first person who gives the reminder. What more this smear campaign has strong advocate (friends/clans) - loyal, persistent and relentlessly giving support.

Something that started off with a benign reminder can turned to something really nasty and significant, especially when it comes our action, as muslim.

Muslim are supposed to uphold the Amar Ma’ruf Nahi Munkar (enjoining good, forbidding evil). [at-Tawbah: 71]

I don’t know about others, but i kind of feel that what happened in above situation really reflects the ayat in the previous verse mentioned – in OPPOSITE.

I would say this is one of the situation where inappropriate words uttered be dangerous – you might thinking of joking, or perhaps trying to strike back with a simple excuse of ego defense mechanism (if that is the case, i would say it is a very immature defense mechanism).... whatever the reason is, do be careful as not put yourself in fitnah. You might be doing the opposite of what is being decreed upon you as muslim.

Yes some might say this is just a trivial matter.

Well as trivial as it might seems, the what will happen when if all muslims take a no-action-see- only stand in every single moment of their life?

"Whosoever of you sees an evil action, let him change it with his hand; and if he is not able to do so, then with his tongue; and if he is not able to do so, then with his heart – and that is the weakest of faith." Hadith in al-Bukhari

... whatmore the one who sees evil action, supported it, and disapprove good deeds...

Oh Allah save us from wrong deeds...

Do guide us to straight path.

Ameen..

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What is my jihad..?

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I was enjoying my dinner of chicken soup with Darwish at Talhah Stall when i caught a glimpse of Mr Hafiz (IIUM Orthopaedics Surgeon) on tv.

I couldn’t catch what it was about, but i seems that he is being interviewed and its like he is promoting a new technology or new product. He was on-air just for a second or two and unfortunately we weren’t paying much attention to the tv (by the time i turned myself to the tv he has ended his speech)..

Darwish, hardly surprised told me that Mr Hafiz is a renown figure in his field, delivering seminars, conducting research. He always tell his students “ This is our jihad! How long are we going to depend on US and other western countries.. . ?”

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3 month in 11 – 21^st April 2009, i went for an Umrah trip under FIMA (Umrah for Medical Students). There were about 40 delegates from 9 different countries; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kenya, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Indonesia, Palestine and of course Malaysia.

Among the people i’ve met, theres this chap name Bilal from Lebanon – a psychiatrist wannabe. He claimed that in Lebanon muslim psychiatrist is a rare species. I do not remember his exact words, but he did mentioned something about there’s not a single MUSLIM psychiatrist in his college (or was it the whole Lebanon?). Most of the psychiatrist are Christians. What more most of the syllabus and therapeutic methods are separated and secularized.

Thus he said it is his jihad to become a psychiatrist... and to develop an Islamic therapeutic methods to be assimilated in modern psychiatry...

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Hmm..

What about us?

What is OUR JIHAD?

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BonSweet Creme Caramel

I was craving for Dutch Lady Choclate drink after a ‘hot’ dish of chicken

soup.. undeniably Dutch Lady Choc is one of the best choc drink that i’ve ever tasted (my fav of course)...

As i sip the brown liquid down my throat suddenly it p

ops to my mind; "Aren’t there any muslim product, that are as good?.. in terms of its quality... the presentation..”(some products are good by the quality but the outer impression/pack design leaves the consumer in much doubt. As the saying goes, don’t judage a book by its cover.)

Actually i was thinking of any local born drinks that could match beverage icon such as Dutch Lady, Nestle e.t.c.. couldn’t think any... . then suddenly i remember one, al-Marai.. when i was in Saudi Arabia for Umrah for Medical Student program.

I remember the fruit juices are thick, natural taste, and cheap!

(i like strawberry, guava flavor). The layered fruit yogurt puding is also nice, one of its own kind (i’ve never found one in Malaysia).

Another nice dessert is BonSweet Crème Caramel. Again you don't find it in Malaysia.

My point is...

In Malaysia we could see in almost every shop, 7 E, they are selling ‘non-muslim’ products. Why can’t Malaysia help and promote Islamic product? I thought Malaysia is one of the leading example of Developing Islamic country. Why can't we import these great products to Malaysia?

Is is the quality we are talking about? The coffee and chocolate drink I would say comparable to Dutch Lady n Nestle products. In terms of the taste and presentation they are in par with those of other ‘western’ product.

Hmm.....

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is nearer to Malaysia than Europe and America ...and yet we are importing 'western' products?

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