Iqra' 3 : Hari-hari Allah

Dan saya usung buku ini merata-rata. Bak kata orang Perak (slang KKangsar sampai Ipoh dan bukan di Taiping), kulu kilior (ke hulu ke hilir).

Bertajuk Hari-hari Allah yang ditulis oleh Dr Yusuf al Qaradhawiy.

It is a very thin book (namun berminggu juga nak dihabiskan). Bercerita tentang bulan2 Rabiul Awal, Rejab, Syaaban dan Syawal.

Saya suka bila membaca tentang bulan Rabiul Awal. Di mana Rabi' bermaksud gugur. Dan Awal = pertama. It is named such sebab semasa bulan Rabiul Awal bunga akan gugur dan diganti dengan putik2 buah2an. Loosely translated nama bulan ini diambil bersempena musim berbunga tanaman mereka (isnt that a wonderful interpretation?).

Rabi' juga bermaksud menetap. Di mana pada bulan ini kaum lelaki yang keluar berdagang kembali ke rumah dan menetap bersama keluarga masing2.

Dan semestinya bulan yang istimewa dengan kelahiran Nabi saw yang membawa seribu rahmat untuk umat manusia dan alam semesta.

Dan post terdahulu juga dari buku ini.

I am also reading another book by Dr Qaradhawiy now. It is hubs' actually but I felt compelled to read it. Titled Aku dan Al Ikhwan Al Muslimin. Title macam best jadi saya ambil dan baca. I'll share that too once I am done.

I havent read fictions in a long while. Tak timbul minat. Dan tak terjumpa pula buku yang menarik perhatian. Kadang2 terfikir juga terlalu banyak naskah ilmiah yang perlu dibaca. Yang tak perlu tu harus saya tolak ke tepi bila terdaya. Although I've been reading quite a few cook books (suka juga bila dengar Lil confess that she reads cook books too).


Selamat berilmu, beramal dan berkongsi yang baik2 untuk hari2 abadi.




~ AllahuAkbar 

The PLKN Experience (Oh Malaysia Ku) : Tips, Tricks and Treats

And he came home from PLKN after 2 months or so away.

He missed our Hanoi trip (which was sort of planned as a break for all of us after the long year of tuition and extra classes. And strictly no holidays).

Apparently this year, the kids at the camp are not entitled for any leave. Except for those celebrating Christmas last year. Yang sakit. Kematian. Immediate family wedding. Itu saja. I called all the PLKN numbers I could get my hands on to ask how to make a leave application. Everybody told me no can do. But we already have tickets said I. Oversea ke dalam negeri? Oversea. Lagi la tak boleh was the response I got. Something to do with insurance or something. At least that was what I gathered through the numerous calls.

Hubs went to their office in person for clarifications. The officer said, memang takde peruntukan untuk cuti. Macam ni la bang. Kalau nak jugak cuti abang pergi je bawak anak abang balik. Then later he will be called for session 2 or 3. Like a redo. Then abang minta tunda lagi atas apa2 sebab lain. Kemudian universiti pun dah start and he might not need to attend the program at all. We : Oh macam tu pulak.

Kata Efan, nak buat apa nak repeat balik. Or go through the suspense of being called again or not. I have to make new friends again and redo the first 5 weeks I was here. And then maturely said, I will stay here. I have made new friends and am looking forward for the activities.

And so that was that.

Nevertheless. I was pleased when he said we can fetch him home.

 I was actually happy to see he had made lots of friends at the camp.

Anyway. It was a big surprise when it was announced there will be no PLKN Session 2 or 3 this year. Kerajaan takada duit untuk program ni. Duit yang diperuntukkan akan disalurkan kepada mangsa banjir di Pantai Timur.

Saya (whilst in my most intolerable moments):
1. Seriously?!
2. It seems quite obvious that the program is not rated high on anybody's list. Them and the participants (I mean ada ke pelajar yang terlompat2 excited bila nama tersenarai terpilih dalam website PLKN?)
3.  Boleh tak serious nak buat satu2 program tu? Selalu batuk2 je (di tepi tangga atau di mana2 pun!)
4. Bagi la reason yang mantap sikit kalau nak cancel pun. Please la.
5. We should have abandoned the program much earlier

Kata Efan selepas announcement tu, cikgu2 di camp pun dah tak semangat nak mengajar. I suppose nobody can blame them. Mereka berkira2 ke mana pula nak bekerja selepas PLKN tamat.

Namun. There's always a silver lining.

At the end of the day, Efan gave a thumbs up for his time spent at the camp. And in fact, that is all that matters I think. He said kita mesti la participate dalam semua aktiviti, baru le rasa best. Kalau duduk di sideline je memang la boring (I was pleased with his comment). I think the kids must have had a good experience - some of the boys even shed some (manly) tears when leaving the camp.

Your best moment at the camp? I asked.

The M16 rendezvous.

 

(The boys did a couple rounds of the M16 shots at a nearby army camp.)

The worst?
The first couple of days at the camp when you dont know anyone yet.

Regrets?
None. Only good memories.

I couldnt ask for more.

ps - He lost 8 kg while away at camp. I should volunteer myself for the camp (twice! or more) to lose some myself. Oh, and for building the jati diri, of course.




~ xoxo

And How Time Flies

Dan MasyaaAllah; dalam duduk diam tak diam Umar is already one!

The excited parents wanted to have a lego-themed birthday party for him. So this is the invite that Abi came up with. I think the invite is most forward looking for a one year old!

While looking for Umar's handsome-st gambar, Abi temporarily put this up. Tak boleh imagine lah if this is the final cut.. We surely had a good laugh with this. Ucuk.

The birthday boy. Kalau dukung dia diam. Kata Umi pipi tu lebam sebab jatuh.

 Abi had made these lego men. Printed them. Cut them. And stuck them up with double sided tape. Untung dapat Abi yang pandai men-design nih.

Aida made us orange butter cake with poppy seed. Lego themed, of course. And we like!

All the bapak sedara turun padang tolong barbeque.

 Raaaamai budak2 kecik datang. Kelam-kabut dibuatnye sebab sana baby nangis, sini baby nangis..

Umar pun menangis sebab tak suka dikacau bapa saudara.. Lalu, lagilah orang nak kacau.

All those presents! Umar and all his newly acquired toys.. Sure terkeliru tak tahu nak main yang mana satu.

Our next party will be Sara's birthday party pulak.





~ xoxo

Hitungan Amal di Sana

Salaam

I am reading a small book by Dr Yusuf al Qaradhawiy and found these.

I like when I find immeasurable reads like this that explains all in concise matter, dengan ayat2 dan hadith2 yang berkaitan. Makes you want to read some more. Makes you wonder at all the things that you are not aware of. That explains things clearly. Mungkin telah terjumpa terdahulu dari ini tetapi tidak digarap dengan baik.

Perhitungan amalan manusia dilaksanakan Allah swt dengan beberapa cara (this is my short version of what Qaradhawiy wrote):

1. Perhitungan melalui soal jawab
Setiap insan akan ditanya tingkah-laku mereka di dunia, samada yang zahir atau tersembunyi. Yang kecil mahupun yang besar.

Demi Tuhanmu! Kami pasti akan menyoal mereka. Mengenai apa yang mereka telah lakukan.  
Surah 15, Surah al Hijr : Ayat 92-93

2. Perhitungan dengan pembacaan buku catatan
Beberapa malaikat telah ditugaskan untuk mencatat segala amalan kita. Yang baik dan buruk. Dalam sedar dan semasa terlupa. Semasa bergurau mahupun bersungguh2. Sehingga nafas yang turun naik pun turut dicatatkan.

Padahal sesungguhnya, ada malaikat-malaikat yang menjaga dan mengawas segala bawaan kamu,
(Mereka adalah makhluk) yang mulia (di sisi Allah), lagi ditugaskan menulis (amal-amal kamu);  
Surah 82, Surah al Infithar : Ayat 10-11

3. Perhitungan amalan dengan memperdengarkan rakaman
Rakaman setiap perbuatan atau perkataan yang diucap sepanjang hayat.

Inilah surat (tulisan malaikat) Kami, ia memberi keterangan terhadap kamu dengan yang benar, kerana sesungguhnya Kami telah (perintahkan malaikat) menulis segala yang kamu telah lakukan (di dunia dahulu)! 
Surah 45, Surah al Jatsiyah : Ayat 29

4.  Perhitungan dengan mempamerkan segala amalan
Kita akan menyaksikan sendiri apa sahaja yang telah dilakukan sepanjang hayat. Samada yang tersembunyi atau yang terang-terangan.

Pada hari itu manusia akan keluar berselerak (dari kubur masing-masing) - untuk diperlihatkan kepada mereka (balasan) amal-amal mereka.
Surah ke 99, Surah al Zalazah : Ayat 6

Dalam sebuah riwayat diceritakan bahawa semasa Rasulullah saw menyampaikan wahyu ini ramai para sahabat menangis terisak2 terutamanya Sayyidina Umar al Khattab ra kerana malu akan perbuatan yang bakal dipertontonkan oleh Allah swt kepada seluruh makhluk.

5. Perhitungan amalan melaui timbangan
Seluruh amalan yang pernah dilakukan akan ditimbang dengan satu timbangan yang besar.


I hope this short post do to you what the book does to me when I read it - tersentap seketika dari khayalan duniawi.

Juga. Al Fatihah untuk Tuan Guru Nik Aziz. Saya teringat message yang diterima tempoh hari. Katanya Tuan Guru telah berpesan, menangkanlah Islam di bumi ini sebelum pergi bertemu Allah. Lalu saya tertanya pada diri sendiri, apakah yang telah saya menangkan di atas nama Islam?




Selamat berusaha untuk hari-hari yang abadi.


~ AllahuAkbar

Baby Photos Part 9

It is time for baby photos again (dah lama rasanya tak post gambar babies..)

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A close-up of Umar. Abi & Umi tercari2 gambar Umar nak letak dalam birthday party invite. He is already one. MasyaaAllah.

 Sara. Sepet. Seghabai.




Nikmat yang mana yang ingin didustakan?




~ xoxo

This Is Life (And I Am Loving It)

And he texted us, my flight from Doha will arrive at KLIA around 8:00 am. Will anybody wait for me? I will, I replied.

Kaia had earlier informed us he is coming home. For good. Seem like life in Jubail is too 'dry' (my intepretation). No movies. Nothing interesting to watch on tv. Kerja dan tidur saja. A year is all that he can take.

So he's coming home and look for new ventures.

He sported a longer hair this time. For a while I thought he rather looked like Anuar Zain..

Namun. Kata saya, dalam sirah Rasulullah, rambut baginda saw mencecah bahu. Niat lah nak ikut sunnah. Terus akan dapat pahala.

So yeah. This is life. MasyaaAllah.


Maka nikmat Allah yang mana satu yang ingin didustakan?





~ xoxo