Book 5 : Saiful Nang ~ Kisah Orang Menang; From CJ With Love

Dan akhirnya tamat juga saya membaca buku ini.

Dah berbulan rasanya saya beli. Dah nak relai pun pages tu. Merata tempat saya usung.

I was curious about Saiful Nang sebab tu saya beli. Saya agak buku ini sangat membina. An eye opener in some ways. Boleh jadi tauladan for the younger generations. And even the old.

Mula2 saya kenal Saiful Nang semasa Nana, anak buah saya berkahwin. Saiful Nang was the photographer. Years ago. And now look how far he has come. Saya amat minat gambar2 yang dihasilkannya. He said he was going to conduct workshops on how best to take baby photos. I should attend that. And Yani attended his workshop because she wanted to take better cake photos (how cool is that?)

His formula for success is quite straight forward. Be passionate about you do. Must have some business sense as well. Everyone fails at one point or another so dont think so much about that, but think of the lessons you have learnt from the process. Jangan kedekut. Jangan dengki. Harta yang diberi Allah bukannya milik mutlak kita.

Baca la. He is quite an achiever.

Dan sebenarnye saya menulis dari CJ. Mom sitting again. Kasihan melihat ibu yang tua. Amat tidak bermaya. Dengan hanya doa saya dapat membantu.

Ya Allah, Engkau permudahkan urusan untuk bonda. Dan permudahkan jugalah kami membantu dan meringankan ujiannya. Ameen.





~ AllahuAkbar

Book 4 It's A Love Story

This is actually written by a friend. That is most probably why I read it. By Nina Kamal (bukan nama dia pun). Kata nya Kam is her ex boyfriend's sur-name; saya ketawa bila dengar her funny tale of her writing.

I demanded from her a copy to read when I knew about her writing.

And I was in fact rather impressed with the book. As her first book, I thought it was very good indeed.

She has a good flair in writing. Humorous at some point. And tak boring langsung. Although it was rather thick. She said she didnt know she had over-written the number of pages!

Kalau nak cuba cari di kedai, jangan. It is no longer on the shelves. She said just wait for her new book. Mungkin out soon.

So basically I am just promoting a friend (dan kalau tak bagus tak ndak saya promote pun..)

Nanti kalau2 terjumpa buku Nina Kamal, beli lah.




~ xoxo

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 

Book 1 : The Journey to Allah the Sublime

This is the title of the last chapter in the Raheequl Makhtum (the Sealed Nectar). I finally finished the book; MasyaaAllah. It took me close to three months to complete it. That long. I definitely have to do better.

I read this last chapter twice sebenarnya sebab cerita wafatnya Rasulullah saw selalunya membuat saya tersedar dari angan2 dunia (walaupun buat sementara waktu). The first time I read it was when I flipped through the pages and saw the title. The second round I really was at the end. I waited to have a quiet moment with the book to digest and feel the events told.

-- a secret call uprose in the heart of the Prophet saw telling him that his stay in the world was about to end. This was clear in his talk to Mu'adh whom he had dispatched to Yemen in 10H. "O Mu'adh, you may not see me after this year. You may even pass by this very Masjid of mine and my grave." Upon hearing that Mu'adh had cried for fear he would part with Allah's Messenger saw.  

In Ramadhan 10H Rasulullah saw secluded himself for 20 days instead of 10 as was in practice previously.

Jibreel reviewed the Quran twice with him instead of once in a year.

His words in the Hajj Al-Wida'.

During the early days of Safar in 11H Rasulullah saw went to Uhud and observed farewell prayer for the martyrs. It looked like he was saying goodbye to the dead and living. And also one day at midnight when he went to Baqi' and begged Allah to forgive the martyrs of Islam. 

Rasulullah saw passed away late morning on Monday, the 12th Rabiul Awal 11H. He was 63 years and 4 days old when he died.

I am keeping this book as the ref book. It detailed out a lot of info some of which I have heard before and some not. I think a lot of other info would be in the books of hadith (this is one of the things I do not find in the book).

This book was awarded first prize in the worldwide competition on the biography of Nabi saw held in Makkah Al Mukarramah in 1399H (1978; that long ago). It could not be the only book to read of course but this would be a good starting point.

I wish the book was translated in Bahasa Melayu or better yet that I understand Arabic. The original text was written in Arabic and then translated to English. Unfortunately the translation goes about the long way to get things across instead of using simple English.

It definitely is a good book to read. The contents are arranged according to the year that things happened and it is rather a complete book on sirah. Bacalah.







~ Selamat mentela'ah sirah Rasulullah saw; kalau tak kenal masakan kita suka apatah lagi nak bercinta.

Iqra' Part 1 : Hasan Al-Banna; Perjuangan Yang Belum Selesai

Bila saya bertanya siapa Hasan al-Banna, jawapannya sentiasa sama - pengasas Ikhwan Muslimin di Egypt. Muslim Brotherhood. Saya hmm.. dengan panjang.

So what did he do, I always wondered. Ulama' kah dia. Atau talib (penuntut). Atau military.

The book is for Eirfan actually. But I thought I'd read it first. After reading it I thought it is too mature for Eirfan. Langsung terfikir pula, Hasan al-Banna pada umur semuda 13 - 14 tahun pun sudah mula berdakwah. Standard saya rupanya teramat rendah..

Umur Hasan al-Banna agak singkat; 1906 - 1949. He's a teacher and an imam, yang cerdik dan semasa mudanya bercita2 masuk ke Al-Azhar namun gagal kerana tiada punyai dana. Pada usia awal 20an nya Hasan al-Banna telah menubuhkan Ikhwan Muslimin. Menerapkan semula nilai Islam dalam masyarakat. Memperjuangkan kebangkitan Mesir terhadap kuasa barat yang menindas rakyat sementara kerajaan leka disogok kesenangan duniawi. In the end Hasan al-Banna was assassinated.

Buku yang saya baca ini cuma lightweight, ditulis untuk remaja. Mungkin saya perlu baca Hasan al-Banna the unabridged version. And maybe I should be reading about Tariq Ramadan too (cucu kepada Hasan al-Banna).

Anyway. Saya amat tertarik dengan wasiat Hasan al-Banna -
1. Apabila mendengar azan, bangunlah sembahyang serta-merta walau bagaimana keadaan sekali pun.
2. Bacalah alQuran, tatapilah buku2 ilmu, pergilah ke majlis2 ilmu dan amalkanlah zikrullah. Dan janganlah membuang masa dengan perkara yang tidak memberi faedah.
3. Berusahalah bertutur dalam Bahasa Arab Fushah kerana bahasa Arab yang betul itu adalah syiar Islam.
4. Janganlah bertengkar dalam apa2 perkara sekalipun kerana pertengkaran yang kosong tidak memberi apa2 kebaikan.
5. Janganlah banyak ketawa kerana hati yang sentiasa berhubung dengan Allah itu sentiasa tenang lagi tenteram.
6. Janganlah banyak bergurau kerana umat yang sedang berjuang itu tidak mengerti melainkan bersungguh2 dalam setiap perkara.
7. Janganlah bercakap lebih nyaring daripada kadar yang dikehendaki oleh pendengar kerana percakapan yang nyaring itu adalah suatu perbuatan yang sia2, malah menyakiti hati orang.
8. Jauhilah daripada mengumpat peribadi orang, mengecam pertubuhan2 dan janganlah bercakap melainkan apa2 yang memberi kebajikan.
9. Berkenalan dengan setiap muslim yang ditemui kerana asas gerakan dakwah adalah berkenal2an dan bersikap kasih sayang.
10. Kewajipan kita lebih banyak daripada masa yang ada pada kita, oleh itu gunakanlah masa dengan sebaik2nya dan ringkaskan pelaksanaannya.

Adakah yang mana2 yang anda tidak setujui?

Recommendation ~ This would be good for your teenagers. I would suggest the unabridged version of the leader for a more serious read.

Selamat mencari ilmu. Berdakwah. Dan mencari kesempurnaan keperibadian. Hidup ini sebenarnya amat singkat.



~ xoxo