Ujian....akhir tahun?

Assalamualaikum wbt,

Rasa2..ujung minggu ni xder kat umah, so kene rajinkan diri skit tuk type another entry...

last week, my life was a bit hard...kata pepatah melayu; berat mata memandang, berat lagi bahu memikul....

nway, the thing that i wanna share here more or less has something to do with life....
kekadang, bila sibuk2..dgn urusan study nyer, dgn urusan rumah, urusan keluarga, urusan kerja, urusan org lain (yg ni kene hati2 skit..!!)..dan byk lagi lah..ikut individu..,
hari jadik sgt cepat...
ahad.....
isnin..
selasa......
tgk2 dah sabtu...
esok ahad balik....
adus, cepat sungguh masa berlalu....(huhu...cam robot jerr kadang-kadang.....)

Tp,dlm kita sibuk2 tuh, Allah swt boleh jer kata "Aku nak uji budak nih...tak ingat aku pun dlm dua tiga hari ni.."...
Ali-Imran:47....................كُن فَيَكُونُ
maka, kita pun akan diuji definitely......
kesakitan, kesenangan, kekayaan, kemiskinan, kemalangan, kesedihan, dan byk lagi.....sumer tuh ujian....

Being there myself, baru diri ni terasa betapa ujian-ujian ini guarentee AKAN MENDEKATKAN KITA padaNYA....

bila kita sedih mengenangkan nasib, kita pun pk Allah swt..."Ya Allah...kau tolong la aku kali ni...".....
bila kita susah nak exam esok lusa...."Ya Allah....bagi la aku lepas kali ni...biar boleh buat sumer soalan dgn mudah.....Kaulah Tuhan yg maha Penyayang..."
bila itu ini, yg menguji hidup..mesti merenget2 mintak Allah swt tolong.....

tp, bila sibuk....nak ucap AlhamduliLlah, SubhanaAllah, MasyaAllah, dan nama2 Allah swt (ni untuk peringatan diri sendiri!!!), malas betul nak sebut.....(maluuuuuuu....!! mana nak letak muka nih...)
Dengan Allah swt bagi ujian tu, at least, Allah swt ingat kita...nak kita ingat dia..nak kita selalu jumpa dia....nak kita selalu merenget2 mintak tolong..(mak yg sayang kita pun akan menyampah gak kalau dah berkali-kali merenget2 kat kaki...hish, bosan betul budak nih...dah bagi duit semalam hari ni mintak lagi??..!!!....) Allah swt, sayang kita melebihi segala2 makhluk sayang kita dimuka bumi...

and yet................................KITA STILL LUPA DIA!!!

Dulu pun bila baca somebody write something pasal ni, xterasa kat dlm hati..selalu jer mempersoal.."yer ker??"...tp, bila diri sendiri kene, baru rasa kesan..baru rasa menusuk2 didada..."naper sblm ni xder org cakap betul2 gini rasanya??"...hmm padahall.....

jgn sampai bila dah terlambat, baru kita nak ingat Allah swt..(nauzubillah...Takut sungguh bila pk pk....)

"Ya Allah swt, kalau ujian ini untuk aku dekat pada Mu, kau tabahkanlah aku dlm mengharungi ujian ini...terima kasih kerana memberi peluang tuk aku dekat padaMu"

Wallahu'alam.

By accident..!

Assalamualaikum wbt,

Ni nak citer satu pertemuan menarik sy ngan sorang mamat Libya dlm bus a few weeks ago..

It happened by accident...i was on my way back to OT from North Manchester GH yg jauhhhh itu!!...He sat next to me (biasanya..i'll put my bag on that sit so that nobody will sit there!!) tp hari tu, bus penuh la pluk.....huhu

He was an old fellow by the way...taking phd in QA. Self-sponsored thus he had to work whenever he had no class (unlike me)....

Basically, the subject of our conversation was more about Islam and Libya..He was so happy to tell me about them...and I was more that pleased to listen...hehe

Libya is a country which 98% of the ppl are muslim and all of them practise Islam the way it should be (sunni @ sunnah wal-jamaah).... He said "in Libya, the wages are low, since everything is subsidized by the goverment...10 kilo of flour is as cheap as 10 pence (lebih kurang tu ahh= lupa dah exact value dier)"....he added. "I miss it during Ramadhan...in Libya, all of the restorant and shop will be closed during the day!!"...(fuh, leh practise kat msia nih!!....)
"in Libya, children as young as 6 are already able to memorize Quran or atleast a few surah."
"in the mosque, every night after maghrib, there'll be students, doctors, engineers, and many more ppl, reading quran as to memorize them..."....SubhanaAllah!!!! (Mantap betul Libya, able to produce 'hafiz' professionals......

THIS IS MAGNIFICIENT!!..one country that i never cared to know before, is one country that should be proud of!!!... (need to investigate a lot more about LIBYA...heheh)...........

He told me many other interesting values of Libya which has made me wanting to go there oneday, InshaAllah................

one unforgetable event during the 20 minutes conversation. i mentioned the prophet's name....but, seemed not to say SallaLlahu Alaihi Wassalam...(i was going to say it, only, later than him)..but He replied...'whenever we mentioned Prophet's name S.A.W, we praised him to get the 'syafaat'. Do u know 'syafaat'?..'..................(merah muka tang tu..huhu)

Basically, he opened my eyes..not to take things lightly......be firm with our belief thus firm in our action as well.

Anyway...that was an interesting discovery for me....hehehe (take sure org lain leh rasa yg sama ker tak....)

LIBYA...LIBYA...LIBYA....

wallahuAllam

We are not bad at all!!!!

Assalamualaikum wbt,

Tiba2 dapat semangat tuk post entry mlm nih after baca komen from 'ntah sapa-sapa' person...
JazakaLlah pada "ntah sapa-sapa" sbb bagi semangat!!

kekadang, we are too afraid to remind others to do good thing....
thinking....."what might that person think of us because of our 'reminder'!!"...But, the truth is, Allah sees beyond what we can think of....
Hikmah menasihat dan mengingatkan saudara kita yg lain kekadang tak terpikir..(yer la,..dah asyik dok pk benda buruk jer....dok pk apa org rasa sal kita jer...dok risau org tak suker kita dah lepas tu...)

teringat lak kata2 roomate kat skolah lama "rose tau tak, dulu kiter ada tegur orang..teruk kiter kene marah, kene pulau, kene ejek.....tapi kan....lepas dah hampir 6 thn, dia muncul balik dan berterima kasih kat kiter sbb teguran kiter dulu tuh....!!!!"

Mudah-mudahan kiter boleh cuba skit2 kuatkan semangat dan cuba tuk beranikan diri tegur org tuh (provided, kene equipted with justification lah kenapa tegur tuh!!)....ada sorang kakak ni ckp 'benda yang biasa adalah benda yg dibiasakan!!'....so, kalau nak jadikan sesuatu tu habit, kene buat selalu.....(ckp senang, tp susah....)(tp, benda yg susah tu lah yg akan dapat grand reward from Allah swt!!!)(so????)

Okey, muaddimah jer tuh...........(kuikui)

Beberapa hari yg lepas, alhamduliLlah sy dapat lagi mutiara2 ilmu.....yg trigger my mind to think of HIM.......(ALLAH GUIDE!!)

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WE ARE NOT BAD AT ALL!!!

Sekarang, Islam disinonimkan dgn "pengganas" "pengebom berani mati" "kemunduran" "kemiskinan""xpandai"...and the list goes on......, sedih sungguh kalau pk2...

Why ek rasanya??........Dulu, ada org ckp kat sy "Skrg, Islam dilihat pada penganutnya!!...sbb itu ramai yg salah faham dgn ISLAM sendiri"

Meaning: Sedar tak sedar, walau dimana kita berada, kita adalah duta bagi ISLAM, kita bawa imej Islam itu sendiri. Jahilnya kita, Islam dapat nama.....Xpandainya kita, Islam jugak yg dicop begitu....(kalau tak hati2, disbbkan kiter, nama Islam tercemar....nauzubiLlah!!)

Sepatutnya, Kalau nak judge "boleh maju ke idak Islam itu?, cerdik ke idak org yg menganut Islam?, miskin ke idak, MANTAP ke IDAK....??, kita kene tengok pada tarikh awal turunnya AJARAN ISLAM ini sendiri......ie masa zaman RasuluLlah saw...tgk pd individu2 yg dibentuk oleh islam dulu.....TU BARU SAHIH, KEMAMPUAN YG TERSEMBUNYI DLM AGAMA ISLAM.......which, peliknya sgt diketahui oleh Bush, oleh Tony Blair, oleh Jews, oleh musuh2 Islam yg lain (sbb tu diorg takut Islam sgt!! kita tak buat apa pun dia dok tindak2...penakut tul diorg nih..)....sejak zaman berzaman..... (tp, kita xpaham2 agama sendiri.....MasyaAllah!!! MALU...MALU....)

Okeylah, jom ambik contoh......
1. Saidina Umar Al-Khattab ra .......(masyaAllah...kalau nak carik macam beliau skrg....JANGAN HARAP!!! dari sekejam2 manusia, dia dibentuk menjadi seorang manusia yang SANGAT CEMERLANG AKHLAK DAN PERIBADI...PEMERINTAH yg SGT BERKAKI LEBAR...uncomparable to todays leader...be it in MALAYSIA sendiri....(ada org nak bangkang?)...dia kuar malam2 p carik sapa lagi rakyat yg kelaparan....dia tolong penduduk himself..not by others.....MasyaAllah....)...Kalau tak salah, masa Khalifah Umar Abdul Aziz memerintah...xder org layak terima zakat....sbb xder org miskin!!!!!!! xcukup syarat boleh terima zakat...sampai gitu sekali 'how well these people lead the state"....kalau tak cukup lagi, byk lagi tokoh2..(RasuluLlah saw adalah tokoh pada sumer bidang, xpayah habaq la...yg dilistkan adalah individu2 lain..) the 4 khalifah Al-Rasyideen,dan byk lagi...(nak tau p check ngan google laa....senang jer, the will is yours!!dgr la pengisian...baca buku and many more...),so..sohih "ISLAM cipta PEMERINTAH yg sgt MANTAP!!!:"

2. Abdul Rahman Bin 'Auf yg sangat kaya...the most wealthy man in that time....boleh sponsor beribu unta, beratus kuda, baju2 perang beratus ribu sahabat dan byk lagi terutama masa perang tabuk (nak lawan rome doh!!! besar giler perbelanjaan....)..... Xmustahil kalau ada orang yg praktik ajaran islam yg betul skrg, xde riba', xde rasuah, xder sumer2 benda2 tak elok... InsyaAllah kaya dia tuh diberkati...... so, Sohih Islam can build a good saudagar...(tp kene Usaha laaa..... Abdul Rahman ra pun usaha gigih...sumer tau kot citer yg masa dia baru pindah madinah n terus carik market sbb nak berniaga..xbermodalkan apa2..)....

3. Byk ilmuan2 Islam yg Bagus2......(kita jer yg lupa mereka...)...entry2 lepas nih..nak citer pasal mereka lah!!...TUNGUUUUUUUU.....syok gak sbb boleh tambah Ilmu...(rasa cam rugi jer sebelum ni masa kat sekolah rendah, sekolah menengah xpernah diajar sal ibnu sinar.. sal ibnu batuta...sal ibnu2 yg lain....ramai sangat profesor2 islam dulu....)

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(byk sgt nak ditype sumer.....smpai 1001 and more malam pun xabih lagi....huhu...)
but, my point is..................ISLAM CAPABLE TO MAKE US A SOMEBODY..WE ARE NOT BAD AT ALL!!.....

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TAPI KAN...

only if we understand perasan RasuluLlah saw masa baginda mentioned ayat dibawah:
'Ilmu ibarat benda yg tercicir dari orang Islam, bila mana dijumpai, patut diambik...!!'
I WOULD SAY, WE CAN GO BEYOND.....(sekali lagi : cakap senang tp nak buat susah!!..but never let that be alasan for not to TRY!!!)

kita nak buat selidikan pasal Islam pada Zaman RasuluLlah saw, kita kene baca, kita kene pk(research)....sumer tuh kene ada effort.....kene ada usaha...kene buat...org lain xleh nak buatkan untuk kita sbb otak kita, kita yg punya....kita yg buat keputusan untuk berpk, dan bertindak!!!...All depends on us...nak berubah jadik baik, kita kene usaha sendiri...."

pk pk kan lah...

wassalam

Takwa

Assalamualaikum wbt,

Lama benar tak post entry..heheh, nak bagi alasan BZ pun malu dah rasanya...ngah ngah..!!

Basically, just now tiba2 teringat kakak sorang nih...dia nih suka bercerita....

leaving me a lot of wise stories and mutiara2 ilmu.....(JazakaLlah khairan kathira)

Mesti ramai yg pernah dengar ' manusia sumer nyer sama disisi Allah. yang membezakan darjat seseorang pada Allah adalah keTAKWAan nya'......ayat Al-Quran (surah xingat!!check balik nanti)

kakak tu kata, dalam kita berkerja pun, kita nak sangat naik pangkat, atau study, kita nak grade tinggi...be it distiction,honours, or pass...(gagal xnak lah..inshaAllah)...

So, the same goes dalam kita nak dapat pangkat kebesaran dari Allah swt...kita kene check tahap keTAKWAan kita kan?....(based on ayat kat atas, bukak kata2 kakak tuh or sy)

Skrg, camner rasanya kita leh check tahap keTAKWAan kita???

Kakak tuh habaq, istilah TAKWA boleh diibaratkan seperti berjalan diatas jalan yang penuh duri........................

apa kesimpulan dari sini rasa2 nya? (kakak tuh tanya sy ...)

Dia sambung, 'akak rasa mesti korang akan cuba berjalan seberhati2 yang boleh supaya tak terpijak duri........tul tak?'

Obviously Betul!!.....

kesimpulannya, dalam kita nak menjadi hamba yg bertakwa, yg diSAYANG Allah, kita kene selalu check setiap satu amalan yang kita buat, samada kita buat dengan penuh hati2, supaya kurang maksiat yg dibuat (kalau tak mampu buang maksiat 100%)...

Kita sendiri la kene usaha tuk jadi hamba yg berTAKWA..(ayat aktif: maksudnya perlukan reflection beserta ACTION!!!!!)....xleh nak tunggu orang lain baiki kita, atau tunggu pemerintah baiki kita, atau tunggu mak ayah tegur, atau kekawan atau guru atau masyarakat......(sbb, Islam tuh ada depan mata kita...bukannya kita ni orang asli dikepulauan 'X' yg Ilmu Islam tu xsampai padanya..)..

ACT....

(As-Saff:2-3 " Hai orang2 beriman, mengapa kamu katakan apa yg kamu tak perbuat? AMAT DIBENCI Allah jika kamu katakan apa yg kamu tidak perbuat!!)

NauzubiLlahi Minzalik...xnak diBENCI Allah swt!

wallahu'Alam

GUIDE ME.....pleaseeeeee....

Assalamualaikum wbt,

Im sure most of my friends have heard me talking about this so many times.....

Yet, here i am, still in the mood to write about it again...and again...and again...and so on...

Coz, it has touched my heart that i want others to at least feel the same too...

It is from this video 'Priest and Preachers Enter Islam'. U can download it from this link

(http://www.islamyesterday.com/islamtomorrowtmp/1video_cd/p_n_pedsm.mpg)

Sometimes, I think it is SO important for us to listen to others' experience and grab as much values from them (concidering that we dont live that long to get to experience everything in our life). And, this might be the reason Allah swt says in Quran about 'mankind in various nations n tribes so that they can know each other.. (Al-Hujurat ayat 13)'

After watching and listening to his story...thinking back over my own life....there are many aspects worth noting from it....But the best part is during when he tried to pray for the first time in his life.....when he bow to Allah (sujud) in the middle of texas (a desert-like place ala ala in the middle east kot!!), with nothing in mind to say....and no knowledge what-so-ever over any specific ayat2 Quran to be recited, the words that came out from his mouth are

"ALLAH, GUIDE ME...!" and the tears flow......

(SubhanaLlah.....Islam is so beautiful!!! )

Allahu'alam

SuperGrandma

Assalamualaikum wbt,

Today's topic is about my yesterday's educative conversation over the dinning table with my housemate....about SuperGrandma.....(ada apa dgn Nenek???hikhik..comel jer topic nih)

My senior started with ' tau tak....every single amalan that consistantly done thru our life, but, due to our old age, or poor health, we can't pursue the amalan anymore, will be granted pahala as if we are still doing the amalan as before.before.......'

(Perhatian: consistant kat sini maksudnya ISTIQAMAH.....the hardest thing to do but who managed to do it, subhanaLlah.....a huge reward awaits)

Then, I replied 'my grandmother is in her 80s now and yet she was superb in memorizing things...love to get a grib over everything, the household, the grandchildrens, all sort.......'

(then my mine flashing back the old memories at home with her around....she is a nice lady, and i'm pretty sure that the possible exlaination to her being that healthy, that kuat ingatan is due to her Quran reciting habit..which is almost every after solat..im proud of her...huhu)

My friend got the same granny story.....although she is a bit younger than my grandma, but, one thing she noticed (since the moment she can remember) about her grandma is that she never missed a night to do qiam (translation: menghidupkan malam with solat2 sunat)........

They are example of SuperGrandma for us.....Can we be like them??....InshaAllah

When topics like this being brought about, it's reminding me, that "u got little time left to prepare for the hereafter......BERTINDAK SEKARANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ya Allah, GUIDE ME!!"

'be better than yesterday and u'll be the fortune one!!'

wallahu'alam

Energetic Day, Yesterday!!

Assalamualaikum wbt

Looking back to yesterday, i was so happy that after a few weeks of struggle, i managed to colour up my blog.....hikhik....(walau tak sehebat mana..heheh)

The best part was when i found the article about The Life of The Prophet in www.arabnews.com

Nway, if u really know me, u'll definitely know my interest and passion towards Seerah RasuluLlah saw....

So, when i saw this good English written article, i read n read....n stopped, when i started to think that it would be even better to share this delight with everybody else....so, i cut and paste, cut and paste...cut and paste..bla bla bla..the whole article....(banyak gel..*istilah baru bagi crazy...). But, later, i came to realize that, apalaaa, u were just duplicating the article, whereby u can just put the link and let the 'everybody' read from the original weblink themselves!!..(rasa nak tergelak sbb, kerja2 cutting n pasting ni selalu sgt dipractickan dlm proses pembelajaran zaman budak2 dulu...skrg, insyaAllah xnak dah..inshaAllah)....

Nway....that's the story of my energetic day, Yesterday..

(but, there are a few earlier parts of the article that i have published..I would recommend this article although everybody might have read the seerah of the Prophet over n over before...It tells from the very beginning to the very end...)

So,the link is http://www.arabnews.com/?supname=prophet&supplement=1&part=1&last=11

Happy reading, everyone, especially myself....(nak hafal nanti nak bercerita kat future anak2..ngah ngah ngah...!!!!)

JazakumuLlah Khairan Kathira...

The Life of The Prophet Muhammad (3)

THE PROMISE AT ZAMZAM

by Leila Azzam and Aisha Gouverneur© Islamic Texts Society http://www.its.org.uk/

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The well of Zamzam, which disappeared when the Arabs placed idols at the Ka'bah, remained buried under the sand. Thus, for many years the people of Quraysh had to fetch their water from far away. One day 'Abd al-Muttalib was very tired from doing this and fell asleep next to the Ka 'bah. He had a dream in which he was told to dig up Zamzam. When he woke up he was puzzled because he did not know what Zamzam was, the well having disappeared many years before he was born. The next day he had the same dream, but this time he was told where to find the well.

'Abd al-Muttalib had one son at that time, and together they began to dig. The work was so difficult that 'Abd al-Muttalib made an oath to Allah that if one day he were to have ten sons to help him and stand by him; in return he would sacrifice one of them in Allah’s honor. After working for three days they finally found the well of Zamzam. Pilgrims have been drinking from it ever since.

The years passed by and 'Abd al-Muttalib did have ten sons. They grew into fine, strong men and the time came for him to keep his promise to Allah. He told his sons about the promise and they agreed that he had to sacrifice one of them. To see which one it would be, they decided to draw lots, which was the custom of Quraysh when deciding important matters. 'Abd al-Muttalib told each son to get an arrow and write his own name upon it and then to bring it to him. This they did, after which he took them to the Ka 'bah where there was a man whose special task it was to cast arrows and pick one from among them. This man solemnly proceeded to do this. On the arrow he chose was written the name of 'Abd Allah, the youngest and favorite son of 'Abd al-Muttalib. Even so, the father took his son near the Ka'bah and prepared to sacrifice him.
Many of the Quraysh leaders were present and they became very angry because 'Abd Allah was very young and much loved by everyone. They tried to think of a way to save his life. Someone suggested that the advice of a wise old woman who lived in Yathrib should be sought, and so 'Abd al-Muttalib took his son and went to see if she could decide what to do. Some of the Meccans went with them and when they got there the woman asked, 'What is the price of a man's life?'
They told her, 'Ten camels', for at that time if one man killed another, his family would have to give ten camels to the dead man's family in order to keep the peace among them. So the woman told them to go back to the Ka'bah and draw lots between 'Abd Allah and ten camels. If the camels were chosen, they were to be killed and the meat given to the poor. If 'Abd Allah was picked then ten more camels were to be added and the lots drawn again and again until they finally fell on the camels.

'Abd al-Muttalib returned to the Ka'bah with his son and the people of Mecca. There they started to draw lots between 'Abd Allah and the camels, starting with ten camels. 'Abd al-Muttalib prayed to Allah to spare his son and everyone waited in silence for the result. The choice fell on 'Abd Allah, so his father added ten more camels. Again the choice fell on 'Abd Allah, so they did the same thing again and again, adding ten camels each time. Finally they reached one hundred camels, and only then did the lot fall on the camels.
'Abd Allah was saved and everyone was very happy. 'Abd al-Muttalib, however, wanted to make sure that this was the true result so he repeated the draw three times and each time it fell on the camels. He then gave thanks to Allah that He had spared 'Abd Allah's life. The camels were sacrificed and there was enough food for the entire city, even the animals and birds.

'Abd Allah grew up to be a handsome young man and his father eventually chose Aminah, the daughter of Wahb, as a wife for him. It was a good match, for she was the finest of Quraysh women and 'Abd Allah the best of the men. He spent several months with his wife but then he had to leave her and travel with one of the caravans to trade with Syria. On his way back to Mecca from Syria 'Abd Allah became ill and had to stop off in Yathrib to recover. The caravan, however, continued on its way and arrived back in Mecca without him. On hearing of 'Abd Allah’s illness, 'Abd al-Muttalib sent another son, al-Harith, to bring 'Abd Allah back to Mecca, but he was too late. When he arrived in Yathrib 'Abd Allah was dead.

Aminah was heart-broken to lose her husband and the father of the child she would soon give birth to. Only Allah knew that this orphan child would one day be a great Prophet.

The Life of The Prophet Muhammad (2)

THE CHILDREN OF ISHMAEL
http://www.arabnews.com/?supname=prophet&supplement=1&last=11&part=2
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OVER the years Ishmael's children themselves had children. His descendants increased and formed tribes which spread out all over Arabia. One of these tribes was called Quraysh. Its people never moved away from Mecca and always lived near the Ka'bah.

One of the duties of the leader of Quraysh was to look after those who came on pilgrimage to the Ka'bah. The pilgrims would come from all over Arabia and it was a great honor to provide them with food and water. As time passed, however, the Arabs stopped worshipping Allah directly and started bringing idols back with them from the different countries they visited. These idols were placed at the Ka 'bah, which was no longer regarded as the Sanctuary of Allah, as Abraham had intended it. It was, however, still respected by the Arabs. Around this time the well of Zamzam disappeared beneath the sand.

Also at this time, Qusayy, one of the leaders of Quraysh, became ruler over Mecca. He held the keys of the temple and had the right to give water to the pilgrims, to feed them, to take charge of meetings, and to hand out war banners before battle. It was also in his house that Quraysh settled their affairs.

After Qusayy's death, his son ‘Abdu Manaf, who had become famous during his father's lifetime, took over the leadership of Quraysh. After him came his son Hashim. It is said that Hashim was the first to begin the two great caravan journeys of Quraysh, one in the summer to Syria and the north, and one in the winter to Yemen and the south. As a result, Mecca grew rich and became a large and important centre of trade.

One summer Hashim went north to buy goods to sell in Yemen. On his way he stopped in Yathrib to trade in the market and there he saw a beautiful woman. She was Salma, the daughter of 'Amr ibn Zeid, who was from a much respected family. Hashim proposed marriage to her and was accepted because he was an honorable and distinguished man. In time, Salma gave birth to a beautiful son and as some of his hair was white they called him Shaybah, which in Arabic means 'grey-haired'. Mother and son stayed in the cooler, healthier climate of Yathrib, while Hashim returned to Mecca, but he would visit them each time he took his caravan to the north. During one of these journeys, however, Hashim became ill and died. Shaybah, a handsome, intelligent boy, grew up in his uncle's house in Yathrib. He was proud of being the son of Hashim ibn 'Abdi Manaf, the head of Quraysh, guardian of the Ka'bah and protector of the pilgrims, even though he had not known his father, who had died while Shaybah was very young.

At Hashim's death his brother al-Muttalib took over his duties and responsibilities. He traveled to Yathrib to see his nephew, Shaybah, and decided that as the boy would one day inherit his father's place, the time had come for him to live in Mecca.
It was hard for Salma, Shaybah's mother, to let her son go with his uncle but she finally realized that it was for the best. Al-Muttalib returned to Mecca, entering the city at noon on his camel with Shaybah behind him. When the people of Mecca saw the boy they thought he was a slave and, pointing at him, called out' 'Abd al-Muttalib', 'Abd' being the Arabic for 'slave'. Al-Muttalib told them that Shaybah was not a slave but his nephew who had come to live with them. From that day on, however, Shaybah was always affectionately called 'Abd al-Muttalib.

On the death of al-Muttalib, who died in Yemen where he had gone to trade, 'Abd al-Muttalib took his place. He became the most respected member of his family, loved and admired by all. He was, however, unlike those Arabs who had given up the teachings of Abraham.

The Life of The Prophet Muhammad (1)

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JazakaLlah Khairan Kathira
http://www.arabnews.com/?supname=prophet&supplement=1&part=1&last=11
by Leila Azzam and Aisha Gouverneur
© Islamic Texts Society http://www.its.org.uk
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Chapter 1
HOW IT ALL BEGAN

Nearly four thousand years ago, in the Sumerian town of Ur in the valley of the river Euphrates, lived a young man named Abraham. The people of Ur had once worshipped Allah but as time passed they forgot the true religion and started praying to idols, statues made of wood or clay and sometimes even of precious stones.

Even as a small child Abraham could not understand how his people, and especially his father, could make these images with their own hands, call them gods, and then worship them. He had always refused to join his people when they paid respect to these statues. Instead he would leave the town and sit alone, thinking about the heavens and the world about him. He was sure his people were doing wrong and so alone he searched for the right way.

One clear night as he sat staring at the sky he saw a beautiful shining star, so beautiful that he cried out: 'This must be Allah!' He looked at it in awe for some time, until suddenly it began to fade and then it disappeared. He turned away in disappointment saying:
I love not things that set. (Koran vi.77)

On another night Abraham was again looking at the sky and he saw the rising moon, so big and bright that he felt he could almost touch it. He thought to himself: This is my Lord. (Koran vi.78)

But it was not long before the moon set as well. Then he said,
Unless my Lord guide me, I surely shall become one of the folk who are astray. (Koran vi.78)
Abraham then saw the beauty and splendor of the sunrise and decided that the sun must be the biggest and most powerful thing in the universe. But for the third time he was wrong, for the sun set at the end of the day. It was then that he realized that Allah is the Most Powerful, the Creator of the stars, the moon, the sun, the earth and of all living things. Suddenly he felt himself totally at peace, because he knew that he had found the Truth. When he said unto his father and his folk:
What do you worship? They said: We worship idols, and are ever devoted to them. He said: Do they hear you when you cry? Or do they benefit or harm you? They said: Nay, but we found our fathers acting in this manner. He said: See now that which you worship, you and your forefathers! Lo! They are (all) an enemy to me, except the Lord of the Worlds. Who created me, and He guides me, And Who feeds me and waters me. And when I sicken, then He heals me. And Who causes me to die, then gives me life (again) And Who, I ardently hope, will forgive me my sin on the Day of Judgment. (Koran xxvi.70-82)

One day, while all the townspeople were out, Abraham angrily smashed all the idols with his right hand except for one, which was very large. When the people returned they were furious. They remembered the things Abraham had said about the idols. They had him brought forth before everyone and demanded, ‘Is it you who did this to our gods, O Abraham?' Abraham replied, ‘But this their chief did it. Ask them, if they are able to speak ' The people exclaimed, ‘You know they do not speak.' ‘Do you worship what you yourselves have carved when Allah created you and what you make?' Abraham continued, ‘Do you worship instead of Allah that which cannot profit you at all, nor harm you?' (Koran xxxvii.9S--6) (Koran xxi.66)

Finally, Abraham warned them,
Serve Allah, and keep your duty unto Him; that is better for you if you did but know. You serve instead of Allah only idols, and you only invent a lie. Lo! Those whom you serve instead of Allah own no provision for you. So seek your provision from Allah, and serve Him, and give thanks unto Him, (for) unto Him you will be brought back. (Koran xxix. 16-17)

The people of Ur decided to give Abraham the worst punishment they could find: he was to be burnt to death. On the chosen day all the people gathered in' the centre of the city and even the King of Ur was there. Abraham was then placed inside a special building filled with wood. The wood was lit. Soon the fire became so strong that the people were pushed back by the flames. But Allah said:
O fire, be coolness and peace for Abraham. (Koran xxi.69)

The people waited until the fire had completely died down, and it was then that they saw Abraham still sitting there as though nothing had happened! At that moment they were utterly confused. They were not, however, moved by the miracle that had just happened before their very eyes. Still Abraham tried to persuade his own dear father, who was named Azar, not to worship powerless, un-seeing, un-hearing statues. Abraham explained that special knowledge had come to him and implored his father, ‘So follow me and I will lead you on the right path. O my father! Don't serve the Devil.' But Azar would not listen. He threatened his son with stoning if he continued to reject the gods of Ur. He ordered Abraham to leave the city with these words: 'Depart from me a long while.' Abraham said, 'Peace be upon you! I shall ask my Lord's forgiveness for you. Surely He was ever gracious to me.’ ( Koran xix.43-7)

Imagine how terrible it must have been for him to leave his home, his family and all that he knew, and set out across the wilderness into the unknown. But at the same time, how could he have remained among people who did not believe in Allah and who worshipped statues? Abraham always had a sense that Allah cared for him and he felt Allah near him as he traveled.
At last, after a long hard journey, he arrived at a place by the Mediterranean Sea, not far from Egypt. There he married a noble woman by the name of Sarah and settled in the land of Palestine.

Many years passed but Abraham and his wife were not blessed with any children. In the hope that there would be a child, and in keeping with tradition, Sarah suggested that Abraham should marry Hagar, her Egyptian handmaid. Soon after this took place, Hagar had a little boy named Ishmael.

Some time later Allah promised Abraham another son, but this time the mother of the child would be his first wife, Sarah. This second son would be called lsaac. Allah also told Abraham that from his two sons-lshmael and lsaac-two nations and three religions would be founded and because of this he must take Hagar and lshmael away from Palestine to a new land. These events were an important part of Allah's plan, for the descendants of lshmael would form a nation from which would come a great Prophet, who would guide the people in the way of Allah. This was to be Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, p.b.u.h. From the descendants of Sarah's child, lsaac, would come Moses and Jesus.

So it was that Abraham, Hagar, and lshmael left Palestine. They traveled for many days until finally they reached the arid valley of Bacca (later to be called Mecca), which was on one of the great caravan routes. There was no water in the valley and although Hagar and lshmael only had a small supply of water left, Abraham left them there knowing Allah would take care of them.
Soon all the water was gone. The child began to grow weak from thirst. There were two hills nearby, one called Safa and the other Marwah. Hagar went up one hill and looked into the distance to see if she could find any water, but found none. So she went to the other hill and did the same. She did this seven times. Then sadly she returned to her son, and to her great surprise and joy she found a spring of water bubbling out of the earth near him. This spring, near which the mother and child settled, was later called Zamzam. The area around it became a place of rest for the caravans traveling across the desert and in time grew into the famous trading city of Mecca.

From time to time Abraham traveled from Palestine to visit his family and he saw Ishmael grow into a strong young man. It was during one of these visits that Allah commanded them to rebuild the Ka'bah-the very first place where people had worshipped Allah.
They were told exactly where and how to build it. It was to be erected by the well of Zamzam and built in the shape of a cube. In its eastern corner was to be placed a black stone that had fallen to earth from heaven. An angel brought the stone to them from the nearby hill of Abu Qubays.
Abraham and Ishmael worked hard to rebuild the Ka'bah and as they did so they prayed to Allah to send a Prophet from among their descendants.
And when Abraham and Ishmael were raising the foundations of the House, (Abraham prayed):

'Our Lord! Receive this from us; Thou, only Thou, art the All-hearing, the All-knowing; Our Lord! And make us submissive unto Thee and of our seed a nation submissive unto Thee, and show us our ways of worship, and turn toward us. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Relenting, the Merciful. Our Lord! And raise up in their midst a messenger from among them who shall recite unto them Thy revelations, and shall instruct them in the Scripture and in wisdom and shall make them grow. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Mighty, Wise. (Koran ii. 127-9)

When the Ka'bah was completed, Allah commanded Abraham to call mankind to pilgrimage to His Holy House. Abraham wondered how anyone could hear his call. Allah said, 'You call and I will bring them.' This was how the pilgrimage to the Ka 'bah in Mecca was established and when Muslims make the pilgrimage today they continue to answer the age-old call of Abraham.

Sepuluh Wasiat As-Syahid Hassan Al-Banna

Assalamualaikum wbt

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My source of Motivation

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To be a better person, is to be a better Muslim,

and to be that, is to be able to make a change in life.....

u Want it, u WORK for it...SEARCH for it...

InsyaAllah......

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haa..satu lagi, kalau kita tak ikut contoh Ilmuan dan Tokoh terbilang ISLAM sendiri, kita nak ikut sapa lagi to be better than before...tul tak???..search...search...

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SEPULUH WASIAT DARI AS-SYAHID HASSAN AL-BANNA

1. Apabila mendengar azan maka bangunlah sembahyang serta-merta walaubagaimana keadaan sekalipun.
2. Bacalah al-Quran, tatapilah buku-buku ilmu, pergilah ke majlis-majlis ilmu, dan amalkanlah zikrullah dan janganlah membuang masa dalam perkara yang tiada memberi faedah.
3. Berusahalah untuk bertutur dalam bahasa Arab kerana bahasa Arab yang betul itu adalah satu-satunya syiar Islam.
4. Janganlah bertengkar dalam apa-apa perkara sekalipun kerana pertengkaran yang kosong tiada memberi apa-apa jua 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 bersungguh-sungguh dalam setiap perkara.
7. Janganlah bercakap lebih nyaring daripada kadar yang dikehendaki oleh pendengar kerana percakapanyang nyaring itu adalah suatu resmi yang sia-sia malah menyakiti hati orang.
8. Jauhilah daripada mengumpat-umpat peribadi orang, dan janganlah bercakap melainkan apa- apa yang memberi kebajikan.
9. Berkenal-kenalanlah dengan setiap Muslim yang ditemui kerana asas ukhuwah ialah berkenal-kenalan dan berkasih-sayang.
10. Kewajipan-kewajipan kita lebih banyak daripada masa yang ada pada kita, oleh itu gunakanlah masa dengan sebaik-baiknya dan ringkaskanlah perlaksanaannya.

The Sky

Last summer holiday, i went back to 'Malaysia yg tercinta'....My flight back to Manchester was on August,16th........ Along the way back here (Mctr la tuh), it was siang all the way!!(macamana nak tido nih?..hehe)Nway, i survived the journey.....AlhamduliLlah....... Flash back At home, a few weeks b4 my flight, i was....(u might be supprised to hear this...) so delighted...not sad, but so happy with the fact that i'm going on a plane AGAIN....(in a way...rasa jahat la pluk....)... But, i have a good reason to be so excited. Im not sure whether other ppl feel the same.....Just look at the foto (left..) For me, It's Magnificient..... I was estonished......... No other perfect word to describe my delight seeing the sky....... except MasyaAllah......... At the same moment, i started to think....what might happen IF....the flight was blown into peaces in the air... Really..nobody can tell when disaster might happen? Despite the advance aircraft technology...we have no where to hang on..except.... One word come across me at once.......ALLAH.................................. Our life, is so vulnerable.....too vulnerable......i came to this conclusion that it is so true, ONLY ALLAH has the power to take our life and gives us life ..............................end......................... wallahu'alam