Al-Wafa.

Let me tell you a story for you to guess the meaning of today's post.

Jabir bin Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with them, reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:

"In case we get wealth from Bahrain, I will give you so much and so much;" he made an indication of it with both his hands. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) died before wealth from Bahrain came. When Abu Bakr received it, he ordered a caller to announce that if anyone who claims a debt against the Prophet (may peace be upon him) or was promised money by him, should meet him (Abu Bakr). 

 So, Jabir told Abu Bakr about he Prophet's promise to give him so much and so much. Abu Bakr gave him a handful of coins and asked him to count them and they were five hundred and said: Take twice that amount.

(In everyone's head when they heard this)

Mr.A ;
"Maybe the prophet ordered something (the harta) from Bahrain and (got stuck somewhere) on its way to Medina. That's why they didn't make it in time for the prophet.

Mr.B;
"The prophet did some business with people from Bahrain. But, the profit(the harta) will come a little bit late.

Lady C;
"They had a war in Bahrain, and things won from there, are on its way to Medina.

...the thoughts went on for a while...
and can you guess what is the main idea of this story?

Al-wafa.

Fulfill your promises. Memenuhi janji.

وَأَوۡفُواْ بِٱلۡعَهۡدِ‌ۖ إِنَّ ٱلۡعَهۡدَ كَانَ مَسۡـُٔولاً۬

"and fulfil (every) engagement, for (every) engagement, will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning)"

"dan sempurnakanlah perjanjian (dengan Allah dan dengan manusia), sesungguhnya perjanjian itu akan ditanya"

At first, it was like a normal thing for The Prophet to fulfill his promise, and yes, people ALWAYS believe him. That's why he's called A-Amin, meaning trustworthy.

But, we actually didn't know what was the real story about 'the harta' said in the story just now.

 

What happened was, (almost near to Lady C's thought) there was a war to conquer (takluk) Bahrain, but it happened ONLY after the prophet died. He payed off his debts with a war that he knows they will win over. People that he ows his money too, believed that they will get their pay. Even after he passed away.

Because they believed in him.

What about us? Do people believe in us? The prophet s.a.w was the most perfect human being that ever lived. He was just, a human.

Just like us.

"O you who believe! Why do you say that which you do not do? (2) Most hateful it is with Allâh that you say that which you do not do."

"Wahai orang-orang yang beriman! Mengapa kamu memperkatakan apa yang kamu tidak melakukannya! (2) Amat besar kebenciannya di sisi Allah kamu memperkatakan sesuatu yang kamu tidak melakukannya."


Especially when it's about duty (amanah) that is given to us due to our status and occupation. Come to think of it, I was a club secretary back in high school and obviously, I did almost nothing at all. Even now, astaghfirullah. Allah is going to ask us one day if we actually did what we're supposed to do.


Eg. Jika kamu menerima gaji sebagai seorang jaga, tergamakkah kamu tidur sewaktu melakukan tugas kamu? Allah akan bertanyakan tentang setiap saat yang diamanahkan pada kamu itu. Astaghfirullah.


Even-more if you're a leader of a country! you've been given the amanah from the people and from Allah s.w.t to lead. Yet you did things that is far astray from Allah, and didn't fulfill what you've once promised. "With great power comes great responsibility."-Spiderman. T-T"

#A short post. But a reminder to me. and you.

Learning from changes

Assalamualaikum,

MasyaAllah. Tidak ku tahu ada beberapa kakak-kakak senior sudah pulang ke Malaysia (for good) membawa anak-anak yang comel bersama-sama mereka. Teringat lagi, jika golongan ummi dan abi ini ber-meeting, pasti akan dipanggil untuk menolong menjaga anak-anak kecil itu. Terasa kehilangan sebentar kerana daurah sudah tidak lagi bingit dengan teriakan ceria. 

Tapi Allah itu Maha awesome (boleh ke cakap macam ni? ^-^"). Sekembalinya dari Malaysia, tajuk utama dalam group message di iPhone adalah... 3 orang kakak sudah mengandung! Tersengih-sengih semua membaca berita gembira ini. 

Since it's the last day of Syawal, I've decided to pay one of them a visit. Ku gagahkan juga keluar ke rumah dengan cuaca yang pelik ini. [Jepun sedang mengalami perubahan cuaca; sekejap panas yang teramat macam summer, sekejap sejuk menggigil sampai ber-stokin berjaket dalam rumah sampai perlu pasang heater. Satu lagi perubahan ] Apabila terjadi begini, senang demam, asyik pening kepala, dan rasa layu sangat.

Keterujaan menziarahi ibu yang menjadi tempat bergantung tarbiyyah ku selama disini, dan future-mak-beranak-dua ini meluap-luap. Padahal baru sahaja jumpa, sama flight masa balik ke Jepun hari tu. Tapi kali ini, baru ku tahu! ada baby baru!

Dalam perjalanan, terasa pelik seketika memerhati sekeliling.

Berubah. Perasaan sudah berubah.

Tidak lagi ku lihat mereka dengan hati yang serupa sebelum ku tinggalkan bandar ini beberapa bulan lalu. Jelik. Terlalu jelik memikirkan apa yang telah terjadi. Baru tersedar bagai ditampar-diteleng.

Kaum Muslimin sepatutnya idak memberikan wala’ (kedekatan, loyalitas, kesetiaan) dan kecintaan kepada orang kafir. Allah Ta’ala berfirman :


لَّا يَتَّخِذِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الْكَافِرِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ مِن دُونِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ


“Janganlah orang-orang mukmin mengambil orang-orang kafir menjadi wali (teman akrab, pemimpin, pelindung, penolong) dengan meninggalkan orang-orang mukmin.” (Qs. Ali Imran : 28)


Taken from; Batasan Bermuamalah dengan Orang Kafir

Walaupun  tanggungjawab membawa ad-deen di muka bumi ini masih bergayut-gayut banyaknya, perlu ada batasan-batasan pergaualan antara kita dengan orang kafir. Regardless of them being very nice, and harmonious.

But why so negative? Hmm.. buku cerita dah tutup. haha.  Learned my lesson in a very hard way. No turning back. =_=

Anyway, orang mengandung ni rupa-rupanya sangat sensitif pada bau (ingatkan saya sorang saja. padahal tak mengandung pun. ^-^") Sampai masuk dapur, bukak peti ais pun sang ibu terpaksa menutup hidung dengan baju, kalau tidak, face-mask. Namun di gagahinya kerana anak tersayang dan suami tercinta. (hihi.. ayat berbunga..)

Lalu, pertama kali diri ini mengunjung rumah orang, lalu mencuci peti-ais dan memasak dinner untuk family nya. Semangat bukan main. MasyaAllah. Ya ukhti out there. Cubatry. Ke, kisah-kisah anda lebih hebat?


Banyak benda yang akan berubah; new environment especially. It'll take a while for anyone to adapt, and of course we'll learn. May Allah guide us through.

Tiada Hitam-vs-Putih dalam Ketika Cinta Bertasbih

Assalamualaikum,

KTB is the only movie that I don't mind watching again and again. Sometimes, it's just the fact that I miss the indonesian language (by just playing the movie as a background sound while cooking ^-^), not forgetting the movie 'Sang Murobbi' as well. 

Worth watching something yang boleh menambah iman. At least KCB somehow gave me a kind of strength that Allah is always watching over me, and taking care of me no matter what happens. He's the ULTIMATE planner.  He gives the best, despite of anything it may be.

This is a writing that I found: by a person who writes islamic scripts, and it is quite interesting to know how people can do da'wah regardless of anything they do in their fields.

1. Saya mungkin agak ketinggalan kerana baru sahaja kelmarin sempat menonton filem Indonesia KETIKA CINTA BERTASBIH (KCB). Walaupun dvdnya sudah lama berada dalam simpanan saya tetapi kerana kesibukan menulis skrip sebelum ini menyebabkan saya sengaja menyimpannya untuk ditonton pada waktu saya benar-benar 'merdeka' dan boleh merehatkan fikiran ketika menontonnya.


2. KCB adalah contoh terbaik mazhab skrip yang berpegang kepada keyakinan dan prinsip bahawa story line yang baik boleh digarap dengan baik tanpa watak jahat yang hitam.


3. KCB menafikan mazhab skrip yang berpendapat bahawa PUTIH akan nampak baik jika ada HITAM yang super jahat, ganas dan zalim.


4. KCB membuktikan HITAM tidak semestinya watak seorang antoganist jahat yang hitam tapi boleh juga di potrai dalam bentuk nafsu sarakah dalam diri seseorang yang lemah iman dan berkepentingan.


5. Namun pengkarya filem di Malaysia kurang setuju dengan mazhab PUTIH TANPA HITAM ini kerana pada mereka ianya tidak punya nilai komersial dan tidak menguntungkan.


6. Mungkin kerana itu tidak ada penerbit filem yang mahu menerbitkan filem genre dakwah saperti KCB.


7. Namun KCB membuktikan skrip yang baik dan garapan yang baik mampu memberi nilai komersial pada filem genre dakwah.


Taken from here.

Sorry, but I've been hearing about Malay dramas that are trying to portray the 'islamic' way of life, but instead gave a bad impression about people who are religious. Of course, neither do they know how do some people live their life. But insyaAllah, they will learn, and so do we. May Allah guide us all.

wallahualam.

Picking up

Assalamualaikum,

It took me a while to get back (..to myself?) once again since I got back here. So many things to do, to say, to write, to explain. (eh.. ada perlu eh?) Balik Malaysia lama sangat. Ni lah dia. jadi sayur.^-^" I know I'll be back in Malaysia again for good in few months time now. Perlu kumpul tenaga super power untuk tapau balik nanti.

Hibernated at home ;homesick+flu+fever+typhoon for about a week, and now bernomad sebentar mencari semangat yang hilang. True. sekarang baru nak mengaku yang sebenarnya dah futur (lemah semangat) tahap horror yang horror sangat back then. But that was way.. back then.

Anyway, gambar masa pergi Syria pun tak upload lagi. Inikan gambar raya.

I am left with a very cute-small-slow Acer, and it's kinda hard to even start doing any of my work. Especially my final thesis. (Yah, blame the computer now eh. Astaghfirullah. T-T) Since I've found quite a big computer during my 'nomad', alhamdulillah. Dapat kutip semangat sikit-sikit.

Bila teringatkan semula, I was back in KL for more than 2 months and banyak sangat benda yang nak dikongsikan disini. Tak ternilai pengalaman bercuti tu rupanya.

For a start, let me share with you this. Was searching for so many things on the net, and found this.

Yes, I am always curious. Even though curiosity might have killed the cat (oh isit?), but ignorance is the worst.

*a must watch*



*the full video*



Watching this made me feel like... why on earth haven't I memorized what I read.

The truth is, there's nothing harder to overcome, than you, yourself. Ada juga pakcik-pakcik yang kenal islam at the age of  30's and 40's, but they fall in love completely with the religion. I think you might have heard, or seen Ust. Suhaib Webb. Read about his story. Maybe it'll give you a pinch of how amazing the religion is.

My mom read, 'Ini Sejarah Kita', a book that I bought back then. She was really into that book, and things changed.. MasyaAllah.

That'll be in a different post pulak insyaAllah.

p/s: Couldn't be any happier to be back [kepada fitrah] it is.