Mercy & love=ampun, belas kasihan, kasih sayang.
Surah Al An'am, ayat 12:
Katakanlah: "Kepunyaan siapakah apa yang ada di langit dan di bumi?"
Katakanlah: "Kepunayaan Allah".
Dia telah menetapkan atas diri-Nya kasih sayang"....(bacalah sendiri ayat seterusnya)
Say: "To whom belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth?"
Say: "To Allah". He has prescribed Mercy for Himself"....(read the rest yourself)
A) Narrated Abu Hurairah r.a:
I heard Allah's Messenger s.a.w saying,
"Allah has devided Mercy into one hundred parts,
and He kept ninety-nine parts with Him
and sent down one part to the earth,
and because of that one single part,
His creatures are merciful to each other,
so that even the mare (mother horse) lifts up its hoof away from its baby animal, lest it should trample on it." (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith No. 29).
B) Narrated Abu Jurairah r.a: Allah's Messenger s.a.w said,
"When Allah completed the creation, He wrote in His Book which is with Him on His Throne: 'Verily, My Mercy has overcome My Anger.'"
(Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 416).
Just imagine...all the love and mercy in this world...
between all human beings,
between lovers,
between mothers and children,
between husbands and wives,
between mother animals and baby animals,
between humans and animals...
are only one part and Allah SWT kept the rest of 99 parts to Himself.
Allah, The All-Merciful. Allah Maha Pengasih dan Peyayang.
Friday, December 08, 2006
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
First Salam
Surah An-Nisah, ayat 86:
Dan apabila kamu diberikan penghormatan dengan sesuatu ucapan hormat (seperti memberi salam), maka balaslah penghormatan itu dengan yang lebih baik daripadanya, atau balaslah dia (dengan cara yang sama). Sesungguhnya Allah sentiasa menghitung tiap-tiap sesuatu.
When you are greeted with a greeting, greet in return with what is better than it, or (at least) return it equally. Certainly, Allâh is Ever a Careful Account Taker of all things.
How the salam (greetings) began.
Narrated Abu Hurairah r.a: The Prophet s.a.w said, "Allah created Adam in His Image, *sixty cubits (about 30 metres) in height.
When He(Allah) created him(Adam), He(Allah) said (to him-Adam),
"Go and greet that group of angels sitting there and listen what they will say in reply to you, for that will be your greeting and the greeting of your offspring."
Adam (went and) said, "As-Salamu 'Alaikum (peace be upon you)."
They replied, "As-Salamu 'alaikum wa Rahmatullah (Peace and Allah's Mercy be to you)."
So they increased "wa Rahmatullah."
The Prophet s.a.w added, "So, whoever will enter Paradise will be of the shape and picture of Adam.
Since then the creation of Adam's (offspring-that is the stature of human beings) is being diminished continuously up to the present time."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol. 8, hadith # 246).
**His Image means that Adam has been bestowed with life, knowledge, power of hearing, seeing, understanding but the features of Adam are different from those of Allah, only the names are the same, e.g. Allah has life and knowledge and power of understanding and Adam also has them but there is no comparison between the Creator and the created thing.
As Allah says in the Qur'an: "There is nothing like unto Him (Allah) and He (Allah) is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer.
(V.42:11) Allah does not eat or sleep while Adam used to eat and sleep.
Dan apabila kamu diberikan penghormatan dengan sesuatu ucapan hormat (seperti memberi salam), maka balaslah penghormatan itu dengan yang lebih baik daripadanya, atau balaslah dia (dengan cara yang sama). Sesungguhnya Allah sentiasa menghitung tiap-tiap sesuatu.
When you are greeted with a greeting, greet in return with what is better than it, or (at least) return it equally. Certainly, Allâh is Ever a Careful Account Taker of all things.
How the salam (greetings) began.
Narrated Abu Hurairah r.a: The Prophet s.a.w said, "Allah created Adam in His Image, *sixty cubits (about 30 metres) in height.
When He(Allah) created him(Adam), He(Allah) said (to him-Adam),
"Go and greet that group of angels sitting there and listen what they will say in reply to you, for that will be your greeting and the greeting of your offspring."
Adam (went and) said, "As-Salamu 'Alaikum (peace be upon you)."
They replied, "As-Salamu 'alaikum wa Rahmatullah (Peace and Allah's Mercy be to you)."
So they increased "wa Rahmatullah."
The Prophet s.a.w added, "So, whoever will enter Paradise will be of the shape and picture of Adam.
Since then the creation of Adam's (offspring-that is the stature of human beings) is being diminished continuously up to the present time."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol. 8, hadith # 246).
**His Image means that Adam has been bestowed with life, knowledge, power of hearing, seeing, understanding but the features of Adam are different from those of Allah, only the names are the same, e.g. Allah has life and knowledge and power of understanding and Adam also has them but there is no comparison between the Creator and the created thing.
As Allah says in the Qur'an: "There is nothing like unto Him (Allah) and He (Allah) is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer.
(V.42:11) Allah does not eat or sleep while Adam used to eat and sleep.
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Kelam-kabut raya
Tahun ini banyak orang kuat "ulamak" di pulau ini dah balik negara masing-masing. Yang tinggal hanya banyak orang baru datang, muda dan tidak berpengalaman dalam masalah menetapkan tarikh hari raya.
Kalendar letak 30 hari Ramadan kalau ikut falak dan esoknya baru satu syawal. Tapi di negara sebelah arab dan orang-orang di Mekah hanya berpuasa 29 hari dan ramadan 30 tidak ada sebab sudah nampak anak bulan maka mereka beraya.
Telefon di rumah saya mula berdering sejak maghrib pada malam 29 ramadan, banyak yang menanyakan tarikh raya. Saya kata belum ada maklumat lagi yang esoknya raya sebab saya juga masih menunggu pengumuman.
Kalau ingin tahu lebih teliti, silalah telefon Islamic Center of Japan sebab ini badan yang sudah diistikharkan menjadi wakil rasmi untuk mengumumkan tarikh raya.
Pada malam ramadan 30 itu, seorang pelajar melayu memberi tahu yang esoknya kemungkinan 90% jatuhnya satu syawal (entah dari mana dia mendapat maklumat ini).
90%?
Kenapa 90%?
Yang saya tahu raya 100% atau tidak raya 100%, pertama kali saya dengar raya 90%.
Saya belum pasti dan tidak ada pengumuman dari mana-mana sumber rasmi lagi, lalu saya teruskan berterawih untuk malam yang terakhir pada bulan ramadan ini.
Kami juga bersahur untuk berpuasa hari akhir ramadan.
Kalau tak jadi raya esoknya, kita masih ada niat berpuasa tapi kalau jadi juga raya keesokkannya, boleh batalkan saja niat puasa dan terus beraya.
Itu langkah saya yang praktikal.
Pagi 30 ramadan seperti biasa saya sekeluarga berpuasa dan menerima panggilan yang ada beberapa orang telah berkumpul untuk solat sunat pagi raya.
Hah? Raya? Saya masih berpuasa! Korang dah raya!
Hah? Dah laungkan takbir malam tadi? Tapi saya masih berterawih malam yang sama itu!
Entah dari mana mereka mendapat pengumuman yang hari itu masuk satu syawal. Tapi sebelum mereka dapat mulakan solat sunat raya, ada orang sempat menhentikan majlis dengan menggatakan yang raya bukan hari itu dan sebenarnya raya jatuh pada hari keesokkannya.
Saya apalagi, mengucapkan syukur yang saya masih berpuasa untuk ramadan hari yang akhir itu.
Kumpulan ini masih mengganggap yang hari itu hari raya sebab ada negara yang sudah beraya pada hari itu.
Disebabkan banyak orang kuat sudah balik negara masing-masing, terjadilah berbagai fatwa yang membolehkan kumpulan kecil ini beraya dan sebahagian kumpulan lain tidak beraya.
Banyak sangat orang pandai yang tinggal membuat fatwa yang membolehkan beraya sebelum mendapat pengumuman rasmi.
Suka hati merekalah, yang saya tahu mereka rugi satu hari barkat bulan ramadan.
Dan.
Mereka harus mengantikan puasa yang mereka sengaja lepaskan pada hari itu.
Kalau mereka tidak berniat untuk mengganti puasa itu, itu antara mereka dengan Ilahi sahaja, saya tidak masuk campur.
Saya harus jaga amalan dan ibadah diri sendiri dan anak-anak sebaik-baiknya.
Pada tahun 1427, terjadilah 2 sambutan raya untuk perkampungan orang Islam di pulau kecik ini.
Chess!
Kalendar letak 30 hari Ramadan kalau ikut falak dan esoknya baru satu syawal. Tapi di negara sebelah arab dan orang-orang di Mekah hanya berpuasa 29 hari dan ramadan 30 tidak ada sebab sudah nampak anak bulan maka mereka beraya.
Telefon di rumah saya mula berdering sejak maghrib pada malam 29 ramadan, banyak yang menanyakan tarikh raya. Saya kata belum ada maklumat lagi yang esoknya raya sebab saya juga masih menunggu pengumuman.
Kalau ingin tahu lebih teliti, silalah telefon Islamic Center of Japan sebab ini badan yang sudah diistikharkan menjadi wakil rasmi untuk mengumumkan tarikh raya.
Pada malam ramadan 30 itu, seorang pelajar melayu memberi tahu yang esoknya kemungkinan 90% jatuhnya satu syawal (entah dari mana dia mendapat maklumat ini).
90%?
Kenapa 90%?
Yang saya tahu raya 100% atau tidak raya 100%, pertama kali saya dengar raya 90%.
Saya belum pasti dan tidak ada pengumuman dari mana-mana sumber rasmi lagi, lalu saya teruskan berterawih untuk malam yang terakhir pada bulan ramadan ini.
Kami juga bersahur untuk berpuasa hari akhir ramadan.
Kalau tak jadi raya esoknya, kita masih ada niat berpuasa tapi kalau jadi juga raya keesokkannya, boleh batalkan saja niat puasa dan terus beraya.
Itu langkah saya yang praktikal.
Pagi 30 ramadan seperti biasa saya sekeluarga berpuasa dan menerima panggilan yang ada beberapa orang telah berkumpul untuk solat sunat pagi raya.
Hah? Raya? Saya masih berpuasa! Korang dah raya!
Hah? Dah laungkan takbir malam tadi? Tapi saya masih berterawih malam yang sama itu!
Entah dari mana mereka mendapat pengumuman yang hari itu masuk satu syawal. Tapi sebelum mereka dapat mulakan solat sunat raya, ada orang sempat menhentikan majlis dengan menggatakan yang raya bukan hari itu dan sebenarnya raya jatuh pada hari keesokkannya.
Saya apalagi, mengucapkan syukur yang saya masih berpuasa untuk ramadan hari yang akhir itu.
Kumpulan ini masih mengganggap yang hari itu hari raya sebab ada negara yang sudah beraya pada hari itu.
Disebabkan banyak orang kuat sudah balik negara masing-masing, terjadilah berbagai fatwa yang membolehkan kumpulan kecil ini beraya dan sebahagian kumpulan lain tidak beraya.
Banyak sangat orang pandai yang tinggal membuat fatwa yang membolehkan beraya sebelum mendapat pengumuman rasmi.
Suka hati merekalah, yang saya tahu mereka rugi satu hari barkat bulan ramadan.
Dan.
Mereka harus mengantikan puasa yang mereka sengaja lepaskan pada hari itu.
Kalau mereka tidak berniat untuk mengganti puasa itu, itu antara mereka dengan Ilahi sahaja, saya tidak masuk campur.
Saya harus jaga amalan dan ibadah diri sendiri dan anak-anak sebaik-baiknya.
Pada tahun 1427, terjadilah 2 sambutan raya untuk perkampungan orang Islam di pulau kecik ini.
Chess!
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Hari Eid berbeza
Assalamualaikum warahmatullah.
Soalan :
Saya nak bertanya, apakah cara menentukan tarikh 1 Syawal yg sebenarnya menurut sunnah?
Setahu saya, kita perlu melihat anak bulan.
Tapi kenapa di Mekah beraya pada hari Isnin manakala kat Malaysia raya pada hari Selasa?
Yang manakah yg sepatutnya kita ikut?
Jawapan :
Para ulama berbeza pendapat dalam masaalah ini.
Sebahagian mereka menempuh cara yang agak sempit untuk penentuan raya dan mereka hanya menerima cara penetapan itu mesti dilakukan dengan cara melihat sahaja.
Namun sebahagian yang lain meluaskannya dan berpendapat perhitungan falak juga merupakan salah satu cara yang diterima di dlm Islam. Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradhawi telah membincangkan tajuk ini di dalam fatwa mu'asirah beliau, sila dapatkan buku beliau untuk mendapat keterangan yang lebih lanjut. Di bawah ini saya hanya menyatakan secara ringkas sahaja :
al-Qaradhawi menyatakan, berdasarkan hadith-hadith yang sahih dari Nabi saw menunjukkan terdapat 3 cara untuk menetapkan awal bulan Ramadhan dan Syawal, iaitulah :
1- Melihat anak bulan (رؤية الهلال). Ini berdasarkan hadith Nabi saw :
صوموا لرؤيته ــ أي الهلال ــ وأفطروا لرؤيته فإن أغبى عليكم فأكملوا عِدَّةَ شعبان ثلاثين
Maksudnya : "Berpuasalah kamu semua kerana melihat anak bulan (satu Ramadhan) dan berbukalah (berhari raya) kerana melihat anak bulan (satu Syawal), Apabila terhalang penglihatan-mu oleh awan, maka sempurnakanlah bilangan bulan SYa'ban 30 hari." (Hadith riwayat al-BUkhari dan Muslim)
Diriwayatkan juga dari Ibn 'Umar bahawa Nabi saw menyebut-nyebut tentang bulan Ramadhan lalu berkata :
لا تصوموا حتى تروا الهلالَ، ولا تُفطروا حتى تروه، فإن غَمَّ عليكم فاقدروا له
Maksudnya : "Jangan kamu semua berpuasa sehinggalah kamu melihat al-Hilal (anak bulan Ramadhan), danjangan kamu semua berbuka (berhari raya) sehingga kamu melihatnya (anak bulan Syawal). Jika penglihatan kamu tertutup oleh awan, maka perhitungkanlah bulan itu."
2- Menyempernakan Sya'ban sebanyak 30 hari (bagi penentuan awal Ramadhan), samaada cuaca dalam keadaan cerah mahupun tidak. Apabila mereka melihat anak bulan pada malam 30 SYa'ban, dan seorangpun tidak menampaknya, maka sempurnakanlah Syaban sebanyak 30 hari.
Dengan cara ini, kita juga mesti menentukan permulaan bulan Sya'ban, sehingga kita dapat mengetahui bilakah malam 30, untuk kita lihat anak bulan Ramadhan dan kita sempurnakan sya'ban menjadi 30 jika anak bulan tidak kelihatan.
3- Mengirakan anak bulan dikala berawan (atau seumpamanya), atau mengikut lafaz hadith "Jika penglihatan kamu semua terhalang" (oleh awan atau seumpamanya), di dalam sebahagian riwayat yang sahih, diantaranya dari Malik dari Nafi' daripada Ibn 'Omar yang merupakan al-Silsilah al-Zahabiyah, dan merupakan sanad yang paling sahih di sisi al-Bukhari menyebut :
إذا غم عليكم فاقدروا له
Maksudnya : "Jika penglihatan kamu semua terhalang, maka kirakanlah bulan itu."
Persoalannya : Apakah maksud "Maka perkirakanlah bulan itu" ?
Berbagai pandangan telah dilontarkan oleh para ulama, cuma yang akan kita sebutkan di sini ialah pandangan yang dinyatakan oleh al-Mutharrif bin Abdillah (مطرِّف بن عبد الله ) dari kalangan pembesar ulama Tabi'ien dan Abu al-'Abbas bin Suraij dari kalangan pembesar ulama Syafie, demikian juga Ibn Qutaibah dan selain mereka, menyatakan maknanya ialah :
قدروه بحسب المنازل
Maksudnya : Kirakanlah bulan itu menurut perhitungan tempat letaknya."
Ibn al-'Arabi menaqalkan dari Abu al-'Abbas yang berkata perkataan "Maka perkirakanlah bulan itu" ditujukan kepada orang yang mengetahui ilmu Hisab (pengiraan) anak bulan. Manakala perkataan Nabi saw "Maka sempurnakanlah bilangan" ditujukan kepada masyarakat umum. (sila lihat Fath al-Bari). al-Qaradhawi berkata : "Maka perbezaan al-Khitab (pihak yang dihalakan arahan) kerana berbezanya keadaan adalah suatu yang diterima, ia merupakan asas kepada perubahan fatwa disebabkan perubahan zaman, tempat dan keadaan."
Tambahan pula di zaman sekarang ini, ilmu falak dipelajari di berbagai universiti dan didokong dengan peralatan yang canggih, hingga sudah menjadi ketetapan yang dikenal luas di dunia bahawa kemungkinan salah perhitungan ilmiyah ilmu falak hari ini adalah satu per seratus ribu (1/100 000), maka ia menghasilkan pengetahuan yang amat kuat.
Sebahagian pembesar ulama pada zaman kita sekarang ini juga menerima penetapan anak bulan melalui cara pengiraan atau perhitungan falak yang ilmiah dan qat'ie. Telah menulis dalam perkara ini seorang Muhaddith besar al-'Allamah Ahmad Muhammad Syakir ( أحمد محمد شاكر ) di dalam kitabnya (أوائل الشهور العربية : هل يجوز إثباتها شرعًا بالحساب الفلكي ؟ - Permulaan bulan-bulan Arabiyah : Apakah boleh menetapkannya dengan pengiraan falaki ?)
Antara yang menyeru kepada pendapat yang membolehkan penetapan awal bulan dengan pengiraan falaki ini ialah al-Faqih al-Kabir al-syeikh Mustafa al-Zarqa.
Namun ada sebahagian ulama lain yang tidak menerima cara penetapan awal bulan ini melalui pengiraan falaki. Mereka mengatakan penentuan awal bulan mesti dilakukan dengan melihat sendiri anak bulan tersebut.
Perbezaan ini menjadi sebab, berbezanya hari sambutan hari raya di negara-negara umat Islam hari ini.
wallahu a'lam. Abdul Kadir
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Thursday, October 26, 2006
Salam Mubarak 1427
Salam Eid mubarak to all muslim friends.
Kalau ada kata-kata yang pernah menyinggungkan hati dan menyakitkan empedu,
harap maafkan.
Terimalah susunan 10 jari ini seiklasnya.
If you observe the blooms closely, you wouldn't find any chrysanthemuns in it.
I have nothing agaist that poor flower but let me tell you the reason I don't include it in my vase.
The Okinawans maybe all Japanese as well, used chrysanthemums to decorate their altars. Like the chinese make use of white magnolia for the funeral gifts.
On days when Okinawans have ancentor prayers, all shops will be filled with chrysanthemums at the entrance. Mostly, they used white but I see some don't mind decorating with different colours.
Anyway, in Islam there is not disrimination with flowers or colours. Also, flowers are not associated with funerals or sad insident.
There is no teaching of giving flowers for funerals, so I shouldn't follow the discrimination here.
But, you still see that there is no chrysanthemums!
There actual reason why I don't include chrysanthemums is because this flower has no season, I can get it at anytime of the year. This means, it is not special to me anymore.
The flowers I decorate my house for eid have always been the flowers of the season.
So now, enjoy this beautiful seasonal bloom in my house for eid.
This year, I received 15 cards for eid. It is so valuable to feel remembered.
Appreciations and sincere thanks to my siblings,
Habeeb Family, Mashkur Family and Hamim Family.
You guys are my blood and as long as I am alive, you will be in my heart.
JICA memories...
Sdri Sila 2003
Puan Noor Adura 2004
Puan Aspalaila 2005
Sdr Zailan 2005
Saya tidak lupa setiap muka yang saya kenal, walaupun saya tidak punya tenaga untuk bersapa tapi kamu semua masih dalam kenangan.
Blogger die-hards...
Puan Yusra UUM
Puan Sue Yokohama-Ampang
Adik Azra Ain
Puan Hasinah Brunei
Unsunghero Ampang
Sri Diah Karangkraf
Terima kasih kerana sudi membaca tulisan saya yang tidak berapa ini.
Inilah blogger yang saya tidak lupa menjenguk selalu.
Esastera talents...
Puan Tintasukma
Puan Rusmimi
Walaupun saya tidak sering berinteraksi di esastera, saya rasa tersentuh menerima kad dari mereka berdua. Sungguh syahdu.
Pada semua, terima kasih seikhlasnya dari saya.
Some eid photos with the ummah in Okinawa
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Use sunscreen
To azra, nadahahs and Lenny,
I saw your comment below and apologized for making some hasty decisions about my other blog.
I've decided to make the other blog a private one that is accessible to only close friends and families.
I still write entries on the other blog about my life on this island, about my families, about my various rumblings but this time it is more personal.
I want it to be personal because I want to feel free to write.
I want to feel comfortable with my writings and not bother with what other unknown readers' feelings and opinions about it.
It gets to a point where I cannot write freely anymore and I find that I cannot get to release my innermost thoughts being aware that anytime, somewhere, readers will judge me from those writings.
So, the other blog remains my very personal blog.
Some of my feelings go with the song,
so enjoy it.
Baz Luhrmann:
Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '99. Wear sunscreen.
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.
A long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience...
I will dispense this advice.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked...
You're not as fat as you imagine.
Don't worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum.
The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing everyday that scares you.
Sing
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts,
don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss
Don't waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind...
the race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.
Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults,
if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch
Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life...
the most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives,
some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don't.
Get plenty of calcium.
Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone.
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't,
maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't,
maybe you'll divorce at 40,
maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary...
what ever you do,
don't congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either,
your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's.
You Tube stops here...
Enjoy your body, use it every way you can...
don't be afraid of it, or what other people think of it,
it's the greatest instrument you'll ever own...
Dance...even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.
Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good.
Be nice to your siblings;
they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
Live in New York City once but leave before it makes you hard,
live in Northern California once but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths,
prices will rise,
politicians will philander,
you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable,
politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Don't expect anyone else to support you.
Maybe you have a trust fund,
maybe you have a wealthy spouse,
but you never know when either one might run out.
Don't mess too much with your hair,
or by the time you're 40,
it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy but be patient with those who supply it.
Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal,
wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen...
I saw your comment below and apologized for making some hasty decisions about my other blog.
I've decided to make the other blog a private one that is accessible to only close friends and families.
I still write entries on the other blog about my life on this island, about my families, about my various rumblings but this time it is more personal.
I want it to be personal because I want to feel free to write.
I want to feel comfortable with my writings and not bother with what other unknown readers' feelings and opinions about it.
It gets to a point where I cannot write freely anymore and I find that I cannot get to release my innermost thoughts being aware that anytime, somewhere, readers will judge me from those writings.
So, the other blog remains my very personal blog.
Some of my feelings go with the song,
so enjoy it.
Baz Luhrmann:
Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '99. Wear sunscreen.
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.
A long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience...
I will dispense this advice.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked...
You're not as fat as you imagine.
Don't worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum.
The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing everyday that scares you.
Sing
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts,
don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss
Don't waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind...
the race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.
Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults,
if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch
Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life...
the most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives,
some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don't.
Get plenty of calcium.
Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone.
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't,
maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't,
maybe you'll divorce at 40,
maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary...
what ever you do,
don't congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either,
your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's.
You Tube stops here...
Enjoy your body, use it every way you can...
don't be afraid of it, or what other people think of it,
it's the greatest instrument you'll ever own...
Dance...even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.
Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good.
Be nice to your siblings;
they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
Live in New York City once but leave before it makes you hard,
live in Northern California once but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths,
prices will rise,
politicians will philander,
you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable,
politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Don't expect anyone else to support you.
Maybe you have a trust fund,
maybe you have a wealthy spouse,
but you never know when either one might run out.
Don't mess too much with your hair,
or by the time you're 40,
it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy but be patient with those who supply it.
Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal,
wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen...
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Dates
(see my own dates palm at my fotopages
1 Treatment of constipation, as dates have high content of fruit sugars ie. fructose/laevulose.
2 It has anti-allergy properties due to its zince content.
3. It stimulates the reproductive system functions through its content of vitamins, minerals and phosphorous.
4. Treatment of heart diseases due to its iron contents.
5. It can be used as prophylatics treatment of renal failure due to its contents of vitamins B1, B2, B6 and sugar.
6. Treatment of anemia due to its contents of many mineral, the most important of which is iron.
7. Stops bleeding during pregnancy due to its content of vitamin K and tannine - an astringent agent.
8. Stop multiplication and reproduction of cancer cells due to its contents of magnesium, calcium and sulfur.
9. Relieves acidity and heart burn as it contains alkaline salts.
10. Prevents dizziness as contains some agents such as carotene.
11. Dried dated flour can treat asthma and pertussis.
12. Palm pith is used for treatment of asthma and pertussis.
Kurma telah disebutkan di Al-Quran sebagi kurniaan Allah kepada manusia.
Kurma mempunyai banyak khasiat termasuk vitamin dan mineral namum tidak mengandungi kandungan sodium.
Ia juga mempunyai banyak kandungan potassium.
Kandungannya mempunyai 2.5 kali ganda lebih daripada pisang.
Ia amat sesuai bagi kanak-kanak dan juga orang dewasa.
Memakan kurma sewaktu berbuka di bulan ramadan adalah sunnah Rasulullah.
Setelah sehari kita berpuasa, perut kita tidak menerima apa-apa makanan pun. Dengan memakan kurma dahulu, perut tidak akan terasa terkejut dengan menerima makanan secara mendadak.
Ia juga memberikan tambahan tenaga.
Kurma boleh memperbaiki akhlaq budak-budak yang degil untuk menjadi budak-budak yang bersopan santun. Ia juga boleh mempertajamkan penglihatan, pendengaran dan pancaindra.
Kurma Ajwa'
Sabdu Rasulullah SAW: Barangsiapa makan kurma Ajwa' setiap pagi tujuh biji boleh tahan racun dan sihir pada hari itu. Kurma Ajwa' diriwayatkan sebagai kurma tanaman Nabi Muhammad SAW.
Kurma Ajwa' adalah yang termahal kalau dibandingkan dengan kurma lain. Ia mempunyai tiga jenis.
Yang termahal sekali berharga sehingga $120 riyal dan yang termurah berharga $60 riyal (mengikut harga pasaran tahun 2006).
Kurma Anbarah
-dikenali sebagi kurma Ambar. Kurma ini besar bentuknya dan yang kedua termahal dibanding dengan Ajwa'.
Kurma Sukkary
-Kurma Sukery mempunyai rasa yang amat manis sekali dan biasa dimakan bila seseorang memerlukan tenaga dan stamina.
Kurma Mabroom
Rasanya seakan gula melaka. Warnanya seperti coklat tua.
Kurma Sofry
Mengandungi banyak kandungan serat (fibre). Warnanya coklat muda.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Polygamy
Ini cerita poligami yang sebenarnya, yang banyak bapa-bapa di Malaysia sudah salah-gunakan dan banyak kaum hawa yang menjadi isteri kedua dan ketiga sudah lupa.
Those who support polygamy very often say that they are only following the Prophet's way;
but they have conveniently ignored the fact that the Prophet married a woman 15 years older than him and for the he remained monogamous first 25 years of his marriage, ie throughout the life of Siti Khadija, his first wife.
It was only after Khadija's death that he married other women, and except for Aisha,
the other women were all widows or divorcees and he married them to cement family ties and unite warring tribes.
There is also an authentic hadith (sunan Ibn Majah) which reported that the Prophet objected to his nephew, Saidina Ali Abi Talib who was married to the Prophet’s daughter, from taking another wife.
He said, Ali could take another wife, only if he divorced Fatimah, the Prophet's daughter
"…because my daughter is a part of me and what saddens and hurts her, saddens and hurts me too, and any problems that befall her will be felt by me too."
And yet while from young we knew that a Muslim man could have four wives,
we did not know that the verse on polygamy actually advocated monogamy,
that key Islamic scholars had supported monogamy,
that an authentic hadith existed which expressed the Prophet's displeasure that Ali would take another wife and would not allow him to do so without first divorcing his wife.
Those who support polygamy very often say that they are only following the Prophet's way;
but they have conveniently ignored the fact that the Prophet married a woman 15 years older than him and for the he remained monogamous first 25 years of his marriage, ie throughout the life of Siti Khadija, his first wife.
It was only after Khadija's death that he married other women, and except for Aisha,
the other women were all widows or divorcees and he married them to cement family ties and unite warring tribes.
There is also an authentic hadith (sunan Ibn Majah) which reported that the Prophet objected to his nephew, Saidina Ali Abi Talib who was married to the Prophet’s daughter, from taking another wife.
He said, Ali could take another wife, only if he divorced Fatimah, the Prophet's daughter
"…because my daughter is a part of me and what saddens and hurts her, saddens and hurts me too, and any problems that befall her will be felt by me too."
And yet while from young we knew that a Muslim man could have four wives,
we did not know that the verse on polygamy actually advocated monogamy,
that key Islamic scholars had supported monogamy,
that an authentic hadith existed which expressed the Prophet's displeasure that Ali would take another wife and would not allow him to do so without first divorcing his wife.
Saturday, June 24, 2006
Bad mispelling
The holiest city for the Muslims is Makkah-tul-Mukarramah.
It is not "Mecca".
Saudi Arabia had officially changed the spelling of the name of this city to "Makkah" a few years ago after realizing the derogatory usage of the word by the Western media and Western authors.
The word MECCA means "Sharab Khaana/(whisky house)".
So let all of us careful when writing the word "MECCA".
It has been observed that most of us write "MOSQUE" for "Masjid" and even calling it as Mosque in daily routine.
What elders and teachers say that the word "MOSQUE" means
the house of mosquitoes.
So lets be careful, the next time instead of writing mosque, please write MASJID.
Many people, whose names start with MUHAMMAD/Mohamad/Mohammad, write in a short form as "Mohd". This "Mohd" means "A dog which has a big mouth".
The above advice is given by an arab brother, Dr. Mohamad Ismail, staying in Eygpt.
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Monday, May 29, 2006
Hadith about dogs
Hadith-hadith ini saya petik dari kitab hadith Sahih Al-Bukhari, mungkin pembaca ada hadith dari kitab Sahih Muslim atau lain-lain kitab, sila tambahkan di bahagian komen.
Sahih Al-Bukhari, Book 4-The Book of Wudu'
No. 33:
What is said regarding the water with which human hair has been washed.
Ata saw no harm in making threads and ropes out of the human hair.
The utilization of the thing which is licked or eated by a dog, and the pasing of dogs through the mosques.
Az-Zhuri said, "It is permissible for one to perform ablution with water which has been licked by a dog provided that there is no water except that."
Sufyan said, "This is the true religious verdict: Allah SWT said: And you find no water then perform Tayammum."
If a dog drinks from the utensil of any one of you then it is essential to wash it seven times.
(Inilah yang dimaksudkan "samak". Segala benda yang dijilat oleh anjing, harus disamak dengan air 7 kali untuk menyucikan semula. Hadith ini mengumumkan bersamak dengan 7 kali air sudah mencukupi.
Tapi orang melayu yakin yang samak perlu dibuat dengan tanah liat dan 7 kali air, mungkin ini ajaran mazhab imam syafiee.)
No. 172. Narrated Abu Hurairah ra: Allah's Messenger SAW said, "If a dog drinks from the utensil of anyone of you it is essential to wash it seven times."
No. 173. Narrated Abu Hurairah ra: The Prophet SAW said, "A man saw a dog eating mud from (the severity of) thirst.
So, that man took a shoe (and filled it) with water and kept on pouring the water for the dog till it quenched its thirst.
So Allah approved of his deed and made him to enter Paradise."
No. 174. Narrated Hamza bin Abdullah: My father said, "During the lifetime of Allah's Messenger SAW, the dogs used to urinate and pass through the mosque (come and go) nevertheless they never used to sprinkle water on it (i.e. urine of the dog.)"
No. 175. Narrated Adi bin Hatime ra: I asked the Prophet SAW (about the hunting dogs) and he replied, "If you let loose (with Allah's Name) your tamed dog after a game and it hunts it, you may eat it,
but if the dog eats of (that game) then do not eat it because the dog has hunted it for itself."
I further said, "Sometimes I send my dog for hunting and find another dog with it."
He said, "Do not eat the game for you have mentioned Allah's Name only on sending your dog and you did not mentioned Allah's Name on the other dog."
(Janganlah kita berselisehfaham perihal ugama, pembahasan dan pertengkaran darihal ugama senang membawa pada fitnah dan riak.
Bawalah soalan-soalan mengenai ugama pada orang yang bertauliah untuk menjawabnya).
Yang berwarna kuning, tulisan dari saya.
Sahih Al-Bukhari, Book 4-The Book of Wudu'
No. 33:
What is said regarding the water with which human hair has been washed.
Ata saw no harm in making threads and ropes out of the human hair.
The utilization of the thing which is licked or eated by a dog, and the pasing of dogs through the mosques.
Az-Zhuri said, "It is permissible for one to perform ablution with water which has been licked by a dog provided that there is no water except that."
Sufyan said, "This is the true religious verdict: Allah SWT said: And you find no water then perform Tayammum."
If a dog drinks from the utensil of any one of you then it is essential to wash it seven times.
(Inilah yang dimaksudkan "samak". Segala benda yang dijilat oleh anjing, harus disamak dengan air 7 kali untuk menyucikan semula. Hadith ini mengumumkan bersamak dengan 7 kali air sudah mencukupi.
Tapi orang melayu yakin yang samak perlu dibuat dengan tanah liat dan 7 kali air, mungkin ini ajaran mazhab imam syafiee.)
No. 172. Narrated Abu Hurairah ra: Allah's Messenger SAW said, "If a dog drinks from the utensil of anyone of you it is essential to wash it seven times."
No. 173. Narrated Abu Hurairah ra: The Prophet SAW said, "A man saw a dog eating mud from (the severity of) thirst.
So, that man took a shoe (and filled it) with water and kept on pouring the water for the dog till it quenched its thirst.
So Allah approved of his deed and made him to enter Paradise."
No. 174. Narrated Hamza bin Abdullah: My father said, "During the lifetime of Allah's Messenger SAW, the dogs used to urinate and pass through the mosque (come and go) nevertheless they never used to sprinkle water on it (i.e. urine of the dog.)"
No. 175. Narrated Adi bin Hatime ra: I asked the Prophet SAW (about the hunting dogs) and he replied, "If you let loose (with Allah's Name) your tamed dog after a game and it hunts it, you may eat it,
but if the dog eats of (that game) then do not eat it because the dog has hunted it for itself."
I further said, "Sometimes I send my dog for hunting and find another dog with it."
He said, "Do not eat the game for you have mentioned Allah's Name only on sending your dog and you did not mentioned Allah's Name on the other dog."
(Janganlah kita berselisehfaham perihal ugama, pembahasan dan pertengkaran darihal ugama senang membawa pada fitnah dan riak.
Bawalah soalan-soalan mengenai ugama pada orang yang bertauliah untuk menjawabnya).
Yang berwarna kuning, tulisan dari saya.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Shimauta
This is the SMAP and Miyazawa version. They combined the traditional shamisen with the latest sound in modern intstrument.
Rock with a dash of tradition.
Enjoy it.
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Good Friday
PERISTIWA GOOD FRIDAY DARI KACAMATA ISLAM
Selang beberapa hari lagi kebanyakkan penganut-penganut agama Kristian sedunia bakal menyambut hari Good Friday yang bakal jatuh pada hari Jumaat ini 14 April 2006.
Pada hari tersebut mereka akan menghadiri upacara khas memperingati peristiwa Nabi Isa alaihis salam (a.s.) atau Jesus sebagaimana yang mereka katakan "disalib dan dipalang" oleh musuh-musuhnya.
Dalam pegangan akidah kita sebagai umat Islam,Nabi Isa a.s. merupakan salah seorang nabi dan rasul yang wajib kita percaya dengan teguh.
Baginda a.s. bukanlah anak Tuhan sebagai yang di percayai oleh kebanyakkan penganut-penganut Kristian.
Dalam hal ini Allah s.w.t telah berfirman dalam
surah Al-Maidah,ayat116 - 117 yang bermaksud,
"Dan ingatlah ketika Allah s.w.t.bertanya (kepada Nabi Isa a.s) :'Wahai Isa putera Maryam !
Engkaukah yang mengatakan kepada manusia : Ambillah saya dan ibuku sebagai dua tuhan selain Allah?"
Jawab Nabi Isa a.s.:
Maha suci Engkau , tidak sepatutnya saya mengatakan perkara yang bukan hakku (menyebutkannya).
Jika sekiranya saya pernah menyebutkannya , tentulah Engkau mengetahuinya .
Engkau sahajalah mengetahui apa sahaja yang ada pada diriku sedangkan daku sendiri tidak mengetahui apa yang ada pada diri-Mu . Sesungguhnya Engkaulah Tuhan yang Maha Mengetahui perkara-perkara yang ghaib .
Saya tidak pernah mengatakan kepada mereka selain dari apa yang telah Engkau suruh saya katakan iaitu sembahlah kamu kepada Allah Tuhanku dan Tuhan kamu!
Dan saya pernah menjadi saksi terhadap mereka selama saya bersama mereka .
Kemudian setelah Engkau mewafatkan daku (mengangkat diriku ke langit) ,
Engkaulah yang mengawasi mereka dan Engkaulah yang Maha Menyaksikan segala sesuatu ( yang mereka lakukan ) . "
Maka sudah jelas dan terang sekali bahawa sesungguhnya ayat-ayat suci Al-Quran sendiri telah menafikan Nabi Isa a.s. sebagai anak tuhan. Adapun mengenai peristiwa Baginda a.s. disalib dan dibunuh oleh musuh-musuhnya.
Allah s.w.t telah merakamkannya menerusi Kitab SuciNya dalam
surah An-Nisaa' , ayat 157-158.
"Dan dakwaan Ahlil Kitab (orang-orang Yahudi)
Sesungguhnya kami telah membunuh Al-Masih Isa putera Maryam "Utusan Allah" (dengan nada sindiran).
Yang sebenarnya mereka tidak membunuh Nabi Isa a.s. dan tidak pula menyalibnya , akan tetapi penglihatan mereka dikaburkan . Sesungguhnya mereka (Ahlil Kitab) yang berselisih faham tentang perkara itu (kewafatan Nabi Isa a.s.) .
Mereka tidak mengetahui dengan pasti tentang perkara itu melainkan hanyalah mengikut persangkaan sahaja .
Mereka pula tidak yakin telah membunuh Nabi Isa a.s. bahkan Allah telah mengangkatnya (Nabi Isa a.s.) kepada-Nya(naik ke langit) . Dan Allah itu Maha Berkuasa lagi Bijaksana."
Kesimpulan terhadap perkara ini adalah Nabi Isa a.s. merupakan satu-satunya nabi dan rasul yang masih hidup di sisi Allah s.w.t.
Bahkan Baginda a.s. akan diturunkan ke bumi ini di saat berleluasnya fitnah-fitnah Dajjal di seluruh dunia pada akhir zaman nanti .
Dan dalam masa yang sama Baginda a.s. akan ditugaskan menghancurkan Dajjal serta pengikut-pengikutnya serta mempimpin umat manusia ke arah melaksanakan Syariat Islam .
Semoga kita dapat memantapkan dan mengukuhkan lagi keimanan kita kepada Allah s.w.t.
Wallahu A`lam
Tulisan Imam Masjid Kampung Siglap-Ustaz Suhaimi Hassan.
Selang beberapa hari lagi kebanyakkan penganut-penganut agama Kristian sedunia bakal menyambut hari Good Friday yang bakal jatuh pada hari Jumaat ini 14 April 2006.
Pada hari tersebut mereka akan menghadiri upacara khas memperingati peristiwa Nabi Isa alaihis salam (a.s.) atau Jesus sebagaimana yang mereka katakan "disalib dan dipalang" oleh musuh-musuhnya.
Dalam pegangan akidah kita sebagai umat Islam,Nabi Isa a.s. merupakan salah seorang nabi dan rasul yang wajib kita percaya dengan teguh.
Baginda a.s. bukanlah anak Tuhan sebagai yang di percayai oleh kebanyakkan penganut-penganut Kristian.
Dalam hal ini Allah s.w.t telah berfirman dalam
surah Al-Maidah,ayat116 - 117 yang bermaksud,
"Dan ingatlah ketika Allah s.w.t.bertanya (kepada Nabi Isa a.s) :'Wahai Isa putera Maryam !
Engkaukah yang mengatakan kepada manusia : Ambillah saya dan ibuku sebagai dua tuhan selain Allah?"
Jawab Nabi Isa a.s.:
Maha suci Engkau , tidak sepatutnya saya mengatakan perkara yang bukan hakku (menyebutkannya).
Jika sekiranya saya pernah menyebutkannya , tentulah Engkau mengetahuinya .
Engkau sahajalah mengetahui apa sahaja yang ada pada diriku sedangkan daku sendiri tidak mengetahui apa yang ada pada diri-Mu . Sesungguhnya Engkaulah Tuhan yang Maha Mengetahui perkara-perkara yang ghaib .
Saya tidak pernah mengatakan kepada mereka selain dari apa yang telah Engkau suruh saya katakan iaitu sembahlah kamu kepada Allah Tuhanku dan Tuhan kamu!
Dan saya pernah menjadi saksi terhadap mereka selama saya bersama mereka .
Kemudian setelah Engkau mewafatkan daku (mengangkat diriku ke langit) ,
Engkaulah yang mengawasi mereka dan Engkaulah yang Maha Menyaksikan segala sesuatu ( yang mereka lakukan ) . "
Maka sudah jelas dan terang sekali bahawa sesungguhnya ayat-ayat suci Al-Quran sendiri telah menafikan Nabi Isa a.s. sebagai anak tuhan. Adapun mengenai peristiwa Baginda a.s. disalib dan dibunuh oleh musuh-musuhnya.
Allah s.w.t telah merakamkannya menerusi Kitab SuciNya dalam
surah An-Nisaa' , ayat 157-158.
"Dan dakwaan Ahlil Kitab (orang-orang Yahudi)
Sesungguhnya kami telah membunuh Al-Masih Isa putera Maryam "Utusan Allah" (dengan nada sindiran).
Yang sebenarnya mereka tidak membunuh Nabi Isa a.s. dan tidak pula menyalibnya , akan tetapi penglihatan mereka dikaburkan . Sesungguhnya mereka (Ahlil Kitab) yang berselisih faham tentang perkara itu (kewafatan Nabi Isa a.s.) .
Mereka tidak mengetahui dengan pasti tentang perkara itu melainkan hanyalah mengikut persangkaan sahaja .
Mereka pula tidak yakin telah membunuh Nabi Isa a.s. bahkan Allah telah mengangkatnya (Nabi Isa a.s.) kepada-Nya(naik ke langit) . Dan Allah itu Maha Berkuasa lagi Bijaksana."
Kesimpulan terhadap perkara ini adalah Nabi Isa a.s. merupakan satu-satunya nabi dan rasul yang masih hidup di sisi Allah s.w.t.
Bahkan Baginda a.s. akan diturunkan ke bumi ini di saat berleluasnya fitnah-fitnah Dajjal di seluruh dunia pada akhir zaman nanti .
Dan dalam masa yang sama Baginda a.s. akan ditugaskan menghancurkan Dajjal serta pengikut-pengikutnya serta mempimpin umat manusia ke arah melaksanakan Syariat Islam .
Semoga kita dapat memantapkan dan mengukuhkan lagi keimanan kita kepada Allah s.w.t.
Wallahu A`lam
Tulisan Imam Masjid Kampung Siglap-Ustaz Suhaimi Hassan.
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