Hikmah Disebalik Payah

Mencuci pinggan mangkuk bukannya suatu kerja yang digemari.

Namun apabila melakukannya di tempat selain daripada rumah,
terasa syukur kerana dilatih ibu sejak kecil.
Bukannya kerja perempuan,
tapi Sunnah Rasulullah juga,
dalam membantu kerja rumah sedemikian!

Yakinlah,
Apa yang rasa payah dibuat,
anda akan hargainya apabila anda bersendirian.
Sekalipun bergaduh dengan rakanmu,
kelak akan dirinduimu apabila kehilangannya.

Gugurlah Sakura atas tangan,
yang tinggal hanyalah kenangan.

~ 29:04:2015_10:12pm

Silent Journey

One's journey is a journey towards seeking peace.
Therefore speak nothing except with compassion, or else be silent.
Coz' nobody will fully understand what hardship one is going through.

Coz' one's absence does not mean he wish to be absent.
I need love, I need mercy, I need hope.
Who can provide me with all these?
I am tired of explaining about my disappearance.
Only solitude with my Creator,
I shall be able to rise back.
I'm only sorry for my hiatus,
but I'm not sorry for what I've gone to.
Bitter it may be to meet them back,
It's okay my dear.
As long as You are not displeased with me,
I'm willing to endure all these.

Cinta Saf

Wahai saudara saudari seIslamku,
marilah renungi bersama-sama
Alkisahnya suatu cerita cinta,
semasa solat berjemaah:
Apabila rakan sebelahmu,
merapatkan bahu
dan kaki tumitnya
dekat kepada anda punya,
usahlah takut ya.
Bukannya dia ingin
hidup bernikah denganmu.
Kiranya anda bertuah,
Karena dia kasih kepadamu,
ingin bertemu denganmu lagi
di Jannah.
inshaAllah.
.
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Dari sahabat ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar -radhiallahu Ta’ala ‘anhuma- beliau berkata: Rasulullah -Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam- bersabda:

أَقِيْمُوُا صُفُوْفَكُمْ فَإِنَّمَا تَصُفُّوْنَ بِصُفُوْفِ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ, وَحَاذُوْا بَيْنَ الْمَنَاكِبِ وَسَدُّوْا الْخَلَلَ وَلِيْنُوْا بِأَيْدِيْ إِخْوَانِكُمْ وَلاَ تَذَرُوْا فُرُجَاتٍ لِلشَّيْطَانِ. وَمَنْ وَصَلَ صَفًّا وَصَلَهُ اللهُ وَمَنْ قَطَعَ صَفًّا قَطَعَهُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ

“Luruskan shaf-shaf kalian karena sesungguhnya kalian itu bershaf seperti shafnya para malaikat. Luruskan di antara bahu-bahu kalian, isi (shaf-shaf) yang kosong, lemah lembutlah terhadap tangan-tangan (lengan) saudara kalian dan janganlah kalian menyisakan celah-celah bagi setan. Barangsiapa yang menyambung shaf, niscaya Allah akan menyambungnya  (dengan rahmat-Nya) dan barangsiapa yang memutuskannya, maka Allah akan memutuskannya (dari rahmat-Nya)”(Sahih, HR. Abu Dawud no. 666)

Arabic & Hadith

“学汉语必学论语，学阿语必学圣训” -民族大学伊斯兰教老师

One of my most remembered statement when I joined Minzu University's Islamic class for first time (and last time too, unfortunately) in 2011. He was mentioning about the Arabic class in Beijing Foreign Studies University, whereby most of its students are local non-Muslim Chinese students.
The beauty of a language lies in its holy literature. And for Arabic, it is in Quran. For non-Muslim students studying Arabic language, they will also find it in the Prophet's sayings -the Hadith, too.

Most Beloved People to Allah

 أحب الناس إلى الله تعالى أنفعهم للناس ، وأحب الأعمال إلى الله عز وجل سرور يدخله على مسلم ، أو يكشف عنه كربة ، أو يقضي عنه دينا ، أو يطرد عنه جوعا ، ولأن أمشي مع أخ في حاجة أحب إلي من أن أعتكف في هذا المسجد ( يعني : مسجد المدينة ) شهرا ، ومن كف غضبه ستر الله عورته ، ومن كظم غيظه _ ولو شاء أن يمضيه أمضاه _ ملأ الله قلبه رجاء يوم القيامة ، ومن مشى مع أخيه في حاجة حتى تتهيأ له ؛ أثبت الله قدمه يوم تزول الأقدام ، وإن سوء الخلق يفسد العمل كما يفسد الخل العسل

“The most beloved of people according to Allah is he who brings most benefit to people,

and the most beloved of deeds according to Allah the Mighty, the Magnificent, is that you bring happiness to a fellow Muslim,
or relieve him of distress,
or pay off his debt
or stave away hunger from him.

It is more beloved to me that I walk with my brother Muslim in his time of need than I stay secluded in the mosque for a month.

Whoever holds back his anger, Allah will cover his faults

and whoever suppresses his fury while being able to execute it, Allah will fill his heart with satisfaction on the Day of Resurrection.

Whoever walks with his brother Muslim in need until he establishes that for him, Allah will establish his feet firmly on the day when all feet shall slip.

Indeed, bad character ruins deeds just as vinegar ruins honey.”

[At-Tabarani, Silsilah Saheeha, Hasan by Shaykh Albani]