Sebaik-Baik Raja, Tenteranya Sebaik-Baik Tentera

Bismillahirrahmanirraheem

 

Assalamualaikum readers! May Allah's blessings be upon us always. Selawat and salam to our beloved Prophet S.A.W and his family, his companions.

 

Today's entry is especially dedicated to the Young Conquerer, Sultan Muhammad Al Fatih. The man of remarkable, noteworthy and significant, the man who conquered Constantinople back in 20 Jumadil Awwal 857 / 29 Mei 1453, which today known as Istanbul (Islam on the whole). I found an article from this website, and here goes the details of Sultan Muhammad Al Fatih.

 

Sabda Rasulullah S.A.W. ketika menggali Parit Khandaq; “..Constantinople (kini Istanbul) akan jatuh ke tangan tentera Islam. Rajanya adalah sebaik-baik raja, tenteranya adalah sebaik-baik tentera……” (Hadis riwayat Imam Ahmad)

 

Umat Islam berlumba-lumba membebaskan Constantinople untuk mendapatkan penghormatan yang dijanjikan oleh Allah swt di dalam Hadis tersebut. Walau bagaimanapun, kesemua kempen yang dilancarkan menemui kegagalan. Di antaranya, 5 kempen di zaman Kerajaan Umayyah, 1 kempen di zaman Kerajaan Abbasiyah dan 2 kempen di zaman Kerajaan Uthmaniyah.

 

Di dalam salah sebuah kempen semasa zaman Kerajaan Umayyah, seorang sahabat besar Nabi saw iaitu Abu Ayyub Al Ansary R.A. telah syahid dan dimakamkan di bawah dinding kubu Kota Constantinople di atas wasiatnya sendiri. Apabila ditanya kenapa beliau ingin dimakamkan di situ maka beliau menjawab, “Kerana aku ingin mendengar derapan tapak kaki kuda sebaik-baik raja yang akan mengetuai sebaik-baik tentera semasa mereka membebaskan Constantinople”. Begitulah teguhnya iman seorang sahabat besar Nabi saw.

 

Hadis Nabi saw ini direalisasikan hampir 800 tahun kemudiannya oleh Sultan Muhammad Al Fatih, khalifah ke-7 Kerajaan Uthmaniyyah dan 150,000 orang tenteranya. Siapakah Sultan Muhammad Al Fatih?

Baginda dilahirkan pada 26 Rejab 835 Hijriah (29 Mac 1432 ) di Adrianapolis (sempadan Turki – Bulgaria). Walau bagaimanapun, sejarah hidup Baginda sebenarnya telah bermula hampir 800 tahun sebelum kelahirannya kerana telah disebut sebagai “sebaik-baik raja” di dalam Hadis tadi. Baginda juga dikenali dengan gelaran Muhammad Al Fatih kerana kejayaannya membebaskan Constantinople.

 

Baginda menaiki takhta ketika berusia 19 tahun dan memerintah selama 30 tahun (855 – 886H / 451 – 1481M). Baginda merupakan seorang negarawan ulung dan panglima tentera agung yang memimpin sendiri 25 kempen peperangan. Baginda mangkat pada hari Khamis, 4 Rabiul Awal 886 bersamaan dengan 3 Mei 1481 kerana sakit gout. Ada ahli sejarah berpendapat Baginda diracun. 
 

PENDIDIKAN
 

Baginda menerima pendidikan yang menyeluruh dan bersepadu. Di dalam bidang keagamaan, gurunya adalah Syeikh Shamsuddin Al Wali dikatakan dari keturunan Sayyidina Abu Bakar As-Siddiq R.A. Di dalam ilmu peperangan pula, Baginda diajar tentang tektik peperangan, memanah dan menunggang kuda oleh panglima-panglima tentera.

 

 

 

 

Di dalam bidang akademik pula, baginda adalah seorang cendekiawan ulung di zamannya yang fasih bertutur dalam 7 bahasa iaitu Bahasa Arab, Latin, Greek, Serbia, Turki, Parsi dan Hebrew. Mempunyai kepakaran dalam bidang ketenteraan, sains, matematik. Di dalam bidang Ilmu politik pula, ayahandanya, Sultan Murad II, ketika memencilkan diri di Pulau Magnesia, telah melantik Baginda yang baru berusia 12 tahun memangku jawatan Khalifah. Ia bertujuan untuk mendidik bagina dalam usia yang sebitu muda. Walaupun begitu baginda telah matang menangani tipu helah musuh.

 

KEPERIBADIAN

 

Muhammad al-Fatih merupakan seorang sultan yang mementingkan kekuatan dalaman dan luaran para tenteranya. Baginda seorang pemimpin yang hebat, warak dan tawaduk selepas Sultan Salahuddin Al-Ayubbi (pahlawan Islam dalam Perang Salib) dan Sultan Saifuddin Muzaffar Al-Qutuz (pahlawan Islam dalam peperangan di Ain Jalut menentang tentera Mongol). Malah sifat-sifat baginda dan tenteranya telah diisyaratkan oleh Rasulullah S.A.W dalam hadis.

 

Baginda sentiasa bersifat tawaduk dan rendah diri. Semasa membina Benteng Rumeli Hissari, Baginda membuka baju dan serbannya, mengangkat batu dan pasir hingga ulamak-ulamak dan menteri-menteri terpaksa ikut sama bekerja

 

Baginda seorang yang sentiasa tenang, pendiam, berani, sabar, tegas dan kuat menyimpan rahsia pemerintahan. Baginda sangat cintakan ulamak dan selalu berbincang dengan mereka tentang permasalahan negara.

 

PERSIAPAN AWAL MEMBEBASKAN CONSTANTINOPLE

 

Selama 2 tahun selepas menaiki takhta, Baginda mengkaji pelan Kota Costantinople setiap malam bagi mengenal pasti titik kelemahannya. Baginda juga mengkaji sebab-sebab kegagalan kempen-kempen terdahulu serta berbincang dengan panglima-panglima perangnya tentang tentang strategi yang sesuai untuk digunakan.

 

Baginda mengarahkan dibina peralatan perang termoden seperti meriam besar yang boleh menembak bom seberat 300 kg sejauh 1 batu. Benteng Rumeli Hissari dibina di tebing sebelah Eropah, lebih kurang 5 batu dari Kota Constantinople di mana Selat Bosphorus adalah yang paling sempit.

 

Selat Bosphorus dari Satelit

 

 

Benteng Rumali Hisari

 

 

Peta di dalam benteng Rumali Hisari

 

Bosphorus adalah sebuah selat yang memisahkan Turki bahagian Eropah dan bahagian Asia, menghubungkan Laut Marmara dengan Laut Hitam.

 

Ia dibina bertentangan dengan Benteng Anadolu Hisar di tebing sebelah Asia yang telah dibina oleh Sultan Bayazid Yildirim dahulu. Benteng ini mengawal rapi kapal-kapal yang melintasi Selat Bosphorus. Perjanjian damai dibuat dengan pihak Wallachia, Serbia dan Hungary untuk memencilkan Constantinople apabila diserang nanti.

 

Baginda membawa bersama para ulamak dan pakar motivasi ke medan perang bagi membakar semangat jihad tenteranya. Sebaik sahaja menghampiri dinding kubu Kota Constantinople, Baginda mengarahkan dilaungkan Azan dan solat berjemaah. Tentera Byzantine gentar melihat 150,000 tentera Islam bersolat di belakang pemimpin mereka dengan laungan suara takbir memecah kesunyian alam.

 

MELANCARKAN SERANGAN KE ATAS CONSTANTINOPLE

 

Setelah segala persiapan lengkap diatur, Baginda menghantar utusan kepada Raja Byzantin meminta beliau menyerah. Keengganan beliau mengakibatkan kota tersebut dikepung. Pada 19 April 1453, serangan dimulakan. Kota tersebut hujani peluru meriam selama 48 hari. Setengah dinding luarnya rosak tetapi dinding tengahnya masih teguh.

 

MENARA BERGERAK

 

Seterusnya Baginda mengarahkan penggunaan menara bergerak yang lebih tinggi dari dinding kubu Byzantine dan memuatkan ratusan tentera. Tentera Byzantin berjaya memusnahkan menara tersebut setelah ianya menembusi dinding tengah kubu mereka.

 

BANTUAN DARI POPE VATICAN

 

Pope di Rome menghantar bantuan 5 buah armada yang dipenuhi dengan senjata dan tentera. Perairan Teluk Golden Horn direntang dengan rantai besi untuk menghalang kemaraan armada Uthmaniyah. Ini menaikkan semula semangat tentera Byzantin.

 

 

Rantai direntang sepanjang Teluk Golden Horn

 

Rantai yang digunakan oleh tentera Byzantin untuk menghalang armada al-Fateh

 

PERANG DARI PUNCAK GUNUNG

 

Kegembiraan mereka tidak lama. Keesokan paginya, mereka dikejutkan dengan kehadiran 72 buah kapal perang Uthmaniyah di perairan Teluk Golden Horn. Ini adalah hasil kebijaksanaan Baginda mengangkut kapal-kapal ke atas gunung dan kemudian diluncurkan semula ke perairan Teluk Golden Horn. Tektik ini diakui sebagai antara tektik peperangan (warfare strategy) yang terbaik di dunia oleh para sejarawan Barat sendiri. Kapal-kapal itu kemudiannya membedil dinding pertahanan belakang kota.

 

 

Kapal-kapal perang tentera Byzantin habis terbakar kerana bedilan meriam Uthmaniyah. Pertahanan Byzantin menjadi semakin lemah. Baginda mengambil kesempatan pada malamnya dengan memberikan semangat kepada tenteranya serta mengingatkan mereka kepada Hadis Rasulullah saw dan bersama-sama berdoa kepada Allah swt.

 

MEMANJAT DAN MELASTIK DINDING

 

Keesokan paginya tentera Uthmaniyah cuba memanjat dinding dalam kubu dengan tangga dan cuba merobohkannya dengan lastik besar. Tentangan sengit pihak Byzantin menyebabkan ramai yang syahid. Baginda memerintahkan tenteranya berundur dan bedilan meriam diteruskan sehingga tengahari.

 

KARISMA SEORANG PEMIMPIN

 

 

                                       

Pengepungan selama 53 hari tanpa sebarang tanda-tanda kejayaan telah menimbulkan rasa bosan dan menghilangkan keyakinan tentera Baginda. Pada saat yang genting ini Baginda berucap menaikkan semangat tenteranya, “Wahai tenteraku, aku bersedia untuk mati di jalan Allah. Sesiapa yang mahu syahid ikutlah aku!”.

 

Mendengarkan itu, Hasan Ulubate, salah seorang tentera Baginda mengetuai sekumpulan kecil 30 tentera membuka dan melompat masuk ke dalam kubu musuh lantas memacak bendera Islam di situ. Mereka kesemuanya gugur syahid setelah dihujani anak panah musuh. Kemudian tentera-tentera Islam menyerbu bertali arus menembusi barisan pertahanan Byzantin sambil melaungkan kalimah Allahu Akbar.

 

PENAWANAN CONTANTINOPLE

 

Pada 20 Jumadil Awwal 857 / 29 Mei 1453, Kota Constantinople jatuh ke tangan Islam. Baginda menukar namanya kepada Islambol (Islam keseluruhan) . Gereja Besar St Sophies ditukar kepada Masjid Aya Sofiya. Baginda dengan tawaduknya melumurkan tanah ke dahinya lalu melakukan sujud syukur. Semenjak peristiwa inilah Baginda diberi gelaran “Al Fatih” iaitu yang menang kerana kejayaannya membebaskan Constantinople.

 

SEBAIK-BAIK RAJA DAN SEBAIK-BAIK TENTERA

 

Pada kali pertama solat Jumaat hendak didirikan, timbul pertanyaan siapa yang layak menjadi imam. Baginda memerintahkan kesemua tenteranya termasuk dirinya bangun lantas bertanya, “Siapa di antara kita sejak baligh hingga sekarang pernah meninggalkan solat fardhu walau sekali sila duduk!”. Tiada seorang pun yang duduk, kerana tidak seorang pun di antara mereka pernah meninggalkan solat fardhu.

Baginda bertanya lagi, “Siapa di antara kita yang sejak baligh hingga kini pernah meninggalkan solat sunat rawatib sila duduk!”. Sebahagian daripada tenteranya duduk.

Kemudian Baginda bertanya lagi, “Siapa di antara kamu sejak baligh hingga ke saat ini pernah meninggalkan solat tahajjud walaupun satu malam, sila duduk!”. Kali ini semuanya duduk, kecuali Sultan Muhammad Al-Fatih sendiri. Baginda tidak pernah meninggalkan solat fardhu, Solat Sunat Rawatib dan Solat Tahajjud sejak baligh. Inilah dia anak didikan Syeikh Shamsuddin Al Wali. Bagindalah sebaik-baik raja yang telah diisyaratkan oleh Rasulullah SAW di dalam hadisnya itu.

 

INGATAN

 

Memikirkan tentang kehebatan al-Fateh dan tenteranya... suatu ketika, dalam perjalanan menuju ke Constantinople, tentera al-Fateh melalui sebuah kebun anggur yang besar dan buahnya sedang masak ranum. Namun, sebelum melalui kebun tersebut, al-Fateh telah mengingatkan tenteranya supaya jangan diambil anggur itu walaupun sebiji.

 

Perjalanan diteruskan hingga sampai di suatu tempat, mereka berehat. Setelah didirikan khemah dan berehat, pembantu al-Fateh keluar dari khemah dengan wajah yang sugul dan memanggil semua tentera berkumpul. Para tentera diberitahu bahawa al-Fateh telah jatuh sakit. Setelah diteliti oleh tabib, ubat yang diperlukan adalah sebiji anggur. Maka dia bertanya kepada seluruh tentera, siapa yang mempunyai buah anggur, kerana jika tidak, mungkin al-Fateh akan terus sakit dan mati. Malangnya, tiada seorang pun tenteranya mempunyai buah anggur. Lalu tahulah al-Fateh, bahawa tenteranya bukan sahaja kuat dari segi fizikal, malah rohani mereka juga. Benarlah, tidak seorang pun dari tenteranya yang mengingkari perintahnya. Maka keluarlah al-Fateh dr khemah, dan memuji tenteranya dan menerangkan kepda mereka maksud sebenar.

 

Mampukah tentera kita menyaingi kehebatan tentera Islam di zaman al-Fateh?

VIVA VIVA PALESTINA!

Bismillahirrahmanirraheem.

 

Assalamualaikum wbt my brothers and sisters.

 

 

Alhamdulillah I've reconstructed my blog. You guys could browse through the important websites, links that I've linked them to my blog. No more laughing, cracking up lousy jokes, or talking about other non-important things. Because we've got big issues here. And that is regarding our brothers and sisters in Gaza, who are fighting every second and the numbers of them syahid also increases. Let's recite as much as we could, du'a Qunut Nazilah for them. Let the Zionists Laknatullah be tormented as soon as possible!

 

ALLAHU AKBAR! ALLAHU AKBAR! ALLAHU AKBAR!

 

For those who still doesn't have a clue (feel ashamed of yourself), please pretty please click here. Credits to Mr Inche Gabbana.

 

 

 

Doa Panjang:

Ya Allah,

Sesungguhnya kami meletakkan-Mu di batang-batang leher musuh2 kami

Dan kami berlindung dengan-Mu daripada kejahatan2 mereka

Ya Allah,

Leburkanlah kumpulan2 mereka

Pecah belahkan dan kacau bilaukan persatuan mereka

Goncangkan pendirian mereka

Dan hantarkanlah anjing2 kamu kepada mereka

Wahai tuhan yang gagah perkasa Wahai tuhan yang penuh raksasa

Wahai tuhan yang bersifat murka

Ya allah Ya allah Ya allah Ya allah,

Wahai tuhan yang menurunkan kitab,

Wahai tuhan yang mengarakkan awan

Wahai tuhan yang menewaskan bala tentera al-ahzab

Kalahkan mereka Kalahkan mereka

Kalahkan mereka Dan menangkan kami ke atas mereka.

 

 

Muharram 1434 H & Resolutions

Bismillahirrahmanirraheem.

Assalamualaikum wbt to my dear brothers and sisters ! :D

Alhamdulillah 'ala kulli hal wa ni'mah, today we get to be part of one of the most momentous days in the Hijrah calendar, Islam's New Year's Day, Awal Muharram 1434 H. As a muslim, who want to become a better self, way better than last year, way better than the previous years, as a muslim who want to change for a way better muslim, WE should prepare ourselves, a list full of new resolutions, only this time the resolutions should be different than our previous resolutions (that some of them are probably were forgotten or left aside). Of course every new year some of the list of azam would till be the same as previous azam, i.e to become a better daughter, a better muslim, a more solihah muslim et cetera. But the difference, that I mentioned here is that insha Allah, with new spirit and motivations as well as inspirations from whatever events that occured before, in our lives, which of course that could bring us closer to Allah SWT, the difference is that insha Allah, this year's resolutions, SHOULD be conformed to and not being left aside or forgotten.

 

Kadang-kadang, semangat kita tu datang sekejap je, somehow it won't linger with us long enough like we expected it would be. Sebab, syaitan-syaitan tidak akan pernah berhenti daripada 'berusaha' segigih yang 'mereka' boleh untuk melalaikan kita, menyesatkan umat manusia. The devils won't stop doing their jobs until the Day of the Doom, and WE should also must not stop doing our jobs, to struggle, to become a better MUSLIM each and every day. I'm not saying this as if I'm oh-all-good-already, the words that I'm typing is pretty much especially for me, who gets easily terlalai terleka with the world around me. So what sort of struggles should we do? Not to mention we are proclaiming war to the devils each and every day, we need swords, shields, and the armour. Look around us, and you could see we have the defence with us all along. We have the Holy Quran, we have the Hadeeth, we have our agama books that would always, always accompany us, to tarbiyah ourselves, to mould ourselves in becoming much much better muslims, to create a fardh muslim (a muslim self, on the whole) so that when lots of fardh muslims are created, baitul muslim (a family of true muslims, on the whole) would be formed from the combination of two fardh muslims of male and female. And when a baitul muslim could be achieved, a mujtama' al muslim would be created, a community of true muslims, who knows their aim of life, a community made up from children born from a baitul muslim. The parents will teach their children to become a true servant of Allah, teach them Islam, in total, teach them Allah had created us to become His servants and a caliph in this world, to preach about Islam, to tell the world Islam is the truth, the only religion that all homo- sapiens should conform to. After that, Daulah Islamiyyah could be formed together with Khilafah Islam, an Islamic country. Let's pray, so that this new year, we are blessed with His Lights, that would bring us closer to Allah, despite the trials and tribulations that we are facing or about to face, we shouldn't be in depression, but we are more stronger than ever because we hold fast to the rope of Allah SWT.

 

I found an article from a blog, on amalan-amalan pada bulan Muharram, so here goes the details :D

 

 

Antara amalan disunatkan pada bulan Muharam:

• Berpuasa.

- Maksud Hadis: Barang siapa berpuasa satu hari dalam bulan Muharam pahalanya seumpama berpuasa 30 tahun.

- Maksud Hadis: Barang siapa yang berpuasa tiga hari dalam bulan Muharam, iaitu hari Khamis, Jumaat dan Sabtu, Allah tulis padanya pahala seperti mana beribadat selama 2 tahun.

• Banyakkan amal ibadat seperti solat sunat, zikir dan sebagainya.
• Berdoa akhir tahun pada hari terakhir bulan Zulhijah selepas Asar sebanyak 3 kali
• Berdoa awal tahun pada 1 Muharram selepas Maghrib 3 kali

Empat belas perkara sunat dilakukan pada hari Asyura (10 Muharram):

• Melapangkan masa/belanja anak isteri. Fadilatnya - Allah akan melapangkan hidupnya pada tahun ini.
• Memuliakan fakir miskin. Fadilatnya - Allah akan melapangkannya dalam kubur nanti.
• Menahan marah. Fadilatnya - Di akhirat nanti Allah akan memasukkannya ke dalam golongan yang redha.
• Menunjukkan orang sesat. Fadilatnya - Allah akan memenuhkan cahaya iman dalam hatinya.
• Menyapu/mengusap kepala anak yatim. Fadilatnya - Allah akan mengurniakan sepohon pokok di syurga bagi tiap-tiap rambut yang disapunya.
• Bersedekah. Fadilatnya - Allah akan menjauhkannya daripada neraka sekadar jauh seekor gagak terbang tak berhenti-henti dari kecil sehingga ia mati. Diberi pahala seperti bersedekah kepada semua fakir miskin di dunia ini.
• Memelihara kehormatan diri. Fadilatnya - Allah akan mengurniakan hidupnya sentiasa diterangi cahaya keimanan.
• Mandi Sunat. Fadilatnya - Tidak sakit (sakit berat) pada tahun itu. Lafaz niat: "Sahaja aku mandi sunat hari Asyura kerana Allah Taala."
• Bercelak. Fadilatnya - Tidak akan sakit mata pada tahun itu.
• Membaca Qulhuwallah hingga akhir 1,000 kali. Fadilatnya - Allah akan memandanginya dengan pandangan rahmah di akhirat nanti.
• Sembahyang sunat empat rakaat. Fadilatnya - Allah akan mengampunkan dosanya walau telah berlarutan selama 50 tahun melakukannya. Lafaz niat: "Sahaja aku sembahyang sunat hari Asyura empat rakaat kerana Allah Taala." Pada rakaat pertama dan kedua selepas Fatihah dibaca Qulhuwallah 11 kali.
• Menjamu orang berbuka puasa. Fadhilat - Diberi pahala seperti memberi sekalian orang Islam berbuka puasa.
• Puasa. Niat - "Sahaja aku berpuasa esok hari sunat hari Asyura kerana Allah Taala." Fadilat - Diberi pahala seribu kali Haji, seribu kali umrah dan seribu kali syahid dan diharamkannya daripada neraka.

Subhanallah :'D Alhamdulillah, as muslims, we've got these chances to become a better one, and we've got these opportunities to grab to increase our iman to Allah, and become much much better muslims . So, LET'S PUT A REMINDER SO THAT WE WON'T MISS THE BLESSINGS IN THE DAY OF ASYURA ! :D

 

Insha Allah, here are my resolutions for the new year 1434 H. Please pray for me guys, I'm very, very vulnerable to mistakes and wrong doings.

 

Bismillahirrahmanirraheem.

 

1) Work hard to become a better Muslimah.

 

- A solihah girl with a big heart, a strong personality, despite the challenges that I'm facing and I'll face in the future as a young adult of 20 years old (24th Jan). I should prepare myself by reading lots and lots of agama books during leisure time. Have yet to finish reading Mazha Yakni by Fathi Yakan, have yet to buy and read Fiqh Al- Awlawiyat by Dr Yusuf Al Qardhawi, have yet to finish reading Pemuda Islam yang Dijanjikan by the same author, have yet to finish reading Cinta High Class by Sis Fatimah Syarha and her husband Dr Farhan Hadi. All these are for my own good, to tarbiyah myself, to mould myself and become a better muslim. Insha Allah

 

- Kena paksa diri untuk rajin berqiyamullail. My dad always advise me; "sementara umur masih muda ni, waktu ni lah kita gunakan untuk banyak beribadah kepada Allah, bila meningkat dewasa nanti, susah nak cari masa, and cabaran itu lagi hebat. Sekurang kurangnya kita persiapkan diri kita, bila dah tua, terbiasa dengan qiyamullail." "Kita tak tahu ajal kita tiba bila, sekurang kurangnya kita ada bekalan..." I noticed that during Ramadhan or when I'm away from home, at school for example, performing qiyam is much easier, x rasa malas, disiplin itu ada dalam diri. Nak exam, solat sunat tu macam tabiat. But after exams have finished, when the long holidays come, the challenges are bigger, the devils would whisper lots of things that would make me feel lazy, and mudah terlalai. Sebab tu, aku harus persiapkan diri. Bisikan syaitan tu bukan seminggu sekali, tapi setiap hari.

 

- Kena paksa diri untuk memperbanyakkan amalan amalan sunat. Solat sunat, puasa sunat, zikir, banyakkan baca Quran, bukan waktu exam je Rai. Kalau Nabi Muhammad S.A.W boleh sibukkan diri dengan beribadah kepada Allah, sedangkan Baginda seorang yang maksum, dan sudah pasti keberadaan Baginda di Syurga sana disisi Allah SWT, aku yang belum pasti memenangi SyurgaNya boleh duduk malas dan membuang masa? Whatever it is, you are getting older day by day Raihana. No matter what, you have to push yourself always. Baba Mama dah ajar tentang Islam sejak kau lahir Rai. Masukkan ke sekolah agama. Paling kurang, kau kena jadi anak yang solihah, untuk faedah Mama Baba bila mereka dah tiada. Doa anak yang soleh, itulah bekalan buat Mama Baba.

 

- Sibukkan diri dengan perkara yang berfaedah, mendatangkan pahala. I could get easily absorbed when I get to watch movies or series at home. Ada laptop depan mata bukannya untuk menambahkan ilmu yang cetek didada, tapi sibuk layan cerita korea. Lalai dan leka tu selalu je kuasai diri ni. Raihana, tahun baru ni paling kurang setiap hari tu minimumkan masa tengok tv tu, kalau dulu selang seli tengok tv main laptop, tahun ni, tengok tv main laptop pagi, petang baca buku. You should push yourself Rai! You're not a kid anymore. No one will scold you that much like before. That's because you are big enough to differenciate between right and wrong.

 

2) Work hard to become a better ME

 

- Become a better daughter. Senangkan hati Mama Baba. Bila disuruh buat sesuatu, jangan lengah lengah. Sebanyak mana chores Mama bagi, jangan mengeluh. I should always bear in mind that saying the word 'umph' at my parents is already considered as a big sin. Enough of adding more to your sins Rai. Senangkan hati Mama Baba, with excellent results, by being a solihah daughter for them.

 

- Learn how to become a good cook. Hehe, alhamdulillah cuti panjang ni belajar masak la sket sket. Dapat la masak yang basics. But I still want to learn more, so that I could become an excellent cook when the 'time comes'. At least biarlah suami and anak anak nanti paling tak pun, bangga dengan masakan isteri and umminya. Lol

 

- Study smart, work hard! I'm entering IIUM insha Allah on Jan 28th. No more lazying around Rai, this stuff is serious. Insha Allah, try to be consistent with your GPA, at least 3.33 every semester. Probably it would be hard for you as you're taking 8 subjects next sem, unlike in foundation center. But if your friends out there who has already in a bigger campus could achieve as much as 3.9 CGPA, then you should struggle like them. Make my parents proud, that's it. Oh and whatever the success we strive, is for Islam. Wholly for Islam. So jadikanlah library tu nanti, rumah kedua k. Don't get easily fascinated with the pools :P

 

- Love life would be my marriage life. I want to fall in love after my marriage life. Jodoh tu di tangan Allah.Tapi belum masanya lagi. Mama bagi green light masa umur 23 tahun. Itupun kalau ada jodoh. Kepada bakal suami, sesiapaun anda, huhu bersiap sedialah, Baba and Mama ada set of questions to interview you =.=" Insha Allah, would like to use the time given, to prepare myself, in becoming an eligible bachelor- a wife.

 

- Become a much better sister. Kalau dulu mudah naik angin sebab adik2 suka sepahkan rumah or tak buat chores, insha Allah tahun ni jadi orang yang lebih bersabar sket. Biar marah tu pada tempatnya. Marah pada tempatnya bila ada manusia yang menghina Rasulullah SAW, bila ada golongan yang menolak Islam, bila ada golongan yang menentang Islam. Sebab tu Baba selalu pesan, bila kita marah and sedih, biar kerana Islam. Kalau selain daripada tu, hanya buang masa, buang tenaga, buang air mata. I should become more professional, and more 'high-class'. Kalau orang lain menangis sebab cinta, kenapa kita pun mesti begitu? Boleh untuk kita jadi remaja yang lain daripada yang lain. Remaja 'high-class' adalah remaja yang perwatakannya berbeza daripada remaja typical yang lain. I know some friends who doesn't go to movies or shopping for fun, but they seek usrah, and majlis ilmu for fun. They, really impress me. I'm not syaing that I don't watch movies (at home I mean) or go shopping (shopping is still my favourite), but I'm saying that we could minimalised all those. Besides, we shouldn't be spending on things that only give benefit to us. Seperti mereka yang boleh sacrifice masa dan tenaga serta wang ringgit untuk Islam, macam itulah kita patut jadi. Dalam kehidupan ni, kita kena pandai tapis. Ambil yang jernih, buang yang keruh. Yang baik jadikan tauladan, yang buruk jadikan sempadan. Yepp, that is remaja high-class. And you should be one, Rai. At least, you try.

- Improve my english. Yeah, I know that I repeatedly say 'bout improving my english, want to write better as my sister's, etc. But I am still yet to achieve the confidence in speaking in english. So anyway books that I want to read besides could improve my english would be John Grisham. Rayyan always babble saying that I should read his books if I'm to be a lawyer. I brought one, but eheh x habis baca lagi T_T I also would love to read The Hunger Games Trilogy by Susan Collins :D Rayyan dah bawak balik the whole set so I guess I could start reading the books by now. Buuut, of course selang seli dengan buku agama. Kalau ita boleh sparekan masa dengan membaca fictions, kenapa tidak boleh untuk buka agama yang mana ia lebih baik? Huhu. Soo, target habiskan buku hunger games trilogy and buku2 agama yang tertera diatas insha Allah before February 2013 ^^" Not to mention I'm yet to 'publish' my own fiction, The Last Time. For my faithful readers, insha Allah The Last Time would be 'published' here at my 'le humble blog' within December. Sorry guys, serious kena ada mood bila nak menulis. Huhu

 

I think that's for now. If I think of more azam to add, I'm sure will continue my entry. Before I end, I would like to share this important text message that I received from a dear friend of mine, Puteri.

 

"Salam dear brothers and sisters. Last night our beloved Gaza was again attacked by the zionists laknatullah. Ketua tentera Hamas, Ahmed Jabari has syahid and Gaza is now declaring an open war. The sea is filled with warships and the skies are filled with jets. On this new year's day, let us make a duas not only for a better year, but also for our brotehrs and sisters in Palestine, who sacrifice their life, everyday to protect our holy land. To the solidatory of ummah. ALLAHUAKBAR!"

 

-Puteri, 10.52 am, 15 Nov 2012

 

 

99 Names of Allah SWT

 

"Sesungguhnya ALLAH memiliki 99 nama, seratus kurang satu, sesiapa yang menghitungnya (menghafalnya) akan masuk syurga."

 

-Sahih: Hadis daripada Abu Hurairah radiallahu anhu, dikeluarkan oleh Ahmad, al-Bukhari, Muslim dan lain-lain, lihat Sahih al-Bukhari no: 7392 (Kitab Tauhid, Bab Sesungguhnya ALLAH memiliki 100 nama kurang satu). Dalam kurungan adalah salah satu daripada lafaz Muslim, lihat Sahih Muslim no: 2677.

Kemusykilan:Benarkah hanya dengan menghafal nama-nama ALLAH sahaja, seseorang itu akan masuk syurga ?

Penjelasan:
Hadis di atas termasuk dalam kumpulan hadis-hadis Fadhilat, iaitu yang menerangkan keutamaan mengamalkan sesuatu perkara yang baik atau meninggalkan sesuatu perkara yang buruk. Sesiapa yang mengamalkan hadis-hadis fadhilat akan memperoleh ganjaran yang dijanjikannya dengan syarat-syarat berikut.

 



	Allah (الله)	The Greatest Name
2	Ar-Rahman (الرحمن)	The All-Compassionate
3	Ar-Rahim (الرحيم)	The All-Merciful
4	Al-Malik (الملك)	The Absolute Ruler
5	Al-Quddus (القدوس)	The Pure One
6	As-Salam (السلام)	The Source of Peace
7	Al-Mu’min (المؤمن)	The Inspirer of Faith
8	Al-Muhaymin (المهيمن)	The Guardian
9	Al-Aziz (العزيز)	The Victorious
10	Al-Jabbar (الجبار)	The Compeller
11	Al-Mutakabbir (المتكبر)	The Greatest
12	Al-Khaliq (الخالق)	The Creator
13	Al-Bari’ (البارئ)	The Maker of Order
14	Al-Musawwir (المصور)	The Shaper of Beauty
15	Al-Ghaffar (الغفار)	The Forgiving
16	Al-Qahhar (القهار)	The Subduer
17	Al-Wahhab (الوهاب)	The Giver of All
18	Ar-Razzaq (الرزاق)	The Sustainer
19	Al-Fattah (الفتاح)	The Opener
20	Al-`Alim (العليم)	The Knower of All
21	Al-Qabid (القابض)	The Constrictor
22	Al-Basit (الباسط)	The Reliever
23	Al-Khafid (الخافض)	The Abaser
24	Ar-Rafi (الرافع)	The Exalter
25	Al-Mu’izz (المعز)	The Bestower of Honors
26	Al-Mudhill (المذل)	The Humiliator
27	As-Sami (السميع)	The Hearer of All
28	Al-Basir (البصير)	The Seer of All
29	Al-Hakam (الحكم)	The Judge
30	Al-`Adl (العدل)	The Just
31	Al-Latif (اللطيف)	The Subtle One
32	Al-Khabir (الخبير)	The All-Aware
33	Al-Halim (الحليم)	The Forbearing
34	Al-Azim (العظيم)	The Magnificent
35	Al-Ghafur (الغفور)	The Forgiver and Hider of Faults
36	Ash-Shakur (الشكور)	The Rewarder of Thankfulness
37	Al-Ali (العلى)	The Highest
38	Al-Kabir (الكبير)	The Greatest
39	Al-Hafiz (الحفيظ)	The Preserver
40	Al-Muqit (المقيت)	The Nourisher
41	Al-Hasib (الحسيب)	The Accounter
42	Al-Jalil (الجليل)	The Mighty
43	Al-Karim (الكريم)	The Generous
44	Ar-Raqib (الرقيب)	The Watchful One
45	Al-Mujib (المجيب)	The Responder to Prayer
46	Al-Wasi (الواسع)	The All-Comprehending
47	Al-Hakim (الحكيم)	The Perfectly Wise
48	Al-Wadud (الودود)	The Loving One
49	Al-Majid (المجيد)	The Majestic One
50	Al-Ba’ith (الباعث)	The Resurrector
51	Ash-Shahid (الشهيد)	The Witness
52	Al-Haqq (الحق)	The Truth
53	Al-Wakil (الوكيل)	The Trustee
54	Al-Qawiyy (القوى)	The Possessor of All Strength
55	Al-Matin (المتين)	The Forceful One
56	Al-Waliyy (الولى)	The Governor
57	Al-Hamid (الحميد)	The Praised One
58	Al-Muhsi (المحصى)	The Appraiser
59	Al-Mubdi’ (المبدئ)	The Originator
60	Al-Mu’id (المعيد)	The Restorer
61	Al-Muhyi (المحيى)	The Giver of Life
62	Al-Mumit (المميت)	The Taker of Life
63	Al-Hayy (الحي)	The Ever Living One
64	Al-Qayyum (القيوم)	The Self-Existing One
65	Al-Wajid (الواجد)	The Finder
66	Al-Majid (الماجد)	The Glorious
67	Al-Wahid (الواحد)	The One, the All Inclusive, The Indivisible
68	As-Samad (الصمد)	The Satisfier of All Needs
69	Al-Qadir (القادر)	The All Powerful
70	Al-Muqtadir (المقتدر)	The Creator of All Power
71	Al-Muqaddim (المقدم)	The Expediter
72	Al-Mu’akhkhir (المؤخر)	The Delayer
73	Al-Awwal (الأول)	The First
74	Al-Akhir (الأخر)	The Last
75	Az-Zahir (الظاهر)	The Manifest One
76	Al-Batin (الباطن)	The Hidden One
77	Al-Wali (الوالي)	The Protecting Friend
78	Al-Muta’ali (المتعالي)	The Supreme One
79	Al-Barr (البر)	The Doer of Good
80	At-Tawwab (التواب)	The Guide to Repentance
81	Al-Muntaqim (المنتقم)	The Avenger
82	Al-’Afuww (العفو)	The Forgiver
83	Ar-Ra’uf (الرؤوف)	The Clement
84	Malik-al-Mulk (مالك الملك)	The Owner of All
85	Dhu-al-Jalal wa-al-Ikram (ذو الجلال و الإكرام)	The Lord of Majesty and Bounty
86	Al-Muqsit (المقسط)	The Equitable One
87	Al-Jami’ (الجامع)	The Gatherer
88	Al-Ghani (الغنى)	The Rich One
89	Al-Mughni (المغنى)	The Enricher
90	Al-Mani’(المانع)	The Preventer of Harm
91	Ad-Darr (الضار)	The Creator of The Harmful
92	An-Nafi’ (النافع)	The Creator of Good
93	An-Nur (النور)	The Light
94	Al-Hadi (الهادي)	The Guide
95	Al-Badi (البديع)	The Originator
96	Al-Baqi (الباقي)	The Everlasting One
97	Al-Warith (الوارث)	The Inheritor of All
98	Ar-Rashid (الرشيد)	The Righteous Teacher
99	As-Sabur (الصبور)	The Patient One



The Current Project & FAQs

Bismillahirrahmanirraheem

 

 

Assalamualaikum w.b.t . May Allah bless us always, in the world and Hereafter.

 

Alhamdulillah, I finally get to 'release' my fiction's prologue :D Hope you guys would err enjoy, reading it, ehe, although you cannot possibly tell what's The Last Time would turned out to be like. In this entry I shall tell you some important bits of my current 'project', The Last Time.

 

1- What is "The Last Time" all about? The Prologue doesn't help much :P

 

Well, of course I never expect the prologue could explain the whole story to all of you! The Last Time brings you guys to the life of two teenagers, or should I say young adults, because the two important duo tells you guys a life story between the age 19 until mid-twenties. The whole story revolves around a girl named, Nadhia, a medical student of IIUM and a boy named Im, also a medical student in the same university. If you read the prologue, some of you guys might try to figure out the storyline of this fiction, about Nadhia or Nad being so-called abused or Im who supposedly really care about Nadhia. Well, just wait and see, and read the whole story later, you guys will find out The Last Time is something much more than that :)

 

2- Are they many characters in the fiction?

 

Not much. I 'create' Nadhia who doesn't hang around with much friends, and her family is not big, besides Im, also doesn't revolves around much people. Besides that, there are a few minor characters which helps the story to expand and develop.

 

3- Why do you named your first-ever-going-to-publish (publish at the blog) fiction with the tittle "The Last Time"? Does it have any connection with your own life?

 

Haha. To be honest, I took a week or so to think of a suitable tittle, because when I first got this idea to actually 'write' the fiction -which, fyi, the storyline has been lingering inside my head for like few months ago!- I cannot make out the ending part of the storyline, because you see, the ideas on the characters and their characteristics also the backgrounds, were not static, I mean, sometimes I feel like the story should be this way, and some other time I think that the story should turn out to be another way round.

 

So while I was writing the story-typing- I need to have certain moods to carry on with the storyline. Because The Last Time has mostly sad parts, so in order for me to bring out the sad atmosphere around me I usually end up turn on some of the "right" songs. It's 'interesting' to note that I enjoyed listening to Taylor Swift's song entittled The Last Time, which she paired up with Gary Lightbody, a member of one of my favourite band, Snow Patrol, when I write my story. And the next thing I knew I was saying to myself: hey this song's tittle could be my story's tittle, something like that. A 'tribute' to the song that gives me the mood - hehe no, of course I thank Him for giving me the opportunity to write about the story. Because the genre is Hlovate-like but not that similar, I would like to stress that my fiction is nothing compared to Hlovate's but I want to challenge myself writing a story that brings lots of messages for readers, especially with Quranic and Hadeeth verses, besides other motivational quotes.

 

The Last Time does, in some way, have connection with my life. But the storyline is in the whole, a fiction. It's not based totally on a real life story or something like that. So I hope readers won't judge me based on this story.

 

4- Is "The Last Time" totally written by you? Or you seek help from other sources?

 

It is, totally written or 'typed' by me, but the story on the whole, on the context of its writings, wasn't wholly from my choice of words. I take the books from our home's shelves as guidelines. I would like to give credits to Hlovate's Versus for the words of wisdoms also Fathi Yakan's Mazha Yakni An Intimai Islam for the very beautiful messages, plus Lurlene McDaniel's Always and Forever, for the information on the medical facts. Later you guys will encounter many medical facts eheheh. Just wait!

 

5- What do you want to say about the names of your characters that you had chose?

 

Well all of the names belongs to the people who are around me.

 

6- Will you continue to write another fiction?

 

Writing is a passion that I've been hoping it to develop :) Insha Allah, I would love to write more stories, but I'm a kind who need moods to write. That's among other reason that The Last Time is scheduled to release quite late, well later than you people might expect after the 'release' of the prologue. I still haven't finished writing, just so you know ^^" But don't worry, I'll try to finish as soon as possible.

 

Anymore questions? Please enquire it to my FB or twitter. Thank you ! :)

The Last Time by Raihana Nadhira

 

 

PROLOGUE

 

 

(Im)

 

I met her again, however this second time was longer, and we actually sat and talked, well, discussed is a better word, because we sat and discussed in a meeting held among others, pertaining to our student society – the Medical Student Association. I came fifteen minutes late, and as I entered into the room, the meeting already started, and my course mates were sitting in a circle –because we don’t have a round table so yeah- I found an empty seat next to my friend, Kam, and I sat, and looked in front of me, and I saw that girl. And during the meeting, we actually discussed together, I supported her points, and she supported mine, I looked at her in a different perspective. A new perspective of her that I somehow like.

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I would have done something the next day, on Nad’s sake, but Am caught me on hold, he got injured during his rugby practice, and he needed further treatment, which later caused him to have 20 stiches on his knee. Alhamdulillah he’s fine now, and he assured me by saying “Go and solve your Nad’s problem. This is the first time I’ve seen you cannot solve an equation. Nad is surely pretty tough one. Ha-ha” I threw at him hard, a pillow, and if he hadn’t fallen injured, I would have done more, I flinched when he laughed. But I can’t possibly do that when he doesn’t even know the other side of Nad’s story. He said that because he thought I have a crush on Nad or something. Which I, don’t. I realized that I’d been staring at the book too long now. I grab my Blackberry, and start texting.

 

 

(Nad)

 

I had my headphones on and The All American Rejects’ It Ends Tonight hit the play button. I was deeply engaging myself with Jude by Kate Morgenroth, a very good read that I would recommend to my peers. And as I got to the part where Jude is accused of murdering his own father, I heard a loud crash downstairs, which caused me to abruptly stand up from my bed and head towards the stairs. I heard a loud thump sound this time, and as I peeked from above, I found out the crash was from the glass vase, among the two of our only glass vase in this house, and the loud thump was from the books that has already lain on the floor. There are lots of books, our old textbooks, which we never bother to keep it nicely arranged, and now they are strewn everywhere among the broken pieces of glass. I saw my sister crying and sniffing and the one who caused all these, yelled at her, asking why all of us could not keep the house in a good state; her voice is full of rage. This is not the first time. I closed my eyes shut and try to control my anger. Suddenly waves of the past memories hit me, and as I opened my eyes, I was 12 again.

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“Is there anything wrong Miss Lisa, because I’ve got Microbiology in less than 15 minutes. I haven’t performed my Zuhr yet.” Impatient and apprehensiveness outgrew me. What’s with the look? “That’s what I want you to tell me, Nadhia.” She walked out of her desk and crouches in front of me, and patted my hand, as one might stroke a frightened child.  “My dear, there are laws protecting children from parental abuse.” “E-Excuse me?” I was dumbfounded. The counsellor offered an indulgent, all-knowing half-smile. “The bruises, on your legs and arms have been reported Nadhia. You can tell me the truth, is anyone hurting you at home?”



October 30th

#np the last time

Assalamualaikum w.b.t

Why hellooooo there!! It has been awhile now since I last posted here. Sorry, things kept piling up and I've got myself involved with almost everything everywhere, well not trying to imply that I'm that busy, but just that busy in don't have that much time to update a new entry, or at least any posts that would benefit you readers. Some of my good ol pals have been anticipating me to post new entries, and knowing that I'm just so enthralled (lol x payah nak enthralled sangat) to write again. I just wished that this mood of blogging of mine could hang on there with me for awhile because whenever I felt I want to blog something, there're always something I would love to share with all of you :D I hope after few entries I could get myself addicted to blogging like I used to *ehem instead being addictive to twitter (I cannot escape from joining the 'fun of following the trends' . So anyway, on this blissful morning of Tuesday, with myself take care of the house while my parents are away for work, Razeen is at school, Rayyan and Raihan at asrama, and myself waiting for the murtabak to defrost itself before I heat it up, insha Allah I will start 'dusting' this blog. Seriously, sorry for all the cough you'd got, I understand that the dusts couldn't get any dustier than this (2 months plus of not dusting, that's why) .

So, lots and lots of important things that I would like to share with all of you wonderful peeps ; )

1. Jan 28, Marks the Real Battle

It's October 30th, and today is equivalent to a week of holidays already gone from my holidays until Jan 28th. Yepp, I've got that long of holidays! Alhamdulillah just finished my final exams, and the final exams, are the final exams that I'm ever going to take at CFS IIUM, PJ. Yepp, I've graduated. Alhamdulillah I'm officially no longer a foundation student who shall return and carry weighty and mighty bags to the fourth floor! =.=" Our last paper was Introduction to Islamic Law, alhamdulillah, I managed to answer the questions, but right now we just cannot stop praying, our result is coming out this December, I think. And after that, applying scholarships shall be the next important thing. Please pray for us, and I would love to try in some of the interviews -.- So this long holidays of mine, you guys might think I will be spending my days with the typical sleep-eat-pray-tv-blogging-twitter habits, although I myself expected myself to spend them that way (eheh) but I thought that I need to boost myself a bit, no, boost myself as much as I could, curbing the laziness that could envelops me until I can't breathe (ahah exaggerate much) . No, seriously, if I don't make a myself a what-to-do list, won't I become among le lazy bump until Jan 28th and would find myself eventually, hard to stand from the couch, and would eventually gain more weight? (I gained 2 kg already! :O *stress stress ) So her goes my so called what to do list:

- belajar masak (last two days I was at my Tok's house, and I learned the basic menus, plus Nasi Kerabu ;D (hehe my bonus!) )

- finish reading at least 1 book either from the late Fathi Yakan and Dr Yusuf Al Qaradhawi - Mazha Yakni and Fiqh Al Alawiyat - 2 books that I think shall prepare me mentally, physically, and spiritually by the Real Battle. Insha Allah

- keep posting new entries (especially for all of you wonderful peeps)

- less sleeping and more exercising (less jumping unnecessirily, my height is already 5'7" ! And besides, my ankle could not fit into any jumping activities T_T) (less eating? No, I don't think so)

- less tv and less watching korean series - -"

- finish doing chores at most 1 and half hour before my parents arrive home ^^"

- do something about my face

- improve my desperate-need-for-improvement english

- read at least one John Grisham book (any law students should have a dib from this author)

- update with current issues

- revise foundation law subjects , sort all the notes and stuff

And the list keeps going on and on. But the above list are just some important things I should conform to. The tarbiyah of not being lazy is a must for me this hols, I could not afford any culture shock after Jan 28th.

The Real Battle on Jan 28th, is entering main campus at Gombak. I heard from my friend who's her friend has already entered there, she said that the life there is quite tough, especially for law students pursuing shariah *gulp beribu kali and for those who aim to pursue shariah law after finishing civil law degree should always always put high concern with arabic language. But among other news, the life there couldn't be more awesome :D Excited-nervous feelings at the same time really bug me, but I really hope to have a smooth sail at Gombak, although I shall expects some challenges, I shall need to be toughh. Huhu. Support and motivations from all of you would help. And I realized that I won't be able to update my beloved blog after Jan 28th so often *tsk tsk :'/ Whatever it is, I seek all of your prayers, to pray for my friends and I, to become a successful student, who aim for success for the sake of the betterness of our ummah, for Islam. Insha Allah, doakan kami istiqamah dengan perjuangan kami. And never forget that usrah is part of our list, and not something that we could tolerate to not to attend or conduct.

Insha Allah I'll enter IIUM Gombak this Jan 28th, with new resolutions. Degree life would be much tougher, and I should always expect that. For my dear friends who are still struggling at CFS, all the best always, Insha Allah see you at Gombak, we'll be welcoming all you ! ;D

#np everything has changed

2. Le Wedding

Soo,  Nov 10th marks a magical date (I've got no other magical words) and I shall be the bunga telur girl ^^" Insha Allah my oldest cousin, Kak Nabihah, will get married. Alhamdulillah, finally, after a few months of engagement, they will finally tie the knot insha Allah. The two wonderful doctors finally get to experience the bliss of marriage (huhu gaya macam dah kahwin)~ I think after this few days, I'll head over to my Pak Long's house, to help them with anything, and I know everyone is pretty busy these days. The wedding reception will be held at two different occasions after the solemnization, and I shall be one of the important 'charaders' . If I have the permission, I would be importing pictures at Raiot! So just wait ;D

3. SPM

Dear Rayyan,

All the best dear. Don't stress yourself! Banyakkan zikir, doa, solat sunat. baca quran, macam semua orang pesan. Take care of your health. Buatlah qiyam, try to wake up early, so meaning that you have to sleep early. Sleep early to rise early. Ingat, buat exam ni bukan semata-mata aim to get straight A's or A +, but to achieve them so that you could contribute for Islam. Getting excellent results but your aim just to get the pleasure afterwards won't be enough. Insha Allah, whatever your ambition is, I will always support you. Nak exam ni, read fast notes je if you know what I mean. Insha Allah I will try to visit you before your exam, and if I could, during your exam. You will see some of your friends' parents will be there during the exam days, supporting them, but bear deep in your mind, mama and baba are always there supporting you, just that both of them cannot spend that time because other things must be put as priority. So don't get discouraged, but banyakkan zikir, until masuk dewan. Banyakkan selawat. May Allah ease everything for all of you. Your family here will aways pray for you and your friends. I'm sure mama already ask tok to perform sunat hajat for you and husna already. Take care dear. Be strong. It's just another battle that you have to pass through, just like you had encountered PMR and UPSR, UPSRA a few years ago, except that this battle is tougher, and need lots of your guts.

With Love,

Akak xoxo

4. Le Love Story

A Husband Like My Father Part 2 coming soon!

5. On Fiction

Did I mentioned that I could be so head over heels when it comes to writing? Well, just in case I didn't, then I could be so head over heels when it comes to writing. Hehe. So, I'm currently writing a fiction, but I cannot confirm the tittle yet cause currently cannot think of any suitable, eye catching tittle. So anyway, the genre is not, romance (what?! eww) and not even thriller (oh I wish I could own a genius mind) hmm, I myself couldn't make out the genre of my story, oh well, you readers could judge it yourself later. It is expected to finish as soon as possible (ehe, ASAP in my dictionary is quite late somehow) so just expects it to 'appear' here sooner or later.

So I hope all of you are in good condition. Please take care of yourself. Keep praying and reciting qunut nazilah for our brothers and sisters out there, Palestine, Syria, Rohingya, Chechnya, Filipina, Guantanamo Bay, wa fi kulli makan wa zaman. Got to end now. Tummy grumbles already, got to have breakfast. And it's murtabak pisang ! yay! Sayonara for now :D

Bismillahirrahamanirraheem.

Assalamualaikum w.b.t peeps ! :D Alhamdulillah wa syukurillah, all praise to Allah, for He had given me the chance to blog, pertaining to the celeration month of syawwal. Ramadhan has left us, let's pray so that the essence of Ramadhan would still linger within us, let's pray so that we could be istiqamah with our ibadahs, and pray: "allahumma bariklana fi syawwal".





Eid Fitr is one of the two great Islamic festivals, the other being Eid-ul-Adha. Its importance can be judged from the fact that Almighty Allah Himself ordered the believers to celebrate it. It is celebrated at the end of the month of fasting (Ramadan) and has a special significance for the Muslim society. Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) established the Islamic equal society, free of all kinds of exploitation and corruption, and maintaining the blessedness of this society was made the obligation of the believers in every age. For this purpose, the holy month of fasting (Ramadan) was selected to help prepare believers for this responsibility. In this training, during the specific fasting periods believers are required to refrain from enjoying such things, which are otherwise lawful for them.

The purpose of this exercise is mentioned in the following verse of the Holy Quran: "So that you may learn restraint." (2:183)

Believers happily obey these injunctions to please Almighty Allah. Such an exercise has pleasant effects on the practical life of believers and, in their practical life, helps them refrain from adopting corrupt ways.

Some jurists maintain that Itikaf (Etekaaf) during the last 10 days of the month of Ramadan is also a part of this training. In this worship, the believer confines himself in a mosque for the specified period of time.

The Islamic society, established in the light of the above teachings was a symbol of the greatness of Almighty Allah on this earth. Actually it was a gigantic achievement, which deserved all kinds of rejoicing. That is why Almighty Allah Himself asked the believers to enjoy this occasion, In this respect the Holy Quran says: "Say in the grace of Allah and in His mercy in that they should rejoice." (Chapter Yunus, Verse 58)

The celebration of the festival of Eid Fitr is itself a model of an egalitarian Islamic society, and Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) best explained this model by his personal example. It is reported that he used to wear a special dress to grace the occasion, but it was never a costly one and was always within the reach of everybody. Once Umar brought a costly dress for him requesting him to wear it on Eid days and other ceremonial occasions. Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) immediately returned the dress observing that it did not behave a believer to wear such a costly dress. The result was that all the Companions dressed simply on this occasion and consequently this simplicity became a symbol of the Islamic society.

By dressing simply on this happiest occasion of Eid Fitr, Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) solved the issue of the second basic need of the society.

The third basic need of society is food. Today this need has attained such an importance that it results in political change in many developing countries. By taking various steps, Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) ensured that nobody was deprived of this basic need in the Islamic society. But the situation on festivals is usually different. On this day, everybody tries to enjoy special dishes, which normally the poor cannot afford. Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) held this point in view, and he made such an efficient arrangement that not only was good food guaranteed for all the poor of the society on that day, but also some of their other needs were met. He ordered the rich believers to pay a fixed amount of money to the poor on that day or before that day. This is known as "Sadaqa-ul-Fitr (Zakat-e-Fitr)", and its rate varies according to the price of grain.

A huge amount of money can be collected under this system which may be sufficient to meet the needs of the poor on this day, and some of it may be saved to meet their needs in other difficult times.

(http://www.qul.org.au/islamic-occasions/eid-ul-fitr/1112-eid-in-muslim-society-eid-fitr-celebration)

Hari Raya Eid Fitr is not an adat, a tradition like most of our people today thought so, but a syariat. And like what Ustaz Syed Abdul Kadir al Joofre mentioned before in his ceramah, he said that when the muslims takbir, acknowledging Allah's greatness, they should takbir which signifies success, glory, not sadness and in sorrow. Why? Because this is to imply that we have obtained much pahala, blessings and glory during the holy fasting month, and that we have won His rahmah and barakah. Of course, despite the intention that all of us had planted into our hearts, that is to gain lots of pahala during puasa, but as weak human beings, we are inevitable from commiting sins and mistakes, but if we keep on performing inaabah and tawbah or conduct good deeds to replace our bad deeds and perform repentance, insha Allah, we may also become part of the family of winners on the first day of Syawwal.

It is also important to note that, we should bear in mind as Eid Fitr is a syariat, of course the way of celebrating it must conform with syariah. Covering the aurah, does not bersalam salaman with non mahrams, and take good care of ikhtilat or the relationship between man and woman. These are among the basics that we should take note in celebrating this festive month.



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Anyway, I'm sorry if my current posts are not as interesting as before (err dulu interesting ke?) and some of you guys who occasionally drop by to read my entries may be disappointed. But I'm trying my best to work on interesting posts for you honourable readers to spend your precious time on ;)

Eid Mubarak! Semoga Syawwal tahun ini lebih baik daripada sebelumnya. May Allah bless us always. Maaf zahir & batin. I apologize for any mistakes. Please accept my apologie.

Sincerely,
Raihana Nadhira.

ps. all of the eid fitr pics are my work hehe
pss. doakan raihana punya result mid term exam after raya! eeeeps!