Eidul-Adha Mubarak

:D

"This year, ask about family and friends before being asked about the food"

true, true... hehe.

Salam AidilAdha to all readers :)
Time for charity and love again (with family) <3
Allahu Akbar Wa Lillahil Hamd.

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It is narrated from Imam Al-Tirmizi that Rasulullah s.a.w. said:

ما من أيام العمل الصالح فيهن أحب إلى الله من هذه الأيام العشر
'No good deed done is most loved by Allah except in the first 10 days of Zulhijjah'

Alhamdulillah <3<3

Justice

005.008 يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُونُوا قَوَّامِينَ لِلَّهِ شُهَدَاءَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شَنَآنُ قَوْمٍ عَلَى أَلا تَعْدِلُوا اعْدِلُوا هُوَ أَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوَى وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ
005.008 O ye who believe! stand out firmly for Allah, as witnesses to fair dealing, and let not the hatred of others to you make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice. Be just: that is next to piety: and fear Allah. For Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do.

Surah Al-Maeda:8

Justice means to follow the LAWS OF ALLAH, HIS SYARI'AH.

004.135 يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُونُوا قَوَّامِينَ بِالْقِسْطِ شُهَدَاءَ لِلَّهِ وَلَوْ عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَوِ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَالأقْرَبِينَ إِنْ يَكُنْ غَنِيًّا أَوْ فَقِيرًا فَاللَّهُ أَوْلَى بِهِمَا فَلا تَتَّبِعُوا الْهَوَى أَنْ تَعْدِلُوا وَإِنْ تَلْوُوا أَوْ تُعْرِضُوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًا
004.135 O ye who believe! stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to Allah, even as against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, and whether it be (against) rich or poor: for Allah can best protect both. Follow not the lusts (of your hearts), lest ye swerve, and if ye distort (justice) or decline to do justice, verily Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do.

Surah An-Nisa:135

Just want to be happy~

Writing this is an effort to perhaps 'make it fair'..
I know critics hurt, critics can break friendships. Thus there is an art to criticising. My lecturer Prof. Hussin Mutalib said, "Critique... not critic". And Allah s.w.t. revealed even more beautifully, "Annahyu 'anil munkar". And that should be the basis of our reminders to friends. The word 'reminding' again needs to be emphasized, not 'insulting'.
As I'm sure why we all do what we do is because we are truly concern for our friends. And yes, it is wajib to remind if people forget. (Annahyu 'anil munkar).
But we're all still learning this art, I assume... Of course if possible we don't want to hurt others. And its haram! also to hurt our Muslim brothers and sisters!

At the end of the day, if we want to be happy~ we have to follow the Syari'ah of Allah s.w.t. Of course, easier said than done but with Allah's help everything is possible :)

Good morning everyone! :D

Daulat Uthmaniyah

1299-1922

Now its becoming my favourite subject of study again.
I always want to do well in History... as I always find it is interesting. Though the topic of Ottoman Empire or Daulat Uthmaniyah was challenging upon me.

I find Turkish terms unfamiliar and the history was totally different from the Arabian Kingdoms like the Umayyads and Abbasids (Ummayyah & Abbasiyah). I understood and could relate to Arabian words and culture better. But now I think I 'like' Daulat Uthmaniyah much better :D

The above documentary, Islam Empire of Faith (comes in 5 Parts for Uthmaniyah alone) helped me to understand the Kingdom much better.

In my 2nd mid-term for the module, we had to answer this question: Discuss the foundation of the Osmanli State. I concluded at the end of the paper,

The Osmanlis changed from being nomadic in character to men of civilization. But they were men of honest bravery and chivalry and very strong faith in the religion Islam. Their faith was simple: "Do good for Allah, and He will help us in our affairs".

How many men are like that now? The world can do with more strong young men of strong taqwa... and charisma and loyal bravery. Not just girls, some men are also fake, I think! (The word 'fake' is always associated with girls right -_-)

I hope some of the children I taught now will grow up to become men and women of taqwa and strong moral values and portray them too. Amin ya Rabbal alamin!

(Taken)

If you wish to follow the way of Love,
throw your prejudices to the wind
and renounce attachment to things of the body.
Meanwhile, in order not to be a source of evil,
do not give way to resentment
or self-love.

Fariduddin Attar

syukran firusfansuri, for sharing.

About struggles and trying to keep running...

between classes, lectures, school and work. its been goodly busy and i thank Allah for managing time well for all of them. sometimes the negatives come to attack me; like laziness or... yeah, basically laziness -_-
sometimes its really quite hard to fight back though Alhamdulillah, after recognizing it I pray to Allah to let it go.

Life in this world is like this as this is Sunnatullah (Laws of Allah). When you want something, you have to strive to achieve it... may Allah help me.

Now I have to prepare myself for many assignments, mid-terms and presentations. I'm in Year 3 now Alhamdulillah and still love my classes and lectures. I'm lucky to have made really good friends who become companions in this journey :D somehow friends in school are always nicer than at work... perhaps its minus all the political issues..
But Alhamdulillah in Aljunied I met really, really good friends too. Jannah- for example: She is an epitome of 'A good neighbour will really make your life easy and helpful too'.
And Mariyam, my 4/3 Arabic teacher who works closely with me and we together work towards trying to give our best to my form class of 4/3.
Cikgu Hidayu, Ustazah Angraini- my neighbours who sit infront of Jannah and I and always so full of stories and good times.
Not to mention the other senior asatizahs who entertain us with their 'makcik' ways and 'makcik' humor ^^ Ustazah Tapsiroh, Ustazah Radziah & Ustazah Sakinah - you cannot not fall in love with them.

I thank Allah for this opportunity to work with them, morally good people and such colorful personalities ^^. Aljunied had really been a dream school for me and I realized I had achieved that dream. I would miss everyone who had played a significant role in my 5 months 'attachment' there- as a teacher, a colleague and friend. InsyaAllah I will bring all the positive lessons I learnt to Al-Ma'arif which will be my next place of work, insyaAllah :D

I will pray for everyone I had came to know and love; may we all be in the Mercy, Guidance and Protection of Allah s.w.t. and His Prophet s.a.w. Amin.

Oh ya, today Shariati (my classmate) drove us (me and Haseena) home! ^^ And it was such a ni'mat... especially class today ended at 10pm! Syukran Syariati~

All these small ni'mat made my how-many-single-days-left (^^) so sweet and meaningful =) All praises to Ilahi!


Jannah, my neighbour, in office :) she is married, yes.

Post-Exams activity

presenting my form class...
اولادي اولادي...
بناتي بناتي...
:)