Living with purpose

Rindu :'(

Take home message: (in which byk telepas sbb connection sekat2 and saya tak focus)

1. Sembahyang malam SANGAT penting. Tsk.

2. Maintain good relationship with others - being courteous, wanting good in others as much as you want for yourself, forgive and overlook, repels wrong with right, not to be caught up in differences.

3. When a muslim get older, he will remember the future (the akhirah). Not the past. You do more and more ibadah as you get older. Rasulullah taught Fatimah and his son in law to do zikr before go to sleep, it is very important. (This is the same advice both Shaykh Abdullah bin Bayyah and Habib Al Jifri always give - implying it is very important). May zikr be our last words before we leave this world, Allahumma ameen!

4. Study religion!

5. More zikr. more zikr. more zikr. 

aih sedih2.

Last skali, he emphasized that we will see the fruit of all of this when we die, insyaAllah.

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Q&A Session

Pornography 

• Seek help from patience and prayer. 
• patience is determination involving two aspects - patience in avoiding the sin and patience in staying in obedience of Allah
• prayer is essentially du'a - "guide me", "really ask Allah to help me", "make firm my heart", etc..
• avoid people and places that you know will affect you 
• put internet in places that people can see
• have good company

And banyak sangat soalan tapi tak cukup masa, so Shaykh Hamza ckp kita akan minta Shaykh Abdullah jawab, lepas tu translate and letak di website http://sandala.org/ dan http://www.binbayyah.net, our Islamic internet revolution :)

Time flies tapi solat tetap solat!

"(ada orang semangat nak pakai kain sembahyang)"

"Awak nop semaye gapo tu? Zohor?"

"Hom. Zohor lah."

"Habes waktu doh."

"?>:{*^%&>?? Pukul berapa ni?"

"1:42pm. abes 1:41pm."

"$^%#(@*&%^$ huarrgh"

haih padan muka cuk3. Astaghfirullah. selamat datang waktu sembahyang rapat rapat. macam adik beradik yang selang setahun haha okay tade kaitan.


on a different note, saya selalu jealous dengan orang di malaysia sebab ada surau bersepah. eh mungkin tak bersepah tapi tersusun rapi kot. hmm. honestly tu lah saya rasa bila ada kat malaysia few months back. ambil air sembahyang dalam surau wah macam heaven tau tak!! walaupun lepas tu merungut dengan kain sembahyang yang surau provide if you know what i mean hahaha. bila struggle cari tempat solat, benda yang terlintas is semoga nanti saya settle down di tempat yang senang nak tunaikan solat, dan tempat yang menghormati waktu solat jumaat (tak buat meeting or event or whatever waktu solat jumaat ceyy cam laki pulak fikir tiba tiba). apa2 pon hasil hidup 21 tahun(actually mungkin hasil 4 tahun di Vandy) mengajar bahawa bumi Allah semuanya suci melainkan yang terbukti tidak. tapi still, banyak delima buah delima yang dihadapi. hey dont judge, okay bye.

My Lord, make me an establisher of prayer, and [many] from my descendants. Our Lord, and accept my supplication

p/s: jangan lupa berdoa walaupon mungkin kita solat tip top sebab esok lusa kita tak tau apa akan jadi, kita tak tau apa yang bakal Allah uji kita dengan. Wah ayat sungguh bagus impress2 HAIH.


okay bye for real! 

Beauty :)

hepp cantek je susunan semua.
melihat barisan barisan orang solat tak pernah failed untuk buat hati saya emm tatau perkataan apa nak guna. tenang mungkin. 

shuyukh

Merayau rayau lagi dan terjumpa youtube ni

 

Ada rasa sedikit kesal kerana tidak dapat berjumpa shaykh mokhtar moghraoui sebelum meninggalkan US. Haha sedikit poyo di situ, tapi, u know.. the kind of feeling mcm oh insyaAllah akan jumpa lagi orang ni sebab banyak lagi masa tapi sebenarnya tak jumpa pon sampai balik mesia for real. Sebenarnya maybe I was too excited sbb expect akan jumpa shaykh ni masa RIS tapi tengok tengok tade pon kecewa2. So ICNA 08 kat Hartford  was actually first time and last time jumpa kot. If I knew it was the last time, I would appreciate more.

Apa yang best sangat jumpa shaykh2 ni? padahal bukannya jumpa like ckp depan2 ke camtu(kalau brothers lain la kan haha). susah nak explain. Ala maybe perasaan jumpa orang bagus2 la, kita rasa cam wow bagusnyaaaa orang ni and rasa cam boleh dengar dia ckp for the whole day. semua benda yang keluar dari mulut dia macam aaahh nak dengar lagi nak dengar lagi ala ala cam drugs gitu haha. apa awak merepek ni naziha haha.  Dulu terselisih(haa ke sengaja cari jalan yang sama haha) ngan hamza yusuf or even translator habib ali pon dah wah haha rasa gumbira gumbira berbunga bunga. Maybe ni kelebihan Allah bagi kat mereka2- bila orang tengok diorang, orang rasa gumbira. (ceh semangat eja gembira as gumbira haha)

Teringat hadis ni: Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

The Prophet said, "When Allah loves a slave, calls out Jibril and says: `I love so-and-so; so love him'. Then Jibril loves him. After that he (Jibril) announces to the inhabitants of heavens that Allah loves so-and-so; so love him; and the inhabitants of the heavens (the angels) also love him and then make people on earth love him".

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

Okay mari layan ICNA 2010 pulak. Heaven betol youtube laju ni hehe. and mari kita embed youtube shaykh2 kesayangan di sini hehe

alamak rasa nak embed semua la pulak sebab semua pon best. Ahh semua pon awesome. Ada yasir qadhi jugak. should i embed it? ah tak kira nak letak gak. 

and vibrant green as a background lawa oh btw. so guys, spend some of your time di ICNA TV. Make sure you stalk ICNA! 

and also, have a GOOD weekend! :)

Eliminating distractions GULP

Narrated 'Uqba: I offered the 'Asr prayer behind the Prophet at Medina. When he had finished the prayer with Taslim, he got up hurriedly and went out by crossing the rows of the people to one of the dwellings of his wives. The people got scared at his speed . The Prophet came back and found the people surprised at his haste and said to them, "I remembered a piece of gold lying in my house and I did not like it to divert my attention from Allah's worship, so I have ordered it to be distributed (in charity)." 

[Sahih Bukhari, Volume 1, Book 12, Number 810]

taken from here

OUCH ouchh saya macam mana pula?
angkat takbir lepas tu otak round dunia fuhh tak payah beli flight ticket astaghfirullah.

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for love for Me and love for it cannot be combined in one heart

A tradition from the Prophet ﷺ states that Allah the Exalted revealed to the Prophet Dawud,

“O Dawud, give glad tidings to the sinners and give warning to the righteous.”

He replied,

“My Lord, how is it that I should give glad tidings to the guilty, and warn those who do good?”

Allah the Exalted said,

“Give glad tidings to the sinner that no sin is too grave for Me to forgive; and warn the righteous against admiring their own work [which leads to ostentation]—for I do not hold someone strictly to account for their deeds, except that they are destroyed.

O Dawud, if you claim to love Me, then remove the love of this world from your heart, for love for Me and love for it cannot be combined in one heart.

O Dawud, whoever has love for Me stands in worship at night while the idle are sleeping, and remembers Me in solitude while others are heedless, and is thankful for My blessings while others are neglectful.”


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Inside the Koran - a documentary

ada Timothy Winter @ Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad!

Amazingnya oh macam2 benda orang boleh pikir and have misconception about Islam. ada orang fikir, "muslim guy boleh ada girlfriend, tapi muslim women cannot." haha first time saya dgr statement camtu and kah3 gelak on the spot laa apa lagiii. heyy tu tak fair! :)) and also the typical "muslim women is oppressed". ada jugak cop orang2 muslim semua kawin awal. umur belas2 dah kawin (haa pikir umur sendiri ah tu tape2 you are still young kekeke). All of these misunderstandings give us impression that Muslims have so much works to do, dont they?

Anyway, there are 10 parts of this documentary in youtube. Worth to be watched, kawan-kawan.

hadoi rojaknya la bahasa. okay takpe lepas ni saya cuba tulis elok elok sket.

17

Oh Allah, all praise is due to You;

and to You is due all gratitude and thanks; 

and to You returns all matters - the open of them, and the hidden of them

Glory to the Lord of power and dominion; 

glory to the One who will not die; 

glory to the One who gives life to His creation, and He will not die

Glory to the One who is Lord of all lords [arbaab]; 

glory to the One who facilitates all means; 

glory to the One whose throne [`arsh] is in the heavens, and in the earth is His authority; 

glory to the One whom no creature of this life [dunyaa] can see,
and Whom no sense can perceive; and Whom description seekers cannot perceive;
and Whom incidents do not change; and He does not fear His creatures

He knows the weight of the mountains; 

and the measure of the oceans; 

and the count of rain; 

and the number of veins of the trees; 

and the amount of the darkness of nights and the brightness of days

Oh Giver of refuge for those who seek refuge; 

Beloved of those who love; 

Hope of those who are cut off [munqat`iyeen]; 

Raiser of the fallen; 

The One who is with broken hearts; 

Who answers the calls of the dejected; 

the Mercy of this life and the hereafter and the Compassion of both; 

Who answers the desires of those in need

He knows the minds of the silent; 

One who does not have a partner from whom He must seek, 

or an angel from whom He asks and is refused, 

or one who is thankful to Him but is deprived

Glory is due to Allah, and praise; all glory is due to Allah

O Allah

guide us by Your favor among those whom You have guided; 

and forgive us among those whom You have forgiven; 

and be our Protector among those whom You have protected;
and bless us in all that You have given us; 

and save us and keep away from us any evil which You have decreed; 

verily You decree and none decrees besides what You decree; 

and none is abased whom You befriend; 

and none holds power whom You oppose. 

Blessed are You, our Lord, exalted;
and to You are due all thanks, for Your blessings and bounty; 

we seek forgiveness from Allah from all sins and we repent to You; 

there is no refuge or place of shelter except for to You

Oh Allah, 

distance our sins [ma'seeya] from our obedience to You that will lead us to paradise; 

and indeed from certainty in faith comes difficulty in the life of this world [dunyaa]

And bless us our hearing, and our sight, and our faculties, as long as You allow us to live; 

and make them protectors for us against the transgressions we have committed; 

and make us victorious over our enemies;
and do not allow us to have problems in our deen; 

and do not allow us to make the life of this world our greatest concern; 

and remove from us difficulty in attaining knowledge; 

and do not make hellfire our destination; and make jannah our home; 

and do not impose upon us, because of our sins, people who lack mercy and do not fear You (as authorities over us)

by Your mercy, oh the Most Merciful of those who show mercy

Oh Allah, 

preserve us with steadfastness in Islam while we're standing; 

and preserve us in Islam while we're sitting; 

and preserve us in Islam while we're sleeping

Oh Allah

bless us with a pure life; and an easy death; 

and a return to You without grief and difficulty;

Oh Allah 

help us with our death; 

and with the grave and its punishment; 

and from slipping from the siraat; 

and the Day of Reckoning and its terror

Our Lord, 

You created us in the best of forms; 

and You granted us sustenance from Your bounty; 

and You taught us and gave us guidance; 

and then we disobeyed You openly, but You forgave us;
and we committed sins, but You availed us from them; 

Your generosity has been descending upon us, 

yet we sin easily, and we are weak; 

if You look to our account then we indeed deserve punishment; 

but Your mercy is more expansive than our sins, so grant us Your mercy,
oh the Most Merciful of those who show mercy

Oh Allah 

give us, and do not deprive us; 

and increase for us, and do not decrease us; 

and be generous to us, and do not be severe with us; 

and grace us, and do not disgrace us; 

and help us, and do not forsake us

Oh Allah, 

make white our faces (with light); 

and give us our books on our right; 

and raise our degrees in status; 

and make our balances heavy (on the side of good); 

and overlook our sins [sayee`aat]

Oh Allah, 

Creator of the heavens and the earth; 

Lord of Majesty and Bounty; 

by Your power which does not exhaust, we ask, Oh Allah, Oh the Most Merciful

Make our vision lighted by Your Book; 

so that our tongues will manifest (from it); 

and lighten our graves (with it); 

and by it forgive our sins [dhunoob]; 

and improve with it our affairs

by Your mercy, oh the Most Merciful of those who show mercy

Oh Allah, allow the month of Ramadan to be completed in Your pleasure; [--];
and with us attaining the success of entering Your garden

Oh our Lord, this holy month has indeed past; 

and we stand fearful and shaking before You; 

and we hope in You; accept from us, our Lord, our fasting [sawm]; 

and our standing in worship [qiyaamina]; 

and our prayers [salaatina]; 

and our remembrance [adhkaarina]; 

and all our deeds; 

and do not reject our deeds on the Day of Judgement, the Day of regret and shame

Oh our Lord, close all gates except Your gate; 

and do not reject us from Your presence; 

and if You do so, we have no power nor strength save You

La ilaha illa Allah...
He who wills the number of footsteps on the surface of the earth, and on steps; 

and all praise is due to Allah, He in Whose hand is the keys of escape [farraj]

Oh our Hope when all doors are closed; 

and our Hope when all links are cut; 

and when there is a barrier between us and our family and our people (and we stand alone)

La ilaha illa Allah..
oh Allah do not let this gathering disperse except when our sins are forgiven; 

and our efforts accepted; and our good deeds counted

Oh the Powerful, the Most Forgiving;
by Your mercy, oh the Most Merciful of those who show mercy

Oh Allah, forgive all the Muslims that have died who bore witness to Your oneness; 

and (who bore witness) to Your messenger with his message; and who died upon that
Oh Allah, forgive them and grant them Your mercy; and pardon them; 

and be generous with them; 

and bless their arrival; 

and make wide their entrance; 

and wash them with water and coolness; 

and purify them from their sins as clothes are washed of dirt

Oh Allah reward them and grant them goodness in the best way; 

and pardon and forgive their sins [sayee`aat]; 

so that they feel tranquility in their graves; 

and so that on the day of judgement they will be among the protected ones;

Oh Allah, move them from the narrowness of the grave and the insects,
to everlasting jannah; with [--], comfort and vast shade

Oh Allah, grant us mercy when we reach where they have reached, under casket and soil, alone; 

oh Allah, grant us mercy when our families wash us; 

and mercy when they shroud us; 

and mercy when they carry us on their shoulders; 

and mercy when they lower us into our graves; 

and mercy when they throw on us dirt

by Your mercy, oh the Most Merciful of those who show mercy

Oh Allah, bring down upon our graves the light of our fasting; 

and the light of our prayers [salah]; 

and the light of our recitation of Qur'an

by Your mercy, oh the Most Merciful of those who show mercy

Oh Allah, who hears all; and who can revive the dead;
and who will dress the bones with flesh after death;
have mercy on our weaknesses;
straighten our affairs;
and end our deaths in good deeds

Oh Allah ornament our graves with the gardens of paradise; [--]

by Your mercy, oh the Most Merciful of those who show mercy

Oh Allah, 

forgive the Muslim men and the Muslim women;
and the believing men and the believing women; those living and those dead; 

You are our Protector; Hearer, the Near, the One who answers our dua

Oh Allah, we ask You for all good [khayr];
the sooner of it and the later;
what we know of it and what we don't know; 

and we seek refuge in You from all evil [sharr];
the sooner of it and the later;
what we know of it and what we don't know

Oh Allah,
whatever You have distributed in this blessed night of health and well being,
then make us, oh our Lord, among the fortunate who receive from this distribution; 

and whatever You have distributed in this night of trial [bala`a],
keep it from us and from the Muslims

Oh Allah strengthen Islam and the Muslims; 

and disgrace shirk and the mushrikeen; 

and smash the enemies of the deen

Oh Allah, our Lord, better the condition of the Muslims; 

oh Allah better the young of us; 

and better the old of us; 

and better the women of us; 

and make better the children of us; and our spouses

Oh Allah, forgive the Muslim women, those present and those absent; 

oh Allah, raise their status; and make secure their dignity and honor [awraat]; 

and accept from them their good deeds
by Your mercy, oh the Most Merciful of those who show mercy

Oh Allah, help Your forces and Your devoted servants [awliyaa] of those who believe [mumineen]; amongst the elders, the scholars, and the pious [shuyookh, ulema, saliheen]

by Your mercy, oh the Most Merciful of those who show mercy

Oh Allah, we ask You by Your beautiful names;
and Your exalted attributes; in this blessed night;

save our necks from the hellfire Oh Allah, 

save our necks from the hellfire Oh Allah, 

save our necks from the hellfire Oh Allah, 

save the necks of our fathers; and our mothers; and our brothers; and our sisters; and our paternal uncles; and our paternal aunts; and our maternal uncles; and our maternal aunts; and those who love us for Your sake; and those who love each other for Your sake; and those who lead us to good [khayr]; and those who facilitate good; and all the Muslims, oh Lord of the worlds

Oh Allah, help Your servants and the mujahideen in Your way in all places; 

Oh Allah help your worshippers in Chechnya; and in Bosna; and in Palestine; and in Lebanon; and in all other places

Oh Allah, make firm their feet; 

Oh Allah guide their aim; 

Oh Allah, join them on the word of clear truth

Oh our Lord..
Overlook our sins when we reach The Gate and do not return us in disappointment

Oh Allah, accept our dua
Oh Allah, accept our dua
Oh Allah, accept our dua

and do not return us in disappointment; 

and do not deprive us from Your generosity that we seek; 

and do not return us deprived from Your blessings

Oh Allah, make us from amongst the fortunate who will attain the reward of laylatul qadr
Oh Allah, make us from amongst the fortunate who will attain the reward of laylatul qadr
Oh Allah, make us from amongst the fortunate who will attain the reward of laylatul qadr

by Your mercy, oh the Most Merciful of those who show mercy

Oh our Lord,
grant us good in this life,
and good in the hereafter,
and keep us from the punishment of the fire

Oh Allah, we seek refuge in You from Your displeasure [sakhatik]; 

and we seek Your forgiveness, 

and we seek refuge in You from Your punishment

I cannot account for the praises that are due to You;
You are as You praise Yourself. 

And peace and blessings be upon the messenger Muhammad,
and upon his family and companions.

[Allahumma ameen..]

[translated by Dr S Ahmad]

Sila tengok video

Penat diorg berlakon kalah rosyam nor dah sorang2 haha. So meh la sama2 amek pengajaran. :D

#1 Solat

Hari-hari byk2 kali baca. Dah lama dah mcm hidup, celebrate bday da berbelas-belas or da masuk puluhan kali, tapi tapi APA MAKSUDNYA?

Ya Tuhanku ampunilah aku,

rahmatilah aku,

perbaikilah aku,

angkatlah darjatku,

berilah aku rezeki,

pimpinlah aku,

afiatkanlah aku

dan maafkanlah aku.

Hopefully today will be better than yesterday and

tomorrow better than today. Tadelah kelam setiap hari kan hik. =)