~ Happy New Year 2011 ~

Every day I have a list of what to do (mainly), every month I have a list of what to pay(definitely), and every year I have a list of what to change(ultimately). This year, my new year resolution is very simple, almost like last year (to complete those which has not been completed) – ! Yes, I’ve finished part of it in 2010. So I make myself some new resolution with highest hope that I’ll be able to accomplished at least the rest of them

2010 to me is a very challenging year, both exciting and frustrating. It made me realize that what I seek is not what I really want, what I kept is not what I really treasured, and what I hoped for is not what I will always get. It taught me to lie, faced deception, created misfortunes and delusion, conquering my biggest fear. It tested my patience, my will, my acceptance, my tolerance and my inner strength.

Therefore for 2011, I’ll do my best to overcome my shortcomings, and believe in myself more instead of trusting illogical explanation. And never to look back on things I’ve misses most in my life hoping it will make me feel better, but look forward to things that actually makes me feel happy.

Overall, I’m glad that my search is finally over, even with unexpected consequences, that I don’t have to search anymore. But that is between ‘you and me’, dear diary

Looking forward to a new chapter in my life, signing off for 2010!

~ First Iftar with Hubby, My Lil Princess and Frens ~

The last time we check this place is view as the picture below:-

But yesterday when my office frens (thanks to Kak Siham) had arrange an iftar gathering, I was so excited bringing my hubby and my lil princess to attend and the view had turn to this:

Gosh it was so pack plus the parking lot was not many yet still people are coming in. Luckily we came early and had a available parking in the premise compound.

Since me and hubby are used to the arabic food...so we are okey with the environment.Actually we love it since this is our first iftar with Aliya!!

Guess what not only the fun of iftar yet the fun seeing my lil princess with my frens....Hear are some of the pictures taken. Credit given to Uncle Prashant.....

Mostly the pictures with my lil princess present..The best part there are so much looks on her face...And she is lovely!!!

Finally we had the group photo...

Credit to Kak Siham for her invitation and arrangement. So where is our iftar next?

~ Ramadhan Kareem A to Z ~

Sedar tak sedar bulan Ramadan sudah pun menjelma. Setiap Muslim pastinya telah mengetahui bulan ramadan yang merupakan bulan berkat, bulan rahmat, bulan keampunan serta punya banyak kelebihan. Pastinya setiap muslim juga selalu berdoa supaya diberi peluang dan kelapangan untuk melalui bulan ramadan dengan penuh keberkatan dan keharmonian.

Hampir semua muslim mengetahui ibadat puasa bukan bermaksud menahan diri dari lapar dan dahaga semata-mata, sebaliknya mempunyai pelbagai pengajaran dan hikmah yang tersendiri. Secara jasmaninya memanglah muslim yang berpuasa menahan diri dari makan dan minum serta meninggalkan segala perbuatan sia-sia, namun secara rohaninya ibadat tersebut lebih daripada itu. Seribu satu hikmah tersembunyi terkandung di dalamnya.

Pengertian ramadan A to Z yang boleh di kongsikan di sini adalah:

A Amalan	Sepanjang bulan ramadan amalan perlu di perkukuhkan dan mengikuti segala yang diperintahkan.
B Buka Puasa	Sunat namun elakkan pembaziran yang tidak perlu. Juga pastikan yang halal semata-mata. Kalau tak no point puasa sehari suntuk lepas tu masuk dalam perut makanan haram
C Cuci	Ramadan juga bulan untuk menyucikan jiwa dari segala kekotoran duniawi. Pembersihan dari dosa-dosa sebelum ini.
D Derma	Bulan ramadan juga bulan yang sesuai untuk menderma kejalan yang diredhai
E Ekonomi	Masa yang sesuai untuk menyusun ekonomi peribadi dan juga rumahtangga supaya tidak berlaku kes-kes ‘lari bajet’
F Fadhilat	Ibadah dan amalan sepanjang bulan ramadan mempunyai fadhilat dah kelebihan yang besar
G Ganda	Jika sebelum ini ibadat dan rukun agama dilaksanakan secara biasa sahaja ramadan tempat untuk melipatgandakan ibadah kerana fadhilatnya yang amat besar
H Hidayah	Setiap muslim sentiasa mengharapkan hidayah dan petunjuk daripada Allah SWT, semoga hidayah dipermudahkan sepanjang bulan ramadan nanti
I Ikhlas	Merupakan ‘determining factor’ untuk menentukan keberkatan dan pahala sesuatu ibadah yang dilaksanakan, tanpa rasa ikhlas kerana Allah, semuanya jadi sia-sia. Hanya lapar dan dahaga semata-mata
J Jemaah	Melalui solat sunat tarawih secara berjemaah akan menjadikan muslim satu komuniti yang kukuh dan bersatu
K Khusyuk	Ramadhan juga membimbing muslim menjadi khusyuk dalam setiap ibadat mereka.
L Lailattul Qadr	Malam yang penuh rahmat, keampunan dan keberkatan di dalamnya, sudah jelas dinyatakan di dalam Al-Quran melalui surah Al-Qadr.
M Muhasabah	Jika di dalam bulan-bulan lain muslimin sentiasa sibuk mengejar keperluan duniawi seeloknya pada bulan ramadan digunakan untuk muhasabah diri ke mana sebenarnya arah tujuan hidup ni.
N Niat	Niat puasa dan segala amalan mulsim bergantung kepada niat, dan rahsia niat kita hanya diketahui oleh Allah SWT sahaja.
O Omong Kosong	Sepanjang bulan ramadan ini elakkan daripada mengomong kosong tanpa faedah yang sudahnya tidak member manafat kepada kita semua
P Puasa	Nadi kepada keistimewaan bulan ramadan iaitu ibadah puasa itu sendiri yang mempunyai pelbagai hikmah dari segi fizikal dan juga rohani
Q Quran	Amalan yang paling digalakkan sepanjang bulan ramadan juga adalah memperbanyakkan bacaan al quran yang begitu besar ganjarannya.
R Rahmat	Ramadan penuh rahmat kepada seluruh isi alam, rezeki yang diturunkan sepanjang bulan ni memang berlipat ganda, begitu juga dengan rahmat keberkatan dan keampunan
S Sedekah	Sedekah kepada fakir miskin juga merupakan amalan yang digalakkan di bulan ramadan ini untuk sama-sama berkongsi keberkatan
T Taqwa	Ramadan juga sepatutnya menjadi pemangkin untuk meningkatkan ketaqwaan setiap umat islam
U Ukhuwah	Masa terbaik dan mudah untuk mengeratkan silaturahim dan ukhuwah semasa Islam, melalui aktiviti solat tarawaih berjemaah mahupun majlis iftar di kawasan masing-masing.
V Visi	Melalui penghayatan sepanjang bulan ramadan juga seseorang muslim mampu membina sebuah visi kehidupan yang seimbang, antara tuntutan duniawi dengan Negeri akhirat yang kekal abadi
W Witir	Solat sunat witir yang dilakukan secara berjemaah selepas solat tarawih sesungguhnya besar fadhilatnya
X xxx	Jauhkan diri dari melakukan ‘zina mata’ melalui aktiviti xxx yang mana akan merosakkan segala amalan dan menyekat ibadah seseorang muslim daripada sampai kepada Allah SWT.
Y Yatim	Anak-anak yatim yang sentiasa memerlukan bantuan dan pertolongan perlu di beri keutamaan. Raikanlah mereka
Z Zakat	Zakat fitrah juga perlu ditunaikan sebelum berakhirnya bulan ramadan. Sekarang ni mudah nak bayar zakat, online boleh, di pusat-pusat beli belah pun boleh.

Selamat menyambut ramadan

~ Oh...It's Here...Alhamdulillah ~

Salaam..

RAMADHAN KAREEM!!

answer it with ALLAHUAKRAM..

InsyaAllah, int the next days it will be the first day of fasting in the month of full of blessing; Ramadhan Al-Mubarak. Alhamdulillah, we are given another chance to fast and fulfill this month with a lot of good deeds and all the reward these deeds are being multiplied. Syukur alhamdulillah, syukur alhamdulillah, syukur alhamdulillah..

The month of Ramadhan is the month where Al-Quran is sent down, all gates of hell is closed and all gates of heaven is opened wide for all muslim who perform his deeds best. This month also, syaitaan is locked up and all the wrong doings done by the muslim is not because of the syaitaan but it has became the habit of the person. See, how an act can turn into a habit and it is hard to remove the bad habit when it became our flesh and blood.

As Prophet Muhammad SAW has said,"There has come to you Ramadaan, a blessed month. Allaah has made it obligatory on you to fast (this month). During it, the gates of Paradise are opened and the gates of Hell are locked, and the devils are chained up. In it there is a night that is better than a thousand months, and whoever is deprived of its goodness is deprived indeed."

(Reported by al-Nisaa’i, 4/129; Saheeh al-Targheeb, 1/490)

Here's some reminders about fasting. :)

Condition for fasting made obligatory

1. Islam – Islam is a requirement for all good deeds and all acts of worship to be accepted by Allah.

"As for those who disbelieve, their deeds are like a mirage in a desert.
The thirsty one thinks it to be water, until he comes up to it,
he finds it to be nothing, but he finds Allâh with him,
Who will pay him his due (Hell). And Allâh is Swift in taking account."
(Surat An Nuur : 39)

The good deeds of a non Muslim are not accepted by Allah because he does not do them for the sake of Allah and the reward for the good deeds that he does is only in this life and not in the hereafter. Good deeds are of no avail in the hereafter if one is not upon the belief of tawheed and Islaam.

b. Age of baligh (Maturity) – One has to have reached the age of maturity in order for fasting to be obligatory upon him. It is the age of physical puberty, this is adulthood. The age of maturity is usually 14 for boys and 12 for girls. Upon attaining this age and fulfilling other conditions fasting becomes obligatory on each and every muslim. There is no excuse for him not to fast except those exceptions that will be mentioned later on. He/she will be held accountable for this if he/she does not fast and the parents as well if they did not teach them to fast.

c. Sanity – the person has to be mentally sane and this is the requirement for all acts of worship, as well as all transactions in Islam. And we get this from the hadith of The Prophet (sall Allâhu’ alayhi wa sallam) – “The Pen has been lifted from three: from the child until he reaches puberty, from the sleeper until he wakes up, and from the one who has lost his mind until he recovers.”

[Sunan Abee Dawood #4402]

The pen had been lifted meaning that he/she will not be accountable for his deeds if they fall into the three categories mentioned above.

d. Ability – Allah said in the Quraan:

"…No person shall have a burden laid on him greater than he can bear…”
(Al-Baqarah : 233)

The person has to have the physical ability to fast. If one has a physical problem or a health risk that can intensify due to fasting, or it avoids him from taking medications then he is not required to fast during the month of Ramadhan. If he is under coma or unconscious then he cannot fast as well because he does not have the ability to do so. And the rule to be followed regarding this if fasting is a burden that a person cannot bear then he should avoid fasting.


Condition for a fasting to be valid

a. Islam – As we mentioned above in the conditions, Islaam is required for a person’s fast to be valid and accepted. Even when a group of non-muslims decide to fast with other muslims for an event like Fast A Thon or when a police chief in the community fasts to show solidarity and they break their fast with the muslims then they will not be rewarded by Allah for this.

b. End of menstrual or post-natal bleeding – This almost always applies to the women. She cannot be in these states in order to fast. If this is the case for any woman then she cannot pray the salawaat (prayers) nor can she fast during this period. The expiation for this will be mentioned later on in another section. For more information or questions on this matter, she can go to www.islamqa.com to get her answers.

c. Pre-maturity (age of rushd) – Children of this age usually around seven, who are physically able are to be ordered to fast by their parents to become accustomed to fasting. This is not the age when a person is obligated to do it rather this is the age when if one does it then the fast is still valid. So when he reaches the age of buloogh and it is obligatory upon him, then it isn’t as tough upon him because he has done this before and knows what to expect.

The Prophet (sall Allâhu’ alayhi wa sallam) said, “Order your children to fast at seven and punish them for not doing it at ten”

d. Sanity – Same as mentioned above that an insane person cannot and is not required to perform any act of worship. When he regains his sanity he is required to fast again, until then the fast is not valid.

e. Intention from the night – Merely being aware any time in the night that one is fasting is sufficient to make the following days fast valid. As mentioned earlier this is for the obligatory fasts.

The Prophet (sall Allâhu’ alayhi wa sallam) said, “Whoever does not intend to fast from before dawn, there is no fast for him (i.e., his fast does not count).”

(Abu Dawood, al-Tirmidhi, classed as saheeh by al-Albaanee in Saheeh Abi Dawood)

This is an authentic hadith but there are certain complications surrounding it. This hadith doesn’t seem to apply to voluntary fasting because there are incidents with the Prophet (sall Allâhu’ alayhi wa sallam) when he would ask his wives whether they have food to eat and they would say that they had nothing to eat. So the Prophet (sall Allâhu’ alayhi wa sallam) would say that he is fasting. So from this we can deduce that it doesn’t apply to voluntary fasting and we can safely say that you can start a voluntary fast after you have started the next day.


Please refer to picture below for niat/intention. The one with double love signs. :)

All of above conditions are translated by one website which discussed the fiqh of siyaam or fiqh of fasting.

I hope all of us may gain the reward Allah has promised us. InsyaAllah. May this Ramadhan become the point of Hijrah for us to be a better muslim. Remember,

For each one are successive [angels] before and
behind him who protect him by the decree of Allah.
Indeed, Allah will not change
the condition of a people
until they change what is in themselves.
And when Allah intends for a people ill, there is no repelling it.
And there is not for them besides Him any patron.

(Al-Imraan : 11)

Till then..

Wassalaam..

~ Because She is a Reflection of Me ~

there's this girl. from the first moment i saw her, something happened. and i immediately find myself feeling annoyed and judgemental towards her. its in the way she walks along the corridor as though she's walking on a runway. and her body language screaming "LOOK AT ME" and in the way she grins all the time showing her pearly whites to her friends that makes me think "no one is THAT happy..ALL the time" its not real. and its in the way she talk to the people around her looking all important and that sheepish smile never leaving her face.

when i think about it

i found this answer to be true

she is a reflection of me

or the person i portray to be

*

she's not that annoying now

because i know

like me,

she too is trying to survive this