and all the random things...

I was driving... then I noticed as I reached home, my meter thingy showed a nice number -


So random. I KNOW!

Anyhoo, Ness and I made full use of the last day of the book fair. Heavens!! We wish the fair could've stayed a wee bit longer, cause we both just couldn't get enough of the sight of all the books!! And I bought this!!!


And masya Allah, the sea of people who came to ICC for the book fair was quite... overwhelming, to the fact that it's almost impossible to find *halal-not-breaking-the-rule* parking space, so we decided to park all the way down, at the stadium tertutup and walked our hijabed wearing *insert appropriate word* up the hill. And being the unfit one, I climbed with much difficulties, so much so, I was breathing quite heavily as we reached the place. She, of course, made fun of me! WUBS YEW ANYWAYS!

And the sight of Tahfiz students (methinks) was calming to me. Their uniform is so lawa!! So tertutup. So proper! melikes!! Even one of the stall owners asked if I were one of the Tahfiz students (I wish!!). Huhu... then I had to lower my gaze as I took the change for the book I bought. Haya' neez, haya'!

I was browsing through Bimbingan Mu'minin, and I was interested to read more on -

Sifat yang harus diperhatikan dalam memilih sahabat.

Ketahuilah, bukan semua manusia patut dijadikan sahabat. Rasulullah s.a.w. telah bersabda:

"Seseorang itu atas agama (perjalanan) rakannya, maka hendaklah seseorang kamu memerhatikan siapa yang harus dipilih menjadi rakan"

Allah s.w.t. berfirman:

"Dan janganlah engkau menurut orang yang telah Kami lalaikan hatinya dari mengingati Kami, lalu ia mengikutkan hawa nafsunya" (al-Kahf:28)

"Maka berpalinglah engkau dari orang yang tiada mempedulikan peringatan Kami, dan ia hanya menginginkan kehidupan dunia semata-mata" (an-Najm:29)

"Dan ikutilah jalan orang yang suka kembali (bertaubat) kepada-Ku" (Luqman:15)

Alqamah berpesan kepada puteranya, katanya: Wahai anakku! Kiranya engkau merasakan perlu untuk bersahabat dengan seseorang, maka hendaklah engkau memilih orang yang sifatnya seperti berikut:

1. Jika engkau membuat bakti kepadanya, ia akan melindungimu.
2. Jika engkau rapatkan persahabatan dengannya, ia akan membalas baik persahabatanmu itu.
3. Jika engkau memerlukan pertolongan daripadanya berupa wang dan sebagainya, ia akan membantumu.
4. Jika engkau menghulurkan sesuatu kebaikan kepadanya, ia akan menerima dengan baik.
5. Jika ia mendapat sesuatu kebajikan (bantuan) daripadamu, ia akan menghargai atau menyebut kebaikanmu.
6. Jika ia melihat sesuatu yang tidak baik daripadamu, ia akan menutupnya.
7. Jika engkau meminta sesuatu bantuan daripadanya, ia akan mengusahakannya.
8. Jika engkau berdiam diri (kerana malu hendak meminta), ia akan menanyakan kesusahanmu.
9. Jika datang sesuatu bencana menimpa dirimu, ia akan meringankan kesusahanmu (membuat sesuatu untuk menghilangkan kesusahan itu).
10. Jika engkau berkata kepadanya, nescaya ia akan membenarkanmu.
11. Jika engkau merancangkan sesuatu, nescaya ia akan membantumu.
12. Jika kamu berdua berselisih faham, nescaya ia lebih senang mengalah untuk menjaga kepentingan persahabatan.

Alhamdulillah, Allah Maha Pemurah, I have found the girls who have one and more qualities stated above, and by Allah's will, we meet up every Friday to recharge our Iman, insya Allah! That is why I hearts my Halaqah Muslimahs! And the feeling of having the girls in my life is just... indescribable.

Friends for me, come and go. But with what I've been through these past few years, losing a best friend, losing contact with school friends, and only keeping in touch with a few closest friends, I realize the difference between 'kawan' and 'sahabat'. And the jodoh to meet my HM girls, somehow I believe that Allah menggantikan what I lost with something that's so much better. Subahanallah, Maha Suci Allah yang mengatur kehidupan hamba-Nya dengan begitu terperinci!

Allah s.w.t. berfirman:

"O Prophet, say to whoever is in your hands of the captives, "If Allah knows [any] good in your hearts, He will give you [something] better than what was taken from you, and He will forgive you; and Allah is Forgiving and Merciful." (Al-Anfal:70)

"Wahai Nabi (Muhammad)! Katakanlah kepada para tawanan perang yang ada di tanganmu, "Jika ALlah Mengetahui ada kebaikan di dalam hatimu, nescaya Dia akan memberikan yang lebih baik dari apa yang telah diambil darimu dan Dia akan Mengampuni kamu". Allah Maha Pengampun, Maha Penyayang." (Al-Anfal:70)

At ease, in this lifetime, I do hope that you've found the kind of friends that can make you feel like a million dollar, so to say, the ones that bring that smile on your face, that give their shoulder when you cry, listen when you pour out, despite of your weaknesses, accept you for who you are and what you want to be, and guide you as much as they could so that you can be that someone you want to be with.

:) Salam ukhuwwah!