have you heard?

Sometimes, summary points are there to help you save time reading long long sentences. =) i know i'm that bad at summarizing long long sentences (go figure~)

• first online usrah with the girls in Leeds was held today. (Alhamdulillah, jazakallahu khayran girls, joint-effort with sweetiebums)
• topic discussed was ISK. (neez, what's ISK? teehee)
• insya Allah, continuation will be held the weekend after we get back from Jakarta. (interested to join? email me or ness)
  
• oh, WE are off to TWO cities next week. (doakan for our safe journey and return, jazakallah!)
  
• tickets are confirmed, bought and printed. (Alhamdulillah for the rezeki)
  
• someone's blog is un-existed. (such a word?)
• waves at dina in Canada because we MISS YOU so. (we doooo~)
  
• had HM meeting on Friday, ice cream session and we "cam-vain" like crazy. (good pictures can be used for borang ta'aruf, yes?)
• we miss DINA! (come back soon!)
  
• my nephew is such a BAMBAM! (picture as proof!)
  

"watchu lookin' at?"

redha.

Do not fall into despair if blessings come late, even though you keep asking for them, because Allah has promised to heed prayers. Yet the wish to be granted will be granted because He wishes it for you, not because you wish it for yourself. Ibn `Ata’ Allah al-Iskandar

Assalamu'alaikum wbh,

it has been a very busy (filled with activities and 'stuff' to do) weeks indeed, that I found myself being exhausted and yet still have the time to do more stuff. How amazing is that? :)

Alhamdulillah I am in the best of health, the best of age, the best of contentment! Masya Allah. Kaifa haluki dearest? It's enough to know that you still read this blog, even though it hasn't been progressing well as well as how it really is in real life :) Alhamdulillah... but at least :) the effort still counts, yes?

May you are in the best of health and iman!

Alhamdulillah, Allah has given me abundant rezeki these past few weeks. I am just so content and overwhelmed with the things I got to do that I just feel thankful to Allah for giving me such opportunities. I suppose with all the 'free' time I have in my hands, I have nothing better to do than grabbing every free time I have to do more stuff of my interest - anything that has something to do with my ad-deen, of course.

Raihan's Demi Masa song is a good reminder to myself first and foremost.

Ingat 5 perkara sebelum 5 perkara;

sihat sebelum sakit

muda sebelum tua

kaya sebelum miskin

lapang sebelum sempit

hidup sebelum mati

I am redha with the fact that I am yet to be dubbed as a 'working citizen', hence I am also redha that Allah knows best, that it is not my time yet, perhaps this time around, it is best for me to make use of that free time to spend my time with those of from whom I can learn and gain more knowledge about Islam, perhaps this time around, I am supposed to work more on tarbiyah-ing myself, muhasabah diri, preparing myself for what I really want in this life, what are my goals, where do I wanna go from here and what do I want to achieve in the end? By terming 'in the end', I mean akhirah. Plus, I get to work more on doing voluntary works helping people :) that gives me the satisfaction I can't describe.

It all comes back to niat, I suppose.

innamal a'malu binnyah - setiap perbuatan tergantung daripada niat.

If we do something for the sake of Allah and to achieve His redha, then we tend to not expect a lot from people, we don't expect much about being appreciated and recognized for doing something, because we know there is a much greater 'gift' in the eyes of Allah, that Allah has provided a much better recognition for those who have faith and believe in His promises. And these past few months, I have learnt a lot about the difference in doing something for the sake of Allah - nawaitulillah - and for the sake of something other than Allah - nawaitu-whatever.

Yes, true, sometimes recognition and praises can help to motivate us to continue doing what we are doing, and then what? After you get recognition and praises, don't you ever get tired of trying to improve yourself in order to get more praises and recognition from people? Isn't it exhausting? People can also get tired of complimenting you. But then what do I know? heehee. husnuzhon, neez! hati dan fikiran, sangka baik!! :)

Coming back to doing something for the sake of Allah, I suppose, the difference is that you feel that 'extra' contentment, that feeling of satisfaction because you know you do something good and you know that Allah is your witness. She said that, "if we are chasing after fame, it would be very easy for us to do and get that, but because our intentions are not heading towards that (fame and recognition) but because we love doing this for the sake of Allah and to continue what Rasulullah s.a.w. has started some 1400 years ago, so we need no recognition from others except the redha of Allah, and so that when we are gathered at Padang Masyhar later, we would be able to stand beside Rasulullah s.a.w. and say to him that we have tried our best..."

and that is what matters the most.

Okay, I think I'm beginning to go astray from my initial topic. So I think I better stop here because it's FRIDAY and you know what happens on FRIDAY! ;) So I need to get ready. I miss my girls!!

I love my Halaqah Muslimahs! KKH& GG!

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!

gulali giggles and such.

Assalamu'alaikum everyone,

Masya Allah, it has been a hectic week. When I say 'hectic', it's truly a blessing for feeling as if 24 hours is just ain't enough to do what we do. lol. Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah. Now let me gather all my thoughts to update you with what's been happening, insya Allah.

Alhamdulillah, the sisters and I were able to attend Ustaz Zaharuddin's Kursus Sehari Kesempurnaan Solat last week. I was able to sleepover at her house so that we could wake up together, solat together, and drive the long journey together, I was prohibited from sleeping along the way though. lol. It was indeed an interesting journey and morning. Having to arrive at the supposed venue, only to find that we were the only ones there. Alhamdulillah for tech-y phones that can go online to check the email again to confirm date and venue. Lurus all the details, but why no one at sight? Haiyah. So after making calls, we were told the venue has changed at the very last minute and we were among the few who weren't informed. As we had to drive to the changed venue, along the way, I supposed we kept on reminding each other to not lose it. Kept telling each other that Allah knows best. Kept telling each other that maybe our niat wasn't right. Wallahu'alam. That helped a lot from being all angry and cursing. I guess ada hikmahnya that we went there together. Masya Allah!

Upon arrival, Alhamdulillah, we were among the first ones to arrive. Waa-hey! Despite the rain, it didn't stop us at all.

Alhamdulillah, the one-day intensive course really helped us to memperbaiki our solat, just like what she posted and she posted. Personally, I like the last part the most. Because that was when Ustaz pointed out issues about aurat wanita and it was enough to say that I kept on cringing and asking myself "sempurna kah sudah cara ku menutup aurat?" sigh. Padas yaw! But effective. lol. And and and, when Ustaz showed the clip, the ones who laughed the most actually were the ones who cried the most (and loudest too). An experience I shall always remember to remind me of that particular feeling.

Wahai Tuhan, ku tak layak ke syurgaMu
Namun tak pula aku sanggup ke nerakaMu
Ampunkan dosaku terimalah taubatku
Sesungguhnya Engkau lah Pengampun dosa-dosa besar...

It was truly an eye opening experience. I'd recommend everyone to attend it if there's an opportunity and chance for it to be provided again. It is truly a worthy investment, insya Allah. Having a crappy beginning/ morning (or so we thought), at the end of the day, we realized that Allah is truly the best planner because we thought, "we wouldn't mind going through the same incident again if THIS is what it feels at the end of the day".

:)

Then, came the beginning of the week. We had the senior halaqah to attend cause she was presenting. But had to cut it short cause we were sending her dad off. This day, to me, everything that I planned to do felt as if I was fighting the tide. Have you ever had that feeling where everything just seemed and felt so wrong? And every time you wanna do something, there's always a problem that rises up that disrupt the plan? Well, that was what I felt on this day. I don't know why but I know Allah knows best. But yeah.

The next day, I had a presentation going on. I didn't quite prepare it as if I were about to be examined by it because I spent the whole day out (even though on the contrary it was more like being judged at our presentation skills). I only started writing the notes and points and preparing the slides the night before and practiced on the speech twice before sleeping. I told myself, I'd try my very best, and if this is my rezeki then it'd be mine, insya Allah, so no need to lose sleep or be all stressed out about it". The key word is moderate. I did try my best, Alhamdulillah, and the presentation went smoothly. Alhamdulillah. I couldn't stop smiling right after. Especially knowing the fact that I was doing the presentation but she was the one feeling nervous. lol. She was the first one I called when I finished though. Just to calm her nerves. I wubs yew!!

Then, I slept over at her place again (Awu, addicted). This time because we had halaqah at her place the next day. I gotta say, we were stuffed at the end of the day. Her mother spent all day preparing food for us. We were PAMPERED. The girls loved the food. Hey, why do you think I sleepover a lot?? :P Alhamdulillah for the rezeki :) Jazakillah!
(girls: I forgot to minta maaf during the end of the majlis since I was chairing it and I gave the 7-minutes kulthum, that kalau ada terkasar bahasa, tersilap kata yang menyinggung perasaan secara tak sengaja, I want to apologize for that...)

Having to say goodbye was hard, parting was hard. Like lovers we are! Love love pun but this girl gotta go home.

Rememer koton kandi hugs and gulali giggles!!

Yesterday, mum's birthday. We had family lunch at Nyonya's. Only my eldest brother and his family couldn't make it because he had to work the night shift. Oh and my younger brother who's currently not here. But it's ho-kay. It was a nice family reunion. Aiman: mum mentioned that she misses you, you haven't called in a loooooooooong time.

Happy Birthday Mum!

Hanya iringan doa yang dapat anakanda hadiahkan untuk kesejahteraan dan kebahagiaan mama di dunia dan di akhirat, Amin... You are truly the best mum!

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Can you say RED!!

=)

Happy Independence Day, Brunei!!

Ini Sejarah Kita.

Well, actually...

ini adalah sebahagian daripada sejarah kita :)

Assalamu'alaikum semua...

Kaifa haluki? Ana alhamdulillah. Teruja rasanya untuk memblog malam nie. Tapi insya Allah, mudahan bukan pasal yang remeh temeh...

first and foremost, I am not a fan of history. I didn't quite like it when I was in school. Tapi semenjak dua menjak nie, pandangan ana tentang history atau 'sejarah' telah berubah. Terutama sekali bila ia bersangkut paut dengan Islam.

Ana mesti mengakui, pengetahuan ana adalah terlalu sedikit sekali tentang Palestine. Tentang Palestine. Tentang Palestine.

Tapi insya Allah, selagi ada kemahuan untuk membuka minda, untuk mencari lebih informasi tentang issue yang agak 'sensitif' ini, ana sebagai insan yang terlalu lemah akan tetap mencari dan terus mencari...

Yesterday, one of the senior sisters shared how her children viewed the rich and famous who have donated a large sum of money all over the world to help out those in need and with the help of media, their 'donations' are made known all over the world, sharing how 'generous' these rich and famous are, and children being children took this as a way to be 'impressed' at their generosity to help out those who need help, in terms of building houses, schools, etc... and when children are impressed they go, "mum, look at such and such, how generous they are, giving their money to build this and that.. that is gooooood example, no?" (ps. I made up the conversation, I doubt children do talk like that. lol)

Pfft. I thought, "If only they knew..."

I've only learnt more in-depth about Islam for the past few months, give it a year or two the most (atupun that time around, still yo-yo because I had no clear guide as to where to go, no one to direct me to the right articles, readings, etc). But now, ALHAMDULILLAH INDEED!! I got my HM sisters, and we gots a few more others who have been here long enough to guide us, give us nasihat, support us... Alhamdulillah for this ukhuwwah... :D

Tapi ni tak bermakna kita terlewat untuk mengetahui sedikit sebanyak tentang sejarah kita, mana lah tau insya Allah suatu hari nanti kita bleh 'impress' the young ones tentang betapa hebat sebenarnya kita pada zaman dahulu, dan insya Allah, as history has a way of repeating itself, mudahan kita akan jadi hebat sekali lagi!!

Now, mari belajar sedikit tentang sejarah kita.. JOM!!
(rujukan: buku ISK)

• Adakah anda tahu di zaman pemerintahan Khalifah Al-Makmun yang bermula pada tahun 813 hingga 833 Masihi, bermulanya sistem yang memperkenalkan institusi penterjemahan dan pengumpulan ilmu yang dinamakan sebagai Baitul Hikmah yang mana buku-buku dikumpul dari negeri-negeri seperti Rome, China, India, Parsi, Greek, dan Mesir Kuno untuk diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Arab.

• Tahukah anda, kesan dari sistem itu, lahir tokoh-tokoh Islam yang mahir dalam sesuatu bidang, seperti Ibn Batuttah yang mahir dalam ilmu Geografi (dari 1304 hingga 1369M).

• Tahukah anda, di bidang astronomi, orang Islam berjaya mengira ukur lilit bumi sebelum manusia pernah membuat ekspedisi mengelilingi bumi?

• Tahukah (kenalkan) anda tokoh-tokoh Islam seperti Ibnu Sina, Al Ghazali, Al Biruni, Ibnu Nafis, Khawarizmi, Al Farabi, Omar Khayyam yang telah banyak contribute ilmu-ilmu yang kita gunakan sekarang, seperti matematik, falsafah, astronomi, perubatan, tasawwuf?

• Tahukah anda Universiti Al-Azhar adalah universiti tertua di dunia (di bina pada 988M) ? Sedangkan universiti-universiti di Eropah hanya bermula pada 1088, ie. Oxford University bermula pada 1167.

• Tahukah anda siapa dia Salahuddin Al-Ayubi? Tahukah anda jasa dan pengorbanan yang telah dia lakukan untuk umat Islam pada tahun 1924 untuk Palestine? (hint: google google youtube youtube wiki wiki!!)

• Apa istimewanya Palestine? Kenapa kita sebagai umat Islam sebenarnya harus mengetahui sejarah Palestine?

(ps. kalau ada yang tersilap, tolong betulkan - Jazakillah)

Perhaps I wasn't a big fan of history lessons, tapi tanpa mengetahui sejarah kita, macam mana kita nak tahu apa yang kita patut banggakan, tanpa mengetahui sejarah kita, macam mana kita nak kenal siapa 'diri kita' yang sebenarnya?

It's never too late :)

If you ask me, I think a good start is to read any books about Sirah Nabi Muhammad s.a.w., because who else that gives us the best example of mankind that lasts through time except our beloved Prophet? Sesungguhnya Nabi kesayangan kita adalah contoh sebaik-baik manusia, and to know him is indeed to love him...

Ukhuwwah Islamiyah....

...Bonded by Aqeedah.
(and lotssss of love~)

UHHIBUKUM FILLAH, YA MUSLIMAH!!!

-xoxo-

truly thankful.

Assalamu'alaikum dearest,

kaifa haluki? Ana alhamdulillah :) sihat sejahtera and terlalu gembira.

In fact, I'm just too happy that I am that lazy to blog until she persuaded me to post just one post. And I yield. lol. Well, that's because I love her, for the sake of Allah of course.. :)

uhhibuka fillah!!

Anyways, today is like any other day for me. Blessed and fruitful, insya Allah. Allah indeed is enough for me, even at times of ujian (especially this week), be it fall on one of the sisters, or even a few of the sisters in fact, I suppose what makes us stronger is the ukhuwwah that we have that assure us that we have each other besides Allah. And that, my friends, is something that I can't even begin to describe with words without having to shed some tears (of joy).

Thank you Allah for Your Bountiful Blessings.

(see? when I start blogging, I tend to blab away even when my initial intention is just to post some pictures... tsk!)

A story.

There I was walking down the *escalator (*can you walk down an escalator kan? lol), when I stopped by the stall that sells religious (Islamic) books when I spotted one nicely-stacked tafsir. I was browsing through it, and went to a particular (random) Surah I had in mind. When I finished reading the tafsir, the guy said, "that's *insert cost*"

I nodded.

He added, "Fi Zilal *insert cost*"

And I was taken aback by what he said. I repeated, "Fi Zilal?" I asked. He nodded and pointed at another box kept away. I approached it slowly and felt as if the world has paused for a while and slowly captured those moments when I approached the stack and touched the first tafsir. I melted, literally. And I hugged it, with passion, literally.

"I wanna bring you home", I whispered.

You see, the girls and I have our weekly Tafsir session with an *ustaz (*name kept in privacy to avoid fitnah) by referring to Sayyid Qutb's "Di Bawah Naungan Al-Qur'an" or in Arabic, it's called "Fi Zilalil Qur'an" and it took us two months to finish the Muqaddimah part of the tafsir, and it's only about 21 pages. TWO MONTHS! Imagine finishing the whole tafsir :)

Can you say, time well spent?? (read: saham untuk akhirat, insya Allah)

You see, we have access to e-books (online pdf file) and we can print it out and photocopy it for our own collection, but....

I have secretly prayed that one day I would be able to own this collection even if it means that I have to travel to KL to get them. Yep, for this, I am willing to sacrifice :)

Allah Maha Mendengar...

So He made it easy for it. Alhamdulillah...It was right in front of my eyes... I fell in love~

And now, Alhamdulillah, I am the owner of:



And I have 12 Jilid to read up!! :)

Girls, feel free to borrow any. FOC! =)

You, satisfied?? =P

You, much much appreciated!!

xoxo

Fi'amanilillah, everyone.

srikandi Islam.

Assalamu'alaikum dearies,

terabai rasanya blog ani lately. Bukan alasan ana tidak ada perkara untuk diupdate, ganya lately ani, ana lebih rather spend most of masa ana with the sisters or baca buku yang semakin banyak jadi collection. Plus, mungkin inspirasi untuk menulis makin berkurangan pasal ani rasanya untuk mentarbiyah diri sendiri atas segala kekurangan yang terlalu ketara di mata ana...

Ya Allah perteguhkan keimanan hamba-Mu ini dan tingkatkan ketaqwaanku dalam menempuh setiap ujian dari-Mu, walau dalam bentuk apa sekalipun...

Ana ada gambar yang diambil bersama akhowat tapi memandangkan betapa berharganya ukhuwah fillah yang kami bina, dan untuk menjauhkan daripada fitnah dan dalam pandangan ana sendiri, akhowat ani terlalu 'berharga' untuk ana suka-suka hati menampalkan gambar mereka dalam blog ana tanpa izin mereka. Keperibadian akhowat benar-benar merisik hati ana untuk memperbaiki lagi kelemahan hati ana. Ana begitu teruja dengan penghafalan dan penghayatan dan pengetahuan akhowat tentang perkara-perkara yang ana sedang cuba untuk berjinak-jinak... insya Allah, semoga akhowat ani memberi ana dorongan dan sokongan yang lebih kuat untuk mencapai keindahan hidup berlandaskan syariat... ;)

Ana hanya akan post gambar random yang diambil oleh Ness. Do you reckon she got the hidden natural talent as a photographer? ;)




Ana sedang jatuh cinta dengan 'Tautan Hati', lebih jauh ana membaca buku atu, lebih banyak pengetahuan dan iktibar yang ana dapat ambil dalam mengubat hati yang masih dalam proses pengenalan. Makin ana buka setiap lembaran, makin ana jatuh cinta dengan peribadi srikandi Islam... masya Allah, manisnya sangat-sangat tidak dapat ana gambarkan...

Ni cukup untuk membuatkan ana rindu pada akhowat ana... rindu berabisly. Inda sabar rasanya kan berjumpa lagi, insya Allah...

Jika sepasang kekasih berdating di taman,
kita tidak sabar-sabar dating dalam halaqoh,
Jika sepasang kekasih bercumbuan dalam sembunyi,
di bawah cahaya rembulan, berdua-duaan, jauh dari orang
kita berkasih sayang dalam sembunyi dan terang tanpa takut dan bimbang,
Jika sepasang kekasih sering bermain madah berhelah,
kita berhibur dengan madah kalamullah,
Jika sepasang kekasih sering memadu kasih atas rangsangan nafsu,
kita berkasih atas landasan ukhuwahfillah, bebas dari dorongan nafsu semata,
Jika sepasang kekasih akan menunaikan apa sahaja kemahuan kekasihnya,
kita pula berusaha sedaya upaya menunaikan apa sahaja kemahuan Pencipta kita,
Jika sepasang kekasih sentiasa saling menjaga hati,
kita sentiasa saling menjaga akhlak dan pekerti sesama,
saling nasihat menasihati agar makin berkualiti,
Jika sepasang kekasih merasakan dunia ini mereka yang punya,
kita sentiasa menyedari hakikat dunia ini Allah yang punya,
Jika sepasang kekasih sanggup korbankan harta, keluarga dan maruah demi cinta,
kita sanggup korbankan segala-galanya demu cinta agung-Nya,
dalam masa yang sama mencintai keluarga dan memelihara maruah setingginya...

- petikan dari Tautan Hati

Terima kasih Ya Allah~

ammey: Alhamdulillah sihat... how are you dearie? pray that all is well for you, insya Allah :)

the week.

Assalamu'alaikum WBT...

Alhamdulillah, kupanjatkan syukur ke hadrat Allah s.w.t kerana limpah kurnia dariNya, kita semua masih berada di sini, di awal tahun hijrah and I suppose, it's not too late for me to say:

SALAM MA'AL HIJRAH 1429 EVERYONE!!

Resolutions? =) Semoga Allah memberkati kehidupan kitani, menambahkan keimanan, kesabaran dan ketaqwaan kitani dalam menjalani ibadah dengan keikhlasan hati, memurahkan rezeki kitani, mengeratkan dan menguatkan ukhuwah yang kitani bina atas dasar kecintaan kepada Allah dan demi menegakkan keindahan dan kebenaran ugama Islam dan semoga hari-hari yang kitani lalui akan mendatangkan manfaat kepada diri kitani, keluarga kitani, kawan-kawan kitani dan masyarakat sekeliling, amnya. Insya Allah.

I could've posted about it prior to the day itself, tapi... Alhamdulillah my days have been filled up with activities that insya Allah akan dapat mendatangkan berkat, rezeki dan jua menambahkan ilmu (dan iman) Amin... =)

Banyak aktiviti yang telah berlaku, and I personally put 'aktiviti' pasal I think the activities 'activate' me, who is still unemployed, to fill up my time with doing beneficial things, insya Allah =)

One of them - Alhamdulillah, berkat rezeki dari Allah, the night of the awal muharram, the sisters and I went all the way to KB (driven by Y - Jazakillah sweetie, semoga ditambahkan rezeki cos bersusah payah fetching the girls and driving us safely there and back ;)). We were invited by one of the sisters to attend a ceramah by penceramah undangan.

WHO?

Prof. Dr. Harun Din.

YEP!

Masya Allah. Ada rezeki jua kan jumpa him =) The ceramah that night was about 'Hijrah', how we 'hijrah' from this world to the next, in particular. And bits about pembacaan Surah Al-Fatihah yang betul. =) SIUKKKKK!!

What's more better than getting the chance to meet him was, none other than the surprise made by her. We were stunned upon salam-ing with the girls and there she was, with her cheeky smile saying "Assalamu'alaikum". It was a shock that the others had to 'shussh' us down to calm us down with the unexpected surprise. I, for one, couldn't help cubit-ing her. It worked!! Now, that's what I'd call 'the best surprise'. Cheeky girl! LOVE YOU!

"Ketua Darjah sudah balik", that's what Ustaz and Ustazah said. Lol. Couldn't agree more ;)

Then, as usual, Friday is our halaqah meet-up. Continuing our Fi Zilal sessions with Ustaz (ref: Di Bawah Naungan Al-Qur'an by Sayyid Qutb), and Alhamdulillah, after two months, we've finished mendalami the 'Muqaddimah' (baru muqaddimah) and yesterday we've started on mendalami the tafsir on Surah Adl-Dluha and Al-Iqra'. Alhamdulillah. Thanks to D for hosting the session and providing us with food. Alhamdulillah.

The sisters have plans to do activities together (like the one in Shahbandar), the good news is - it's open to any other sisters who are interested to join in the fun - it'd be like ta'aruf (perkenalan) session by doing activities together, in other words, mengeratkan lagi silaturrahim between us sisters. Insya Allah, when details are agreed, will post it.

Oh oh. I've finished reading:
1. Ayat Ayat Cinta
2. Ketika Cinta Bertasbih Ep. 1
3. Ketika Cinta Bertasbih Ep. 2

Now, I'm hunting for more novels yang dapat membangunkan jiwa (and memberi kesedaran) insya Allah.

FYI, HM: I love you my sisters. I really do. I miss being around you girls!! xxx