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A few nights back, I told Mr...

"Lets both try our very best to be the best muslim and muslimah, so that when any one of us leave the world first, we will be sad because of the longing feeling for each other and because we will miss each other very much BUT we will be happy and calm because we know, insyaAllah, we will see each other again in Jannah..and by then, it will be for eternity.."

If you love your family and you want to be with them till eternity, love Allah, and remind them to love Allah too.

Remember. Dunya is temporary. 
Our weakness? Love for the World & Fear of Death (Cinta Dunia & Takut Mati)
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) once said (predicted).. 


 “The People will soon summon one another to attack you as people when eating invite others to share their food.” Someone asked, “Will that be because of our small numbers at that time?” He replied, “No, you will be numerous at that time: but you will be froth and scum like that carried down by a torrent (of water), and Allah will take the fear of you from the breasts (hearts) of your enemy and cast al-wahn (weakness) into your hearts.” Someone asked, “O Messenger of Allah, what is al-wahn?” He replied, “Love of the world and dislike of death.” 

Last Friday,  me and Mr went to a talk by Shaykh Abdulbary Yahya in Taylor's University. The title of the talk was "The Shepherd's Path'. It was about the story of our beloved Prophet Muhammad S.A.W.


This was our second time attending an Islamic talk together, the first was Imam Suhaib Webb's talk about 8 months back. Its always a good feeling, attending Islamic talks with him. Like for an hour or so, we were both on the same page, gaining the same knowledge on Islam, telling each other "Eh write that!" or giving eye contact or signs that say "Hah! Listen to that!"... and I love the follow up discussions we have in the car later after the talks.. (although it may sometimes turn out to debates and fights haha)

I notice that most of the attendees came in groups, probably a usual thing for them, to attend these seminars with a group of friends who share the same interests. I'm sure they often get invites to attend these seminars to improve their knowledge in Islam, how lucky!

As for me and Mr, I have to say that it has never really been our top priority, but I'm glad that we remind each other, that sometimes, we need to attend Islamic talks, in order to remind ourselves too. "Eh jom! There's this talk on... yadda...yadda...yadda..."

We can be a bit picky and bias though. Honestly, we love it when the foreigners talk. First of all, its because its conducted in English. Secondly, because they're easier to relate to our modern practices and it really gets to the heart. We don't get reminders on how we'll be punished if we disobey, instead we're being taught and reminded on how we can improve ourselves and purify our hearts - a more overall positive approach.

There was a moment during the talk, Shaykh talked about the day of the death of our Prophet S.A.W, and while he was telling the story, he teared. I looked around and I saw another 5-6 others, bringing out tissues from their pockets/bags, and wiped their tears too. Me and about 50 others in the hall just listened to his story, just like it was another story.

At that moment, I felt ashamed. Ashamed that I didn't love our Prophet as much as these people did. If we love someone, when we talk about them or their deaths, we can feel the sadness in our hearts. But how can we love someone, if we don't know the person well enough? I was ashamed.

Here we are in this modern world, trying our best to know every single thing about Beyonce's life and her pregnancy, go hysteria over Justin Bieber, and mourn on the death of Steve Jobs, and we read books of top international footballers, and we don't even bother to know our Prophet a little better? Other than stories being told by our Ustaz/Ustazah?

In order to love someone, we need to know and understand the person well. What have we done to understand and know our Prophet Muhammad S.A.W well?

Oh. What a reminder.



To keep updates on other related seminars/talks in Malaysia, you may check out:
1. Al-Kauthar Institute
2. Al-Maghrib Institute
3. Young Muslims Project

Mr told me the other day to double check all my recitation in solat. So making full use of my new ipad (heeeeeee) i youtube for all the compulsory readings in solat. Terkejut weyhhh! Ada yg tertinggal ayat, ada yg salah sebut, ada yg terepusing-pusing. Its funny how we do this EVERY day but its still not perfect - mungkin terlepas pandang, mungkin asyik duk speedy gonzalez je solat sampai tanpa disedari, tunggang langgang bacaan.

Jom betulkan bacaan dalam solat rakan-rakan! Tahiyat awal/akhir, doa qunut, al-fatihah, semualah! Solat tu tiang agama :)

"Kalau hendak berubah, berubahlah bukan kerana manusia tetapi berubah kerana Allah.Kalau berubah kerana manusia, takut satu hari nanti, kita kalah.Kalau berubah kerana Allah, Insya Allah bleh menang."

Kesimpulan dari ayat di atas :

Ada je orang yang kita nampak berubah sebab manusia bukan sebab Allah. TAPI, pernah tak kita terfikir sekiranya Allah hantar manusia itu untuk membantu seseorang itu berubah? Memang ada orang yang berubah sebab manusia dan akhirnya kembali ke jalan hitam seperti sebelum itu kerana hubungannya dengan manusia itu berakhir.

Apa gunanya akal fikiran? Akal adalah untuk kita membezakan yang baik dan yang buruk. Sekiranya kita dapati sesorang itu berubah disebabkan manusia, kita sepatutnya buka mata dan bersyukur dengan perubahan itu. Itulah dinamakan hidayah. Hidayah Allah ini ada bermacam- macam.

Manusia ini memang susah hendak tengok perubahan orang lain. Pelik, tapi benar. Lagi- lagi kaum Melayu kita. Aku tak suka hendak bercerita buruk pasal kaum sendiri, tapi itu adalah hakikatnya.Sekiranya kita hendak jadi kaum yang berjaya di negara sendiri atau di dunia, kita kenalah buang dan kikis jauh-jauh sifat- sifat keji yang tuhan tak suka,

Buang yang keruh, ambil yang jernih. Cermin- cerminlah diri itu sebelum hendak memberi nasihat.