by Tawfique Chowdhury during his lecture in Juz Tabaraak | IIUM Mosque
1. Do not let your 'performance' until now affect your last 10 days. The moment of forgiveness could be today or anytime in the coming days! It is not all lost! If you sincerely wish it could have been better - Chin up and get ready to make it your best yet! Start with a positive, sincere intention!
2. Today, take a little time to read the Tafseer of Surah al-Qadr to understand what actually happens this night! You will feel its power & greatness so much more!
3. Do not wait for the 27th Night to give it your "all". The entire last 10 days should be your target. Stay up each night! Would you want to miss Laylatul Qadr even "by chance"?
4. Do not fall into any innovations/celebrations any masjid or culture might try to promote. Follow the Sunnah! The Prophet (sallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam) guided us simply: "Whoever stays up and prays on Laylat al-Qadr out of faith and in the hope of reward, his previous sins will be forgiven.”
5. Memorize and keep asking the dua' taught by Rasulullah (sallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam): Allaahumma innaka ‘afuwwun tuhibb al-‘afwa fa’affu ‘anni (O Allaah, You are forgiving and You love forgiveness, so forgive me).
6. Prepare a short dua' list. Remember this is as awesome as it ever gets for a servant of Allah! The Night of Qadr, of Destiny! Consciously pick each and everything you crucially wish for in this dunya, in your deen, family, and in your aakhirah! Don't forget to include the brothers and sisters around the world who are suffering and in grief!
7. Take brief naps during the day, if possible. Keep your stomach light and sleep as soon as you have prayed 'isha. Do not delay! After a brief nap, refresh yourself and get ready for worship.
8. Don't neglect your family! Rasulullah made it a point to wake up his wives throughout these nights! And yes, your children are not too young to stay up some part of the night - if they can be allowed to play video games or watch TV, they can be inspired to be up atleast for sometime! Prepare them, make them excited, plan some activities for them to do!
9. Look the Part: The way we dress and prepare has a big effect on our psychology. Wear your best, perfume yourself, and feel the energy!
10. Choose a spot, whether in the Masjid or in your home, where you can have peace and solitude. Keep your mushaf, praying mat, and water at hand so that you are not distracted by constantly getting up for this or that.
11. IMP: This is not the night to tweet pics or update FB statuses about how amazing the night is and how you are feeling & worshipping Allah! Let that be a secret between you & your Rabb! So switch off those phones, wifi, laptops and computers. Disconnect with the world, and connect with al-'Afuww!
12. If you find yourself feeling sleepy, vary your acts of worship. Alternate between qiyaam, heartfelt dua'a, reading the Qur'an. Do not spend the night listening to lectures or recitations. Or do it only for a short while when you feel the sleep coming on!
13. Patience is the Key: The last 10 days might be tiring. You might still have work or school. This is the time to bear all that hardship, and keep firm sabr. Think how Allah has blessed you with this tremendous opportunity that might NEVER come again in your life again. If you knew for sure that this was your last #Ramadan, if you knew certainly that Jannah was up for grabs, wouldn't you sprint for it no matter what it takes?
14. This is most important: Keep husn adh-dhann bi Allah (good expectations from Allah). When you ask, remember you are asking the Most Generous King. If you hope for the best, He will give you the best. Don't hold back. Trust in Him, pour out your heart in front of Him, and let no doubt, no barrier, no evil thoughts keep you away from ar-Rahman, ar-Raheem!
Thanks to sister Aliya for this sharing. May we enter the Jannah and become a neighbour. Biiznillah. :)
Monday, July 29, 2013
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
(I Tell Myself) (OST The Lucky One)
Here the song
Say that I'm changed
Say I'm different
Maybe I finally understand
Say I've let go
Say that it's obvious
I tell myself over and over
And over and over again
I'm ready I'm ready
I'm ready to believe
Tell me I'm strong
Tell me I'm weak
Tell me I'll never, never bend
Tell me I'm fire
Tell me I'm cold
Cold I tell myself over and
Over and over again
I'm ready I'm ready
I'm ready to believe
'Cuz I want to feel my heart
Yes I want to feel my heart
Yeah I want to feel feel feel my heart
So tell me I'm strong
Tell me I'm weak
Tell me I'll never understand
Oh, but I'm ready
I'm ready I'm ready to believe
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Satan's Deception
Method of knowing Satan's Deception
7 methods to know the cheating and deception of Satan with which he snares mankind:
1) Satan will stop man from worship altogether
-If Allah saves him and that man wont listen to Satan, they'll go to the next step
2)Satan beguiles him to postpone his worship for sometime
-If the man saves himself from this attack by Allah's mercy, the next plan is awaiting......
3)He instigates the man to complete such and such jobs in order to gain full freedom for sincere worship
- means that man will always thinking about his job and not paying so much attention on his worship. If fail...
4)Satan will involve man in show and ostentation by suggesting the worship should be offered very nicely and attentively.
-but if that man saves himself from this trick.....
5)Satan could involve him in pride and arrogance that he is a great worshipper and a very righteous being.
-with the help of Allah, man also could save himself by arguing that he is very sinful man and his worship and devotion are due only to Allah's mercy, despite his sins. Now the next way after satan failed.....
6) About show and ostentation too. Satan very cunningly suggests to the man that however secretly he may worship, Allah will make his worship and devotion known to the public and he will thus renowned automatically.
- if they also failed...
7) Satan suggests that those good and bad deeds have no effects on man's fate, because everything has been finally settled and decreed in the very beginning of creation.
-if that man saves himself from this trick of Satan, he will believe that being a servant of Allah he has to be obedient and submissive irrespective of what has been decreed for him.
We as Muslims, are always under Satan's supervision and the true believer is someone who appear before Allah as a devout servant than a disobedient one.
These are all only possibilities and probabilities. Allah has promised to reward those who will go to Him with Ieman and good deeds.
Allah alone is All-Powerful. All help comes from Him only.
Edited from Minhajul 'Abidin: Imam Ghazali
7 methods to know the cheating and deception of Satan with which he snares mankind:
1) Satan will stop man from worship altogether
-If Allah saves him and that man wont listen to Satan, they'll go to the next step
2)Satan beguiles him to postpone his worship for sometime
-If the man saves himself from this attack by Allah's mercy, the next plan is awaiting......
3)He instigates the man to complete such and such jobs in order to gain full freedom for sincere worship
- means that man will always thinking about his job and not paying so much attention on his worship. If fail...
4)Satan will involve man in show and ostentation by suggesting the worship should be offered very nicely and attentively.
-but if that man saves himself from this trick.....
5)Satan could involve him in pride and arrogance that he is a great worshipper and a very righteous being.
-with the help of Allah, man also could save himself by arguing that he is very sinful man and his worship and devotion are due only to Allah's mercy, despite his sins. Now the next way after satan failed.....
6) About show and ostentation too. Satan very cunningly suggests to the man that however secretly he may worship, Allah will make his worship and devotion known to the public and he will thus renowned automatically.
- if they also failed...
7) Satan suggests that those good and bad deeds have no effects on man's fate, because everything has been finally settled and decreed in the very beginning of creation.
-if that man saves himself from this trick of Satan, he will believe that being a servant of Allah he has to be obedient and submissive irrespective of what has been decreed for him.
We as Muslims, are always under Satan's supervision and the true believer is someone who appear before Allah as a devout servant than a disobedient one.
These are all only possibilities and probabilities. Allah has promised to reward those who will go to Him with Ieman and good deeds.
Allah alone is All-Powerful. All help comes from Him only.
Edited from Minhajul 'Abidin: Imam Ghazali
IMAN dan 'Amal
Bismillah
Tersedar jam 2.30 pagi, dan langsung tak boleh lelap.
Allah mengejutkanku utk ku terus mengingati Dia. Kekasih utama hidupku, Yg Memberi rezeki, Yg Memberi Ni'mat hidup.
Surah an-Nisa', banyak menguntum hikmah-hikmah Allah pabila diteliti maksudnya. Tiba-tiba tersenyum sendirian meneliti terjemahannya.
An-nisa': 57
Maksud:
Dan orang-orang yang beriman dan mengerjakan amalan-amalan yang soleh, kelak akan Kami masukkan mereka ke dalam surga yang di dalamnya mengalir sungai-sungai; kekal mereka di dalamnya; mereka di dalamnya mempunyai pasangan-pasangan yang suci, dan Kami masukkan mereka ke tempat yang teduh lagi nyaman.
Hikmah yg boleh dikutip:
#ada banyak sangat gambaran syurga yg Allah berikan seperti ayat diatas kepada org-org yg beriman dan beramal. Dan janji Allah itu pasti! Semua org cakap nak masuk syurga, tapi amalan sentiasa menjurus ke neraka. Astaghfirullah.
#pabila disebut sungai yg mengalir, hati akan merasa tenang sambil membayangkannya. Terapi bunyi air sungai yg mengalir juga memberi kesan untuk menghilangkan stress. Maka ketenangan dari air itu, Allah gambarkan supaya nikmat itu kita dapat rasai sejak awal lagi. Dan kita sama berebut kepadanya. Fafirruu ilallah...
#pasangan hidup; jangan risau andai tiada jodohmu lagi disini, sebab Allah dah janjikan disana. Jodoh yg suci, dari kalangan mereka yg beriman dan beramal dgn ayat-ayat Allah, Subhanallah...ini lah janji Allah. yg Maha mengetahui.
Kita mempunyai tujuan untuk dihidupkan. Allah memberi kita satu tanggungjawab besar untuk dipikul. Untuk menjadi kannya adil, setiap penglibatan kita, disitu ada tanggunggjawab yg kita pikul. Merasa sesal dgn apa yang telah Allah tetapkan bukanlah perkara yg bagus bg seorang Muslim. Frankly speaking, saya sangat anti dengan manusia yg suka menyesal dengan setiap apa yg telah terjadi dan kesan dari perbuatan diri sendiri. Saya takkan melafazkan "Aku menyesal...." "Yang paling aku menyesal....." seolah kita tidak redha. Disitu sebenarnya bermula sesi pertarbiyahan dari Allah utk hambaNya. Maka jgn sesekali kita lafazkan rasa sesal pd apa yg telah berlaku. Kerana disitu juga terletak keimanan kita pd ketentuan Allah. Allahu ghayatuna. Allah tujuan kita sebenarnya. Manusia mungkin boleh jadi penghalang kepada tujuan kita, atau sebagai penggalak untuk terus berada dititian ini. Sama-sama bermujahadah. Allahu a'lam
Raudhah.
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Dont be sad yaa Sodiqii
Just shared from Halaqah Whatsapp group:
When u are hurt by the people who share blood relations with u , recall
Yousuf عليه الصلاة والسلام who was also
betrayed by his brothers.
When u find ur parents opposing u (in deen) recall
Ibraheem عليه الصلاة والسلام who was opposed by his own father.
When u are mocked and abused by ur own relatives just because u adopted deen over dunya recall Rasool Allah
Sal Allaho Alaihe Wa Sallam who faced
the same.
When u are stuck in some problem and find no way out recall Yunus عليه الصلاة والسلام who was stuck in the fish's stomach.
When u fall ill and ur whole body cries with pain recall
Ayoob عليه الصلاة والسلام who was more ill than u can ever be.
When u see some physical fault in urself recall Moosa عليه الصلاة والسلام who
couldn't speak properly.
When u feel lonely recall how Adam عليه الصلاة والسلام would have felt when he was sent to this earth alone.
When u can't see any logic in whats going on and ur heart asks why is this happening recall Nooh عليه الصلاة والسلام
who made the biggest ship without questioning.
سبحان ﷲ
Allah put all those great personalities in trials so that some day someone like You and Me ,if faced by any calamity, wouldn't question "WHY ME?"
May ﷲ Bless all the Muslims with the correct understanding of His Deen and make us steadfast upon it. Ameen!
JAZAKALLAH khairan .
When u are hurt by the people who share blood relations with u , recall
Yousuf عليه الصلاة والسلام who was also
betrayed by his brothers.
When u find ur parents opposing u (in deen) recall
Ibraheem عليه الصلاة والسلام who was opposed by his own father.
When u are mocked and abused by ur own relatives just because u adopted deen over dunya recall Rasool Allah
Sal Allaho Alaihe Wa Sallam who faced
the same.
When u are stuck in some problem and find no way out recall Yunus عليه الصلاة والسلام who was stuck in the fish's stomach.
When u fall ill and ur whole body cries with pain recall
Ayoob عليه الصلاة والسلام who was more ill than u can ever be.
When u see some physical fault in urself recall Moosa عليه الصلاة والسلام who
couldn't speak properly.
When u feel lonely recall how Adam عليه الصلاة والسلام would have felt when he was sent to this earth alone.
When u can't see any logic in whats going on and ur heart asks why is this happening recall Nooh عليه الصلاة والسلام
who made the biggest ship without questioning.
سبحان ﷲ
Allah put all those great personalities in trials so that some day someone like You and Me ,if faced by any calamity, wouldn't question "WHY ME?"
May ﷲ Bless all the Muslims with the correct understanding of His Deen and make us steadfast upon it. Ameen!
JAZAKALLAH khairan .
Kau begitu istimewa sebagai Muslimah
Duhai Muslimah
Tiada terungkap dengan bicara,
Betapa dirimu dimulia agama,
Setiap kamu begitu berharga,
Dihiasi pagar duri lindungi mahkota,
Duhai puteri,
Peliharalah pagar berdurimu,
Dari rempuhan yg bahaya,
Pertahankan hingga kehujung nyawa,
Agar nanti tiada sesalnya,
Duhai permaisuri,
Bukalah pagarmu pd yg halal hanya,
Kerana haram itu jelas nyata,
Mengundang malapetaka pd agama,
Mendatang amarah sang RAJA yg agung.
Duhai Mu'minah,
Padamu sifat malu,
Yg menguntum hati jejaka,
Hidupmu pd yg Satu,
Mencari redha dariNya.
Tiada agama tiadalah syariat,
Tanpa agama rosaklah binasa,
Hiduplah dengan beragama dan melaksanakannya..
Hiduplah untuk Allah..
Hiduplah dengan nafas jiwa 'abdi..
Kerana disana yang pasti dan mesti...
Tiada terungkap dengan bicara,
Betapa dirimu dimulia agama,
Setiap kamu begitu berharga,
Dihiasi pagar duri lindungi mahkota,
Duhai puteri,
Peliharalah pagar berdurimu,
Dari rempuhan yg bahaya,
Pertahankan hingga kehujung nyawa,
Agar nanti tiada sesalnya,
Duhai permaisuri,
Bukalah pagarmu pd yg halal hanya,
Kerana haram itu jelas nyata,
Mengundang malapetaka pd agama,
Mendatang amarah sang RAJA yg agung.
Duhai Mu'minah,
Padamu sifat malu,
Yg menguntum hati jejaka,
Hidupmu pd yg Satu,
Mencari redha dariNya.
Tiada agama tiadalah syariat,
Tanpa agama rosaklah binasa,
Hiduplah dengan beragama dan melaksanakannya..
Hiduplah untuk Allah..
Hiduplah dengan nafas jiwa 'abdi..
Kerana disana yang pasti dan mesti...
Pergi
Hai. Blogging is my hobby sekarang ni. Sebab kat sini tak de org kenal. :)
Alhamdulillah dgn ilmu dari Allah, semoga dapat ku amalkan selalu dlam journey menuju Allah ni. Hidup ini singkat sangat tapi semuanya akan dinilai disini.
I just nak rasa happy even though I know that happiness will not always be by my side, but through the stormy and rainy day, will appear a beautiful rainbow. :) Subhanallah
Duhai sekalian yg pernah mengenaliku:
Thanks for being with me disaat-saat derita itu tiba,
Thanks sebab sudi utk merasai sama-sama kesakitan itu,
Thanks sebab dengan itu lahir rasa kekuatan baru,
Thanks, dgn kesakitan itu...lahir rasa utk lebih rapat dgn Allah
Thanks sebab sedarkan segalanya bukan milik mutlak kita didunia ini...
Allahul Musta'an. Segalanya pasti ada sebab dan hikmah.
Perananku sbg Muslim aku akan bawa keakhirnya. No grudge. No black memories. I dont wanna those things in me. Dan utk achieve that thing, I need to go. Hijrah. Doakan yg terbaik. Mudah2 an semuanya Allah hitung dgn adil. Dsisi kita sebagai manusia yg akan binasa. Allahu A'lam.
Goodbye KL. Goodbye UIA. So many memories and I need to push myself to forget them all. Hijrah ke daerah baru dan cipta kenangan baru. :) .....................
"Fa-hijratuhu ila maa hajara ilaihi...".....maka hijrah sesorang itu adalah bergantung kepada apa yang diniatkan."
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