Thursday, December 31, 2009

BMTTenSoFaLeS

“Neway anta tau istilah BMTTenSoFaLeS?”

“Ana dpt tu dri aa gym jua”
, said Bro T. Well, he was referring to Kiyai Haji Abdullah Gymnastiar or nama manjanya, AA Gym.

Last night, I was dating with Bro T********* (kemungkinan nama sebenar, maybe) on MSN Messenger. And he was telling me about BMTTenSoFaLeS in one of our conversations.

Some of you might ask, “Apakan BMTTenSoFaLeS ni?”

Okay people, allow me to copy and paste what Bro T said:
“BMT...sblum ckp... check whether apa yg kan di ckp atu...Benar....if benar..check adakah ia berManfaat...lau bermanfaat...check adakah ia Tidak menyakiti...”

“ia BMT ani sudah lulus..sudah okay..gunakan kaedah TenSoFaLes... Semasa ckp tu...pastiakn Tenang, Sopan...Fasih..tidak perlu guna perkataan2 yg dlm dan kurg di fahami....then ckp secara Lembut..n ckp Secukupnya saja..nda perlu pjg2.. n byk bunga…”

“BMTTenSoFaLeS =
- Benar,
- Manfaat,
- Tidak menyakiti,
- Tenang,
- Sopan,
- Fasih,
- Lembut,
- Secukupnya…”


And so, that was one of the things that he shared with me last night. Okay, allow me to change the topic. I would like to tell you guys some of the things that I experienced and witnessed today:

1) I was driving tadi along my kampong. And I saw our ex-ketua kampong main badminton sama cucunya. And watching that made me and my heart smile. :D Why? Macam happy bah ex-ketua kampong atu. And appearancenya lagi macam urang muda. He is about 65 plus years old by the way. Insya-Allah, aku mau and perlu macam ia, ada semangat yang muda selamanya walaupun fizikal semakin tua. And for me, one of my semangat muda, belajar ilmu-ilmu yang bermanfaat untuk my dunia dan akhirat selama-lamanya. And mengamalkan sebaik-baiknya, insya-Allah.

2) Masa ku solat Asar tadi, ada nini ani, namanya Nini X (bukan nama sebenar) bawa cucunya solat (usulnya macam umur 3-4 tahun). Inda pulang ia pandai solat as ia ani masih damit. What made me macam kan ketawa lagi (I smiled the first time I saw this boy), muanya ani kan sama macam nininya. :D Lapas solat, on the way ke kerita, ku tanya lah Nini X ani, “Siapa namanya?”

“Mufti,” said Nini X. Suaranya inda brapa clear bah and aku pun sama juanya, hearing ku ani, macam urang tua dah. :P

“Ahh, mufti?” I was shocked to hear Nini X's response. Dipendekkan cerita (I don’t want to tell the rest), after several thoughts, I eventually have a guess barang kali maksudnya atu nama cucunya atu Lutfi kali. Wallaahu a’laam.

3) “Ada accident tadikan?”, my mom said. I only realized it sudah ku kan masuk simpang to our home after I prayed solat Isya. And that accident happened at about 50 meters from our home.

“Cana mama tau?”, I said.

“Lapas ko keluar simpang tadi, ada bunyi *BUK!* dakat kadai DLA atu, and mama tarus masuk”.

Reminder: Berhati-hatilah kitani semasa memandu. Pandu cermat, insya-Allah, jiwa akan selamat. Ingatlah Allah dan orang-orang yang tersayang selalu.

And banyakkan dicerita lagi yo! Atu tah saja yang ingin ku share for today.

And by the way, bro T, thanks bro for sharing the info sal BMTTenSoFaLes. :D Macam score piano bunyinya TenSoFales atu.

And to you, dear readers, semoga bermanfaat reading this, insya-Allaah. ^_^

Ahh, it is about one hour and fifteen minutes till the new year of 2010 begins. And here I am, spending the last day of 2009 at my parents’ room. Both of them are sleeping by the way. And my youngest sis is playing game using my babah’s desktop. And just now, alhamdulillah, I had one of the best quality time with my beloved parents masa dinner tadi.

"Maka nikmat tuhanmu yang manakah yang kamu dustakan?" - Suroh Ar-Rohmaan. Ayat ani kana ulang 31 times. And I really love to recite this ayat.

2010. It’s only a number. Nothing really important when we think about it. =)

Bila Imam Yang Ditugaskan Nada

Tadi, I was performing solat Zuhur in one of the masjid. ALONE. No imam, no makmum. And after that, I took the opportunity of getting the positive externality to sleep there for about 30 minutes (I was planning to sleep for about 15 minutes). I was sleeping peacefully and rolling and rolling and rolling with the carpet there. Ohh yes, I was just joking about rolling with the carpet part. :P

Hmmm... There was this one time, masa Subuh, I finally realized that there was no imam. Only the makmum, and at that time, they negotiated about who should be the imam (orang tua-tua lagi, better be silent than be involved, hehe). Ada the other time, knowing this situation, apa nah, I rushed to the other masjid to solat Subuh which is about 1.4 kilometer from my home. The distance between this one masjid is only about 1.2 kilometer from my home. And the other masjid is only about 1.4 kilometer from my home (I love to pray Subuh berjamaa'ah here).

And this didn't happen once, but more than three times already. And even more than that. Masa ku di hostel cemana? Alhamdulillaah, ani masa ku cuti, I only went home about once a week during the semester. And I encountered situation like this in two districts. Ya Allaah...

Bila imam yang official nada, kana gantikan oleh bilal kan. And ani dua-dua nada yang datang? And ada this masjid, ada dua official bilal and one official imam? And tiga-tiga nada yang datang pada masa yang sama? Astaghfirullaah...

Sekali is okay. And, more than three times? And even more than that? I would let you answer the question for that.

Bukankah masjid ani rumah Allah? Bukankah ia sepatutnya dimakmurkan? Apa yang Rasulullah SAW buat pertama kali masa ia datang ke sesuatu tempat? *I forgot the place*

Uncle imam, uncle bilal, please do your job fully... And to all men, I would recommend you that you always and always pray berjamaa'ah at the masjid when you have the time. Women are recommended to pray at home to avoid fitnah and so on. Well, atu yang ku tau. Do correct me ASAP when you see something is wrong in my saying and writing.

Kamu tau kan urang Yahudi ani inda akan takut dengan ummat Islam selagi jumlah jamaa'ah solat Subuh di masjid atu inda ramai macam solat Jum'at? Kamu mau tulung Palestine atau inda dengan menanamkan sedikit rasa takut kepada urang Yahudi? Makin banyak urang buat cani, insya-Allah, makin durang takut tu. Alhamdulillah, di Brunei ani siok. Masjid dakat-dakat. Payah kan cari reasons supaya inda solat berjamaa'ah di masjid ani. Do refer to Misteri Sholat Subuh for more info about this.

Bila ditaqdirkan Allah untuk biskita membaca blog ani. Terlebih dahulu, hamba ingin memohon maaf yang sebanyak-banyaknya kepada pihak biskita. Terima kasih banyak-banyak juga diucapkan dari diri hamba yang hina ani karena telah memakmurkan masjid-masjid di negara dzikir ani. Teruskan dan tingkatkan usaha biskita. Insya-Allah. Yang baik itu datang dariNya dan yang buruk itu dari diri hamba sendiri.

Blame me if you want. It is necessary.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Laa Taghdhob, Laa Taghdhob… (Jangan Marah, Jangan Marah…)

Three guys coming out from a white car and approaching the black car. And suddenly, the driver of the white car punched the driver of the black car. I witnessed this right and live in front of my eye at Jalan Sungai Liang on my way home.

Kesianku driver yang kana tumbuk atu. Ia inda bersalah, tapi ia pulang kana tumbuk.

Okay, cani ceritanya…

Once upon a time… Ada krita ani memutung krita my mom dengan sangat lajunya. I said (dalam hati), “Gagas jua krita ani!” And, cara ia drive atu macam urang mabuk and laju-laju. Then, krita ani kan mutung tia lagi usulnya (krita atu di dapan krita my mom). Yatah, krita di dapannya atu krita hitam atu. Ia macam inda membagi jalan untuk krita putih atu untuk sambung memutung. Sudah ia successfully putung krita atu selepas beberapa percubaan, ada passenger krita putih ani, keluar ia dari tingkap atu, Dengan muanya yg marah, macam bagi signal dengan body languagenya sekali yang garang dan marah arah driver krita hitam atu untuk branti.

Lapas dua-dua krita atu branti, yatah what happened tadi tu (do refer to the first paragraph).

And then… *talian terputus*

And last week, on Saturday, 26th December 2009, I went to Bandar. On my way there, I encountered two events of car accident along the Tutong-Brunei Muara Highway. One near the Bukit Panggal (at about 1:45 PM), and one near the Tasik Hijau (at about 2:00 PM). Both happened in the Tutong district.

Ya Allaah… *speechless*

Dari Abu Hurairah radhiallahu anhu, sesungguhnya seseorang bertanya kepada Rasulullah
sholallohu ‘alaihi wa sallam : “(Ya Rasulullah) nasihatilah saya”. Beliau bersabda: “Jangan engkau
marah”. Beliau menanyakan hal itu berkali-kali. Maka beliau bersabda: “Jangan engkau marah.” - Hadits riwayat Bukhori

Sesungguhnya ungkapan yang telah dikenal oleh orang-orang dari ucapan nabi-nabi yang terdahulu adalah: “Jika engkau tidak malu, maka perbuatlah apa yang engkau suka.” - Hadits riwayat Bukhori

"Siapa yang melihat kemunkaran, maka ubahlah dengan tangannya. Jika tidak mampu, maka ubahlah dengan lisannya. Jika tidak
mampu, maka (tolaklah) dengan hatinya. Dan hal tersebut adalah selemah-lemahnya
iman." Hadits riwayat Muslim

Monday, December 28, 2009

Read, Read and Read

I read like crazy today, crazy. Give it to me one more time, yeahh~~~ Alhamdulillaah, I finished reading Syurga Idaman and Hadith 40 which I borrowed from the UBD’s library. Next reading: Allan Pease’s Why Men Don’t Have a Clue, which is a lovely gift from my bro. Well, actually, I asked him to buy it in UK before he went back home as a gift. And, it’s been more than six months I wasn’t able to finish reading this book. One of the reasons was, I put more priority to read Islamic resources and books.

In the past, I like to read personal development books such as The Magic of Thinking Big, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Personality Plus and so on.

Well, alhamdulillah, now, I’m focusing more on religious books... ;)

The opportunity cost that I should have done today instead of reading and reading and reading:

1) Servicing my mom’s car. Instead, I told my bro to do this and gave him the money. And, I did this, for the third time since the last time sent my mom’s car to the servicing area myself.

2) And, much housework to be done such as, well, uhhh, you know... those stuffs at home. And, one pair of my shoes, it hasn’t been washed, still full of dirt, mud and lump, and it is still wrapped and covered in a plastic since Friday, 4th December 2009 which was the time of our camping.

3) Exercise? I was planning to do some push-ups and a little bit of stretching. And, I didn’t do any of those for today. Also, I left my dumbbell at my hostel room and so, I haven’t done any weight-lifting recently. Oh well, I guess my muscle is shrinking then, haha...

4) Make a teh tarik! I’m a teh tarik addict by the way. And, so what? I love it!

5) And many more.

Some of the good things for today:

1) I’m still in my inter-semester break. :D

2) Alhamdulillaah, I was able to ‘attract like a magnet’ my dad to perform solat Asar and Isya’ at our village’s masjid. I still have a looong way to go and insya-Allah, I WON’T GIVE UP TILL I DIED! Yes, I would assure that I might fall millions of times and I WON’T GIVE UP! If I can do it, so do you readers, insya-Allah. And I know you could do better and better than me who always tend to procrastinate things. Hmmm... I remembered I cried the second time I successfully ‘attract’ my dad to perform solat Maghrib at our village’s masjid (after many ‘failures’), I cried during the first raka’at of the Maghrib with my dad praying at the right side of me. And that feeling was priceless to me. Priceless.

3) Ohh, it’s already past 12:30 AM! I guess I need to stop writing then. I have many to tell actually especially something related to my mom. I need to continue reading, and do other necessary things. :)

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Songket Ballroom: The Lessons

Hmmm... Thinking and reflecting back of those two events in the past, I would say that there are three most important lessons to be learned in here...

Pertama, sebuleh2nya, I should not have performed masa puasa atu in order to respect the holy month of Ramadhan. I should give reasons yang kuat of not to perform or buat show masa puasa atu. Pasal apa? Pasal masatu aku inda Solat Tarawih sal ngaleh n macam malas rasanya kan solat di masjid. Yatah tu the opportunity cost that I have to sacrifice. Even though I went back to the hostel before azan Isya’ since the function abis after mamam2 (alhamdulillaah, luxurious food yo level VIP!), I decided to perform my Solat Isya’ at the hostel’s surau. Bulan puasa kali ahh, bulan yang sangat2 n SANGAT2 penting bagi ummat Islam, huhu... Astaghfirullaah... *tampar2 lambut2 my pipi kiri n my pipi kanan*

Kedua, preparation, my friends, preparation! “Sediakanlah payung sebelum hujan.” That phrase, sounds simple to us, right? Both of our preparation rah Songket Ballroom atu dua2nya last minute. Satu, show masa puasa, we didn’t make a plan B or other unexpected plans. Knowing that Pehin Aziz, the state mufti would datang to the function masatu (n the official told us masa kami di sana dah n sedang buat rehearsal), bini2nya ada yang begagas membali tudong2 n kain2 utk tutup aurat rah Nazmi at the ground floor of The Mall, our supposed-to-be performance terpaksa diubah mcm bunyi2 gitar n some parts of muzik ditiadakan n etc.

On the other hand, the other show, kami kana informed untuk buat show esuknya. Apanah, malamnya kami buat show kan, pagi atu tah jua kami start mikirkan cana bisainya ahh buat show, siapa yang jadi ani ahh, siapa yang jadi atu ahh, skrip lagi apa, n etc. Last minute brabis tu masatu.

*Skip this n next paragraphs if you want, sal ani inda penting sangat ni, really, haha...* Ohh btw, kan cerita sikit before our rehearsal atu, there was a dry-run about a marriage function which would take place some days later. Kami pun menunggulah punya tunggu durang punya dry-run ani abis. Suddenly, there was this part yang buat ku really sentimental masa dry-run atu. Ada slide show about the two bakal pengantin with the background of lagu Ada Band featuring Gita Gutawa, Yang Terbaik Bagimu. Kamu tau kan ada screen putih yang basar atu di Songket Ballroom atu? Hmmm just imagine bila kamu yang jadi pengantin rah slide show atu, lawa kan?? ;)

In 2007, I had a dream, an angan-angan, the theme song in my slide show rah screen putih yang basar atu would be the song, Yang Terbaik Bagimu. Lagu ani walaupun ia ditujukan kepada insan yang bernama ayah, I’m planning in 2007 to use this song masa ku *ohok2* nanti sal ku kelawaan and it always n always touches my heart especially liriknya atu. And aku angan2 ada gambar2 pasal bakal *ohok2* and gambar aku macam masa kami damit2, masa kami skulah, pokoknya ini sejarah kami lah... *malu* (awww, how sweet... LOL!) Sayangnya, ada tia urang makai udah lagu ani. And yet, the night before our rehearsal I was having an argument with *ohok2*, makin tia ku sentimental. I feel like macam inda pedah ku hidup masatu rasanya. Macam useless. Macam, hmmm, malas ku kan cakap...

So, pengajarannya? Bah, mari tah tani sama2 ulang balik2 the four important words, “Sediakanlah payung sebelum hujan” ani, especially to me yang selalu bertabiat ani, huhu… Apa2 pun yang terjadi, tani mesti slalu n slalu expect the unexpected that anything would happen. What’s more important, tani mesti selalu n selalu bersiap sedia untuk lima perkara yg kana mention dalam hadis nabi yang popular. Muda sebelum tua, lapang sebelum sibuk, hidup sebelum MATI n so on.

Ketiga, don’t let your emotion affects you. N it’s not easy people, really, not easy to control your emotion ani. Cakap memang senang, cakap ja. Eventually, ingatlah wahai kawan2ku, one of the great n powerful solutions is, hanya dengan mengingati Allah-lah hati tani akan menjadi tenang n kalem (calm) n kool (cool) n collected, insya-Allah. Dekatkanlah dan dekatkanlah diri tani dengan Allaah... Sesungguhnya Allah SWT mencintai semua makhluknya mengalahi daripada sayangnya seorang ibu kepada anak-anaknya. Bertawakkallah n berpasrahlah SEPENUHNYA kepada Allah. N pada masa yang sama, kita buat yang terbaik n termampu. JANGAN MENYERAH! Yakinlah dan bersangka baiklah dengan Allah selama2nya, insyaAllaah! Allah atu maha penyayang, tani setiap saat buat dusa tanpa kitani sedari, hhuhu... N still, still, Allah forgives us dengan izinNya... N also, banyak lagi tanggungjawab2 tani as a kuli di dunia yang akan ditanya n dipertanggungjawabkan oleh Allah nanti masa di akhirat. Hidup ani bukannya anugerah kawan2ku just like what you heard in one of the songs, hidup ani satu examination yang BESAR, BESAR. 'Ad-dunya-'ul imtihaan'. (Luruskah tu bahasa Arabku atu? Hehe...)

N hari ani, Hari ‘Asyura, today is officially one year since the last Hari ‘Asyura. N you know what? Alhamdulillaah, dua2 hari ‘Asyura aku kana bala sal dusa2ku yang amat2 banyak sangat (today n the last ‘Asyura). N i wouldn’t say aku kana uji sal urang kana uji ani ada ku dangar ceramah bila urang atu inda buat dusa or sikit buat dusa, lebih kurang cematulah nya ustaz tu. Aku kana bala yang membuka mataku BASAR2 masa Hari ‘Asyura yang jatuh pada awal Januari this year. Alhamdulillaah, tuhan nampakkan aku sesuatu yang aku inda expected. Lapas ku keluar dari Senate Room, Chancellor Hall, masa I attended the Second International Economics Conference at UBD, n ku liat suasana di luar CH through the window (biasalah, kan mentenangkan fikiran hehehh) n I turned my eyes ke bawah... I saw something... Baru jua dalam dua jam, dua jam yang short...

N I wouldn’t say it in here, let it be a top secret...

“...Boleh jadi kamu membenci sesuatu, padahal ia amat baik bagimu, dan boleh jadi pula kamu menyukai sesuatu, padahal ia amat buruk bagimu. Dan Allah maha mengetahui, sedang kamu tidak mengetahui...” - Al-Baqarah: 216

"...Dan Allah MAHA mengetahui, sedang kamu tidak mengetahui...” - Al-Baqarah: 216

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Songket Ballroom

Two days ago, 21st December 2009, I attended my friends’ wedding at the Songket Ballroom, Rizqun International Hotel, The Mall. Alhamdulillah, I know both of them and both of them sent their own versions of invitation letter. Wow, alhamdulillaah, this is my first time receiving two invitation letters of two different versions from the same couple. During the majlis, Q called me, asking about bila exam’s result keluar and other stuffs. (Huh, sounds suspicious, ya?) I sensed that he knew that I was at The Mall. Later, I found out that krita yang slalu ia drive parking at the basement. Patut tah, ia called aku hoho. *Q, I know you would read this post eventually* ;)

Well, my post this time is not about my friends’ wedding, not about wedding, and so on. It’s a topic about two important events in the past that happened at the Songket Ballroom masa I was still a member of Kelab Teater UBD. And, this post is more to ‘bual kosong’ post. So, you have been warned, haha... xD

Well, my first performance at the Songket Ballroom was masa puasa. (Apa, masa puasaa? Yes dear, indeed, you are right!) And mufti, Pehin Aziz, meliat kami buat performance, haha... We had to change a little our performance knowing that mufti datang masatu. Au, last minute changes lah katakan to adapt with apa yg mufti ‘suka’.

Hmmm... I still remember masa besikin (shake hands) sama mufti lapas solat maghrib sama-sama masatu. I could feel ia punya aura masatu. Macam rasanya AUTO-matically aku makin respect ia lah. Macam apa ni, kan menunduk rasanya rah ia to respect him. Banar tah, what I heard from a ceramah, urang-urang alim ni, ada auranya.

My second performance di tempat yang sama, masatu, I felt very guilty, verrry guilty. Masih ku ingat. It did affect my performance. Sal malam before my performance, I made someone turn into a scary lion, haha! xD

And insya-Allah, to be continued...

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Satu Insiden di Salah Satu Pagi 'Sebelum Cahaya'

Sebelum Cahaya, a song by Letto, was one of my most favorite songs in the past. This is still my Top 25 Most Played on my iTunes. I used to really love this song especially the chorus:

"Ingatkan engkau kepada,
Angin yang berhembus kencang,
Yang menemanimu sebelum cahaya..."


Okay Ari, would you like to STOP singing, please!?

Well, my post this time is about a Qur'anic session that we did after solat 'Sebelum Cahaya' or solat Subuh during our camping last week.

My friend told us that every of us to read three verses of surah Az-Zumar with its translation. My friend started to read the verse until eventually, one of my friends read the verse 13 of Az-Zumar (with its makna after that):

Katakanlah, "Sesungguhnya aku takut akan azab pada hari yang besar jika aku durhaka kepada tuhanku."


From there on, my eyes started to become wet. And then, watery. And then, tears started to pour non-stop to wash my face di waktu Subuh pagi Juma'at yang tenang lagi mententeramkan dan mentenangkan jiwa dan hati dengan membaca kalamullah yang maha agung. And, it happened in front of my friends who read surah Az-Zumar. There were about ten people who joined the Qur'anic circle.

Alhamdulillah, it was my first time menangis di 'public' masa membaca Qur'an, di depan sahabat-sahabatku. Slalunya, I only cried masa sorang-sorang. I really, really, did not want to show it to the 'public' as laki-laki yang menangis ani, apa nya urang-urang kitani (inda pulang semua ahh, adalah certain people atu):

"Lambut..."
"Macam pundan!"
"Bida jua lelaki menangis!"

I did my best not to cry especially in front of my friends, but as I tadabbur the ayat-ayat cinta from Allah and I reflect it especially to myself, I could not help but cried, and cried, and cried...

Masa ku sekolah di Ma'had dulu dari darjah lima til form five, I always read the Qur'an and I never even once cried. I think it is probably because we only read and read and read. And, aku inda baca maknanya and paham (or cuba paham) setiap Allah's love language atu. And also, I probably read it for better marks in tests and exams (and even for show-off!) macam menghalusi bacaannya, mencheck tajwidnya and so on.

Alhamdulillah, hanya Allah saja yang tahu my feeling at that time cana. Please don't ask me cana. People who know me know that I find it hard to express my feeling. My advice: read and read and read the Qur'an sama maknanya. And, try to reflect the ayat to yourself. Alhamdulillah, I have started and decided to use this effective habit about one year already since December 2008.


Gambar di atas ani tempatnya di atas bukit. Kami camping di bawahnya. I think this is the highest place at Kampung Masin (I forgot the name of the hill) since you could see places as far as Istana Nurul Iman, Bebatik and so on. Ohh, by the way, bila kamu liat my face. And then, kamu toleh ur face ke kanan sampai ke ujung *'like this'*. And then, kamu kan nampak gambar seperti yang di bawah ani: :P


Ahh... Yatah tuuu tempat kami camping. Nampak kamu tiga khemah atu? Dari puncak bukit, pemandangan tiga khemah atu, of courselah, damit. ;)

Lastly, I would like to share a lyric of a song from Opick, Tombo Ati (which means ubat hati), ada lima perkaranya... (Dan salah satunya) baca Qur'an dan maknanya, insya-Allah....

Salam! =)

Thursday, November 26, 2009

A Dream...

I once had a dream of owning a bookstore (because I love to read! Not academic books by the way!) - I declared this in January 2005.

I once had a dream of sending my family to pilgrimage - I declared this in 2007.

I once said this to someone who used to be my *ohok-ohok*, "One day, one of my dreams is to speak in front of tens of thousands of people in a stadium and said a bonus sentence especially for you, *CENSORED* (Lebih kurang cematulah bunyinya in Englush." - I declared this at Multi-Purpose Hall, UBD, on Wednesday, 2*th May 2008 (I still remembered it, duhhh!).

And so on... Thinking about it now, wow, so many unfulfilled dreams of me that had not been fulfilled.

But, recently, I made a new dream. Cuba teka, apa nah??

And my dear readers, my dream is, impian saya adalah:

TO MEET ALLAH SWT IN THE HEREAFTER!


Insya-Allah!

The number one nikmat mengalahi nikmat tani mendapat syurga! And yes, in other words, syurganya syurga adalah bertemu dengan Allah, yang mencipta semua ani, the rahmatan lil 'alamin. Let's think about it this way people, di syurga atu ada lagi syurga bah. And syurganya syurga atu adalah bertemu dengan Allah. And so, dengan mendapat syurganya syurga, automatically tani pun mendapat syurga jua macam bidadari-bidadari, makanan-makanan, negeri-negeri, and so on.

And my dream and my focus is, once again, 100% fully TO MEET ALLAH SWT...

But, it's hard people, I tell you... I understand that it's not easy... Sakit rasanya... Sedih rasanya... Kan menangis ada jua... Kan give up ada jua... And bla bla bla... Sabar, sabar, sabar... This is nothing and only a very, very small thing compared to the meaningful adventure of nabi Muhammad SAW...

Ohh no, pukul satu dah... nanti lagi ku sambung ya, insya-Allah... Kan sambung revise, then tidurrr...

Pray for me, people... Pray for me to stay in the right road that I chose...

*Building blocks after blocks to make stairs of unknown heights to meet Allah in the hereafter and really, really hoping for his rahmat dan keredha'an, insya-Allah... Though, I know and I expect that I would fall so many times along the way because of this dunia yg bagaikan 'bangkai'...*

Apakah kamu mengira bahwa kamu akan masuk syurga, padahal belum datang kepadamu (cubaan) sebagaimana halnya orang-orang yang terdahulu sebelum kamu? Mereka ditimpa malapetaka dan kesengsaraan, serta diguncangkan (dengan bermacam-macam cubaan) sehingga berkatalah rasul dan orang-orang yang beriman bersamanya: "Bilakah datangnya pertolongan Allah?" Ingatlah, sesungguhnya pertolongan Allah itu amatlah dekat." [Surah al-Baqarah, ayat 214]

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

MYC 10th Program: Begin with the End in Mind

"Assalaamu'alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh...

Afwan (sorry ^^) we could not do any activities tomorrow..but we'd replace it this week on:

Topic: Begin with the End in Mind
Date: 5th November 2009 (Thursday)
Time: 4.30 - 5.30 pm
Venue: Bilik Muzakarah, Masjid Universiti, UBD

This is our LAST activity this semester,as exams are coming up (Bittaufiq wannajah : Good Luck! everybody! XD)..planning a lil' something for this 'finale', so hope to see everyone there~ =D"


Dipetik dari: http://myc-ubd.blogspot.com

Monday, October 26, 2009

MYC 9th Program: Unlock the Qur'an Part II

Assalamu’alaikum,

Biskita semua dijemput untuk datang ke program Muslim Youth Club (MYC)/Kelab Belia Muslim yang ke 9:

Tajuk: Unlocking The Qur’an Part II
Tarikh dan Hari: 28/10/2009, Rabu
Masa: 3:30 – 4:30 petang
Tempat: Bilik Muzakarah Perempuan, Masjid Universiti, UBD

Untuk keterangan lebih lanjut, sila layari http://myc-ubd.blogspot.com.

Biskita boleh juga membawa kawan-kawan biskita,

Terima kasih,

"Aku hanya bermaksud mendatangkan perbaikan selama aku masih sanggup. Dan petunjuk yang aku ikuti hanyalah dari Allah. Kepada-Nya aku bertawakkal dan kepada-Nya (pula) aku kembali..." [11:88]

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Some Pictures of MYC 8th Program (Guys Only)


The Belalang Belatuk game


Be-la-LANG! xD


The Disposal Bomb game


Amirul was guided by the his team to the left and the 'bisikan-bisikan yang menyesatkan' to the right. ;)


Group discussion and sharing of the lessons to be learned from each game (plus application of Islamic values).

See you all next time, insya-Allah! :)

Friday, October 23, 2009

MYC 8th Program

Assalamu’alaikum,

Biskita (guys only) semua dijemput untuk datang ke program Muslim Youth Club (MYC)/Kelab Belia Muslim yang ke 8:

Aktiviti: Riadah, team building games dan pengisian rohani
Tarikh dan Hari: 25/10/2009, Ahad
Masa: 7:00 – 10:00 pagi
Tempat: UBD Sport Complex, UBD
Meeting Point: Di depan bangunan UBD Sport Complex

Biskita boleh juga membawa kawan-kawan lelaki biskita,

Insya-Allah, peserta-peserta dari luar UBD juga akan dijemput untuk menjadi facilitators dan peserta,

Terima kasih,

Mohammad Arina

Rasulullah s.a.w. bersabda: "Orang mukmin yang kuat lebih baik dan lebih dikasihi Allah daripada orang mukmin yang lemah, pada masing-masing itu ada kekuatan. Bersungguh-sungguhlah terhadap perkara yang memberi manfaat kepada kamu. Mintalah pertolongan daripada Allah dan jangan lemah. Jika sesuatu menimpa kamu maka janganlah kamu berkata: kalau aku buat begini tentu akan jadi begini. Tetapi ucapkanlah Allah telah menentukan dan Dia telah lakukan apa yang Dia kehendaki, kerana sesungguhnya, `kalau’ itu membuka peluang syaitan untuk bertindak." [Hadis riwayat Muslim]

Our Fieldtrip to Pusat Ehsan

On Wednesday, 14th October 2009, we had a visit to Pusat Ehsan. For more info, do go to the link below:

http://www.brudirect.com/index.php/200910148429/Local-News/ubd-students-field-trip-to-pusat-ehsan.html















Thanks to Sut for the above photos. =)

For more photos, do go to the link below:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/album.php?aid=330099&id=896925376&page=5

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

MYC 7th Program

Assalamu’alaikum,

Biskita semua dijemput untuk datang ke program Muslim Youth Club (MYC)/Kelab Belia Muslim yang ke 7:

Tajuk: Unlocking The Qur’an
Tarikh dan Hari: 15/10/2009, Khamis
Masa: 4:30 – 5:30 petang
Tempat: Bilik Muzakarah, Masjid Universiti, UBD

Untuk keterangan lebih lanjut, sila layari http://myc-ubd.blogspot.com.

Biskita boleh juga membawa kawan-kawan biskita,

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Mohon Maaf Zahir Dan Batin,

Terima kasih,

Mohammad Arina

"Aku hanya bermaksud mendatangkan perbaikan selama aku masih sanggup. Dan petunjuk yang aku ikuti hanya dari Allah. Kepada-Nya aku bertawakkal dan kepada-Nya (pula) aku kembali..." [11:88]

Friday, October 9, 2009

Happy 57th Birthday Babah! ^_^


A photo taken by me on December 2007 when we were going to Tangkuhan Parahu, Bandung, Indonesia

Bah, happy birthday bah... Ari sayang babah... ^_^

“Dan rendahkanlah dirimu terhadap mereka berdua dengan penuh kesayangan dan ucapkanlah: “Wahai Tuhanku, kasihilah mereka keduanya sebagaimana mereka berdua telah mendidik aku waktu kecil.” - Al Isra’:24

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Study Visit to Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam (Kiulap Branch)





You could find the news about our yesterday's study visit (Wednesday, 30th September 2009) here:

http://www.borneobulletin.com.bn/thu/oct1h21.htm

and here:

http://brudirect.com/index.php/200910017509/Local-News/ubd-students-visit-bibd.html

P/s: Thanks to Sut for the beautiful pictures. :)

Saturday, September 26, 2009

BRIDEX Conference 2009

On Tuesday, 11th August 2009, BRIDEX (Brunei Darussalam International Defence Exhibition) Conference 2009 was held at Jerudong, Brunei Darussalam. Many top defence officials from about 25 plus countries came to the conference with the theme, Emerging and Future Security Threats and Challenges. Alhamdulillaah, I came to the conference as one of the ten conference delegates from Universiti Brunei Darussalam. Below are some of the pictures during the one day conference:


Thanks to Uncle Reeda of anakbrunei.org for taking this picture. :)


Networking with Pehin Halbi, Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (three from left), and the other top defence officials from the other countries.


During the conference...


Luxurious lunch at the Royal Berkshire Hall, Jerudong Park.


After the conference...


Some of the things that I would like to share during the conference:

1) "What actions have you done to Palestine?", said one of the conference delegates (I think he's from Pakistan) with an angry tone and expression to one of the speakers from Sweden who talked about the Port and Maritime Security (he also mentioned the situation in the Middle-East especially in the Mediterranean Sea) during the conference. I really saluted and respected this uncle for questioning such a brave and risky question during the Q & A and Panel Discussion session. The conference's situation became silent for a while at that time for questioning such a sensitive issue. The speaker replied with a smile and it seemed that he tried to change the topic which made this uncle repeated the question for the second time. Once again, I would like to salute him for being brave to ask such a question to the Denmark's speaker. I felt ashamed and I felt like a coward for being silent with the rest of the delegates. It seemed that I was supporting the speaker. And wallaahi, NO! Ya Allaah, what have I done... I should, at the very least, do something like that for the people of Palestine. It might seem stupid if I did that. but, one day, Allaah would ask in aakhiroh, "What actions and efforts have you done in order to protect the ummah of Muhammad?"

2) "Kita Pengirahkah? Pengiran Anak kali?", said one of the conference delegates to me. Uncle, I'm not one of the royals and I'm not even married yet, haha... xD I'm just a slave of Allah. ;)

3) I found out that two of my students' father who attends my tuition classes, one is the director of Brunei Investment Agency (BIA), and another is the top officials from the Royal Brunei Technical Services (RBTS), attended the conference. And, I realized it after the conference! xD

Hmmm... after attending the conference, I feel like applying for a post of cadet officer next year after I finished my degree program. My plan before this was to apply for master's scholarship of Islamic Finance at UNISSA (and maybe, other universities).

Hmmm... wallaahu a'laam...

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Ucapan Selamat Hari Raya Yang Sunnah

Ucapan Selamat Hari Raya daripada hadis-hadis sahih ialah:

تَÙ‚َبَّÙ„َ اللهُ Ù…ِÙ†َّا ÙˆَÙ…ِÙ†ْÙƒُÙ…ْ

“Semoga Allah menerima (amalan) dari kami dan dari kamu”. (Lihat: Fathul Bari 2/446)

Ibnu Hajar rahimahullah berkata: Dari Jubair bin Nufair ia berkata:

Ùƒَانَ اَصْØ­َابُ رَسُÙˆْÙ„ِ اللهِ صَÙ„َّÙ‰ اللهُ عَÙ„َÙŠْÙ‡ِ ÙˆَسَÙ„َّÙ…َ ، اِØ°َا الْتَÙ‚َÙˆْا ÙŠَÙˆْÙ…َ الْعِÙŠْدِ ÙŠَÙ‚ُÙˆْÙ„ُ بَعْضُÙ‡ُÙ…ْ Ù„ِبَعْضٍ : تَÙ‚َبَّÙ„َ اللهُ Ù…ِÙ†َّا ÙˆَÙ…ِÙ†ْÙƒَ

“Para sahabat Rasulullah sallallahu ‘alaihi wa-sallam apabila bertemu di Hari Raya, sebahagian mereka mengucapkan kepada yang lain: Semoga Allah menerima (amalan) dari kami dan darimu”. (Lihat: Fathul Bari 2/446)

Menurut Ibnu Hajar, isnad hadis ini hasan. (Lihat: Fathul Bari 2/446) Ibnu Taimiyah apabila ditanya tentang ucapan selamat pada Hari Raya beliau menjawab:

“Katakanlah kepada yang lain apabila bertemu dengan ucapan:

تَÙ‚َبَّÙ„َ اللهُ Ù…ِÙ†َّا ÙˆَÙ…ِÙ†ْÙƒُÙ…ْ

“Semoga Allah menerima (amalan) dari kami dan dari kamu”. (Lihat: Majmu’ al-Fatawa 24/253)

اَØ­َالَ اللهُ عَÙ„َÙŠْÙƒَ

“Allah telah menghalalkan kepada kamu”. (Lihat: Whusul al-Amani bi Usul at-Tahani. Al-Jalal as-Suyuti)

Imam Ahmad rahimahullah berkata: “Aku tidak pernah memulakan mengucapkan Selamat Hari Raya kepada seseorangpun, namun bila ada orang mendahulukan mengucapkan itu, aku akan menjawabnya. Kerana menjawab ucapan selamat itu wajib, sedangkan mendahului ucapan tersebut bukanlah sunnah yang diperintahkan dan tidak pula dilarang. Sesiapa mengerjakannya maka baginya ada contoh dan siapa yang meninggalkannya baginya juga ada contoh”. (Lihat: Whusul al-Amani bi Usul at-Tahani. Al-Jalal as-Suyuti)

Ibnu Qudamah rahimahullah menjelaskan: “Muhammad bin Ziyad berkata: Aku pernah bersama Abu Umamah al-Bahali dan selainnya dari kalangan para sahabat Nabi. Mereka bila kembali dari solat Hari Raya berkata sebahagiannya dengan ucapan (Lihat: Al-Mughni 2/295):

تَÙ‚َبَّÙ„َ اللهُ Ù…ِÙ†َّا ÙˆَÙ…ِÙ†ْÙƒُÙ…ْ

“Semoga Allah menerima dari kami dan dari kamu”.

Menurut Imam Ahmad: “Isnad hadis Abu Ummah jayyid (baik). (Lihat: Al-Jauharun Naqi 3/446) Begitu juga Imam Suyuti berkata: Isnad hadis ini hasan. (Lihat: Al-Hawi 1/81)

Monday, September 21, 2009

Selamat Hari Raya 1430 Hijrah!




Let us prepare ourselves more and more from now on for next year's last ten crucial days of Ramadhan 1431 Hijrah in 2010 where in it lies the holy Lailatul Qadr which is worth for 1000 months, insya-Allah. Selamat Hari Aidilfitri 1430 Hijrah, Mohon Maaf Zahir dan Batin. :)

Dan, semoga Allah menerima (amalan) dari kami dan dari kamu. :)

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Happy 42nd Birthday Mama!


A sweet photo taken by Kaka Lina (Thanks!:D) during our sungkai at Bu Ina's house on Thursday, 17th September 2009

Ma, happy birthday yang ke 42 tahun. Words really can't express how much I love you. ^_^


Rasulullah SAW bersabda, Bersungguh-sungguhlah dalam berbakti kepada ibumu, karena sesungguhnya syurga itu berada di bawah kedua kakinya.” - HR Imam Nasa’i dan Thabrani dengan sanad hasan

“Dan rendahkanlah dirimu terhadap mereka berdua dengan penuh kesayangan dan ucapkanlah: “Wahai Tuhanku, kasihilah mereka keduanya sebagaimana mereka berdua telah mendidik aku waktu kecil.”
- Al Isra’:24

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Crying While Running To The Masjid

Wednesday, 9th September 2009 / 19 Romadhon 1430

4:25 AM – I woke up. Realizing that I would be late for Qiaamullail at the Masjid, I only ate three dates (kurma) and drank a plenty of MARIGOLD Hi-Calcium Fresh Soya Milk for my sahur. I threw my tapau which was supposed to be my sahur for that time in the bakul sampah since I wanted to perform Qiaam at the Masjid. After that, I get prepared very quickly for getting ready to Qiaam at Masjid Universiti, UBD.

OTW to Masjid – I was running (usually, I walk to the masjid) since my niat was to perform eight roka’aat of Solat Tahajjud lillaahi ta’aala. For unknown reasons, when I was running on the way to the Masjid, I cried. At that time, I remembered a hadis where it said something like siapa yang tahu fadhilat solat Subuh, pasti tani mendatanginya walaupuin bila keadaan tani merangkak (by crawling! Just imagine how BIG the fadhilat is to the extent that urang yang crawling pun sanggup solat ani bah). At that time, I also said in my heart, “Kenapaaa tah ku lari-lari cani” Running from the hostel to masjid before azan Subuh, haha...

And alhamdulillah, I managed to perform four roka’aat of solat Tahajjud at the Masjid before the azan Subuh. Well, four is bigger than zero. :)

Hmmm… It was something hard for me to explain why I was crying while running to the Masjid tadi atu. Slalunya inda bahh. Something like mixed feelings ada jua. For sure, I was finding rohmat, redho and keampunan from Allah di pagi 19 Romadhon. I could perform my Qiaam and solat Subuh at the hostel though. And I chose at the Masjid. Bulan puasa lagi kan, and Ramadhan tinggal dalam 10 hari lagi. Why not take the chances as if I am going to die soon.

But, most importantly, I really don’t want to miss solat Subuh berjamaa’ah di masjid for the third time in this blessing month of Ramadhan 1430 Hijrah. I already missed two though huhu...

And lastly, du’aakan that I would be like this and istiqomah selama-lamanya... aamiin...

Telah berkata pendeta Yahudi: "Tidak akan aku gentar pada ummat Islam selagi mana jumlah Muslims yang datang menunaikan solat Subuh berjamaa'ah tidak menyamai jumlah Muslims yang menunaikan solat Jum'at"

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Words of Appreciation :')

Dear Mr Arina, this is Alina - Badruz's mum. Just to let you know that the GCSE results come out today and Badruz got 8 GCSEs (passed all subjects) and scored a C grade for Economics - which is the highest he could get as he took the Foundation Tier. My husband and I would like to say thank you for your great work in helping him understand more during the tuition classes. We really appreciate it and wish you well in your studies at UBD.

- Badruz's mother's SMS to me on Thursday, 27/08/2009, 21:42

Alhamdulillaah, it was all thanks to Allah.

Yang mengajar (manusia) dengan pena. - Suroh Al-'Alaq (96):4

:')

Monday, July 13, 2009

Thanawi 5 Abyadh's Gathering of 2009


The picture above shows my classmates and I in 2003. We are the Ma'had's intake of 1997. Hassan was the only one who was not included in this picture.


Then, Ma'had Islam Brunei was renovated in the same year. As a result, the science class of form four and form five was transferred to SUAMPRIPAD. And, the rest went to SPA and SMALHB. The picture above shows the Thanawi 5 Abyadh (Form Five 'White'). And yeah, Thanawi means 'form' and Abyadh means 'white' in Arabic. ;)


Six years later... ;) (From the left: Khalid, Sabri, I, Alimin and Hadi)


And, this is us, the ex-Form 5 Abyadh on Friday, 10th July 2008! :D

Alhamdulillaah, let me recalled what we, the ex-Thanawi 5 Abyadh, are doing now. Well, let me start from the ladies:

Amni, Khadizah and Syazwani (Lap): They are currently in the fourth year at Universiti Islam Antarabangsa, Malaysia, under the Ministry of Religious Affairs scholarship.
Nisah and Wana (the two who used to be called (or still) 'Pink', hehe): Currently in GSE/SHBIE, UBD, taking Bachelor of Primary Education. And both of them are married and blessed with four children (Nisah) and two children (Wana).
Ain: Currently, a guru ugama at a sekolah ugama in Berakas and is already married. A KUPUSB graduate.
Faizah, Farizah, Lainey, Ihsan, Fadil and Zimah: All of them are currently in their final year at Institut Pengajian Islam, UBD. And, alhamdulillaah, Zimah, got the one year Study Abroad Program (SAP) at Yarmouk University, Jordan. And, Ihsan is already married (or tunang?). I'm not really sure whether she is married or engaged, lupaaa... ;)
Hafilah and Teha: Both of them continued their studies in UK. Hafilah in Pharmacist and Teha in Biological Engineering when I'm not mistaken.
Rabiatul: Currently in APB, UBD.
Amal: Currently at ITB. And, married and blessed with a child (coming two).
And, this one lady, I forgot her name: Anybody knows what is she doing now?

And, the gentlemen:

Hassan and Alimin: Both of them are working now as a guru ugama at a sekolah ugama somewhere in Tutong. Both of them are KUPUSB graduates.
Hadi and Hafiz: Now at IPI, UBD. And alhamdulillaah, Hadi got the one year SAP at Jordan and finished it.
Malik: Now working dah and alhamdulillaah, engaged dah panya ia ani. Hehe...
Khalid: Currently at ITB.
Sabri: Insya-Allaah, he would continue his master program at Loughborough University next semester. A graduate from Loughborough University.
Arina: well, that is me! :P

Well, overall, alhamdulillaah, it was really a nice gathering. We talked about lots of things, hehe... And yeah, thanks to Amni, the mastermind of the gathering event, we usually do this about, at least, once a year... ;)

P/s: Any wrong or misleading information? Do let me know ya, hehe...

Jazakumullaahu khoiro!

12:13 PM, Monday, 13th July 2009

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Three Choices, One Decision


The picture above shows Bu Usu's new house at Rimba. About five minutes of driving from Universiti Brunei Darussalam. *winks* ;)

Today, 27th June 2009, I helped my aunt, Bu Usu, with my bros, my aunts and my cousins sorting things, angkat-angkat barang and so on out at her new house. Dari pagi sampai kan azan Maghrib.

And after that, I rushed to Masjid Jame' to solat Maghrib. And then, I went to Kiarong to teach a tuition class there from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM. And alhamdulillaah... :) One of my students offered herself to treat or belanja us (the class n the teacher!) at Kiulap at her uncle's restaurant. Well, I have to admit, she's a wealthy girl. Thanks for the treat, yeah. And also, because of that, the class was finished one hour earlier. :P I was tired, really tired (and still, even now, masa ku menaip ani). And your belanja to all of us at least made me happy. :)

Well... I have three choices today:
1) To help my aunt at her new house
2) To do urgent RESCO works with the RESCO members
3) To attend Perkhemahan Belia Dinamik 2009 (anjuran Dynamic Youth Club,Institut Teknologi Brunei) as a facilitator or a participant

And I chose the first one. Why? Because I had already agreed to help Bu Usu before I was called to do work under RESCO. I did not chose the third choice since I know I would be busy this week and next week because of the Sukan Staf Seborneo at UBD. And again, RESCO would be involved. And hmmm... It is about more than one week now that I did not meet my ikhwah. Because of the clash with my family activities. Huhu. Uhibbuka fillaah yaa akhii...

And ohh, by the way, as of now, there are 25 confirmed cases of AH1N1 in Brunei. Innaalillaah, that is indeed really fast for such a small country. Mari kita sama-sama membaca, menghayati dan memahami hadis Bukhori di bawah ini:

“Apabila kamu mendengar penyakit berjangkit terjadi di suatu negeri. Maka, janganlah kamu datang ke tempat itu. Dan, kalau kamu sedang berada dalam negeri yang tengah berjangkit penyakit menular itu. Maka, janganlah kamu keluar dari negeri itu. Kerana hendak melarikan diri.” - Hadis Bukhori

Tapinya kan..... Hmmm...

That is all for today, salaam all. :)

Sunday, 28th June 2009, I:16 AM

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Tunas Taqwa 2009: Inspirasiku

These two-days event took place from Sunday, 14th June 2009 (one day after I finished my teaching assistanship at SMSO), until Monday, 15th June 2009. I became one of the facilitators in this event. And 'thanks so much' to akhi Kyar, I became the group facilitator for the Hikmah group. :P And wow, I really gained a lot from this event. :D Well, do enjoy some of the pictures below. ^_^


These are one of the two beautiful banners. The other banner (which was also similar like this one) was at the entrance of the Berakas Forest Recreational Park.


These are the cute children from the Hikmah group. From the left: Amar, Mu'az, Miqdad, Rahman, Khairul (the group's leader), Irham, Khairuddin, and Ammar. And errr... me, Abang Arina, the group's facilitor. :P


These are some of the cute participants. They were briefed about the two-days event.


These are some of the facilitators. They were introducing themselves to the cute participants.


Well, as you see from this picture, sharing is indeed caring. The cute participants (and even us, the facilitators) are encouraged to eat like this during breakfast, lunch and dinner during the two-days event. Wow, you should try this sometimes. :)


I forgot the name of this game. And I had fun watching the cute children played this game. And it was even more fun, when the facilitators, were involved in this game. I really loved it!


The 'Ikhtiar Hidup' game. The cute participants were asked to role play of a fire incident. I also learned, for the first time, how to make a stretcher from the sisters. *shy*


Good acting by Danial (or Daniel, do correct me when I'm wrong ya) as the victim of a fire incident during the 'Ikhtiar Hidup' game. *two thumbs up*


It was indeed fun and enjoyable to see how the children learn how to cook during the cooking competition. I even learned something about cooking from them and from the sisters. ;)

Tuesday, 23rd June 2009, 6:16 PM

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

My Semester Six: The Conclusion

Alhamdulillaah... Thanks to Allaah that I got an overall C+ in my semester 6’s exam (ABBCCCD). And yeah, this is my first time getting an overall C+ since the first semester. Alhamdulillaah~ Wasyukuurillaah~ Bersyukuur~ Padamu ya Allaah~~~ :D

And, before that, I need to say many thanks or syukron to my friend, Muhammad Qawiem Qiwamuddin. I learn a lot from you bro. I learn how you revived the Kelab Fotografi PMUBD which was in extinction as the new chairman of the club. I learn how to be a great and a potential people like you. And so on... Without you also, I would not get a B in our course, A Multidisciplinary Approach for a Sustainable Environment. Words can’t express how much I need to thank you bro. Jazaakallaahu khoiron yaa sohaabii... :’)

Returning to the topic, my semester six, was, my busiest semester so far. I had many assignments to do in this semester. The highest number of assignments that I had to do so far since the first semester. And yeah, most of it, errr... I did it at the last minute. *gulp*

Not just that, I also involved myself in UBD’s extra curricular activities (ECA). In UBD, I am the Deputy Chairman 3 for Kelab Teater UBD. I am a member since semester 3. And I am also the Secretary for El Legua de Retratista Fotografia (the new name for Kelab Fotografi PMUBD). I am also a member since semester 3. And I am also the Biro Kerohanian for the UBD Residential College Organization (RESCO) since semester 5. And I am also a member for the Kelab Al-Qur’an since this semester also. And overall, my participation in ECA for this semester, my semester 6, was the highest since the first semester. There were other activities that I participated also.


My second performance as one of the Kelab Teater UBD members. At the Songket Ballroom, Rizqun International Hotel, Gadong. During the MBPAM 2009. On Friday, 13th March 2009.


My first time experiencing as the Pengerusi Majlis Bersama. During the Pertandingan Dikir Syarafil Anam anjuran Biro Kerohanian, RESCO. On Friday, 27th March 2009.


El Legua de Retratista Fotografia (The new name for the Kelab Fotografi PMUBD) with Qawiem as its new chairman.

Outside UBD, I work part-time at night as a tuition teacher teaching economics and history at Thumbsup Tuition School since March. Thanks to Abu Zar for offering me the job for the second time. I rejected the offer when he offered me the job before that, ooopppsss...I also learn Arabic language at Masjid Universiti, UBD, every Tuesday, after solat Maghrib. I also involve in halaqoh. For those who don’t know, halaqoh is a term which means a meeting of a group of people learning, teaching, discussing and so on about Islam.

And hmmm... I realized... I realized that, the busier I am, the better the overall result that I got, hehe... Alhamdulillaah... And hmmm... I think I’m going to end my post now. I have to prepare for tonight. I’m going to sleep at Masjid Beribi for the second time tonight for qiaamullail. And yes, innsyaaAllaah, I would meet the brothers tonight. It has been about two days I did not see and meet them since Monday. And I feel like I’m missing them already. Alhamdulillaah.... :D

And lastly, I do hope you would learn something from this post, my previous posts, and my upcoming posts. And, whether you learn something from me, or not, I request you all to do at least one thing. At least one thing, hehe... And that is, to pray and pray for me to be consistent and consistent and consistent in the road that would lead me to jannah in the hereafter. Aamiiin... May Allah blesses you all. Aamiiin... ^_^

Wednesday, 17th June 2009, 5:24 PM

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Our Purposes of Life

Bismillaah, below is what AA Gym said about our purposes of life:

“Saudara-saudaraku, andaikata tujuan sudah ditetapkan sepelan apapun kita bergerak insyaallah merupakan suatu kemajuan. Tapi bagi orang yang tujuannya tidak tetap, segigih apapun bergerak bisa jadi menuju kehancuran.

Oleh karena itu kalau kita berbicara bisnis itu tergantung tujuannya apa. Ada yang tujuannya hanya uang, ada yang tujuannya kepuasan. Tapi sebagai seorang muslim paling tidak ada tiga tujuan yang harus kita pahami sebagai manusia yang diciptakan Allah.

Pertama, kita diciptakan oleh Allah untuk menjadikan segala aktifitas kita sebagai ibadah, bukan semata-mata mencari uang.

Kedua, tugas hidup kita menjadi khalifah. Kita diberi kesempatan hidup di dunia satu kali oleh karena itu kita harus berkarya seoptimal mungkin, sehingga saat kematian kita kelak adalah puncak kita berkarya dalam hidup ini yang bermanfaat bagi peradaban manusia, mensejahterakan diri dan mensejahterakan orang lain.

Ketiga, tugas kita dalam bahasa agama disebut dakwah. Artinya, apapun aktifitas yang kita lakukan harus menjadi pencerminan pribadi-pribadi yang menjadi teladan dalam kebenaran.

Ini penting, ibadah, khalifah dan dakwah. Saudaraku, ada orang yang sibuk dengan membanting tulang demi mencari sesuap nasi. Ini rugi, sudah tulang yang dibanting hanya sesuap yang dicari.

Imam Ali pernah mengatakan, barang siapa yang memang kesibukannya hanya untuk mencari isi perut, maaf, derajatnya tidak jauh beda dengan apa yang keluar dari perut.

Kalau hanya mencari makan, apa bedanya dengan kambing?
Kalau hanya sekadar mencari uang, garong juga mencari uang.
Maka kita harus tahu bahwa kita tidak disuruh mencari uang.
Tetapi kita disuruh untuk menjemput rezeki, karena setiap makhluk sudah disiapkan rezekinya masing-masing.”

Taken from Berbisnis dengan Hati: The 10 Credos of Compassionate Marketing by KH Abdullah Gymnastiar & Hermawan Kartajaya, pages 15-18.

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Dear readers, it was from this book that I bought at Gramedia Bookstore, Jakarta, Indonesia, on December 2004 that I got the name for my beloved blog, Khadakiba. The word Khadakiba is the formation for the first three alphabets of khalifah, dakwah dan ibadah. Which are, our purposes of life in this temporary world.

Masatu, i was ‘alone’. I mean, I was interested in learning more about Islam. Macam ku suka baca pasal ugama, dangar ceramah-ceramah especially from AA Gym and so on. And, dilajukan cerita. Last year, on Thursday, 17th September 2008, di bulan Ramadhan yang penuh dengan keberkatan. I started to meet great people such as Atif, Lukman and so on. Masatu ada Qiamullail di Masjid Universiti, UBD. And masatu, terus terang saja ahh, niat utamaku kan datang qiam masatu kan dapatkan SIJIL, A CERTIFICATE!! *kan ngumpul sijil* *ohok-ohok* I came late masatu because I was from the airport. My bro continues his study to UK. Sikit lagi ku kan cancel datang sal janji melayu (akhir datang bah) haha...

And now, alhamdulillaah, I’m slowly and slowly associating myself with them and learning more from them. Biar lambat, asal selamat, insyaAllaah, hehe... ;) Hmmm bah bah, adang, memanjang tia cerita ku ani, haha... banyakkan diceritakan actually. xD

And mari kita terbang dari September 2008 ke hari ini. *tukar topic* Alhamdulillaah, as of today, I’m not feeling well today. *sangal bahu* *selesma* *banyak berasin* *sakit kepala* Pray for me ya semoga saya cepat sembuhhh, insyaAllaah... *sniff* ^_^

Sunday, 7th June 2009, 5:34 PM

Friday, June 5, 2009

Wajibat Da’ie Dalam Kehidupan

Below is what I took note from someone's Powerpoint presentation about weeks ago, Wajibat Da’ie Dalam Kehidupan. I hope you all dapat manfa’at from this, innsyaAllaah... ^_^


Tanya Diri Anda


1 - Apa yang anda bisik setiap hari?
2 - Jika negatif -> natijahnya negatif
3 - Latih diri anda supaya bisikan sentiasa positif
4 - Fokus diri anda, jangan fikir apa orang cakap
5 - Setiap hari katakan pada diri anda (affirmative words), “Saya mendekati kejayaan dan kehebatan mukmin.”
6 - Allah tahu anda mampu sebab itu anda menjadi pilihannya
7 - Ulanginya setiap hari (repetition)


Da’ie Cemerlang

1 - Menjaga Batasan Syarak
- Suruhan & larangan
- Agama neraca kehidupan

2 - Menjaga Keikhlasan
- Ruh kepada ‘amal
- Penentu ‘amal ditolak atau diterima

3 - Tidak Jemu Mencari Ilham
- Tidak semua berilmu dan jahil
- Mendapat darjat & kedudukan di sisi Allah
- Cahaya Kehidupan

4 - Sentiasa Menimba Pengalaman Orang Yang Berjaya
- Mencapai kejayaan itu bukan kerja mudah
- Mempercepatkan jalan dan matlamat dakwah

5 - Menjaga & Menyegarkan Ukhuwwah Islamiyyah
- Asas kekuatan selepas ‘aqidah
- Perpecahan menuju kehancuran
- Sentiasa berbaik sangka

6 - Merasai Tanggungjawab Dakwah di Hadapan Allah
- Tidak ada 'izzah di sisi Allah melainkan hidup bersama dakwah
- Menghayati tanggungjawab ber'amal untuk agama Allah
- Tadhiah (pengorbanan) menjadi amalan.
- Berkongsi dakwah dengan orang lain

7 - Alat Untuk Mencapai Redha Allah
- Semua kekuatan yang dimiliki adalah untuk masa depan agama dan dakwah
- Tebus kembali maruah Islam dan ummah

8 - Menjaga Hubungan Dengan Allah
- Al-Qur’aan
- Al-Ma’thurat
- Qiam
- Puasa
- Istighfar

9 - Berterusan Berdu’aa Dengan Penuh Ikhtiar
- Jadi mukmin hebat
- Tidak malas
- Konsisten
- Tidak dihinggapi penyakit-penyakit hati
- Sehat tubuh badan

10 - Sentiasa Muhasabah Diri & Merasa Kerdil di Hadapan Allah


To be continued... stay tuned... ;)

Semoga we all hebat di dunia... Dan hebat di aakhiroh, innsyaAllaah!!

Friday, 5th June 2009, 7:56 PM

Monday, June 1, 2009

AA Gym’s Five Concepts of Business (Part II)

“Yang keempat, keuntungan adalah ketika dengan bisnis, menambah silaturahmi, menambah saudara, karena persaudaraan itu mahal. Buat apa mempunyai uang banyak kalau musuh juga bertambah. Sekali digarong, atau dibui, harta akan habis dan percuma.

Jadi orentasi dalam bisnis itu adalah bagaimana semakin menambah saudara. Tidak begitu beruntung barangkali tidak ada apa-apa, tetapi saudara bertambah. Kalau orang sudah sayang ke kita, dia akan menjadi tim marketing kita.

Dan yang kelima, yang disebut keuntungan bagi bisnis yang bernuansa religi adalah bagaimana dengan bisnis makin banyak orang yang mendapatkan keuntungan, yang menjadi bagian dari bisnis kita, itu akan menjadikan kebagian diri kita pula.

Konsep-konsep tersebut di atas tidak hanya ideal, tapi realistis karena kita sudah menjalani dan terbukti untung besar. Kami tidak tertarik pada uang haram, untuk apa? Logikanya sederhana, Allah yang menyuruh jujur, Allah yang memberi rezeki, untuk apa harus tidak jujur?

Kami membangun perusahaan dengan konsep ini. Beberapa waktu yang lalu kami mencoba untuk membangun perumahan, hanya dalam tempo satu bulan sudah laku 495 rumah. Bahkan belum diumumkan sudah habis. Ya mudah-mudahan Allah menerima.”

Taken from Berbisnis dengan Hati: The 10 Credos of Compassionate Marketing by KH Abdullah Gymnastiar & Hermawan Kartajaya, pages 33-36.

Monday, 1/6/2009, 6:37 PM

Sunday, May 31, 2009

I Need...

Hmm... after I performed my solat Maghrib berjamaa’ah yesterday at Masjid Jame’, I met bro Faisal when I was on my way to my mom’s car. With his wife, of course, hehe... I was in a rush since I have to teach at Thumbsup Tuition School at Kiarong at about 7:00 PM. And I thought, wow, they are so sweet. And at that time, when I saw them, my eyes... my eyes, dear readers, were watery or berair. In my heart, masatu, I really need to have a wife like that in the future, insyaAllaah. Where both husband and wife went to masjid and solat there. Slalunyakan, urang-urang kitani, bila ke masjid, lakinya solat. bininya inda tia. Dipahami plang tu sal bini-bini ada masanya uzurkan. Well, slalunyaaa, inda semuaaa. That is what I see slalunya. And furthermore, bini kawanku ani, insyaAllaah, bakal doctor and masih belajar di Canada, or abis kali sudah (nanti ku tanya kawanku hehe). And cara bininya berpakaian atu tudungnya basar, menutup aurat, bajunya lunggar, inda ketat and so on. Macam ustazah yo, wow... I have to admit, kawanku ani urangnya bagus. Walaupun ya bukan ustaz secara officialnya, bagiku, ya ani ustaz sal ya banyak tau pasal ugama. And also, ya mengamalkan cara hidup Islam. And banyak lagi lah, hehe...

By the way, patang kelmarin ada Teambuilding Programme (Nature’s Walk) for guru-guru SMSO di Sungai Liang Forest Reserve (check my photos on Facebook, hehe). And alhamdulillaah, ku manang cabutan bertuah, Aifa MP4 Digital Player (plus Flat Speaker). My name was the first one to be called. Macam popular rasaku kelmarin namaku kana panggil awal-awal ahh, hehe... Gembira sangat-sangat rasaku. Well, overall, it was fun. It was an opportunity for me to get to know more about the teachers and so on. And lagipun, batah dah ku inda bersukan, hehe...

Hmm... minta du’aakan ahh semoga ku mendapat wife yang solehah nanti, insyaAllaah... Apanya urang, when there is a will, there is a way... ;) kerna sesungguhnya, “Wanita-wanita yang keji adalah untuk laki-laki yang keji dan laki-laki yang keji adalah untuk wanita-wanita yang keji. Dan wanita-wanita yang baik adalah untuk laki-laki yang baik, dan laki-laki yang baik adalah untuk wanita-wanita yang baik (pula)” (An-Nur (24): 26). Which means, I have to improve and improve myself bila ku mau wifeku cematu nanti. Isteri yang solehah, insyaAllaah, akan menulung hamba yang sangat banyak dosa dan slalu buat dosa ini. Untuk mendapat kemenangan yang sebenar-benarnya di akhiroh yang selama-lamanyaaa, aamiiin... ^_^

Sunday, 31/5/2009, 1:30 PM

Friday, May 29, 2009

AA Gym’s Five Concepts of Business (Could be Applied to Other Areas as Well)

"Bagi kami dalam bisnis, uang itu nomor sekian:

Pertama, yang namanya untung itu kalau bisnis ini menjadi amal. Karena kita semua pasti mati dan yang dibawa ke akhirat itu bukan uangnya, tapi amalnya. Oleh karena itu sejak mulai dari niat harus benar. Kalau niat sudah salah, cara juga salah, tindakan kita tidak akan menjadi amal walaupun mungkin menghasilkan uang. Namun, untuk apa itu semua, karena uang tidak bisa kita bawa mati.

Kedua, yang disebut untung adalah, kalau dalam bisnis, nama kita menjadi semakin lebih baik. Nabi Muhammad itu benar-benar menjadi orang yang sangat credible, Al Amien, seorang yang sangat-sangat terpercaya. Orang tidak ragu saja kepada perkataannya. Makanya bagi kami bisnis itu kecil, tapi nama baik itu yang sangat penting.

Ketiga, yang namanya untung itu ketika dalam bisnis, kita berasa menambah ilmu, menambah pengalaman, menambah wawasan. Karena tanpa penambahan ilmu, pengalaman dan wawasan, keuntungan yang didapat bisa menjadi bumerang. Segalahnya berubah dalam hidup ini, bagaimana mungkin menyikapinya tanpa kemampuan yang berubah. Saat ini untung, tapi besok lusa bisa kadi keuntungan ini akan menjadi sumber kerugian. Makanya keuntungan berupa uang yang tidak meng-upgrade diri kita, itu sebetulnya tidak untung.”

To be continued in my next post...

Taken from Berbisnis dengan Hati: The 10 Credos of Compassionate Marketing by KH Abdullah Gymnastiar & Hermawan Kartajaya, pages 32-33.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

How To Get People To Like You

1 - Learn to remember names. Inefficiency at this point may indicate that your interest is not sufficiently outgoing. A man’s name is very important to him.
2 - Be a comfortable person so there is no strain in being with you---be an old-shoe, old-hat kind of individual.
3 - Acquire the quality of relaxed easy-goingness so that things do not ruffle you.
4 - Don’t be egotistical. Guard against giving the impression that you know it all. Be natural and naturally humble.
5 - Cultivate the quality of being interesting so that people will want to be with you and get something of stimulating value from their association with you.
6 - Study to get the ‘scratchy’ elements out of your personality, even those of which you may be unconscious.
7 - Sincerely attempt to heal, on an honest Christian basis (note: as a Muslim, we should instead practice ‘on an honest Islamic basis’), every misunderstanding you have had or now have. Drain off your grievances.
8 - Practise liking people until you learn to do so genuinely. Remember what Will Rogers said, “I never met a man I didn’t like.” Try to be that way.
9 - Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement, or express sympathy in sorrow or disappointment.
10 - Go get a deep spiritual experience so that you have something to give people that will help them to be stronger and meet life more effectively. Give strength to people and they will give affection to you.

Taken from Norman Vincent Peale's The Power of Positive Thinking, pages 267-268.

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Palestinian Humanitarian Fund Raising Event (Mini Concert)

Assalaamu'alaikum and a very good afternoon to all. ^_^

Venue: MSPSBS Auditorium, Maktab Sains
Day and Date: Sunday, 1st March 2009
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Entrance Fee: FREE!
Activities: Drama, Nasyid, Video Slideshow and Many More!

All proceeds from the event will go to the Humanitarian Fund for Palestine under the Community Development Section, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports Community Development. And this event is organized by Persatuan Kemajuan Insan (KESAN).

See you guys there, InsyaAllaah! ^_^

And lastly, to UBDians, i want to wish you all a happy mid-semester break! Let's us use this time of holiday effectively and efficiently, insyaAllaah! ^_^

Monday, January 26, 2009

Penulis Yahudi mengaku, "Kami telah kalah dan kami telah memberi kemenangan yang besar buat Hamas.

"Akhbar rusia yang diterbitkan di amerika telah ditarik balik pengedarannya kerana satu artikel yang ditulis oleh penulis yahudi pada muka surat yang ke tujuh. Ini terjemahan dari sebahgian artikel tersebut:


Penulis menyatakan:


Sekiranya kita ke gazza untuk membebaskan shalit (yg ditawan hamas sejak 2006) …… Kami pulang tanpanya.


Sekiranya kita pergi ke gazza untuk menghentikan roket2…………. Sesungguhnya bertambah jauh roket tersebut (sehingga hamper tel aviv) sehinggalah di hari terakhir dan semakin memberi ancaman.


Sekiranya kita pergi ke gazza untuk menghapuskan hammas…………… sesungguhnya hammas semakin disayangi dan kita telah memberikannya pengiktirafan rasmi.


Sekiranya kita pergi ke gazza untuk menjajahnya…………… Sesungguhnya telah kami sebut bahwa pasukan tentera tidak mampu menguasai satu meter pun di dalam kawasan gazza.


Sekiranya kita pergi ke gazza untuk menunjukkan bahwa kita yang hebat…………. Sesungguhnya peperangan telah berhenti setelah mana diputuskan oleh pejuang bukannya ketika kita buat keputusan.


Sekiranya kita pergi ke gazza untuk mempamirkan kekuatan kita……… Sesungguhnya cukuplah kita buat pertunjukkan ketenteraan di tel aviv.


Sekiranya kita pergi ke gazza untuk membunuh pemimpin hammas…………. Sesungguhnya kita hanya membunuh dua orang dari 500 pemimpin gerakan hammas.


Sekiranya kita pergi ke gazza untuk mendapat simpati dari dunia…………….. Sesungguhnya pandangan alam telah merubah kepada memusuhi kami. Orang yang dulu bersama kami pun telah memusuhi kami.


Sekiranya kita pergi ke gazza untuk mengembalikan kepercayaan kepada tentera kita……….. Sesungguhnya kita telah menambahkan kecut pada tentera kita dan telah menambahkan keyakinan kepada pejuang2 hamas pd diri mereka.


Sekiranya kita pergi ke gazza untuk menetapkan kekuatan pencegahan kita …………… sesungguhnya telah jelas bahawa senjata kita, tidak kita gunakannya dengan baik semasa di daratan dengan dua kali percubaan 2006 dan 2008. Ia tidak mencegah hizbullah dan tidak mencegah hammas.


Malahan bertambah ancaman dan kesombongan pemimpin2 hammas. Allah yang lebih mengetahui perkara yang akan datang selepas mana telah tersebar maklumat ini dikalangan penduduk setempat iaitu maklumat berkenaan dgn pejuang2 palestin dan kemampuan mereka untuk melawan kita. Kita tidak harus lupa ketika berlakunya pertemuan demi pertemuan untuk perdamaian Kita tidak pernah mendengar permintaan hammas walau sekalipun untuk genjatan senjata sehingga kita yang memintanya. Biarlah aku bertanya “Siapa yang menakutkan siapa?” Allah lebih mengetahui, terdapat 800 ribu penduduk Israel di selatan yang mana mereka akan gementar dan bergegas ke tempat perlindungan apabila mendengar nama hammas. “Siapa yang menakutkan siapa ?”


Akhirnya penulis membuat kesimpulan dengan kata2nya:


Peperangan ini menyebabkan rejim zionis(pertubuhan yahudi antara bangsa) membelanjakan 10.5 triliun dolar. Jumlah ini sama nilainya dengan belanja untuk kempen pengiklanan selama 40 tahun bagi mencantikkan gambaran orang2 yahudi di mata dunia. Dalam masa 22 hari , tentera2 yahudi telah memusnahkan segala2nya. Jumlah 10.5 trilion yang dikeluarkan oleh pertubuhan zionis ini tidak mencukupi bagi membiyai semua perbelanjaan perang ini.Ini juga tidak termasuk kerugian manusia di pihak askar dan orang awam yang terkena roket.


Penulis yahudi ini berkata:


Aku, olmert dan barak mengetahui kerugian manusia yang menimpa kami. Kesemuanya dilarang untuk mendedahkan jumlah kerugian manusia tersebut.”


Akhirnya penulis berkata:


“Cukuplah pembohongan kita selama ini. Sebenarnya kita tidak menang.”


Sumber: http://www.aqsatv.ps/arabic/index.asp. aqsa tv adalah milik hamas sperti manar tv milik hizbullah."

I took this from http://akhisalman.blogspot.com/2009/01/penulis-yahudi-mengaku-kami-telah-kalah.html with permission.

Allaahu akbar!

Nabi SAW bersabda, “Sekumpulan dari kalangan ummatku akan mempertahankan kebenaran, mereka mengalahkan musuh-musuh mereka dan orang-orang yang menentang mereka tidak dapat mengalahkan mereka dan mereka hanya mendapat sedikit kerosakan sehinggalah datangnya kiamat mereka tetap dalam keadaan demikian.” Para sahabat bertanya “Dimanakah mereka wahai rasulullah (SAW)?” Rasulullah SAW menjawab, “Di Baitul Maqdis (Palestine) dan disekelilingnya.” (Hadis riwayat Abdullah bin Ahmad dan Thabrani – para perawinya thiqah)

Nabi SAW bersabda, “Tidak berlaku kiamat sehinggalah kamu (orang-orang Islam) memerangi Yahudi sehingga mana berkata batu yang dibelakangnya Yahudi, “Wahai Muslim, Yahudi dibelakangku bunuhlah dia."" (Hadis riwayat Ahmad dan Baihaqi – hadis sahih)