Rasullah S.A.W besabda, maksudnya:
“ Tiga golongan manusia, Allah mencintai mereka dan gembira kepada mereka iaitu:

1)Seseorang yang dalam peperangan dan ketika barisan di depannya telah kucar kacir,ia terus maju mempertaruhkan jiwanya semata-mata untuk Allah hingga ia terbunuh( sebagai syuhada’) atau di menangkan oleh Allah Azza Wajalla. Allah berfirman: ‘Lihatlah hamba-Ku itu, betapa ia sabar mempertaruhkan jiwanya untuk-Ku.

2)Seorang yang mempunyai isteri cantik dan tempat tidur yang empuk, lalu ia bangun solat malam . Allah berfirman pula:” Orang itu meniggalkan syahwatnya semata-mata untuk berzikir kepada-Ku , padahal andai kata ia suka dapat saja ia melanjutkan tidurnya”,

3)Dan seorang yang berpergian bersama orang banyak , pada waktu malam tiba dan semua orang pada ketika itu semuanya tidur, iapun bangun pada sahur , baik keadaan senang atau susah.”( Riwayat at-Tabrani)

Hanya sekadar peringatan buat diri sendiri…..

::Faisal
::1:18 pm, sebelum solat zohor
::Sunday,May 09,2009

I read this article few days ago and I really like it.i posted it only important point and Just want to share with all of you.

“Look, you have pain, you don’t like it and you’re afraid of it, yet you hold onto it! You have to learn to let it go because you are not in control anyway.”

“Do I hold onto the pain?”

Can I do that I wondered.

“And it’s not just your own pain; you also have to feel the pain of others.”

“Mine is more than enough!” I declared, almost laughing. “More than enough!”

“When you feel the pain of others it helps you to bear your own.”

“How?”

“Well, look what’s happening now. You’re telling me how you feel; don’t you
feel better having done that?”

“Yes, actually I do,” I said in deep thought.

“And as I listen to you, I feel calmer and I feel less pain. We benefit each other.”

“Do you feel pain too?”

“Everyone feels pain.”

“Life is so hard.”

“Oh, come on. Don’t forget that everything has two sides. For all the marvelous emotions that can fill our being there is also darker emotions. You can never appreciate beauty, truth or joy without having experienced their opposites. If we only experience beauty and happiness, we would be angels! But remember Almighty Allah says that the righteous human being is higher than the angels – so feel your pain, enjoy it and grow through it!”

I closed my eyes and let the waves of pain wash over me. I didn’t resist them. I waited. They passed. I opened my eyes. There was calmness.

“So what did you learn?” she asked.

“I survived it. It passed. Everything changes.”

“Yes, accept change and accept yourself. It’s the only way you can start to build.”

I felt stronger. The pain had edged its way into the background, and left me with a sense of clarity– tranquility.

“Where did you learn all this?” I asked. “Is there a book I should read?” As if anything could be so easy.

“No,” she laughed. “Allah the Almighty puts His signs in the universe all around us. Anyone can see them and understand them, even if he can not read!

It is up to us to comprehend the messages He sends to us and learn from them, or situation is repeated situations until we understand. Our ability to do this depends on the state of our heart.

“If you look back at your life, and compare yourself in the past with how you are right now, you will surely see many changes and developments. You are not the same person you were ten years ago. Try to remember the signs you had along the way. Try to remember what guided you,” she explained.

I could remember.

“Change is a part of life, don’t resist it. Learn to ride out whatever happens, and know that joy is contained in and around hardships.”

“Tell me about your life,” I asked her. “What was the changing point in your life?”
“
“There have been many really. I learned that helping others always brings about something positive.”

“Please explain.”

“Well, if someone comes to you with a problem that is counted as negative. Then you try to help them, comfort them, and support them then that is counted as positive.”

“But won’t the negative of that person counteract your positive?”

“Remember what you’ve learned about Math at school? A negative and a positive make a what?”

“A positive!”

“Yes. And a positive and a negative make a positive, and a positive and a positive make a positive…”

“Yes, only a negative and a negative make a negative,” I realized.

“That’s why we should always return evil – a negative – with goodness – a positive, then the whole thing will transform into something positive. Isn’t life amazing?”

Just think about it…..

::Faisal
::6:07
::Tuesday,April 21,2009

As Salaamu‘alaykum and peace to all,

For this entry, I brought to you the story of Iman Bukhari ,a well known muslim scholars who authoring the hadith collection named Sahih Bukhari, a collection which Sunnis regard as the most authentic (Arabic: Sahih) of all hadith compilations and it is a most authentic book after the Qur’an.

Here is the story

In Al-Fawaaid Ad-Daraaree, Al-‘Ajloonee related that Imam Bukhaaree (may Allah have mercy on him) once travelled by boat on a journey to seek out knowledge and that he had taken with him one thousand dinars. One of his fellow travelers ingratiated himself with Iman Bukhaaree , outwardly showing him love and admiration. During the sea voyage, the man often made it a point to sit in his company. On the long journeys, friendships develop faster than normal, and during the course of the time they spent together, Imam Bukhaaree informed the man that he had one thousand dirhams with him.

The morning after Imam Bukhaaree spoke about the money, the man woke up and began to cry,scream,rip his clothing apart , and slap his own face ,as I he had just been afflicted with a great loss. His fellow shipmates asked him what was wrong and he refused to answer at first, as if he was still in the state of shock and could not bring himself to speak about his situation.

After they continually insisted that he tell them what the matter was with him, he finally said,

“ I had a bag that contained one thousand dirhams ,and I lost it”.

The crewman who was in charge of the ship began to search for the passengers. One by one everyone was being searched, and upon realizing what was happening, Imam Bukhaaree, making sure that no one was looking, threw his bag of money over the side of the ship. When it was his turn to be searched, nothing was found. When the entire ship and all of its passengers were searched, and when no bag of money was found, those authority on the ship went back to the man who made up the story and chastised him for making a false claim and for putting them through so much trouble. As soon as the ship finally reached shore, the passengers began to disembark.

Meanwhile, Iman Bukhaaree’s old friend went to him and asked him what he had done with the bag of money.

“ I threw it into the sea,” Imam Bukhaaree said.

“ And you are patiently accepting the fact that you have just lost such a huge amount of money ?” the man asked.

“O ignorant one,” Imam Bukhaaree said,

” do you not know that I have spent my entire life gathering the Ahadeeth of messenger (PBUH) and the world now acknowledges my trustworthiness. Would it then have been befitting for me to subject myself to the accusation of theft? And shall I lose the precious pearl (i.e., my knowledge and achievement as a scholar) that I have earned over a lifetime over a limited numbers of dinars?”

A lesson from this story is that, knowledge is not equal with the money or anything else in this world. Knowledge, if we acquired for sake of it can shape our attitudes and akhlaqs like what happen during the time of muslim scholars.

Some of us might wonder how can Iman Bukhari become so great, perhaps this one of the answer;

Orang bertanya kepada Ayah Imam Syafie tentang bagaimana boleh mendapat Imam Syafie yang faqih dan bijak sejak dari zaman mudanya lagi. Apa rahsianya? Jawab Ayah Imam Syafie ” Aku mendidik Syafie sejak aku belum berkahwin lagi (bermula semasa memilih calon Isteri – Ibu kepada Syafie) “

p/s:picture from wikepedia.com
p/s:Extracted from the biography of Imam Bukhaaree, compiled by Salaahud-Deen ibn ‘Alee ibn ‘ Abdul Maoujud, and translated by Faisal Shaafeeq.

::Written by Faisal
::2:55 p.m
::Wednesday,April 08, 2009

Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera kepada semua

Kehadiran maulidur Rasul seperti biasa disambut dengan penuh kesyukuran, syukur kerana lahirnya Junjungan besar Nabi Muhammad yang diutuskan Allah untuk membetulkan akhlak manusia . Hari Keputeraan Rasullah ini disambut untuk mesyukuri nikmat Allah yang mengirimkan seorng lelaki yang mempunyai nila-nilai akhlak yang mulia serta wajib diteladani oleh semua manusia.

Pada masa yang sama, sambutan ini berfungsi mengenang dan menghargai jasa-jasa, pengorban, rintangan dan seribu satu kepayahan yang pernah dialami junjungan besar Nabi Muhammad dalam menyebarkan syiar islam ke seluruh pelusuk dunia. Berkat kesungguhan beliau yang kemudiaan diteruskan oleh pengikut-pengikutnya meyebabkan islam tersebar luas ke seluruh dunia, dari kawasan sejuk di Russia sehinggalah ke Australia, dari Jepun ke Eropah dan dari tanah gersang Gurun Sahara sehinggalah ke kepulauan kecil Caribbean. Penganut agama Allah, Islam ini terdiri dari manusai yang berbagai bahasa, budaya,warna kulit dan dipisahkan dengan lautan luas, namun mempunyai satu persamaan yang jelas, yang tidak akan pernah pudar sampai bila-bila iaitu keimanan kepada tuhan yang satu, Allah SWT.

Kasih dan sayang kita kepada Nabi Muhammad bukan sahaja ditunjukkan dengan menyambut hari kebesaran Baginda tetapi lebih dari itu. Menyebut dengan lidah yang kita menyayangi Baginda tanpa mengikut setiap ajaran dan perbuatan Baginda tidaklah cukup, lantaran sikap dan peribadi mulia Baginda inilah yang disanjung tinggi dan mampu mengubah dan memandu manusIA kearah kearah jalan yang benar, kearah mendapat kebahagian di dunia dan akhirat.

Diantara sifat-dsifat Baginda yang wajib diikuti ialah;

1)Sentiasa benar
Gelaran al-Amin yang diberikan jelas menunjukkan yang beliau seorang yang amanah dan boleh dipercayai dalam apa hal jua. Malah,Siti Khadijah memberi kepercayaan kepada beliau untuk membawa barang dagangan sewaktu bekerja dengan.

2)Berkeyakinan tinggi
Berkat keyakinan baginda, ajaran islam tersebar luas ke seantero dunia,walaupun Bagindamelalui seribu satu keperitan dalam menyampaikan perintah Allah.Baginda yakin, dalam usahanya itu , suatu hari nanti kemenangan pasti akan dicapai.

3)Tekun, Rajin dan cekal
Jika kita menyusuri sejarah Baginda, Baginda pernah menjadi pengembal kambing
semasa kecil , berniaga semasa remaja dan akhirnya menjadi Pesuruh Allah menyebarkan ajaran islam.Dalam meyebarkan ajaran islam , beliau sentiasa rajin dan tidak pernah berputus asa dalam menyampaikan dakwah walaupun menerima cacian dan makian daripda orang yang cuba didakwahnya.

Sifat-sifat yang dinyatakan diatas seharusnya wujud dalan diri setiap manusia yang bergelar muslim jika kita betul-betul menjadikan Nabi Muhammad ikutan atau idola kita. Namun ,malangnya sesetengah generasi atau masyarakat sekarang hanya mengenal Baginda dengan nama tetapi tidak sangat mengenali sejarah, perjuangan dan akhlak mulia Baginda.Mereka menjadikan benda lain sebagai idola sehinggakan jiwa menjadi sebati dengan akhlak dan perangai idola mereka.Ini tidak langsung menyebabkan mereka menjadi taksub dan terikut-ikut dengan akhlak seseorng tanpa mengetahui kesan terhadap akidah mereka.Tanpa mengetahui dan meneladani sejarah Baginda, mana mungkin kita mampu menyayangi manusai hebat ini, yang tersenarai dalam kedudukan nombor satu dalam senarai manusia paling berpengaruh di dunia.

Sabda nabi;

“Tidaklah seseorang itu dikatakan beriman sehingga aku lebih dicintai daripada ayahnya,anaknya da seluruh manusai.”(Hadis riwayat Bukhari)

Jadi, mencintai Baginda adalah wajib kerana itu tanda adanya iman dalam diri kita.
Nabi Muhammad SAW,Idola Sepanjang Zaman.

Fikir-fikirkan….

“Wahdah Pemangkin Khairul Ummah”

P/s:Picture diambil dari www.flickr.com/photos/muntazirah/461440859/

::Written by Faisal
::11:01 p.m
::Monday,March 09, 2009

As Salaamu‘alaykum and peace to all,

“A son’s sacrifice towards his parents is not complete until a situation arises whereby he buys and frees his parents from becoming slaves.”

As we already know, we cannot deny the greatness of our beloved parent’s sacrifice, how they have spent most of the time lives to secure our future; their children’s future. From the time we were infants until we become useful people, they care for us. This is a story that relates to their sacrifice; a story about a boy and a tree in a countryside.

Once upon a time, when a boy was a small child, he used to play with a particular tree everyday as a hobby. Tree was very happy and wished that it could stop time from going on so that it could stay with the boy forever. But time goes on by and the boy gradually grows older day by day, year by year.

Eventually, he doesn’t play with the tree anymore. So, the tree becomes very sad and lonely. One gloomy morning, as the tree was standing alone, remembering the happy days they had together, it got a shock joy as the boy come back. He had come to ask for money and the tree didn’t hesitates even the least to give and sacrifice all it had with its capability, shedding all its leaves to give to the boy, leaving it bare and cold. The boy went away happily but didn’t return for along time.

A few years passed by and the boy has grown into a handsome man. Eventually, he came back to visit the tree, asking yet another favor for wood to build of his house. Once again, the tree sacrificed itself and was partly cut down. But again, the boy left the tree alone and never come back anymore.

In this story, the tree symbolizes our parents. The reality today is just as such. Children never appreciate their parents’ sacrifice but always asking for more. Parents, on the other hand, never abandon their children’s hope and sacrifice all they could. Some nowadays think that money could pay for what they have done, that is by giving their parents money. Actually, this concept is totally wrong. Always remember, love has no substitute, be it billions of dollars or ringgit, no value can match the price of love. One thing need to remember is that, even if you service your parent for whole of your life, you still cannot pay for what they have done for you. The parent’s sacrifices are invaluable.

::Written by Faisal
::3:55 pm
::Friday,December 05, 2008

It was on the last Friday. I just finished my asr prayer in the Mosque. Before that, I was attending the talk delivered by a iium lecturer on the topic of nakba(catastrophe), the Palestinians exodus from their land. It has been 60 years since 1948, were Palestine were forcibly ejected from their homes during Arab-Israel war, the land now known as Israel, an illegal state. After asr prayer, I was on the way to my room when I suddenly stop after saw an organization chart of the one of the famous club in this university on the billboard. That club has been established since 2003 for the objective to promote good deeds and also organizing the lectures on Islamic talk. I even attended the talk organized by this club last week, the talk delivered by Imam of Assyakirin Mosque, KLCC. Once again, it was very good talk. It has been a normal for me to pass through the economics kuliyyah , either for purpose to go to the class, mosque, library and central or going back to my room. So, every single new notice on the billboard along the way will be attracting my attention. One of the things that attracted on the billboard is the picture of my friend, who held a position in that club. But, it is not a surprised because from her appearances, from my point of view, she really has credibility. She’s really a good muslimah, always wearing baju kurung and hijab and never wears jeans during the lecture. She’s always sat in front; listen carefully to the lecture in the class.

Sometimes, I wonder how can some of my friends can be involved in that such society or club. I mean that, they have been given responsibility to certain position, mean people have trust on them. As for me, I always think it quit difficult for people to trust me. I have been involved in some societies before, but then I quit because I think people don’t have trust on me. Probably, a lack of communication with the other people make people have less confident on me. Even, I always doubts about myself, did I’m really can take the responsibilities for certain task? Did I’m really a good guy? Did I’m really practicing my religion completely? Or just a guy who always proud to be muslim but not completely follow my religion? Nauzzubillah….

The book I have been read a couple days ago probably give me realization that whatever I do, I should be sincere and so that people will have some believe on me. In whatever we do, we should remind ourselves we are khalifah of Allah that responsibly not only to ourselves but also to others. If you think that just by performing 5 daily prayers, fast in Ramadan, and doing other pillars of Islam are enough to make you a khalifah , probably you are wrong. Being a khalifah not only mean lead yourself to a right but also the other people.

As Prof Dr. Muhammad al’Mahdi written in his book, there three main responsibilities as khalifah ;

1) To perfect yourself

2) To perfect society

3) To perfect the physical world of space and time

To restate it more simply, the three responsibilities of khalifah of Allah are

1) To make yourself good

2) To help others become good

3) To make the physical worlds good(clean and beautiful so it is pleasing to Allah)

We might probably easy to perfect ourselves in accordance with Islam, but to help the other become good, it might be difficult. This is because we are now living in the society which some people think that we cannot interface other people life or privacy. But, the question is what kind of privacy if it’s not in line with Islamic teaching? What kind of privacy that if we let it happen, it will destroy our society and religion? Can we just close our eyes when we see a maksiat occur in front of us? Can we just keep quit when our friends backbiting the others? Can we just let our roommate sleep in morning when we know that he still didn’t perform a subuh prayer?

Probably, those entire things seem a small matter, but the fact is, we will ask on the Day of Judgment if we didn’t make any effort to help them.

Think about it.

The three responsibilities that mention above actually cover absolutely everything a human being can do. And so everything a human being is supposed to be doing as khalifah of Allah is making goodness prevail – in ourselves, in society and in the physical world. And that is the totality of man’s responsibility in this life –until he enters the spiritual world, in the next life. Thus, we have as our total responsibility to bring good to ourselves, to others, and to the physical world.

If you look to the three responsibilities, two of them have worded “ to make” and one of then have been worded “ to help”. The reason why Prof Dr. Muhammad al’Mahdi wrote “ help other to be good” and not “ make others be good” is that while it is fair enough to make ourselves good and the to make physical world good , it would no be fair to ‘ make’ others good. If Allah wanted to make all of us to be good He would have done so. So, since Allah chose no to make us be good we should not impose that goodness upon others.

Think about it…….