A Letter To The Culture That Raised Me - Yasmin Mogahed's (Reclaim Your Heart)


Growing up, you read me the Ugly Duckling. And for years I believed that was me. For so long you taught me I was nothing more than a bad copy of standard (men).
I couldn't run as faster lift as much. I didn't make the same money and I cried to often. I grew up in a man's world where I didn't belong.
And when I couldn't be him, I wanted to please him. I put on my make up and wore your short skirts. I gave in my life, my body, my dignity, for the cause of being pretty. I knew that no matter what I did, I was worthy only to the degree that I could please and be beautiful for my master. And so I spent my life on the cover of Cosmo and gave my body for you to sell.
I was a slave, but you taught me I was free.  I was your object, but you swore it was success. You taught me that my purpose in life was to be on display, to attract, and be beautiful for men. You had me believe that my body was created to market your cars. And you raised me to think I was an ugly duckling. But you lied.
Islam tells me, I'm a swan. I'm different - it's meant to be that way. And my body, my soul, was created for something more.
God says in the Qur'an, "O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is Knowingly and Acquainted." (Qur'an, 49:13)
So I am honored, but it is not by relationship to men. My value as a woman is not measured by the size of my waist or the number of men who like me. My worth as a human being is measured on higher scale: a scale of righteous and piety. And my purpose in life - despite on what the fashion magazines say - is something more sublime than just looking good for men. And so, God tells me to cover myself, to hide my beauty and to tell the world that I;m not here to please men with my body; I'm here to please God. God elevates the dignity of a woman's body by commanding that it be respected and covered, shown only to the deserving -  only to the man I marry.
So to those who wish to 'liberate' me, I have only one thing to say: "Thanks, but no thanks."
I'm not here to be on display. and my body is not for public consumption. I will not be reduced to an object, or pair of legs to sell shoes. I'm a soul, a mind, a servant of God. My worth is defined by the beauty of my soul, my heart, my moral character. So, I won't worship your beauty standards, and I don't submit to your fashion sense. My submission is to something higher. With my veil I put my faith on display - rather than my beauty. My value as a human is defined by my relationship with God, not my looks. I cover the irrelevant. And when you look at me, you don't see a body. You view me only for what I am: a servant of my Creator.
You see, as a Muslim woman, I've been liberated from a silent kind of bondage. I don't answer to the slaves of God on earth. I answer to the King.

(Yasmin Mogahed's Reclaim Your Heart page 124 & 125)  
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I just can't stop myself from writing word by word in order for you to read those beautiful letter wrote by Sister Yasmin Mogahed herself. Jazakillah sister, thank you. Those words bring such an inspiration and motivation to me, and perhaps to you too insha Allah. She wrote it beautifully to describe us, Muslim women. We should be proud knowing that Allah SWT created us in such an incredible creature. Alhamdulillah, all praises to Allah.

Shaheera

Journey

Assalamualaikum,


Am so sorry for putting you aside dear bloggie. It's not I don't have idea, there're tons of ideas for me to write down here, but the time. Hmm, can't blame the time actually, but I blame myself for not being a genius who can apportion her time wisely.

Journey. Perjalanan. Ada orang bijak pandai pernah berkata,
Jauh perjalanan, luas pengalaman.

I couldn't agree more with those words. Indeed, it's true. Journey will make us mature from time to time. You will meet and see different kind of people. And through that, you'll be able to see how's actually the current situation out there. How is the condition of our ummah. What should we do to change it. What will happen later if we do nothing now. Go out, explore, you'll meet new friends and sometimes, you'll meet someone who will help us to get to know ourselves by knowing The Creator. Throughout  those journeys, try to muhasabah for everything. Bit by bit, you will see the changes in yourself.


Go out, travel. Beside being mature, this is one of the ways to be close to The Almighty by appreciating the creations and see how amazing the creations are. You'll be amazed to see how wonderful the sky is.


Till then, assalamualaikum :)


Shaheera

Reclaim Your Heart


Assalamualaikum w.b.t,
Alhamdulillah, after four months, I've got a chance to update my blog, pheeew, what a long time, isn't it ?

So, I'll update with a story about the fabulous event conducted on 15th April 2013. The event was called Reclaim Your Heart. A talk by Sis Yasmin Mogahed, one of the international speakers. You can see the trailer up there :)

It was started with a recitation of Holy Quran by Ustazah Zainab Talha. Oh by the way, the MC of the day was Sis Wardina Safiyyah. Then, there was a play by students from Sekolah Islam Adni entitled The Flowers of Gaza. They did a marvelous job even they were just cute little children. Their English were ah-may-zing. Kudos ! After that, the video entitled A Story That Has To Be Told was screened. It was about the story of people in Gaza. The people who have been visited Gaza shared their experience. Their experience which they could not and will not forget for the entire life. I really do want to go and visit Palestinians people, one day, inshaaAllahutaala, one fine day. I want to experience it myself.

After a long wait, then Sis Yasmin Mogahed's turn to deliver a talk. The participants were full of enthusiastic energy. The talk was such a motivation to all. It's awesome. Those were notes that I managed to write.


  • Angels do not have choice, while us as human being (caliphs of Allah) do have choice. Never to allow arrogant to take over ourselves. It is our human nature to slip. So, we have choice to either repentance or be arrogant and blame others for the wrongdoings as what shaytan did.
  • The example given was the story about Adam a.s and iblis. Look at the story of Adam. Even he did break the rules of Allah not to eat the forbidden fruit, he never blame shaytan but he turned to Allah and repentance. While vice versa to the iblis which he blame Allah for the reason he was thrown away from Jannah. 
  • Our situation will not change until we change ourselves, until we acknowledge Allah & until we prostrate sincerely to Him as a true believer.
  • The more you run for the creation, the more they push you away. The more you run for Allah, the more He comes closer to you.
  • Allah is Al-Wadud, the source of love. If you want real love, you have to seek the One who created love. Only then, you'll find true love.
  • When you put your trust in Allah and do something for the sake of Allah, Allah will return it back in the better form in this dunya and hereafter.
  • Never lean on creation, you can use it but do not depends on it, for Allah is The One who controls everything.
  • Know firmly that Allah will make way out for you so put all your trust in Allah.
  • Sometimes, we are too focus on the gifts that Allah gave which are called as false attachment. So, Allah take it back so you can be detached from whatever things and refocused yourself and know that the true attachment you need is Allah 'Azzawajalla.
  • If we want to be close to Allah during our time of hardship, we must be close to Allah during our time of ease.
  • Every good deed that you do is not a gift from you to Allah, but it's a gift from Allah to you.
  • When we are far from Allah, the heart becomes hard. When the heart becomes hard, the eyes become dry.
  • If Allah leaves us in a blink of an eye, we collapse.
  • We act. We strive. We put our effort. But remember, we have no power of the results. The results are from Allah. Work hard, but trust Him.
  • Focus on Allah when ease, then it will be more easier when the hardship strikes you.
That was part of the talk. Hopefully, it helps :) 



The pass to enter the talk :)

Jazakillah khayr for your time spent to read this post. May Allah bless. 
Assalamualaikum dear readers. 

Twins Of Faith '12

A'uzubilallahiminassyaitonirrajim,
Assalamualaikum w.b.t,



Alhamdulillah all praises to Allah, we have been given another day to be alive. I am so grateful to have this chance so I can share and spread the knowledge and the love I got from this amazing event. Truthfully, I feel that two whole days are not enough, I want more and more. It's just that this event is sooooo awesome amazing. I don't know how to make it into words, I just can't describe how I'm grateful to be chosen to attend this lovely event. Alhamdulillah, again all praises to Allah 'Azza Wa Jala, He's The Most Amazing :)

*Google courtesy


The speakers were truly amazing. I just fall in love with their way of disseminate da'wah. Truthfully, I am not the one who knew this international speakers, that was the first time I listened to them, but when I  listened to their lectures, one by one, Subhanallah, I felt that I will follow their lectures after this. They are totally an inspiring dae'i who will make a betterment for this ummah, Islam. Sheikh Daood Butt, Sheikh Omar Suleiman, Sheikh Tawfique Chowdhury, Brother Abdurraheem Green are parts of the speakers. Google them, and listen to their lectures, people. You will find that they are truly amazing.


Program schedule, click to open.

Okay so let's start the story. The conference opened with Quran recitation fro Brother Akbar, so here's a part  of the beautiful recitation,

            
Then, we move on to the first lecture which was

'What is love?' by Sheikh Daood Butt 

 


"Love is been hijacked by culture" - Sh. Daood Butt
"Gain Allah's love and you will gain love from others " - Sh. Daood Butt 
Sheikh said that maybe some of us think that love is to be obedient. But let's look at an example. There's a person who follow the rules of police to be obedient of the speed at the high way, but the person hate the police, can this be concluded that the person love the police ? No, right ? So, love is not to be obedient. If you love something or even someone, you surely can't wait to do things for them, right ? This means that what you love to do is what you tend to do. Ask yourself, do you love Allah ? If you love Allah, you will spend more time on doing ibadah and can't wait to do good deeds for the sake of Allah. It's not just being obedient, but you will allocate much more time on doing something that pleased Allah then everything else. That's what we called love to our Creator, Allah SWT.

When you love someone, you will know everything about them, but the question is, how much do we know about our most beautiful Creator, Allah SWT ? It's the time to know Allah so He will love us even more, insyaAllahuta'ala.

Rasulullah SAW once said,
"Allah loves His slave who is pious and free from all the wants"
There are 3 elements to gain the highest level of Iman, which are :

  1. Love Allah and His Messanger more than anything 
  2. Love the human being for the sake of Allah 
  3. Hate to be turned away from Allah
How big your sins are, know that Allah is the Most Forgiveness, the Most Merciful, so search for His forgiveness and let's aim for Jannah, InsyaAllahuta'ala. 

Next slot,

'Exemplary love' by Sheikh Omar Suleiman



Heart is the ocean of love. Every single human being has the feeling of love towards something. Evan the bad person love something. 
"When I love a person, I hear what he hers, I see what He sees" - Allah SWT
"A woman is normally saught as a wife for her wealth, beauty, nobility, or religiousness (adherence for Islam), but choose a religious woman and you will prosper" - Rasulullah SAW, from Hadeeth Muslim.
This hadith stated that choose the deen one for your benefit.

When we want something, we called upon Allah. But the question is, when we are in good condition, do we search for Allah ? Rasulullah SAW stand up and do qiamullail until his legs swollen. Allah doesn't ask him to do that. This is despite his former and latter sins (if he was to commit any) were forgiven. Sayyidatina Aisha r.a said in a Hadeeth authenticated by Imam(s) Al-Bukhari and Muslim that :

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُومُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ حَتَّى تَتَفَطَّرُ قَدَمَاهُ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: لِمَ تَصْنَعُ هَذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَقَدْ غُفِرَ لَكَ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ؟ قال: أَفَلا أَكُونُ عَبْداً شَكُوراً؟
It means, “Rasulullah s.a.w. kept standing in Qiyamillail so long, that the skin of his feet would crack. I asked him: “Why do you do this, while you have been forgiven of your former and latter sins?” He said, “Should I not be a grateful slave of Allah?”
That is the exemplary love to Allah should we follow, let's pray for our istiqamah in doing ibadah, InsyaAllahuta'ala.

Solat is hard, but if you have the quality of love toward Allah, it is easy. Love towards Allah will give you strength that no one can gives you.
"Hardship is what determines love" - Sh. Omar Suleiman 
Allah never shut the door for someone who is searching for Him, so search for Allah. Whoever aim for mardhatillah will eventually get Jannah for return.

Then, me and my friends went to the Marriage Corner :) IT WAS FULL HOUSE, you know ? Haha. The topic is,

'Free, Single and Available' by Sheikh Daood Butt 

It was actually planned to be conduct by Brother Yusha Evans, but he cannot make it because his father is sick. Let's make dua to his father's health and may Allah give him hidayah to say syahadah and become a Muslim insyaAllahuta'ala.

So, here's the tip for looking a spouse, people :)


  •  Look for someone who is compatible with your lifestyle.
  • Go to your parents and introduce her/him and said that you want to get married. Don't be shy.
  • Prove to your parents that you are capable to get marry even at the young age.

How to prepare mentally and spiritually to get marry ?
  • Look for someone who will work to earn for our family but not for his entire life. Means that he will come back home and help you and etc.
  • Make du'a to Allah SWT.
Okay, here's the funny thing, a guy asked Sheikh,
Guy : 'What is the best age to get marry ?'
Sheikh : 'How old are you ?'
Guy : 'I'm 22 years old'
Sheikh : 'Oh, you're 4 years late'
And everyone was like whoaaaaaaaa, hahahaha. It was funny, even Sheikh said that if he has the chance to get marry in the age of 16, he will marry at that time. Whoa, shocked right ? But, that is the right thing to lessen the maksiat rate.

How do you want to know someone thoroughly before marriage ?

  • Find a middle person and go out with them to get to know her/him. Find ou about her/him. Ask questions. 
Tips for marriage, put it o your mind, peeps, insyaAllah for the lasting marriage amiin >.<
  • First six month  : Honeymoon time
  • Next six month : Compromise time
  • Next year : Buid love time, trust each other time
  • After 2 years : The best time to have cute little babies
Then, we went back to main hall to listen to the next lectures,

'Give a little love' by Sheikh Abdul Rahman Chao



Allah said,
"My mercy is beyond my anger"
Show mercy even to the sinner. When you show rahmah to other things, Allah will show rahmah to you. When you show love, then the world will show love to you.

"When you show mercy, you are renewing hope for humanity" - Sheikh Abdul Rahman Chao
 Next lecture,

'What can you give for the love of god' by Mufti Sheikh Omar Sheriff



Everything we own belongs to Allah.

What had Allah gives us ?
  • Live 
  • Body 
  • Wealth 
Then, 
'Loving me, loving you' by Sheikh Abdurrahman Murad 



If you want something, two things you need to do. 
  • Du'a
  • Strive
'Caring means sharing' by Abdurraheem Green


Allah has given you something which is Islam. Islam is the most precious thing to us. There are out they who doesn't know about Islam. So, how can we do ? If you truly love Islam, spread Islam. There are many ways to spread Islam. Blogging also is one way of spreading Islam. Facebook and Twitter also can be a medium for us to spread Islam. Do you think Allah loves people who is selfish and uncaring ? So, let's be caring to each other and enter Jannah together.

There's also halal entertaintment by Omar Regan, Omar Esa and loads more. Omar Regan is spectacular ! He's awesoooome and funny !



And, Omar Regan Esa beautiful voice,


This is Dream Cube. You can watch a video about dream and write your dream at the cube as above.


Me and my friends got a chance to met Kak Farah Lee, Ally Iskandar and Afdlin Shauki. Alhamdulillah they are great people :)

Kak Farah is so beautiful and she's a shy person, hihi ^^
So, that's all for this today. Hope my little sharing can make you gain something. I'll continue the next part later, insyaAllahuta'ala.

Assalamualaikum.
Truly, Shaheera.












Rezeki Allah yang tentukan :)

Assalamualaikum, bismillah,

Alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah, dengan izin Allah, terdetik jugak hati ini untuk mengupdate blog yang sudah bersarang. Terima kasih kepada Tuhan yang Maha Agung yang telah meniupkan semangat ke dalam diri ini untuk terus menulis pendapat dan perkongsian dalam proses diri ini ditarbiyah. Sungguh, proses tarbiyah yang saya ikuti membawa perubahan  kepada diri ini yang dahulunya jahil kepada mula mengenal dan mengaplikasikan ilmu Islam dengan lebih mendalam. Walaupun tidak lah sekali gus banyak, tetapi alhamdulillah, sedikit-sedikit :) 

Apa khabar iman, readers sekalian ? Saya pernah mendapat pertanyaan yang sama dan saya terpaku, tidak tahu bagaimana untuk menjawabnya. Sihat ke iman kita ? Sakit ke iman kita ? Hanya kita dengan Allah yang tahu keadaan yang sebennarnya. Basically, iman manusia seperti kita ni ada turun naik nya. Kita bukan lah para malaikat yang sentiasa menaik imannya, tetapi kita hanya manusia biasa yang sering alpa dan leka. Dalam keadaan kita sedar atau tidak, dosa yang kita sumbangkan hampir setiap masa. Kita harus diberi peringatan dan saling ingat mengingati supaya kita dapat baiki diri kita. Maka, saya mengambil inisiatif untuk menulis blog ini dengan tujuan untuk saling mengingati dan mengingatkan diri yang lemah ini. Astaghfirullah, astaghfirullah astaghfirullah, perbanyakkan istighfar readers supaya hati kita sentiasa berda dengan Allah, peringatan untuk diri saya juga yang hanya lah manusia yang lemah dan selalu membuat kesilapan. 

The main point untuk entry ni sebenarnya nak berkongsi sedikit tentang perkongsian dalam usrah yang saya hadiri semalam, 27 August 2012, pada jam 9 malam :) Setelah hampir 2 minggu kami tidak berjumpa dalam bulatan gembira disebabkan masa yang tidak mengizinkan, alhamdulillah semalam dapat juga berjumpa. Normally, kami bertemu seminggu sekali untuk tujuan saling mengingati antara satu sama lain, berkongsi cerita, mengeratkan silaturrahim dan membina semula Islam dalam diri kami ini. Alhamdulillah, segala puji bagi Allah yang telah memberikan saya peluang mengikuti usrah untuk diri  ini ditarbiyah, alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah. Surah Asy-Syura ayat 18 hingga 30 menjadi pilihan kakak naqibah yang saya sayangi lillahita'ala untuk ditadaburkan. Ayat yang sangat menarik perhatian saya ialah :

Ayat 26 :

Dan Ia memperkenankan doa permohonan orang-orang yang beriman serta beramal salih, dan Ia menambahi mereka dari limpah kurniaNya (selain dari yang mereka pohonkan). Dan (sebaliknya) orang-orang yang kafir, disediakan bagi mereka azab seksa yang seberat-beratnya.
dan

Ayat 27 :

Dan kalaulah Allah memewahkan rezeki bagi setiap hambaNya, nescaya mereka akan melampaui batas di bumi (dengan perbuatan-perbuatan liar durjana) akan tetapi Allah menurunkan (rezekiNya itu) menurut kadar yang tertentu sebagaimana yang dikehendakiNya. Sesungguhnya Ia Mengetahui dengan mendalam akan segala keadaan hambaNya, lagi Melihat dengan nyata.
Ayat itu sangat memberi semangat kepada saya :') Saya sangat tersentuh membaca ayat itu, sungguh. Benar lah yang dikatakan orang, rezeki ada di tangan Allah dan Allah yang memberi rezeki, Ya Razak :') Sebelum ini, pernah saya terfikir, kenapa tak dapat apa yang saya hendak ? Maka ini lah jawapan yang Allah berikan kepada saya, ya ini lah dia jawapan yang saya cari-cari, terima kasih Ya Allah, syukran :) Allah beri saya apa yang saya perlu dan bukan apa yang saya hendak, dan mengikut kadar yang tidak melampaui batas. Ayat ini dapat direlatekan dengan Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayat 216, Allah berfirman :

Kamu diwajibkan berperang (untuk menentang pencerobohan), sedang peperangan itu ialah perkara yang kamu benci dan boleh jadi kamu benci kepada sesuatu padahal ia baik bagi kamu, dan boleh jadi kamu suka kepada sesuatu padahal ia buruk bagi kamu. Dan (ingatlah), Allah jualah Yang Mengetahui (semuanya itu), sedang kamu tidak mengetahuinya.
Alhamdulillah, jawapan dari Allah ini yang membuatkan saya lebih tabah dan bersemangat dalam menempuh jalan hidup yang sementara ini, alhamdulillah alhamdulillah, segala puji bagi Allah :')

Begitulah, Allah Maha Penyayang, Maha Mengetahui. Allah telah menetapkan apa yang terbaik untuk diri kita maka kita harus optimis dalam apa jua keadaan. Walaupun apa yang kita dapat tu bukan apa yang kita harapkan, sesungguhnya, Allah telah menetapkan yang terbaik, percayalah akhowat ikhwah sekalian :)

Itulah salah sedikit perkongsian dalam entry ini, semoga bermanfaat insyaAllah :)

Sempena Hari Raya Aidilfitri ni, kakak naqibah yang disayangi lillahita'ala telah menunjukkan video yang membawa saya untuk bermuhasabah diri, saksikanlah :)


Semoga bermanfaat untuk kita semua, insyaAllah
Wassalam :)

Random

Assalamualaikum. It's Rejab already, may we meet Ramadhan Al-Mubarak insyaAllah. Ramadhan, the month full of barakah. Excited nya nak iftar and tarawikh reramai :)


Bila masuk bulan Rejab je, ramai yang akan start berpuasa. Alhamdulillah, puasa kan menyekat nafsu, benda baik, bagus diteruskan. Tetapi, banyak spekulasi yang kita tidak tahu akan kesahihannya tentang keistimewaan berpuasa pada bulan Rejab. Ada yang war-war kan supaya berpuasa pada bulan Rejab mengikut pengkhususan hari dan sebagainya. Tapi dari mana kenyataan itu keluar ? Hadis ? Jika benar kenyataan itu berdasarkan hadis, adakah sahih hadis itu ? Siapakah perawi hadis itu ? Sekarang ni, banyak hadis palsu yang diragu akan kesahihannya. Maka, jangan lah kita percaya sepenuhnya terhadap sesuatu hadis yang belum tentu akan kesahihannya. Diri ini juga bukan lah sempurna, masih lagi belajar untuk menjadi yang lebih baik dari sekarang. Peringatan ini juga adalah untuk diri ini yang selalu terlupa. Kalau salah, tolong tegur, it's a pleasure to know the truth :)

Syaikhul Islam Ibnu Taimiyah mengatakan,”Adapun mengkhususkan bulan Rajab dan Sya’ban untuk berpuasa pada seluruh harinya atau beri’tikaf pada waktu tersebut, maka tidak ada petunjuk dari Nabi saw dan para sahabat mengenai hal ini. Juga hal ini tidaklah dianjurkan oleh para ulama kaum muslimin. Bahkan yang terdapat dalam hadis yang shahih (riwayat Bukhari dan Muslim)"


"Adapun melakukan puasa khusus di bulan Rajab, maka sebenarnya itu semua adalah berdasarkan hadis yang seluruhnya lemah (da’if) bahkan maudhu’ (palsu). Para ulama tidaklah pernah menjadikan hadis-hadis ini sebagai sandaran. Bahkan hadis-hadis yang menjelaskan keutamaannya adalah hadis yang maudhu’ (palsu) dan dusta.”(Majmu’ Al Fatawa, 25/290-291)

As the conclusion, tidak ada pengkhususan berpuasa di bulan Rejab ini. Tetapi, sesiapa yang mahu berpuasa, teruskan, hanya Allah yang tahu akan ganjarannya, jadi mari lakukannya dengan ikhlas. Ikhlas tu bukan benda yang senang, tapi insyaAllah, kalau niat kita Lillahita'ala, ikhlas tu akan datang dengan sendirinya. Semoga kita istiqamah melakukan ibadah.


Okay, next topic. Pagi ni, buku ' Pemilik Cintaku Setelah Allah & Rasul ' sudah berjaya dihabiskan, jyeaaaah ! Alhamdulillah, tinggal lagi dua buku yang dikarang oleh Fatimah Syarha berada dalam simpanan dan menunggu masa untuk dihabiskan wooohoo ~ Buku ni sangat awesome ! Try baca, banyak info yang sangat sangat sangat berfaedah dan motivasi untuk kita terus berubah. Serious, tak tipu. Kita pun banyak buat silap, bila baca buku ni, rasa macam sangat kerdil, sangat hina. Tapi, dalam buku ni jugak banyak kata-kata semangat yang boleh membangkitkan diri ini untuk terus berubah meniti kehidupan yang akan datang. Bila baca buku ni, lagi membuak-buak perasaan nak bercinta lepas berkahwin. Kelebihannya, Ya Allah, sangaaaaat banyak ! Kita cari keredhaan Allah dulu, insyaAllah berkat sepanjang kehidupan. Ya, kita akui, kita pernah buat salah, banyaaaaaak salah, tapi harus ada tekad untuk berubah. Berubah walau sedikit, insyaAllah Allah nampak. Kita nak minta maaf sangat dekat semua orang kalau ada buat salah, sengaja atau tidak, kita manusia biasa yang tidah terlepas membuat kesilapan, jadi kemaafan dipinta.


Lepas baca buku ni, baru tersedar, kecintaan kepada Allah akan ku jadikan priority dalam diri ini. You are the number one for me, Ya Rabbul Izzati. InsyaAllah, akan ku isi masa ku dengan lebih mengenali dan mencintaiMu. Doa daripada anda semua sangat dialu-alukan.

That's all, thank you for stopping by. Till we meet next time, insyaAllah. Fi amanillah :)
Truly, Shaheera. 

From The Rivers To The Sea, PALESTINE Will Be Free :')

Assalamualaikum :)



Last Friday, I went to the Global March to Jurusalem which was held at Stadium Melawati, Shah Alam. MasyaAllah, it was superb. Alhamdulillah, ramaaaaaaaaaai sangat org yg support event tu. Rasa sangat sangat happy bila tengok ramai org yg prgi and the best thing is that ramai youth ! Ya Allah, semoga lebih ramai lagi remaja yg dpt involve events yg mcm ni, insyaAllah.

That night, ada chanting, flash mob, ucapan drpd org yg berkenaan, and sajak. Nasyid pun ada jugaaaak :) Brother Mu'adz, Brother Yasin, Mirwana ada :DD Another thing yg best dkat sana is that bukan org Islam je yg ada, org Cina, India pun join sekali :D


"this is not a religious war, this is a fight for human rights!"-Maria Elena.



Yes, Maria is right. Isu Palestine ni bukan lah isu orang Islam sahaja, but this is about human rights. Rejim Zionis yg terkutuk tu sanggup buat mcm tu dkat penduduk Palestine yg tak bersalah tu. Ya Allah, sedangkan binatang yg tak ada akal tu pun sayang anak dia. Ni kan pulak manusia yg dikurniakan akal yg boleh berfungsi dgn baik. Mana hilang nya sikap kasih sayang tu ? Israel sangat kejam, tak berhati perut ! Ya Allah, bantulah mereka yg tidak bersalah itu.


"FREE, FREE PALESTINE,
DOWN, DOWN ISRAEL !"-part of chanting for the night







*courtesy of Mr. Google and Aqsa Syarif.

If you have times, do watch this video. Ya Allah, please protect them. Apa yg kita boleh buat sekarang is make du'a for them, our relatives there. Palestine is our land, let's fight for our beloved land. Childrens over there are very strong. Don't worry, Jannah is waiting for you guys, insyaAllah. Biiznillah.



Let's make du'a for them. May Allah bless them. I know Allah is always by their side, insyaAllah.

Yang Baik Datangnya Dari Allah Dan Yang Buruk Datangnya Dari Saya Sendiri :)
Assalamualaikum.
Truly, Shaheera.

Counting On Days

Bismillah, assalamualaikum.

Genap 4 bulan dari tarikh bermulanya peperiksaan SPM 2011 yang lepas. Sekarang, tinggal seminggu je lagi untuk keputusan SPM 2011 diumumkan. Apa feeling ? Ya Allah, hanya Allah yang tahu feeling yg ada dlm hati ni sekarang. Semua ada. Takut, sedih, cuak, semuanya ada lah. Woaaaaaah, mmg dahsyat betul penantian ni en ? Ya Allah, hanya kepadamu ku berserah. Sesungguhnya, Engkau telah menetapkan yg terbaik untukku. Semoga keputusan yg akan diperoleh dapat membuat mama and ayah happy, insyaAllah. Terlalu banyak pengorbanan yg telah mereka lakukan untukku. Thank you so much mama and ayah. Doakan yg terbaik untuk anakmu ni ye :')

Ya Allah, sesungguhnya dengan mengingatimu sahaja yg boleh menenangkan hati ini.



Yang Baik Datangnya Dari Allah Dan Yang Buruk Datangnya Dari Saya Sendiri :)
Assalamualaikum.
Truly, Shaheera.

Bismillah :)

Assalamualaikum.



Ya Allah, another two days :')
Macam-macam feelings rasa dah ni. Semoga pemergian ini membawa kebaikan setelah pulang nanti, insyaAllah. Semoga dipermudahkan. Semoga dapat ketenangan yang dicari. Semoga mendapat jawapan yang dicari. Semoga dapat melakukan perubahan ke arah yang lebih baik. Semoga mendapat keredhaan daripadaNya. Semoga dirahmati. Semoga lebih istiqamah selepas ini. Semoga menjadi hamba yang sentiasa mengingati Sang Pencipta.

Ya Allah, berikanku kekuatan dan ketabahan dalam mengharungi tempat persinggahan yang tidak kekal ini :')

Ya Allah, bantu lah hambaMu ini untuk terus menyayangiMu lebih daripada apa-apa pun.

I know whatever happens later, Allah is always by my side, insyaAllah. He knows the best, just have faith in Him. Thank you Allah :') I am so grateful to have You, Ya Allah :')

p/s : nasihat-nasihat anda sentiasa diperlukan kerana diri ini mudah terlupa :')

Yang Baik Datangnya Dari Allah Dan Yang Buruk Datangnya Dari Saya Sendiri :)
Assalamualaikum.
Truly, Shaheera.

:')

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim,

' Ya Allah, jika penghijrahan yang terbaik untuk diriku dan agamaku, bawa lah aku berhijrah, Ya Allah, Yang Maha Besar. Sesungguhnya semua perkara yang terjadi adalah ketentuanMu. Jadikanlah diri ini hamba yang redha dgn segala ujian dan takdirMu, Ya Allah. '

Amiin ya rabbal a'alamin :')
Truly, Shaheera

Ubat Penenang Jiwa :)

Assalamualaikum :)

What do you think of the title ? Pernah tak rasa mcm tak tenang or something like that ? Sure lah pernah kan, kalau tak selalu pun, once or twice mesti pernah punya, betul tak ? I think it is very common among human beings. Kenapa kita rasa mcm tu ? Lack in remembering Allah, maybe. Yes, it is stated in Quran : with the remembrance of Allah, hearts will be calm.

Ar-Ra'ad, 28 : "Those who believe, and whose hearts find satisfaction in the remembrance of Allah: for without doubt in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find satisfaction."



Percayalah, hanya dengan mengingati Allah sahaja, kita akan menjadi sangat tenang. Tenang sangat. Why do I kept repeating that ? Because I want to stress it, it is so true. Kita kena banyak berzikir dan membaca Quran untuk lebih mendekatkan diri kita kepada Allah. Saya akui, diri ini bukan lah sehebat mana pun, saya bukan seorang yang berzikir dan membaca Quran setiap masa. Tapi, kita boleh cuba untuk spend time untuk baca Quran satu page sehari kan ? InsyaAllah, kita akan lebih dekat dengan Allah. Tidak lah layak untuk diri ini memberi nasihat, tetapi saya tahu, kita semua insan biasa. Mudah lupa. Jadi, saya ingin mengingati diri saya sendiri dan saudara-saudara seislam yang saya sayangi. Dengan mengingati antara satu sama lain, kita akan lebih dekat kepada Allah, insyaAllah. Tak kan kita nak masuk syurga sendiri kan ? Mesti nak ramai-ramai masuk syurga, baru best, betul tak ? So, jom sama-sama kita dekat kan diri kita dengan Allah supaya kita sentiasa tenang, insyaAllah.

Jom muhasabah diri, kurangkan bercakap, jom. Banyak kan mengingati Allah, insyaAllah :)



Yang Baik Datangnya Dari Allah Dan Yang Buruk Datangnya Dari Saya Sendiri :)
Assalamualaikum.
Truly, Shaheera.

Sanah Helwah, Ya Rasulullah :')

Assalamualaikum, alhamdulillah, mengikut kiraan tahun Islam, lepas asar kiranya kita dah masuk 12 Rabiulawal kan ?



12 Rabiulawal tahun gajah, lahirlah seorang kekasih Allah yg sampai sekarang dikenali sebagai Rasulullah S.A.W. iaitu Nabi yang terakhir hingga akhir zaman. Baginda mempunyai akhlak yg terpuji. Baginda mengangkat taraf golongan wanita yg pada ketika dahulu dianggap tidak berguna. Baginda penyelamat umat manusia daripada terus lalai mengingati Allah. Baginda sangat menyayangi umat baginda. Peribadi ini terbukti apabila di saat kematian baginda, baginda masih menyebut 'UMMATI, UMMATI, UMMATI'. Betapa sayangnya baginda kepada kita sebagai umatnya. Tetapi layak ke kita menjadi umat yg disayangi baginda ? Kita selalu sahaja lupa kepada baginda kan ? Tapi Rasulullah S.A.W tak pernah lupa kepada kita. Kdg-kdg selawat pun susah nak baca kan ? Ya Allah, kita ni sebagai manusia yg banyak sangat sangat sangat berdosa perlukan syafaat daripada baginda di akhirat kelak, tapi kenapa kita susah sangat nak berselawat keatas bagiinda ? Saya sendiri sebagai insan yg lemah selalu lupa. Jadi, sedikit sebanyak entry ni adalah untuk mengingatkan diri ini yg mudah lupa. Jom perbanyak kan selawat ke atas baginda sempena Maulidur Rasul ni. InsyaAllah kita tergolong dalam golongan yg akan memperoleh syafaat daripada baginda. Bertemu dengan baginda juga adalah satu perkara yg sangaaaaaaaaat indah ! Semoga kita dapat berjumpa dengan baginda, insyaAllah. Mari bersama-sama kita mencontohi akhlak baginda yg terpuji dan tingkatkan amalan-amalan sunnah baginda. InsyaAllah, kita akan selalu mengingati baginda.

Mari kita hayati detik-detik pemergian Rasulullah S.A.W. yg tercinta. Sama-sama kita muhasabah diri :')



Yang Baik Datangnya Dari Allah Dan Yang Buruk Datangnya Dari Saya Sendiri.
 Assalamualaikum.
Truly, Shaheera.

Be patient, Allah loves these kind of human beings, insyaAllah :)

BISMILLAHIRRAHMANIRRAHIM,



DAN MINTALAH PERTOLONGAN (KEPADA ALLAH) DENGAN JALAN SABAR DAN MENGERJAKAN SEMBAHYANG. DAN SESUNGGUHNYA SEMBAHYANG ITU AMATLAH BERAT KECUALI KEPADA ORANG-ORANG YANG KHUSYUK. (Surah al-Baqarah ayat 45)

Assalamualaikum. Let's start our day with a smile and say alhamdulillah because we still have a chance to live :)

SABAR, mmg susah nak jadi seorang yg sangat lah sabar tapi kita boleh try kan ? Sabar tu kan baik. Tak salah kan kalau kita terapkan benda baik dlm diri kita ? Allah suka orang yg brubah ke arah kebaikan. Kadang-kadang kita diberi ujian yg sgt berat, tapi sebenarnya lah kan, ada org lain yg lagi berat ujian nya. Terima kasih kepada seorang kawan saya yg telah banyak memberi kata-kata semangat ketika saya dlm kesusahan. Banyak yg dia cakap. Thanks a lot, my friend :'). She comforted me and said there's one girl that she knows who is currently has bigger problem than me and my problem is not even 1% of her problem, so I should say alhamdulillah. I know, there must be a reason behind this problem. Semua bnda ada hikmahnya, berpeganglah pada kata-kata ini, insyaAllah kita akan sentiasa redha dgn ujian yg dberikan. Bersabarlah, Allah nak uji tu sebab Allah sayang kita. Maybe Allah dah rindu nak dgr rintihan kita, kan ? Allah sentiasa rindu dekat kita, tapi kita mcm mana ? Kita ni manusia yg lemah, selalu sangat lupa dkat Sang Pencipta. Tapi Allah tak, Allah uji kita sbb Allah nak kita lagi ingat kepada DIA. Allah uji kita sebab Allah nak kita tingkatkan ibadah dan iman kita kepadaNya. Sometimes, kita ada rasa kenapa Allah buat kita mcm ni ? Kenapa ? Astaghfirullah, istighfar balik bnyak-bnyak. Kita tak boleh cakap mcm tu, sbb semua bnda sudah ditakdirkan. Kita kena redha dgn semua ni, terima dgn hati yg terbuka. Kita ambik yg positif, jgn fikir yg negatif. Semakin banyak ujian yg Allah bagi, maksudnya semakin sayang lah Allah kepada kita kan ? Kita sepatutnya bersyukur dpt ujian sbb Allah sayang dekat kita. Saya teringat video seorang pelajar UIA yg bermimpi berjumpa Rasulullah S.A.W sbb kesabaran dia menanggung ujian sejak dia kecik lagi. Ya Allah, bertuah nya dia. Sayu sangat bila baca kisah dia berjumpa Rasulullah S.A.W :') Semoga kita tergolong dalam kalangan orang yg boleh berjumpa Rasulullah S.A.W, insyaAllah. Sama-sama lah kita berdoa ye ?



Alhamdulillah, kita tidak diuji sebegini. Dalam video ni, dah terbukti yg Allah sgt syg kan hambaNya yg bersabar kan ? Jom kita jadikan video ni salah satu daripada semangat kita untuk terus menjadi orang yg bersabar. Semoga Allah membalasnya kelak :)Sabar itu kan indah :DD

Yang Baik Datangnya Dari Allah Dan Yang Buruk Datangnya Dari Saya Sendiri.
Assalamualaikum :)
Truly, Shaheera.

It's Jumuah :)

Assalamualaikum.

Yes, it is Jumaat in Malay :) First, let's hear this beautiful song,



Alahamdulillah, kita masih lagi diberi nyawa untuk bernafas dan melihat betapa indahnya ciptaan Allah. Jom sama-sama kita bersyukur, alhamdulillah.

Okay, tetiba rasa macam rindu semua benda dkat sekolah. I'm kinda missing Fridays in Sabak Bernam, actually. There, after lessons had finished at 12.20 something, my friends and I will rushing towards DM terchenta. Yelah, tak nak lah beratur panjang-panjang kan ? Siapa yg nak ? Dah la lapar, then kena beratur panjang. Wooooah, tak nak tak nak. Haish, sebenarnya rindu sambal belacan DM ni HAHA :DD After we finished our lunch together, then semua balik dorm masing-masing. Ada jugak yg terus prgi surau kan kan :) Okay then, about 1.00 o'clock the bell rang. USRAH time. BADAR yg sangat berwibawa tidak penat menekan loceng yg kebetulan berada di sebelah dorm saya :) tak pe, saya mmg dah biasa dgn bunyi tu :)) Alright, bact to the point. Aspuri sekalian pergi ke surau dan menantikan apa aktiviti usrah pada hari ini, betul tak ? Semua mcm nak tayangan, tayangan ! HAHA, samalah kitaaaaa :D Kalau ada tayangan semua tak sabar-sabar. Yang ngantuk pun boleh jadi celik bila ada tayangan. Kalau bukan tayangan, semua mcm huuuuh, mata mcm nak pejam je kan ? HAHA. Sebolehnya, tak nak ada usrah kan ? Tipu lah kalau saya cakap tak pernah ada feeling mcm tu. Tapi, sebenarnya lah kan, bila dah keluar sekolah ni, baru lah terasa rinduuuuuuunya dkat USRAH USRAH mcm ni. Like the seniors said, ' Bila dah keluar sekolah nanti, rindu dekat usrah mcm ni. Dkat luar sana tu mana ada usrah. Kalau org yg rajin cari, adalah ' haaa, lebih kurang mcm tu lah. Bila dah keluar sekolah ni, baru lah nak pandai rindu usrah mcm ni. Haish, itulah manusia. Tak pernah nak bersyukur. Dah ada dpan mata tak nak, bila dah tak ada baru rasa nak menyesal. Astaghfirullah, tak boleh menyesal ni, tak elok sebenarnya. Kita kena redha, sbb semuanya mmg sudah ditakdirkan Allah, kan ? I miss usrah so much :') Bila tgok video ni lagi lagi lagi lah rindu usrah oo. Semoga dkat universiti nanti dpt join usrah usrah yg best, insyaAllah :D



That's all for now. Yang baik datangnya dari Allah dan yang buruk datangnya dari saya sendiri. Mari kita sama-sama berubah ke arah yg lebih baik :D

Assalamualaikum.
Truly, Shaheera.