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“Verily the one who guides someone to do good is the like who does it in reward” [Sahih Al Bukhari]

I have always wondered,how does one engage inda’wah?  Does it only mean that I have to participate in a particular program? What happens after the program has ended, can I still engage in da’wah outside the program? when I’m at university or at home? The question that I always asked myself is ‘How?’ There were times that I have this ‘lazy’ attitude with our own family, and probably because the misunderstanding I had of what da’wah really means. What I learnt as a child from the lives Prophet Muhammad saw and his companion was more about how they invite other people to Islam, the hardship, the battle without also emphasis that their affairs at home are also da’wah.

The first part of the class had thought me a valuable lesson and that is,“if we help someone to improve, that is da’wah”. Little things like teaching my little sister tajwid, encourage my brother to attend the halaqah with me, do gardening with my aunty; this is da’wah too.  Encouraging the closest people around me to do good deeds and bringing the change everyday in our own homes…

[Don’t forget your family – your presence does a bring a change in them somehow Insha’Allah]

 

After finishing the course - Fiqh of Da’wah, one of my friends was eager to do da’wah at a particular university since it will provide us the platform to interact with wide range of non muslim. Her idea was to collaborate with a organization at the university and open a booth during peak hours to invite people to Islam.

However the president of the organization was a bit reluctant because his committee is not open to this kind of activities. She was a bit upset at first, but I suggested that probably they didn’t reject the idea rather the committee is not ready to invite people to Islam. Being in a university where the muslim are the minority, there were barely any Islamic programs for the Muslim students itself. It would be preferably to suggest Islamic Programs for the committee first before engaging in an open da’wah program to invite others to Islam. Insha’Allah.

Lesson learnt : Don’t jump to conclusion, try to identify the person’s standing first and your advice/suggestions/ ideas should start from there

Allah knows best

@fiqhofda’wah

Adik : kakak, no worries inshaallah Allah will give all your best friends back in a form of one guy - ur husband

I was imagining myself being with my best friend everyday, mashaallah what a gift..

[have hope in Allah swt, the best has yet to come]

Inshaallah, ameen ! :)

Sat, 8th June 2013

Helping Adilah with the preparation for her Big Day Inshaallah on the 28th June :)

May Allah give you the best of husband :)

3.54 pm

[Kak Umairah Calling]

Merry got a job as an editor in one of the well-known Muslim company that publishes books, design - located at Gombak, FYI near UIA :p Alhamdulilah

My Favourite hiding place in KLCC :)

Books that I wanna read (Insha’Allah)

1. Kingdom of Stranger by Zoe Ferraris
2. The translator by Leila Aboulela
3. Equal of the Sun byAnita Ammirezvani

:)

The sound of the engine of my car signaling that I have to leave, I wish I could just disappear. I hate goodbyes. As I stuffed all my things in the car, I felt these heavy feelings, I was afraid of this separation, it was’t the first time.

I turn off the engine of the car; just the sound of it gives chilled to this body. At least it would be more bearable for us just be in this silent for a moment. I couldn’t the grasp this moment in my life. It wasn’t make to last either.

Tears started to wet the check of my close friends.  They are my sisters. A gift from the highest heaven. No words can prove what the action has laid.  We have grown together throughout this years. 

But this separation is not forever. I could just picture us all uniting again under His Shade. At that day we would be forever grateful. There is a relief to those with broken hearts, broken promises, and broken dreams…to know that the Jannah is certain. That all hopes would be fulfilled :]

So don’t cry…rather hope

 I’m forever yours in Jannah :’)

1. Hajj

2. Scuba Diving

3. Bungee Jumping - Done with Sameera :D

4. Parachute 

5. Parasailing

6. Be in Hot Air Ballon

7. Shark Cage Diving - Get in a cage and face Great White Sharks in an open ocean :)

 

8. Swim with Dolphins

9. Go to Venice

10. Lastly and Foremost, ……….. :)

“Everytime you leave, a piece of my heart leaves me to follow you”- akak

:’)

You are like my Abu Bakar r.a, may Allah swt preserve this bond 

(Source: iheartallah, via believeinmyfaith)

On the way to shyma wedding in our “Red Ferrari” alhamdulilah :) 

Sharmi : The weather looks confused, should I rain or should I not ?

Anis : It is like the heart of the lover, should I call him or not ? :p

I met a wonderful sister for lunch. Let’s just call her Jamilah. She told me an incredibly story of hers which I felt should be shared with everyone. 

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Jamilah was not very close to her mother and they can’t get along with everything. Even for a small matter, they would have an argument, “I love her but we are just two different people.”

Jamilah met a Pakistani brother from her university and they became close friend. Not long after that he proposed, she accepted the proposal despite her mother’s disapproval. “At that time I don’t care about my mum’s feeling, I just want to get married with this brother”. Her mom’s heart was thorn between two, her daughter’s happiness and her perception towards the brother. She doesn’t feel that the brother was right for her but she agreed because she wanted her daughter to be happy.

5 months after her marriage, Jamilah was diagnosed with a back bone injury and according to the doctor there is a high possibility of becoming paralyzed for her entire life.  At the most difficult time, her husband sought her permission to go back to his country since his parents are calling for him. She had to take work leave for 2 years because the injury doesn’t allow her to make a lot of movement. “I suffered too much in between these two years but out of all people, my mother took me in”

After her husband came back, she noticed a difference in him. “I know something is troubling him, I could see it in his eyes but when I asked him, he said that there’s nothing to worry about. So I thought everything is fine”. Only after one year, she discovered that her husband had taken a second wife and with a child!

“I discovered his marriage picture in facebook but the women that was standing next to him wasn’t me. He told me that he was forced into the marriage and that he didn’t love her. So, I asked him, I understand that you are forced into this matter…but saying that you don’t love her? Then how could this child even born in the first place?”

After a lot of disagreement with her husband, she manage to get a divorced. “I kept the divorced matter from my mother. I didn’t want her to know at the time because she became very ill and I didn’t want to upset her. I just felt that whatever difficulty that I am facing now is the result of all the pain that I had given to my mum”

Her mother’s sickness became worst and had to be transferred to the hospital for operation. Jamilah decided to take one month off from work. “I took care of my mother for one month in the hospital and out of 25 years of my life, I never felt so close to her. The best part was that she told me that she had forgiven all of my faults. I cried knowing that her love for me was bigger than all the difficulty that I had given her”

Her mother didn’t survive the operation. (Inna lillah wa inna illaihi rajiun)

Jamilah left me with a beautiful advice, “Serve your parents while you still can. I do believe if your parents strongly feels about certain things, listen to them.. Don’t do something while your parents are still upset about it. Serve them and serve them first and inshaallah,  Allah would open up their hearts. ”

As I walked back, I was thinking…..how blessed I was that I met her. She took years to learn the same lesson, God wants me to do it differently, biznillah.

[ So, I called my mum  :’) ]

 May Allah make us of those who are the best towards our parents.

Have you ever felt so close with someone just by the fact that the person knows you, inside out?  Without even telling the person more, the person knows whenever you feel sad or happy..Those are the people that are the closest to us

Allah swt said in the Quran, “He created man from a clinging substance.”(Al – Alaq)

From this verse, Allah swt stated that He knows what is inside our body and we would never fully understand all the different functions of the nerve system, veins, bloods, bacteria, cells and organs inside of us. We don’t know and yet Allah swt had to reveal to us.

This shows that Allah knows us better than we know ourselves…He also knows the depth of our feelings…our pain, our sadness and what makes us happy and even blush :p …

Shouldn’t this be a strong reason for us to have a strong connection with Him?  

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Allah swt created us, He understands.. . :)

[Talk to Him]

Last year, my family and I decided to visit Port Dickson for a short one day vacation. On the way, I asked them to stopped by Nilai - the place where I did my foundation. As my mother drove slowly around the area, I observed how the place remained but different people are walking on the same path as I did. It feels that everything has its replacement. Everyone and everything move on. 

A mix feelings of sadness yet happy take over. I remembered the first time I came here. I cried and I begged my mother to take me home..to see people with hijabs and jubah frightens me…to share room with 22 of them is worst than nightmare…I had to do everything on my own…and I wasn’t happy, since all my friends went overseas but I had to lock up in this cage in the middle of nowhere…But through those difficult moment, I discovered something much more…I found myself through Islam biznillah…

It feels that Allah swt just took me from everything else, and put me here for a reason…..Now looking back, everytime a disaster or sadness or worries strikes me..I remembered what I had in Nilai…I got much more than what I loss…

So when a calamity come, I would ask myself, don’t you wanna stick around to get the benefits later? Trust me, Its worth the patience :)

Don’t chase after people, good new doesn’t come from them