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The triple filter test

2012-02-09T08:58:00.000+08:00

the capital of Muslim caliphate at that time, was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great scholar and said: “Do you know what I just heard about your friend?”

“Hold on a minute” the scholar replied. “Before telling me anything I’d like you to pass a little test. It’s called the Triple Filter Test.”

“Before you talk to me about my friend it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you’re going to say.”

“The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?”

“No” the man said, “actually I just heard about it and….”

“Alright” said the scholar, “So you don’t know if it’s true or not. Now let’s try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?”

“No, on the contrary….” replied the man.

“So,” the scholar continued, “you want to tell me something bad about my friend, but not certain it’s true. You may still pass the test though because these’s one filter left, the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?”

“No, not really.” said the man.

“Well,” concluded the scholar, “if what you want to tell me is neither true nor good nor even useful, why tell me at all?”

“O those who believe, no man should ever mock at other men, since it is possible that the latter are better then the former, nor should women ever mock at other women, since it is possible that the latter women is better then the former ones. And do not find fault with one another, nor call one another with bad nicknames. Bad is the name of sinfulness after embracing Faith. And whoever does not repent, such people are the wrongdoers.” (Quran 49:11)

Story of solat and syaitan

2012-02-08T09:58:00.000+08:00

A man woke up early in order to Pray the fajr prayer in the masjid.He got dressed, made his ablution and was on his way to the masjid.On his way to the masjid, the man fell and his clothes got dirty.He got up, brushed himself off, and headed home. At home,He changed his Clothes, made his ablution, and was, again,on his way to the masjid.

On his way to the masjid, He fell again and at the same spot! He, again, got up, brushed himself off and headed home. At home he, once again, changed his clothes,made his ablution and was on his way to the masjid.

On his way to the masjid, he met a man holding a lamp.he asked the man of his identity and the man replied I saw you fall twice

on your way to the masjid, So i brought a lamp so I can light your way.’

The first man thanked him profusively and the two where on their way to the masjid. Once at the masjid, the first man asked the man with

the lamp to come in and pray Fajr with him.

The second man refused.

The first man asked him a couple more times and, again, the answer was the same.

The first man asked him why he did not wish to come in and pray.

The man replied I am Shetan(devil/ evil)

The man was shocked at this reply.Shetan went on to explain,

‘I saw you on your way to the masjid and it was I who made you fall. When you went home,cleaned yourself and went back on your way to the masjid, Allah forgave all of your sins. I made you fall a second time, and even that did not encourage you to stay home,but rather, you went back on your way to the masjid. Because of that, Allah forgave all the sins of the people of your household .I was AFRAID if i made you fall one more time, then Allah will forgive the sins of the people of your village, so I made sure that you reached the masjid safely..’

Learn languages at Lang-8.com

2012-02-06T16:21:00.000+08:00

If you are searching for a site to learn language, here is the site i would love to recommend. I tried to find a site to learn Korean language and i found this website like 2 weeks ago.

U can learn many languages from English, Malay, Indonesian, French, Korean, Mandarin, Tamil, Hindi to Vietnamese, Thailand and Arabic. All you have to do is 1st, register for free, then select your native language, language that you want to learn, then start publish your entry. And then native speakers will correct your entry. As simple as that! U also can help correct others entries. Trust me, It's so much fun when reading entries for non-native speakers and you can do that on and on and on.

Of course if you want to start writing, before that you need to have basic knowledge on that particular language. For example, im learning Korean rite now. Before that, i need to know and remember all Korean characters in order for me to write. And that process to remember will take some times.

So, if u really keen on learning any language, my advice is, don't give up. Nobody say it's easy, but no one ever say it would be so hard either. Just keep on learning and practicing. ^^

This is the link to the website: Lang-8

Tribute to Choi Sung Bong

2012-02-04T01:03:00.001+08:00

I found u today. I wished i found u earlier. But, i am glad i found u.

If there is someone who can be my inspiration, u were the one. Life is definitely testing u with difficulties that even i don't think i will be able to handle. The pain that we feels when we heard ur story, never can we really understand it. Only God knows what u have gone through. And u made it through,u really made it through..

Now, life has change for u..i hope u will be able to smile and happy..i really hope u are smiling from now and forever..

Wherever u r, whatever u do, i want u to know that, i am not sympathy for u cause i know u don't like sympathy, rather, i respect u for ur strength and from the deepest of my heart, i pray that Allah will grant u eternal happiness. Someday..i'll pray for u~

행복하세요 최성봉씨 ..영원히~

BigBang rank within members

2012-02-03T10:52:00.000+08:00

Found this on Tumblr, thought to share it here.

Whatever it is, he is still my ultimate bias!!

source: Tumblr

When we were young

2012-01-27T14:12:00.001+08:00

Remember the time when we were young? Like chipmunk young. The time when we used to think differently about the world, the time when everything is so bright and beautiful, the time when we don't even bother to pay any bills cause we got our parents to take care of that.

We could go round and round not bothering bout anything except school and homework. After we come back from school, we would turn on the tv and watched it till we asleep. And in the evening, we would go out and play with our friends. And come back again, watching cartoons and doing homework, then time to sleep. And the cycle repeats. How easy life at that time when we were young right?

And we used to wonder a lot of things like does the earth is flat? Does it has an end? If we got closer to the star,does it actually looks like what we see in the night sky? Does the sun has a on/off switch? Endless curiosity.

How i thought the earth looks like when i were young.

And then when i think back, where does the star located then? Then i began to scratch my head again thinking how the earth looks like.

When i were young, i always want to grow up fast so that i got to do what adults gotta do. Now, when i'm an adult, i wanna go living my childhood again.

The simplicity of our mind, no hassle, no regret.

The 2012 chinese new year chronicle

2012-01-25T13:30:00.001+08:00

Konon cny ni tak nak balik kampung la sbb 27hb nk balik Penang, tup tup sabtu pagi, bersepah kt tengah highway memeriahkan lagi jalan yg sedia ada jammed. Tobat aku taknak balik naik keta dh. Dari Sg.Buloh ke Tanjung Malim, 3 jam. Keta bgerak cam siput, klu lumba lari dgn siput, sah2 siput menang.

Kuar umah kul 8am, sampai ipoh kul 3pm. Abah punya semangat nk menjemput anak2 tersayang, kuar dr umah kul 11 lebih pas kami sampai Tanjung Malim, last2 kena tunggu 1jam stengah. Kesian kt abah.. ㅠ ㅠ

Pastu drive balik g Pantai Remis kat 1 jam stengah lagi. Maka, 1 hari dihabiskan kt tengah jalan. %$#@&^

Tensen punya pasal, sampai2 terus g potong rambut pendek ala ala Rihanna..Muahahahaha..cam siot ㅎㅎㅎㅎ

Duduk kt kampung nun, jiwa raga kat kampung tapi kepala otak tertinggal kt UPM. Slagi keja tak siap, slagi tu la ati tak tenang. Tengok keadaan abah, makin kurus, hati berbaur2 dengan bermacam2 feeling..ㅠ ㅠ

Kol mama nk bgtau minggu depan tak jadi balik penang, takut gak mama merajuk, tp mama bukan camtu. takda masa mama nk merajuk dgn anak2 dia. Tapi sedih gak sebab tak dpt jumpa mama. Hmm..begitulah hidup bila mak bapak bercerai. Sorang sana, sorang sini. Anak2 dh pening bila cuti nk balik umah yg mana. Dapat mak bapak yg faham anak2, takpe la. Takda nk merajuk klu anak2 spend cuti kt umah yg 1 lagi. Dapat yg tak bleh faham, mau je rasa nk sound

"Tu la, lain kali bcerai lagi. Skrg tanggung la"

Tu kalau anak2 yg tahap kurang ajar petala ke-7. Anak2 yg baik2 cam aku ni (wahahahaha..riak @.@), tak sampai ati nk marah2 sbb mama abah jenis memahami. Balik la mana pun, dua dua pun mak bapak jugak.Alhamdulillah..

Balik ke kampung dah jadi macam jakun. Suma benda murah, perfume kt sini harga 20 lebih, kt sana bleh dpt tak sampai 20 hengget. Satay pun 35sen je berbanding kt sini dh 60sen 1 cucuk. Tempah baju kurung moden pun baru 35 hengget. Kat sini, mana nk dpt. Nak jahit baju kurung bodoh tu pun kt 50 hengget.

Semalam balik Puchong, abah suh naik keta abah takut naik bas, nnt jalan jammed suma, lagi susah. Dah tu,nk blk umah pun 1 hal. Ok la, jln smlm tak sesak wlupun banyak keta. Sempat lgi menyinggah mandi air terjun kt Tanjung Malim. Sampai umah kt kul 9 lebih.Kemas barang, mandi suma, tdo, xleh lena, teringatkan kampung..ㅠ ㅠ

Arini dtg lab, sunyi sepi. Ada la 2,3 orang kt lab. Langsung tak semangat nk buat keja. Maka, di sini la aku tersadai..Hmm..

Feels like my life is not moving anywhere..At 1 point i think it's gonna stop completely

Langit petang

2012-01-17T17:34:00.000+08:00

Petang kelmarin, g amik adik kat tempat keja dia, tunggu punya tunggu, dia tak kuar gak. Maka melepak la aku sambil termenung jauh. Tengok langit cerah, cantik. Terfikir, kat dunia ni pun langit cantik kemain, camne la keadaan langit kt syurga. Skali terberangan kalau aku dapat masuk ke syurga bila dah arwah nnt, camne rasanya. Mesti best kan. Apa yang ada kat dunia ni, tak setanding dengan dengan syurga and manusia takkan dapat imagine apa yg ada dlm syurga tu pun. Well, tu pun klu dpt masuk la kan. InsyaAllah, berusaha.

Tengah baik punya menikmati alam ciptaan Tuhan, tengok langit, pandang kiri, pandang kanan, tengok langit balik, tetiba nampak awan berbentuk kalimah Allah kat langit. Subhanallah. First time dpt tgk. Slalu tgk kat internet je. Tapi semalam dpt menyaksikan sendiri kejadian ni, alhamdulillah.

Ada snap gamba kt bwh ni tp awan dh nk pudar. Klu tak nampak,sorry la ye. Kamera hp je.

Wearisome two point O

2012-01-16T09:37:00.002+08:00

Aritu g sepital Doc akhirnya dpt diagnosed kenapa aku sakit kaki ni. Disc kt pinggang dh dislocated n himpit saraf,sebab tu rasa sakit. Sepatutnya kena operation, tp disebabkan aku muda lagi, so buat fisioterapi je la. Sengal punya doc, ingt aku muda, bleh tahan sakit la. Nak tunggu tua dah nk mati kot baru diorang nk bagi operation..&^%$#

Voucher RM200 telah berjaya dileburkan di Popular, akhirnya. Sakit tangan sampai ke tengkuk aku mengusung buku. =.=

Hujung bulan nak balik Penang. Wahahahahahahahaha... ^^,

Off to sepital. physiotherapy. Warrrrggggghhhhh!!!! &^%$*

Deadly cute ^^

Wearisome....~

2012-01-06T11:28:00.000+08:00

Owh kau, 11hb kena pegi hospital serdang follow up treatment kaki yang dh bertaun sakit ni..ㅠ ㅠ

12 hb dental appointment plak..hmm.. sakit merata aku ni, padahal baru umo 25 taun stengah .. @.@

Makan ubat bersepah 4 bijik sehari tapi tak baik2 gak..adeh! terasa cam dah tua bangka

Japg tengok member a.k.a sifu besar bedah tikus..minggu depan turn aku plak..nerves down syndrome punya pasal sb first time nk membedah sampai tido termimpi2....ngeri!!!!!! ㅠ ㅠ

Voucher buku RM200 dah dapat..Muahahahahahahaha...tunggu masa nak g serang MPH ^_^

Idup terasa begitu sunyi sepi bagai..Malam ni tido sorang, adik aku g outstation. Esok pagi pegi lab, pastu balik nganga sorang2 kat umah......cam sadis..ㅠ ㅠ

Malam tadi punya keja, first time lukis idung manusia.

Sedetik di 2012

2012-01-01T16:11:00.001+08:00

Baru je kelmarin dulu meraung bagai sebab x dpt title baru lagi. Elok je post entry tersebut, boss kol gtau title baru.. perasaan berbaur-baur. Alhamdulillah, cepat je Dia uruskan segalanya. Dapat jugak menyambut tahun baru 2012 dengan semangat baru. ^^,

Yes, taun ni akan menjadi sangat mencabar sebab by this time next year,aku kena submit thesis dah. Takut, but i know i'll make it through wlupun perlu mengadap lab 24/7, tak dapat balik kampung jumpa mama & abah, meraung 365 hari.......~ ㅠ ㅠ

Happy New Year 2012!!!!!

Ni hasil keja malam taun baru. First time lukis mata manusia yang nampak macam manusia. Slalu nak lukis mata manusia, memanjangnya jadi mata lembu..erk ㅎㅎㅎ

“Acquire knowledge because doing so is good. Seeking it is worship. Reviewing it is glorifying Allah. Researching it is jihad. Teaching it to the ignorant is charity. Serving the scholars is a way of drawing near to Allah because knowledge is the path of ascension to the stations of Paradise. It is a companion in isolation and a comrade in distant lands. It speaks to you in solitude. It is a guide to prosperity and a shield against adversity.” -Imam Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (Warathatu’l-Anbiya’)

Awaiting future

2011-12-30T16:02:00.001+08:00

It's the end of 2011, everybody seems so eager to welcome 2012. Full of hope, full of wishes. Yet here i am, loosing all the strength, spirit, passion to carry on. I can't see anything clearly ahead. Everything so blur, the future's getting darker and darker.

I know some people just doing their Master/PhD just because they don't have anything to do or maybe no work. But i'm not doing because of that. I'm doing it because it's my dream. I want to do it for my parents, for my life, for something bigger than me. I don't think i will be able to stop working towards it because of something else. There's no way i can give up.

But right now, everything is so hard, time is slipping away i couldn't catch. I don't know what i'm doing this 1 and a half years. Nothing came out and now, i have to consider of changing the topic for my research. I don't know whether it's me who is so dumb or this is the test from Allah. Day by day, all the spirit, all the strength to carry on slipping away. I tried to find what went wrong, tried to race against time but still....

To face the uncertainty of the future with darkness all around, i'm not sure whether i can take care of my parent anymore. I know i must be patient but this is so hard. I don't care bout myself, what important now is my parent. I can't stand to see them like what they are now and watching them living this kind of life till they die.

Whatever destiny He has written for me, i accept it with all my heart. If this is what He wants, i humbly accept it. I just hope, I won't astray in this trial and He will continue lead me to His path. There's nothing i'm looking forward in life than properly live this life and when the time comes for me to leave, I will leave for a place so much better than this world.

Love demand

2011-12-27T17:57:00.000+08:00

There is no easy love. So, it’s fair enough to have pain and tears in a story that we hope to fill it with only happiness and laughter.Trial will come as you walk that path and only those who are strong enough will make it to the end. But what really is the end of such story?

More or less, I know what is love, I know how to distinguish between like and love. I know how does it feels to not loving someone while being in a relationship, I know how it feels to love someone with all your heart while being in a relationship, I know how it feels to love someone while not in a relationship with that someone. All of these experiences make me understand myself and how I will behave when love someone.

When you are not in love with someone who loves you, you tend to ignore that person, not really care that person’s feeling, you can’t see what he/she have done to you just to show you how much they love you or sometimes you just pretend not to see.

But when you finally really love someone, everything’s change. You try so hard to impress that someone, try hard to make them happy, trying hard to make them love you back. Remember the song Have You Ever;

Have you ever love somebody so much it makes you cry?

Have you ever needed something so bad you cant sleep at night?

Have you ever tried to find the word but they don’t come out right?....

I never understand what does it means by to love someone so much it makes you cry. Not until I really falling in love with him. Now I believe, you can never really love someone till you have experience the first sentence of the song.

Now, when you love that someone, even if it’s like a dream to have something like this, but don’t you think you deserve someone to love you as much as you love that person?

Of course, in a relationship, there will be one that will love more than the other. Whether it’s you or that someone. But if you are willing to leave everything, your family, your friends, all your possession just to be with them, you even willing to die for the one you love, will it be a wrong thing to expect that they also should be willing to do the same for you?

I don’t think a relationship can last if you are willing to do everything for them, but they are not.

For example, while you are in a relationship, you are being loyal to him/her. But it turns out he/she has a fling. Once, you can forgive. Twice, you still forgive. He/she said, it won’t happen again. Then both of you got married, but opps! another fling. The thing that he/she said, “it won’t happen again”, now it’s happening again. But because you already got married and you have children together, that time, will it be easy to walk away? Of course, people will give you advice, asking you to be patient, to think bout the future of your children and it’s not easy to live life as a divorcee. Plus, as much as it hurts you, you still love them so much. But the pain of being cheated is so much unbearable for you too. So what’s the solution?

Marriage is a gamble, there’s no doubt in that. An angel can turn out to be a devil in a split second. A devil can change to an angel also in a split second. But even so, if you know you’ll get hurt if you jump, then why bother jumping? If you know he/she can’t love you as much as you love them, why bother a marriage that more than 50% will turn out to be a hell?

All the sacrifices, patience, everything you ever give up just to be with the wrong person, will turn out to be a waste. So is it still wrong to demand a person who can love you as much as you love them?

Nobody wants to get hurt, everybody wants happiness. So I guess it’s not a selfish thing to demand for a thing that you deserve.

A beautiful feeling

2011-12-23T21:25:00.000+08:00

Heart beats fast
Colors and promises
How to be brave
How can I love when I'm afraid to fall
But watching you stand alone
All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow

And all along I believed I would find you
Time has brought your heart to me
I have loved you for a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more

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Love, a long lost forgotten feeling

I forgot how beautiful this feeling can be

I wanna taste the feeling again~

Christmas episode

2011-12-23T20:42:00.001+08:00

It's finally christmas time.Yay!! i like festive season especially christmas, it's so colorful and warm. My sister went back to Ipoh to meet my family there while i'm stuck in UPM. Time like this makes me miss my home so much. Miss my mum the most. I was thinking to go back yesterday, but that's not going to solve the problem. Plus, i got work to do tomorrow. *What a spirit* ㅠ ㅠ

So, i'm gonna vandalize my own house, gonna watch tons of movies, not gonna do chores, not gonna do laundry, not gonna do anything and just wasting time..So what? i got plenty of time to waste this weekend *Rebellious act for me-self for not allowing me going back to home sweet home* ㅠ ㅠ ㅠ ㅠ

I feel a bit better after throwing out all my feeling to this little quite blog. Been keeping all inside for so long, at 1 time i really think i'm going crazy if i didn't do something. I'm a human too. I think it's pretty normal for a person to let go of their feeling. What is not normal is if u keep ur feeling in a bottle and not talking about it. Seriously, u will go crazy like that. I don't wanna go crazy.

I feel so lonely. Without someone by my side to tell me everything will be alright. At time like this, i wish i'm married, so i have my beloved husband to turn in to. *wishful thinking*

I guess everybody is pretty much lonely,on the outside,on the inside and on the outside and inside. At times, u just watching ur life passes by like a movie. U sit there waiting for it to end. Let's say, if we gather all lonely people in this world, would we all still feel lonely?? Sometimes i wonder, what it feels like to meet someone who has the same experience as me..It's like meeting the other me..Ok, meeting someone who has the same experience as me is ok, but meeting the other me is creepy.

Penat cakap bahasa omputih, cakap bahasa ibunda plak. ㅇㅇ

Lebih kurang 7 hari plus lagi sebelum 2011 nak say goodbye, apa azam taun baru? Aku, seperti biasa, tak pernah berazam. Hujung taun baru measure bape banyak achievement yang dapat diraih. Kan lebih baik dari berazam tapi tak pernahnya nak penuhi, kan kan kan..?!

Nak buat open wish sket. Kepada encik anonymous, sila tambah anak..klu bleh lepas ni, anak lelaki, nanti saya dh kawen, beranak anak pompuan, kita jodohkan anak kita ye..jgn isau anak pompuan sy mesti cantik macam saya jugak, sesuai dgn anak awk...hahahahahaha..@.@

So, to all christian who celebrating christmas, Merry Christmas 2011 and Happy New Year 2012!!!!

메리 크리스마스!!!!

In time

2011-12-22T22:03:00.002+08:00

U hurt, and u got hurt
What goes around comes around

At times, when u fall and u fall hard
And u cant bounce back
U keep on falling and falling
And u look at the sky above
Waiting for a helping hand
But the world makes u believe
No one will come and push u back on ur feet

The fall is just doesn't even matter now
Cause u don't have anymore will to climb up
And it feels like waiting for a time to die
Maybe die won't be as bad as living

Let's just lie here
For awhile
Maybe in time
U'll gain ur strength
In time
U'll climb up again

Let's just lie here..

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Been crying for a few days

Been crying to my mum
Been crying to Him

And i know, everything will eventually be alright

Now, the patience is being tested

Keep on telling the heart

But right now

Cant move on, stuck in my life, stuck in my heart, stuck in my work, stuck in everything

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Finally told him the truth

No place for him in this heart

No love to offer

No love to give

He got hurt

I know

But at least

Amidst all this mess

I wanna stay true to myself

Wanna cry so hard

But no more energy for the tears to fall

Cant let go of this feeling
I'm going crazy

How to be the best Muslim According to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

2011-12-21T10:50:00.002+08:00

1. “The best of the Muslims is he from whose hand and tongue the Muslims are safe.” [Muslim]

2. “The best of people are those with the most excellent character.” [Tabarâni, Sahîh]

3. “The best of people are those that bring most benefit to the rest of mankind.” [Dâraqutni, Hasan]

4. “The best of people are those who are best in fulfilling [rights].” [Ibn Mâjah, Sahîh]

5. “The best of people during fitnah is a man who takes up the reins of his horse pursuing the enemies of Allah, causing them fear yet they make him fearful too, or a man who secludes himself in the desert fulfilling the rights of Allah upon him.” [Hâkim, Sahîh]

6. “The best of mankind is my generation, then those that follow them and then those that follow them. Then there shall come a people after them who will become avaricious, who will love gluttony, and who will give witness before they are asked for it.” [Tirmidhî, Sahîh]

7. “The best of people are those who live longest and excel in their deeds, whereas the worst of people are those who live longest and corrupt their deeds.” [Tirmidhî, Sahîh]

8. “The best of women are those that please him [her husband] when he sees her, obeys him when she is commanded, and who does not secretly betray him with regards to herself and her money in that which he dislikes.” [Ahmad, Sahîh]

9. “The best of women are those that please you when you see them, obey you when commanded, and who safeguard themselves and your money in your absence.” [Tabarâni, Sahîh]

10. “The best of marriages are the easiest ones.” [Abu Dâwûd, Sahîh]

11. “The best of your dates is the Borniyyû date; it expels disease yet does not contain any disease itself.” [Hâkim, Hasan]

12. “The best of your garments are those which are white; shroud your dead in them and clothe your living with them. The best of that which you apply to your eyelids is antimony causing the eyelashes to grow and sharpening the eyesight.” [Ibn Hibbân, Sahîh]

13. “The best quality of your religion is scrupulousness.” [Hâkim, Sahîh]

14. “The best of your religion is that which is easiest.” [Ahmad, Sahîh]

15. “The best of the prayer lines for men are the first rows, the worst being the final rows. The best of the prayer lines for women are the final rows and the worst are the first rows.” [Muslim]

16. “The best prayers for women are those performed in the most secluded parts of their houses.” [Ibn Khuzaymah, Sahîh]

17. “The best of you in Islam are those who are most excellent in character as long as you deeply understand the religion.” [Ahmad, Sahîh]

18. “The best of you are the best of you in fulfilling [rights].” [Ahmad, Sahîh]

19. “The best of you are those who are best to their families, and I am the best of you to my family.” [Tirmidhî, Sahîh]

20. “The best of you are my generation, then those that follow them and then those that follow them. Then there shall come after them a people who will betray and be untrustworthy, will give witness even though they have not been asked to, will make vows yet will not fulfil them and obesity will appear amongst them.” [Bukhâri]

21. “The best of you are those who feed others and return greetings.” [Abu Ya’lâ, Hasan]

22. “The best of you is he from whom good is anticipated and safety from his evil is assured; the worst of you is he from whom nothing good is expected and one is not safe from his evil.” [Tirmidhî, Sahîh]

23. “The best thing mankind has been given is excellent character.” [Hâkim, Sahîh]

24. “The best of that which you treat yourself with is cupping.” [Hâkim, Sahîh]

25. “The best of journeys undertaken are to this Mosque of mine and the Ancient House.” [Ahmad, Sahîh]

26. “The best of which man can leave behind for himself are three: a righteous child who supplicates for him, an ongoing charity whose reward continues to reach him and knowledge which others benefit from after him.” [Ibn Hibbân, Hasan]

27. “The best Mosques for women are the most secluded parts of their houses.” [Bayhaqi, Sahîh]

28. “The best of the world’s women are four: Maryum bint ‘Imrân, Khadîjah bint Khuwaylid, Fâtimah bint Muhammad and Âsiyah the wife of Fir’awn.” [Ahmad, Sahîh]

29. “The best of days that you should perform cupping are the 17th, 19th and 21st of the month. I did not pass a single gathering of angels on the night of Isrâ’ except that they would say to me, ‘O Muhammad, perform cupping!’” [Ahmad, Sahîh]

30. “The best day on which the Sun has risen is Friday; on it Âdam was created, on it Âdam was made to enter Paradise and on it he was expelled. The Hour will not be established except on Friday.” [Muslim]

31. “Verily, the best of perfume for men is that which is strong in smell and light in colour, and the best of perfume for women is that which is strong in colour and light in smell.” [Tirmidhî, Sahîh]

32. “The most beloved of religions according to Allah the Most High is the ‘easy and flexible religion.’” [Ahmad, Hasan]

33. “The most beloved of deeds according to Allah are the continuous ones, even if they are little.” [Agreed upon]

34. “The most beloved of names according to Allah are ‘Abd Allah, ‘Abd’l-Rahmân and Hârith.” [Abu Ya’lâ, Sahîh]

35. “The most beloved of deeds according to Allah are the prayer in its right time, then to treat the parents in an excellent manner, and then Jihâd in the path of Allah.” [Agreed upon]

36. “The most beloved of deeds according to Allah is that you die and yet your tongue is still moist from the remembrance of Allah.” [Ibn Hibbân, Hasan]

37. “The most beloved words according to Allah the Most High are four: Subhânallah, Alhamdulillâh, Lâ ilâha illallah and Allahu Akbar; there is no problem with which one you start with.” [Muslim]

38. “The most beloved of speech according to Allah is when the servant says, ‘Subhânallahi wa bihamdihî’ [How Transcendent is Allah and we praise him!].” [Muslim]

39. “The most beloved of speech according to Allah the Most High is that which Allah chose for his Angels: Subhâna Rabbî wa bihamdihî, Subhâna Rabbî wa bihamdihî, Subhâna Rabbî wa bihamdihî.” [Tirmidhî, Sahîh]

40. “The most beloved of people according to Allah is he who brings most benefit, and the most beloved of deeds according to Allah the Mighty, the Magnificent, is that you bring happiness to a fellow Muslim, or relieve him of distress, or pay off his debt or stave away hunger from him. It is more beloved to me that I walk with my brother Muslim in his time of need than I stay secluded in the mosque for a month. Whoever holds back his anger, Allah will cover his faults and whoever suppresses his fury while being able to execute it, Allah will fill his heart with satisfaction on the Day of Standing. Whoever walks with his brother Muslim in need until he establishes that for him, Allah will establish his feet firmly on the day when all feet shall slip. Indeed, bad character ruins deeds just as vinegar ruins honey.” [Tabarâni, Hasan]

41. “The most beloved of people to me is ‘Â’ishah and from the men, Abu Bakr.” [Agreed upon]

42. “The best of people in recitation are those who when they recite, you see that they fear Allah.” [Bayhaqi, Sahîh]

43. “The best of your leaders are those that you love and they love you, you supplicate for them and they supplicate for you. The worst of your leaders are those that you hate and they hate you, you curse them and they curse you.” [Muslim]

44. “The best of you are those who are best in paying off their debts.” [Tahâwi, Sahîh]

45. “The best of you are those with the longest lives and most excellent character.” [Bazzâr, Sahîh]

46. “The best of you are those with the longest lives and best in action.” [Hâkim, Sahîh]

47. “The best of you are those with the softest shoulders during prayer.” [Bayhaqi, Hasan]

48. “The best of you are those who are best to their wives.” [Tirmidhî, Sahîh]

49. “The best of you are those who are best to their families.” [Tabarâni, Sahîh]

50. “The best of you during the ‘Period of Ignorance’ are the best of you in Islam as long as they deeply understand the religion.” [Bukhâri]

51. “The best of you are those who learn the Qur’ân and teach it.” [Dârimi, Sahîh]

52. “The best of companions according to Allah are those who are best to their companion and the best of neighbours according to Allah are those that are best to their neighbour.” [Tirmidhî, Sahîh]

53. “The best of places are the Mosques and the worst of places are the markets.” [Tabarâni, Hasan]

54. “The best supplication on the Day of ‘Arafah and the best thing that I and the Prophets before me ever said was, ‘Lâ ilâha illAllah wahdahû lâ sharîka lahû, lahû’l-mulk wa lahû’l-hamd wa huwa ‘alâ kulli shay’in Qadîr.’” [Tirmidhî, Hasan]

55. “The best of provision is that which suffices.” [Ahmad in ‘Zuhd’, Hasan]

56. “The best testimony is when one gives it before he is asked to do so.” [Tabarâni, Sahîh]

57. “The best of dowries are the easiest.” [Hâkim, Sahîh]

58. “The best of charity is that which still leaves you self-sufficient for the upper hand is better than the lower hand; start with those you are responsible for.” [Tabarâni, Sahîh]

59. “The best of gatherings are those that are most open.” [Abu Dâwûd, Sahîh]

60. “The most beloved deed according to Allah is to have faith in Allah, then to maintain the ties of kinship, and then to command to good and forbid the wrong. The most abhorrent of deeds according to Allah is to associate partners with Him, then to cut the ties of kinship.” [Abu Ya’lâ, Hasan]

61. “The most beloved Jihâd according to Allah is that a word of truth be spoken to a tyrant ruler.” [Tabarâni, Hasan]

62. “The most beloved word according to me is that which is most truthful.” [Bukhâri]

63. “The most beloved fast according to Allah is the fast of Dâwûd; he would fast every alternate day. The most beloved prayer according to Allah is the prayer of Dâwûd; he would sleep half the night, stand a third and then sleep for a sixth.” [Agreed upon]

64. “The most beloved dish according to Allah is that which most hands feed from.” [Ibn Hibbân, Hasan]

65. “The most beloved servant of Allah is he who is most beneficial to his dependents.” [Zawâ’id al-Zuhd, Hasan]

66. “The best of earnings is that of the labourer as long as he tries his best.” [Ahmad, Hasan]

67. “The best of all deeds is to have faith in Allah alone, then Jihâd and then an accepted Hajj; they surpass all other deeds like the distance between the rising and setting of the Sun.” [Ahmad, Sahîh]

68. “The best of all deeds is the Prayer at its earliest time.” [Tirmidhî, Sahîh]

69. “The best of all deeds is the Prayer in its right time, to treat the Parents honourably and Jihâd in the path of Allah.” [al-Khatîb, Sahîh]

70. “The best of all deeds is that you bring happiness to your Muslim brother, pay off his debt or feed him bread.” [Ibn Adiyy, Hasan]

71. “The best of faith is patience and magnanimity.” [Ahmad, Sahîh]

72. “The best of days according to Allah is Friday.” [Bayhaqi, Sahîh]

73. “The best of Jihâd is that man strives against his soul and desires.” [Daylami, Sahîh]

74. “The best Hajj is that with the most raised voices and flowing blood.” [Tirmidhî, Hasan]

75. “The best of supplications is that of on the Day of ‘Arafah, and the best thing that was said by myself and the Prophets before me was, “Lâ ilâha illallah wahdahû lâ sharîka lahû.” [There is nothing worthy of worship except Allah alone, He has no partners.] [Mâlik, Hasan]

76. “The best of dinars are: the dinâr spent by a man upon his dependents, the dinâr spent by a man upon his horse in the path of Allah and the dinâr spent by a man upon his companions in the path of Allah, the Mighty, the Magnificent.” [Muslim]

77. “The best word of remembrance is: Lâ ilâha illallah and the best supplication is: Alhamdulillâh.” [Tirmidhî, Hasan]

78. “The best word of remembrance is: Lâ ilâha illallah and the best [expression of giving] thanks is: Alhamdulillâh.” [Baghawi, Hasan]

79. “The best of hours are those deep in the latter part of the night.” [Tabarâni, Sahîh]

80. “The best of all martyrs are those who fight in the front line; they do not turn their faces away until they are killed. They will be rolling around in the highest rooms of Paradise, their Lord laughing at them - when your Lord laughs at a servant, there is no accounting for him.” [Ahmad, Sahîh]

81. “The best of all martyrs is he whose blood is shed and whose horse is slaughtered.” [Tabarâni, Sahîh]

82. “The best of all charity is the shade of a canopy [provided] in the path of Allah, the Mighty and Magnificent, to gift ones servant in the path of Allah and to gift ones she-camel in the path of Allah.” [Ahmad, Hasan]

83. “The best of all charity is that which is given to the relative that harbours enmity against you.” [Ahmad, Sahîh]

84. “The best of all charity is that you give it while you are healthy and desirous [of that money], hoping to become wealthy but fearing poverty. Don’t delay until you are about to breathe your last and then you say, ‘This is for ‘so and so’ and this is for ‘so and so”, for indeed, it has already been written that ‘so and so’ would receive that.” [Abu Dâwûd, Sahîh]

85. “The best of all charity is when the one with little strives to give; start with those you are responsible for.” [Hâkim, Sahîh]

86. “The best charity is to provide water.” [Ibn Mâjah, Hasan]

87. “The best prayer after the obligatory ones is the prayer in the depth of the night, and the best fast after the month of Ramadhân is the month of Allah, Muharram.” [Muslim]

88. “The best prayer is the prayer of the man in his home except for the obligatory prayer.” [Nasâ’î, Sahîh]

89. “The best prayer is that with the longest standing.” [Muslim]

90. “The best of all prayers according to Allah is the Friday morning prayer in congregation.” [Ibn Nu’aym, Sahîh]

91. “The best fast is the fast of my brother Dâwûd; he would fast every alternate day and he would never flee [the battlefront] when the armies would meet.” [Tirmidhî, Sahîh]

92. “The best of all fasts after Ramadhân is in the month that you call Muharram.” [Nasâ’î, Sahîh]

93. “The best of all worship is supplication.” [Hâkim, Sahîh]

94. “The best deed is the prayer in its right time and Jihâd in the path of Allah.” [Bayhaqi, Sahîh]

95. “The best of the Qur’ân is: “Alhamdulillâhi Rabb’l-‘Âlamîn”. [Hâkim, Sahîh]

96. “The best of earnings is a blessed sale and that which a man earns with his hands.” [Ahmad, Sahîh]

97. “The best of the Believers is the most excellent of them in character.” [Ibn Mâjah, Sahîh]

98. “The best of the Believers with respect to Islam is the one from whose hand and tongue the Muslims are safe; and the best of the Believers with respect to Îmân are the most excellent of them in character; and the best of those who migrate is he who migrates from that which Allah the Most High has prohibited; and the best of Jihâd is when one strives against his soul for the sake of Allah, the Mighty, the Magnificent.” [Tabarâni, Sahîh]

99. “The best of mankind is the believer between two honourable persons.” [Tabarâni, Sahîh]

100. “The best of all days in the world are the ten days [of Dhul Hijjah].” [Bazzâr, Sahîh]

The trial

2011-12-17T12:08:00.000+08:00

“I asked the Prophet (may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) who among the people are most severely tried?" ~Sa‘d ibn Abî Waqqâs

He said, ‘The Prophets, then the right acting people, and so on down through various categories of people. Man will be tested according to the strength of his faith. The stronger his faith, the more severe his trial, and the weaker his faith, the lighter his trial. The believer will be continually tested until he walks on earth with all his wrong actions forgiven’.”~ Sahih al-Bukhari

30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself

2011-12-16T14:02:00.000+08:00

Stop spending time with the wrong people. – Life is too short to spend time with people who suck the happiness out of you. If someone wants you in their life, they’ll make room for you. You shouldn’t have to fight for a spot. Never, ever insist yourself to someone who continuously overlooks your worth. And remember, it’s not the people that stand by your side when you’re at your best, but the ones who stand beside you when you’re at your worst that are your true friends.
Stop running from your problems. – Face them head on. No, it won’t be easy. There is no person in the world capable of flawlessly handling every punch thrown at them. We aren’t supposed to be able to instantly solve problems. That’s not how we’re made. In fact, we’re made to get upset, sad, hurt, stumble and fall. Because that’s the whole purpose of living – to face problems, learn, adapt, and solve them over the course of time. This is what ultimately molds us into the person we become.
Stop lying to yourself. – You can lie to anyone else in the world, but you can’t lie to yourself. Our lives improve only when we take chances, and the first and most difficult chance we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
Stop putting your own needs on the back burner. – The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too. Yes, help others; but help yourself too. If there was ever a moment to follow your passion and do something that matters to you, that moment is now.
Stop trying to be someone you’re not. – One of the greatest challenges in life is being yourself in a world that’s trying to make you like everyone else. Someone will always be prettier, someone will always be smarter, someone will always be younger, but they will never be you. Don’t change so people will like you. Be yourself and the right people will love the real you.
Stop trying to hold onto the past. – You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading your last one.
Stop being scared to make a mistake. – Doing something and getting it wrong is at least ten times more productive than doing nothing. Every success has a trail of failures behind it, and every failure is leading towards success. You end up regretting the things you did NOT do far more than the things you did.
Stop berating yourself for old mistakes. – We may love the wrong person and cry about the wrong things, but no matter how things go wrong, one thing is for sure, mistakes help us find the person and things that are right for us. We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here NOW with the power to shape your day and your future. Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is preparing you for a moment that is yet to come.
Stop trying to buy happiness. – Many of the things we desire are expensive. But the truth is, the things that really satisfy us are totally free – love, laughter and working on our passions.
Stop exclusively looking to others for happiness. – If you’re not happy with who you are on the inside, you won’t be happy in a long-term relationship with anyone else either. You have to create stability in your own life first before you can share it with someone else.
Stop being idle. – Don’t think too much or you’ll create a problem that wasn’t even there in the first place. Evaluate situations and take decisive action. You cannot change what you refuse to confront. Making progress involves risk. Period! You can’t make it to second base with your foot on first.
Stop thinking you’re not ready. – Nobody ever feels 100% ready when an opportunity arises. Because most great opportunities in life force us to grow beyond our comfort zones, which means we won’t feel totally comfortable at first.
Stop getting involved in relationships for the wrong reasons.– Relationships must be chosen wisely. It’s better to be alone than to be in bad company. There’s no need to rush. If something is meant to be, it will happen – in the right time, with the right person, and for the best reason. Fall in love when you’re ready, not when you’re lonely.
Stop rejecting new relationships just because old ones didn’t work. – In life you’ll realize that there is a purpose for everyone you meet. Some will test you, some will use you and some will teach you. But most importantly, some will bring out the best in you.
Stop trying to compete against everyone else. – Don’t worry about what others doing better than you. Concentrate on beating your own records every day. Success is a battle between YOU and YOURSELF only.
Stop being jealous of others. – Jealousy is the art of counting someone else’s blessings instead of your own. Ask yourself this: “What’s something I have that everyone wants?”
Stop complaining and feeling sorry for yourself. – Life’s curveballs are thrown for a reason – to shift your path in a direction that is meant for you. You may not see or understand everything the moment it happens, and it may be tough. But reflect back on those negative curveballs thrown at you in the past. You’ll often see that eventually they led you to a better place, person, state of mind, or situation. So smile! Let everyone know that today you are a lot stronger than you were yesterday, and you will be.
Stop holding grudges. – Don’t live your life with hate in your heart. You will end up hurting yourself more than the people you hate. Forgiveness is not saying, “What you did to me is okay.” It is saying, “I’m not going to let what you did to me ruin my happiness forever.” Forgiveness is the answer… let go, find peace, liberate yourself! And remember, forgiveness is not just for other people, it’s for you too. If you must, forgive yourself, move on and try to do better next time.
Stop letting others bring you down to their level. – Refuse to lower your standards to accommodate those who refuse to raise theirs.
Stop wasting time explaining yourself to others. – Your friends don’t need it and your enemies won’t believe it anyway. Just do what you know in your heart is right.
Stop doing the same things over and over without taking a break. – The time to take a deep breath is when you don’t have time for it. If you keep doing what you’re doing, you’ll keep getting what you’re getting. Sometimes you need to distance yourself to see things clearly.
Stop overlooking the beauty of small moments. – Enjoy the little things, because one day you may look back and discover they were the big things. The best portion of your life will be the small, nameless moments you spend smiling with someone who matters to you.
Stop trying to make things perfect. – The real world doesn’t reward perfectionists, it rewards people who get things done.
Stop following the path of least resistance. – Life is not easy, especially when you plan on achieving something worthwhile. Don’t take the easy way out. Do something extraordinary.
Stop acting like everything is fine if it isn’t. – It’s okay to fall apart for a little while. You don’t always have to pretend to be strong, and there is no need to constantly prove that everything is going well. You shouldn’t be concerned with what other people are thinking either – cry if you need to – it’s healthy to shed your tears. The sooner you do, the sooner you will be able to smile again.
Stop blaming others for your troubles. – The extent to which you can achieve your dreams depends on the extent to which you take responsibility for your life. When you blame others for what you’re going through, you deny responsibility – you give others power over that part of your life.
Stop trying to be everything to everyone. – Doing so is impossible, and trying will only burn you out. But making one person smile CAN change the world. Maybe not the whole world, but their world. So narrow your focus.
Stop worrying so much. – Worry will not strip tomorrow of its burdens, it will strip today of its joy. One way to check if something is worth mulling over is to ask yourself this question: “Will this matter in one year’s time? Three years? Five years?” If not, then it’s not worth worrying about.
Stop focusing on what you don’t want to happen. – Focus on what you do want to happen. Positive thinking is at the forefront of every great success story. If you awake every morning with the thought that something wonderful will happen in your life today, and you pay close attention, you’ll often find that you’re right.
Stop being ungrateful. – No matter how good or bad you have it, wake up each day thankful for your life. Someone somewhere else is desperately fighting for theirs. Instead of thinking about what you’re missing, try thinking about what you have that everyone else is missing.

Doa

2011-12-15T10:34:00.000+08:00

Through the year of 2011

2011-12-14T09:46:00.003+08:00

I still remember 1 year back, when i look at 2011 that is about to come, feeling so excited to work. Thinking how wonderful 2011 might be. I'm gonna finish my work in 2011, then writing, then submit the thesis.

Now 2011 is about to end and i'm not even finish half of my work, not even 10%. Ok, enough bout saddest part.

Taun 2011 juga melakar sejarah apabila kawan2 bersepah pakat kawen. Ada yang dah mengandung. Biasa la tu, bunting pelamin..Aku? Jgn kata mengandung, nk pk kan encik yg sorang tu pun takda masa. Ada aritu time sewel, pk nk kawen cpt2 tp skrg rasa cam tak kawen pun takpe kot. Yang penting skrg, setelkan master, setelkan PhD. Yang lain blkg kira. Kawen hanya melibatkan aku n sorang mamat n takde mbawa sebarang ksenangan pada mak bapak aku pun. So, baik aku blaja rajin2,setelkan research, then start keja, cari duit byk2, bagi kat mama n abah. Ada gak bgunanya aku utk org lain kan.

Apa pencapaian aku sepanjang taun 2011? Hmm..selain mbuang masa dlm lab,abeskan duit scholarship, rasa takde apa2 yg aku gain taun ni kot selain perubahan dlm diri. err.. ada ke yg berubah? hmm..

Owh, tlupa plak..wlupun taun ni mmg sgt tak productive,tp 2 drpd impian telah tcapai.
1) Nk jumpa Tun Mahathir
2) G westlife concert

So takde la hamlau sgt taun ni kan..^^

Memang sangat mcabar taun 2011 ni bila abah dah tak keja, takde sumber pendapatan, then tpaksa buat keja kampung utk menampung idup abah n adik kecik aku. Kami yang kakak2 just mampu tolong sikit2 je. Kadang2 ada rasa cam tak bguna pun ada sbb tak bleh tolong abah..mama plak tpaksa buat part time lagi selain keja yg tetap tu. 2 keja dlm 1 masa. T_T

Harap taun depan akan lebih mudah dari taun ni, hope aku dapat setelkan keja secepat mungkin and start keja. Sekian.

After 1/4 century

2011-12-11T15:32:00.000+08:00

What i'm doing in here. Writing down my feeling on blog, and someone i don't even know reading my blog. Well, it's easier to talk to some anonymous, because they don't know u and u dont know them and nobody cares bout what u said actually. They would just read, make some comment and then that's it. Talking to someone who knows u face to face is the problem. They know u and they judge u and u got hurt and....u got hurt.

It's not like i care if nobody cares bout me. Nobody cares is actually better. So u can go back to Him, cause He is the one who always cares for u....cause the fact is that, u can live without no one but not Him.

And love is just a tiny part of this life. After a quarter century living it this little world, u realize, there is something more important than finding a lover and spend ur whole life with him. He is not everything. He is just a person sharing a part of ur life.

To know ur reason to live, to realize how much wrong u have done in the past and trying to correct all ur mistakes, to promise urself to work hard just to live a proper life and to die and be in heaven. This is more important than a stupid love story that u're trying hard to write.

After 1/4 century of living, only then i realize that there is more to life than a stupid love story.

Thanks for your time

2011-12-08T09:26:00.000+08:00

It had been some time since Abdullah had seen the old man. College, career, and life itself got in the way. In fact, Abdullah moved clear across the country in pursuit of his dreams. There, in the rush of his busy life, Abdullah had little time to think about the past and often no time to spend with his wife and son. He was working on his future, and nothing could stop him.

Over the phone, his mother told him, “Mr. Bashir died last night. The funeral is Wednesday.”

Memories flashed through his mind like an old newsreel as he sat quietly remembering his childhood days.

“Abdullah, did you hear me?”

“Oh sorry, Mom. Yes, I heard you. It’s been so long since I thought of him. I’m sorry, but I honestly thought he died years ago,” Abdullah said.

“Well, he didn’t forget you. Every time I saw him he’d ask how you were doing. He’d reminisce about the many days you spent over ‘his side of the fence’ as he put it,” Mom told him.

“I loved that old house he lived in,” Abdullah said.

“You know, Abdullah, after your father died, Mr. Bashir stepped in to make sure you had a man’s influence in your life,” she said.

“He’s the one who taught me carpentry,” he said. “I wouldn’t be in this business if it weren’t for him. He spent a lot of time teaching me things… Mom, I’ll be there for the funeral,” Abdullah said.

As busy as he was, he kept his word. Abdullah caught the next flight to his hometown. Mr. Bashir’s funeral was small. He had no children of his own, and most of his relatives had passed away.

The night before he had to return home, Abdullah and his Mom stopped by to see the old house next door one more time.

Standing in the doorway, Abdullah paused for a moment. It was like crossing over into another dimension, a leap through space and time.

The house was exactly as he remembered. Every step held memories. Every picture, every piece of furniture… Abdullah stopped suddenly.

“What’s wrong, Abdullah?” his Mom asked.

“The box is gone,” he said.

“What box?” Mom asked.

“There was a small gold box that he kept locked on top of his desk. I must have asked him a thousand times what was inside. All he’d ever tell me was ‘one of the things I value most,’” Abdullah said.

It was gone. Everything about the house was exactly how Abdullah remembered it, except for the box. He figured someone from the Bashir family had taken it.

“Now I’ll never know what was so valuable to him,” Abdullah said. “I better get some sleep. I have an early flight home, Mom.”

It had been about two weeks since Mr. Bashir died. Returning home from work one day Abdullah discovered a note in his mailbox. “Signature required on a package. No one at home. Please stop by the main post office within the next three days,” the note read.

Early the next day Abdullah retrieved the package. The small box was old and looked like it had been mailed a hundred years ago. The handwriting was difficult to read, but the return address caught his attention.

“Mr. Haroon Bashir” it read.

Abdullah took the box out to his car and ripped open the package. There inside was the gold box and an envelope. Abdullah’s hands shook as he read the note inside.

“Upon my death, please forward this box and its contents to Abdullah Ahmed. It’s one of the things I valued most in my life.” A small key was taped to the letter. His heart racing, as tears filling his eyes, Abdullah carefully unlocked the box. There inside he found a beautiful gold pocket watch.

Running his fingers slowly over the finely etched casing, he unlatched the cover. Inside he found these words engraved:

“Abdullah, Thanks for your time! -Haroon Bashir.”

“One of the things he valued most…was…my time.”

Abdullah held the watch for a few minutes, then called his office and cleared his appointments for the next two days. “Why?” Janet, his assistant asked.

“I need some time to spend with my son,” he said. “Oh, by the way, Janet… thanks for your time!”

The beauty of a woman

2011-12-07T09:10:00.000+08:00

There is an inner beauty about a woman who believes in herself, who knows she is capable of anything she puts her mind to. There is a beauty in the strength & determination of a woman who follows her own path, who isn’t thrown off by obstacles along the way. There is a beauty about a woman whose confidence comes from experiences; who knows she can fall, pick herself up, & move on.

To love and to be loved

2011-11-26T12:11:00.000+08:00

I got what i want, but somehow why do i feel the way i feel now...

How come i could love someone who doesn't deserve to be loved but i couldn't love someone who deserve to be loved?

I heard people said,

"It is better to love, rather than to be loved."

At that time, i didn't understand what it means

I guess now i finally understand.

I don't know what to do and i can't do anything. For any move will hurt someone who doesn't deserve to be hurt and i know it will hurt me too. I think i should pray to God to settle everything for us and gives us the best. In time, maybe, there will be a solution. In time, maybe, i'll fall in love again~

Confession

2011-10-01T12:51:00.000+08:00

Funny thing about me now is i have a lot of things to say, but the only thing i can do is be quiet.
Because i've learned the hard way that when you tell people about your feelings, your thoughts, hoping that they will understand and care. But in reality is, nobody is actually gonna give a damn about you.
And it hurts more that way....

I'm in a relationship now, but i can't even tell him what i feel. Guess, what had happened giving me that much of impact.

I'm avoiding myself from being hurt but..i guess it also making my life more lonely~

Don't Judge Too Quickly

2011-09-27T09:11:00.000+08:00

There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away.

The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall. When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen.

The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted.

The second son said no it was covered with green buds and full of promise.

The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen.

The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.

The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but only one season in the tree’s life.

He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.

If you give up when it’s winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall.

Lessons:

Don’t let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest.
Don’t judge life by one difficult season.
Persevere through the difficult patches and better times are sure to come some time or later.

Wanita untuk suami

2011-09-27T08:58:00.000+08:00

Bila SUAMI balik rumah.... Dia jadi heran gler halaman umah berselerak, surat kat peti pos tak berambil, anak-anak tengah main korek-korek tanah kotor, baju compang-camping, penuh dengan tanah dan kotoran, rambut tak bersikat, tak bermandi.. Masuk ke pintu rumah lagi lelaki tu terkejut.

waaa... mana isteri ku...

Ruang tamu lagi teruk berselerak. Lelaki tu melaung nama isterinya.. Sepi tiada jawapan. Masuk ke dapur, sinki penuh dengan pinggan mangkuk tak berbasuh, periuk tak bercuci, mencari apa yang boleh dimakan tetapi tiada makanan yang dimasak. Masuk ke bilik air, baju belum berbasuh apatah lagi berendam. Lelaki itu cemas mencari isterinya. Dia bergegas ke tingkat atas melihat isterinya terbaring di atas katil sedang membaca buku.

fuuu.. lega..

“Awak sakit ke?” tanya lelaki itu. “Tak lah”, jawab isterinya ringkas. “Kenapa teruk sangat rumah kita hari ni?” Tanya si suami lagi sambil meletakkan tangan di dahi isterinya, kot-kot isterinya demam.“Wahai suamiku, semalam semasa kita bertengkar, abg mengatakan yang saya ini hanyalah suri rumah, duduk di rumah tak sepenat diri abg yang duduk di pejabat, dan abg sering menanyakan apa kerja yang saya lakukan di rumah yang menyebabkan saya merungut kepenatan kadang-kadang..

lelaki tu pun berfikir...

Kalau madam takde kat umah, alangkah tenteramnya hidup ini. Boleh buat ape yang kita suka. Boleh belengkar kat depan TV tanpa sebarang gangguan mental dan fizkal. Pendek kata, FreeDoMmmmmlah!! But hairan bin ajaib, when dia betul-betul pergi meaning “She’s Gone”’ aku plak trasa separuh mati. Sehari dua memanglah shiokkk, no one shouting from the kitchen for help, no o

ne to komen this and that, no one to criticize. Everything will be smooth…

hahaha... takde yg nak marah ku...

Tp masuk hari ketige, I felt something missing. Lebih-lebih lagi bila tuala mandi dah berbau ‘asshemmmm’, tak tau la mana nak cari yang baru. Colgate da nak abis, tak tau kat mana dia stock up. Air suam da habis, malas nk boil… Masuk hari keempat, rindu mula terasa...

Apabila rindu mencengkam, semuanya jadi tak tentu arah. Tengok TV citer best pon jadi tak best. Nasik bungkus feberite jadik tak feberite. Makan kat 5 star hotel jadik rasa macam makan kat kedai AA. Lebih-lebih lagi bila laundry basket da makin bertimbun ngan baju kotor. Toilet dah mula licin berdaki.. Lantai dah berbelak, tak dimop.. Every nite, very the lonely, baring atas katil nengok ceiling blindly.. bila lonely gini, baru lah rasa benar kesepian.

Jangan kata sebulan atau setahun, belum seminggu isteri takde kat umah, aku dah rasa separuh pengsan. Masa ni barulah sedar netapa pentingnya seorang wanita bernama isteri… So guys out there.. jgn buli isteri kite. Kalau boleh, tolong dia buat kerja rumah. Bukan dok depan TV every weekend baca paper. Apa ingat dia tu kuli ker?! Maid ker?!! Kan dia tu bini kita, best fren kita, sweetheart kita.. Ingat duit hantaran yang kita kasik dia masa nikah dulu cukupker nak bayar gaji dia ..................................................................seumur hidup ???

ingat balik..

And furthermore, kan sama2 kerja carik rezeki, sama jugak lah buat kerja rumah. Kadang2 bila poket kita sesak, tak ingat ker dialah orang yang paling dekat terdekat kita nak kenyeng-kenyeng duit. Tak kesian ker nengok bini kita? Dah la satu hari keja kat office, balik pulak kena buat kerja rumah lagi… penat tau! Kalaulah aku diberi peluang jadik seorang wanita,… tak rela!!! So to all mums and wives out there, live will be meaningless without You mothers. Uwaaaaaaa!!

SAYANGI LA KAUM PEREMPUAN KERANA TANPA MEREKA ANDA KEHILANGAN SESUATU..

HARGAI MEREKA!!!!!

Dari ilham seorang lelaki.. “ Wanita adalah insan istimewa, biarkan mereka terus membebel, merengek atau mengilai seperti Pontianak. Seburukburuk perangai wanita, ia akan terus melekat di hati kita selagi hayat di kandung badan”

p/s: ni bukan cerita aku, aku tolong reblog je..

9/11 revisited

2011-09-11T13:31:00.000+08:00

Today mark the 10 years of 9/11 attack. Oh well..it's been 10 years already. So, should i give a damn about it? Well yeah, for the sake of humanity i should give a damn. It's the innocent life that were killed in the attack. And also this was the day when all Muslims being labeled as Terrorist and so does the Islamophobia began to spread like a disease.

Ok fine, it really a sad tragedy, and me with all my heart condemn the attack. It shouldn't happen. But the thing is, the whole world is like focusing on this date every single year, remembering and mourning for the lost but do people care bout innocent life that being killed everyday in Palestine, Iraq and other parts of the world?? Well, the amount of innocent life that being killed is more that 9/11 attack. So shouldn't people mourn for them more?

Face it, we live in a corrupted world. I accept that fact since the 9/11 tragedy conspiracy says that it's own government was behind the attack. So sad for fellow citizen that has to live under the rule of such government. And truly i feel sorry for them, not knowing the truth behind the attack.

See, if that government is trying to give bad impression on Islam, making non-muslims hate Muslims and approve the massacre of Muslims, well i think they have achieved the target. But the things that they may not realize is the fact that after the 9/11 attack, the number of people converting or reverting to Islam increased more than before the 9/11 attack. You want to stop Islam from spreading, but what you just did actually the opposite. How ironic isn't it?

Still, to all Americans, i hope 1 day truth will be revealed and wound will be healed and once again we all going to live in peace..

Why women cry

2011-09-07T17:04:00.000+08:00

A little boy asked his mother, “Why are you crying?”

“Because I need to” she said.

“I don’t understand,” he said.

His mother just hugged him and said, “And you never will.”

Later the little boy asked his father, “Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?”

“All women cry for no reason,” his dad answered carelessly.

The little boy, still wondering why women cry, finally asked the old wise shaikh (scholar). “He surely knows the answer”, he thought.

“Ya Shaikh! Why do women cry so easily?”

The Shaikh answered:

“When Allah made the woman she had to be special. He made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet gentle enough to give comfort.

He gave an inner strength to endure both childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children.

He gave her a toughness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining.

He gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child hurts her badly.

He gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart. He gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.

And lastly, He gave her a tear. This is hers and only hers exclusively to use whenever she needs it. She needs no reason, no explanation, its hers.

You see my son, the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the beauty of her face, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart - the place where love resides.”

The boy and the apple tree

2011-08-21T11:57:00.000+08:00

A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it everyday. He climbed to the treetop, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow…he loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. Time went by…the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree every day.

One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad. “Come and play with me” the tree asked the boy. “I am no longer a kid, I do not play around trees any more” the boy replied.

“I want toys. I need money to buy them.” “Sorry, but I do not have money… but you can pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money.” The boy was so excited. He grabbed all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy never came back after he picked the apples. The tree was sad.

One day, the boy who now turned into a man returned and the tree was excited “Come and play with me” the tree said. “I do not have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help me?” “ Sorry, but I do not have any house. But you can chop off my branches to build your house.” So the man cut all the branches of the tree and left happily. The tree was glad to see him happy but the man never came back since then. The tree was again lonely and sad.

One hot summer day, the man returned and the tree was delighted. “Come and play with me!” the tree said. “I am getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?” said the man. “Use my trunk to build your boat. You can sail far away and be happy.” So the man cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and never showed up for a long time.

Finally, the man returned after many years. “Sorry, my boy. But I do not have anything for you anymore. No more apples for you …” the tree said. “No problem, I do not have any teeth to bite” the man replied. “No more trunk for you to climb on” “I am too old for that now” the man said. “I really cannot give you anything… the only thing left is my dying roots” the tree said with tears. “I do not need much now, just a place to rest. I am tired after all these years” the man replied. “Good! Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest, Come, come sit down with me and rest.” The man sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears…

This is a story for everyone.The tree is like our parents. When we were young, we loved to play with our Mum and Dad. When we grow up, we leave them…only come to them when we need something or when we are in trouble. No matter what, parents will always be there and give everything they could just to make you happy.

You may think the boy is cruel to the tree, but that is how all of us treat our parents. We take them for granted we don’t appreciate all they do for us, UNTIL it’s too late. May Allah SWT forgive us of our shortcomings and may He Guide us inshaAllah.

“And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him. And that you be dutiful to your parents. If one of them or both of them attain old age in your life, say not to them a word of disrespect, nor shout at them but address them in terms of honour. And lower unto them the wing of submission and humility through mercy, and say: ‘My Lord! Bestow on them Your Mercy as they did bring me up when I was small.’ ” [Al-Qur’an 17:23-24]

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the story of 2 words

2011-08-16T15:42:00.001+08:00

He had never prayed two rak`ah (units of prayer) in his adult life. Born and raised in Egypt, he had continuously heard the athan (call to prayer) and the iqama (second call to prayer) rolling through the streets, calling the believers to prayer, but he had never voluntarily accepted the call. This included refusing to pray at the masjid on the first floor of the apartment building in which he lived; he passed by it day and night, on his way to work, on his way to spend hours at the local Hookah Café with his friends, and on his way home to his wife and children, only to start the routine of neglecting his prayers again the following day.

On one Friday, he was suddenly hit by a novel idea. “Why don’t I just try Friday prayer today? Just to see what it’s like? I’ll just try it,” the man thought. He came in late to the masjid; the Khatib (speaker) was already speaking. As the man was looking for a place to sit, he heard the words of the Khatib, “The Prophet ﷺ (peace be upon him) has told us: