01 October 2009

Macam-macam kisah bila nak bayar

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Mata memang merah kalau dipandang. Ikutkan hati mahu ditegur secara terang-terangan dengan kata-kata yang padat supaya boleh disedar dan juga sentak di otaknya. Sekarang ramai yang masih belum mengerti dan kenal amru bil makruf wa nahyi anil munkar.

Itulah perkara yang wajib dituntut pada setiap muslim. Jikalau ditegur dengan intonasi yang mengundang kemarahan dan tidak puas hati dari mana-mana pihak, harus difikirkan yang disentak di minda, bukan di hati. Walaupun berkali-kali dinasihatkan, tetapi tetap sama malah hasilnya sungguh menghampakan. Bak masuk telinga kiri, keluar telinga kanan atau sebaliknya.

Mungkin ramai yang terpinga-pinga apakah sebenar masalahnya. Status di facebook pun lain macam aje..ini yang buat ramai orang telinga makin hampir berdekatan dengan mulut. Sabar..relax...saya akan kongsi apa yang terperap di dalam hati ini di dalam post yang seterusnya.

Sebenarnya tujuan post ini untuk menceritakan kisah yang kadang-kala melucukan, memeranjatkan, menyedihkan, dan juga membuka mata hati saya sendiri. Yang penting kesemuanya boleh menjadi satu pengajaran bagi kita semua. Al-kisah, cerita berkaitan dengan pembayar zakat pada bulan Ramadhan yang lepas.

1. Saya mulakan dengan yang melucukan & memeranjatkan.

Pembayar Zakat 1: Saya nak bayar zakat untuk 3 orang, isteri saya & 2 orang anak saya. Saya tak perlu bayar kan??

PZ 2: Keluarga saya semua ada 4 orang termasuk saya, jadi saya dan isteri $6.50, 2 orang anak $4.50...

PZ 3: (Selepas doa) Eh selalunya doa dia pendek eh? (org tu pun beredar. 10 minit kemudian ada panggilan, komplen pulak tu)
"Saya perhatikan yang amil zakat caranya salah. Doa pendek. Saya dulu pernah jadi amil zakat tau, doanya kena panjang-panjang."

2. Yang menyedihkan.

PZ 4: "Saya..*sob*..menunaikan...*sob sob*..zakat fitrah yang wajib ini..*sob sob*(sambil teresak-esak)..........untuk diri saya serta isteri.. *sob sob*(bunyi esaknya makin kuat sedikit)...dan anak-anak saya..*sob sob*..."

3. Yang membuka mata hati saya.

Wakil Pembayar 5: "My indonesian maid ask me to come here to pay zakat for her" (non-muslim chinese)

PZ 6: "............................................................." (sign language)

Itulah sedikit sebanyak apa yang telah terjadi semasa saya menjadi amil zakat. Suatu pengalaman yang tidak boleh dilupakan. Bukan niat ini untuk mempersendakan reaksi pembayar-pembayar zakat tetapi ini adalah suatu perkongsian dan realiti yang masyarakat kita hadapi. Mungkin ada perkara lain, iaitu selain daripada membayar zakat, yang memang luarbiasa dan besar isunya. Tetapi kita harus sedar dan peka yang perkara ini betul-betul berlaku.

Inilah dia satu tanggungjawab yang dimainkan bukan sahaja pada asatizah, tetapi orang ramai yang sudah peka atau sedikit sebanyak sudah mengetahui untuk menyampaikan info apa yang orang tidak tahu. Walaupun kita hidup di negara yang serba mudah dan canggih, kesemua informasi, khususnya zakat, boleh kita dapati di mana-mana sahaja. Mungkin, ada orang tersilap dengar, atau tersalah pandang, atau tidak sempat untuk membaca atau mendengar info sebelum zakat itu dibayar. Kita cuma husnu zhon, dan berusaha untuk membantu orang yang tidak tahu. Janganlah kita dibelenggu dengan kejahilan.

Mengenai perkara yang menyedihkan dan membuka hati saya, sudah saya katakan ia merupakan suatu pengalaman yang amat berharga untuk saya simpan di dalam hati saya kerana ia membawa mesej yang sentimen dan bermakna.

Siapa sangka, orang yang bisu yang mempunyai keluarga, menitiskan peluh untuk mendapatkan sumber rezeki bagi memberikan nafkah kepada isteri & anak dan juga menunaikan salah satu daripada rukun Islam. Mengangkat tangannya ketika doa diucapkan walaupun dia tidak mampu untuk mendengar. Seorang yang ber-itqan.

Bagaimana pula orang yang sempurna jasad dan sifatnya? Duduk melepak makan dan minum pada siang bulan ramadan. Berpimpin tangan, berpelukan, bercumbuan, pegang sana sini, tepuk sana sini, di depan khalayak ramai pulak tu, depan orang seagama sendiri lagi, kononnya sedang hangat bercinta..atau touch-touch only what.....

Tak segan ke dengan Allah???

Bukalah mata, bukalah minda, bukalah hati.



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15 May 2009

Reflection of U!

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

A son and his father were walking on the mountains. Suddenly, the son falls, hurts himself and screams,

 “AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!” 

To his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain: “AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!” 

Curious, he yells, “Who are you?” He receives the answer, “Who are you?” 

Angered at the response, he screams, “Coward!” He receives the answer “Coward!” 

He looks to his father and asks, “What’s going on?” The father smiles and says, “My son, pay attention.” 

And then he screams to the mountain, “I admire you!” The voice answers, “I admire you!” 

Again the father screams, “You are a champion!” The voice answers, “You are a champion!” 

The boy is surprised, but does not understand. Then the father explains: “People call this ECHO, but really this is LIFE. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is simply a reflection of our actions. If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart. If you want more competence in your team, improve your competence. This relationship applies to everything, in all aspects of life; life will give you back everything you have given to it.

Your life is not a coincidence. It’s a reflection of you!”

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Model of the Prophet's House

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

اللهم صلّ وسلم وبارك عليه
May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.

3-D Representation of the Prophet’s House. Beautiful!

“The picture shows a replication of The Prophet Mohammad’s (peace be upon him) House. The model of the house was built to give people a glimpse of the way the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) lived. This house is just a part of a bigger exhibition of the life of the prophet (peace be upon him).The house was reproduced based on authentic narrations that describe the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) house. The Exhibition is held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.”


Psst: you'll need to d/l shockwave player plugin first!

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09 May 2009

Sengkang Punggol

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Dear friends, welcome again. I did promise u guys it would be a festival once my blog re-opens. So here it is. Festival of beautiful pictures from Creator to His creations. Well, I was slow-riding at Sengkang/ Punggol area after work. I was planning to take some shots just before sundown. Seriously, Punggol is such a beauty place! I mean they still have loads of space without any other flats blocking, to see how wide & beautiful the sky is, Subhanallah!

So peeps, go out to any open space, be it in Singapore, Malaysia or anywhere, and enjoy what Allah have shown His Greatest signs. 

Kadang-kadang kita memerap saje dalam rumah, ataupun rumah kita terkepung dengan flat yang lain..jadi secara tidak langsung, mungkin kita kurang peka dengan kebesaran Tuhan yang menciptakan segala sesuatu untuk kita. 

For those who are living in Sengkang/ Punggol area...jangan pindah!!

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08 April 2009

Will be back soon

Dear all,


I know most of you must be surprised. But don't worry..this blog needs to be REVAMPED! So to all my fans who love to read my entries, thank you for reading..and bear with it for a moment and if time permits, this blog will re-open like a festival with confettis, loud sounds of mercun, people dress up as a fairy and juggling on a unicycle and i'll be throwing out kaleidoscope to all of you out there! from the bottom of my heart..thank you! 
hehehe...
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28 February 2009

Roadshow #1 at PERSISI

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Today the project team of En-Naeem mosque had the first roadshow of Muslim Thinkers held at PERSISI. The objective of this program is to promote the public about the paramount era of muslim thinkers, where hundred of years ago our thinkers made hundreds or even thousands of inventions. Do you know the first man to fly is a muslim? Yes, he was ibn Firnas! Who made the guitar? It's Ibn Farabi! So here are the things that we have to share to the people who don't know the actual fact. Every invention comes with a purpose and we as the Khalifa must come up with the purpose to prosper the Alam.



And alhamdulillah it went very well and we really enjoyed the program. The audience really nodded their heads, concentrate when presentation and videos were shown. Most important of all, our first project went very well, wohoooo!! Thanks to zahras and few boys who came and help us out. Alhamdulillah..alhamdulillah...

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25 February 2009

Cairokee - Helmy Ana

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08 September 2008

Embodying a Ramadhan Spirit

I enjoy celebrating Ramadhan in Egypt. The spirit is totally outstanding. The mosque received more than 20 saf fully occupied, ape lagi terawih..dah mcm solat raya kat Singapore. (There is a joke that Solat Raya Aidilfitri is wajib because that time the mosque is fully packed! Kalahkan solat Jumaat!) Everywhere you go, you can see people holding and reciting the Qur’an. When the night comes, Cairo is filled with colorful lights. Dah mcm raya kat sini, rumah kat depan ni ade lampu lap-lip sebijik mcm style kat Singapore.   

Anyway, I started Talaqqi al-Qur’an with Syeikh Ashour (he would spell it himself as Shik Ashour heh!) sometime in Sya’ban and I thought it’s gonna be cool as I would be reading it in Ramadhan. So one day SA told me to come to his house and I could read long hours. I met him at Raba’ah and he said: “You’re going to read it in the Tremco (public van)” 

I was like alamak! I cannot read something on a moving vehicle or else it would make me dizzy and he said the trip is going to take like 2 hours! So when we board the tremco, loud recitation from Syeikh Abdul Basit was playing from the cassette player (yes they still use cassette player), I took my Mushaf from my bag and start reciting it. Then I realized the driver lower down the volume and masyaAllah I thank him for being so considerate and I started to feel a little bashful because this is my first time reciting something aloud in the middle seat of 14 passengers. But what the heck! We are all muslims and buat apa nak segan kan and alhamdulillah i didn't felt dizzy after all. 

“(This is) a Scripture that We have revealed unto thee, full of blessing, that they may ponder its revelations, and that men of understanding may reflect.” - Sâd : 29

So I was reciting beside SA, he was correcting me for tajwid and pronunciations and I rectified and re-recited it for the whole journey to Saiyyidina Ai’syah and we had to take another transport to Haram. I recited with my eyes 5 inches at close quarters with the mushaf and I was walking to the other station to Haram unsteadily, like how Jackie Chan struggling continues to walk after his face was bashed.  

So to cut short about the journey to upper Giza, I reached his house and continued reciting for two hours. I asked SA for a rest, performed Zuhur and I had the chance to mingle around with his 3 beautiful children. Abdul Malik, Nusa (I thought she said Musa) and Asyour. Six year old Abdul Malik speaks fushah and a little bit of ammiyah. Alhamdulliah, if not I could not understand what he is talking about especially kids, they mumble when they talk. 

From left: Nusa 4, Asyour 1 and Abdul Malik 6

Me: Are you fasting today? (Awkward question)
Abdul Malik: Yes
Me: What keeps you busy during Ramadhan? 
Abdul Malik: Memorizing the Qur’an and playing with my siblings.
Me: MasyaAllah, how many have you memorize the Quran?
Abdul Malik: Right now 2 juzuk and I’m revising it.
Me: *gulp*

I was thinking, what did I do when I was 6 years old..and during Ramadhan? 
1- puasa yok yok
2- perasan pergi bazaar beli kuih-muih untuk buka
3- tgk tv lepas buka
4- jgn kata baca Qur’an..pegang Qur’an pon takde!

Oh yeah, I was innocent though back then so I did not felt any guilt. But to make a contrast, Allah guides the boy to be the best gift for himself towards Him and best gift for his parents and family. I pray for him one day he would be like his dad. As for me, I thank Allah for His gift given to me for what I am today. I do believe that He still gives me the bridge to light and the path to show me what’s paramount to be among the solihin and the muttaqin. So people, every not-so-good things happened to you may have the hidden cause and all you need is not to stop searching, learning, observe, supplicate and tawakkal.  

“But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing which is bad for you. But Allah knoweth, and ye know not.”  - Al-Baqarah:216

Ramadhan Kareem to all!

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