Syariatullah and Sunnatullah

Lately I have been a fan to the new slot in Radio IKIM, Motivasi pagi which is aired every morning from 7:30-7:45 am . The motivation slot is given by Pahrol Mohd Juoi. He is the chief editor for magazine Solusi. Owhh..i fall in love with his delivering. Every sentence that he said does make sense and easy to grab and full with meanings. I want to share some notes about one topic in which i believe was presented on Tuesday last week. He talked about Shariatullah and Sunnatullah. Our life revolve around these two concepts. Shariatullah is the halal haram things that Allah has prescribed. Every act or deed that we do every day in our life must fall into one of five categories : Sunnat, Waajib, Mubah, Makrooh and Haraam. On the other hand, Sunnatullah is law in the universe that Allah has created. For instance, fire is hot and snow is cold. Another example is efforts will be followed by success. In essence, Sunnatullah is nature or science that happens to everyone, inshaAllah, not only Muslims. As a Muslim, we must hold tightly to both Shariatullah and Sunatullah. we must fully oblige with Allah`s commands and prohibitions. Doing waajib things at the fullest ability, correclt and with istiqamah. Ustaz Pahrol popped the question of why Muslims around the world are struck with underdevelopment, divided nations and lack of control in such fields as economy. He said the reason lies in our mistakes not following Sunatullah correctly despite our strong hold on Shariatullah. He further elaborated that Sunatullah and Shariatullah must come together, not independently in order for a Muslim to success here in this world and later in akhirah. For example, a muslim , she prays constantly without failing, asking Allah to grant her success in SPM. But, she doesn`t study hard. The result is, she would fail in her test, eventhough she has constantly asked Allah. This is because she does not abide the rule of Sunatullah, in which in order to do well in an exam, a person must read books, and make constant review. Another example given is a Christian Chinese girl; she studies really hard and set up study group as her preparation to sit in SPM. The result is, she would receive flying color, inshaALlah. In this case, she does follow the rule of Sunatullah , and she got it. Yes, she does lack the Shariatullah component, so her success would be in worldly terms only, when in akhirah she would be a great loser. Most of non Muslim people they do strictly follow the Sunatullah law, and that would make them much more successfully than Muslims. Whreby Muslims, they just abide with Shariatullah while giving less attention to Sunatullah. Thus in conclusion given by Ustaz Pahrol, in order to achieve success both in dunya and akhirah is by strictly follow Sunatullah and Shariatullah.

IKRAM Malaysia

A new NGO, IKRAM Malaysia was launched last Saturday at Mines Convention Center. I attended the event, Alhamdulillah after being confronted with my own soul not letting me to join the crowd whose the battle in life is for the sake of Allah. Many da`iee, potential da`iee and newcomer into da`wah world did present. According to a press, it was approximately 5000 people were in the gathering, Alhamdulilah. Allahuakbar!. Suddenly i feel regret for having the bad thought to miss the event.

IKRAM Malaysia is not a new NGO in Malaysia. It is actually a merge between a few big NGOs in Malaysia. JIM, MUSLEH, AUSIS are among the list. The main idea behind the merge is to solidify the da`wah by having bigger jamaah. IKRAM`s main course is to spread out the true message of Islam through its activities and programs. Bigger group of people will pour in bigger fund, bigger master mind, bigger events and inshaAllah bigger success. The board members that were appointed are people from these merging NGOs. Dr Harlina Haliza Siraj is one of them.

I feel very good to participate in the event. U know inside the crowd, I can feel the blood rushing through my body so fast. I can feel the aura from the speakers and suddenly the motivation within myself to be a better muslim in spreading da`wah surged. It was so sensational emotion that I can only feel through this kind of event or circumstance. Alhamdulillah..i pray to Allah that my inclination towards this path will become stronger and that I can motivate others to join me in, inshaAllah.

Photographic Memory..I wish

Lately i have been attending many meetings, be it internal or meetings with external departments outside TNB. When u are attending a meeting, your brain works harder than usual because many processes take place during the session. First, u absorb all the information. 2. Understand it. 3. Analyze it. 4. Think pro-actively. 5. Let the words out. 6. Solve the problem. You see, this sounds similar to the process occurs in a normal conversation that we have almost everyday. However, normal conversation does not really necessitate us to have no # 4 and no #6. As in a meeting, when u especially representing your own big company, in my opinion, u have to have all the 6 elements. U have to set in mind to have a say during the meeting. In order to do this, you must be fully equipped with information, data regarding your company or work related stuff. I think a meeting is like an oral tests during high school. The difference is this oral tests does not require us to 'speak baku'. U only know how much you know about your work/company when u are attending a meeting, particularly with external parties. It happened to me couple of times whereby i couldn`t answer things that i suppose i should know it long time ago or at least aware of it. I feel shame and at the same time disappointed to myself. Many things i don`t pay enough attention to it. All this while i`m just being satisfied by knowing only a pinch of some issue without concerting efforts to really understand and analyze it. In shorter word, i didn`t think for a long term. what if people ask that issue? What if you are the info comes in handy during a meeting with GM? What if you are the only representative?

Some people i would say gifted with powerful memory in which they can remember every single detail graph, news that they hear. When being asked months later, they still can recall it. Well.. i don`t belong to that category. My brain works like normal person who needs repetitions in order to have it stick to their mind. I have engaged in many casual conversations with my colleagues, and during such conversations, many information and data are shared. So I`m supposed to know many things and aware of many things, right? Well..the answer is not because I didn`t let all the 6 processed to take place. And another thing is my I`m slow in process no # 2 and # 3. If we are not performing during these processes, then the next process which entails solving a problem would not succeed. Given that, plus my low level of concentration makes me looks like a dummy sometimes due to my seem like 'i know nothing' look when having a meeting with my unit members. How i wish many times that i was given a photographic memory hehe..so that I only need one time view/listen/study of many things, and that lasts for a while. However i know no pain no gain. Having photographic memory or being a detailed person comes in handy when you are required to attend meetings and solve problems/ any arising issues.

When we being tested by Allah

This week has been not a good one as far as my morning routine is concerned. Beginning on Monday then throughout the week, I woke up quite late, which was around 6:30. I hate it because the worst thing u do when u wake up that late in the morning is being late in offering fajr prayer. Sometimes by the time the salah is done, the sky has appeared bright. Mind u, being late in offering salah without sound reasons is not technically right. As a Muslim whose purpose of life is to worship Allah alone, we should try our best to offer our 5 daily prayers at their appointed time. One of the reasons is that we don`t know what will happen in the next minute or hour. We can be a dead person the next hour, or getting involved in an accident and get hospitalized yet we `re still in debt with Allah, which is the missed salah with a lame excuse! What should be our defense when we are asked in front of Allah in the day of judgement? Think about that people!

Okay..coming back to my original story..since I woke up late,it means I was also late leaving to the office. Hence I managed to catch up my favorite slot in Radio IKIM, which is 'Motivasi Pagi' , aired every morning from 7:30 - 740 am. It used to be 'Durul Hikmah' slot ;however they switched to the new slot due to previous minor program revamp held on Radio IKIM. dr Pahrol Mohd Joiuu was the speaker and the topic that he delivered for the short motivation slot was "When we are being tested by Allah". At first sight, this topic sounds cliche'...but the way he elaborate the topic added spices to it.

According to him, tests given to us by Allah are meant to draw us closer to Him, as well as to upgrade us to higher level in His sight should we excel in the tests. When we are facing a test from Allah, it should make us feel inferior before Allah and become much reliant on His mercy. Our body, and soul are not ours, rather it belongs to Allah. He is the sole owner and we are only His slaves whom Allah has only given temporary guardianship for the body. and soul. As an owner, realistically He has the rights to do whatever He wants on our body, be it to impose hardship and endurance. It is common among people that when they are struck by hardship, they are quick at blaming the circumstances, or worse, Allah Himself. "Why me?" is a common word coming out from mouth of people whom Allah has placed test on them. Well, this is clearly a wrong behavior. We must remember that every thing that comes from Allah never comes without purposes or wisdom. The analogy that Dr Pahrol gave was an interesting one. He gave the example of a cow that is about to be slaughtered by human. The selected cow has no right to question why was it chosen amongst other cows. So as a human, we don`t have right to challenge or disagree with Allah on His selection. In fact, if we have strong Iman in our heart, the sweetness of Imaan will prepare us to receive this in our life. Dr Pahrol further explained that we should not ever externalize our repel towards the tests even by lightest respond by feeling remorse deep inside our heart. Even by changing our routine as a reaction to the test is also considered as denying the tests. For example, if we used to be a well organized and punctual person, but when a test struck us then we leave all the habits, we are considered as countering the tests. We have to be really careful on this.

Wedding Season

I would say June 2010 is mating month. Reason? I got so many wedding invitations this month. Yesterday, one of my old schoolmate, Iela had her wedding reception at Cheras. Alhamdulillah, finally after about 7 years getting to know each other they finally tied the knot. Iela looked radiant and charming on her big day. Am happy for her!

And today together with my two housemates @ Inai Court, we went all the way to Kuala Kangsar, Perak to attend our wedding ceremony of our housemate, Siti Khadijah. Her wedding ceremony was held simultaneouly with her elder sister. So two married couple were celebrated in Kuala Kangsar, at least in Kg Talang today:) Also, as a housemate alias friend, i`m happy for Siti and I pray that her marriage is full of happiness, barakah from Allah and inshaAllah would last till the end of their age.