Dalam duduk jauh-jauh ini, kalau teringat kampung halaman, pastinya ingat mak yang ada di rumah.
Dalam duduk mengulangkaji pelajaran, pastinya ingat mak yang suruh belajar pandai-pandai.
Dalam duduk makan mi segera, pastinya ingat emak yang selalu masakkan ikan tenggiri masak asam pedas, atau selalu marah kerana cerewet sangat makan.
Dalam duduk baca Quran di ceruk masjid, pastinya ingat mak yang dulu merotan pasal malas baca Muqaddam.
Dalam duduk dengar tazkirah dari brother Pakistan, pastinya ingat mak yang selalu beri nasihat yang amat, amat, amat berguna.
Dalam duduk dengar lagu mp3 atau melayan kartun banyak-banyak pastinya teringat mak yang selalu pesan jangan sia-siakan masa.
Dalam duduk melayan kanak-kanak di sini, pastinya ingat mak yang dulu pun layan kita juga semasa kita kecil.
Dalam duduk memakai kasut sebelum ke kuliah, pastinya ingat mak yang dulu suruh cepat-cepat siap takut tertinggal bas ke sekolah.
Dalam duduk berjalan-jalan menikmati kehijauan alam, pastinya ingat mak yang dulu menemankan berjalan di padang di waktu petang.
Dalam duduk mendengar kisah kejiwangan kawan, pastinya ingat mak yang pesan mana ada 'couple-couple' dalam Islam.
Dalam duduk menghiris bawang di dapur sehingga mengalir air mata, pastinya ingat mak, yang air matanya tak semurah kita punya...
...
Who should I give my love to, my respect & my honor too?
Who should I pay good mind to, after Allah, and Rasulullah?
Comes your mother,
Who next? Your mother.
Who next? Your mother.
Who next? Your mother.
And then your father...
Download :
Rashid A. Bikha - Your Mother (from Yusuf Islam & Friends)
...
Say Alhamdulillah,
Thank you Allah,
Thank you Allah for my mother...
Perihal kita di mata orang I
Petang semalam sempat duduk berceloteh sebentar dengan Haseeb mamat Pakistan kita di sini. Itu pun dia yang tegur dulu selepas solat asar. Duduklah sebentar, bertanyakan khabar dan berita.
Tidak semena-mena dia terus bercerita - dilema orang di sekeliling kita.
Kisahnya mudah untuk ditatapi bersama. Setelah 2-3 minit mendengar, ia berakhir dengan satu persoalan. Kenapa orang-orang yang aktif juga terlibat bercinta?
Soalan cepumas. Agaknya jika dimasukkan dalam rancangan More Jutaria atau Who wants to be a millionaire, pasti inilah soalan yang terakhir. Tersengih sajalah jawabnya waima tahu jawapannya.
Tapi, begitulah persepsi orang lain terhadap kita. Perit tapi benar. Nak buat macam mana ya?
Dalam soalan ini, ada 2 pecahan. Satu merujuk kepada orang-orang yang aktif, barangkali boleh dikecilkan kepada skop berikut: aktif bergiat dalam gerakan Islam, atau dalam Belia 4B, atau dalam Persatuan Pelajar Progresif Seluruh Daerah Manjung dan sewaktu dengannya. Boleh kita katakan pucuk pimpinanlah gerangannya. Hmmmm...kita boleh membuat inferens bahawa mereka ini adalah golongan yang tahu, tapi mungkin buat-buat tak tahu, atau terlupa, atau mereka ini tidak tahu yang mereka ini tahu, dalam erti kata lain, terlupa terus.
Pecahan kedua - bercinta. Saya pun tidak pandai nak buat deduksi berdasarkan perkataan yang satu ini. Mungkin bercinta dengan monyet eh cinta monyet, atau bercinta dengan ibu bapa. Mungkin. Atau pun jika nak diikutkan amalan yang cuba dibudayakan oleh orang, bercinta dengan orang bukan mahram. Ini saya kena rujuk rakan-rakan, pakcik kedai kebab dan imam masjid Dublin untuk pastikan apakah betul konteks yang saya cuba sentuh.
Ishh... panjang pula celoteh saya kali ini. Baik saya sambung lagi.
Hmmm... pedih sebenarnya bila mendengar keluhan mereka, lagi-lagi dari mereka yang bukan dari Malaysia. Seolah-olah satu generalisasi - Malaysian Muslims are like this and that bla bla bla. Sampai aku pun terkena tempiasnya. Nak buat macam mana, itulah yang diamati oleh mereka.
Kami pun mengupas lagi. Hmmmm... sebenarnya tidak ada alasan pun. Pokoknya, tidak ada dating. Tiada call lama-lama. Tiada YM tak ingat masa. Bahkan letak foto untuk ditatapi pun tak boleh.
Aisehmen... kacau betul lah...
Pendapat ini sudah diterima pakai ramai. Maksud saya pendapat yang mengatakan TIDAK BOLEH. Tapi, jangan pandang dari segi perbezaan hukum fiqh yang furuq pula, disebabkan kupasan oleh saudara Haseeb tadi sebab dia ini bermazhab Hanafi. Itu dah keluar topik.
Hmmmm... perkara inilah yang dilihat dan ditegur oleh orang Muslim bukan Malaysian - Arab, Morocco, South African, Pakistan et al. Lagi malu jika ditegur oleh yang memeluk Islam. Malu, sangat malu. Tak tahu saya di mana nak letak muka di mana. Dengan Allah? Tak terjawab! Tapi inilah hakikatnya!
Di sini saya sertakan sekali contoh ayat pemerah telinga - "Err... is it true that most Malaysian has a girlfriend/boyfriend? Most of my friend do. How about you? (dengan sarcasm dan sinis)"
"Oh yes, about the couple thingy, I think it is the culture, not part of Islam at all..."
dan banyak lagi...
Jadi sebenarnya, tidak timbul istilah bercouple dalam Islam, dan berbagai-bagai lagi euphinism lain yang bunyinya lain tapi sama saja isinya. Berdating cara Islam? Hmmm mungkin dimulai dengan Al-Fatihah dan disudahi dengan tasbih kafarah dan surah Al-Asr. Mungkin. Setahu saya, tidak.
Tunggu, nanti ada yang berkata - ah parents aku okay saja. yang kau ni sibuk-sibuk apasal? Mungkin kita akan terkedu mendengarkannya, tapi, bukankah Allah yang lebih tinggi autoritinya terhadap kita?
Tapi eh, nanti ada yang bersuara - ah tahulah apa yang aku buat. ko ingat aku ni buta agama kah? aku dulu sekolah agama tau! Baguslah kalau begitu. Sudah tahu rupanya, cuma mungkin terlupa. Banyak makan semut, ataupun dek makan kari kepala ikan. Senanglah nak diperingatkan, bukankah begitu?
Tapi sebenarnya masalah ini bukan di kalangan rakyat Malaysia semata-mata. Bahkan ia sedang menjalar di tempat-tempat lain. Hanya kita saja yang tak nampak. Masalah ini akan terus menjadi risiko selagi mana manusia mempunyai hati dan perasaan. Tapi, kita haruslah bertanggungjawab untuk mengawalnya. Fitrah manusia sebegitu, janganlah cuba dinafikan. Sebaliknya, kawallah ia.
Macam mana nak kawal? Kita perlulah duduk sejenak dan merenung kembali apakah betul apa-apa yang telah kita buat. Peringatkanlah diri kita, dan rakan-rakan, sesungguhnya peringatan itu bermanfaat kepada orang yang beriman. Lagi satu, benda ini kenalah belajar dengan yang tahu. Perhubungan lelaki dan perempuan yang disyariatkan oleh Islam dipandang susah dan menyusahkan, tapi jika kita faham, ada keindahannya.
Marilah sama-sama kita berusaha keras dan berdoa dijauhkan dari perkara yang disentuh oleh saudara Haseeb tadi. Saya bukanlah yang terbaik nak cerita benda-benda macam ini. Tapi, dirasakan diri perlu bersuara, pun hanyalah untuk mengingatkan diri saya sendiri, takut terlupa. Makin tua, makin tinggi risiko dementia. Tak gitu?
Begitulah al-kisahnya. Cukup menusuk hati. Syahdu...
Bacaan tambahan - MAB's Reflection Issue III : "Just Friend?"
Ameen ya rabbal 'alamin...
Wallahu'alam.
Tidak semena-mena dia terus bercerita - dilema orang di sekeliling kita.
Kisahnya mudah untuk ditatapi bersama. Setelah 2-3 minit mendengar, ia berakhir dengan satu persoalan. Kenapa orang-orang yang aktif juga terlibat bercinta?
Soalan cepumas. Agaknya jika dimasukkan dalam rancangan More Jutaria atau Who wants to be a millionaire, pasti inilah soalan yang terakhir. Tersengih sajalah jawabnya waima tahu jawapannya.
Tapi, begitulah persepsi orang lain terhadap kita. Perit tapi benar. Nak buat macam mana ya?
Dalam soalan ini, ada 2 pecahan. Satu merujuk kepada orang-orang yang aktif, barangkali boleh dikecilkan kepada skop berikut: aktif bergiat dalam gerakan Islam, atau dalam Belia 4B, atau dalam Persatuan Pelajar Progresif Seluruh Daerah Manjung dan sewaktu dengannya. Boleh kita katakan pucuk pimpinanlah gerangannya. Hmmmm...kita boleh membuat inferens bahawa mereka ini adalah golongan yang tahu, tapi mungkin buat-buat tak tahu, atau terlupa, atau mereka ini tidak tahu yang mereka ini tahu, dalam erti kata lain, terlupa terus.
Pecahan kedua - bercinta. Saya pun tidak pandai nak buat deduksi berdasarkan perkataan yang satu ini. Mungkin bercinta dengan monyet eh cinta monyet, atau bercinta dengan ibu bapa. Mungkin. Atau pun jika nak diikutkan amalan yang cuba dibudayakan oleh orang, bercinta dengan orang bukan mahram. Ini saya kena rujuk rakan-rakan, pakcik kedai kebab dan imam masjid Dublin untuk pastikan apakah betul konteks yang saya cuba sentuh.
Ishh... panjang pula celoteh saya kali ini. Baik saya sambung lagi.
Hmmm... pedih sebenarnya bila mendengar keluhan mereka, lagi-lagi dari mereka yang bukan dari Malaysia. Seolah-olah satu generalisasi - Malaysian Muslims are like this and that bla bla bla. Sampai aku pun terkena tempiasnya. Nak buat macam mana, itulah yang diamati oleh mereka.
Kami pun mengupas lagi. Hmmmm... sebenarnya tidak ada alasan pun. Pokoknya, tidak ada dating. Tiada call lama-lama. Tiada YM tak ingat masa. Bahkan letak foto untuk ditatapi pun tak boleh.
Aisehmen... kacau betul lah...
Pendapat ini sudah diterima pakai ramai. Maksud saya pendapat yang mengatakan TIDAK BOLEH. Tapi, jangan pandang dari segi perbezaan hukum fiqh yang furuq pula, disebabkan kupasan oleh saudara Haseeb tadi sebab dia ini bermazhab Hanafi. Itu dah keluar topik.
Hmmmm... perkara inilah yang dilihat dan ditegur oleh orang Muslim bukan Malaysian - Arab, Morocco, South African, Pakistan et al. Lagi malu jika ditegur oleh yang memeluk Islam. Malu, sangat malu. Tak tahu saya di mana nak letak muka di mana. Dengan Allah? Tak terjawab! Tapi inilah hakikatnya!
Di sini saya sertakan sekali contoh ayat pemerah telinga - "Err... is it true that most Malaysian has a girlfriend/boyfriend? Most of my friend do. How about you? (dengan sarcasm dan sinis)"
"Oh yes, about the couple thingy, I think it is the culture, not part of Islam at all..."
dan banyak lagi...
Jadi sebenarnya, tidak timbul istilah bercouple dalam Islam, dan berbagai-bagai lagi euphinism lain yang bunyinya lain tapi sama saja isinya. Berdating cara Islam? Hmmm mungkin dimulai dengan Al-Fatihah dan disudahi dengan tasbih kafarah dan surah Al-Asr. Mungkin. Setahu saya, tidak.
Tunggu, nanti ada yang berkata - ah parents aku okay saja. yang kau ni sibuk-sibuk apasal? Mungkin kita akan terkedu mendengarkannya, tapi, bukankah Allah yang lebih tinggi autoritinya terhadap kita?
Tapi eh, nanti ada yang bersuara - ah tahulah apa yang aku buat. ko ingat aku ni buta agama kah? aku dulu sekolah agama tau! Baguslah kalau begitu. Sudah tahu rupanya, cuma mungkin terlupa. Banyak makan semut, ataupun dek makan kari kepala ikan. Senanglah nak diperingatkan, bukankah begitu?
Tapi sebenarnya masalah ini bukan di kalangan rakyat Malaysia semata-mata. Bahkan ia sedang menjalar di tempat-tempat lain. Hanya kita saja yang tak nampak. Masalah ini akan terus menjadi risiko selagi mana manusia mempunyai hati dan perasaan. Tapi, kita haruslah bertanggungjawab untuk mengawalnya. Fitrah manusia sebegitu, janganlah cuba dinafikan. Sebaliknya, kawallah ia.
Macam mana nak kawal? Kita perlulah duduk sejenak dan merenung kembali apakah betul apa-apa yang telah kita buat. Peringatkanlah diri kita, dan rakan-rakan, sesungguhnya peringatan itu bermanfaat kepada orang yang beriman. Lagi satu, benda ini kenalah belajar dengan yang tahu. Perhubungan lelaki dan perempuan yang disyariatkan oleh Islam dipandang susah dan menyusahkan, tapi jika kita faham, ada keindahannya.
Marilah sama-sama kita berusaha keras dan berdoa dijauhkan dari perkara yang disentuh oleh saudara Haseeb tadi. Saya bukanlah yang terbaik nak cerita benda-benda macam ini. Tapi, dirasakan diri perlu bersuara, pun hanyalah untuk mengingatkan diri saya sendiri, takut terlupa. Makin tua, makin tinggi risiko dementia. Tak gitu?
Begitulah al-kisahnya. Cukup menusuk hati. Syahdu...
Bacaan tambahan - MAB's Reflection Issue III : "Just Friend?"
Ameen ya rabbal 'alamin...
Wallahu'alam.
Ready, steady, histology!
Adapun entry kali ini tiadalah berkaitan dengan rancangan Ready, Steady, Cook kelolaan Ainsley Hariott di BBC yang saban hari ditonton ketika hendak mengalas perut.
Pagi tadi server down dek berbondong-bondong orang hendak login ke Online Histology. Alahai... saya pun termasuklah sekali. Syukur ade PDF siang-siang.
Esok bermulalah series of examinations. Histology, then Jumaat ada anatomy practical. Disusuli pula dengan OSBE. Berakhir dengan written exam pada 20th May.
Doakan kami di sini. Kepada rakan taulan, selamat menduduki peperiksaan. Go go surgeons!
Hidung pun sudah mula terbau udara kampung halaman. Bau belacan, bau nasi goreng, tidak kurangnya bau sampah yang belum dikutip lori. Apakah ini namanya rindu?
Oh ya, dalam boring-boring nak exam tu, mari kita ke sini.Terima kasih kepada sahabat yang memberi. Kalau nak cari yang PDF punya, klik sini.
Wallahu'alam.
Pagi tadi server down dek berbondong-bondong orang hendak login ke Online Histology. Alahai... saya pun termasuklah sekali. Syukur ade PDF siang-siang.
Esok bermulalah series of examinations. Histology, then Jumaat ada anatomy practical. Disusuli pula dengan OSBE. Berakhir dengan written exam pada 20th May.
Doakan kami di sini. Kepada rakan taulan, selamat menduduki peperiksaan. Go go surgeons!
Hidung pun sudah mula terbau udara kampung halaman. Bau belacan, bau nasi goreng, tidak kurangnya bau sampah yang belum dikutip lori. Apakah ini namanya rindu?
Oh ya, dalam boring-boring nak exam tu, mari kita ke sini.Terima kasih kepada sahabat yang memberi. Kalau nak cari yang PDF punya, klik sini.
Wallahu'alam.
Friendster - getting more sinister?
Why in the world the Friendster is getting dirtier? (and obscene too)
For those who feel it is unnerving, well, I should say I'm feeling the same.
For those who regard that as a norm, I beg to differ. I consider that as totally abnormal.
For those who are saddened to see their friends changed into another being, do not weep now. There's alot more there. And you haven't seen the world yet.
Hmmm.. rights and obligations. Maybe it is not written in the signup agreement. Maybe.
Wallahu'alam.
For those who feel it is unnerving, well, I should say I'm feeling the same.
For those who regard that as a norm, I beg to differ. I consider that as totally abnormal.
For those who are saddened to see their friends changed into another being, do not weep now. There's alot more there. And you haven't seen the world yet.
Hmmm.. rights and obligations. Maybe it is not written in the signup agreement. Maybe.
Wallahu'alam.
3 years and counting
Today is May 3 2005. 3 years ago, I set my foot on foreign land down under. What an adventure!Being a stranger in stranger's land, I faced humps and bumps through out my stay there. I learned a thousand things and unlearned even more. It was a good time then. And bad too. Well, nobody survives unscathed, in it?
A few names I could recall:
Halim, Naji, Syawal & family in Bateman, Pakcik Syawal and son, Kak Faridah, Ibrahim, Erry Pearson, Lisa, Singaporean & Malaysian Malay community north of the river.
David Enright, Norma Walker, Norma Williams, Hilda, Mrs Quirke, the German librarian, Doris Tan, Barbara Kelly, Mark Debowski.
Now? I'm in Dublin. The whole enviroment differs alot!
2 years ahead? Wallahu'alam if I'm still well and alive.
Updates :
2 years ago, I was on my flight to Perth to pack up my stuff, and get ready to leave for Dublin. I had to accept the fate Allah has given me - in fact, Alhamdulillah I was destined to be here! Verily, only Allah knows best for me.
Hmmm... I could recall how irony it was - we all learnt about disasters, personal growth and what not. But when we're facing the stint in real life, not many appreciate it fully and get on with it.
Some resort to put on the blame to others. Another group just turns away from the One whom they always cling on - on the ground that He doesn't love anymore. Now I wonder what is the price of our iman/belief should Allah put us into test.
It was only a flick of a test, but why some falter?
Weren't they infused by all sort of food for thought for yonks?
Open up a history book - read on about post-Liberation-of-Mecca era. Maybe the answer is there.
Beberapa kejadian...
Perut ini sebenarnya sedang berkeroncong tatkala melayari blog-blog rakan. Hmmm... mengamati setiap mesej yang hendak disampaikan. Hmmm... dah lama tak menziarah. Mungkin sebab lupa. Mungkin sebab banyak benda lain yang perlu dibuat. Mungkin sebab lain yang aku sendiri pun tak tahu. Walaupun benda itu penting.
Kadang-kadang banyak benda kita tak nak ambil tahu perkara mustahak. Pelik bukan? Di hadapan saya sekarang ada kertas soalan yg diedarkan semasa Kursus Pra Perkahwinan & Kekeluargaan Islam. Bila melihatkan jawapan, rasa semacam. Hmmm... adakah layak mereka ini menjadi ketua keluarga? Aku? Entahlah. Tepuk dada tanya iman...
Kadang-kadang kita tergelak. Walhal syaitan yang gelakkan kita pasal kita tak tahu. Sedih bukan?
Download kertas soalan di sini. Gelakkan diri sendiri jika tidak tahu. Edarkan ya?
Sempat juga berborak dengan Ustaz Rahim ketika makan tengah hari. Rancak jugalah. Agak panjang modal dan perbualannya. Dia kata jadi suami bukan suatu benda yang senang. Aku setuju. Jadi ayah lagilah. Aku setuju. Yalah, dek kejahilan si suami, bertimbun dosa isteri, belum campur yang diri sendiri punya. Masha Allah...
Oleh itu, rakan-rakan, para bakal suami, marilah kita dalami ilmu hal ehwal wanita. Haid nifas istihadah mazi wadi dan macam-macam lagi. Jangan kata ini hal perempuan saja. Sedih... Berdosa hukumnya tak ambil tahu.
Sewaktu di sekolah dulu, pernah terjumpa buku fiqh yang cukup terperinci. Penerangan tentang warna, kepekatan, bila waktunya, dan lain-lain maklumat cukup lengkap. Ada yang kata - alah, bukannya pakai pun. tak penting. Hmmm... yalah tu. Hal diri sendiri tak nak ambil tahu.
Pendek kata, Kursus Pra Perkahwinan & Kekeluargaan banyak meninggalkan kesan. Jangan dapat sijil sahaja. Sijil dari Allah? Wallahu'alam. Tapi, rasanya lebih baik jika ada case studies yang real. Takpun, beri masalah-masalah fiqh ini kepada muslimin, supaya tahulah mereka bahawa benda ini bukan lawak jenaka selepas habis kuliah. Tapi, terpulanglah kepada kita untuk bertindak. Memetik kata Dr HM Tuah, "Nak ke tak nak?". Kita pilihlah ya?
Dalam hal yang lain, terasa semacam pabila cuba memahamkan diri tentang ethics & values dalam medicine ini. Autonomy, Best interest - beneficence & non-maleficence, dan Justice. Double effect, consumerism in medicine, utilitarism dan banyak lagi ism-ism yang agak sukar untuk saya garab. Kenapa ya? Mungkin terlalu banyak makan semut sehingga kadar pemprosesan data menjadi lembap. Ataupun, agak ischaemic otak sebab chips yang dimakan tadi belum dicernakan dengan sempurna.
Yang lainnya, cuma merasakan ethics & values ini kalau boleh tidak mahu melibatkan agama. Nak universal kot. Mengapa ya?
Mungkin saya saja yang terasa benda alah ini. Entahlah labu...
Namun, rasanya perlu sebagai muslim ambil tahu ethics & values ini dalam perspektif Islam. Prof Omar Kasule telah menerangkan dengan jelas di sini.
Dalam kejadian yang lain, tiba-tiba semangat balik nak learn, unlearn and relearn arabic. Sebab itu letak mp3 arabic. Sedap. Memang manis sungguh bahasa arab. Macam manisnya madu. Seperti bahasa melayu juga, yang dihiasi dengan kiasan gurindam pantun dan macam-macam lagi.
Pernah berborak sakan dengan Omar, rakan dari UAE. Cukup saya hormat. Dia asyik pujuk saya belajar balik bahasa arab secara serius. Lama-lama cairlah juga. Jadi mari kita belajar balik bahasa arab!
Antal lazi khalaqtani, rahimtani wa razaqtani, dauman ya rabbi qad kunta ma'i...
Dikau yang menciptakan daku, memberi belas kepadaku, dan mengurniakanku rezeki... Engkau senantiasa bersamaku Ya Tuhan...
Percubaan menterjemah. Rasa tak berbunga sangat ayatnya. Boleh tolong?
Wah dah pukul 8.40 petang (masih cerah diluar sana). Beransur dulu!
Kadang-kadang banyak benda kita tak nak ambil tahu perkara mustahak. Pelik bukan? Di hadapan saya sekarang ada kertas soalan yg diedarkan semasa Kursus Pra Perkahwinan & Kekeluargaan Islam. Bila melihatkan jawapan, rasa semacam. Hmmm... adakah layak mereka ini menjadi ketua keluarga? Aku? Entahlah. Tepuk dada tanya iman...
Kadang-kadang kita tergelak. Walhal syaitan yang gelakkan kita pasal kita tak tahu. Sedih bukan?
Download kertas soalan di sini. Gelakkan diri sendiri jika tidak tahu. Edarkan ya?
Sempat juga berborak dengan Ustaz Rahim ketika makan tengah hari. Rancak jugalah. Agak panjang modal dan perbualannya. Dia kata jadi suami bukan suatu benda yang senang. Aku setuju. Jadi ayah lagilah. Aku setuju. Yalah, dek kejahilan si suami, bertimbun dosa isteri, belum campur yang diri sendiri punya. Masha Allah...
Oleh itu, rakan-rakan, para bakal suami, marilah kita dalami ilmu hal ehwal wanita. Haid nifas istihadah mazi wadi dan macam-macam lagi. Jangan kata ini hal perempuan saja. Sedih... Berdosa hukumnya tak ambil tahu.
Sewaktu di sekolah dulu, pernah terjumpa buku fiqh yang cukup terperinci. Penerangan tentang warna, kepekatan, bila waktunya, dan lain-lain maklumat cukup lengkap. Ada yang kata - alah, bukannya pakai pun. tak penting. Hmmm... yalah tu. Hal diri sendiri tak nak ambil tahu.
Pendek kata, Kursus Pra Perkahwinan & Kekeluargaan banyak meninggalkan kesan. Jangan dapat sijil sahaja. Sijil dari Allah? Wallahu'alam. Tapi, rasanya lebih baik jika ada case studies yang real. Takpun, beri masalah-masalah fiqh ini kepada muslimin, supaya tahulah mereka bahawa benda ini bukan lawak jenaka selepas habis kuliah. Tapi, terpulanglah kepada kita untuk bertindak. Memetik kata Dr HM Tuah, "Nak ke tak nak?". Kita pilihlah ya?
Dalam hal yang lain, terasa semacam pabila cuba memahamkan diri tentang ethics & values dalam medicine ini. Autonomy, Best interest - beneficence & non-maleficence, dan Justice. Double effect, consumerism in medicine, utilitarism dan banyak lagi ism-ism yang agak sukar untuk saya garab. Kenapa ya? Mungkin terlalu banyak makan semut sehingga kadar pemprosesan data menjadi lembap. Ataupun, agak ischaemic otak sebab chips yang dimakan tadi belum dicernakan dengan sempurna.
Yang lainnya, cuma merasakan ethics & values ini kalau boleh tidak mahu melibatkan agama. Nak universal kot. Mengapa ya?
Mungkin saya saja yang terasa benda alah ini. Entahlah labu...
Namun, rasanya perlu sebagai muslim ambil tahu ethics & values ini dalam perspektif Islam. Prof Omar Kasule telah menerangkan dengan jelas di sini.
Dalam kejadian yang lain, tiba-tiba semangat balik nak learn, unlearn and relearn arabic. Sebab itu letak mp3 arabic. Sedap. Memang manis sungguh bahasa arab. Macam manisnya madu. Seperti bahasa melayu juga, yang dihiasi dengan kiasan gurindam pantun dan macam-macam lagi.
Pernah berborak sakan dengan Omar, rakan dari UAE. Cukup saya hormat. Dia asyik pujuk saya belajar balik bahasa arab secara serius. Lama-lama cairlah juga. Jadi mari kita belajar balik bahasa arab!
Antal lazi khalaqtani, rahimtani wa razaqtani, dauman ya rabbi qad kunta ma'i...
Dikau yang menciptakan daku, memberi belas kepadaku, dan mengurniakanku rezeki... Engkau senantiasa bersamaku Ya Tuhan...
Percubaan menterjemah. Rasa tak berbunga sangat ayatnya. Boleh tolong?
Wah dah pukul 8.40 petang (masih cerah diluar sana). Beransur dulu!
Pada suatu malam dari malam-malam...
Muhammad Husayyan - Fi Lailatil Minal Layali
from http://www.enshad.net/Mawlay
Terjemahan lirik? Tunggu selepas exam.
Get the mp3 at
http://s44.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1SMVLAU3DHUAX3HB741NUGXHPF
Update:
Layali - malam-malam, bukannya malam-malamku. Kesilapan tatabahasa arab... dah banyak lupa!
from http://www.enshad.net/Mawlay
Terjemahan lirik? Tunggu selepas exam.
Get the mp3 at
http://s44.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1SMVLAU3DHUAX3HB741NUGXHPF
Update:
Layali - malam-malam, bukannya malam-malamku. Kesilapan tatabahasa arab... dah banyak lupa!
Satu cabaran bagi yang muda...
Sample this - from uk-muslims@yahoogroups.com :
In The Name of Allaah, The most Beneficent,The most Merciful & In Him We
Trust & It Is He Who Protects Us
An Interview with Umm Saalih,A Grandmother Who Completed Memorizing the Qur'aan at Eighty-Two Years Old
As Read by Dr. Saleh as Saleh
Al-Hamdulillaah (All-Praise is due to Allah), the One Who said (what means):
"And in truth We have made the Qur'aan easy to remember; but is there any
that remembers?" Surah 54: 32
Many all over the world memorize the Qur'aan, and it is not strange to see
the youth memorizing the Noble Qur'aan and an early age. Al-Hamdulillaah,
the One who made the Qur'aan easy for remembrance, had made it easy for Umm
Saalih age 82. In an interview with Umm Saalih,she was asked the following
questions:
Q1: "What was the reason that drove you to memorize the Qur'aan after so many years?"
She said, "I always hoped to memorize the Qur'aan from the time I was young.
My father always used to invoke Allaah for me to become one of the
memorizers of the Qur'aan, like himself and like the elder brothers of my
family who memorized it. So I memorized in the beginning about three parts
and then after I completed the age of thirteen, I got married and became
busy with the household and the children. After I had seven children, my
husband died. They (the children) were all young so I took the time to raise
them and educate them, and then after they grew up and got married, I had
more time for myself. Therefore, the first thing I directed myself to focus
upon was the Qur'aan.
Q2: "Tell us about your journey with the Noble Qur'aan."
She said, "My younger daughter was going to high school and she was the
closest of my children to me and the most beloved, because she stayed with
me after her older sisters got married and got busy with their lives, and
because she was a quiet girl,upright, loving, and good. In addition, she was
interested in learning the Noble Qur'aan, and her teachers encouraged her.
Furthermore, she was very enthusiastic and always told me of many women who
were driven by this great motivation to memorize the ur'aan, and this is
where I started."
Q3: "Tell me about your way of memorization."
She said, "We assigned ten verses (meaning her and her daughter who was
going to high school). So each day after Asr, we used to sit together. She
reads and I repeat after her three times. Then she explains the meaning to
me, and after a while, she repeats that three times. On the next morning,
she repeats them to me before she goes to school.
She recorded also the recitations of Ash Shaykh al Husary, Rahimuhullaah,
repeating each verse three times and thus I continued to listen most of the
time. Therefore, the next day we would go to the next ten verses if my
memorization was good.Otherwise, we would postpone taking additional verses
until the day after. Moreover, we assigned the day of Friday to review the
memorizations of the entire week. And this was the journey from the
beginning."
Then she said, "Over four years and a half, I memorized twelve juz"
according to the way I described to you. Then this young daughter got
married. When her husband knew of our task concerning the memorization, he
rented a house close to me, close to my house, so that he could allow the
continuation of the memorization. In addition, he, May Allah reward him used
to encourage us and sometimes sit with us listening, explaining and
teaching.
Then after three years of her marriage, my daughter got busy with the
children and the household and our schedule was interrupted, but that did
not make her give up. To the contrary, she sensed that my eagerness for the
memorization was still established so she looked for a special good teacher
to continue the journey under her supervision. So, I completed the
memorization by the success of Allaah and my daughter is still working to
finish the memorization of the Glorious Qur'aan. She has a little left, In
Shaa Allaah Ta'aala.
Q4: "This motivation of yours, did it have an effect on other women around you?"
She said, "It really had a good strong effect. My daughters and
stepdaughters were all encouraged and worked on learning and teaching the
Qur'aan to their children and learning it themselves.
Q5: "After finishing the Noble Qur'aan, don't you think about working on memorizing hadith?"
She said, "Now I have memorized ninety hadith and In Shaa Allaah I will
continue the journey. I depend,in my memorization, upon the tapes and upon
the Qur'aan radio station. At the end of each week, my daughter comes and
checks for me the memorization of three hadith, and I am trying now to
memorize more.
Q6: "Over this period of memorization of the Qur'aan, did your life change?
Was it affected in one way or another?"
She said, "Yes, I went through a major change and I tried always, all praise
is due to Allaah, to obey Allaah before I started the memorization. However,
after I started the task of memorization, I began to feel a self-comfort, a
great self-comfort and all worries began to move away from me. I even
reached the stage of freeing myself from all these excessive worries
concerning fearing for the children and their affairs, and my morale was
boosted.
I had a noble objective to work for and this is a great Ni'mah (Favor) from
Allaah . upon me, since we know that some women, when they get old and they
do not have a husband, and their children got married, may be destroyed by
the empty time, thoughts, worries, and so forth. But, AlHamdulillaah, I
didn't go through this and I made myself busy with a great task and a great
objective.
Q7: "Didn't you think at one point, to join one of the circles focusing on teaching the Noble Qur'aan?"
The answer was, "Yes, some of the women suggested this to me, but I am a
woman who got used to staying at home, and I don't like to go out everyday,
and Al Hamdulillaah, my daughter sufficed me from all difficulty and I was
so happy while I was learning from her. My daughter had set an example in
goodness and righteousness which we rarely find in our days.
She started this task and journey with me while she was an adolescent and
this is a critical age many people complain of. She used to pressure herself
so that she could have spare time to teach me, and she used to teach me with
kindness and wisdom. Her husband was a good help to her and he exerted a lot
of effort. I ask Allaah . to give them success and to bring their children
up on uprightness."
Q8: "What do you say to a woman of your age who wishes to learn and memorize
the Qur'aan yet she is worried about it and feeling unable to?"
She said, "I say to her there their shall be no despair with the firm,
sincere and truthful determination. Begin with sincerity, firm determination
and dependence on Allaah at each time. And remember that at this age you
should have the time for yourself. However, do not use your time to only go
out or to sleep and so forth. Rather, busy yourself with righteous work.
Q9: "Now what would you say to a woman who is still young? What would you advise her?"
She, may Allaah preserve her, said: "Preserve Allaah and He will preserve
you. Make use of the favor of Allaah bestowed upon you from health and ways
and means of comfort. Use that to memorize the Book of Allaah. This is the
light which enlivens your heart, your life and your grave after you die.
And if you have a mother then exert the effort to teach her, and there is no
better favor upon a mother than one of her righteous children aiding her to
be close to Allaah.
"Hiya maytatun waahidah, fal takun fee sabeelillah"
Semangat nih! Antara nak dengan tak nak...
In The Name of Allaah, The most Beneficent,The most Merciful & In Him We
Trust & It Is He Who Protects Us
An Interview with Umm Saalih,A Grandmother Who Completed Memorizing the Qur'aan at Eighty-Two Years Old
As Read by Dr. Saleh as Saleh
Al-Hamdulillaah (All-Praise is due to Allah), the One Who said (what means):
"And in truth We have made the Qur'aan easy to remember; but is there any
that remembers?" Surah 54: 32
Many all over the world memorize the Qur'aan, and it is not strange to see
the youth memorizing the Noble Qur'aan and an early age. Al-Hamdulillaah,
the One who made the Qur'aan easy for remembrance, had made it easy for Umm
Saalih age 82. In an interview with Umm Saalih,she was asked the following
questions:
Q1: "What was the reason that drove you to memorize the Qur'aan after so many years?"
She said, "I always hoped to memorize the Qur'aan from the time I was young.
My father always used to invoke Allaah for me to become one of the
memorizers of the Qur'aan, like himself and like the elder brothers of my
family who memorized it. So I memorized in the beginning about three parts
and then after I completed the age of thirteen, I got married and became
busy with the household and the children. After I had seven children, my
husband died. They (the children) were all young so I took the time to raise
them and educate them, and then after they grew up and got married, I had
more time for myself. Therefore, the first thing I directed myself to focus
upon was the Qur'aan.
Q2: "Tell us about your journey with the Noble Qur'aan."
She said, "My younger daughter was going to high school and she was the
closest of my children to me and the most beloved, because she stayed with
me after her older sisters got married and got busy with their lives, and
because she was a quiet girl,upright, loving, and good. In addition, she was
interested in learning the Noble Qur'aan, and her teachers encouraged her.
Furthermore, she was very enthusiastic and always told me of many women who
were driven by this great motivation to memorize the ur'aan, and this is
where I started."
Q3: "Tell me about your way of memorization."
She said, "We assigned ten verses (meaning her and her daughter who was
going to high school). So each day after Asr, we used to sit together. She
reads and I repeat after her three times. Then she explains the meaning to
me, and after a while, she repeats that three times. On the next morning,
she repeats them to me before she goes to school.
She recorded also the recitations of Ash Shaykh al Husary, Rahimuhullaah,
repeating each verse three times and thus I continued to listen most of the
time. Therefore, the next day we would go to the next ten verses if my
memorization was good.Otherwise, we would postpone taking additional verses
until the day after. Moreover, we assigned the day of Friday to review the
memorizations of the entire week. And this was the journey from the
beginning."
Then she said, "Over four years and a half, I memorized twelve juz"
according to the way I described to you. Then this young daughter got
married. When her husband knew of our task concerning the memorization, he
rented a house close to me, close to my house, so that he could allow the
continuation of the memorization. In addition, he, May Allah reward him used
to encourage us and sometimes sit with us listening, explaining and
teaching.
Then after three years of her marriage, my daughter got busy with the
children and the household and our schedule was interrupted, but that did
not make her give up. To the contrary, she sensed that my eagerness for the
memorization was still established so she looked for a special good teacher
to continue the journey under her supervision. So, I completed the
memorization by the success of Allaah and my daughter is still working to
finish the memorization of the Glorious Qur'aan. She has a little left, In
Shaa Allaah Ta'aala.
Q4: "This motivation of yours, did it have an effect on other women around you?"
She said, "It really had a good strong effect. My daughters and
stepdaughters were all encouraged and worked on learning and teaching the
Qur'aan to their children and learning it themselves.
Q5: "After finishing the Noble Qur'aan, don't you think about working on memorizing hadith?"
She said, "Now I have memorized ninety hadith and In Shaa Allaah I will
continue the journey. I depend,in my memorization, upon the tapes and upon
the Qur'aan radio station. At the end of each week, my daughter comes and
checks for me the memorization of three hadith, and I am trying now to
memorize more.
Q6: "Over this period of memorization of the Qur'aan, did your life change?
Was it affected in one way or another?"
She said, "Yes, I went through a major change and I tried always, all praise
is due to Allaah, to obey Allaah before I started the memorization. However,
after I started the task of memorization, I began to feel a self-comfort, a
great self-comfort and all worries began to move away from me. I even
reached the stage of freeing myself from all these excessive worries
concerning fearing for the children and their affairs, and my morale was
boosted.
I had a noble objective to work for and this is a great Ni'mah (Favor) from
Allaah . upon me, since we know that some women, when they get old and they
do not have a husband, and their children got married, may be destroyed by
the empty time, thoughts, worries, and so forth. But, AlHamdulillaah, I
didn't go through this and I made myself busy with a great task and a great
objective.
Q7: "Didn't you think at one point, to join one of the circles focusing on teaching the Noble Qur'aan?"
The answer was, "Yes, some of the women suggested this to me, but I am a
woman who got used to staying at home, and I don't like to go out everyday,
and Al Hamdulillaah, my daughter sufficed me from all difficulty and I was
so happy while I was learning from her. My daughter had set an example in
goodness and righteousness which we rarely find in our days.
She started this task and journey with me while she was an adolescent and
this is a critical age many people complain of. She used to pressure herself
so that she could have spare time to teach me, and she used to teach me with
kindness and wisdom. Her husband was a good help to her and he exerted a lot
of effort. I ask Allaah . to give them success and to bring their children
up on uprightness."
Q8: "What do you say to a woman of your age who wishes to learn and memorize
the Qur'aan yet she is worried about it and feeling unable to?"
She said, "I say to her there their shall be no despair with the firm,
sincere and truthful determination. Begin with sincerity, firm determination
and dependence on Allaah at each time. And remember that at this age you
should have the time for yourself. However, do not use your time to only go
out or to sleep and so forth. Rather, busy yourself with righteous work.
Q9: "Now what would you say to a woman who is still young? What would you advise her?"
She, may Allaah preserve her, said: "Preserve Allaah and He will preserve
you. Make use of the favor of Allaah bestowed upon you from health and ways
and means of comfort. Use that to memorize the Book of Allaah. This is the
light which enlivens your heart, your life and your grave after you die.
And if you have a mother then exert the effort to teach her, and there is no
better favor upon a mother than one of her righteous children aiding her to
be close to Allaah.
"Hiya maytatun waahidah, fal takun fee sabeelillah"
Semangat nih! Antara nak dengan tak nak...
Deen Intensive
I was waiting for no reason - actually to recall back what I am supposed to buy before I'm off home, when Omar waved his hands from afar, seeking for a conversation. I just stood there, and pondered - was there anything that I promised him, but has been forgotten?
"...Salaamualaykum!"
"Alaikumussalam.... shaikh barak? Aina anta wein?"
"Bikhair... wa anta?"
"Bikhair aidan faqad..."
"So what brings you here?"
"Oh I just want to ask you, what are going to do for your summer?"
"Errmmm.... I'm going back, and there gonna be many things to do! (laughed), you know, my cousins relatives and all, juniors, a bit of studying I guess (laughed again)"
"I see. Hmmm... just to have a check with you. Ermm I'm still thinking about doing a research over here mmm... its gonna be good, but 8 weeks... huh... I don't know (shrugged)"
"8 weeks? Wow... you are sure a really busy lad"
"I am just worried I can't do... errr... read, erm... you know the kitab and all that..."
"Masya Allah brother, you mean thafaqquh or something like that?"
"Yeah yeah... and 'Abadi... you should do that as well..."
"Insya Allah... hmmm..."
Thafaqquh?
What say you?
Flashback - 2 years back, when I was meeting with my advisor, Pak Ibrahim up in the KLCCC, advised the same thing. Same goes with Kak Rashidah Bahaman. I wonder how are they right now.
"...Salaamualaykum!"
"Alaikumussalam.... shaikh barak? Aina anta wein?"
"Bikhair... wa anta?"
"Bikhair aidan faqad..."
"So what brings you here?"
"Oh I just want to ask you, what are going to do for your summer?"
"Errmmm.... I'm going back, and there gonna be many things to do! (laughed), you know, my cousins relatives and all, juniors, a bit of studying I guess (laughed again)"
"I see. Hmmm... just to have a check with you. Ermm I'm still thinking about doing a research over here mmm... its gonna be good, but 8 weeks... huh... I don't know (shrugged)"
"8 weeks? Wow... you are sure a really busy lad"
"I am just worried I can't do... errr... read, erm... you know the kitab and all that..."
"Masya Allah brother, you mean thafaqquh or something like that?"
"Yeah yeah... and 'Abadi... you should do that as well..."
"Insya Allah... hmmm..."
Thafaqquh?
What say you?
Flashback - 2 years back, when I was meeting with my advisor, Pak Ibrahim up in the KLCCC, advised the same thing. Same goes with Kak Rashidah Bahaman. I wonder how are they right now.
News From UK
Hmmm... WMF is here again... Is he becoming a Dubliner? Now we're open for detectives out to investigate. Pertaining this photo, the student elections is on going everywhere in UK. But I haven't updated myself about it much anyway. Maybe in some universities its already over like in Nottingham and Manchester.
Actually there was an uproar in recent student elections in UK, thanks to recount that lead to controversy about the transparency of the election commission. I can't help much if I am being judgmental (or prejudice, perhaps) since I am glued to my chair - but by all means, there must be something that isn't right taking place.
Anyhow, the future is bright for us.
"There will be a time, that even if we nominate a duck as a rep, that duck will win"
Oh yes, here is a piece of advice I got from YM:
No one attains the reality of zuhud (renunciation) until there are 3 characteristics in him:
- work without attachment
- speech without personal motives
- honor without seeking position
Yahya bin Muadh
Waallahu'alam.
A Photo For Those Afar
Hmmm... he is returning back to Malaysia tomorrow, after a short stay in Dublin, Cork, Galway. Period.
Mak, Ayu, Aida, Arif, Ammar, Azam & Anas - perhaps this photo could alleviate much of your blues back home. 1 and half year is not too long, isn't it?
//Trio at Trinity College - From left: Izzuan, Yours truly, Ayah.
Upcomings:
IMAM Eire AGM
PPIMI Tamrin Nuqaba'
KUI All-Ireland Soccer Tournament
PPIM Cork Pre-Baitulmuslim (Marriage) Course
Oh yes, exam is merely one month away. So I won't update this blog much. Go to other sites & read something more beneficial, would you?
MAB's Reflection Latest Issue (March 05) is out. Download it here.
Mak, Ayu, Aida, Arif, Ammar, Azam & Anas - perhaps this photo could alleviate much of your blues back home. 1 and half year is not too long, isn't it?
//Trio at Trinity College - From left: Izzuan, Yours truly, Ayah.
Upcomings:
IMAM Eire AGM
PPIMI Tamrin Nuqaba'
KUI All-Ireland Soccer Tournament
PPIM Cork Pre-Baitulmuslim (Marriage) Course
Oh yes, exam is merely one month away. So I won't update this blog much. Go to other sites & read something more beneficial, would you?
MAB's Reflection Latest Issue (March 05) is out. Download it here.
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