Kekuatan Sebuah Doa

Semasa menghadiri sesi teh tarik yang pertama, bro Mustapha ada berkongsi cerita mengenai doa yang saya rasa patut saya kongsi bersama dalam blog ini.

Bro Moose, mengatakan kalau dari sudut psikologi, doa ini semacam “self-talk”. You talk to yourself, to boost your morale. If you noticed, the obvious is from the sportsman. Beliau juga mengatakan yang kita sebenarnya beruntung. Kenapa? Ini disebabkan dalam sehari kita mempunyai sekurang-kurangnya 5 waktu untuk berdoa. Bermohon untuk kebaikkan diri sendiri dan masyarakat secara amnya. Berapa ramai ya dari kita melapangkan masa mungkin seminit dua untuk bermunajat kepada ALLAH?

Secara tidak langsung agama Islam telah mengajarkan kita bahawa dengan berdoa kita akan mampu merubahkan bukan sahaja kehidupan malah ketentuan kita. Doa adalah senjata orang beriman. We do not need to go for yoga classes to relax ourselves. Prayers and doa is sufficient for us- the physical and spiritual aspects of one life.

Kita mungkin menganggap bahawa doa ini adalah salah satu “ritual” dalam solat. Dan kita juga menganggap dua adalah jalan terakhir apabila segala usaha kita tidak menampakkan hasil. Pemikiran seperti ini salah sama sekali dan mungkin tidak keterlaluan jika saya mengatakan pemikiran di atas ini sempit.

“Dua is conversation with Allah, out Creator, our Lord and Master, the All Knowing, the All Powerful. This act in itself is of extraordinary significance. It is the most uplifting, liberating, empowering, and transforming conversation a person can ever have. We turn to Him because we know that He alone can lift our sufferings and solve our problems. We feel relieved after describing our difficulties to our Creator. We feel empowered after having communicated with the All Mighty. We sense His mercy all around us after talking to the Most Merciful. We get a new commitment to follow His path for that is the only path for success. We feel blessed with each such commitment.”

(article from khalid baig)

Dalam apa perkara yang kita lakukan, seharus nya kita mulakan dengan doa dan mengakhiri dengan doa juga. Di antara kedua-dua doa itu kita sertakan dengan berkat usaha kita. Kerana doa sahaja tidak mencukupi. InsyaALLAH apa yang akan kita lakukan dan kita impikan akan menjadi kenyataan.

Yakinlah bahawa tiada doa yang terlalu kecil atau besar di sisi ALLAH. Berdoalah semasa kita dalam keadaan senang mahupun susah. Berdoalah untuk diri kita, keluarga kita, sahabat kita, guru kita dan seluruh umat Islam secara amnya. Berdoalah untuk kebaikkan di dunia dan akhirat.

Gambar di ambil dari iluvislam.com

Account on First Teh Tarik Session

In the name of ALLAH, The most Gracious and most Merciful.

Why we called it teh tarik? When we want to hang out with friends, we usually ask our friends to have a drink with us. Therefore, teh tarik is chosen to be the activity name for Young Sultan gathering sessions.

First of all, I will like to thank bro Syahrizal and Warees staff for assisting in setting up the venue. Secondly to the invited speaker, Bro Mustapha Kamal who was willing to travel from Jurong and allocate some time for the short tazkirah. Last but not least, thank you to those who turned up. I am really grateful for it. Without you guys, this event will have to be postponed to a later date.

One of the intentions to have this teh tarik gathering is to strengthen the bonds among Young Sultan. Still remember the first time we had chilled out at Sultan? That was seven months back. Masya Allah, how time flies! Do we know each other well enough to stand united as one and progress together with one common tagline- “Dare to Da’wa”? I could not outline the answer for you guys. You know it better.

Today tazkirah was about self-esteem. It is best before we touch about other issues, that we brought self-esteem as our very first tazkirah. Self- esteem is more of how we view ourselves, our strengths and our weaknesses. With good self- esteem we are able to push all boundaries and everything is made possible. Let me recall and share with all of you on the analogy between life of an eagle and fish in a bowl.

Bro Mustapha shared that an eagle as we know is a strong predator. It is merciless to its prey. An eagle lifespan is up to 70 years old. That is about the same average lifespan of a human. As the eagle reached to the age of 40-45 years old, it faced aging in its life. As its beak getting longer, the eagle is depriving from eating. Its claws getting weaker and longer make it difficult to catch its prey. Its growing more feathers and this make it difficult to fly. What could the eagle do? First option is to wait to die. Second option is to go for a change and this will definitely cause pain along the way.

The eagle chooses the second option. It flies to the highest mountain. Guess what? It hit its own beak and breaks it into pieces so that it will grow a new shorter beak. It cut its own claws and pulls out its feathers. How struggling and painful the experience is. What is the reason behind all this actions? SURVIVAL! Are we willing to go such painful experience for a change in our life? It might be easy to just say yes but to undergo this entire change, are we ready for it?

Is there any other option? Yes we do. We can choose to be like the fish in the bowl. Its main routine from Monday till Sunday is to swim around the bowl, eat and sleeps. It has no vision, follow what its call fate and it is easily being replaced by a new fish after it died.

Which one will you like to be? Eagle or the fish in the bowl…

You decide what is great for you.

Ambillah Waktu...

Ambillah waktu untuk berfikir, itu adalah sumber kekuatan.
Ambillah waktu untuk bermain, itu adalah rahsia dari masa muda yang abadi.
Ambillah waktu untuk berdoa, itu adalah sumber ketenangan.
Ambillah waktu untuk belajar, itu adalah sumber kebijaksanaan.
Ambillah waktu untuk mencintai dan dicintai, itu adalah hak istimewa yang diberikan Tuhan.
Ambillah waktu untuk bersahabat, itu adalah jalan menuju kebahagiaan.
Ambillah waktu untuk tertawa, itu adalah muzik yang menggetarkan hati.
Ambillah waktu untuk memberi, itu adalah membuat hidup terasa bererti.
Ambillah waktu untuk bekerja, itu adalah nilai keberhasilan.
Ambillah waktu untuk beramal, itu adalah kunci menuju syurga.

Petikan dari:http://www.muslimdiary.com/readarticle.php?article_id=1383

Hadiths for today

Selamat Tahun Baru 1429H

Sempena tahun baru Masehi & Hijrah ini,ramai diantara kita mempunyai resolusi yang inginkan kehidupan yang lebih baik pada tahun ini. Tidak terlalu lewat bagi Young Sultan untuk mengucapkan Selamat Tahun Baru kepada semua. :)

Saya juga ingin kita semua perhatikan sebuah puisi tentang ilmu,cara pencariannya, cara pengambilannya dan bagaimana menilai serta mempertimbangkannya. Setiap hari kita berhadapan dengan informasi, baik dari media massa mahupun dalam kelas. Saya menginginkan kita semua mempunyai pandangan yang kritis sebelum kita boleh menerima sesuatu informasi yang baru kita perolehi itu. Cuba perhatikan puisi dibawah ini:-

Tidak jatuh martabat kita jika bertanya kepada
yang a’lamu
Pepatah kita, “Malu bertanya sesat jalan”, lupakah
kamu?
Itu ajaran Qur’an: fas alu ahla zikri inkuntum
la-ta’lamun.
Sesungguhnya bertanya tidak semudah yang
dianggap umum –
Pertama, kau harus insaf dan sedar akan
kejahilanmu akan sesuatu
Kedua, harus kenal pasti alim yang bakal
kaurujuk membantu.

Jangan dilihat kepada ayat-ayat hafalan yang lahir
dari lidahnya
Jangan terkesan dengan labuh jubah dan warna
janggutnya
Jangan terikat jaminannya memberi syurga di Sini
atau Sana
Tapi lihatlah penjelasannya tentang perkara asas
lagi penting
Kebolehannya menghurai, mengupas, menolak,
tidak melenting
Kesanggupannya mengamalkan ilmu, sederhana,
tidak sumbing.

Keberaniannya mempertahankan ilmu di depan
ahli, penguasa
Keadilannya meletakkan setiap sesuatu benar di
tempatnya.
Itulah neraca bukan rekaan khayalan hamba
Ijma hukama kita paling wibawa. Fahami jua.

Oleh: Prof Dr Wan Mohd Nor Wan Daud

p/s: Selamat Hari Lahir Nisa.

Friday Sermon 4/1

Maktoum: "I'm Arab.I'm proud of my roots and my ancestors.They are great people!"

Raj: "I'm Indian. India is the place of culture and i'm proud of my way of life."

Ahmad: "I'm Malay. Proud to be the inhabitants of this sacred land. Bumitera."

Let us avoid the evil of pride Allah created mankind into races & nations with its own strengths & weaknesses for us to learn from each other.

A Brother Like That

Shuaib received an automobile from his brother as a Eid present. On Eid day when Shuaib came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it. "Is this your car, Uncle?" he asked. Shuaib nodded. "My brother gave it to me for Eid." The boy was astounded.

"You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn't cost you nothing? Boy, I wish…" He hesitated. Of course Shuaib knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the lad said jarred Shuaib all the way down to his heels. "I wish," the boy went on, "that I could be a brother like that." Shuaib looked at the boy in astonishment, then impulsively he added, "Would you like to take a ride in my automobile?" "Oh yes, I'd love that."

After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes aglow, said, "Uncle, would you mind driving in front of my house?" Shuaib smiled a little. He thought he knew what the lad wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile. But Shuaib was wrong again. "Will you stop where those two steps are?" the boy asked. He ran up the steps. Then in a little while Shuaib heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled brother. He sat him down on the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car.

"There she is, uncle, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Eid and it didn't cost him a penny. And some day I'm gonna give you one just like it…then you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Shop windows that I've been trying to tell you about."

Shuaib got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began a memorable holiday ride. That Eid, Shuaib learned what the Rasul-Allah meant when he had said: "love for your brother what you love for yourself".