12 Jamadil awal 1429H

All thanks to Allah, I’ve more or less recovered from penyakit bebola ayam tu. :D
Heartfelt thanks to those who made du’a for me and helped me through another unique phase of my life :)
especially to my housemates: Kak Shahee, Kak Dja Ithnin, Kak Mardy, Kak Mas, Kak Nouran, ‘Atiq, Hida, Wardah, Mardhiyah, Zahidah n Fathanah. Baarakallahu feehinn for everything. from cooking porridge to sapukan ubat to letakkan kain sejuk kat dahi n checking how I’m doing, etc. n of course, for the exclusively handmade “Get Well Soon, We Miz U Lotz Mujahidah Khadijah” card. That, was touching tau. saaayang korang~

As for my taggers, thanks for your concern. A’ah, ni kes kecik2 belum kene chickenpox. Last year my nephew got it. I played with him, but still tak kene. After 20 years in S’pore, ni tak sampai 1 tahun kat Syria dah kene. How interesting. Hee. At least, I get to experience dealing with Syrian doctors. First, I went to the Doctor at my Uni. Male doctor. Most of the time, he conversed with us while lowering his gaze. :D then, he wore a glove before touching my face to check on the spots on it. Hehe. gedebak gedebuk, he referred me to a female doctor specialised in skin diseases. The female doctor was very nice. Suke! She told me that I can eat anything~ ape lagi, hari tu jugak gue makan aiskrim! ^-^ burok~
Cuma satu je gue terkilan: tak dapat minum air kelapa. Mom (n Liyana, kan Liy? ;)) advised so. Sini takde buah kelapa Mak… belum pernah orang jumpe lagi..

To “Fahri”, thanks lah du’akan panjang2… ameen! appreciate ur du’a although I dislike the character Fahri in Ayat-Ayat Cinta :D

To Mardy, du’a tak semestinya dalam bahasa Arab kan? yg penting, ia datang dari hati. Chey~ ;) thanks Mardh. How’s ur sewing project btw? Nnt balik bolehlah I tempah baju kat u eh? Hee~

to salsa, i'm not returning to Sg this year. next summer vacation baru kte balik, insyaAllah.

to ruqa: so how's the seminar? dah lepas ke belum? btw, i tried calling u twice but cannot get thru. busy memanjang eh kaaak?~ :p
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Now I’m having a 17 days break. Study break. Coz final exams are coming! Will have my Qur’an oral exam on 27th May. Written exam commences on 1st June, and ends on the 19th (with breaks on Tuesdays and Fridays). Pastu summer vacation!!! Bunyi macam excited gitu psl vacation, padahal revision pun lum habis lagi. :S
semua 15 mawad (subjects) masuk dari awal saaaaampai habes. Ya ALLAH, mudahkanlah kefahaman & ingatanku dan teman2~ kalau du’akan kte, jangan lupa du’akan teman2 kte jugak tau. kejayaan itu lebih indah bila dikongsi bersama kan? :)

Meanwhile, Hida and me have started our class at Dar Hadith (“House of Hadith”) where we have lessons on Riyadhus Salihiin every Saturday afternoon. We’ve covered Chapters on Ikhlas n Sabar. The way the Anisah (ustazah) explained the hadiths was truly engaging, and really touched our hearts. Asal pergi kelas ni air mata mesti meleleh…
like the time when Anisah shared the story about Rasulullah ‘alaihis solatu wassalam’s patience when he was hurt during the Battle of Uhud. Rasulullah simply wiped the blood off his face and made du’a for the person who hurt him: “O Allah, please forgive my people, for they do not know.” Imagine what might come out from our mouth if we were in Rasulullah’s position??

Practicing patience in tough times is good. But when we’re able to redha with what we’re facing, that’s even better.
Bila sabar, kita tahan diri kita. Takmo marah…. Tahan!! Sabar!!.
Tapi bila kita redha, bila kita pujuk diri kita yang ini semua hanya ujian sedikit dari Allah, kerana Dia sayang pada kita, setelah limpahan ni’mah yang dikurniakan pada kita selama ini, hati tentu akan lebih tenang kan? :)

Bila kita ditimpa musibah (kesusahan, kesakitan, dll.) dan kita sabar, itu sikap yang baik. Tapi bila kita bersyukur ketika musibah melanda, itu lebih mulia.

Btw, I’m amazed by the Anisah’s simplicity and tawadhu’ n her ability to deliver a 2 hr leasson by heart. Here, I’m talking about almost 30 hadiths + syarh + Quranic verses related to the hadiths for each lesson. On top of all these, she seems to be less than 25 years of age! masyaAllah! *arghh!! Bestnye!!* Needless to say, I’m awed.

Riyadhus Salihiin was compiled by Imam Nawawi, who lived for only 45 years. He didn’t live very long, did he? but his life was full of barakah. If his work were to be distributed amongst his life, it is as if he writes 150 pages on each day of his life, on average.( N u Khadijah, satu hari ntah berapa banyak je amal yang awak buat eh? Hmm..).

Imam Malik (Imam Syafie’s syeikh), on the other hand, took 40 years to compile the famous Muwatta’ (a Hadith kitab). And guess what he did afterwards? He went to the river, and said, “O Allah, if there’s something in this kitab which was written not for Your Sake, then destroy it” –and down went the kitab –after 40 years- in the river. When Imam Malik took it out, it was as good as new, with the ink remained. masyaAllah! 40 whole years of Ikhlas!!

There are 3 levels of Ikhlas:

1. اخلاص العوام (ikhlaasul ‘awaam): when we do something in the hope of rewards of both the dunya and akhirah
2. اخلاص الخواص (ikhlaasul khawaash): when we hope only for rewards in akhirah
3. اخلاص خواص الخواص (ikhlaasu khawaasil khawaash): when we solely hope to attain Allah’s Pleasure (mardhatillah).

So which catergory should we strive to be in? :)

With that, I’ll take my leave.

Assalamu’alaikum semua~