Tuesday, October 19, 2010
The Change!
11 Zulkaedah 1431H

19 days have passed since I moved.... from Hannan to Dar al-Hajibiah, the Girls' Dormitory.

Alhamdulillah, so far, I like it over here. It's quite a big change, really. not only in terms of the location (it's slightly further from Abu Nour, and nearer to jami' Muhyiddin, the first jami' in Syria that I fell in love with), but also in terms of the daily rountine that I've to undergo as one of the residents of the dorm. from a "House Leader of Hannan", I'm now one of the newbies at Hajibiah -despite the fact that I'm going to start my 4th n final year of kuliyyah this Sunday. out of the almost 30 sisters, only 3 of us are going to be in the 4th year, including myself. Cooking is now an option, not a necessity once per week (like in Hannan), since cooked n uncooked food are provided daily for us. 4 times per week, we've to do some basic cleaning chores, which usually take 15 to 30 mins). everyday, there's a 30 mins Dzikir session, where all of us will sit together and do the istighfar, selawat, du'a, and listening to Qur'anic recitation.

The musyrifaat (wardens) are very nice, alhamdulilah -altho definitely there're those who are more strict than others, n others who are blessed with more motherly nature. haa!

A major difference is the curfew. last time, I'm free to go out of the house as early as I want (e.g. shortly after the call for Fajr), but now, the earliest I can leave is 7am on weekdays n 6:45am on weekends (on special request from the mudirah, after my request for 6:30am was deemed as 'too early n might be dangerous for me..'.
also, now, I've to be back by 8pm, compared to 10:30pm which used to be the curfew set by the Singapore Students Assembly in Syria (for Summer; in Winter, the curfew is 9:30pm).

which means, there are some lessons at the jami' that I'm now unable to attend till the end, or unable to attend at all. Which, of course, I've taken into consideration before I made the decision to move :) I've weighed the pros n cons, n did my istikharah. insyaAllah, it'll be the best decision for me.

I'm in Room #1. currently, there are 9 of us in the room (I think my room is the biggest one out of the 4). one from Fattani, 2 from Dagistan (Russia), 1 from Turkistan, 1 from M'sia, 2 from China, 1 from Chechnya, n me :)

Alhamdulillah, I'm impressed with some sisters who consistently wake up for tahajjud, n stay awake after Fajr with dzikir n recitation/memorisation of the Qur'an. They really ignited the 'competitive' spirit in me. kalau dorang mampu buat tu semua, mampu bangun Subuh tak payah nak tunggu org kejut, mampu mujahadah sedemikian rupa, Khadijah pun nak! Khadijah pun boleh insyaAllah! :D
one interesting n beautiful thing that i truly love abt here (n particularly in my room), are the sisters who will begin to wake up all the rest the moment the azan of Fajr came to an end. n that's not including the warden who's on duty on that day, n Nusaibah - a lovely sister from Fattani who will still wake up for Fajr n wake others up as well, even when she herself is having her daurah syahriyyah (period laa). so hardworking n determined. sayang dia~ terserlah sinar keikhlasan di wajah dia ^-^

not to forget the spirit of performing prayers in jama'ah. i loike~
 
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