pena tanpa noktah....

Fatwa on NIKE

2009-05-24T06:06:00.000-07:00

parts of article taken from:

http://untuk-sesama-insan.blogspot.com/2009/05/nike-fatwa.html

The well-known shoe and sports equipment company Nike, Inc. is named after the Greek female god Nike, who represents victory and strength.
In Greek mythology, Nike (Greek: Νίκη , meaning Victory), was a female god who personified triumph throughout the ages of the ancient Greek culture. She is known as the Winged Goddess of Victory.

Question: Is it permissible to wear clothing bearing the Nike motif, as I learned recently that Nike got their name from the Greek goddess of Victory?

Answer: Wearing a garment with the logo of Kufr is prohibited in Islam since Islam prohibits imitating non-Muslims. The Prophet said: "Whoever imitates some people, he is one of them". In another narration he will be resurrected with them". The above Hadith gives a severe threat to those people who imitate Kuffars in their style or manners of talking, acting, wearing, worshipping, or in their feasts or in any other matters which are not legislated for us and are not approved by us.

Matinya Hati...Nauzubillah....

2009-04-18T12:45:00.000-07:00

Cahaya Ilahi menembusi hati untuk menjadi asas keimanan yang dizahirkan melalui akhlak kita..

Namun..andai hati menjadi hitam dan seterusnya nazak dan maut...dari mana lagi cahaya Ilahi boleh masuk..

analoginya...pintu memainkan peranan sebagai tempat keluar masuk dalam satu2 rumah...andai pintu sudah berkarat engselnya dan tidak boleh ditutup atau dibuka lagi...apa fungsinya pintu itu..macam mana nak keluar masuk rumah itu..

samalah..andai hati pintu keluar masuk iman kita sudah rosak...apakah caranya lagi untuk cahaya keimanan masuk...bagusnya..keimanan yang sudah didalam tidak dapat keluar..tapi kalo cukup iman didalam tu untuk melayakkan kita ke syurga..takper la takyah tambah dah..

tepuk dada tanya iman...

ada pintu keluar masuk lagi ker?? ker dah tertutup pintu itu dek kerana hati yang sudah mati dan binasa..

berikut merupakan...

Tanda-tanda hati mati

Menurut Syeikh Ibrahim Adham, antara sebab atau tanda-tanda hati mati ialah:

1. Mengaku kenal Allah SWT, tetapi tidak menunaikan hak-hak-Nya.

2. Mengaku cinta kepada Rasulullah s.a.w., tetapi mengabaikan sunnah baginda.

3. Membaca al-Quran, tetapi tidak beramal dengan hukum-hukum di dalamnya.

4. Memakan nikmat-nikmat Allah SWT, tetapi tidak mensyukuri atas pemberian-Nya.

5. Mengaku syaitan itu musuh, tetapi tidak berjuang menentangnya.

6. Mengaku adanya nikmat syurga, tetapi tidak beramal untuk mendapatkannya.

7. Mengaku adanya seksa neraka, tetapi tidak berusaha untuk menjauhinya.

8. Mengaku kematian pasti tiba bagi setiap jiwa, tetapi masih tidak bersedia untuknya.

9. Menyibukkan diri membuka keaiban orang lain, tetapi lupa akan keaiban diri sendiri.

10. Menghantar dan menguburkan jenazah/mayat saudara se-Islam, tetapi tidak mengambil pengajaran daripadanya. Semoga dengan panduan yang di sampaikan itu akan dapat kita sama-sama mengambil iktibar semoga segala apa yang kita kerjakan akan diredai Allah SWT.

Menurut Sheikh Ibni Athoillah Iskandari dalam kalam hikmahnya yang berikutnya;

Sebahagian�daripada tanda mati hati itu ialah jika tidak merasa dukacita kerana tertinggal sesuatu amal perbuatan kebajikan juga tidak menyesal jika terjadi berbuat sesuatu pelanggaran dosa.

Mati hati itu adalah kerana tiga perkara iaitu;

* Hubbul dunia (kasihkan dunia)

* Lalai daripada zikirullah (mengingati Allah)

* Membanyakkan makan dan menjatuhkan�anggota badan kepada maksiat kepada Allah.

Hidup hati itu kerana tiga perkara iaitu;

*� Zuhud dengan dunia

* Zikrullah

*� Bergaul atau berkawan dengan aulia Allah.

Callin' U

2009-04-17T12:11:00.000-07:00

Follow this link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDw-Ys_7Y4w

I'm callin' U
With all my goals, my very soul
Ain't fallin' through
I'm in need of U
The trust in my faith
My tears and my ways is drowning so
I cannot always show it
But don't doubt my love

I'm callin' U
With all my time and all my fights
In search for the truth
Tryin'a reach U

See the worth of my sweat
My house and my bed
Am lost in sleep
I will not be false in who I am
As long as I breathe

Oh, no, no
I don't need nobody
& I don't feel nobody
I don't call nobody but U
My One & Only

I don't need nobody
& I don't feel nobody
I don't call nobody but U
all I need in my life

I'm callin' U
When all my joy
And all my love is feelin' good
Cuz it's due to U

See the time of my life
My days and my nights
so it's alright
Cuz at the end of the day
I still got enough for me and my

I'm callin' U
When all my keys
And all my bizz
Runs all so smooth
I'm thankin' U
See the halves in my life
My patience, my wife
With all that I know
Oh, take no more than I deserve
Still need to learn more

Oh, no, no
I don't need nobody
& I don't feel nobody
I don't call nobody but U
My One & Only

I don't need nobody
& I don't feel nobody
I don't call nobody but U
all I need in my life

Our relationship, so complex
Found U while I was headed straight for hell in quest
You have no one to compare to
'Cause when I lie to myself it ain't hidden from U
I guess I'm thankful
Word on the street is U changed me
It shows in my behaviour
Past present future
Lay it all out
Found my call in your house
And let the whole world know what this love is about

Yo te quiero, te extraño, te olvido
Aunque nunca me has faltado, siempre estas conmigo
Por las veces que he fallado y las heridas tan profundas
Mejor tarde que nunca para pedirte mil disculpas
Estoy gritando callado yo te llamo, te escucho, lo intento
De ti yo me alimento
Cuando el aire que respiro es violento y turbulento
Yo te olvido, te llamo, te siento

[Translation:]
I love you, I miss you, I forget you
Even though you never let me down and always are by my side
For all the times I've failed and hurt you deeply
Better later than never to give you a 1000 apologies
I'm shouting silently, callin' you, I'm listening to you, I'm tryin'
You nourish me
When the air that I breathe is violent and turbulent
I'm forgettin' you, I'm callin' you, I'm feelin' you

Oh, no, no
I don't need nobody
& I don't fear nobody
I don't call nobody but U
My One & Only

I don't need nobody
& I don't feel nobody
I don't call nobody but U...

oh, no, no
i don't need nobody
& I don't feel nobody
I don't call nobody but you
MY one and only

I don't need nobody
& i don't feel nobody
I don't call nobody but you
all i need in my life

the Mvs is complex where they show a story of a 'world'ly love but for me this song is something for my Ultimate love..

there are ups and down in our Iman..
I'm not not born to be neither perfect nor sinless..
there are times when I miss Him dearly and be crying in my night..
grateful for the tears and missing those moments..

do not judge on what i do as only He knows whats the real story..
perception is yours to be made but the truth is something that only He holds..
do not judge people as only He the only reliable judge around..

oh ALLAH,
i'm callin' U.
i'm callin' for your help..
please do not let me be in darkness again..

BERPOLITIKLAH KERANA ALLAH...

2009-04-03T16:33:00.000-07:00

BERPOLITIK TIDAK ADA KENA-MENGENA DENGAN ISLAM?

Soal jawab kolum Dr Haron Din

SOALAN: Ada pandangan mengatakan masalah berpolitik dalam mana-mana pertubuhan politik adalah masalah duniawi dan tidak ada kena mengena dengan akhirat. Perkara dunia habis di dunia, itulah realitinya. Oleh kerana itu tidak timbul soal parti politik mana harus diikut, mana yang harus ditolak, semuanya sama, apa pandangan Dato? - MOHD MUNIR, menerusi e-mel
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JAWAPAN: Tidak. Sama sekali tidak begitu. Islam adalah panduan hidup. Islam adalah cara hidup. Islam yang sebenar adalah yang tidak memisahkan di antara urusan dunia dan urusan akhirat.

Kedua-duanya berjalan serentak. Ianya bergandingan antara satu sama lain. Dunia adalah jambatan ke akhirat, apa yang anda lakukan di dunia ini, akan diambil kira di akhirat.

Itulah yang disebut dalam firman Allah (mafhumnya): "Maka sesiapa berbuat kebajikan meskipun seberat zarrah, nescaya akan diberi balasan di akhirat. Dan sesiapa yang berbuat kejahatan, meskipun seberat timbangan zarrah, akan diberi balasan di akhirat." (Surah al-Zalzalah, ayat 7-8)

Ayat ini mengisyaratkan bahawa kerja-kerja manusia di dunia ini hanya ada dua jenis sahaja. Sama ada kerja baik atau kerja jahat.

Kerja politik pun demikian juga. Ada politik baik dan ada politik jahat.

Kerja politik adalah kerja besar dan berat. Guna dan kesannya juga amat besar.

Ada orang yang seluruh hidupnya dihabiskan dalam berpolitik, siang dan malam berpolitik. Maka rugilah dia jika Allah tidak mengambil kira perjuangan dan pengorbanannya itu, jika ia melakukan politik yang baik.

Dan, tidak adillah kepada Allah SWT jika dibiarkan orang yang melakukan politik jahat itu terus bermaharaja lela dan tidak dibalas di akhirat.

Kuasa politik adalah kuasa yang menentukan hala tuju negara. Rakyat akan terbawa ke dalam penghidupan yang diwarnakan orang politik yang diberi kuasa oleh rakyat.

Jika politik yang mementingkan parti dan kroni, maka untunglah yang mendapat habuan, manakala yang lain-lain akan menderita.

Jika politik yang jujur serta ikhlas, berjuang untuk mengajak manusia memartabat dan melaksanakan hukum Allah, melaksanakan perintah Allah sesuai dengan tanggungjawab manusia sebagai khalifah Allah di muka bumi, maka akan untunglah insan yang akan mendapat ganjaran di akhirat.

Sekiranya politik itu zalim, yang berkuasa menindas rakyat dan mementing diri sendiri serta sanggup melakukan kezaliman, penindasan dan sebagainya, maka tentulah ada pembalasan di akhirat, atas perbuatan yang melanggar tatasusila dan undang-undang kemanusiaan yang wajib dipelihara.

Meskipun sudah ada penjelasan dalam media massa tentang ISLAM SEBAGAI SATU CARA HIDUP YANG LENGKAP dan TIDAK BERPISAH ANTARA URUSAN DUNIA DAN AKHIRAT, tiada pemisahan itu dalam Islam, namun kekeliruan masih ketara.

Saya cadangkan bagi mereka yang meragui tentang hakikat ini, merenung kembali kepada ikrar dalam solat kita hari-hari yang dibaca dalam doa iftitah (mafhumnya): "Sesungguhnya solatku, ibadatku, cara hidupku dan matiku, semuanya dilakukan untuk Allah, Tuhan sekelian alam."

Setiap kali solat kita membuat pengakuan mutlak bahawa seluruh hidup kita semuanya kerana Allah, tidak ada yang lain hanya semata-mata kerana AllaH.

BERPOLITIKLAH KERANA ALLAH, bukan kerana dunia. Meskipun urusan di dunia, tetapi hendaklah kerana Allah. Berpolitik melalui jalan yang diredai Allah.

Jika anda terbabit dengan politik yang menentang hukum Allah atau politik yang hendak dicapai itu bukan untuk memartabatkan agama Allah, maka ianya berlawanan dengan sifat manusia yang dijadikan sebagai khalifah Allah.

Oleh yang demikian, anda akan mendapat balasan yang setimpal dengan apa yang anda lakukan.

Penderhakaan terhadap Allah adalah suatu jenayah agama yang amat besar. Allah mengingatkan kita dengan perintah-Nya seperti firman-Nya (mafhumnya):

"...Dan sesiapa yang menderhakai Allah, maka sesungguhnya dia berada dalam kesesatan yang amat nyata." (Surah al-Ahzab, ayat 36)

Jika sudah sesat maka Allah menyatakan lagi (mafhumnya): "...Dan sesiapa yang menderhakai Allah dan Rasul-Nya, maka sesungguhnya disediakan di akhirat kelak neraka jahanam yang kekal mereka di dalamnya buat selama-lamanya." (Surah al-Jin, ayat 23)

Oleh kerana itu, berpolitiklah dengan politik yang betul, bukan main tangkap muat atau terikut-ikut atau terpengaruh dengan pujukan ahli-ahli politik yang tidak berpendirian.

Anda ada panduan yang boleh menentukan sendiri politik yang sebenar, mana yang memberi keuntungan dunia dan di akhirat, atau pun sekurang-kurangnya anda akan memperolehi keuntungan di akhirat jika anda berpolitik untuk memartabatkan Islam sebagai agama yang suci murni. Wallahu a'lam.

Allah Menentukan Segalanya..

2009-04-03T16:23:00.000-07:00

Daripada Abu al-'Abbas, Abdullah ibn Abbas, r.a. رضي الله عنهما beliau berkata:
Aku pernah duduk di belakang Nabi SAW pada suatu hari, lalu Baginda bersabda kepadaku:

Wahai anak! Sesungguhnya aku mahu ajarkan engkau beberapa kalimah:

Peliharalah Allah nescaya Allah akan memeliharamu.

Peliharalah Allah nescaya engkau akan dapati Dia di hadapanmu.

Apabila engkau meminta, maka pintalah dari Allah.

Apabila engkau meminta pertolongan, maka mintalah pertolongan dengan Allah.

Ketahuilah bahawa kalau umat ini berkumpul untuk memberikan sesuatu manfaat kepadamu, mereka tidak akan mampu memberikanmu manfaat kecuali dengan suatu perkara yang memang Allah telah tentukan untukmu.

Sekiranya mereka berkumpul untuk memudharatkan kamu dengan suatu mudharat, nescaya mereka tidak mampu memudharatkan kamu kecuali dengan suatu perkara yang memang Allah telah tentukannya untukmu.

Pena-pena telah diangkatkan dan lembaranlembaran telah kering (dakwatnya).

MEMBINA MANUSIA...

2009-04-03T16:10:00.001-07:00

SEJENAK MENGIMBAS...

Pernah ketika bersama-sama dengan para sahabat yang lain, Umar bertanya kepada para sahabatnya apakah yang diinginkan oleh mereka.

Lalu antara mereka ada yang bercita-cita untuk memiliki sejumlah harta yang banyak, dan dengan harta itu dapat mereka sedekah dan belanjakan pada jalan Allah.

Namun keinginan Umar jauh berbeza daripada para sahabatnya, apabila beliau mengatakan:

“Aku inginkan sekumpulan manusia yang hebat seperti Abu Ubaydah Al-Jarrah, Muaz Ibn Jabal dan Salim Maula Abi Hudhaifah UNTUK MEMBANTU AKU MENDAULATKAN AGAMA ALLAH.”

kanak2 dan sakit jiwa

2009-03-24T14:40:00.000-07:00

assalamulaikum..

marilah kita sama2 belajar sambil mendalami pesakit2 yg kurg bernasib baik..bersyukurlah kita yg dikurniakan aqal sempurna dan kesihatan tubuh badan untuk melakukan amal ibadah..

allahumma afini fi badani
allahumma afini fi sam'i
allahumma afini fi basari

Tetralogy of Fallot

4 cardinal features (SHOP)

· VSD
· Hypertrophy of right ventricle
· Overriding aorta
· Pulmonary stenosis

Symptoms

· Diagnosed antenatally or murmur in the 1st or 2nd month of life
· Hypercyanotic spells – tissue acidosis with severe hypoxia, SOB, pallor with inconsolable crying and blue face which can cause MI/CVA
· Severe cyanosis
· Squatting on exercise

Signs

· Clubbing of fingers and toes
· Loud harsh ejection systolic murmur at LSE
· Single second heart sound
· When pulmonary obstruction is increased with murmur shorten and cyanotic increase

Ix

· CXR – in older child, boot shaped (R ventricular hypertrophy), pulmonary artery ‘bay’, decreased pulmonary vascular markings, reduced pulmonary blood flow
· ECG – normal at birth, RVHt when older
· Echo – small/stenosed pulmonary artery

Mx

· Medical
· Corrective surgery at 6 months
· Closing VSD and relief R ventricular flow obstrxn with artificial patch
· If very cyanosed – shunt to increase pulmonary blood flow; artificial tube betw subclavian artery and pulmonary artery or balloon dilatation of RV outflow tract
· >15 mins hypercyanotic spells; sedation with morphine, propanolol as peripheral vasoconstrictor, bicarbonate to correct acidosis

Personality Disorder

Personality- traits/characteristics of an individual as shown in ways of behaving in a wide variety of circumstances. It is not diagnosed in adolescent/ young adults as potential major change is still present.

Personality types
(a) Affective (cyclothymic) - persistent anomalies of mood ; depressive, euphoric or alternating
(b) Explosive – instability of mood, liable to sudden irritability, anger, impulsive
(c) OCD – extremely cautious, conscientious, rigid, perfectionist, vacillating and doubting
(d) Paranoid - Sensitive and blaming others / aggravating preoccupation with personal rights
May have ‘overvalued ideas’ but no psychotic features
Touchy and suspicious, don’t make friends easily
Jealous, stubborn, argumentative
(e) Schizoid – extreme reserve, shyness, aloofness, may be eccentric behavior
(f) Asthenic – passive dependent, lack of resilience and mental vigor
(g) Hysterical – shallow, labile affective features, over dependence on others, erratic relationships
(h)Borderline personality disorder – persons who show instability in a variety of areas, including interpersonal behavior, mood and self image
(i) Anti social (psychopathic) - persistent antisocial behavior with lack of sympathetic feeling/remorse

selamat belajar~!

cinta ku~

2009-03-17T05:10:00.000-07:00

akan kami buktkan ....
akan kami laksanakan sunnah mu yang terbesar ya Rasullulah..
mari semua...
JOM TIRU RASULLULLAH!!!

2009-03-16T17:56:00.000-07:00

Assalamualaikum
Saya tujukan poster testimonial ini kepada semua penghuni blog ini.

regards,

tulip segar

Dandelion Putih

2009-03-10T14:34:00.000-07:00

Menjalani rotation Palliative Care memang lain daripada yg lain. Jika Cardiovascular Module dan Acute Care Module dipenuhi dengan doktor-doktor yg bergegas ke sana ke mari mencuri masa yang dirasakan tak pernah cukup, ditambah dengan pesakit yg perlu didatangi dengan segera untuk diambil darah, dicuci ulcer [baca: debridement] atau pun diusung ke wad atau ke bilik bedah tanpa lengah [baca: operation theatre], suasananya memang seperti langit dengan bumi.

Palliative care membawa saya ke suatu alam yang sunyi, tenang malah setiap butir kata yg dituturkan oleh doktor dengan doktor atau doktor dengan pesakit sungguh lemah lembut seumpama kuntum bunga dandelion putih yang terbang ringan ke mana jua arah yang dibawa bayu. Sepoi-sepoi bahasa. Sayu.

Sungguh, jika mahu mengenal nilai setiap saat yang ada dalam hidup insyaAllah Palliative care boleh membantu anda. Sesi mengunjungi pesakit [baca: ward round] pertama di Palliative care membawa saya menemui wajah-wajah tabah yang seakan ada kekuatan dari dalam yang dipegang utuh tanpa mahu dilepaskan.

Seorang pesakit lelaki awal 50-an, tidak merokok, tidak minum alkohol, tinggal berseorangan dan bekerja sebagai seorang petani [baca: farmer] telah didiagnos dengan Stage IV Prostate Cancer with Bone Metastasis and concurrent Farmer's Lung. Jika minggu sebelumnya dia dikatakan kelihatan seumpama sudah tiada harapan lagi, kini dia dilihat sungguh ceria dengan sinar kesabaran terpancar dari matanya.

"I'm not giving up, i'm never going to give up"

Kata-kata itu menyelinap masuk ke sanubari saya tatkala mendengarkannya, subhanallah betapa kuat insan ini. Sesungguhnya dengan qada' dan qadar Allah Dia jugalah yang menyuntikkan kesabaran dan Dia jugalah yang menarik balik segala nikmat yang pernah dianugerahkan. Justeru setiap detik yang ada dan setiap waktu yang tersisa tidak seharusnya kita biarkan berlalu tanpa guna, kerana masa depan kita belum tahu hujung cerita.

"Sesungguhnya urusan-Nya apabila Dia menghendaki sesuatu Dia hanya berkata kepadanya "Jadilah!" Maka jadilah sesuatu itu. Maka Maha Suci [Allah] yang di tangan-Nya kekuasaan atas segala sesuatu dan kepadaNya kamu dikembalikan"

[Yasin, 36:82-83]

"Katakanlah, "Siapakah yang dapat melindungi kamu dari [ketentuan] Allah jika Dia menghendaki bencana atasmu atau menghendaki rahmat untuk dirimu?" Mereka itu tidak akan mendapatkan pelindung dan penolong selain Allah."

[Al-Ahzab, 33:17]

-Nurul.Iman-

2009-03-10T14:12:00.000-07:00

'I WILL NOT WEAR HIJAB, NO MATTER WHAT!'

I would like to share this email sent by a friend...

"I'm so tired."
"Tired of what?"

"Of all these people judging me."
"Who judged you?"

"Like that woman, every time I sit with her, she tells me to wear hijab."
"Oh, hijab and music! The mother of all topics!"

"Yeah! I listen to music without hijab…haha!"
"Maybe she was just giving you advice."

"I don't need her advice. I know my religion. Can't she mind her own business?"
"Maybe you misunderstood. She was just being nice."

"Keeping out of my business, that would be nice..."
"But it's her duty to encourage you do to good."

"Trust me. That was no encouragement. And what do you mean `good` ?"
"Well, wearing hijab, that would be a good thing to do."

"Says who?"
"It's in the Quran, isn't it?"

"Yes. She did quote me something."
"She said Surah Nur, and other places of the Quran."

"Yes, but it's not a big sin anyway. Helping people and praying is more important."
"True. But big things start with small things."

"That's a good point, but what you wear is not important. What's important is to have a good healthy heart."
"What you wear is not important?"

"That's what I said."
"Then why do you spend an hour every morning fixing up?"

"What do you mean?"
"You spend money on cosmetics, not to mention all the time you spend on fixing your hair and low-carb dieting."

"So?"
"So, your appearance IS important."

"No. I said wearing hijab is not an important thing in religion."
"If it's not an important thing in religion, why is it mentioned in the Noble Quran?"

"You know I can't follow all that's in Quran."
"You mean God tells you something to do, you disobey and then it's OK?"

"Yes. God is forgiving."
"God is forgiving to those who repent and do not repeat their mistakes."

"Says who?"
"Says the same book that tells you to cover."

"But I don't like hijab, it limits my freedom."
"But the lotions, lipsticks, mascara and other cosmetics set you free?! What's your definition of freedom anyway?"

"Freedom is in doing whatever you like to do."
"No. Freedom is in doing the right thing, not in doing whatever we wish to do."

"Look! I've seen so many people who don't wear hijab and are nice people, and so many who wear hijab and are bad people."
"So what? There are people who are nice to you but are alcoholic. Should we all be alcoholics? You made a stupid point."

"I don't want to be an extremist or a fanatic. I'm OK the way I am without hijab."
"Then you are a secular fanatic. An extremist in disobeying God."

"You don't get it, if I wear hijab, who would marry me?!"
"So all these people with hijab never get married?!"

"Okay! What if I get married and my husband doesn't like it? And wants me to remove it?"
"What if your husband wants you to go out with him on a bank robbery?!"

"That's irrelevant, bank robbery is a crime."
"Disobeying your Creator is not a crime?"

"But then who would hire me?"
"A company that respects people for who they are."

"Not after 9-11"
"Yes. After 9-11. Don't you know about Hanan who just got into med school? And the other one, what was her name, the girl who always wore a white hijab…ummm…"

"Yasmeen?"
"Yes. Yasmeen. She just finished her MBA and is now interning for GE."

"Why do you reduce religion to a piece of cloth anyway?"
"Why do you reduce womanhood to high heals and lipstick colors?"

"You didn't answer my question."
"In fact, I did. Hijab is not just a piece of cloth. It is obeying God in a difficult environment. It is courage, faith in action, and true womanhood. But your short sleeves, tight pants…"

"That's called `fashion`, you live in a cave or something? First of all, hijab was founded by men who wanted to control women."
"Really? I did not know men could control women by hijab."

"Yes. That's what it is."
"What about the women who fight their husbands to wear hijab? And women in France who are forced to remove their hijab by men? What do you say about that?"

"Well, that's different."
"What difference? The woman who asked you to wear hijab…she was a woman, right?"

"Right, but…"
"But fashions that are designed and promoted by male-dominated corporations, set you free? Men have no control on exposing women and using them as a commodity?! Give me a break!"

"Wait, let me finish, I was saying…"
"Saying what? You think that men control women by hijab?"

"Yes."
"Specifically how?"

"By telling women how and what to wear, dummy!"
"Doesn't TV, magazines and movies tell you what to wear, and how to be`attractive' ?"

"Of course, it's fashion."
"Isn't that control? Pressuring you to wear what they want you to wear?"

[Silence]
"Not just controlling you, but also controlling the market."

"What do you mean?"
"I mean, you are told to look skinny and anorexic like that woman on the cover of the magazine, by men who design those magazines and sell those products."

"I don't get it. What does hijab have to do with products."
"It has everything to do with that. Don't you see? Hijab is a threat to consumerism, women who spend billions of dollars to look skinny and live by standards of fashion designed by men…and then here is Islam, saying trash all that nonsense and focus on your soul, not on your looks, and do not worry what men think of your looks."

"Like I don't have to buy hijab? Isn't hijab a product?"
"Yes, it is. It is a product that sets you free from male-dominated consumerism. "

"Stop lecturing me! I WILL NOT WEAR HIJAB! It is awkward, outdated, and totally not suitable for this society ...Moreover, I am only 20 and too young to wear hijab!"
"Fine. Say that to your Lord, when you face Him on Judgment Day."

"Fine."
"Fine."

[Silence]
"Shut up and I don't want to hear more about hijab niqab schmijab Punjab!"

[Silence]
She stared at the mirror, tired of arguing with herself all this time.
Successful enough, she managed to shut the voices in her head, with her own opinions triumphant in victory on the matter, and a final modern decision accepted by the society - but rejected by the Faith:
"Yes!" - to curls on the hair - "No!" - to hijab.

"Nay! You prefer the life of this world; While the hereafter is better and more lasting."
[Noble Quran 87:16-17]

"You are the best community (Ummah) raised up for (the benefit of) humanity; enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong and believing in Allah."
[Noble Quran 3:110]

sakaratul maUT~

2009-03-10T11:16:00.000-07:00

2009-03-09T15:02:00.000-07:00

...sebuah kisah benar tentang pengalaman seorang sahabat..moga dapat diambil iktibar..

AKU YANG PERNAH BERGELAR GURU A.K.A SIR

‘Lan, Mama dah carikan kerja untuk hang. Jadi cikgu kat sekolah kawan Mama. Mau?’ tanya mak aku semasa kami dalam kereta, pulang ke Kedah dari kolej setelah aku tamat belajar di situ sekitar tahun 2004.

Aku memandang kosong ke luar tingkap kereta. Warna merah senja masih lagi di langit, belum pudar. Cantik!

‘Ma, malaih lah. Kalau boleh oghang nak gheja macam adik, jadi maintainer kat kelab bowling kat City Plaza tu. Best sket,’ aku menjawab malas sambil mataku menjeling adikku di sebelah.

Fikirku, bolehlah kami keluar petang ke tempat kerja, dan balik awal pagi. Sambil-sambil tu bolehlah merewang ke tengah-tengah bandar Alor Setar sebelum balik ke rumah. Bila lagi?

‘Hang jangan nak menggatai. Mama dah habaq dah kat Cikgu Cek Puteh. Esok lusa hang pi daftaq kat sekolah tu,’ mak aku membantah.

‘Laa..ingatkan nak bagi option tadi. Rupa-rupanya arahan mandatory,’ cetus hati aku.

Merah senja di luar tingkap makin pudar. Lebuh raya PLUS nampak kosong. Seperti fikiran aku yang kosong.

Apa aku nak buat kat sekolah tu nanti? Dah la kena mengajar Bahasa Inggeris. Tingkatan 4 ngan 5 plak tu. Sastera lagi. Mampoih. Hati aku terus merungut tak puas hati. Tapi apa boleh buat, arahan mandatory.

Habis takat tu..

Bermula episod diri aku diberi peluang mengenali sendiri apakah erti perjuangan memartabatkan anak bangsa dari kaca mata seorang guru, yang dikerah mendidik pelajar luar bandar. (kalau boleh aku katakan, sekolah

Yang aku pergi ini adalah sekolah yang lagi luar daripada luar bandar. Maknanya sangat sangat terpencil).

Aku menjadi cikgu ganti, menggantikan seorang guru lain yang cuti bersalin. Dan sekali sekala aku masuk ke kelas-kelas tingkatan yang lain, menjenguk apa yang pelajar-pelajar di sana sedang buat sewaktu ketiadaan guru.

Biar aku ceritakan...

Episod 1:

Biasalah, sesi perkenalan menjadi modal utama untuk cikgu baru macam aku untuk skip hari pertama daripada kena mengajar. Ni yang berlaku di sebuah kelas tingkatan 5 Sains 1.

‘Ok class, My name is Azlan. Your new English teacher here, for 2 months..bla..bla..bla. Now I would like to know each of you before I begin my lesson. Please state your name, ambition and where u are from. Ok, let us start from you on the right.’

‘Err, sir. Saya tak pandai cakap Inglis. Bahasa Melayu boleh dak?’

Aku jawab, ‘Cuba, takpa salah pun. Saya pun bukan pandai cakap Omputih.’

‘I is Syahrul. Yang lain saya tak gheti sir.’

‘Ok takpa, teruskan. Saya tanya tadi cita-cita dan tinggai kat mana.’

Dalam hati ‘Mampoih, macam mana aku nak mengajaq dalam BI ni? Kalau kelas 5 sains 1 pun tak berapa gheti BI?’

Episod 2:

Ada satu hari tu, aku kena masuk ke kelas tingkatan satu. Cikgu yang sepatutnya berada dalam kelas tu tak datang. Sekali lagi, sesi berkenalan, sebab aku memang tak disuruh mengajar pun.

‘Nama saya Cikgu Azlan. Saya masuk mai ganti cikgu Sharifah. Saja nak berkenalan dengan kamu semua. Soghang-soghang bangun dan habaq nama dgn cita-cita. Hah kamu, mula’.

‘Nama saya Rosdi. Cita-cita nak jadi..emm..perbaik gheta. Pak saya ada kedai pomen gheta kat pekan’.

‘OK takpa, kamu.’ Aku menuding pada seorang pelajar yang berdiri di pintu, gaya macam nak lari keluar dari kelas.

‘Saya?’ ‘Namaku Nazim. Cita-citaku nak jaga lemu pak ku (memang disebut LEMU, bukan lembu). Jawab Nazim serius dalam loghat Kedah hulu yang pekat. Lembu pun kedengaran lemu. Saya diganti dengan ‘Ku’, bahasa diri kebiasaan bagi orang-orang kampung kat tempat aku.

‘Sebab apa nak jaga lembu?’

‘Ku tak tau dey. Pak ku banyak Lemu. Dia pun dok sughuh ku jaga lemu dia’.

‘Oo, ya ka?’. Aku menyetujui kata-katanya.

Dalam hati..bertuah betul orang bandar. Anak-anak semuanya bercita-cita tinggi. Nak jadi doktor..saintis. Paling koman pun Polis. Tapi kat sini, cukuplah kalau boleh warisi apa yang bapak depa ada. Mungkin depa ni masih naive. Tapi kalau dibandingkan dengan anak Bandar yang sebaya, depa ni jauh naive. Seolah-olah tiada langsung cita-cita.

Dan memang benar, pelajar-pelajar di sini memang datang ke sekolah bukan kerana ingin belajar. Tetapi kerana ingin berjumpa kawan-kawan. Itu sahaja dorongan mereka utk terus berada di sekolah dari jam 7.30 pagi hingga jam 2 petang. Dan peluang daripada kedatangan mereka ke sekolah itulah yang digunakan oleh guru-guru untuk menumpahkan ilmu yang sedikit buat bekalan anak bangsa ini. Lalu, bagaimana ingin mempunyai cita-cita?

Episod 3:

Aku diberi amanah untuk menanda kertas peperiksaan Bahasa Inggeris dan English in Science and Technology (EST). Tingkatan 4 dan 5. Untuk tingkatan 4, semua fail untuk 2 mata pelajaran yang aku tandakan tu. Untuk tingkatan 5, ada seorang 2 sahaja yang lulus atas pagar untuk EST. Untuk Bahasa Inggeris, ramai jugak yang lulus. Tetapi sekadar lulus. Tak lebih dari itu. Itu pun, aku kena jadi seorang pemeriksa yang sangat bermurah hati.

Bila ditanya kepada guru-guru lain tentang perkara itu, ‘Hah, besa la tu. Budak-budak sini bukan gheti BI. Lepa (Depa/mereka) bukan mau pun belajaq BI. Sabit tu (sebab tu) kalau hang tengok budak-budak yang ambik Sains dgn Math dalam BI kat sekolah ni semua tak luluih. Habuk pun takdak,’� kata seorang cikgu lelaki, sambil menghisap rokok daun yang digulung sendiri, sewaktu kami bersembang di kantin.

‘Kalau dulu, waktu dua-dua subjek ni lepa ajaq dalam BM pun student tak pandai. Ni pulak nak mengajaq dalam BI. Punah anak bangsa hang tau dak, Azlan. Lepa ni orang kampung. Satu hapa pun depa tak gheti. Lagi nak suruh belajaq dalam BI. Apa punya otak pun aku tak tau,’ sambung cikgu itu dalam nada kesal bercampur geram. Ada juak-juak meluat di mukanya.

‘PUNAH ANAK BANGSA’..terngiang lagi perkataan tu dalam fikiran aku sampai sekarang.

Episod 4:

Satu hari tu, aku masuk mengajaq BI kat dalam kelas tingkatan 4 Perdagangan. Ada 4 orang pelajar lelaki sewaktu aku sedang mengajar di depan, depa dok berkumpul 4 orang dalam satu bulatan kat belakang.

‘Tu kat belakang, hangpa tengah buat apa tu?’�

Aku dah tak cakap Inggeris lagi dah dalam kelas (Pelik kan. Mengajar bahasa inggeris dalam Bahasa Melayu. Tapi apa boleh buat... Payah. Susah. Kesian dengan mereka yang tak faham apa-apa.

Ada budak lain yang tolong jawabkan soalan aku tu, tapi dalam keadaan yang separuh berbisik, ‘Depa tengah main Sing-Kong Sir’.

‘Menatang apa tu?’ aku bertanya kehairanan.

‘Judi’(Sing-kong: lambung duit syiling, pastu pakat-pakat teka kepala ka ekoq. Sapa betoi dia dapat duit syiling tu).

‘Budak-budak kat belakang, baik hangpa berenti sebelum saya panggil PK HEM. Kalau tak mau belajaq, Hangpa dok diam-diam kat belakang. Tidoq!’ tegas aku dalam nada separuh bengang.

‘Ok sir,’ jawab seorang dari mereka dalam keadaan senyum. Aku hanya mampu geleng kepala dan teruskan pengajaran ‘Mari Mengenal Bahasa Inggeris’.

‘Ok kelas, kalau ‘I’ padan dengan ‘am’. I am’.

‘Kalau ‘he’ atau ‘she’ yang maksudnya Dia, padan dengan ‘is’. He is’.

Itu antara situasi-situasi yang berlaku di luar bandar. Ops, di luar lagi daripada luar bandar. Sekolah tempat aku mengajar tu, ada antaranya pelajar Siam. Memang di utara Kedah ramai orang Siam dan anak-anak mereka ini dihantar ke sekolah-sekolah kerajaan, macam juga orang melayu.

Sedikit pengalaman manis:

‘Sir, awat cepat sangat sir mengajaq kat sini? La ni baru kami rasa seronok sikit belajaq English’.

‘Sir. Lepaih sir keluaq dari sekolah ni, saya malaih mai sekolah lagi dah.Tak best dah lepaih nih’.

‘Sir, nanti kalau sir dah pi obersi, jangan lupa hantaq gambaq sir kat kami naa. Kami nak pi mesti tak buleh punya. Tengok gambaq sir main salji pun kami dah rasa best. Sir jangan lupa naa’.

‘Sir, nak ambik gambaq dgn Sir. Nanti takdak la kami teringat selalu kat sir’.

‘Ni sir, hadiah daripada kami. Kami share duit ramai-ramai ni sir’.

Menitis air mata aku bila aku bukak kotak hadiah tu, hadiahnya hanyalah sebuah jam loceng yang baru semalam aku nampak ada dijual di pecan sehari, harganya hanyalah sekitar RM2.

‘Sir, ni ada sorang budak dia lukih gambaq sir. Tapi dia malu nak Bagi sendiri kat Sir’.’Mana dia?’ aku tanya kembali. ‘Dia tak mau mai sekolah hari ni. Dia sedih’.

‘Ok kelas, hari ini hari last saya ajaq hangpa kat sini. Insha Allah Kita jumpa lagi. Kalau sapa-sapa nak kontek saya, saya bagi alamat emel. Kalau ada yang pi CC (cyber cafe) kat pekan tu nanti, tulih la emel kat saya. Tulih dalam bahasa Inggeris tau. Biaq salah pun takpa. Kalau dak, saya tak mau layan’.

Dan sehingga ke hari ini, memang ada yang menulis pada aku, tapi dalam BI yang dhaif. Takpalah, semangat kalian aku hargai.

KESIMPULAN MENGENAI SISTEM PENDIDIKAN DI MALAYSIA...???

a globe it is

2008-12-18T18:19:00.000-08:00

life sure is a globe..

there are times when you are at top of the world..

but there are times when you shall fall..

too low that you cant even raise your head..

feeling like buried in your grief and sadness there shall be someone out there in this world who are feeling worst..

its good that you realise how bad it is to fall

may you store that in your head and move forward carrying way lot of lessons and starting off new life..

its never too late to start a new life at any point in your age..

as long as your eyes does not shut forever..

there are times for you to repent and wake up from that fall..

racing

2008-11-30T01:20:00.000-08:00

when everyone is running towards the same goal..

you are left back because you are taking a step too small..

you felt hopeless when you ant see anyone behind you..

shall yo keep on running? or should you just walk??

or should you leave the race??

why are you still moving on??

the rewards at the end of line??

your pride as a racer??

or you really want to reach the goal??

is there ever such pure determination??

running towards a goal because you really do want to reach that goal???

for me..

i guess...

i run because i have to run..

I'm ordered to run...

but I'm hopeless while my feet keep marching forward..

aargh..

get me of of this feeling..

i want my heart and feet march forward simultaneously..

sleep

2008-11-22T16:37:00.000-08:00

how many hours of sllep do you consider sufficient and adequate??

is there a truth on medical student shall have less sleep compare to others..

darn! another life's good thing been taken away..

by:sleep-deprived medical student....

waahahahah..

its quite contradict though..

living in a shared house with other medical students...i found out that me who claimed to be sleep-deprived is actually the one with most numerous sleeping time..

well..

sometimes..you felt that you had done enough...

but the truth is...

its not even starting how could you say its done???

dont be satisfied with what you have but wonder why aren't you be doing things that you haven't done..

but of course this only implies on positive attitude..

not necessarily to be a popular action...but something that you sure are ethically right...

Leisure

2008-11-15T06:10:00.000-08:00

What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

William Henry Davies, 1871-1940

nice poet and what a nice timing when i encounter it..

true enough..i dont even have time to stop and think what to eat today but i can just digg in the fridge and reach what ever i food is there..

the deadline is here..the exams are around the corner..

shall i stop to pause and rest for a while?

shall i take a break and reflect of what ever i did hours before..

or shall i just pause to take an empty glare outside the window..

in the end,

i shall just sigh cause thats all i can do..

stopping is something i could never think of as time is running while i'm still walking..

2008-10-23T07:20:00.000-07:00

Persons suffering from mental disabilities

are particularly vulnerable to discrimination.

Not only does this impact negatively on their

ability to access appropriate treatment and

care but the stigma associated with mental

illness means that they experience discrimination

in many other aspects of their lives,

affecting their rights to employment, adequate

housing, education, etc.

The United Nations Resolution on the Protection

of Persons with Mental Illness prohibits discrimination

on the grounds of mental illness.(19)

much to equal human rights heh?

there are feminisme,socialisme and etc..

but for those mentally-ill people..

there are those whom we care less..

is it because their mental state which draw away their rights as human..

if yes..then what defines human as human..???

is it the soul that contained within one's heart or just the brain enclosed in that empty skull..

DirEction anyone??

2008-10-03T20:53:00.000-07:00

i used the same transport to class day in day out...

using the same route mainichi..

taking almost the same range of time to get there..

almost always to pass that location at almost always the same hour everyday...

seeing almost the same scenario everyday..

not paying much attention is how i perceived the path i took..

not knowing the existence is how the people whom i passed by particularly sees me..

but somehow...that day came to be a history for me..

i was listening to my mp3 which obviously not an iPod..

i was acknowledge..

" ano..sumimasen.."

before i looked up..will it be a hot girl who somehow realised the time I'll passed by and wait silently for me but could not longer just wait??

when i looked up..

dang! crashed! ruined! everything just shattered into pieces..

there is an old uncle who wants to ask direction..

Lol...its not even interesting anymore and how could i not be able to differentiate a guys voice and a girl's..

aa'aah..

maybe I'm spending less and less time with human till i nearly forgot that important thing..

the next day i was stop again..

an old lady who ask me for direction still..

the next day..

i stop myself to ask an uncle whom seems a bit lost..

3 consecutive events??

it made me wonder..there are big signboard at almost every turn..

illiteracy...???

maybe that's for an older generation who had the disadvantage of cant afford an education before..

pity them...

but yet..among those who know how to read..

sometimes there got lost to..

pseudo-illiteracy???

or just the way of not wanting to understand things written..

either way,,

if you don't follow the guided pathway..

guess you'll get lost no matter where you are..

neither the literacy nor the directions are important..

its yourself who walk the feet that count...

reading

2008-09-22T21:45:00.000-07:00

ever felt like

'the more i read...the 'dumb'er i felt....'

especially studying after examination....

aark..i did a huge mistake when answering the question..

how nice of the examiner of not laughing to my stupid mistakes...

baka ney? watashi..

well there are times u'll do mistakes..

thats normal for human being right??

but u could be really baka if you aren't learning after the incident...

thus..

reflecting and learning i shall in order to keep on moving...

i'll never regret my mistakes but regret i shall if i keep on doing the same mistakes and not moving on....

my vision....

2008-09-14T11:21:00.000-07:00

there are lots of things that you think should not happen at the first place..

there are lots of things that whenever it happen to you..

you'll think that life is totally unfair..

there are times when you feel everyone is against you..

you even feel that everything around you is not good enough and that you want to change everything..

everything around you..

well

had it ever come cross your mind..

when there are too many mistake..

who to be blame?

in this case...

who shall be responsible..

people and things around that for sure came in different forms and sizes..

or you who of course unique but you are something that is flexible in which you could change yourself to fit things around you..

lessons will only come for those who want to learn..

greatness will only be great for those who acknowledge the achievement..

thus..

mistakes or imperfection will only be seen by perfectionist..

if its too hard to change what revolves around you..

why not try to change the way you see thing around you..

at least thats the closest and smallest thing that you could change..

when you change how you see the world..

things that seem to be unfortunate before will be something you really appreciate..

so not hope for the world to be change..

but lets try to change how we see the world..

morning

2008-09-01T05:47:00.000-07:00

when you first awaken from your sleep early in the morning..

what came into your mind??

1) darn! i'm late... then you rush off to the toilet..

2) why are you up sun?? i want to see more of the moon..

3) not right now..not when i just had a sweet dream...

4) thank God i'm awake for another day..

or you dont even bother to recall whats on your mind that early because you know that switch to your head had not been plug in???

well..

matbe..its to lame to put an effort on what seem to be a tiny piece of unimportant stuff,right???

whats important to you may not be important to me and whats important to me may not bother you at all..

memory of what you felt after you awake may not be important to you whom had the ability to wake up almost everyday into a normal world..

possibly..it will be important only to those whom knew they'll faced a difficult day that morning..

possibly..it will be important only for those whom sleep is the saviour from the misery in this world...