Happy EidulFitri

As Salaamu‘alaykum and peace to all,

only few days left before we celebrate the hari raya.we ur now come close to the end of holy month of ramadhan, the month of blessing. it seem to me that, time is moving so fast,feel like only last few days we started the holy month n.perhaps, bcoz of busy with the worldy affair,assigments,studies, and everything make us feel time gone very fast.

with only four days left in the last ten days, perhaps we should take this opportunity not only to do ibadah but also to reflect whether ramadhan really give impact on our attitude or we ur still the same person as before ramadhan.ramadhan should be used as the medium for us to change to be a better person.no more bacbkbitting, lying and missed 5 daily players, cheating and now become more committed toward our live and religion, never missed prayers and becme more charitable and helpful to anybody.



i remember what i read from an article this morning,The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “If any Muslim comes out of Ramadan without gaining forgiveness and goodness, he is a real loser.” (reported by Ibn Hibban and At-Tabarani).the last ten days should be a time to perfect one’s fast and avoid anything that may break it. the last 10 days of ramadhan is a time to give more charity and to settle disputes and forgive one another. It is also a time for soul searching, evaluating one’s life, supplicating, and asking forgiveness. This should be done sincerely because if Allah accepts the supplications, the reward is the remission of one’s sins.

the last 10 days of ramadan also known for the i'tikaf,spiritual retreat.The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform i`tikaf in the mosque during the last ten days of Ramadan, barely sleeping during that time. I`tikaf requires a total devotion to Allah; it is a sort of vacation with Him. The time is spent worshiping, performing extra salah (ritual Prayers), reading the Qur’an, making dhikr (remembrance of Allah) and du`aa’ (supplication). One should leave behind the cares of this world, and even eat and sleep in the mosque. Those who cannot perform i`tikaf for ten days should try to do it for a shorter time, if only for one night or a day or two.of course the most important thing is Laylat Al-Qadr which occurs during the last ten days of Ramadanun.The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Any Muslim who stands in Prayer during Laylat Al-Qadr out of faith and sincerity, his previous sins will be forgiven.”unfortunately this year , i don't even have opportunity to i'tikaf in mosque as i have done last year.it is a great feeling to sleep in mosque where u can seen many people come from different countries and background for only purposes to they devotion to Allah. Some of the lecturers use to bring their children for i'tikaf and i can saw how happy the children playing around in the mosque.

anyway , i'm going back tonight for hari raya.ehmmm..i still have four days to spend the ramadhan with my family.n it is a great feeling....ya... a great feeling to sahur and break my fasting with my family especially my mother. Even though, sometimes the food is only simple, but because it is my mother's cook, the taste is always nice.




to all my friends, i wish all of u have a great hari raya n alwyas happy with ur family.

and for a sister which i always wonder, hope u always happy n perhaps one day u will know how great u ur in the eyes of mine. i pray u always be bless by Allah, what ever u do, where ever u go.

thank u...

::Posted by Faisal
::9:50 pm
::Friday, September 26. 2008

note: some of the sentences are copy and paste from IslamOnline.net.

Semangat Yang Hilang

As Salaamu 'alaykum and peace to all,

Entah kenapa sejak dua tiga menjak , saya betul2 hilang semangat...hilang semangat untuk hidup..hilang semangat untuk belajar...dan untuk segala-galanya..
Di dalam kelas pun,saya sudah tidak lagi duduk dihadapan, lebih gemar duduk dibelakang. rasa saya sudah kembali kepada sikap saya yg dahulu.soalan midterm yang dijawab untuk bebrpa subjek beberapa minggu lepas agak tunggang langgang dan inilah yang paling membuatkan saya betul2 rasa tak semangat.setelah berhempas pulas menghafal n study, tiba2 dalam exam , blurr, terlupa segala2 nya....huuhh.......
dan kepala saya betul2 sakit memikirkn banyak benda yang kadang2 tak sepatutnya difikirkan..tentang masalah politik yang masih tk berkesudahan(hampir setiap hari saya baca berita online; utusan,b harian, the star,harakah daily, malaysiakini.com-semua masalah politik ni betul2 membuatkan hati saya tak tenang),memikirkan tentang hidup saya , tentang perasaan saya yg kadang2 resah, tentang ketidakbolehan saya mencari sesuatu yang mampu membuatkan saya gembira.

sebelum puasa , sempat saya pulang untuk beberapa hari ke kampung menjenguk ibu yang baru saja keluar dari hospital.walaupun dah keluar hospital, tapi ibu masih lagi tak sihat, tangan kirinya masih tk leh gerak. kata doctor , sendi tangannya terkeluar sikit.Tapi saya rasa doctor memang agak teruk, lepas dah keluar, baru la dia cakap yang ibu perlukn pembedahan untk masukkan besi. memadangkan ibu tk ada duit and procedure untuk claim insurance pula agak complicated,jadi pembedahan terpaksa dibatalkn. now, ibu bergantng kepada perubatan traditional untuk nak pulihkan balik tangannya...tapi benda yang paling sedih ialah sikap father n brother yang nmpak seperti tak ambik kisah sangat. n last week, saya dapat berita yg memang agak meruntuhkn semangat saya, diorang buat perangai lama lagi,dan ibulah yang terpaksa menaggungnya.

saya betul2 rasa tak bersemangat ketika ini. masalah dikampung yang dah berlarutan beberapa tahun, keadaan ibu yang nampak semakin tidak larat,keadaan saya yng kadang2 rasa betul2 low self esteem,rasa yang saya tidak mempunyai kawan, yang kadang2 rasa diri ni tidak cukup hebat n baik, justeru membuatkan rasa agak tertekan .dan yang paling saya gelisah , ketidakbolehan saya untuk bergaul dngan baik dengan orang disekeliling sehigga saya selalu menganggap yg orng tidak menyukai saya termasuklah sisters dalam kelas yang rasa memang memandang negatif terhadap saya.

apa2 pun dalam keadaan tk semangat ni, saya perlu terus hidup.perlukan kuatkan semangat, tabah menghadapi hari2 muka yang belum pasti, kena selau berfikiran positif dan selalu ingat yang Allah akan sentiasa menolong hamba2nya. minggu depan ade presentation and assignment yang perlu disiapkan. dan paling penting tentulah quiz envirnmental and transport phenomena. lepas raya lagi banyak benda yang perlu disiapkan.


ya Allah, berikanlah aku sedikit kegembiraan untuk menghapuskan kesedihan dan kekecewaan yang menyeliputi hatiku ini.

Go..go..go..Faisal


::by Faisal
::12:58
::Saturday, September 20, 2008

Special Entry for September 11

As Salaamu 'alaykum and peace to all,

Today is September 11,a date that will not be forgot not only by Americans but also by the world especially by Muslim.The tragedy that has give effect to the muslim world. So today , i write a special entry , that have been written few years ago but now, i reedit and re post back. i'm sorry if my english is not good.

When we entered the 21st century, we were portrayed with the thing that should not occur in this modern life. When we talking about the advance of human being in all aspects such as material, intellectual, education and others, there are still some people who act as animal in this new millennia. This people always claim that they are civilized people;more advance that any other nations in the world and always want to create peace around the world. When they talk about peace, they speak nicely but they act totally different from what they said. They like crabs who try to teach their son how to walk correctly. They created the disaster in this modern time, war in Iraq and Afghanistan .The war in Afghanistan and Iraq told us that the war never be good and always destructive . At whatever reasons, war should be ovoid. War in Iraq had caused thousands millions of Iraqis life in trouble, some of them lost their beloved one, some of them disable for the whole life and many of baby have been killed even before they know that there are Iraq people. Many of Iraqis have killed during the war; some of them have been killed without reasons other than they are Iraq people. They were killed when the slept, when they pray, when they were at wedding ceremony, together with family and at any time were the invader soldiers want to release the plane missiles.

The war in Iraq gives us lesson how the civilized country like US can act inhumanly. They go around the world, promoted peace, but what they have done just created a disaster to the human being. If they want to create peace, why don’t they solve the problem in Palestine. The Palestine crisis has been last for almost half decade. During that period, many resolutions have been released but no concrete agreement has been achieved. When the suicide bomber attacks the Israelis, the Palestine people will be blame for not want peace. But they forget that who first started the crisis, Palestinian or Israelis? They said they wanted end the Saddam Hussein dictatorship and bring democracy in Iraq, but why don’t they do the same thing to other countries. Look at Lebanon and some countries that have rule by royal family. If there a are democracy in Lebanon , for sure sheikh Hasan Nasrullah, a Hizbullah leader will be the president because he got more votes than any candidates in election, but he cannot. Coz, you have to be a Christian to be a president, you have to a Sunni to be Prime Minister and you have to a syiah to be a speaker, so there no room for the sheikh Hasan Nasrullah to be a president. So why don’t US, who always claim to be “World police” come to Lebanon and bring democracy. But unfortunately, until now , they don’t do that.


When the suffer of Palestinian will end?

What happen in the Iraq and Afghanistan goes back to the September 11 tragedy in 2001. In the other words, the invasion of US in Afghanistan and Iraq and the war against terrorist, or specifically war against Muslim and Islam is a result of the September 11 tragedy. The attack of terrorist on the World Trade Centre has changed the world not only in term of politic but also the perspective of the non-Muslim toward Muslim and Islam itself. I still can review my mind on what happen on September 11 2001. In the early morning on 11, almost 9.25 US time, a passenger plane attack the south tower on the WTC. At that time, I still remember, I was in front of the television waiting for the world news to be aired on RTM 1. I was very young at that time, 14 and still study in form 2 in school but my interest to the global issues especially the Palestine issues make different from my schoolmates. Probably, I was a kampong boy but I have an international mind. In the class, when my schoolmates talked about new films, music, games, comic and other thing a teenager like to do , I just keep quit and show not interest at all. My interest only on what happen to the world, war, and political situation in other countries. Until now, I’m still the same person as I was at 14 and even become more interest to see peace in the world. Because of my interest on the global issues, it is become my habit to watch news even though it is only aired on 11 at night. As usual, on September 11, I was watching television while waiting the world news to be aired at 11 pm. unfortunately, a few minutes before the world news, suddenly there were a breaking new. I was shocked and thinking that if this breaking news takes a long time, I probably will miss the opportunity to watch a world’s news. The presenter started the breaking news by said the WTC has been attacked by plane. At that time, I blurred. I never heard about WTC before and to hear about that for the first time created my curiosity. From that moment, I noticed that WTC was a center of business not only for US but also for the world. It was one of the US symbols of civilization. In this tragedy, nearly 3000 innocent Americans unintentionally have killed and many more were injured. The first plane attacked a south tower at 9.25 US time and collapsed one hour later. The second plane attacked the north tower almost half an hour after the first attacked and collapsed after two hours burnt. Besides these two planes, there were another two planes; one attacked an US military administration building, a Pentagon and another one, crashed on the way to attack the Bush residence, A White House.

::Posted by Faisal
::6:50
::11 September 2008, before iftar,1429 Hijrah

My Favourite Songs

As Salaamu 'alaykum and peace to all,

Here are the two of my favourite song that realy meaningful to me. The first song, title Queen of the Land by Islamic Liberated Mind( 3ILM), a nasyeed group from Europe. This song about the important of hijab amongst the muslim woman.

The second song title Look Into My Eyes, by Outlandish, a nasyed group from Denmark. This song related to the Palestine issue.


Queen of the Land (Ft. D-Clique)
by 3ILM



Bridge:
(D-Clique)
Promises are never the same
you take yourself out of the equation
love, tears, and patience
trials and tribulations
with you we spread this message
we're defined by your presence
and your voice is a lesson
as you guide us to a greater blessin

Verse 1:
(Adeeb)
Your hijab is the chest and your beauty is the treasure
don't wear it for the people cuz they change like the weather
don't let them get the best of you and fall under pressure
just wear it for Allah cuz good deeds last forever
put your faith in Allah and everything will be better
and so i wrote this letter, i had to let you know
when you struggle for Allah your heart can only grow
put your life in slow mo, and ask yourself a question
is wearing the hijab a punishment or a blessin
and the troubles of this world
i know they got you stressin
but if you don't wear it sister go and pray
cuz maybe one day if you try you can make a change
you are the future mothers of the future generation
hold the ax to break the barriers that muslims keep facin
so sister sister you're the queen of the land
don't lose yourself you got Islam in your hands

Chorus:
(D-Clique)
Oh my sister please don't forget
your guidance is our blessin while your presence is our strength
you are the soul of all the land
your voice has been a sound of reason time and time again
and they might judge the way you live
but they can't see intelligence
just stay true to who you are
in your heart, in your heart

Verse 2:
(Sajid)
All some people wanna do is look, glare, and stare at you
rude and not fair how dare they be telling you
to confess that you're oppressed and your uneducated
cuz they say the way you're dressed makes you unliberated
frustrated cuz the word liberated shouldn't be stated
describing all these women who are raped and subjugated
still they think that you're forced and you got no voice
they think you dressing in hijab ain't your choice
lemme break it down all my sisters know the reason why
they strive to comply cuz they never defy the Most High
and your hijab, it looks elegant
but that's irrelevant i'll tell you what's evident
you rep for the deen
you never let social pressure get between
your tightness with the Lord that's what I've seen
the most respect sister you know you're down for the cause
and the role that you play
MashaAllha yall

Chorus:
(D-Clique)
Oh my sister please don't forget
your guidance is our blessin while your presence is our strength
you are the soul of all the land
your voice has been a sound of reason time and time again
and they might judge the way you live
but they can't see intelligence
just stay true to who you are
in your heart, in your heart

Verse 3:
(Aziz)
This goes out to my sisters whom i truly admire
your intelligence your mind and the modest attire
covering your beauty thus curbing men's desire
your confident appeal MashaAllah that's fire
your hijab your resolve your love achieved
your intellect, wisdom, never gettin deceived
the taunts the jeers the stares the lears
gain patience from Allah whom you hold so dear
despite insolence there's of disbelief and pity
you're the queens of Islam and that goes so fitting
front runners in leading the Islamic cause
and for that my sister you deserve an applause
pearls are hard to find and sister so are you
more precious than diamonds and you know that's true
stay firm and be proud of who you are
cuz you a true muslimah
Allahuakbar

Chorus:
(D-Clique)
Oh my sister please don't forget
your guidance is our blessin while your presence is our strength
you are the soul of all the land
your voice has been a sound of reason time and time again
and they might judge the way you live
but they can't see intelligence
just stay true to who you are
in your heart, in your heart

(Jawad)
and oh my sister please don't forget
that you're the heart and soul of all the land
and in your eyes we stay
in your eyes Islam will stay alive



Outlandish - Look Into My Eyes





Tell me what you see
You don't see a damn thing
'cause you can't relate to me
You're blinded by our differences
My life makes no sense to you
I'm the persecuted one
You're the red, white and blue

Each day you wake in tranquility
No fears to cross your eyes
Each day I wake in gratitude
Thanking God He let me rise
You worry about your education
And the bills you have to pay
I worry about my vulnerable life
And if I'll survive another day
Your biggest fear is getting a ticket
As you cruise your Cadillac
My fear is that the tank that has just left
Will turn around and come back

Yet, do you know the truth of where your money goes?
Do you let your media deceive your mind?
Is this a truth nobody, nobody, nobody knows
Has our world gone all blind?

Do you know the truth of where your money goes?
Do you let your media deceive your mind?
Is this a truth nobody, nobody, nobody knows?
Someone tell me...

Ooohh, let's not cry tonight
I promise you one day it's through
Ohh my brothers, Ohh my sisters
Ooohh, shine a light for every soul that ain't with us no more
Ohh my brothers, Ohh my sisters

See I've known terror for quite some time
57 years so cruel
Terror breathes the air I breathe
It's the checkpoint on my way to school
Terror is the robbery of my land
And the torture of my mother
The imprisonment of my innocent father
The bullet in my baby brother
The bulldozers and the tanks
The gases and the guns
The bombs that fall outside my door
All due to your funds
You blame me for defending myself
Against the ways of my enemies
I'm terrorized in my own land
But am I the terrorist?

Yet, do you know the truth of where your money goes?
Do you let your media deceive your mind?
Is this a truth nobody, nobody, nobody knows
Has our world gone all blind?

Do you know the truth of where your money goes?
Do you let your media deceive your mind?
Is this a truth nobody, nobody, nobody knows?
Someone tell me...

Ooohh, let's not cry tonight, I promise you one day it's through
Ohh my brothers, Ohh my sisters,
Ooohh, shine a light for every soul that ain't with us no more
Ohh my brothers, Ohh my sisters,

America, do you realize that the taxes that you pay
Feed the forces that traumatize my every living day
So if I won't be here tomorrow
It's written in my fate
May the future bring a brighter day
The end of our wait

(pause)

Ooohh, let's not cry tonight, I promise you one day it's through
Ohh my brothers, Ohh my sisters,
Ooohh, shine a light for every soul that ain't with us no more
Ohh my brothers, Ohh my sisters,

Ohh let's not cry tonight I promise you one day is through
Ohh my brothers! Ohh my sisters!
Ooh shine a light for every Soul that ain't with us no more
Ohh my brothers! Ohh my sisters!