I MISS YOU

Assalammualaikum Warrahmatullahi Wabarakatuh,
Hari ini, hari Jum’at, 25 Maret 2016. Saat ini pukul 23:20 Hong Kong (tai Wo)

Hari ini teringat Almarhumah Kakakku Virna Tania, beliau wafat pada tahun 2013 kalau tidak salah pada bulan Juni. Ketika itu aku sudah berada di Hong Kong untuk bekerja belum genap enam bulan, ya.. aku ingat betul. Saat itu belum genap enam bulan di sini, potongan gaji saja belum selesai.
Tidak ada firasat atau feeling sebelum wafatnya beliau, hanya saja ketika hendak berangkat ke aku mwrasakan bahwa pertemuan kami di asrama PJTKI adalah pertemuan terakhir kami. Malam itu sebelum kebrangkatanku, beliau datang ke sana bersama Mama, tetapi saat itu aku belum kembali dari penataran untuk calon TKI yang akan berangkat. Malam harinya Mama datang kembali ke asrama bersama keponakan pertamaku Sheva di tengah gerimis. Perasaan terharu karena kami tidak akan bertemu selama dua tahun.

Niat keberangkatanku hanya dua, menikah dan bekerja untuk membantu Mama, meringankan bebannya. Beban yang Ia tanggung sepenggal Almarhum Bapak sejak usiaku 8 tahun. Aku tidak banyak memiliki kenangan dengan Almarhum Bapak. Mungkin karena usiaku yang masih terbilang muda, atau mungkin karena memang hubungan kami tidak terlalu dekat. Tetapi, seingatku Almarhum Bapak adalah seorang pekerja keras. Mama sangat mencintainya. Bahkan aku sudah tidak ingat lagi seperti apa suaranya, gelak tawanya, aku sudah melepukannya.

Janjiku kepada Almarhumah kakak adalah membantunya memberi modal usaha warung makan, dan aku memang bertekad untuk itu. Karena beliau senang sekali memasak dan mencoba resep baru. Beliau seperti Mama, pintar masak dan masakannya pun lezat.

Kami memiliki hubungan yang cukup dekat, beliau selalu berbagi mengenai apapun yang Ia rasakan, apa yang ada di dalam pikirannya, bahkan tak segan beliau menitikkan air mata di hadapanku karena beliau menahan rasa marah dan kecewanya.

Ia adalah kakaku tersayang, yang gemar sekali meringankan beban Mama, mengurus keponakannya, menyenangkan hati setiap orang.

Dan tiba saat sakitnya kian parah, mungkin karena kami datang dari keluarga biasa yang mengaggap sesuatu bukan hal yang serius. Semakin hari badannya semakin kurus, aku tahu beliau menahan sakit. Tetapi tidak pernah mengeluhkan sakitnya.

Sampai saat ini pun aku selalu mengenangnya selalu mengingat suaranya ketika menjawab teleponku.
Setelah sepenggalnya, aku memahami bahwa betapa aku tidak peka atau bahkan tidak perduli dengan orang-orang di sekitar. Betapa berharganya momen kebersamaan. Dan itu tidak ternilai harganya. Menghargai mereka yang masih hidup di sekitar kita, menghargai perasaan mereka walaupun itu hal yang amat kecil.


Jangan pernah jauh dari keluarga, bersyukurlah kita masih punya mereka. Tempat curahan rasa, tempat kita mengistirahatkan tubuh dan perasaan kita. Bersyukurlah kepada Allah atas apa yang kita miliki saat ini. Itu adalah harta paling berharga. 

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Laziness

Bismillah...

Assalammualaikum Warrahmatullahi Wa barakatuh,

How are you today?? i hope all of you are in good condition, and in Allah protection. Actually I made this blog for sharing my Islamic studies in my sunday class at Serving Islam Team Hong Kong. But, I've became lazy to retype all the script (Astaghfirullah). 

Do you ever heard about it?? Laziness is a diseas, and we should against it. Islam is a religion who dislike laziness. Even Allah give us warning about this:

“And those who shall strive for Our Sake, We shall surely guide them unto Our ways.” (Al-`Ankabut: 69).

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to say, "O Allah! I seek refuge with. You from helplessness, laziness, cowardice and feeble old age; I seek refuge with You from afflictions of life and death and seek refuge with You from the punishment in the grave."

That is why we have to ask Allah's protection and refuge against it. I want to be useful person not only for my family, but also for Islam, for this ummah, I wanted help this ummah to establish. 

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Reflections from battle Uhud

Prepared & Presented by Jamal M. Ashraff


Preparation of Uhad
In the wake of Badr Event, Quraish was in common consent & started fresh preparations to launch an overall war against the Muslims in order to restore their blemished prestige & wounded pride. Mushiriks of Mecca were determined to crush the commonwealth of Islam once & for all. It was decided that the profits of the escaped caravan headed by Abu Sufyan, which amounted to 1000 camels & 50 thousand Dinars, should be devoted for providing equipments to the army.


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RAMADAN & AFTER

Muhammad Ali Diallo


We praise Allah (SWT) an abundant praise that He allowed us to live through this blessed month of Ramadan, that He made the fasting and the Qhiyaam (or Taraweeh) easy for us, we pray and hope that He will bless us to spend the day of Eid together with our families and friends.

The worship of Allah is not seasonal and therefore should be made an integral part of our daily practices.  These practices should not end with the month of Ramadan, instead they should carry on into the following months and we should stay firm in them. This standing firm should continue from one Ramadan to the next and be so until death reaches us because Allah (SWT) says And worship your Lord until the certainty (i. e. death) comes to you”. [Quran 15:99 or Al-Hijr: 99]. Allah (SWT)  says also :“If you avoid the great sins which you are forbidden to do, We shall expiate from you your (small) sins, and admit you to a Noble Entrance (i.e. Paradise)” [Quran 4:31 or Al-Nisaa’ 4:31].

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RAMADAN FOR BODY & SOUL

Diallo Mohamed Ali


Bismil’Allah wassalaatu was salaam alh rasulul’Allah

Know that in the fast is a special quality that is not found in anything else. And that is its close connection to Allah, such that He says: “The fast (Sawm) is for Me and I will reward it.”1This connection is enough to show the high status of fasting. Similarly, the Ka`bah is highly dignified due to its close connection to Him, as occurs in His statement, “And sanctify My House.”2
Indeed, the fast is only virtuous due to two significant concepts. Firstly, it is a secret and hidden action thus, no one from the creation is able to see it. Therefore showing off cannot enter into it. Secondly, it is a means of subjugating the enemies of Allah. This is because the road that the enemies (of Allah) embark upon (in order to misguide the Son of Adam) is that of desires. And eating and drinking strengthens the desires. There are many reports that indicate the merits of fasting, and they are all well known.

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