Discover UUM 2016

I the name of Allah, the Most Gracious and Most Merciful. I this entry I would like to tell you about my beloved university, Universiti Utara Malaysia (Northern University of Malaysia). Year 2016 marks the prosperous year of Kedah, alongside with this university. The theme "Discover UUM 2016" is chosen for this purpose. The beginning phase of 2016 has made Universiti Utara Malaysia as the centre of attraction as this university gets more and more beautiful. The concept of "University in Green Forest" seems perfectly suited this university. The lush green forest of Sintok, The ostrich Farm, Deer Farm and the beautiful lake of Mas and Guthrie that can be found in here surely do described how close this university with the mother nature. The blooming Tacoma in this major campus also became the added value. I feel like I am in Korea instead of Malaysia. Here are some photos that surely won't be enough to describe the beauty of UUM.

The lush green of bamboo tree in area near the DTSO, we called it Pokok Buluh.

The main entrance of UUM

Near the area of Tasik Mas

The bird of Paradise in the Bird Park

Mimpi..peringatan buat hamba yang bernama aku..

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious and the Most Merciful. In this entry I want to talk about the miracle of dreams that had changed my life forever. That keep on reminding me of not to be out of the line when I'm about to do so. Well, I am just a typical human being! Back to the dreams. I know that those dreams aren't supposed to be told to others kata beberapa org Ustaz. But I decided to tell to my fellow readers here because I want to let you know that there are lessons that we can learn behind those dreams. Well, I write here with just one purpose , to remind us that Allah is the Only One who control us, the Only One that control our souls, in charge of everything. And HE always merciful and kind to all HIS believers; by giving the words of reminders,warning for us when we are far away from him so that, we realized our mistake and get back to HIM.. ASAP. By posting this, I don't have any other intentions. I am not the attention seeker okay. I don't want anything from you! Bukan nak menunjuk. Bukan jugak nak bagi tahu yg aku konon2 ada satu kelebihan atau apa sahaja. Again... I just want to share my experiences in having those "reminder" dreams yg memang sedikit sebanyak mengubah diri aku untuk menjadi insan yg lebih baik. And, sekaligus, pengalaman ini akan menjadi satu ingatan dan pengajaran buat kita semua. Tu je. I am not Yusuff, the Prophet that gifted by Allah with the ability to translate the dreams. I am not like that. I am just a normal human being.Full of flaws. A sinner. Alkisahnya, years ago in my early 20, aku pernah bermimpi berada di suatu tempat like a room, have a white curtain or tabir. Di sebalik tabir tu ada bayang2 sesorang yang sedang sujud. I was right at the back, behind the thin white curtain of the person who is prostrating himself to Allah and I looked around and I found a golden gate, the gate of Prophet Muhammad's tombs and Masha Allah. I woke up. Terkejut and tertanya-tanya apa maksud or mesej yg tersirat disebalik mimpi tu. And, I never tell anybody about it until one day I told my grandpa. And he said maybe its a reminder for me to be a good follower to our beloved Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. Okay.

Then, in 2013 came the second dream. I dreamt of becoming a dead body or "jenazah" in the white shroud or "kain kafan" and there were three men dressed in white robe. One man at the right side of my head, one at right side of my waist and the other one at right side of my feet. The men were reciting Quranic verse particularly in Surah Al-Hasyr verse 20, translated "If We had caused this Qur'an to descend upon a mountain, thou (O Muhammad) verily hadst seen it humbled, rent asunder by the fear of Allah. Such similitudes coin We for mankind that haply they may reflect." And I woke up in fear as I am the one who have been in the white shroud..ready to be buried. I trembled. I cried. I tried to think what is the message behind of that dream and I then looked and examined every letters or "huruf" in that Surah. I really studied the meaning. And right after that, I found out that I had wrongly read one of the verse of the surah.I left one letter un-pronounce. And the dream was a reminder/warning or "teguran" for me to read that verse from the Holy al-Quran correctly. On December 7, 2014, I dreamt that I was in no where, laid, in white shroud,in the total darkness and I couldn't hear anything and the only word I manage to utter before I woke up is 'Izrael', the Angel of Death. Again, I was in fear. I cried. I trembled and I realized that I've committed too many sins. Byk buat dosa. Terlalu ikutkan perasaan, abaikan suruhan Allah, dekatkan diri dengan benda2 mengarut. But I thanked ALLAH for giving me those dreams. From that, I can do check-and-balance on my life. From that also I can improve myself, cuba untuk menjadi manusia yg kuat imannya untuk menepis segala godaan Syaitan yg sesat lagi menyesatkan. Muhasabah diri jadi tabiat aku sebelum tidur, maafkan orang yg pernah buat salah pada aku. Aku perlu ubah apa yang patut di ubah untuk jadi hamba yang betul2 taat pada ALLAH. And to me, through the dreams we can learn something. Mimpi yg ala2 scary and boleh timbulkan kesedaran macam tu la. Bukan mimpi yang mengarut-ngarut mcm mimpi pergi shopping, jumpa boyfriend atau jmpe artis. Penah ja aku mimpi jumpa artis bebgai. Penah jugak mimpi suweet2 tapi aku anggap tu mainan tidur or khayalan minda semata. So kesimpulannya, sebelum tidur amalkan adab tidur baginda Nabi Muhammad S.A.W. Berwuduk, baca ayat Kursi, 3 Qul dan doa tidur. Mana tau dapat mimpi hikmah or peringatan dari Allah. Memang ada Ulama dan ilmuan cakap mimpi tak boleh dipercayai dan mainan tidur, mimpi dari Syaitan dan banyak lagi. Tapi, bagi aku yg tak penuh ilmu di dada ni, still rasa mimpi kadang2 boleh jadi pengajaran buat kita. Again, tak dinafikan mimpi kadang2 mainan tidur. Boleh jadi satu helah Syaitan untuk sesatkan kita. Tapi tu la...kena tengok keadaan and jangan jumpa atau percayakan penilik or peramal mimpi. Don't ever do that! Begitulah kisahnya..my journey to the dreamland. The scary one. The beautiful one. The tak tahu nak cakap la..Yet the dreams really taught me. Mimpi-mimpi tu peringatan2 dari Allah buat hambaNya yang bernama aku.......

Aku juga ingin berubah...

Aku sedang berubah sedikit demi sedikit tapi aku juga masih merasa diriku masih jauh hina untuk menyarungkan pakaian para isteri Rasulullah SAW. Aku ingin bila berniqab biarlah akhlakku, ilmuku, imanku, solehahku benar-benar berada pada tempatnya. Aku tidak ingin memakai sesuatu yg besar amanahnya pada diri sendiri, yg besar tanggapan orang pada orang yang memakainya. Aku ingin iman dan islam itu benar-benar aku faham.

ME~DIPLOMAT TO BE..

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim..

I don't know whether my dream would become a reality or not. But I do have a dream to be a diplomat since I was in form 5. Maybe because I got some relatives that worked with the Government and in Foreign Ministry and one of them is a Special Official working at Malaysian Embassy in United Kingdom, I feel more inspired and determined to pursue my ambition and prepared myself with as much knowledge and wisdom as I can. That's why I want to pursue my Master in Nottingham University (in International Relations). And, by looking at the critical and challenging world that we are living today, I feel that I have to do something. To give and to contribute something to the world for the sake of peace and harmony. If I were a world leader I would work harder to ensure peace and stability of this world. I would do whatever it takes as long as we can live in peace. More safer world than today. As an International Affairs Management student, I feel that we can reached the world's peace and stability if we are not kind-of-power-greed person. But in reality, peoples would struggle for power..hegemonic power, super power, veto power and so on. I TOTALLY REJECT THE VETO POWER. To me, all nations or states are equal. There should be no world's government to control this world like today. Like say, to ensure the peace, stability and safety to our nations; we want to establish a world government, it is okay. As long as the government consist with a very effective and unbiased ruler and policies..

Do You Know Who is Khawlah Al-Azwar??

In the name of Allah, the most gracious and most merciful...Today's entry is about one of the Great Women in Islam. Her name is Khawlah al-Azwar. She is one of my hero actually. I admire her a lot and I wish I could be like her. Here is the details about this great lady.

Khawlah Bint Al-Azwar

Khawlah was the daughter of one of the chiefs of Bani Asad tribe, and her family embraced Islam in its early days. Her father's name is either Malik or Tariq Bin Aws. Al-Azwar was his nickname. Her brother, Dirar, was the knight and poet of his tribe, and was well known for his wisdom. His love for his sister and confidence in her capabilities were legendary. In fact, the brother and sister were so attached to each other that she was his companion wherever he went. He trained her on all arts of swordsmanship and she became also a perfect knight. Besides that, Khawlah mastered the noble art of poetry. She was a brunette, tall, slim and of great beauty. Her name remained greatly unknown, until the battle of Ajnadin, not far from Jerusalem, where Drear lost his spear, fell from his horse, and was taken prisoner. She donned a male knight's attire, took her arms and rode her mare through the Roman ranks, using her sword skillfully against whoever tried to stop her. The Muslim soldiers, and their leader Khalid, watched her with great admiration, presuming that she was a man. The Arab Historian, Al Waqidi, narrates in his book "The conquering of Al Sham (Greater Syria)" "In a battle that took place in Bayt Lahyah near Ajnadin, Khalid watched a knight, in black attire, with a large green shawl wrapped around his waist and covering his chest. That knight broke through the Roman ranks as an arrow. Wondering about the identity of the unknown Knight Khalid and the others followed him and joined battle, Rafe' Bin Umayrah Al-Ta'if was one of the fighters. He described how that knight scattered the enemy ranks, disappearing in their midst, to reappear after a while with blood dripping from his spear. He swerved again and repeated the deed fearlessly, several times. All the Moslem army was worried about him and praying for his safety. Rafe' and others thought that he was Khalid, who won great fame for his bravery and genius military plans. But suddenly Khalid appeared with a number of knights. Rafe' asked the leader: "Who is that knight? By God, he has no regard for his safety!"

Khalid answered that he didn't know the man, though he greatly admired his courage. They were fascinated as they watched the knight appear with a number of Roman knights chasing him. Then he would turn around and kill the nearest before resuming his attacks. The Romans eventually lost the battle and fled, leaving many dead and wounded in the battlefield. Khalid looked for the knight till he found him. By then he was covered in blood. He praised his bravery and asked him to remove his veil. But the knight did not answer, and tried to break away. The soldiers wouldn't let him do that. And everyone asked him to reveal his identity.

When the knight found that there was no way to avoid that, he replied in a feminine voice: "My prince, I did not answer because I am shy. You are a great leader, and I am only a woman whose heart is burning." "Who are you?" Khalid insisted. "I am Khawlah Bint Al-Azwar. I was with the women accompanying the army, and when I learnt that the enemy captured my brother, which lead me to do what I had to do." Khalid ordered his army to chase the fleeing Roman Army, with Khawlah leading the attack, looking in all directions for her brother, but in vain. By noontime, the victory was decisive. Most of the Roman soldiers were killed. Knowing that the prisoners had to be somewhere, Khalid sent Khawlah with a number of knights to find them. After a hot chase, they managed to catch up with a Roman detachment that was taking the prisoners to their headquarters. Another fight took place, the Roman guards were all killed and the prisoners saved. In another battle in Ajnadin, Khawlah's spear broke, and her mare was killed, and she found herself a prisoner. But she was astonished to find that the Romans attacked the women camp and captured several of them. Their leader gave the prisoners to his commanders, and order Khawlah to be moved into his tent. She was furious, and decided that to die is more honorable than living in disgrace. She stood among the other women, and called them to fight for their freedom and honour or die. The others were enthusiastic to her plan. They took the tents' poles and pegs and attacked the Roman guards, keeping a formation of a tight circle, as she had instructed them. Khawlah led the attack, killed the first guard with her pole, with the other women following her. According to Al Waqidi, they managed to kill 30 Roman knights, while Khawlah was encouraging them with her verses, which in fact caused the enemy's blood to boil. The Roman Leader was infuriated by what happened, and led a detachment of his knights against the women, though he tried first to tempt them with many promises. He told Khawlah that he planned to marry her and make her the first lady of Damascus. But she answered him calmly and with great contempt: "I wouldn't even accept you to be the shepherd of my camels! How do you expect me to degrade myself and live with you? I swear that I'll be the one to cut off your head for your insolence." In the ensuing battle, the ladies proved their mettle, keeping their grounds for some time, encouraging each other and driving off the attackers with their long poles. Suddenly, Khalid and the army reached the battlefield. In the ensuing fight, over 3000 Romans were killed. The women who took part in the fighting were proud to say that Khawlah killed five knights, including the leader that insulted her.

In another battle, the Muslims were overwhelmed by a much bigger Roman army. Many soldiers fled away, but not for long. Khawlah and the other women met the fleeing soldiers, questioning their claims of bravery and forced them to return to the battle. The men were stunned when they saw Khawlah drawing her sword and leading a counter-attack. They turned their horses and joined the battle, which was eventually won.

One of the knights present that day said: "Our women were much harsher with us than the Romans. We felt that going back to fight and die was much easier than facing the fury of our women later on". Khawlah became a legend during her life and remains a legend till this day. She set an example to men and women alike that one should fight for what he or she believes in, and never accept defeat. Source: "Great Women of Islam" - by Dar-us-Salam Publications

Wasiat Buat Sang Puteri...

Kepada bakal2 pengantin dan diri sendiri, wasiat ini boleh dijadikan panduan dalam melayari alam baru yg bergelar alam rumah tangga. Semoga alam baru yang akan ditempuhi lebih indah dan kekal hingga ke syurga....Wasiat Ummu Umamah ketika mempersiapkan puterinya yang akan bernikah. .

'Kata Ummu Umamah,"Wahai puteriku, sungguh wasiat itu seandainya boleh engkau tinggalkan dirimu sehingga meenjadikan keutamaan dalam akhlak dan kemuliaan dlm keturunan, maka aku tinggalkan hal itu dalam dirimu. Namun ia merupakan pengingat bg yg lalai dan pengetahuan bg yang berakal...

"Puteriku, seandainya ada perempuan yang tidak berasa perlu kpd suami kerana kerana kekayaan ayahnya dan dia hanya memerlukan ayahnya, maka engkau adalah orang yang paling tidak perlu suami. Cuma,perempuan itu diciptakan utk lelaki, sepertimana untuk perempuan, lelaki diciptakan".

"Puteriku, sebentar lagi engkau akan berpisah dari rumah ibubapamu dan akan bertemu dengan org yg belum engkau kenal yg akan memiliki dirimu. Jadilah hamba sahaya untuknya, dan nescaya dia akan menjadi hamba untukmu".

"Wahai puteriku, peliharalah sepuluh wasiat ini,nescaya ia akan menjadi pengingat untukmu..... "Pertama dan Kedua, temanilah dia dgn sikap qana'ah (cukup) dan bergaullah dgn sikap mendengar dan taat. Pada qana'ah terdapat ketenangan hati, sedangakan pada sikap mendengar dan taat terdapat keredhaan Allah

"Ketiga dan keempat, perhatikanlah dan jaga deria hidu dan pengelihatan suami. Jangan sampai matanya terpandang sesuatu yg buruk pada dirimu, dan jgn sampai hidungnya terhidu sesuatu daripada tubuhmu kecuali yang harum dan wangi. Sesungguhnya celak itu paling baik, dan air mandian adalah wangian yg paling baik".

"Kelima dan keenam, perhatikanlah waktu makan dan waktu rehatnya. Sebab panasnya kelaparan boleh menghauskan, dan kurangnya tidur dapat membuat orang mudah marah".

"Ketujuh dan Kelapan, perhatikan orang2 yang disayanginya dan ahli keluarganya, serta jagalah hartanya. Kerana menjaga harta bererti menghargainya dgn baik. Sedangkan memerhatikan org2 yg disayanginya bererti mengurus dengan baik".

"Kesembilan dan Kesepuluh, janganlah engkau sebarkan rahsianya, dan janganlah engkau abaikan perintahnya. Sebab apabila engkau sebarkan rahsianya,engkau tidak boleh menjamin pengkhianatannya. Sedangkan jika engkau abaikan perintahnya engkau akan menimbulkan amarahnya"

"Kemudian puteriku...berhati-hatilah daripada bergembira ketika dia sedang bersedih, dan daripada sedih ketika dia sedang bergembira. Sebab yg pertama bererti tidak simpati, sedangkan yg kedua bererti merosakkan suasana. Jadilah org yg paling memuliakan dirinya lbih daripada sikap dia memuliakan dirimu. Jadilah org yg paling setuju dan sesuai dengannya, dan yg paling selesa bersama dengannya'.Ketahuilah puteriku, bahawa engkau tidak akan sampai dan dapat apa yg engkau sukai daripada dirinya, sampai engkau mengutamakan kerelaannya di atas kerelaanmu, keinginannya di atas keinginanmu, pada sesuatu yg engkau sukai dan kau benci. Allah telah memilih untukmu dan memelihara dirimu".

Lalu setelah itu, Ummu Umamah menyerahkan puteri kesayangannya kepada Ilyas bin Harris utk dinikahi. Nasihat si ibu dipatuhi dgn sempurna dan kedudukannya menjadi terhormat. Akhirnya si puteri berhasil melahirkan pemerintah yg hebat sebagai pewaris kepada Ilyas bin al-Harris.

P/s: Patuhilah wasiat ini, In sha allah, Cinta kita sampai ke syurga...

SUPERNATURAL TV SERIES...AND OUR FAITH..

SUPERNATURAL is one of the American series that I super super loved. I had watched the series since it first aired on Malaysian television channel (TV3) in 2007. And now, its in season 12 already. And, at this moment I still like to replay the series. I even watch SUPERNATURAL in the midst of examination week. Oh, what is happening to me? I simply couldn't let myself sleeping peacefully before watching the series for the zillion of times. Orang lain mesty fikir yg cerita SUPERNATURAL tu akan menyesatkan umat Islam, kerana cerita tu mempamerkan atau memaparkan watak2 yg menyentuh hal keagamaan dan kepercayaan terutamanya bagi agama Kristian dan Islam.ada ANGEL (malaikat), Lucifer (setan) bebagai. Angel pulak siap nk lawan Tuhan, boleh jatuh ke bumi la...huhu...Tapi bagi aku SUPERNATURAL cannot effect my belief system. It couldn't change what I believe, which is ISLAM. I just enjoy watching it. It makes my believe to ALLAH more stronger, firmer. I can differentiate and I did made an evaluation between the religion of truth( which is ISLAM) and Christian. Plus, I love reading about the comparisons of Christian and Islam and I reads a lots on other religions as well. Aku suka baca buku-buku pasal agama-agama yg wujud kat dunia ni. Antara buku yg aku pernah baca ialah JESUS: THE PROPHET OF ISLAM, THE JESUS YOU CAN'T IGNORE, THE ORIGIN OF MAN, SCIENCE;AL QURAN AND BIBLE, ISLAM: THE RELIGION OF TRUTH dan banyak lagi. Bible pun aku pernah baca. Tapi, bukan aku berpegang pada kitab tersebut..haya AL QURAN yg paling suci dan penuh hikmah bagi aku.. ISLAM jugak yg paling agung.. So, bila orang pandang serong kt aku bila aku cakap aku minat cerita SUPERNATURAL tu aku cakap je la "aku boleh nilai yg mana betul yg mana palsu, dan aku masih waras lagi nk percaya yg mana satu betul dan yg mana sesat"... Apa pon, SUPERNATURAL tetap aku minat. Castiel tu handsome kot..