Dear Sketchbook

SubhanALlah Allah All-Aware has given me the chance to blog again.

The last post was in February MasyaAllah! That is nearly a whole year gone..

Since I am separated from any lappy I though there was no way to blog again. After a brief survey of mobile Blogger Apps this morning, I chosed Blogaway App.

Influenced by my recent readings I just though I should start writing again. Another factor that I have stopped writing (on the internet) was I don't know why I hate to write on facebook! Maybe I'm not the exposing-all type of a writer haha.

Must improve right? Because I know I have to SPREAD THE DEVINE WORD!
Anyhow InsyaAllah I wish to take note of the recent things that influenced me to start again;

1.  We (Hubby and me) read a statement on Flip board about a well known artis or entertainer who wrote something like "hello blog goodbye facebook". This gave me the idea of shifting my dislikes of writing on facebook and start writing somewhere elso - my blog! Alhamdulillah.

2. Another thing was I have so many things lingering in this little head that Allah has given me and I need to spell it out! I am also motivated by  Strong Boy's new habit of typing his name everywhere, everything mobile and to everyone of his name.

Thank you Allah swt for every thing!

Kata Kunci:

1. Focus pada NIAT.

Jika niat kepergian Anda adalah baik maka kabar gembira untuk Anda dengan sabda Nabi Shallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam , artinya: "Barangsiapa yang berkeinginan untuk melakukan suatu kebaikan namun belum sempat menunaikannya maka Allah mencatat untuknya satu kebaikan yang utuh." (HR Al Bukhari).

2. Jenis-jenis Safar

Terpuji / Makruh / Tercela atau dilarang

3. Teman Safar

Lebih baik berkumpulan
Pilih teman musafir yang baik

4. Safar ke Negara Kafir

(Pendapat Syaikh Abdur Rahman Al Jibrin)

Urusan Hiburan?
Tujuan Dakwah/Taklim?
Bisnes?

Tempat yang seharusnya dihindari - dosa dan ikhtilat LP

5. Panduan ringkas

6. Musafir Rasulullah s.a.w




Kepentingan Tafakkur Alam


Muqaddimah tulisan Sy. Mustafa Masyhur
Tajuk: Bertafakkur Terhadap Makhluk dan Tanda-tanda Kekuasaan Allah

>> Perkukuhkan Ma'rifatuLlah sebagai Alat Pengubah

“Pekerja di stesen keretapi mengubah landasan dan laluan keretapi, bukan dengan mengubah dan menghalakan keretapi itu ke laluan yang dikehendaki, tetapi ia mengubahnya dengan cara yang mudah iaitulah dengan menggunakan “alat pengubah haluan landasan.” Dengan menarik sedikit “alat pengubah” tersebut, ia dapat mengubah haluan keretapi ke laluan yang lain tanpa bersusah-payah. Demikian juga hati manusia dan ma’rifatullah (mengenali Allah). Mengenali Allah secara hakiki merupakan “alat pengubah.”

Apabila hati insan mengalami suatu perubahan dari suatu keadaan kepada keadaan yang lain, diri insan itu juga akan berubah. Apabila seseorang individu itu berubah, ummah juga akan berubah. Apabila engkau inginkan perubahan, maka baikilah hati manusia dengan mengenal-kannya dengan Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala secara hakiki.”

(Dari kalam Al-Imam Al-Syahid di dalam Durus Al-Thulatha’)


Kita sangat memerlukan kepada ma’rifatullah yang hakiki untuk membaiki hati dan mengubah keadaan agar keadaan uinat seluruhnya juga berubah. Di antara apa yang membekalkan kita dengan ma’rifat ini ialah bertafakkur terhadap ciptaan Allah dan tanda-tanda kekuasaanNya di alam semesta ini, serta mentadabbur nama-nama dan sifat-sifatNya.

Kesimpulan:

Hikmah Kembara

verb (used with object), un·der·stood, un·der·stand·ing.
1. to perceive the meaning of; grasp the idea of; comprehend: to understand Spanish; I didn't understand your question.
2. to be thoroughly familiar with; apprehend clearly the character, nature, or subtleties of: to understand a trade.
3. to assign a meaning to; interpret: He understood her suggestion as a complaint.
4. to grasp the significance, implications, or importance of: He does not understand responsibility.
5. to regard as firmly communicated; take as agreed or settled: I understand that you will repay this loan in 30 days.

2. It's all about understanding.

-  Study - understand - can teach others.
- Knowledge - understand - can apply.
- .....

3. Kefahaman Islam

- Bermula dengan Asas, tentang hubungan pertama kita dengan Rabb.
- Article: Perjanjian hamba dengan Rabbnya, Pn. Maimunah Hashim


Points;
 
1. Fitrah kita untuk Mentauhidkan Allah SWT
2. Ciptaan Allah mengiktiraf Rubbubiyah Allah
3. Hakikat Iman, Tauhid
4. Fitrah Nurani = keadaan memeluk keyakinan yang lurus

Simple conclusion:

Alhamdulillah Praise is for Allah swt. who gave me the chance to practice this knowledge. The first time I heard about this was from my friends which was the clip from the Oprah show. That time Strong Boy as already a toddler with his own language that we both understand.

Now with the new baby Joyful Beauty,  I can try out this language. So far I can understand and respond to her needs of 'EH' and 'EAIRH'. Poor thing.. Wanna know what they mean? Let's watch these videos.

Lesson 1 - 1



Word 'NEH' 03:10
Word 'OWH' 05:10
Word 'EH' 08:10

Lesson 1 - 2



Solutions for
'NEH', 01:10
'OWH', 02:10
'EH', 03:48

Lesson 2




Word 'EAIRH', 00:33
Word 'HEH', 02:53

Solution 'EAIRH', 05:36
Solution 'HEH', 07:03

They also have a website here, DBL.

Notes:

Allah swt. loved him and called him back.

My beloved Father-in-law, Arwah Abah Ismail - Hubby's father - around Maghrib time on the 4th of February 2014.

Wish to record the memory here.

After Hubby's birthday respond message through Whatapps. His replies were:

"Aid ni buat mk sedih aje pgini. tu lah taggong jawab yg Allah beri, Alhmdllah Syukur Allah kurniakn mak abah anak anak yg brtanggong jawab .ALHAMDULILLAH"

Aid, Hubby's special name. Usually Mak Hajar calls Hubby with this name.

"Ngah abah hanya berharap angah mendoakan agar abah sihat dan dapat bertemu dengan cucu abah yang jauh. Sekiranya takdir menentukan sebaliknya pohon doakan agar amalan diterima Allah. Juga dapat bersama dgn anak dan cucu semuanya dalam keluarga bahagia. Pohon doakan"

'Ngah' name for second in the family, we are the Ngah family. Little Joyful Beauty is the granddaughter that Arwah referred to. huhu.....

"Begitu juga Eka sekeluarga dan Along sekeluarga pohon doakan kesihatan abah sebab akhir akhir ini kesihatan abah agak membjmbangkan"

"Cuma yang mampu abah mohon kemaafan dari anak anak semua andainya abah ada kegagalan dalam mambimbing anak anak sehingga tidak dapat meletakkan anak anak ditempat yang sepatutnya. Kepada semua menantu abah mohon maaf dan sekiranya ada menyusahkan sepanjang kita berkeluarga"

He has felt 'the call'. May Allah swt bless him always and accepted his repentance.

"Antaranya kanser hati dah tahap tiga . Buah pinggang . Jantung ada masalah. Dan bsdan makin lemah. Jalan tiga empat langkah dah penat. Makan tiada selera"

The asbab of 'the call'. waALlahu'alam.

I did some search of what can we do or help from far other than DOA. 
These were the results from Solusi Islam:

Kumpulan Doa
Hukum Ziarah Kubur 
Ziarah Kubur

Solusi Islam Label: Alam Kubur.


DOA DALAM SHALAT JENAZAH

 


“Ya Allah! Ampunilah dia (mayat) berilah rahmat kepadanya, selamatkanlah dia (dari beberapa hal yang tidak disukai), maafkanlah dia dan tempatkanlah di tempat yang mulia (Surga), luaskan kuburannya, mandikan dia dengan air salju dan air es. Bersihkan dia dari segala kesalahan, sebagaimana Engkau membersihkan baju yang putih dari kotoran, berilah rumah yang lebih baik dari rumahnya (di dunia), berilah keluarga (atau istri di Surga) yang lebih baik daripada keluarganya (di dunia), istri (atau suami) yang lebih baik daripada istrinya (atau suaminya), dan masukkan dia ke Surga, jagalah dia dari siksa kubur dan Neraka.” [HR. Muslim 2/663]

SubhanALlah they are God's precious gifts.
 
Juz 'Amma by Ahmad Saud
Background: God's Creation



Juz 'Amma by Muhammad Thaha Al-Junaid
Backgroud: Animation

Arabic Alphabet Videos for my little ones...

Huruf Hijaiyah





Huruf Hijaiyah (Beautiful Background)



A Ba Taa with Sofia and Rayyan




Puzzle



A is for Allah (Alphabet)



A is for Allah (Videoclip Nasheed)



Song with Zaky



Arabic Alphabet Dictionary

Ten Little Muslims

A basic maths Muslim nursery rhyme written by Elizabeth Lymer for Ilm Adventures


Ten little Muslims have answered Allah’s call
Five girls in the gallery, five boys in the hall.
After salah’s over, one girl and boy depart,
 
Eight little Muslims stay for dhikr from the heart.
Eight little Muslims have answered Allah’s call
Four girls in the gallery, four boys in the hall.
After making dhikr, one girl and boy depart,

Six little Muslims stay for du’a from the heart.
Six little Muslims have answered Allah’s call
Three girls in the gallery, three boys in the hall.
After supplicating, one girl and boy depart,

Four little Muslims stay to recite from the heart.
Four little Muslims have answered Allah’s call
Two girls in the gallery, two boys in the hall.
After recitation, one girl and boy depart,

Two little Muslims stay to go back to the start.
Two little Muslims have answered Allah’s call
One girl in the gallery, one boy in the hall.
After extra praying, the girl and boy depart,   
No little Muslims at the masjid after dark.

SubhanALlah! 
Today I found this website link and YouTube collection videos of Religious Nursery Rhymes.

Website Link: Elizabeth Lymer | Playing with Rhymes [LINK]

YouTube Collection, Elizabeth Lymer

Alhamdulillah, SubhanALlah and Allahu Akbar!

Praises be to Allah SWT, the exclusive Owner of the utmost Glory. Thank You Allah!
Allah swt had granted us the birth of our second child, our first mujahidah and the little sister for Strong Boy.

In the Name of God, Allah The All-Mighty.

Since staying here in the UK , I've been curious of the Days celebrated by the people here. Whether they are related to their religious celebrations or not. As practicing Muslims we should be alert and aware of their 'hidden agenda'. We should know what is good to be done or celebrated by Muslims as Islam has guided us.

For example, the previous celebration day here was Halloween.
Alhamdulillah, we had discussed in our Sister's Circle that it should not be celebrated by Muslims.

The link we were referred to was:
http://saifulislam.com/2013/10/persaudaraan-syaitan-bersyiarkan-halloween/

The other Days I searched for is the following:
(mostly from Wikipedia)




1. Black Friday

Black Friday is the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, often regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season.

The day's name originated in Philadelphia, where it originally was used to describe the heavy and disruptive pedestrian and vehicle traffic which would occur on the day after Thanksgiving. Use of the term started before 1961 and began to see broader use outside Philadelphia around 1975. Later an alternative explanation was made: that retailers traditionally operated at a financial loss from January through November, and "Black Friday" indicates the point at which retailers begin to turn a profit, or "in the black".

-- Ok just a shopping day.

2. Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving Day, is a holiday celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November. It became an official Federal holiday in 1863, when, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of "Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens" (-- Oh dear!), to be celebrated on Thursday, November 26.

Thanksgiving is one of the major holidays of the year. Together with Christmas and New Year, Thanksgiving is a part of the broader holiday season.

The New England colonists were accustomed to regularly celebrating "thanksgivings"—days of prayer thanking God for blessings such as military victory or the end of a drought.

3. Buy Nothing Day

Buy Nothing Day (BND) is an international day of protest against consumerism. it is held the following day, which is the last Saturday in November. Buy Nothing Day was founded in Vancouver by artist Ted Dave and subsequently promoted by Adbusters magazine, based in Canada.

The first Buy Nothing Day was organized in Canada in September 1992 "as a day for society to examine the issue of over-consumption." In 1997, it was moved to the Friday after American Thanksgiving, also called "Black Friday", which is one of the ten busiest shopping days in the United States. In 2000, advertisements by Adbusters promoting Buy Nothing Day were denied advertising time by almost all major television networks except for CNN. Soon, campaigns started appearing in the United States, the United Kingdom, Israel, Austria, Germany, New Zealand, Japan, the Netherlands, France, and Norway.

-- not so important I suppose. but a good intention. hehe..

4. Cyber Monday

Cyber Monday is a marketing term for the Monday after Thanksgiving in the United States. The term "Cyber Monday" was created by marketing companies to persuade people to shop online. The term made its debut on November 28, 2005 in a Shop.org press release entitled "'Cyber Monday Quickly Becoming One of the Biggest Online Shopping Days of the Year"

The term was first used within the ecommerce community during the 2005 holiday season. According to Scott Silverman, the head of Shop.org, the term was coined based on 2004 research showing "one of the biggest online shopping days of the year" was the Monday after Thanksgiving (12th-biggest day historically). Retailers also noted the biggest period was December 5 through 15 of the previous year.In late November 2005, the New York Times reported that "The name Cyber Monday grew out of the observation that millions of otherwise productive working Americans, fresh off a Thanksgiving weekend of window shopping, were returning to high-speed Internet connections at work Monday and buying what they liked." The idea for having such a holiday was created by Tony Valado, in 2003, while working at 1800Flowers.com and coined White Wednesday to be held the day before thanksgiving for online retailers.

Cyber Monday is also used as a marketing term in the United Kingdom however the U.K. is more commonly using the term "Mega Monday", instead, Germany, Portugal and France.

-- It looks like everything is closely related to Thanksgiving Day and Shopping. Hmmm..
 
5. Boxing Day

Boxing Day is traditionally the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradesmen would receive gifts from their bosses or employers, known as a "Christmas box". Today, Boxing Day is better known as a bank or public holiday that occurs on 26 December, or the first or second weekday after Christmas Day, depending on national or regional laws.

The exact etymology of the term "boxing" is unclear. There are several competing theories, none of which is definitive. The European tradition, which has long included giving money and other gifts to those who were needy and in service positions, has been dated to the Middle Ages, but the exact origin is unknown. It is believed to be in reference to the Alms Box placed in places of worship in order to collect donations to the poor. In ancient, pre-Christian Rome, Saturnalia was a Roman celebration during which slave owners would switch roles with their slaves. Gift giving was a part of Saturnalia and benevolence to slaves was a practice which may have influenced the later December tradition of boxing and presenting of gifts to people of lesser status.

Boxing Day is a secular holiday that is traditionally celebrated on 26 December, the day after Christmas Day, which is also St. Stephen's Day, a religious holiday. In the UK, Boxing Day is a bank holiday. If Boxing Day falls on a Saturday, the following Monday is given as a substitute bank holiday.

-- So is it OK to shop during this time??

6. St. Stephen's Day

St. Stephen's Day, or the Feast of St. Stephen, is a Christian saint's day to commemorate Saint Stephen, celebrated on 26 December in the Western Church and 27 December in the Eastern Church. Many Eastern Orthodox churches adhere to the Julian calendar and mark St. Stephen's Day on 27 December according to that calendar, which places it on 9 January of the Gregorian calendar used in secular contexts. It commemorates St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr or protomartyr.

-- Opps! on the same date! An obvious relation to their religion.

7. Christmas

Christmas is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ and a widely observed holiday, celebrated generally on December 25 by millions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it closes the Advent season and initiates the twelve days of Christmastide, which ends after the twelfth night. Christmas is a civil holiday in many of the world's nations, is celebrated by an increasing number of non-Christians, and is an integral part of the Christmas and holiday season.

-- Yes! InsyaALLAH we are informed right?



Only Allah s.w.t Knows!!

There are questions on whether or not we celebrate these Days. The big problem is when our children are told about these days and they are even special activities on these 'special' days. And another problem is hilarious sales related to them which we can benefit from.. Hmm..

My opinion is:

1. Preserve your intentions



2. When shopping - buy something not because of the Sale but because your really need them. Isn't it smart to plan you shopping and buy with a discount price?

3. Be alert of the issues brought by the Media.