The Powerful Surah Al-Fatihah - The Greatest Surah in the Quran

Assalamu'alaikum w.b.t dear akhi and ukhti,

brothers and sisters, fellow friends near and far =)

I think everyone knows the Benefits of Surah Al-Fatihah, you may google and have further reading on this matter.
You can try here too : LINK

However what I am going to share with you is my actual experience I had/have while reciting this Surah Al-Fatihah. 

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The absolute marvel of this Surah Al-Fatihah only Allah SWT knows.

I share my personal experience with having this surah read in a cup of water.

I dont like taking panadols. So what I did when I have a headache is I take a lukewarm water and read this surah..

Sometimes once sometimes 7, putting all your trust that only HIM can cure, not the surah or the water itself.

Read it carefully/slowly and best if you can understand its meaning =)

Drink it, Finish it. 

If you cant finish full cup then prepare only half cup..but make sure you finish it. 

Dont think how it works or whether it works fast/ slow..just leave it to Allah SWT..(Tawakkal) InshaALLAH, He will cure you.

For all you know, without you even realize it, it is gone. GONE, Alhamdulillah.

And I have done so much more ever since then. When I have headache, uneasy stomach or even sembelit (I had 3 cups or water after that oke)

If it doesnt work once, do it twice or thrice..until it is gone, InshaALLAH.

Try it to your kids, try it if you have internal problems..Drink it always, InshaALLAH, Allah will cure you.

'Sesunguhnya Allah suka kita kita memohon kepadaNya dan Allah suka kita bergantung kepadaNya.'
'Dan pasti juga Allah menyukai apabila kita sendiri yang meminta kepadanya dan bukan melalui orang lain'

Try it..and share your experience.  

To Allah SWT alone, the praise is HIS.

AllahuAkbar !

Hope you find it useful

Thanks for dropping by !
Have a bakarah day ahead yea =) 

Beautiful Recitation : Sesuatu yang menusuk Kalbu....

Assalamu'alaikum w.b.t dear akhi and ukhti,

brothers and sisters, fellow friends near and far =)

I just wanna share one of the most touching recitation which brought myself to tears.

Reciter: Sheikh Mishary Al-Afasy (My Favourite)

Surah Fussilat (Meaning 'Explained in Detail') 
Surah no. 41

Also known as : Ha Meem As-Sajdah

Ayat : 19-36

'Tears are prayers too. They travel to Allah SWT when we can't speak' 
-Anonymous

Program 'I want to touch dogs' - My point of view.

Assalamu'alaikum w.b.t dear akhi and ukhti, 

brothers and sisters, fellow friends near and far =)

Today saja nak bercerita dan memberi pandangan yang tidak seberapa tentang perkara yang sy rasa ramai tertanya disebalik program ini dan kesahihan bahawa umat islam boleh memegang anjing hanya kerana ia dalam keadaan kering.

Program ' I want to touch dog' semalam (18th October 2014) diadakan pada waktu pagi (8am to 10am) di Central Park, Petaling Jaya menarik begitu ramai umat Islam khususnya wanita untuk berjinak-jinak dengan anjing.

So when I know such event held, the first thing that came to my mind was:

1. Why is  this being held by the Organizer?

I understand that the event was approved by JAKIM and there were a few 'Ustaz' facilitating the event to demonstrate 'Samak/Sertu'.

Even curious to know more I digged further.

To my surprise the reason they did the event was as to make people (including muslims less afraid of the dog????

&*^^%$£"%

Quoted by this article :

" 'Four-legged friends helped close a cultural gap in Malaysia during a unique event that invited Muslims to pet dogs — some for the very first time.

The "I Want to Touch a Dog" event, held in Central Park in Petaling Jaya, attempted to dispel myths about canine cleanliness. Some Muslims believe dog fur and saliva is unclean, and prefer not to keep them inside their homes."

sumber gambar dr IKIM.FM (Facebook)

This is what I gotta say:

Sy bukan hendak berbicara tentang hadis2 atau hukum hakam yang sy pasti ramai juga yang tahu atau boleh mencarinya di buku2 atau internet dr sumber yang sahih. Tapi sy disini cuba utk mengajak kita berfikir sejenak secara logik dan ilmu yang ada didada, perkara semudah ini boleh jadi begitu complicated.

Apakah yang terang lg bersuluh masih lagi boleh dipersoalkan?

 Sedih sy melihatnya.

Islam tidak pernah pun mengajar membenci sesama makhluk baik haiwan mahupun tumbuh tumbuhan dan apa sahaja yang ada disekitar sebab ianya ada atas bersebab, baik untuk kita atau pun hikmah yang datang dari perintah melarang kita untuk kebaikan kita macam makan/sentuh daging babi, termasuk anjing.

Islam mengajar tentang Ihsan terhadap haiwan yang terlarang sekali pun WAJIB untuk kita tidak menganiaya apatah lagi mendera sehingga menyeksa haiwan tersebut.

Then kita kena faham juga perkara ni...kalaulah kita ternampak anjing sakit, anjing tersepit atau nak mkn yg sy tahu mmg kita kena tlg sbb ada diriwayatkn tentang seorg pelacur bg anjing minum..maka tak kirala siapapun manusia nampak haiwan yg susah wajiblah tlg. Dan dlm keadaan mcm ni kalau ada seorg muslim yg terpaksa tlg (sedangkn dlm keadaan basah terkena bulu/kulit anjing) jadi mcm mana dia nak tlg plak kan sbb Islam dh kata x digalakkn dgn anjing? Tp sbb ia boleh mmbahayakan anjing Islam menyuruh utk dia tlg tp lepas tuh ada jalan keluar utk dia suci semula iaitu samak.(muslim harus sentiasa dlm keadaan suci atas sbb beribadah cth kita solat 5 waktu dan juga berpegang kpd ajal dan maut ditangan tuhan (melainkan bukan pilihan muslim itu tidak mahu dlm keadaan suci)) .

Cube fikirkan, kalau dh kita saja2 usik sbb xnk rasa takut (which in the first place mmg xperlu takut pun sbb bukan Islam ajar tok takut anjing babi etc) apa RELEVANT nya hukum tadi sebab orang leh fikir 'takpela sentuh jela nnt leh samak'?

Bagi sy lebih baik anjurkan program 'how to save animal' ke etc yg lebih jelas maksud dan niat drpd program 'I want to touch dog' yg mcm mmg diniatkn utk sentuh anjing atas sengaja...Ini pandangan sy yg daif sekadar perkongsian ..

Ustaz Fathul Bari juga turut tidak bersetuju...

Ustaz Kazim juga mengeluarkan pandangan di facebooknya pagi td.

Hormat anjing tu sbg salah satu makhluk Allah, puji dan bersyukur atas kewujudan dan sifatnya, jgn buat jahat pd golongannya, n jaga batas2 dengannya dah cukup.. Tu pun dah dapat pahala alhamdulillah..bukannya terang2 mencabar hukum Allah! 

Apakah umat Islam sendiri secara terbuka ingin mencabar apa yang telah Allah SWT tetapkan? Meletakkan Islam itu terlalu hina sehingga perkara ini membawa perbalahan pendapat sesama Islam? Apa tujuan semua ini sekiranya ianya lebih byk mengundang keburukan drpd kebaikan???

Sekadar renungan semoga isu ini membuka dada dan mengajak kita balik kepada yang Esa.

**Org islam bukan takut Anjing atau babi..kalau takut pun sbb tak reti samak atau mmg jenis takut anjing gigit...apatah lg kalau org beribadah dia sentiasa ingin dalm keadaan suci selalu..

Hope this changes your perception..

Thursday Reminder : To always be Grateful

Assalamu'alaikum w.b.t dear akhi and ukhti, 

brothers and sisters, fellow friends near and far =)

How's Thursday for a start? Have you taken your lunch?

Hope all is well with you and beloved families.

I just wanna share which I learned about these 2 verses from Surah Yunus Ayat 12 and 19.

@photo by farah

It's amazing sometimes to see how many human beings, never take a moment to feel and breathe the air, watch the sun rising, clouds dispersing, birds singing/chirping etc. We fail to take such moments to thought or heart, and to thank our creator for placing it there for our sight, our wonder. 

Perhaps one day when it is gone, we totally forgot how it feels to have one before..

I think in this fast pace life and environment where money and material are much important, we lack and at a point lost the whole connection once we had with Allah SWT ever since we are young.

But when obstacles or calamity or even problems come knocking at our doors, we supplicate and pray so that He takes it away..but what about after that?

Are we being grateful these days?

Are we putting this living + business of this worldly life a reason not to do HIS commands?

Maybe we should altogether take a step back, 

take this weekend to think and be grateful...

and consistently make supplication and prayers...

For this 2014 has been a real challenge to us all...and indeed it is a sign for us to get together as 1 ummah.

Just like this Surah Yunus clearly states that we are all as 1 :

@photo by farah

Thanks for dropping by !
Have a bakarah day ahead yea =) 

My Words : Lovers Under the Sky

Lovers under the Sky

We are born lovers,
Before we lost our hearts,

Denying The Creator.

@farah, Oct 2014

Wukuf Di Arafah : 9 Zulhijjah yang penuh bermakna

Assalamu'alaikum w.b.t dear akhi and ukhti, 

brothers and sisters, fellow friends near and far =)

Hope all of us are having a barakah Friday, whatever you have planned Allah SWT permits it, and hope all when on smoothly.

Well this month of Zulhijjah really special to most of us, muslims around the globe. Especially those who are performing the Hajj.

I am glad Allah SWT gives me the direction, well of course HE had open my heart in the first place so that I may turn back to him stronger than before. 

I am not pious, even far from being pious but I am just someone who is willing to share all that I have.

So in this beautiful day and I would consider one of the important day as a muslim, let me share some Infographics of this Special month.

So sacred are the first ten days of Zulhijjah that Allah SWT swears an oath by them when He (SWT) says in the Quran: 

وَالْفَجْرِ وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ 

"By the dawn; by the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Zulhîjjah)" 

(Surah al-Fajr 89:1-2)

Oct 4th 2014 (Malaysia), Oct 3rd 2014 in Mecca: Day of Arafat. “There is no day on which Allah frees more people from the Fire than the day of Arafat. He comes close and expresses His pride to the angels saying, ‘What do these people (the Hajis) want?’” ~prophet (pbuh)[Saheeh Muslim]

So take you time these 2 days to do more Ibadah with pure sincerity just for the sake of Allah SWT.

We never know if we are able to see Zulhijjah again next year.

Definitely this year's Zulhijjah will never be the same as the one coming next year.

We work 24hours for our own selfish desire, just this days take your time alone to talk to Allah SWT for Allah SWT loves all of His creation dearly.

May all of our prayers and dua be heard and materialized...InshaALLAH.

Have faith in Allah SWT for he NEVER broke a single promise. 

He only takes the bad and gives the Best to Us.

For t hose who are fasting today and tomorrow may you be rewarded handsomely by the Lord Almighty, InshaALLAH dan Selamat Berpuasa =) 

Amin Ya Rabbal Alamin.

Happy Eid Al-Adha in advance darlings !!! 

My Words : Hati Gelap

Hati Gelap

Cahaya dimana-mana, 

Tapi cahaya yang satu,

Sukar dicari,

Sekalipun dengan mata yang celik.

Sebab itu orang kata;

Hati Gelap.

farah@Oct2014

My Words : Missing You

Missing You

I left,

I went astray,

In the journey to the realm of desires,

Then I realized,

I have forgotten,

You were there all along.

farah@Oct 2014

DIY Terrarium; Simple Quick Info How-To !

Assalamu'alaikum w.b.t dear akhi and ukhti, 

brothers and sisters, fellow friends near and far =)

Today I thought I wanna share on my DIY Terrarium.

My new found passion ever since I started off my 'Leafy Green' area in my house a couple of months ago.

To me, Terrarium is so practical to have it in your house. Especially when you dont have your own backyard or balcony of some sort to grow plants.

The ingredients looks simple, but to be finding it might take some effort.

Any nursery selling potted plants should be able to provide you. 

What you need : 

a) 1 unit of glass bowl of any shape you desire.

** Make sure the glass bowl able to sustain the content inside, easy to maintain/ if you wanna add more plants later. You could also recycle any glass bottles or container that you think suitable for this.

b) Mix Gravel (small + big stones) or shells to be placed at the bottom of glass

** Good for drainage (water flows from top to bottom) just like how water filter works. Drainage layers help ensure excess water doesnt stay in the soil and cause the roots to rot.

c) Activated charcoal enough to cover the gravel at the bottom of glass.

**  Charcoal is an important element in a terrarium because it helps remove toxins and odors. If you don't have charcoal, you can still make a terrarium, but you'll need to to take extra steps to ensure your plants remain healthy and that the environment inside your terrarium remains clean and odor-free (unpleasant odor is a common problem in closed/indoor terrarium)

** You may also look for activated charcoal at the aquarium shop =) 

d) Dried barks or plants or mosses that completely cover the charcoal layer 

** This will act as a screen layer that keeps the soil (which you will put later) from clogging the drainage layers

e) 1-3 inches of potting soil. 

** After putting the soil, make sure you spray the soil with water until it is wet/moist but not water-logged.Never use beach soil as it contains a contaminants that could compromise your terrarium.

f) Some Living moss which you have collected or bought earlier

** Place the moss on top of the soil, pressing it down gently so it come in contact with your potting soil. Place it where ever you like in the glass bottle. Make sure when you take/buy the mosses are moist and in green colour. Not brownish or pale green. It has to be really green (mcm warna rumpai laut)

g) May add some decorations /figurines/ other living plants that can work well with the moss

** Make sure what ever you put in the glass container works and blends well together with the moss. You dont want to see some dead plants in it right?

Cactus/ ferns / Air plant is best choice in the terrarium.

TADA ! You just completed your Mission !!

Look at my Terrarium named ' Mama-Earth' coz she has a few plants in it. =) 

If you see on the left it was the first after I set up the terrarium, then after a week (on right) it starts to grow another. 

Yeay !!! It shows that this is working!

So why wait, get the materials and start the project !!!

Beautiful isnt it? Glass jars/ containers like this will cost a bit, but if you are in tight budget look for recycle glass. Different glass will have different portion of materials..so play 1:1 ratio.

HAVE FUN TERRARIUM-ING haha !

P/s maybe after this I will share how-to terrarium care =) 

Reminder 2 : Purify your heart with kindness

Assalamu'alaikum w.b.t dear akhi and ukhti, 

brothers and sisters, fellow friends near and far =)

Today I would like to bring you something which I personally think really affecting our life.

People's Perception + The Reaction

I am sure you have no idea what this has got to do with the quote I put above the  post?

You will see eventually when the lesson is finished.

I think I would be lying if I said I don't care about people's perception and reaction towards my daily life, coz in a way it is affecting my reaction towards these whole thing; LIFE

But as I grow older, trying to understand people and think further why this is happening...

I realized 1 thing.

You CAN NEVER change PEOPLE.

Kids, Youngsters, teenagers, old and folks...

Never.

Simply because their environment of up-bringing totally not the same as you even if we are walking on the same earth.

Even if someone claim that he/she understands you...they will never be able to understand 100% coz we are all running the same path but different shoes.

But at least people who try to understand you and give you comfort are the ones who truly care.

Due to these differences, we must learn that :

a) People has the right to say anything about you; you cant stop them 

b) They can pretty much influence you; be it in a positive or negative way.

c) They do not necessarily has to agree/follow you; sometimes you are alone in whatever you do or whatever that you stand for....

But you have to remember this too...In Islam, it has always never about how people treat you that is important, or how people perceive you and whatnot...

I remember this wise saying by Khalid Al-Walid r.a. -

 

"It is your scroll of deeds, so fill it with whatever you wish"

- Khalid Al Walid to the man who was insulting him.

and another one I got from web saying :

So Islam has never thought us to react in negative way to those who react negative to you or say bad worth to those people. We do not know why exactly people reacted such way, but as a Muslim we can only feel pity and sorry and return the way they treated us in the kindest way..if we fail/ cant do it then make yourself a distant.

Remember that the only one that you have to take care of is the relationship between you and Allah SWT. How they treated you or behave around you is totally between them and Allah SWT.

After all we will be judged based on what we do...not what others do.

When peopl give so much negativity to you, you can only rely to Allah SWT to take them away and always think that you have a choice to be affected by it or stay happy for you and for them.

It is totally your call and responsiblity.

What others do doesnt really matter...what matter most is what you do.

So before you start cursing/ judging those around you, think of why they did such think. If you cant get the answer it is sufficient enough to think good of them and leave them if they are bothering you.

Better still if you have a good heart, pray and make dua for them so that they may change..InshALLAH.

In Islam, we dont fight negativity with negativity...but kindness. It is all depend on how our heart can take it.

May this post brings benefits to those who need it.

Perhaps an eye-opener to those searching for Allah SWT's Nur.

Have a blessing and Barakah Friday ahead !

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Assalamualaikum w.b.t and Happy Wednesday !

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