AT LEAST...

assalamualaikum.

entri kali ini bilalsubuh amik totally dari blog kawan bilalsubuh, Muhsin namanya. Dia adalah pelajar architecture di University College London. Tulis muhsin...

kita selalu berselindung di sebalik kata-kata

"ATLEAST kita Islam"

"ATLEAST kita dah buat ibadah wajib"

"ATLEAST kita baca Al-Quran everyday"

dengan itu mata kita tertutup dengan kemungkaran yang kita lakukan

kerana Manisnya ATLEAST

kita lupa Manisnya IMAN

Kerana Manisnya ATLEAST

kita lupa tuntutan Islam

Kerana Manisnya ATLEAST

kita tertipu dengan Syaitan

Kerana Manisnya ATLEAST

Retaklah Akidah kepada Tuhan

boleh ikuti penulisan penuh beliau di www.m-muhsin.blogspot.com

memang menarik.

selamat membaca dan mengambil pengajaran....

THE TWO EXTREME ENDS

Introduction

Brothers and sisters,

Thanks for coming to our event this evening and I hope it will be a memorable moment for me and for you guys since this is the first event organised by the new committee and this is also the first time ever in the history of RCSI organising this Grand Iftar. We hope to get your continous support and participation in our future events, insyaallah.

Brothers and sisters,

Before I go further, I want to ask you a simple lousy question. I hope to get few answers and I do not expect to get the same precise answer. If I were to ask you, who is your enemy? What is your answer?

As-Syaitan is our enemy. He is our enemy since the creation of Adam a.s. He is our enemy that will keep influencing us on our day-to-day decision. He is our enemy that plant the seeds of hatred, laziness, greedy, selfish, jealousy and ziliions of other bad habits. And he is our enemy forever and ever. If you read the tafseer, in surah annas, you will know more who syaitan is. But, in our discussion today, let keep it simple, since everyone is tired.

Brothers and sister,

I have another question here. What do you think about syaitan, is he stupid and clever? And why?

Do not think that syaitan is a stupid creation. He is even clever than us. He was created before Adam a.s. had been created. He has more experience than us. He will keep chasing us wherever we go and he will never stop because he has promised to Allah that he will deviate the human from Islam and eventually to join him entering the jahannam.

Brothers and sisters,

However, please do not feel comfortable and secured if we you are now a fully practicing muslim. You observe you salaat, fasting, do sadaqa, charity, or even actively doing daawah. Because like I said, syaitan will not stop working. The will not take a rest. They will not keep quite. They will keep whispering to us until we have deviated from the true path of the Islamic faith.

If the syaitan not be able to deviate us from islam, he will make us ghuluw, which is excessive, especially in ibadah. He makes us performing the ibadah that is beyond the guidelines given by our beloved prophet a.s. which is most of the time are unnecessary.

Brothers and sisters,

I am saying this because now we are approaching another miserable time in our life, which is the examination. Because we are so afraid and so scared of the outcome, it is a fitrah for us to go back to our creator. This is normal because how good or how bad one is, if he is having hard time, he will beg his Lord, in our case, Allah SWT. It is not wrong. It is even better because we know that Allah is the one who will help us in our studies, during our time in the examination hall, and also to pass the exam.

It reflects our iman and our primary intention of studying, we are not a strong creation that will be able to determine our future by our own hands. We are a weak creation that is totally dependence on Allah. So, it is normal to go back to Allah when we are having a difficult time so that Allah, with his Mercy will help us to ease our burden and help us every single second in our life.

After all, like I stress earlier, syaitan is even a genius creation. He will make us excessive in our effort to be close to Allah, to establish our firm relationship with Him.

Refer to a hadith, narrated by Anas (mentioned in Riyaadussaliihin, Chapter 13, Moderation in Worship). (page 122 in Mubarakpuri’s collection)

Brothers and sisters,

I remind you on this topic because as I said, when we are depress and stress, we tend to do something that is out of our mind and does not make sense.

I still remember one story regarding my friend during my young and innocent secondary school time. We called him Micheal for unknown aetiology, but he is happy with that and make doa for him as well as he is going to be a qualified accountant very soon and hopefully he will be able to come to Dublin for his ACCA in DBS.

Prior to our SPM (O-Level) examination which was in the 2nd week of syawal, Michael fasted 3 months in a row without leaving a day without fasting. He fasted in Rajb, Syaaban and Ramadhan. But alhamdulillah he broke the fast everyday as usual.

The point that I want to bring to you guys is not the argument whether Michael is correct or not, but that was one of the example that could happen when we are trying to be close to Allah, to plead for his mercy and helps. May Allah accept his deeds and bless him in his life and grant him a big reward because of his effort. I miss Michael so much. We have not meet each other for 5 years but anyway, summer break is coming.

Therefore brothers and sisters,

In order to please Allah with our good deeds please do not be excessive. Be fair to your own self. Do not harm you body. If you cannot fast everyday like micheal did, try it once a week, make it as a routine. Then you increase it to twice a week as it is recommended by the sunnah. If you cannot do it, do not push yourselves. Do not harm yourself since to look over the compulsory things has a greater importance over the additional stuffs. However, please bear in mind that I am not discouraging you to fast, but do it according to your capability with the correct intention and a strong determination to steadfast, be istiqamah with it. May Allah rewards us by our effort.

I hope our interest in ibadah will not interfere our daily living. Because I have witnessed people who worship Allah excessively until they neglect their health, they neglect their study time, they do not have enough sleep, they do not take proper food, and if they are married, they often neglect their wives and children. Islam is moderate and easy, do not make it difficult and complicated.

Other than fasting, may be some us will do qiamullail, waking up at the middle of the night and plead to Allah for help and hidayah. This is excellence. Allah loves it. Allah said, he will fulfil any doa supplicated by his humble servant. But, again, please ensure that your health is not affected. Have enough sleep, and the most important is, do not disturb your friend who are sleeping in the same room or the same house. Or, you can invite them to do the qiamullail together and have sahur together. At the same time, you have strengthen the ties of faith between you and your housemates.

And people also like to do sadaqa. This is also a noble deed that is promoted in islam. But, again, do not do sadaqa until there’s no money left to sustain your life till the end of the months. May be you are thinking of being Abu Bakr during the Battle of Tabuk where he donated all of his wealth fi sabilillah. Here the deal is. Most of the time, prophet said to his companions to do sadaqa but leave a little bit for the family. But why Rasulullah accept the infaq from Abu Bakr? The scholars have agreed that the Prophet were very confident with Abu Bakr, will be able to regenerate his wealth and he will neither reclaim nor regret of donating all of his wealth.

Brothers and sister,

Just to make it simple and sweet, please do not forget that syaitan will never stop disturbing us. He either makes us not a practicing muslim or make us excessive. He is a clever, enthusiastic and non-lethargic creation that we should declared as our enemy. They are our strongest enemy as they are invisible to our naked eyes. Lets pray to Allah to guide us in every single action we take and may he accept our ibadah. May allah rewards us and bless us dunia wal akhirah. Lets pray to Allah to help us every single second in our life and also muslim around the world especially to those who are being continuously oppressed, in Palestine, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Thailand and many more.

Jazakumullahu khairan katheera

DAN RAJAWALI, TERBANG TINGGI

assalamulaikum semua.

sekali lagi maaf kerana jarang update blog. terpanggil untuk menulis sesuatu selepas tersedar akan arus perubahan yang berlaku kini. terima kasih kepada classmate, wong wei li, yang sudi berkongsi idea.

jika dahulu, masa bilalsubuh kecik-kecik, bilalsubuh tengok video (VCR), siap boleh record lagi. kiranya banyak la bilalsubuh record cerita sesame's street, flashman, maskman, doraemon, sailormoon dan jugak dragon ball. kiranya sapa yang ada player VCR zaman dulu ni kira maju la (ni apply untuk kawasan luar bandar di perlis sahaja tau). time tu tahun awal 1990an.

lalu, ada cd. tup-tup, keluar pulak dvd, sekarang blue ray la pulak. dulu time form 1, kalau sapa yang ada walkman tu, kira hebat la. tambah2 pulak jenama sony or panasonic. lepas tu, time form 4, tsunami discman la pulak. time tu, bilalasubuh selalu pinjam discman roomate bilalsubuh untuk dengar lagu2 rock kapak dan tak lupa, lagu2 omputih seperti the scorpions and the white lions.

these weere things which eveolved within 10 years ('94-'04)

tapi kesian discman, dia tak kekal lama. sebab time form 4 jugak sudah keluar mp3 player. time tu, bilalsubuh memang tak amik tahu pun nate gapo mp3 tu sebab bilalsubuh ada walkman, ok la tu. jibeng adalah antara pioneer mp3 batch kami la. 126Mb pon dah kira hebat. skrin tak kaler pon tak per. sekarang? i-pod!

that was 6 years ago, dude!

dulu time bilalsubuh form 1, ada sorang cikgu tu, nama apa ntah, bilalsubuh tak ingat tapi kitorang panggil dia 'waha' sebab katanya dulu cara dia gelak bunyinya 'wahawahawaha'. dia ni kiranya cikgu IT la kat skolah tu. waha ajar kitorang macam mana nak save-kan data dalam disket yang berkapasiti 1.4Mb kot.

time tu bilal subuh beli 10 disket, mahal pulak tu. tapi disket survive agak lama berbanding discman. dah lama sikit, keluarlah pendrive. kalau tak silap bilalsubuh, kakak bilalsubuh (dian farhana), menghadiahkan bilalsubuh satu pendrive apacer 126Mb sewaktu bilalsubuh di UTP (2006). time tu harganya kalau tak silap, RM120 kot. so expensive you...! terima kasih along. nanti aku balik malaysia aku beli baju kat hang!

that was 4 years ago my beloved frens.

tapi kini, 1G nyer thumbdrive orang boleh bagi free jer macam kat hospital bumon ni. lepas tu keluar la pulak external hard disc. external hard disc pertama bilalsubuh adalah berjenis IDD (bukan SATA yang murah tu tau). bilalsubuh beli time kat intec (2007). terima kasih kepada moh faiz asri kerana tolong pergi beli. 160G = RM 300. sekarang dengan harga rm300, dah boleh dapat 1Tb.

That was 3 years ago.

biar apapun kemajuan yang kita kecapi,
kalau pemikiran kita masih dijajah,
pemikiran masih jumud,
pemikiran kita masih sempit,
lidah kita sering bertikam,
selagi mana kita masih gagal berlapang dada,
selagi mana kita kafir-mengkafir, londeh-melondeh,
membuka keaiban orang lain,
masih kita amalkan rasuah,
selagi kita masih berasa selesa,
selagi kita cintakan dunia,
selagi hidup diulit wanita dan harta,
masih kita asingkan agama dari kehidupan,
selagi masih agama kita hanyalah rituals,
lebih teruk pula agama itu digunakan sebagai alat kepentingan diri sendiri,
selagi itu kita mundur.

benarlah kata-kata dr mahathir apabila ditanya tentang pencapaiannya. dia kata:

"lets the developments over the past 20 years speak on its own. however, not many people realise that i actually failed. i failed to change the paradigm of thinking among malaysians especially the malays. i have tried so hard, yet, i am not embarassed to say that, i failed."

mungkin sebagai penutup, boleh kita hayati bait-bait lagu dari M. Nasir ini.

RAJAWALI TERBANG TINGGI

Dengar gendang-genderang
Gema menghentam dada
Seluruh Nusantara
Rentak yang sama

Pergolakan drama manusia
Masing-masing mahu buktikan
Kuat lemah

Langit mana pun sama
Bulan pun redha
Sinar bumi ayahku
Dan ayahmu jua

Gugur daun
Di telapak tangan
Terpijak ranting di jalanan
Aku rindu oh! kampungku

Aku tak mahu dijadikan hamba lagi
Aku tak mahu dijajah lagi
Biar terkubur jasad terbujur
Tak rela aku berpisah
Dari cintaku yang satu

Dan Rajawali terbang tinggi
Rajawali terbang tinggi... terbang

UNTUKMU DU'AT

syukur kepadamu Ilahi
dengan izinmu kami disini
tidak kami berbangga diri
menyerah hidup sebagai daie

daie itu bukan gelaran
bukan juga beban
tapi fitrah hidup insan
yang mengenal kehendak Tuhan

menjadi pemimpin bukannya mudah
bila yang dipimpin banyak karenah
namun ini kukira amanah
atas rezekimu yang melimpah ruah

jadilah kalian,
pemimpin yang beraqidah mapan,
berakhlak ikutan,
tajam akal fikiran,
tinggi kesabaran,
kuat tubuh badan,
dan amanah dalam pekerjaan.

sungguh islam dibina atas hujah,
bukan taklid buta semata.

biar hidup tidak berharta,
tapi cukup bekal membeli syurga,
biar hidup dihina manusia,
tapi darajatnya tinggi disisi yang Esa.

sungguh islam bukan lemah,
islam adalah agama dakwah,
umat islam adalah qudwah.

tegakkanlah kebenaran,
walaupun ia tidak menyebelahi kalian,
berkatalah benar,
walaupun tidak dibenar

sedikit bukan bermakna kalah,
sedikit bukan bermakna lemah,
pelik bukan bermakna salah,
muda bukan bermakna mentah.

wujudkan suatu biah,
yang berpaksi Al-Quran dan Sunnah,
agar islam bukan lagi fitnah,
dan agama hanya milik Allah.

ikhlaskan niat ikut Rasulullah,
agar usaha dinilai ibadah.

rapatkan saf semangat jangan goyah
kota yang telah roboh harus dibina semula
jangan kau gentar pada bayang-bayang sendiri
di sebalik pahit getir kemenangan menanti

kemenangan itu sudah pasti
namun bila tidak diketahui
mungkinkah ia tujuh generasi
mungkin juga menuntut mati

mari disusun kaki biar rapat
agar ditolak tidak jatuh
angin ribut kekal utuh
patah sayap bertongkat paruh

kalau berjalan biar seirama
dibelakang mengejar didepan menunggu
kalau berlari biar bersama
agar terasa nikmat bersatu

medan kita mungkin berbeza
tapi tempat tuju kita sama
di cubit kiri kanan terasa
kerna dakwah ini KITA tanggung bersama.


-gembo, atas katil, 33 bishopsmede, 26 March 10-

AKU LIHAT LAYU DALAM MELAYU

Aku lihat layu dalam Melayu
Aku pasti bukan aku seorang sahaja yang nampak
Ada juga bercadang bertanya tuan punya
Tapi bercampur risau dengan tak tergamak

Nanti di kata tak bersyukur
Di kata tak sedar diri
Jadi aku menyendiri memerhati
Dan akhirnya mengakui

Yang kita sendiri membiarkan bunga raya layu ke kanan
Dan dibiar bunga tak cantik mekar di kiri
Aku lihat layu dalam Melayu

Tanah air kita yang punya kita siram kita baja
Tapi angin api kita lupa
Mereka merancang masa menjilat bangsa
13 Harimau bertukar menjadi mangsa

Kita lupa nenek moyang kaya raya
Jangan sekali- kali di gadai harta bendanya

Ku lihat layu dalam Melayu
Ku lihat layu dalam Melayu
Ku lihat layu dalam Melayu

Takkan Melayu hilang di dunia
Ya.Tapi apa guna tak hilang di dunia
Kalau kewujudan tidak dirasa

Petah berbahasa kudrat tak berjasa
Orang berbudi kita hanya tahu merasa

Selalu lari bila di rapat
Selalu malu bila soalan di aju
Selalu segan memberi pendapat
Rela mengikut dari meneraju

Belum nyanyi sudah bersorak
Suka berjanji dalam borak
Bukan kata tak ada otak
Cuma tak berfikir di luar kotak

Ku lihat layu dalam melayu
Ku lihat layu dalam melayu
Ku lihat layu dalam melayu

Aku jadi sayu
Bunga menangis dia mendayu
Mahu jadi cantik tapi ragu

Aku merayu
Bangunlah semula hidup kembali
Jangan tunggu matahari mati
Cepatlah mekar sebelum terlerai

Perjuangan kita belum selesai
Perjuangan kita belum selesai
Perjuangan kita belum selesai

DR. MAHATHIR.

AKAN KUCARI DAMAI ABADI

Aku cari bukan harta bertimbun-timbun,
Untuk hidup kaya,

Aku cari bukan wang berjuta-juta,
Untuk hidup bergaya,

Aku cari bukan kawan-kawan,
Untuk hidup sekadar berfoya-foya,

Aku cari mana dia Al-Ghazali,
Aku cari mana dia Al-Shafie,

Kita bongkar rahsia kitab suci,
Cari pedoman
Kita bongkar rahsia sunnah nabi
Cari panduan

Aku hidup kerana Dia Rabbi
Dialah teman
Dialah wali
Dia mencukupi
Aku hidup bererti
Menikmati damai abadi

Nukilan: Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi 2004

RCSI ISLAMIC SOCIETY AGM REMINDER

written by: bilalsubuh.

Introduction.

Brothers and sisters,

Whether we realise or not, there are some group of people who are crying for help. The group of people who are being oppressed every single second. The group of people whose their voices and hardships are not heard and seen. They become a defensive entity. Everything needs to be explained. Everything needs clarification. And guess what? They are our brothers and sisters who believe in Allah and admit that Muhammad is His Messenger.

That is our reality nowadays that we always forget. This is the absolute consequences when Islam does not have the strong say in the world. When Islam is no longer the Ruler of the World. When Islam is weak and divided. And when the Muslim ourselves are overwhelmed with the disease of the heart which is the al-wahn, the love of dunya and the hate of death.

Wake up brothers and sisters, wake up! Wake up and do something that will save us, our religion, our brothers and sisters all around the globe. And strive for the sake of Allah until there is no chaos and the deen is only for Allah. The empire of the Ummah need to be built again. It may take years, it may take centuries. It may take a thousand miles journey.

People say, the journey of a thousand miles starts from a first single step. After the Ottoman Empire collapsed, Islam is like being into its embryonic stage again. Islam is not recognised and seen. However, alhamdulillah, the Muslim decades ago realised that we need to restore the khilafah system and put Islam to the lace where it should be. And when we are born, most of us, in the late 80s, Islam has just on its baby steps. Loads of Muslim warrios had died and become syuhada/martyr to spread the deen of Allah. And it is our responsibility to continue their struggle, to uphold their vision and mission by not forgetting the Quran and Sunnah as our main guidance.

Brothers and sisters,

I am so sorry because I have dragged this reminder session to something irrelevant to our AGM today. I am not urging you to go out and blow yourselves. But I just want you guys to realise that when we say we are doing dakwah, we are not alone. Other people are striving, too. Spreading the Islam is a world-wide vision. We have a vision to change the world. To educate people about Islam and to restore the khilafah system. and as I said, everything needs to be started with the first single step. The steps are hard and full of tribulations. Our Prophet and his companions had gone through all of that. And even during their time, they were even worse.

The question is what has made them so strong, highly-determined to do dakwah even with the continuous threats by the Quraisy, Roman and Persian Empire surrounding them 1400 years ago? The answer is simple. It is because of the firm belief, their proper organisation, and their continuous effort. The three items are the requirements to ensure that a vision will keep moving and eventually be able to achieve its goal.

Brothers and sisters,

From the short history just now, we can draw a hypotheses that organisation i.e. working in jamaah is crucial. The other 2 are important as well but today as we are talking about AGM and the leadership changes, we will be more focusing on the organisation part. Insyaallah I will tell more in future ISOC meetings about these concepts.

Brothers and sisters,

It is crucial to elect person who can be your leader in this college. A good leader is a good follower, too. ISOC is our society. Everyone has a right to say something for the betterment of the society and the leader should hear. The leaders should response and treat everybody fairly. Verily, those who are practicing justice are those who are very close to taqwa. And verily, a just ruler is among the seven people who will get the shade of His throne during the day of resurrection. To become a leader is not an easy task. The companions refused to become the ameer, the governors because they knew the consequences.

However, as I said, the goals cannot be achieved if there’s no well-designed organisational structure. The companions refused to be because they are people who are better than them which is the earlier generation of Islam. But now, do we have choice? No we not. The responsibility has come to us. We are the agent of changes. We are the next generation, the exact copy of the companions whose Quran and Sunnah are flowing in their blood. Whose gonna be the next Abu Bakr? Whose gonna be the next Umar? Whose gonna be the next Uthman, Ali, Umar Abdul Aziz?

So brothers and sister,

Grab this opportunity to work for the sake of Allah in structured and well-planned organisation. Be involved with the socities events and support the new leadership as it is a good motivation for them to work harder. I hope the next ISOC committee is better than the previous committee. And you are the one who determine it. Every vote counts. Once you have voted, it does not mean your job is ‘khalas’. You have to be responsible for your vote. Support the new leadership and give them motivation. Lend them a hand even though they do not need it.

Sorry for taking a bit longer than allocated.

Jazakumulllahu khairan katheera.