SEEKING THE LIGHT

within our life, there are things that we can control, and things that we cant. Things that we can control is the one that we can decide. However the extent of the decision itself is limited or beyond our control i.e like an objective answer paper that only have A,B,C, n D. We only responsible to what we decide, we cant create an event, but we can choose the path to that event. For the things that are beyond our control, we should never worried nor we should be sad. Because, Allah planned the best for us, and if he try us with trial its the one that we can handle. If it is the things that we decide by our self, we may contemplate on the consequences and try to seek improvement. I believe, after we choose the most worst decision, what happen next is the most best event that may happen as the consequence of our decision.

do u think you are smart? Or talented?. Do you aware that each and every nikmah that Allah give, will be asked what you do with them.wether for fisabilillah or to do mischeive or being a vanglorius boaster.what has given to you is a rensponsibilites, not a thing to be boastful of. It is like a rich people, they will be late for paradise because the wealth that were placed by Allah in their hand during their life time. For me, it also apply to knowledge, healthy body, time, as all of these are more valuable than material wealth. Because of that, scholar would be among those who will be tormented severely if he hide the truth while he possesed the knowledge.the value of a person, lies not in his tremendous knowledge but his effort to emerge the knowledge into practicality. The reality that we need to digest is that time is life. Do you can buy ur life like a prepaid topup? No one will be given a second chance.this world is the place to beg, to ask forgiveness,to believe, there is no more deed will be accounted except for 3 things when soul is taken away from the body.wallahua'lam. May Allah protect my heart and your heart from kibr.ameen

One of the most prominent distinguishing features of the Muslim woman is her deep faith in Allah ta ’ala (the Exalted) and her sincere conviction that whatever happens through the will and decree of Allah; whatever befalls a person could not have been avoided, and whatever does not happen to a person could not have been made to happen. A person has no choice in this life but to strive towards the right path and to do good deeds – acts of worship and other acts – submitting to His will, and believing that he is always in need of Allah ’s help and support. The story of Haajar (Propet Ibraheem ’s wife) offers the Muslim woman the most marvelous
example of deep faith in Allah and sincere trust in Him. The Prophet Ibraheem (Abraham) a.s. (may peace be upon him) left her at the Ka ’bah in Makkah, above the well of Zamzam, at a time when there were no people and no water in the place. Haajar had no one with her except her infant son Isma ’eel (Ishmael). She asked Ibraheem, calmly and with no trace of panic: “Ha Allah commanded you to do this, O ’ Ibraheem?” Prophet Ibraheem a.s. said, “Yes.” Her responds reflected her acceptance and optimism: “ Then He is not going to abndon us.” Reported by Bukhari in Kitab al-Anbiya. [1]
Here was an extremely difficult situation: a man left wife and infant son in barren land, where there were no plants, no water, and no people, and went back to the distant land of Palestine. He left nothing with her but a sack of dates and skin filled with water. Were it not for the deep faith and trust in Allah that filled
Haajar ’s heart, she would not have been able to cope with such a difficult situation; she would have collapsed straight away, and would not have become the woman whose name is forever remembered day and night by those who perform Hajj and ‘Umrah at the house of Allah, every time they drink the pure water of Zamzam, and
run between the mounts of Safa and Marwah, as Haajar did on that most tiring day.
This deep faith and awareness had an amazing effect on the lives of Muslim men and
women: it awoke their conscience and reminded them that Allah ta ’ala witnesses and
knows every secret, and that He is with a person wherever he may be. Nothing gives a
clearer idea of the consciousness and fear of Allah at all times than the story of the young Muslim girl related in Sifat as-Safwah and Wafiyat al- A ’yaan, and
cited by Ibn al- Jawzi in Ahkaam an-Nisaa ’ (pp. 441,442):
“Narrated ‘Abdullah ibn Zayd ibn Aslam, from his father, from his grandfather,
who said: ‘When I was accompanying ‘ Umar ibn al- Khattab r.a. (may Allah be pleased with him) on his patrol of Madeenah at night, he felt tired, so he leant against a wall. It was the middle of the night, and (we heard) a woman say to her daughter, ‘ O’ my daughter, get up mix that milk with some water. ’ The girl said, ‘O’Mother, did you not hear the decree of Ameer al- Mu ’mineen (chief of the
believers – the caliph) today?’ The mother said, ‘What was that?’ The girl said, ‘He ordered someone to announce in a loud voice that milk should not be mixed with water.’ The mother said, ‘ Get up and mix the milk with water; you are in a place
where ‘Umar cannot see you.’ The girl told her mother, ‘I cannot obey him in public and disobey him in private. ’ ‘Umar heard this, and told me: ‘O’ Aslam, go to that place and see who that girl is, and to whom she was speaking, and whether she has a
husband. ’ So I went to that place, and I saw that she was unmarried, the other woman was her mother, and neither of them had a husband. I came to ‘Umar and told him what I had found out. He called his sons together, and said to them: ‘Do any of you need a wife, so I can arrange the marriage for you? If I had the desire to get married, I would have been the first one to marry this young woman. ’ ‘Abdullah said: ‘I have a wife.’ ‘AbdulRahmaan said: ‘I have a wife.’ ‘Asim said: ‘I do not have a wife, so let me marry her. ’ So ‘Umar arranged for her to be married to ‘ Asim. She gave him a daughter, who grew up to be the mother of ‘Umar ibn ‘Abdul-‘Aziz.’’” This is the deep sense of awareness that Islam had implanted in the
heart of this young woman. She was righteous and upright in all her deeds, both in public and in private, because she believed that Allah ta ’ala was with her at all times and saw and heard everything. This is true faith, and these are the effects of that faith, which raised her to the level of ihsaan (excellence). One of the
immediate rewards with which Allah honoured her was this blessed marriage, one of whose descendants was the faith rightly-guided khaleefah, ‘Umar ibn ‘Abdul-‘Aziz r.a. . The ‘Aqeedah (faith) of the true Muslim woman is pure and clear, uncontaminated by any stain of ignorance, illusion or superstition. This ‘Aqeedah is
based on faith in Allah, the One, the Most High, the Eternal, Who is able to do all things, Who is in control of the entire universe, and to Whom all things must return:
“Say: ‘Who is it in Whose hands is the governance of all things – Who protects [all], but is not protected [by any]? [Say] if you know. ’ They will say, ‘[It belongs] toAllah, ’ Say: ‘Then how are you deluded?”’
(Qur’an 23: 88-89)
This is the pure, deep faith which increases the character of the Muslim woman in
strength, understanding and maturity, so that she sees life as it really is, which is a place of testing whose results will be seen on the Day which will undoubtedly come:
“Say: ‘It is Allah Who gives you life, then gives you death; then He will gather you together for the Day of Judgement about which there is no doubt ’: but
most men do not understand. ” (Qur’an 45: 26)
“Did you think that We had created you in jest, and that you would not be brought back to Us [for account ]?”
(Qur’an 23: 115)
“Blessed is He in Whose hands is Dominion; and He over all things has Power – He
Who created Death and Life, that He may try which of you is best in deed; and He is the Exalted in Might, Oft- Forgiving. ”
(Qur’an 67: 1-2)
On that Day, man will be brought to account for his deeds. If they are good, it will be good for him, and if they are bad, it will be bad for him. There will not
be the slightest injustice:
“That Day will every soul be requited for what it earned; no injustice will there be that Day, for Allah is Swift in taking account. ”
(Qur’an 40: 17)
The Balance (in which man ’s deeds will be weighed) will measure everything with the utmost precision, either in a person’s favour or against him: “Then shall
anyone who has done an atom ’s weight of good, see it! And anyone who has done
an atom ’s weight of evil, shall see it. ”
(Qur’an 99: 7-8)
Nothing could be hidden from the Lord of Glory on that Day, not even if it were as insignificant as a grain of mustard seed:
“We shall set up scales of justice for the day of Judgement, so that not a soul will
be dealt with unjustly in the least. And if there be [no more than] the weight of a
mustard seed, We will bring it [to account]: and enough are We to take account. ”
(Qur’an 21: 47)
No doubt that the true Muslim woman, when she ponders the meaning of these verses,
would think about that crucial Day and would turn to her Lord (Allah) in obedience,
repentance and gratitude, seeking to do as many righteous deeds as she is able, in
preparation for the Hereafter.

(source : The Ideal Muslimah,
by Dr. Muhammad ‘Ali al-Hashimi…
translated by Nasiruddin al- Khattab …
publisher: IIPH,
Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia)

How much of us read the qur'an. I mean not reciting it, but read it with full of understanding and taking benefit from it. The book of Allah azzawajalla has being created to be a guide for humanity.had it being hard to understand it has failed it purpose to clarify the right path. But indeed theres ayah thats clear in meaning and ayah that vague in meaning. Allah know best the reason behind this. Should we not try to tafsir the ayah but only tadabbur since .its good to read the translation but i recommend tafsir.because the level of understanding is higher that way. we are also able to grap more stories behind the ayah. Like tafsir ibnu khatir, type:attafsir bi riwayah. Meaning its using hadith and riwayah from companions like ibnu 'abbas to explain the ayah.some time it explain the reason behind a certain ayah, futher discuss difficult words and much more so that when we recite we are able to feel the true meaning of the ayah and not come from our understanding that maybe influence by so many factor. For hadith, i prefer fathul bari'. But cnt find it yet. Heard of it but never read it.just need to be more careful.wallahua'lam.

no matter how much we try, how hard we struggle we can never change the fact that we can only be happy if we satisfied our fitrah. We can keep denying the truth of this, but until when? Until we are worn out by trying to fulfill the boundless desire? And in the end, at the verge of death only then we realise, the satisfaction of following our desire and lust is only last for a fleeting moment and we keep asking for more like a severely addicted drug addict. It had never being there,the satisfaction is just a deceitful illusion. we were in delusion of attaining happiness. What fitrah am i talking about? Its islaam. Allah created us, so its just logical for a creator to know exacty what we need. The quran is the manual, and rasulullah s.a.w is the living qur'an. He is the perfect example, a mercy from rabb al-a'lamiin. We shouldnt seperate the elements or essences of islaam, we shouldnt just worship Allah but neglect and abuse our relationship with human. All the elements must integrate to be a true servant of God. Only then, the heart will experiance sweetness that even last when hardship strike. For those forsake his desire to please Allah, he will feel sweetness in ibadah insyallah. Wallahua'lam

"one of the most profound learning of my life is this: if you want to achieve your highest aspirations and overcome your greatest challenges, identify and apply the principle or natural law that governs the results you seek."-Stephen R.Covey,THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE m/s 7.

"identify and apply the principle or natural law that governs the results you seek" I think this is the fruit and essence of this book or should I say "knowledge". How things going never change, what happen thousands of years ago will repeat the cycle again and again. If you throw a glass upward, it will then accelerate downward and then shattered to pieces. Through this observation, we identify that the earth has a invisible pulling force. Further, scrutinizing all the details we will come the conclusion that all object regardless of mass, will experience the same acceleration that is 9.8ms-2. Because all of these have become common sense, people lack of amazement towards all these phenomenon and forget to be grateful to God. However, when things going against the norm it will be the talk of the town. All this are also apply in our life. There are a lot of pattern to be identified, complex, and time consuming. Just after we sort out everything our life is at the verge of death. Time is not gold, it is incomparable to anything else but our life. Yes, time is life. All praise to Allah for sending His messenger to guide us to the truth, not merely in the matter of the unseen but also regarding the life in this earth. Should we not waste our effort but to follow the sunnah of Rasulullah s.a.w. If we delve deeper in the Sirah nabawiyyah the character of Rasulullah is so great that until all sort of people foes, or friends never cease to respect him. He is truly an example that should be followed.