Because indeed, nobody has the right to bring your day down. Revive positivity always!
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Tuesday 28 May 2013
Sunday 26 May 2013
Behind The Scenes Of A Miraculous Irony
Assalamualaikum w.b.t
I remember the incident when I delivered her cake. I had trouble with the writing which frustrated me to the max. I couldn't remember how many times I scraped off the writing gel off the cake which made me a little late. Thank God I was asked to deliver it at The Curve which was so nearby my place. I drove the car to The Curve with my Mama and Imran and I remember I was in the parking lot and I was reversing my car and I was too gelabah tak tentu pasal that I accidentally bumped a car behind me. I was shivering in fear, dah lah lambat deliver lepas tu bang someone's car, what are the odds of bad luck. Thank God it was too minor and that it dint leave a scratch to his car or my car but in the end, the cake was delivered safely to Islah, the girl's name. Islah and I became instant friends after. We talk to each other once in awhile and been wanting to arrange for a proper meet up but time has not been that fair so far. In shaa Allah, soon I hope!
Genie In A Bottle
I have shared in an older post which I mentioned that I bake and that I am running a small humble cake business at home. Alhamdulillah, it has almost been a year of being in this very miraculous irony. From a gal from small who NEVER EVER did fancy cakes and she is now baking and creating a business out of it? Really? Allah indeed creates magic! I wasn't or still not a fan of cakes cause I did not like the texture of cakes and how spongy it feels in my mouth, regardless of how moist it can be. What are birthdays without cakes? Every year on my birthday, yes I insist on having a birthday cake on the table just because it is a tradition. Like I mentioned, what are birthdays without cakes kaaan? It completes a birthday photograph, I'm a girl and allowed to be vain of course hehe but the cakes were always for the rest but never for me. Anyway, in short... I was never a fan of cakes.
A year ago, as many of you know, I hijrah-ed and that was one of the biggest gift from The Almighty (Alhamdulillah) and after a few months, after getting a few things straight and adjusting to my 'new' everyday life He presented me with a gift. It started from a thought, a tiba-tiba wanting to try to bake and then He gave me the ability to. I still remember the first cake I baked, it was vanilla and chocolate muffins. I remember an old friend of Momma's who baked incredible vanilla chocolate chip muffins and they were amazing! They were moist and very vanilla-ish, it wasn't spongy, it was PERFECT! I called her for the recipe and she was kind enough to share and so I went the shop to get my ingredients and I baked and everybody at home started liking them and that inspired me to do more.
First attempt on chocolate chip muffin :B
First attempt on vanilla chocolate chip muffin
My 1st Exposure
I was baking my first attempt on chocolate cake one day at home and everybody seemed to like the outcome of it. I was so happy that it was moist and it was perfect in sense of taste, in sense of how it physically looked, well... tak cun of course haha ANYWAY! KakFa, my eldest sister was teaching in Sri Cempaka Private School last year and she brought some of my chocolate cake to school and gave some to the teachers and her students annnnndddd they loved it! I started taking orders and Alhamdulillah, I received a lot of them too. From Chocolate Cake to Red Velvet Cake those were the first two cakes I learned how to bake.
I remember how my first order from a school teacher from kakak's school. She ordered chocolate moist walnut cake and so I baked it BUT there were complications with the oven. Not so much of complications but I was such a noob back then and the oven wasn't something I knew how to handle. As I put my cake in the oven, I waited for about 30 minutes for it to set and rise so as I thought it was ready, I pulled it out and I noticed it was senget! It did not rise evenly and I baked a night before the delivery that my sister was supposed to take it to school the next day in the morning for the teacher. I was exhausted and me being me, sangatlah gelabah. I wanted to cry. Momma said it looked okay but Kakak said it did not look okay, I should reduce the price and Momma said its okay, its not that obvious so I shouldn't reduce the price. I was pretty bewildered and I was about to flip! So I ended up reducing the price. It was pretty hectic. I am a cepat gelabah girl, so impatient and baking needs U to be patient and ur patience is so well tested. I get really upset when my cake is not how I pictured it to be but it ended up okay. The teacher loved it.
It looked like this
My first cake out, Chocolate Walnut
And then there was the Red Velvet! I made cupcakes out of them
I loved how my cream cheese had that lemony spike to it but cheesy and creamy as well.
My attempt on my Red Velvet did not manage to beat the taste of my chocolate cake as the cream cheese overwhelmed the taste of the red velvet itself. I lessen an ingredient to my red velvet that did not give it that umph to the taste and the cream cheese gave more of an impact and that the cake itself did not compliment the taste of the cream cheese. After awhile, I started making some changes and adjusting flavors and ingredients and Viola! It tasted good, Alhamdulillah.
First Bazaar
Later in June, my niece who owned an online boutique selling muslimah fashion attires (Awesome shawls. I love everything that she's selling) Check out Aroush ! Anyway, she was joining a bazaar held in one of the mosques in Ampang and I asked if I could maybe join her booth and she said OK! So, it started from there where my exposure got wider. The outcome of the bazaar was very very overwhelming to me. Probably my cakes were not ALL sold out but I made profit out of it. I remember how that satisfactory feeling that I felt. Not only that I earned my own money with something that I was able to do and out of all of the possibilities, it was cake that I was able to make and more importantly, I knew this was a start of something great. It was great that I had all the help&support from my loved ones too. My mum, my siblings, my family and even my special man. Imran was there from start of the event till the end helping me out through the haste and the hot blazing weather, forever grateful I will be. The most overwhelming moment that I could remember was a few days after the bazaar, I opened the page of the bazaar organizer and a girl commented below a picture of my booth asking how can she contact me and so I quickly replied and gave her my contact details. I never knew someone would want to search for me and that my cake gave anybody an impact sampai nak cari the organizer page and ask for my contact details and how she can place an order. She called me after and she told me how much she loved my Red Velvet and that she really wanted to order a cake from me for her friend's upcoming birthday celebration. She ended up going for the Chocolate Walnut Cake.
Here's a picture of Islah&I at a recent bazaar I had a month ago. She came all the way just to see me and get a taste of my cakes which was so sweet.
And also, Kak Syazana. A follower on Instagram whom I instantly became friends with. She would come all the way for my bazaars more than once actually! I cherish these moments and meeting these amazing people is an absolute privilege for me. I wish I took more photos with more lovely people that I have met through out this journey of mine but bare in mind that I am very thankful for everyone's presence in my life, Alhamdulillah.
P.S: those are not her kids in the picture. Kak Syazana is still Single&Available hehehe
And also, Kak Syazana. A follower on Instagram whom I instantly became friends with. She would come all the way for my bazaars more than once actually! I cherish these moments and meeting these amazing people is an absolute privilege for me. I wish I took more photos with more lovely people that I have met through out this journey of mine but bare in mind that I am very thankful for everyone's presence in my life, Alhamdulillah.
Genie In A Bottle
An idea from my Mama's best friend, Aunty Rosmah who pitched me this idea of doing my cakes in bottles to make it different and also convenient for people who does not want them in a big portion of a cake and it's been incredible cause people love them! Great for gifts or small little personal events for a small group of people. I sell them with a minimum order of 3 bottles per flavor.
I cannot thank Aunty Rosmah enough for this incredible idea!
XOXO
My Personal Fav, The Instant Hit
I remember my first taste of this absolutely delicious cheesecake. It was Imran's sister's, Nadiah's Mars Bar Cheesecake that she was selling when we were participating in one of the bazaars that we joined. I remember how everybody loved the cheesecake and I so wanted to try but I did not get the chance to until when I sent back about two leftover tupperware of her cheesecakes to her and she decided to give me one. So, I went back home and gave it a try and it was so lovely. The taste, the filing, the texture, it was really really nice and that was my very first introduction to this superb cheesecake. A few months after, I went to Mukha a nearby coffee chill out place in TTDI with a good friend of mine, Fatin and my eyes caught the Mars Bar Cheesecake in Souka Souka Bakery's chiller! So I thought I had to have a taste of that again and so I did and then I decided that I should google for the recipe and try it out and so I did but I changed the Chocolate Bar into KitKats (I have now boycotted Nestle's products so KitKat is not in the cheesecake list now. Save Palestine!) and I posted on my Instagram and Facebook and it became a hit after. The first one to order was a follower from my Instagram for her office and then I have been receiving repeated orders again and again and again and AGAIN until Now. I gotta say, even for a girl who does not like cakes but this one is my own favorite! It's not baked but chilled and the taste is amazing. My personal favorite would be Snickers Cheesecake and it seems to be everyone's favorite as well. The combination of the chocolate and the nuts in it and the cheese and the chocolate sauce and the biscuit as the base is just PERFECT! Snickers really gives that 'kick' to it. Best part is, these cakes of mine has variety in terms where my customers (I hate using the word customer) can customize their own cakes. For instance, the cheesecake, they can change the chocolate bars into whatever they wish to for example, Twix,Toblerone,Kisses,Cadbury anything at all, U name it EXCEPT for Nestle's chocolates. They're encouraged to change it up, spice it up as I am very into things that are different and experimenting new things. Not just Cheesecake that they are able to change but also other cakes if they have an idea of what they want to add, no limits!
For this cheesecake of mine, I thank you to Nadiah&of course Souka Souka for inspiring this cake of mine! XOXO
First Attempt on Fondant
A few days before I received this order made by my aunt, MakChu. I've always wanted to get my hands on fondants and try it out it's just that I did not have the chance to and I heard they had techniques for fondants. Suddenly, Makchu asked if I could make 100 cupcakes for her Petronas event that was happening in the weekend so I took the chance and said YES! Only God knows I had no experience in fondants and I was taking chances with this. I really believe in taking chances, it's where U kick Urself to learn. So, I went to City Bakers in Kota Damansara. I absolutely love City Bakers. The workers and the owner are my friends now, they absolutely are so helpful with my needs and they give me good discounts as well as a regular (HEHEHE of course that's the best part!) I would really recommend bakers to try City Bakers to buy stuffs or to ask for information about cakes, they are very very helpful and informative. So I went there and asked, Kak Mira how to use fondants so I got my juice and tried it out. Makchu wanted two different colored balloons on her cupcakes. Seeing the picture U may think it's just a balloon and it's easy, UR SO WRONG! 200 balloons, was crazy! Thank God I had Momma. She helped me roll out the strings for the balloons and in the end, it turned out pretty good for a first timer. Delivered them out to KL and Alhamdulillah, received good reviews and that some was too sayang to eat them *blush*
Voila! My first ever name card! I posted out on my social networks and they loved the design of it! I absolutely love the spike to it. Imran and I worked out on the design but it was fully Imran's and Alhamdulillah, he did a superb job to it. I was satisfied with how it looked and the name and everything to it. Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, ALHAMDULILLAH! Seriously I never ever thought or did it ever occur to my mind or my conscience that I could ever own a business card at the age of 19 and start something with my bare hands. All Allah's. Indeed it was His magic and with His will. SubhanaAllah.
P.S: If U ever need a graphic designer, or a thing to design such as name cards, banners and etc etc feel free to contact Imran Yusof at : subpop100@gmail.com or PM him here Imran Yusof (All inquiries are only about business and nothing personal for I will hunt U ;p kidding )
Also, in case Ur not so comfortable with dealing with a man then U can contact my Aunt, Julaiza Ismail. She is also a graphic designer and she does amazing work!
Feel free to contact her here!
EMAIL: designbliss@artlover.com
HP : 0178777438
The theme was blue so blue roses it was for her! At first it was a challenge and as I went on, Alhamdulillah it turned great and my family was surprised with what I came up with. My eyes wanted to bulge out! It took so much concentration! But Alhamdulillah, it turned out great and the one ordered was so pleased with it and she told me that her mum and herself loved it so it was really overwhelming.
Presenting ' Farisya's Al Kahqa'
I then started thinking of names of what to call this small humble cake thing I'm doing. It has to have a name for it. I wanted something different. I wanted it to sound different from what others are calling their business. English is too mainstream. I wanted something weird as I am weird. I remember when I went to City Bakers they would always say "U, when U come here, U always buy barang pelik-pelik" Yes, cause I am pelik! Anyway, I wanted non of that delicious, or whatever baker, bakery this and that name. I wanted an edge to it. I started translating english words to spanish,french, itallian but it dint have that ring to it that I got hooked on. So, I asked my family on our whatsapp family group. Momma was listing out a list full of names that were really cute, we had a good laugh then my sister, KakFa who was then in Cape Town, back in her husband's place who suddenly suggested "how about 'Kahqa?" It was actually 'Ka'aq' which means Cakes&Delicacies in Arabic but Kahqa is like a bahasa pasar for it (many arabic students asked me this and wanted to make sure I got it right) and I started googling and my heart just was stuck to 'Al Kahqa' so we added the Farisya in front that became 'Farisya's Al Kahqa' well 'Al Kahqa' for short hehehe My last bazaar was coming up so Imran suggested that we make name cards so I could distribute them cause the last bazaar, people were asking how do they contact me and I started writing my infos on tissues! So to be more professional, Imran started out designing my name card and this is how it turned out to be!
Voila! My first ever name card! I posted out on my social networks and they loved the design of it! I absolutely love the spike to it. Imran and I worked out on the design but it was fully Imran's and Alhamdulillah, he did a superb job to it. I was satisfied with how it looked and the name and everything to it. Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, ALHAMDULILLAH! Seriously I never ever thought or did it ever occur to my mind or my conscience that I could ever own a business card at the age of 19 and start something with my bare hands. All Allah's. Indeed it was His magic and with His will. SubhanaAllah.
P.S: If U ever need a graphic designer, or a thing to design such as name cards, banners and etc etc feel free to contact Imran Yusof at : subpop100@gmail.com or PM him here Imran Yusof (All inquiries are only about business and nothing personal for I will hunt U ;p kidding )
Also, in case Ur not so comfortable with dealing with a man then U can contact my Aunt, Julaiza Ismail. She is also a graphic designer and she does amazing work!
Feel free to contact her here!
EMAIL: designbliss@artlover.com
HP : 0178777438
The Munchkins Of The Cake Family
Imran pitched me with this idea while we were buying my medium sized jars. He saw this small jar and told me it could be a great idea if I had a smaller sized one and I immediately said "Ok, lets try it out!" We went back to my place and after dealing with orders, I tried out making my cheesecakes in these mini jars. I tried only one and posted it on Instagram. Instagram has been such a huge help for me. Facebook was pretty slow but on Instagram my followers were starting to build up, Alhamdulillah and that's where I started receiving all this orders from people whom I dont know and started making new friends! So, thank you Instagram! Anyway, I put it up on my Instagram and asked my followers if they were interested in these mini sized jars. If they were, I was gonna start taking orders and then straight away, I received orders for these! Alhamdulillah. I love how I now have a variety of sizes that people can choose from.
Buttercream&I
Oh, my new love! My buttercream story... So, a cousin of mine which I now call her the 'Cake Decorating Guru' came over last week to teach me and my aunty Za how to decorate cakes. My cousin, Kak Iza has a bakery business that she's been doing for years and her work is amazing! Check her out and hit the Like button! JulizascakeeNcafe She also conducts cake decorating classes from fondants to buttercream, U name it. U can contact her there ;) Anyway, she started us with how to use tools and create flowers and this and that! Incredible things! Check out what my Aunty Za and I did.
Shoes I made from fondant. The structure of the baby shoes were actually different but it was so hard and I gave up so I made my own baby shoes! Melawan Guru, not something to follow! Lol
Lavenders on the sides of our cakes. Really pretty
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| Left side was Aunty Za's clown and the right was mine, the one with the sopan sitting clown ;p |
We covered from roses to baby shoes to clowns! It was really awesome! I really needed some guidance on decorating cause I gotta admit that I have a tad or no knowledge at all at cake decorating so having this opportunity with my cousin, Kak Iza was splendid for me. It also helped me cause my sister's friend ordered two dozens of vanilla cupcakes with buttercream frosting which she wanted flowers on top that weekend which was last weekend and look what I came up with on my own after my 101 Cake Decorating class with Kak Iza.
The theme was blue so blue roses it was for her! At first it was a challenge and as I went on, Alhamdulillah it turned great and my family was surprised with what I came up with. My eyes wanted to bulge out! It took so much concentration! But Alhamdulillah, it turned out great and the one ordered was so pleased with it and she told me that her mum and herself loved it so it was really overwhelming.
Truth is, I don't know how I did this or how I got this and what did I deserve to be receiving all this wonderful magic to be poured on me. I was one of them who received His blessings, Alhamdulillah. My whole life, I never loved cakes and this wasn't my thing at all and I never imagined it to be a thing of mine or having a business at this age was never in my thoughts but Hey Allah can give U anything and change U. I never had the passion for it but truth is, I already miss baking. I'm currently having a break on baking since I got fully sponsored to attend Al Maghrib's seminar on Fiqh of Da'wah, Alhamdulillah (Promise to write soon on this. A whole different story and cant wait to share!) which was last weekend and will continue another two more days next weekend and my sem break is ending and my third sem is commencing this week, so I have to get myself settled with classes and all and shall continue my baking and taking orders next week, In shaa Allah. It's been so great, a whole new wonderful journey for me. I somehow understand why this baking skill was for me, I am a girl with a tad of patience, very minimal. And baking, takes A LOT of patience! In a way, maybe Allah is making me practice my patience and bulk it up by this ability! Who knows? Wallhualam. I cannot stress more on how deeply grateful I am to Allah SWT and how amazing He has been pouring me with His blessings, Alhamdulillah. I secondly want to thank my family, Imran, my friends for helping me and supporting me through out. Alhamdulillah.
Al Kahqa has been doing really great, Alhamdulillah. My baking business is not entirely about money. It's the outcome of it which I deeply appreciate. The fact that from selling cakes is where bonds were created. The social network has been helping me a lot. New friends that were initially strangers to me became FRIENDS of mine! Silaturrahim was created and I'm just so thankful and I can't wait to continue and get to know more people. Alhamdulillah, I will be forever grateful. May Allah persist this for me and fill it with more good things. Do make doa for me as I will for U, In shaa Allah. Last but not least, Thank U for everyone's support especially to my instagram followers! May Allah shed blessings on all of U. Amin.
Maka dengan ini, habislah cerita panjang lebar about my miraculous irony story! Do check out my Instagram for photo samples of cakes/ my personal Facebook and also, click here Sisters In Hijab for pictures of my cakes but mostly my sister, Kak Jihan's collection of hijabs! ;)
Jazakallah Khayr
Wassalam
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Saturday 13 April 2013
The Inside Hurricane
Assalamualaikum w.b.t,
As a first year student of Psychology, I kinda feel worthless but at the same time anxious to speed up to learn more and understand more of how the human brain works and how feelings are developed. Worthless because I wish I could solve the hurricane in my mind. I wish I could understand how the mind works, I wish, I wish, I wish I knew what to do always.
Truth is, we don't even know where the mind is located. When someone asks "where is your mind?" it is a question that no one can even answer. It's been on debate for many years, yet no answer has been found so how really can U really understand the mind? I could read my Psychology textbook, I could memorize each word but would I understand myself better or others better? I could only try to understand the surface of how one feels, and when I truly have the complete knowledge, I could diagnose them with scientific symptoms but does anybody teaches U how to cure feelings? Broken hearts, or a journey that Ur not too sure of what is going to happen, the mystery that haunts you?
I feel like I have been given a mountain to climb, I wasn't that fit to hike up, it over whelmed me but yet, I trusted my guts to still go on and hike. As I climbed, I went through a lot of obstacles, but I faced it, something I did not imagine that I ever could. I still continued, I was tired but then I looked ahead and saw a place to rest, a place to catch a breather, a place that gave me a second to actually hope that I could reach the end but it only gave me a second. With no guarantees, I still climbed but I still couldn't see how the end would turn out to be, things were just too blurry. I was left scared and shattered and wondering do I climb down and give up but after all this time wasted should I give up now? Or shall I go on and 'believe' that I will reach the end? Will everything be okay? As a human, I wanted a guarantee to grasp on and that is where I realized, there isn't a guarantee. No one for sure knows what the outcome of a situation will lead to because we are not God.
They say, believe in Allah, hope, be positive, DOA and DOA. I have believed and I do believe in Allah, I have hoped and I still hope, I have doa-ed and still will keep on going on with my Doa but still why are these emotions and doubts of a certain matter keeps bugging me and my head? Truly because I was a human in need of a 'guarantee'. My peace was when people telling me that everything is going to be okay, they feel it's going to come out alright but none of them actually knows. Those are just words of calmness but never a guarantee. I have come to an outcome, that a guarantee is 'Believing' only in ONE, only in Him, Allah s.w.t. Sometimes it's hard, it is not as easy as it sounds like to Believe and submit Urself to Allah. There's when the syaitan comes, they whisper doubts, they make U doubt what U believe in.
We're just humans, we slip, we make mistakes, we often repeat the same mistakes over and over again but every time when U take a breath, remind Urself. Ask Urself, battle with the ones who whispers to U. I am only human, my iman is pretty weak and writing this, lifts me up from depression and refuels my beliefs, which I hope the ones who read, feels the same. Emotions are just emotions, U control them and U certainly control U. Ur fate is in the hands of Allah but what U believe in is also what U channel Urself through Ur own path and what may happen for U.
The ones who say "everything is going to be okay" or "everything is gonna happen and come out alright", they are not those who guarantees the situation but they are as means of Allah, tools of Allah to help U believe in what U worry about. When people embrace U with words of calmness, revive that they are not the ones who gives U guarantees but it is them who reminds U to 'Believe' in the One up there and they are the ones who refuels Ur beliefs.
A problem with myself is that I have this urge to fix things, to always wanting to do something about a situation immediately. Yes, I am a Miss Fix It. I do things and say things hastily in thought to fix but who really am I? I often forget to submit myself and turn to Allah and leave my problems to Allah. I often guide myself and forget God when I know Allah will find a way out for me and I know I would end up fixing it but in the right way. My brother in law and I had a conversation a month back that made me realize certain issues with myself and that I can't fix everything. I can't make things better with just a blink of an eye. Hasty decisions will not come out as genius and it will definitely not make things better and sometimes it turns into regret and leaves U bewildered with the situation that U are in. Those battles in Ur heart, those unwanted unnecessary feelings, come when you have all these symptoms as I have. Back to the 2nd paragraph of this write up, no one will ever understand Ur mind, Ur feelings or Ur emotions as only Allah knows it better, even better than U do. No shrink can ever tell U how to cure Urself as they could only diagnose U but to cure it there's only one way which is to submit, submit Urself to Allah and leave it to Allah and Pray and Pray.
Right here, right now, this impromptu write up made me feel way better and made me realize and made me muhasabah. I really hope those who feels this way too sometimes, find some goodness out of this write up, In shaa Allah. Together, we fix and mend our hearts and always reminding ourselves to submit ourselves to Allah, In shaa Allah, in hope for peace with ourselves and no more hurricanes in our minds as they are all syaitans.
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Thursday 28 February 2013
The term 'FEAR of Allah', can 'Fear' be used?
Assalamualaikum w.b.t,
A few weeks back, I had an interesting conversation between a few friends over drinks. A friend was intrigued to know my process of istiqomah and the story behind my process of changing. He asked a question (which I cant remember exactly what) probably it was one of those question "why are U covering Urself" or something like that, that made me answer "Cause I fear Allah". As I continued talking, another friend barged in the conversation and stated out that using the term 'Fear Of Allah' is wrong and it shouldn't be used and I stumbled and got a lil bewildered. He stated out that using the term 'FEAR' of Allah seakan-akan saying Allah to macam something that could eat Us alive, describing yang Allah tu jahat or scary in some ways (maybe?) that's why he said that using the term 'FEAR' is wrong, not sekali but berkali-kali penuh dengan confidence.
In my position, my knowledge is pretty little, tak sehebat mana pun. I'm still learning and seeking knowledge. I wanted to flip cause I thought deep in my heart, I know I made sense and I was right but I just listened to his explanation and thought to myself its alright, I'm gonna go home and do my research and find the right hujah. He sounded so confident though he dint really have the exact hujah but only the fact that he heard about this 'fact' in his Uni. Kalau dia sendiri tak de hujah, apatahlah lagi myself. I could not defend myself but only stood with patience and could not wait to go home and find the truth and find out if I was the one who got it wrong or he did.
I went home and for days and weeks I thought about it. One thing that I am so blessed with is that, I trust my guts. I know when something I cant let go, I cant take my mind off, I know something is wrong. I googled for a hadith or anything in the Quran that relates to 'Fear of Allah' and Hey! I found them...
1) And believe in what I reveal, confirming the revelation which is with you, and be not the first to reject Faith therein, nor sell My Signs for a small price; and fear Me, and Me alone.
( سورة البقرة , Al-Baqara, Chapter #2, Verse #41)
2) And remember We took your covenant and We raised above you (The towering height) of Mount (Sinai): (Saying): "Hold firmly to what We have given you and bring (ever) to remembrance what is therein: Perchance ye may fear Allah."
( سورة البقرة , Al-Baqara, Chapter #2, Verse #63
3) So We made it an example to their own time and to their posterity, and a lesson to those who fear Allah.
( سورة البقرة , Al-Baqara, Chapter #2, Verse #66)
4) Thenceforth were your hearts hardened: They became like a rock and even worse in hardness. For among rocks there are some from which rivers gush forth; others there are which when split asunder send forth water; and others which sink for fear of Allah. And Allah is not unmindful of what ye do.
( سورة البقرة , Al-Baqara, Chapter #2, Verse #74)
5) For Hajj are the months well known. If any one undertakes that duty therein, Let there be no obscenity, nor wickedness, nor wrangling in the Hajj. And whatever good ye do, (be sure) Allah knoweth it. And take a provision (With you) for the journey, but the best of provisions is right conduct. So fear Me (al-taqwa wa ittaqooni), o ye that are wise. S. 2:197
6) O ye who believe! Fear Allah as He should be feared (ittaqoo Allaha haqqa tuqatihi), and die not except in a state of Islam. S. 3:102 Y. Ali
7) And according to a hadith... On the authority of Abu Dharr Jundub ibn Junada and Abu Abdul Rahmaan Muaadh ibn Jabal (may Allah be pleased with both of them) from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) who said, “Fear Allah wherever you are. And follow up a bad deed with a good deed and it will wipe it out. And behave towards the people with a good behaviour.” (Recorded in al-Tirmidhi)
and the list goes on and on...
"Sayyiduna Ali (R.A) defined Taqwa as being the ‘fear of Jaleel (Allah), acting upon the tanzeel (Quran), being content with qaleel (little), and preparing for the day of raheel (journeying from this world)." If we couldn't use 'Fear' what should we replace it with other than taqwa? 'Respect'? Langsung tak sesuai. To me, the context of 'Respect' can only be used upon other humans or such but not Allah. For instance, respecting someone... Yes, I respect the people around me but how about when they're out of my sight? Will I still behave? We respect our parents tapi ada jugak kadang-kadang when they are not around, we misbehave. Tak akan nak guna term 'Respect' for Allah? Here's my own definition of FEAR of Allah S.W.T...
I Fear Allah because he owns everything in this world. He owns me, my heart and the whole entire universe. When I die, it's to Him whom I go back to, The Almight (SWT). I Fear Allah because we as humans are His servants. Dalam setiap manusia, especially in a Muslim perlu ada sifat 'kehambaan', the feeling of strive to serve Allah S.W.T better. Furthermore, for say we as students, we were assigned with an assignment tapi ended up last minute tak cukup perfect our assignment and we know it damn well if it isn't perfect enough we may fail. We FEAR of failing. Itu lah concept dia! We fear of the concequences of each act we put up with. I fear of my sins that will lead to Jahanam. I fear I am not good enough for Allah to satisfy Allah after all He has given me. So why not use the word Fear? I Love Allah and I Fear of His punishments of my own sins that I have created, I Fear I am not worthy in Allah's sight and tak dapat His barakah and keredhaan and I Fear not being able to reach the goal of Jannah.
I attended this week's Islamic Studies class and asked my Ustaz regarding this small issue and got all that I needed. Alhamdulillah with the help of some infos from my Ustaz and this is all that I could sum it up with. Plus, I consulted my sister, KakFa this morning and wanted to hear her view on the term 'Fear Of Allah' still the similar answer that I received from her as well. So, Alhamdulillah! Im satisfied. We all have our own definition of terms. Fear or other words. It's what U define it to be and what fits the term. Alhamdulillah, I thank Allah for the thirst of wanting to know more and finding the truth and seeking for the right hujah. Lepas ni, when someone jumps up with a statement which I feel tak masuk akal or something new, first thing I'm gonna ask is "Where's ur hujah?" "Do U have a specific hadith that says so?" "Is it written in the Quran?" "Is it in a sunnah?" If U cant answer me, pergi find ur hujah and get ur facts right and then talk to me and explain. I dont mind being corrected, in fact please correct me when I'm wrong. I'd love to learn but when correcting a statement, make sure U have pure concrete facts and deliver the correction full of humbleness as U know Ur statement is not concrete enough. Have the right hujah, dont just spoon feed someone with statements, especially those who are still in search of knowledge. I'm not always right, You are not always, We are not always right. We're just humans and not even close to having the traits of Rasulullah s.a.w. Every step we take is a learning process no matter how old we are.
So, if someone corrects Ur statement and leaves U confuse and U can't find the right words to counter back, its okay... Keep calm, stay patient and go home and do Ur research and find whatever U can. It's not to just claim and prove that Ur right but take it as a way of educating Urself too. So, I thank this friend of mine because of him I wanted to search and seek the truth and Hey! Alhamdulillah, I know a lil more now, I gained something but most of all, I thank Allah, it could have just been a conversation that I could not even bother to be intrigued to seek but with His will, he made me thirst to know more and not just swallow what people spoon me with. Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah.
Jazakallah Khair,
Wassalam
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Friday 8 February 2013
Poison Stares
Assalamualaikum w.b.t
Hello, Holiday! The CNY Holidays has finally come upon us, Alhamdulillah! time for a break from classes and driving to Kota Damansara where my Uni is at. Its the road of Kota Damansara that I absolutely hate. The traffic lights that's just everywhere and of course the forever massive Jam! It's a disaster. It's time they built a transporter, Yes... definitely in my own lala land a transporter will only exist.
It was last Wednesday, a day that truly inspired me to write this. What is it with girls? Girls who U walk pass in the hallway or at a shopping mall or anywhere at all that looks at U from top to bottom and gives U that jeling Nek Bedah? Yes, I've encountered these situations many MANY times! I dont understand why and I never will. Do I come upon them as a threat? Or is it just my face, an unknown face that walks by that smiles at them that intimidates them? I'm not as pretty as Miss Universe, I'm a normal descent looking girl who walks around with a smile on my face cause I was taught that senyum itu sedeqah. Concept lari kah? Or am I just creepy? Maybe its my senget smile? I can question of so many but never will I get an infinite answer that will satisfy me.
I was in my Uni's mini mart, I was waiting for my friend, K that was in line to pay for her drink. I was standing at the corner in the mini mart and enjoying my Sausage Bread Roll, I was really hungry. The glass door of the mini mart was facing one of the cafeteria table. As I was eating, I took a glimpse outside and saw a group of malay girls sitting across at the table and they were all looking at me and whispering. I looked at them and imediately smiled and they turned. Some rolled their eyes, some smiled and some just looked away. As I looked away,I saw them looking again at me and I felt uncomfortable. I told K and K looked and she said "what's wrong with them, babe?" I just looked down and I said I had no idea why and left the mini mart. There were some girls that passed by me on some days and looked at me and just gave me that LOOK but to me, I find them amusing. I just smile and look away cause I know they benefit nothing from the way they look at me and I get Pahala. JYEAH! I know I wasn't wearing anything skimpy. Hello, I wear a tudung for God's sake. How skimpy do U want me to look? I dont wear tshirt and showing my arms and pakai tudung. I dont wear tights so why in the world are they looking at me like I was some kind of Alien. It was one of my Emo days last Wednesday, (I'm a girl, I have moody days) I was usually not at all affected by these looks but that day, I dont know why it got me thinking. I drove home with my mind wanting to look at myself and muhasabah. I wanted to figure out WHY? Why these girls(certain girls) like to look at me that way? I'm usually pretty confident with myself not in a 'Aku tahu aku cantik' kind of way but I usually am positive when I'm outside, when I'm in public surrounded by people. I dont really take notice of these negative vibes I receive at times from these girls cause I know I dont know them and they dont know me and I know they shouldn't have looked at me or anyone at all when someone smiles at them but it was just not a good day for me. On my way home, I felt bad for myself cause I questioned myself and my sincerity over smiles that I constantly give away. I arrived home and climbed up the stairs and entered my room and dropped everything on the floor and sat on my bed and grabbed my phone. I prayed inside, talking to Allah. I was on my 'Solat Break' and I missed my sujud badly but it's alright, I whispered to myself and just mengadu dekat the Almighty and I felt better. My phone suddenly beeped, I picked it up and checked it was Imran. Imran's currently in Mekah doing his Umrah. He asked how was my day and as usual, I poured how my day went and what happened in Uni. He's pretty much my alive walking diary. I told him and he felt frustrated and consoled me and he said "it's okay, Im going to the kaabah later, I'll make a doa for U, dont worry too much" or something that sounded like that, *excuse my lil amnesia* and I felt even better and then my positivity kicked in!
I know it wasn't me, I know that it's okay to smile at people, pahala sedeqah yang paling murah and paling senang but benefits a lot to a person and sometimes to another person that U smile at. I know I have done nothing wrong. I sometimes check my face to see if I had my make up on wrongly but nope it wasn't me, it was clearly THEM. My lip cream and my eye liner has done nothing wrong to my face, it looks normal and descent enough. I learned that some girls fills themselves with insecurity. They may think they're confident enough or whatever it is they feel inside but when someone smiles and U roll those evil eyes of Urs or U see someone and U feel threatened and there's a need to look up and down and scan them and do Ur famous Jeling Nek Bedah, Yes, Ur definitely insecure about Urself. Getting the right type of confidence is important. Confidence to me is U feeling comfortable in Ur own skin and embracing the good that Allah has given U and bringing positivity on others and affecting them with that positive vibe of Urs. That's my definition of 'Confidence'. I know I'll never get rid of all these girls with this attitudes of their's but it's alright always slap them with a smile instead of looking back at them how they're looking at U.
Speaking of insecurities, there was once I went to One Utama with Imran, probably window shopping on that day. As we were walking, I stared at a shop because I was attracted to the top that they were displaying on their window. I also noticed a couple that was walking towards our direction but was in front of the shop. Coincidentally my eyes seemed like they were looking at them but actually I was staring at the window display as I was walking but suddenly I saw the girlfriend snapped and did her Jeling Nek Bedah to me and pulled his boyfriend's arm and gave me that stare and Imran asked "apahal perempuan tu pandang U macam tu?" and I thought she must have thought I was looking at her boyfriend when not at all I wasn't and tak perasan pun muka boyfriend dia macam mana and I would not do that to the person that was walking next to me which was Imran. Kalau nak buat dosa kering sekali pun nak pandang a guy baik tengok sebelah je! Gosh, insecurities! Get a grip! Imran and I laughed about it as we walked and couldn't stop talking about it after. Like I said, it's amusing how these girls behave. Ada yang insecure suruh their boyfriends delete a certain girl from the boyfriend's FB, unfollow on Twitter and Instagram who tak langsung kacau their boyfriends pun ada. Yes, I was recently hit with a bummer news that a friend did that to me. A friend that I haven't been contacting but it probably triggered the girlfriend when I liked a shared post that he shared on his wall about an Islamic thing and she liked it too and it was only her name and my name that liked the post on the newsfeed. Insecure on a certain person from the boyfriend's past that triggered her with only a Like botton on Facebook I suppose? It's a pity but its alright. I know what's my niat and I know what I've been doing and as long as Allah knows, Im cool with that. Not saying I'm perfect but I know I haven't done anything wrong to them. Shame on her and shame on girlfriends that does that and feels insecure.
I know I'm not the only one who goes through all this cause I know and Im so sure other girls must have gone through the same. I know we cant run away from these girls and situations like these but Im sure we can all doa for them and send them positive vibes with just a smile back, giving them something to think about when they walk away out of Ur sight. Never let these stares that these girls give U capture Ur mind and mess with Ur inner self. Its them who has a problem and definitely not YOU. Let them stare at U when U smile, take that as a boost of Ur own confidence telling U that they're just feeling inferior by Ur presence with just U passing by. That's how strong Ur vibe is ;)
Be positive always,
Jazakallah&May Allah bless Us all and keep Us away from what I call heart diseases
Wassalam
X
Hello, Holiday! The CNY Holidays has finally come upon us, Alhamdulillah! time for a break from classes and driving to Kota Damansara where my Uni is at. Its the road of Kota Damansara that I absolutely hate. The traffic lights that's just everywhere and of course the forever massive Jam! It's a disaster. It's time they built a transporter, Yes... definitely in my own lala land a transporter will only exist.
It was last Wednesday, a day that truly inspired me to write this. What is it with girls? Girls who U walk pass in the hallway or at a shopping mall or anywhere at all that looks at U from top to bottom and gives U that jeling Nek Bedah? Yes, I've encountered these situations many MANY times! I dont understand why and I never will. Do I come upon them as a threat? Or is it just my face, an unknown face that walks by that smiles at them that intimidates them? I'm not as pretty as Miss Universe, I'm a normal descent looking girl who walks around with a smile on my face cause I was taught that senyum itu sedeqah. Concept lari kah? Or am I just creepy? Maybe its my senget smile? I can question of so many but never will I get an infinite answer that will satisfy me.
I was in my Uni's mini mart, I was waiting for my friend, K that was in line to pay for her drink. I was standing at the corner in the mini mart and enjoying my Sausage Bread Roll, I was really hungry. The glass door of the mini mart was facing one of the cafeteria table. As I was eating, I took a glimpse outside and saw a group of malay girls sitting across at the table and they were all looking at me and whispering. I looked at them and imediately smiled and they turned. Some rolled their eyes, some smiled and some just looked away. As I looked away,I saw them looking again at me and I felt uncomfortable. I told K and K looked and she said "what's wrong with them, babe?" I just looked down and I said I had no idea why and left the mini mart. There were some girls that passed by me on some days and looked at me and just gave me that LOOK but to me, I find them amusing. I just smile and look away cause I know they benefit nothing from the way they look at me and I get Pahala. JYEAH! I know I wasn't wearing anything skimpy. Hello, I wear a tudung for God's sake. How skimpy do U want me to look? I dont wear tshirt and showing my arms and pakai tudung. I dont wear tights so why in the world are they looking at me like I was some kind of Alien. It was one of my Emo days last Wednesday, (I'm a girl, I have moody days) I was usually not at all affected by these looks but that day, I dont know why it got me thinking. I drove home with my mind wanting to look at myself and muhasabah. I wanted to figure out WHY? Why these girls(certain girls) like to look at me that way? I'm usually pretty confident with myself not in a 'Aku tahu aku cantik' kind of way but I usually am positive when I'm outside, when I'm in public surrounded by people. I dont really take notice of these negative vibes I receive at times from these girls cause I know I dont know them and they dont know me and I know they shouldn't have looked at me or anyone at all when someone smiles at them but it was just not a good day for me. On my way home, I felt bad for myself cause I questioned myself and my sincerity over smiles that I constantly give away. I arrived home and climbed up the stairs and entered my room and dropped everything on the floor and sat on my bed and grabbed my phone. I prayed inside, talking to Allah. I was on my 'Solat Break' and I missed my sujud badly but it's alright, I whispered to myself and just mengadu dekat the Almighty and I felt better. My phone suddenly beeped, I picked it up and checked it was Imran. Imran's currently in Mekah doing his Umrah. He asked how was my day and as usual, I poured how my day went and what happened in Uni. He's pretty much my alive walking diary. I told him and he felt frustrated and consoled me and he said "it's okay, Im going to the kaabah later, I'll make a doa for U, dont worry too much" or something that sounded like that, *excuse my lil amnesia* and I felt even better and then my positivity kicked in!
I know it wasn't me, I know that it's okay to smile at people, pahala sedeqah yang paling murah and paling senang but benefits a lot to a person and sometimes to another person that U smile at. I know I have done nothing wrong. I sometimes check my face to see if I had my make up on wrongly but nope it wasn't me, it was clearly THEM. My lip cream and my eye liner has done nothing wrong to my face, it looks normal and descent enough. I learned that some girls fills themselves with insecurity. They may think they're confident enough or whatever it is they feel inside but when someone smiles and U roll those evil eyes of Urs or U see someone and U feel threatened and there's a need to look up and down and scan them and do Ur famous Jeling Nek Bedah, Yes, Ur definitely insecure about Urself. Getting the right type of confidence is important. Confidence to me is U feeling comfortable in Ur own skin and embracing the good that Allah has given U and bringing positivity on others and affecting them with that positive vibe of Urs. That's my definition of 'Confidence'. I know I'll never get rid of all these girls with this attitudes of their's but it's alright always slap them with a smile instead of looking back at them how they're looking at U.
Speaking of insecurities, there was once I went to One Utama with Imran, probably window shopping on that day. As we were walking, I stared at a shop because I was attracted to the top that they were displaying on their window. I also noticed a couple that was walking towards our direction but was in front of the shop. Coincidentally my eyes seemed like they were looking at them but actually I was staring at the window display as I was walking but suddenly I saw the girlfriend snapped and did her Jeling Nek Bedah to me and pulled his boyfriend's arm and gave me that stare and Imran asked "apahal perempuan tu pandang U macam tu?" and I thought she must have thought I was looking at her boyfriend when not at all I wasn't and tak perasan pun muka boyfriend dia macam mana and I would not do that to the person that was walking next to me which was Imran. Kalau nak buat dosa kering sekali pun nak pandang a guy baik tengok sebelah je! Gosh, insecurities! Get a grip! Imran and I laughed about it as we walked and couldn't stop talking about it after. Like I said, it's amusing how these girls behave. Ada yang insecure suruh their boyfriends delete a certain girl from the boyfriend's FB, unfollow on Twitter and Instagram who tak langsung kacau their boyfriends pun ada. Yes, I was recently hit with a bummer news that a friend did that to me. A friend that I haven't been contacting but it probably triggered the girlfriend when I liked a shared post that he shared on his wall about an Islamic thing and she liked it too and it was only her name and my name that liked the post on the newsfeed. Insecure on a certain person from the boyfriend's past that triggered her with only a Like botton on Facebook I suppose? It's a pity but its alright. I know what's my niat and I know what I've been doing and as long as Allah knows, Im cool with that. Not saying I'm perfect but I know I haven't done anything wrong to them. Shame on her and shame on girlfriends that does that and feels insecure.
I know I'm not the only one who goes through all this cause I know and Im so sure other girls must have gone through the same. I know we cant run away from these girls and situations like these but Im sure we can all doa for them and send them positive vibes with just a smile back, giving them something to think about when they walk away out of Ur sight. Never let these stares that these girls give U capture Ur mind and mess with Ur inner self. Its them who has a problem and definitely not YOU. Let them stare at U when U smile, take that as a boost of Ur own confidence telling U that they're just feeling inferior by Ur presence with just U passing by. That's how strong Ur vibe is ;)
Be positive always,
Jazakallah&May Allah bless Us all and keep Us away from what I call heart diseases
Wassalam
X
Sunday 27 January 2013
The Power of 'Solat Dhuha'
Assalamualaikum w.b.t,
Its a lovely Monday indeed and the clock has shown that it has left morning and it is now noon! Woke up to a lovely Monday morning, well...what's not to love when it's a public holiday here! I woke up today, I suddenly felt the urge to share something my sister had shared with me a couple months back that made me started practicing the 'solat sunat Dhuha'. Bear in mind, this is not at all a post to show off my good deeds or to tell the world that I perform the solat sunat dhuha but I wanna share my experience of the power of solat sunat Dhuha and how it works and hopefully we can all amalkan together! Afterall, knowledge is meant to be shared and not meant to be kept only for our own benefit.
I've heard about solat sunat Dhuha before...my dad performs it every morning but never felt the urge to amalkan until... I was in a car one day with my eldest sister, KakFa. We were driving around, spending time and was just catching up and she was sharing the amalan-amalan that she was doing and one of them was Dhuha. She told me "Adik, believe me the magic will happen. Rezeki will come if U amalkan" or something that sounded like that. I looked at her like I wasn't interested but inside I was really listening carefully. I guess that's me. My expressions sometimes don't come out right. Anyway, she told me of the benefits of Solat Dhuha and I was intrigued and inside, I couldn't wait to give it a try and so I did...
'Dhuha' means forenoon (before morning and mid day), it's an incredible solat sunat, no kidding! It starts from 8.30 a.m. till 12.30 maybe? Somewhere around that time, please correct me if I am wrong, leave a comment to correct me please. It's only 2 rakaat but it works like magic believe me. After the 2 rakaat of solat sunat, there's a zikir that U have to recite for 10 times. After the zikir,U recite the doa. I absolutely LOVE the doa! The doa goes like...
Its a lovely Monday indeed and the clock has shown that it has left morning and it is now noon! Woke up to a lovely Monday morning, well...what's not to love when it's a public holiday here! I woke up today, I suddenly felt the urge to share something my sister had shared with me a couple months back that made me started practicing the 'solat sunat Dhuha'. Bear in mind, this is not at all a post to show off my good deeds or to tell the world that I perform the solat sunat dhuha but I wanna share my experience of the power of solat sunat Dhuha and how it works and hopefully we can all amalkan together! Afterall, knowledge is meant to be shared and not meant to be kept only for our own benefit.
I've heard about solat sunat Dhuha before...my dad performs it every morning but never felt the urge to amalkan until... I was in a car one day with my eldest sister, KakFa. We were driving around, spending time and was just catching up and she was sharing the amalan-amalan that she was doing and one of them was Dhuha. She told me "Adik, believe me the magic will happen. Rezeki will come if U amalkan" or something that sounded like that. I looked at her like I wasn't interested but inside I was really listening carefully. I guess that's me. My expressions sometimes don't come out right. Anyway, she told me of the benefits of Solat Dhuha and I was intrigued and inside, I couldn't wait to give it a try and so I did...
'Dhuha' means forenoon (before morning and mid day), it's an incredible solat sunat, no kidding! It starts from 8.30 a.m. till 12.30 maybe? Somewhere around that time, please correct me if I am wrong, leave a comment to correct me please. It's only 2 rakaat but it works like magic believe me. After the 2 rakaat of solat sunat, there's a zikir that U have to recite for 10 times. After the zikir,U recite the doa. I absolutely LOVE the doa! The doa goes like...
"Ya Allah sesungguhnya waktu Dhuha, waktu dhuha-Mu, cahayanya cahayaMu,
kerinduannya kerinduanMu, kekuatannya kekuatanMu, ya Allah sekiranya rezekiku
ada di langit maka turunkannya jika ada di bumi keluarkannya. Jika cahaya jauh
pendekatannya dan jika ada hampir maka permudahkannya dengan kebenaran dhuhaMu,
cahayaMu, kekuatanMu dan kesucianMu, berikanlah kepada hamba-hambaMu yang soleh."
If U really menghayati the doa, and U really feel the doa, it could really bring tears. I love this doa. So, I gave it a try and I try not to miss my Dhuha prayers even though at times, sadly kadang-kadang I've missed a few times due to not knowing how to arrange my time and I beg myself to not ever leave my Dhuha prayers. Anyway, I gave solat Dhuha a try and.... it is like MAGIC! I have my own lil business. I bake and take orders for cakes and Alhamdulillah, rezeki kept on coming for me that at times, I gotta learn how to juggle with baking and my studies but it's all good! I love keeping myself busy. I'm getting the best of both worlds, Alhamdulillah. Mungkin, i may not be filthy rich and tak lah mewah mana but Alhamdulillah, thanks to Allah, with His will.. my wallet sentiasa ada duit. Like I said, mungkin tak mewah but enough for myself to spend on food when I'm in college and for my daily neccesities that at times, Alhamdulillah I dont have to burden my parents cause I have my own duit belanja.
I also believe when U do these solat-solat sunat or other good deeds there's no need to tell anyone at all unless Ur niat is to share the amalan. There's no need to say "Hey, be right back.. I'm gonna go solat Dhuha" or "Hey, Im going to the surau nak solat Dhuha" and in Ur heart Ur saying "Haih... bagus betul aku ni, aku solat dhuha, dorang tak de pun nak solat Dhuha". Please don't be riak with the good deeds that U do. Sayang je as U should have gotten the full amount of the pahala of Ur solat Dhuha, instead dapat percentage yang sikit je. Share the amalan that U know, share so everyone else could feel what U feel and benefit what U benefit. Ikhlaskan the knowledge U share with people. In syaa Allah, Allah will grant U with pahala yang berganda-ganda for U and for everyone that U've shared it with.
It's incredible how we have so many benefits that Allah SWT has given Us with the solat-solat sunat. My sister has also told me that these are the things that akan dihitung di akhirat nanti. At times the lil sunat things that we do, may seem small but the value is incredible! We will only realize that later on when we are at the alam barzakh and probably wished we could have done more if we knew how big the value is. So, why not start now and make time for all these solat-solat sunat. It is for YOU afterall. I thank my sister that has shared this wonderful amalan with me. I don't think I would have started mengamalkan without her sharing with me and I hope to who ever that reads this feels the same way about me.
For more information on solat sunat Dhuha or any other solat sunat yang lain, you can log on to:
This site is really useful to me and hopefully U find it useful for U too ;)
Jazakallah,
Wassalam
X
SOCK it up
Assalamualaikum w.b.t
It took me about 5 months after I hijrah to actually take another step in perfecting my dressing as a girl who was now covering her aurah. From the start of my hijrah, i started wearing hijabs that covered my chest, i try my very best to cover my whole body in the perfect way following the syariah BUT I was reluctant to cover my feet as I always thought "what is so sexy about my feet or feet? would men get turned on by looking at feet, Really?" and I always hated wearing socks or covered shoes.
I remember back in high school, I was known as the girl who takes off her socks and shoes and who walks around barefooted in class and around the hallway like some hooligan that one day a teacher of mine came to me and said "Farisya, awak dekat luar, cantik dekat sekolah selekeh!". Yes, that was pretty much me when I was in school. I felt so lemas every time my feet were covered and felt like my skin cells on my feet were about to die as they could not breathe! For short, it suffocated me. So, after my hijrah, I changed my style from the ankles and above but I left my foot breathe wild and free and my toes jigglin' around. I guess I thought they were happy that way.
My feet easily aches, I guess I inherited my Mum's bones. Tulang yang tak kuat langsung, of all the things to inherit, I get the sore feet kaaaaan and not the nose and the mat salleh features.. No, not complaining but Alhamdulillah! ANYWAY, around last year those slippers from FlipFlop were really famous and everyone said it was good for people who has GrandMa feet. I was dying to get new shoes that would save me from the feet aches back then so, my mum bought me a pair and it costs almost RM 300! Mahal gila so of course lah sayang, everyday pakai! Slippers were of course, slippers so of course my toes and feet were showing.
Then, I started looking around and every where I went there would be girls in hijabs catching my eye cause they were wearing socks and I felt, rather... WRONG and felt I wasn't doing a good job in covering my aurah. There was once I was in the elevator in Uni and this girl wore the same exact FlipFlop as mine but she was wearing socks with them. She was wearing those socks that had that split between ur ibu jari and ur other piggie toes. I took that as a sign and started feeling that I should start wearing socks.
So, around early December I bought some socks to go with my shoes but I felt like it dint look right and it dint look cool so setengah jalan je lah pakai socks. I guess that's how it goes, it all depends on Ur heart. When hati tak tetap and Ur mind is not set for something, it just doesn't last. Nampak cool or not, its all in Ur mind. One day, a friend of mine got me a pair of socks from Hurul Ain in TTDI. He got me two pairs. One was with that gap and one was just plain original socks, both in black. So, since he bought me socks, I started wearing them and never went out without them anymore because coincidentally, days before he bought them, I actually felt bad and incomplete and started feeling that huge urge to start wearing them FOR REAL. I guess Allah bukakkan hati dia to buy me a pair at the right time! I wore them and felt that it dint look awkward at all in my eyes with my flats, with my wedges, or with my slippers. They were also comfy and my feet hardly is in pain after long walks.
Now, I feel complete, Alhamdulillah! I also realized and understood that, in our religion everything that has been commanded to Us will always have it's reasons. Allah SWT wont command Us to do something without a purpose to it so why argue or be reluctant? I hope U gals out there with their hijabs on who has yet to cover their feet, do so. In syaa Allah, we will get the keberkatan of doing so. Well, kalau nak tutup, tutup betul-betul kan? Dont be like me, as I waited after 5 months to feel complete and to follow the right way of covering my aurah. All praises to Allah SWT that I realized and took a step to change to being better. I consider myself lucky cause... what if it was too late for me? So,cover Ur feet! Save the beauty and the smell of Ur feet only for Ur husband and not for the rest of the world! ;P
Here's something that I think is worth sharing on why we should cover our feet...
Abu Hurairah (Radiya Allahu Anhu) reported that Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) said: "There are two kinds of the inhabitants of the Hell-Fire whom I have not seen: …; and woman who will have clothes on their persons, but will appear naked; and will twist their shoulders delicately and walk with waving motions, their head will appear like the humps of waddling she-camels. They will not enter Paradise nor perceive its fragrance though its fragrance is perceptible from such and such a distance" . [Reported by Imam Muslim ]
Umm Salamah (Radiya Allahu Anha) who asked Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam): "Can a woman perform a prayer in a Dir' (a long and wide garment that covers a woman's body) and Khimar (head cover) without Izar (a loin cloth)?' The Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) said: "If the Dir' is long and wide so that it covers the body to the external part of her feet". The Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) said: "The whole body of a woman is an 'Awrah (parts to be covered)" . al-Tirmizi who also considers such a Hadith as sound. The above-mentioned Hadith provides us with an evidence concerning the obligation of covering the woman's feet while she is out of her house or in the presence of marriageable men. The ruling in this Hadith is comprehensive so that it indicates the feet and other parts of the body.
Hoping this post could be useful!
Jazakallah Khayran,
<3
It took me about 5 months after I hijrah to actually take another step in perfecting my dressing as a girl who was now covering her aurah. From the start of my hijrah, i started wearing hijabs that covered my chest, i try my very best to cover my whole body in the perfect way following the syariah BUT I was reluctant to cover my feet as I always thought "what is so sexy about my feet or feet? would men get turned on by looking at feet, Really?" and I always hated wearing socks or covered shoes.
I remember back in high school, I was known as the girl who takes off her socks and shoes and who walks around barefooted in class and around the hallway like some hooligan that one day a teacher of mine came to me and said "Farisya, awak dekat luar, cantik dekat sekolah selekeh!". Yes, that was pretty much me when I was in school. I felt so lemas every time my feet were covered and felt like my skin cells on my feet were about to die as they could not breathe! For short, it suffocated me. So, after my hijrah, I changed my style from the ankles and above but I left my foot breathe wild and free and my toes jigglin' around. I guess I thought they were happy that way.
My feet easily aches, I guess I inherited my Mum's bones. Tulang yang tak kuat langsung, of all the things to inherit, I get the sore feet kaaaaan and not the nose and the mat salleh features.. No, not complaining but Alhamdulillah! ANYWAY, around last year those slippers from FlipFlop were really famous and everyone said it was good for people who has GrandMa feet. I was dying to get new shoes that would save me from the feet aches back then so, my mum bought me a pair and it costs almost RM 300! Mahal gila so of course lah sayang, everyday pakai! Slippers were of course, slippers so of course my toes and feet were showing.
Then, I started looking around and every where I went there would be girls in hijabs catching my eye cause they were wearing socks and I felt, rather... WRONG and felt I wasn't doing a good job in covering my aurah. There was once I was in the elevator in Uni and this girl wore the same exact FlipFlop as mine but she was wearing socks with them. She was wearing those socks that had that split between ur ibu jari and ur other piggie toes. I took that as a sign and started feeling that I should start wearing socks.
So, around early December I bought some socks to go with my shoes but I felt like it dint look right and it dint look cool so setengah jalan je lah pakai socks. I guess that's how it goes, it all depends on Ur heart. When hati tak tetap and Ur mind is not set for something, it just doesn't last. Nampak cool or not, its all in Ur mind. One day, a friend of mine got me a pair of socks from Hurul Ain in TTDI. He got me two pairs. One was with that gap and one was just plain original socks, both in black. So, since he bought me socks, I started wearing them and never went out without them anymore because coincidentally, days before he bought them, I actually felt bad and incomplete and started feeling that huge urge to start wearing them FOR REAL. I guess Allah bukakkan hati dia to buy me a pair at the right time! I wore them and felt that it dint look awkward at all in my eyes with my flats, with my wedges, or with my slippers. They were also comfy and my feet hardly is in pain after long walks.
Now, I feel complete, Alhamdulillah! I also realized and understood that, in our religion everything that has been commanded to Us will always have it's reasons. Allah SWT wont command Us to do something without a purpose to it so why argue or be reluctant? I hope U gals out there with their hijabs on who has yet to cover their feet, do so. In syaa Allah, we will get the keberkatan of doing so. Well, kalau nak tutup, tutup betul-betul kan? Dont be like me, as I waited after 5 months to feel complete and to follow the right way of covering my aurah. All praises to Allah SWT that I realized and took a step to change to being better. I consider myself lucky cause... what if it was too late for me? So,cover Ur feet! Save the beauty and the smell of Ur feet only for Ur husband and not for the rest of the world! ;P
Here's something that I think is worth sharing on why we should cover our feet...
Abu Hurairah (Radiya Allahu Anhu) reported that Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) said: "There are two kinds of the inhabitants of the Hell-Fire whom I have not seen: …; and woman who will have clothes on their persons, but will appear naked; and will twist their shoulders delicately and walk with waving motions, their head will appear like the humps of waddling she-camels. They will not enter Paradise nor perceive its fragrance though its fragrance is perceptible from such and such a distance" . [Reported by Imam Muslim ]
Umm Salamah (Radiya Allahu Anha) who asked Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam): "Can a woman perform a prayer in a Dir' (a long and wide garment that covers a woman's body) and Khimar (head cover) without Izar (a loin cloth)?' The Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) said: "If the Dir' is long and wide so that it covers the body to the external part of her feet". The Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) said: "The whole body of a woman is an 'Awrah (parts to be covered)" . al-Tirmizi who also considers such a Hadith as sound. The above-mentioned Hadith provides us with an evidence concerning the obligation of covering the woman's feet while she is out of her house or in the presence of marriageable men. The ruling in this Hadith is comprehensive so that it indicates the feet and other parts of the body.
Hoping this post could be useful!
Jazakallah Khayran,
<3
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