ramadhan tinggal kurang dr 10 hari. hmm.. bnyk tak amalan aku ramadhan tahun 1430H ni? huhu. sendiri juga yg tahu. anyhow just want to share some short bites of words-of-the-day which i came accross to this week. it's sure give me one good muhasabah session.
first one being a short kuliah by Sheikh Yusuf Estes (u may find this frm the Institut al-Qayyim's Cyber Kuliah (thanx, nik!)). in the 10mins video, Sheikh explains about the fundamental of Islam. 5 essential components, i.e Surrender, Submission, Obedience, Sincerity and Peace. Sheikh also stresses on the difference between success n happiness, and simply put by him, the meaning are as follows. Success - is getting what u want.. Happiness - is wanting what u get. this has made myself deeply thinking of what i've achieved so far n what i'm chasing to in the near future.. looking back, i see myself as one very lucky servant, for having been granted by Allah most of my wishes.. i can never be more thankful to Him for all He has given me. was success which i have achieved, or simply because i am happy with what i get? i've read somewhere, someone says that u can never b happy without being happy with what u have in the first place. n that saying proves to b true. the most successful person in the world, is often envied by ppl around him/her, but does he/she truly happy? ppl whines when they dont hv that, are lacking with this, can never hv enough of those, etc.. why not instead, we do some self-check, observe what we hv n b happy with it. when u look closely, u will realise that Allah the Most Gracious has given so much to us. after all, we human are His best creation. if only we open our inner eyes n try to look differently. even flaws is nikmah in disguise.. this brings to point no.2 :)
my favourite routine every month of ramadhan is to watch Jejak Rasul. so, nothing different this year. Jejak Rasul has entered it's 15th years this ramadhan (masyAllah~). one of it's episode this week, caught my attention. it tells the story about Prophet Ayub a.s n his great patience. Allah telah menduga Nabi Ayub dgn dugaan penyakit yg teruk sehingga menyebabkn baginda terpaksa mengasingkn diri. Namun tidak pernah sekali pun, Nabi Ayub memohon pd Allah utk disembuh kn baginda dr penyakit tersebut, kerana bagi nya itu lah ujian Allah utk nya. Hinggakn isteri baginda yg tidak sampai hati melihat kesengsaraan nya itu, memujuk agar Nabi Ayub berdoa pada Allah, utk disembuhkn sakit nya (doa Nabi Allah, mesti diperkenan kn), dimarahi oleh Nabi Ayub. begitu hebat kesabaran Nabi Ayub, sehingga tercatat dlm al-Quran surah Sad ayat 44: Sesungguhnya Kami (Allah) dapati dia (Ayyub) seorang yang sabar, dia adalah sebaik-baik hamba. setelah 7 thn baginda di duga, baginda yg tidak tahan dgn hasutan syaitan, berdoa pd Allah, ” Sesungguhnya aku diganggu oleh Syaitan dengan (hasutannya semasa aku ditimpa) kesusahan dan azab seksa (penyakit)”. - Surah Sad, ayat 41. Allah memperkenan kn doa baginda, dan Nabi Ayub telah disembuhkn dari sakit nya. (pls read kisah Nabi Ayub further). pelajaran dari kisah nabi ini, adalah perkara ke-2 yg ingin dikongsi. sentiasa bersabar dlm menempuhi setiap cabaran Nya. kadang2, dugaan sebagaimana kurniaan, adalah juga nikmat dari Allah utk menguji keimanan hambanya. mungkin di datangkn dahulu kepayahan, agar kita merasa nikmat nye kejayaan dikemudian hari. the key word here is perseverance.
di ptg jumaat lps, diri ini berkesempatan utk menonton al-kuliyyah (tingl lg 10min je. huhu), dimana Ustaz Hj. Fadhilah Kamsah menjadi panel jemputan. isu yg dikupas oleh al-kuliyyah utk hari itu, adlh (of course) berkat ramadhan. sbb dh penghujung rancangan, jd ustaz fauzi (pengacara nya), tgh membacakn soalan2 dr penonton. satu soalan wajib kiranya bilamana bercakap ttg bulan ramadhan, seorg penghantar emel ini, megutarakan kepada ustaz bagaimana nk mengenali malam al-Qadar. jawapan menarik yg diberikan Ustaz Fadhilah Kamsah. "orang awam mcm kita ni yg tk jg mata, tk jg hati, tk jg makan.. tk perlu la nk tercari2 petanda mlm lailatul qadar. hanya nabi2 dan wali2 Allah yg telah dikurniakan nikmat utk mengenal mlm lailatui qadar. apa yg blh dilakukan oleh kita, hanya terus berusaha dan berusaha utk meperbnyk kn ibadah kita pd 10 terakhir ramadhan.." kesimpulan yg menarik di akhir kata ustaz, andaikata ramadhan adalah perniagaan, puasa di siang hari adalah modal nya, dan ibadah di malam hari adalah keuntungan nya.... wallahualam.
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