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Ramadhan

Ramadhan datang lagi. Sama-sama kita menyambut Ramadhan dengan memperbanyakkan amal ibadat serta memperbaiki cara hidup kita ke arah yang diperintahkan oleh Allah swt dan RasulNya.

Selamat Menyambut Ramadhan.
Selamat Berpuasa.

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Ramadhan Resolution

Ramadhan Al-Mubarak will come again in 3 days. Normally if few days more to New Year, people will start talking about resolution. Why not we welcome this precious month of Ramadhan with resolutions as well, resolution that InsyaAllah will move us forward in terms of Ibadah and Iman.

In my opinion, resolutions must be realistic and it depends on your situation right now. Is the meaning of Ramadhan is only Bazaar Ramadhan & Solat Terawih? It should be more than that.

Realistic Resolution can be as follows:

• Spend more time for reciting Al-Quran
• Perform more Prayers (Solat Sunat)
• Make more Do'a
• Give more Sedeqah (Charity in terms of money or food or etc)
• Take opportunity to revise our deeds, stop doing the bad deeds (sinful)

I call this Realistic Resolution because it can be done. Take for an example reciting Al-Quran, of course it is recommended to at least recite 1 Juz everyday, but knowing our busy life, if we can move from 0 (zero - not doing at all) to at least 1-2 page everyday, I consider that a Realistic Resolution.

Don't understand me wrongly, my point here is, it is better we move a step forward rather that not moving at all. At least we appreciate and treat Ramadhan as a special month, and with the hope that, the improvement that we made through Ramadhan will be Istiqamah (consistent) after the AidilFitri.

Let us try to make a move forward during this Ramadhan, because we never knew whether we can still live for the next Ramadhan.

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Maal Hijrah 1432H

Tup tup. Dah masuk 1432Hijrah. Happy New Year to all celebrating this new year. All over places baca doa Akhir Tahun dan Awal Tahun petang semalam. Although ada pendapat mengatakan amalan ini bidaah, apa salahnya kita baca doa sebagai mengingati kedatangan tahun baru Hijrah.

For me, I pray to the Al-Mighty Allah swt that this coming years will be better from the previous in any ways, not only for myself but for also my future wife Habibah, our family and our friends. May Allah swt always guide us toward the righteous path. InsyaAllah.

Happy New Hijrah Year again! Take care.

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Ramadhan: 10 days left

A quick reminder to myself and to all Muslims readers! Let us grab this once-a-lifetime opportunity. Remember, we can't guarantee ourselves that we will live till the next Ramadhan.

Take care.

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Ramadhan 1431

Tomorrow will be the 1st day of Ramadhan, that means tonight will be the 1st night of Terawih. That also means tomorrow will be the 1st day of fasting.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish Ramadhan Mubarak to all of you. Take this opportunity to improve our life not only in terms of Ibadah but also in all other aspects. Increase productivity, spending more time with family/friends during dinner/iftar and performing solat, qiamullail, giving sadaqah, and all other positive activities you can think of.

Remember, one of the big reason Ummah of Muhammad (saw) is blessed with Ramadhan is because our life is shorter than the previous ummah. Do as much as you can because you might not be able to live during the next Ramadhan. Wallahu'alam.

Take care.

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Reality of Life

People felt so down because they can't achieve this and that. Feeling that they were struggling and working so hard but the result was not as expected. Well, that is the reality of life. There will always be ups and downs that need to be realized. At the bottom point of our life, we might feel that we are the only loser in this whole world, but wait a moment..

Look around us ..

People are struggling with their everyday life. Some people struggling to get some food and shelter. Some are fighting for freedom, education. Some are struggling for power, others struggling for more money.

At the other side, some are struggling to lose weight after excessive food they ate. Some are struggling with the lawsuit for abuse of power and money. Everybody around us are struggling with their life.

Ultimately, these struggles in life ..
would it make our life better?
would it make our life happier?
could it bring love into our heart?
or we would even see more hatred and misunderstanding because of these struggles?

Well again, this is the reality of life. We are not living in the heaven. At least not yet. Heaven is not only a place where everything is in order, beautiful and peaceful, but heaven can start from a tranquil heart.

Thus, to achieve heaven, we must start from our heart. Ask ourselves, whether we are happy in whatever we are doing. How could we contribute to a better life of us and others surrounding us. It is not necessarily that when we have big car, big house, successful career, it gonna be the happiest moment in our life, the reality is in our heart. We paint our own reality, we paint our own direction, we are smart human being, we are given brain to make choices and recognize which is good, which is bad.

Let us pray and pray that we always do the right thing everyday, every decision we made in life. Always refer to the All Knowing because He knows what is the best for us in the past, in the present and in the future.

Be grateful during the ups and be patience during the downs. May all of us will have tranquil heart throughout our life.

... and don't forget to take everything positively. It helps a lot in our decision making and attitude presentation.

"A person is partly in heaven if the heart is tranquil."

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Sami Yusof - Asma Allah

On this Friday Eve, let us remember Allah swt, pray for our health and safety .. physically and emotionally, and ask for His Forgiveness for our past sins. May the coming days will be better and brighter days.

Here is a nice video by Sami Yusuf - Asma Allah .. (translations in the video)

Rahim
Karimun
'Adim
'Alimun
Halim
Hakimun
Matin

Mannan
Rahmaanun
Fattah
Gaffarun
Tawwab
Razzaqun
Syahid

Allahuma shalli 'ala Muhammad wa ali Muhammad
Ya Muslimin shallu alayh
Allahuma shalli 'ala Muhammad wa shahbi Muhammad
Ya Mu'minn shallu alayh

Latif
Khabirun
Sami'
Basirun
Jalil
Raqibun
Mujib
Ghafuur
Syakuurun
Waduud
Qayuumun
Ra'uuf
Shabuurun
Majid

Allahuma shalli 'ala Muhammad wa ali Muhammad
Ya Muslimin sallu alayh
Allahuma shalli 'ala Muhammad wa shahbi Muhammad
Ya Mu'mineen shallu alayh
Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar
La ilaha illa hu
Al Malikul Quddus
Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar
Ya Rahmanul irham da'fana
Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar
Ya Ghaffaru ighfir dhunubana
Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar
Ya Sattaru ustur 'uyubana
Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar
Ya Mu'izu a'izza ummatana
Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar
Ya Mujibu ajib du'aana
Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar
Ya latifu ultuf bina

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