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My name is Nur Fadhilah aka Faddy. I am 21, I take photos and I abhor beansprouts with a vengeance.
This tumblr is my Rihla and I hope you will benefit from it as well, InsyaAllah.
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26 Nov 09
How can we ever claim to truly love Rasulullah s.a.w.?
La ilaha ila Allah, Muhammad Rasulullah
Have we ever stopped to ponder
How special he must be
to be mentioned alongside The Creator
Does that not indicate
That every move he made
Every word he said
Are what we should emulate?
Allahumma Solli ‘Alaih
Hundreds of maulids attended
Dozens of qasa’id serenaded
A million solawat recited
But was that what he requested?
Do we smile at every person we meet?
Do we say Bismillah before we eat?
Do we share with our neighbours our meat?
Do we stand when angry or do we take a seat?
His every sin is forgiven
He and ten more are promised heaven
Yet every night he wakes and bows in submission
Thanking, pleading till his feet became swollen
Allahumma Solli ‘Alaih
Yet at night we lie in our beds snoring away
Only Allah Knows how many sins we’ve committed today
We live like we’re guaranteed another day
Our lives can end in seconds, who is to say?
He said “father” after three “mothers”,
we give long faces when they get naggy
But can we imagine not having any?
He prayed extra before and for some after,
we delay to even perform the obligatory,
Have we no shame with the Almighty?
The miser is the one who hears his name
and does not seek blessings for him, he said
Can you see, just by that, how far we’ve strayed?
What more by saying not important, his Sunnah?
What more by claiming how irrelevant, his Sunnah?
How can we ever claim to truly love the Beloved of Allah (s.a.w.)?
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This is a reminder to myself a lot more than it is for others.
This is a way of slapping myself for sleeping after fajr.
This is a way of kicking myself for not stopping a friend from playing a fool with solawat.
This is a way of whacking myself for not standing up for Rasulullah s.a.w when need be,
and for saying “SolAllahu ‘alaihi wassallam” really fast like it’s so wrong to say it properly.
And this is also because of the audience that uttered barely audible blessings on him during “Where Is The Love?” Says a lot about the level of love and respect we have for Rasulullah s.a.w. here in Singapore.
How appropriate the title of the talk, looking back at it now…
By the way in no way am I against maulid; I LOVE maulid, it’s a wonderful tradition I strongly believe we should continue to practice =))
During a meeting last week, Ustadz Noor recommended self-bashing once in a while…
And me being a natural self-basher that I am… & I’m not the best self-basher out there, I know I still need more bashing…
This is the result.
(No fault of yours, Ustadz, Maira memang naturally mcm gini =))
Ya Rasulullah… What would he say when he sees us in this state?
I don’t want to break his heart. I don’t wish to imagine tears running down his face, wherever his blessed soul may be now, he’s done too much of that already while in dunya.
Do you?
Sesungguhnya what I needed.
Takbir (full)
Takbir (short)
"The heart of the person who remains awake (in Ibadat) during the night of Eidul Fitr and Eidul Adhaa will not die on the Day when hearts will be dead, i.e. the Day of Qiyaamah."
Hadith
She poised her hands ready for the dua after the congregational dhur prayers, only to find herself caught by surprised as the Imam began to say the Takbir instead.
“اَللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اَللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اَللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ” (Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest).
Her hands fell to her lap and in an instant her soul set itself free from all troubles that had bound her minutes before. She closed her eyes, letting the dhikr embrace her from all sides.
“لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّه” (There is no deity but Allah)
Whilst the whole masjid rang with the one collective voice from men, women and children alike, she felt a unique emotion that she could not describe; it was as if someone had held her heart in a grip, but yet all she felt was a sense of serenity.
“اَللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اَللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ ، وَلِلَّهِ الـْحَمْد” (Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest and to Allah belongs the praise)
And as the walls rattled when vehicles passed by, as the flock of pegions came to rest on the big tree outside, and as the white cotton-like clouds pierced the blue sky above the masjid that sits on the hill, she found herself crying, humbled by the realization of how small she (and by relation, her problems) are as compared to Allah’s Greatness.
All About Hajj *Click*
“Hajj, as mentioned above, is one of the five tenets of Islam, if health and money permits. Approximately three million people from 160 different countries unite for a period of 10 days every year. One can say that there are literally people from every corner of the world in the region of Makkah and Madinah during the hajj season.
It is declared by all experts to be the most diverse gathering in the world. Yet all the people there are united in their actions and goals. Each person performs the same procedures to complete their hajj. All the people dress alike, men are to wear two pieces of unstitched white cloth and women wear cloaks like head-dresses, or simple gowns and a head scarf.”
Eid
You can see the video of Takbir and how it sounds like here.
Umm - would you mind sharing the significance of this? and why the opportunity is only on the Eids?
I hope reading this khutbah will help :)
"Allah is aware of human weaknesses and is forgiving; so come back.. Come back even if you have broken your repentance a thousand times.."
Reblogged from mletter
I cry tears of sand,
Like a desert mourns for rain,
And like the desert, my tears are dry with sin,
And I cry, “I am the son of Adam, and my sins have reached the skies!”
I lie here in my impurity,
And with shame I beg for the rain.
I lay suffocating in sin,
And ask for the soft gray skies of mercy.
I invoke a sacred promise,
Made to me before my birth.
And as another grain of sand escapes my eye,
I proclaim, “My sins have reached your heavens, Ya Rabb!”
An ancient promise, held true for time eternal,
“Even if your sins were to reach the heavens,
I would still forgive them.”
My Allah knows… Am I purified?
- Ehsun S.
"The smart man is the one who takes stock of himself and strives to do that which will benefit him after death, and the helpless one is the one who follows his own whims and desires and engages in wishful thinking, (assuming that Allah will forgive him regardless of what he does and that he does not need to strive to good deeds)."
Hadith Bukhari.
25 Nov 09
Eid
I have no idea how to celebrate/observe Eid!
At this time, I have no access to Muslims in the area, so no gathering and celebration or prayer at a masjid. Sacrificing an animal isn’t possible. I haven’t even mastered salat, so I’m not sure if I can pull off the salat for Eid.
Is there something I can do on my own? Keep in mind I’m still new at everything!
I was thinking reading the Qur’an, which is always a good thing.
Dhikr or something like that?I just feel confused and left out when it comes to things like this…insha’Allah, by next year I’ll have gotten in touch with some local Muslims and won’t be so alone.
How about calling the local mosque or something? Just turn up! Ask the local Muslim association for events in the area. Turning up at something going on might be exciting!
Well, the only place near me is an Islamic center and it’d take me 3 buses to get there and 3 back (and nearly 2 hours each way). I don’t even know which bus I’d have to take to get there once I get into the city, I haven’t checked yet. Because I don’t drive, it’s difficult for me to get to places. Also, if any of the celebration is in the evening, like it was for Ramadan (as they told me in an email), I couldn’t attend anyway, because the bus that would take me home stops at 6-something PM and I’d be stuck in the city. My father drives, but in the evening he is, uh…not able to drive, I’ll just say and my brother is always out with friends. If things are in the morning, I’d have to leave the house super early…Plus, there’s my anxiety issues, which at the moment, bother me at times, espcially when I have to leave the house. If I knew someone that could pick me up or meet me there, I’d feel more at easy, but at the moment, going alone makes me nervous. Insha’Allah, next year will be different. I do plan on going to the center and meeting people, it’s just a little difficult for me at the moment.
(Sorry for reblogging the whole post I’m just not sure how short to edit it!) :s
Hmm… Well, for one, you don’t need to feel too lonely! You have all these Tumlbr buddies/friends/contacts/what-you-may who’ll be thinking of you and wishing you a blessed Eid. :)
I can kind of understand the geographical isolation (or remoteness) I was in a place a bit like that last year. But don’t let that get you down in anyway! You’ll be fine - really! :)
Almas gave a good suggestion about just sharing what you can and making a small donation of whatever you can for now.
Eid is a bit over rated (don’t mean to undermine the importance of it!). I’ll tell you what we do here (even though its a bit boring). Eid morning; prayers, greetings to everyone, Eid breakfast, the sacrifice, lots and lots of children from the neighbourhood (mostly from the servant quarters - really don’t want that to sound non PC but have a feeling it might!) come over for the meat which is duly distributed. Mum makes packages for all the poor/needy/deserving people we know, labels them ready for them to be distributed. Then, the family bit happens where a certain portion of the meat is saved for distribution amongst the family/relatives. In recent years we (and others in the family) have just turned to not keeping a share for the family as it seems a bit tit-for-tat - instead we just add it to that for the needy.
Mum has some basic masalas cooking in the kitchen and as soon as the meat is ready, we get cooking with different dishes to be shared with guests coming over.
On the second day, we’ll meet up with family/relatives.
That is about it!
What is everyone elses plan? Share with us? Please?
I think the best thing about Eid is being able to say the Takbeer and do the Eid prayers… which you can do at home :) The opportunity to do Takbeer only comes during Eid Fitr (1 day) and Eid Adha (3 days), so make full use of it!
You can see the video of Takbir and how it sounds like here.
Playing hide and seek with shadows.
Ok that’s all for tonight’s photoshoot kekeke. We’ll return to Hadiths and verses from the Quran after the commercial break, InsyaAllah :D
Walking back to the subway after Maghrib; a ten minute activity I look forward to daily. There is just something about feeling fresh after prayers, the cool evening air and the silence of the Central Business District area that strikes a chord in my heart <3
