Friday, April 30, 2010

Not Afraid to Stand Alone

Salam,
:hi:

Just bumped into this lovely nasyeed on my friend's wall.
The lyric is lovely, mashallah.. Enjoy guys!


Chorus
I am not afraid to stand alone
I am not afraid to stand alone
If Allah's by my side
I am not afraid to stand alone
Everything will be alright
I am not afraid to stand alone
Gonna keep my head up high

I'm not afraid to stand alone
If Allah's by my side
Everything will be alright
Gonna keep my head up high!

Single mother raising her children
And now she's a Muslim
Started praying and wearing a headscarf
Was healing for her heart

Struggling with no one to lean on
But with prayer she would be strong
Had a job but then she was laid off
Got a better education and it paid off

she was called for a job that she dreamed of
Close by, great pay -she was in love
They brought her in, told her she's the number one pick
You got the job, but you gotta lose the outfit"

this is a tough position that you put me in
Cause Ive been struggling with my two children
But I'll continue looking for a job again
My faith in my religion now will never bend

Repeat chorus 3x

Peer pressure, they were insisting
And I was resistin
Some days I felt I would give in
Just wanted to fit in

I know when I’m praying and fasting’
They be teasing and laughing
So I called to my Lord for the power
For the strength every day, every hour...

One day there’s a new Muslim teacher
Single mom and the people respect her
Just seeing her strength I get stronger
They can break my will no longer

You don’t see me sweating when they’re jokes're cracking
Never see me cursin’ with my pants saggin’
I aint running yo I’m still standing
I ride with Allah to the very end

Repeat chorus

now , I’m a tough one, who can bear their blows
The rest play dumb, they don’t dare say no
Scared of being shunned, by the peers they know
But I aint gonna run, I aint scared no more

these sisters be resolute
Never stressed when the rest say they wasn’t cute
And they get the respect of the other youth
Come best with the dress yo and that’s the truth

These sisters are strong gonna hand it down
So me I’m a brotha gotta stand my ground
I aint gonna shudder, when the gangs around
Peer pressure whatever, its my planet now

Others may fall, I’mma hold my own
With the help of Allah I’ll be strong as stone
And I’mma be brave and let Islam be shown
Cause you I know I not afraid to stand alone

Repeat chorus 4x



Thursday, April 29, 2010

Mamat =)

Mamat is the nickname given to my youngest brother. His full name is Mohammad Syarizwan. He's now 13 years old and currently studying at SMI Hira'. I miss him dearly so much. He's such obedient boy, and of course quite good looking to... Macam abang2 die sume..senyumkenyit


He used to help me baking chocolate cake, and often steal my chocolate chip that I've prepared for the topping. Haha.. Nakal betul adik aku ni.. After that, he will offer himself to do the dishes, "Kak Yun, biar mamat basuhkan" and the true intention is always to clean (aka gune jari2 die utk kaut sebanyak mane) all leftover chocolate mixture that stick on the bowl.

We are like 1 kepale jgak la. I always kind of help (well actually I want to) him clean his face from all that white and black heads. Free spa for you! Haha.. Geram owh tengok white heads tu kt muke adik aku.. Well you know, boy who just grow up and learn to be a man, still don't know how to facial wash his face, which one is pimple and which one is just a bump on your face, and all those maturity stuffs. Love to see how he grows...sengihnampakgigi

He often ask for top ups too. Mamat ooi, aku pon baru dapat handphone time aku form5 tahu. Kau time tu baru darjah 6 da pandai sms2 ni..

And one thing for sure, we LOVE cats too.. Miow~


*sleeping*

*trying to be octopus*

*LOLs! Nakal sangat ni..*
*time ni tgh melawat muzium, than jumpe batu tu yg ala2 org dulu2 buat tempat buang air besar*
*cool~*
*trying to put on tudung that my mom just bought. How's s/he? ihikhik*


Cepat la balik Malaysia! Rindu sume org...

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Care for Palestine

Salam,

On the last 25th april, I've attended a talk organized by MSAUQ. The purpose was to raise fund for Palestine refugee to support their daily basis needs. Our speaker for this talk was specially invited from Gold Coast Mosque, Imam Zayeed.

He started his talk with,
"When you are in Palestine you will love Quran. Because you will experience what have been told in Quran instead of just reading it" love

So he went on his 1st half of the session talking about why Palestine is so important and so special to muslim. He said that most of our sirah, the born of anbiya' and the event of Me'raj happen in Baitul Maqdis or Palestine in general.

He also talked about how determine the locals will defense and stand by their Palestine from the Zionist. Allahuakbar!

He went to Palestine a month ago and he told us all his experience over there. When the curfew being applied to them, any kind of help and supply were stopped. They have no clean water, no medication, no food supply and now live in the tent and eating grass. Any trading for goods or services were prevented and blocked. Nothing can go in and out of Palestine when the 8 meters concrete wall isolated Palestine from the outside world.

One of the story that really touched me,

One guy was weeping when he finished his solah Jumaah. And Imam Zayeed asked,

"Why are you crying my brother?"

"Brother, I left last night and I only reached boundary this morning. It is impossible to come here. I took mountain pathway, and walked for over 18 hours just to perform my Jumuah with the jamaah of Baitul Maqdis. When I came here I feel so happy. It was as if all my fear has gone."

Subhanallah..

People whose staying not even 10km from there can't even see Baitul Maqdis. They not even allowed to come inb as there are guards everywhere.

He said, "People in Baitulmaqdis really want to enter Masjid Al-Aqsa and perform solah Jumaah there but yet I'm who came from thousand miles away got the privilege like a king to perform my Jumaah in Aqsa just because I have an Australian visa. That guy need to jeopardise his life taking risks of being shooted within 1 and a half day walking journey just to perform his Jumaah inside masjid Al-Aqsa" Mashallah..

We know that now Zionist are excavating and thus weakening the foundation of Masjid Al-Aqsa so that when this masjid collapse, they can build their temple. When this issues was arised in court the Zionist said, "It seems that place (masjid Al-Aqsa) was not in use anymore. So that's why we took it to build our temple over there." So to all muslims, if you have money, courage and determination, do pay a visit to masjid Al-Aqsa and show to the world that we still using it and DO pray inside there.



*they did record it!*

*our speaker =)*

*the opening greet*


*Alhamdulillah, all seats were occupied*

Rase betuah sangat bile ingat balik yang aku ni pernah jejak kan kaki kat Baitul Maqdis mase buat umrah dengan ayah, nenek, atuk time darjah satu dulu. Alhamdulillah.. senyum Rasenye tahun tu tahun terakhir jemaah umrah dapat buat lawatan ke Baitul Maqdis. Tahun2 lepas tu, rase2nye da x bole masuk sebab isu Palestin-Israel tu la. (Correct me if I'm wrong about this...) Nanti kalau recording talk ni da upload, I'll post up the link so that we can share the benefit. Insyallah..

Lets pray for them, doa

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Their thought about Islam

Salam,

It's been a loooong time not updating this blog. Alhamdulillah, Allah still loves me by giving me more and more obstacles.. Every day being here I gain new knowledge about the creation and the Creator itself, Allah Almighty.

Ok, enough said. This post will share my experience or my friends' regarding the opposite culture and religion that's minority here, Islam. And how they react or in other words what kind of paradigm they have when they thought about Islam.



Situation 1

Me and Atiqah went to Milton to pick up my Blackberry. It's been service for troubleshooting and software upgrade for about 3 weeks. We were just walked out of the train station when 2 not-so-educated-looking Australian man walked near behind us. Suddenly, one of that guy yelled at us with a pointed hand,

"Terrorist! Terrorist!"

We turned back at an impulse like we've been stroked by a lightning bolt, and just realised that it's only 4 of us left at that creepy train station. Allah knows how we both felt at that instance. :galit: With a shocked face still, I grabbed Atiqah's hand and we quicken our pace heading to any open area or any shops that we could search for. Atiqah sebelah aku ni pon da cuak habis, pe la mamat2 ni nk buat dgn ktorg. And yet those guy still trailing close behind us. Ya Allah, selamatkn la aku dan kwn ku...

Those guys stay close behind us until one of them (the other guy) said,

"Hey ladies, apology on behalf of my friend. He such a stupid guy don't you think so?"

And what else can we reply to him as to 'respect' the local here?

"No worries, it's ok" with a made smile faces trying hard to cover the shock and wariness inside. We strode our legs each time a step was made. Cepat la sampai.. Sooner those guys walked away after they think their insulting 'joke' has been apologised.

Tika, nasib baik ko ade teman ak time ni!


Situation 2

It was 9.00 pm and we (Tika and me again) just finished our tafsir class at uni. We were approached by an Indian man while we're waiting for the bus. We chatted with him about he's been working in Malaysia and how he appreciated Malaysian food so much. The conversation went well until he asked,

"So are you muslim? I see you are wearing the scarf.."
"Yes, we are" jawab dgn bangga nye smbil senyum.

"So do you read the Quran 5 times a day?"
With a raised eye brow I answered,angkatkening "No we don't"
And he gave us a mocking smile translated as, "You are wearing the scarf but not even fully abide the right practice"

Spe plak yg bg ajaran sesat kt die ckp muslim kene bace Quran 5 kali sehari?? Fitnah besar betul kt agama Islam.. Huh~

And I went on explaining to him the right thing.

"We don't cite Quran 5 times a day as it's not the compulsory component in Islam. We PRAY 5 times a day"

And again he gave us his refuse-to-believe face.

"So why I can't see any of you did it?"
"Because we pray in a room (aka surau) provided by the uni. It's for our convenience. It's over there near to that junction" as I pointed out the location of the surau.

He was not even gave a glimpse to the direction I had pointed him.

"So if an Australian guy want to marry you, can they?"
"Yes, but they need to convert to Islam first"
"Hahaha (evil laugh), it will turn up to be that guy converting YOU into their religion"

This guy want to provoke me or what?


Situation 3

This incident happen at the city of Brisbane. 2 of my friends (Aniqah and Atiqah) were waiting for someone. They wandered around when one teenager (muke cm geng2 punk, gothic look) approached them.

"Hey, why do you two wear that scarf?"
"Because we are Muslim"

And one more of their kind came and asked the same thing. Sooner, more and more of their gang came and circled my friends. They had been bombarded with different kind of questions about their attire and appearance by those teenagers. Up to some point, they felt like they have been threaten,

"Never mind guys, we are not interested to answer any more questions"
Luckily my friends just walked away before the number of their kind grew bigger.. Phew..

:sweaty:


Situation 4

I once heard my friend told a story about three high school girls whose made an academic tour around UQ. She caught them whispering among each other making fun of her and her friends,

"Look over there (with a look pointed towards my friends). Buy 1 you get 3 for free" and they giggled.

Dorng ingat konsep bole kawen smpai 4 dlm Islam ibarat macam shopping barang2 bile tgh sale. They totally misled about this very one concept. Adoyai..

Moral of the stories:
Lots of people out there have not really understand what Islam is about and the true reason behind every practice and ibadah we've made everyday. Tambah2 lg dgn kewujudan makhluk2 yg konon Islam dan buat amalan tipu2 je mcm yg dlm situasi 2 tu. This kind of people give bad impression and wrong interpretation about Islam.

So, hadirilah kelas2 agama untuk tambah pengetahuan tentang Islam. Even you are born as Muslim, don't you think you understand Islam better than a mualaf kenyit. Bila org tanya pasal agama Islam kita dapat jawab dengan berhemah dan tepat tanpa beri pemahaman yang salah tentang Islam. In a way, kita pon dapat berdakwah dengan mereka.

Bila beramal dan beribadah, lakukan lah dengan cara yang betul. An individual muslim is a role model for the non muslim and each of us have the responsibility to picture to the non muslim the correct way of Islam. Peringatan utk semua dan diri sendiri juga..

With love,