A story to remember (+ himpunan posting lelaki_itu78)

lelaki_itu78

Muniba, a young Muslim university student, was home for the summer. She had gone to visit some sisters one evening & the time passed quickly as each shared their various experiences of the past year. She ended up staying longer than she had planned. Evening came & Muniba had to walk home alone. But she wasn't afraid because it was a small town and she lived only a few blocks away. As she walked along under the tall elm trees, Muniba asked "God" to keep her safe from harm & danger. When she reached the alley, which was a short cut to her house, she decided to take it. However, halfway down the alley, she noticed a man standing at the end, as though he was waiting for her. She became uneasy & began to pray, asking for "God's" protection. Instantly a comforting feeling of quietness & security wrapped around her; she felt as though someone was walking with her. When she reached the end of the alley, she walked right past the man & arrived home safely. the following day, she read in the paper that a young girl had been raped in the same alley, just twenty minutes after she had been there. Feeling overwhelmed by this tragedy & the fact that it could have been her, she began to weep. Thanking the Lord for her safety & to help this young woman, she decided to go to the police station. She felt she could recognize the man, so she told them her story. The police asked her if she would be willing to look at a line up to see if she could identify him. She agreed & immediately pointed out the man she had seen in the alley the night before. When the man was told he had been identified, he immediately broke down & confessed. The officer thanked Muniba for her bravery & asked if there was anything they could do for her, she asked if they would ask the man one question. Muniba was curious as to why he had not attacked her. When the policeman asked him,he answered, "Because she wasn't alone. She had two tall men walking on either side of her.

NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF PRAYER!
He, who loses money, loses much;
He, who loses a friend, loses much more;
He, who loses FAITH, loses ALL.

May Allah guide us all to the the truth and keep us all on the straight path
Ameen

[ Last edited by  ibnur at 1-12-2007 10:16 PM ]

Very nice and touching story. Whatever our faith is, just dont stop praying....

IDB

macam dah baca somewhere ....

lelaki_itu78

BERMUAMALAH DENGAN BAIK ANTARA SUAMI ISTERI


Seorang suami tidak boleh membenci isterinya atau sampai menceraikannya hanya kerana satu kelakuan isterinya tidak menyenangkan. Tetapi hendaklah dipertimbangkan dengan perilaku lain yang menyenangkan dari isterinya.

Sabda Rasulullah: "Sesungguhnya orang perempuan itu diciptakan dari tulang rusuk. Ia tidak akan boleh lurus pada satu jalan. Jika kamu mencari kepuasan dengannya, nescaya kamu dapat kepuasan darinya, padahal ia tetap bengkok. Dan jika kamu hendak meluruskannya, bererti kamu cuba mematahkan, sedangkan mematahkan (bererti) menceraikannya." (Riwayat Muslim)

Hadis itu menggambarkan tingkah laku perempuan yang sejak lahir memang telah dibekali dan dipengaruhi oleh sifat pembawaan asli. Betapa rumit dan sukarnya mendidik wanita. Jika ia dididik dengan kasar, maka ia akan patah. Kalau dibiarkan, maka semakin parah tingkah lakunya. Oleh sebab itu, bagi para suami dalam mempergauli isteri harus berlaku bijaksana, tahu situasi dan kondisinya. Jangan terlalu kasar dan jangan pula terlalu lembut.

Sabda Rasulullah: "Jika seorang perempuan telah sembahyang lima waktunya, menjaga kemaluannya dan taat kepada suaminya pasti ia masuk syurga dari berbagai pintu yang dikehendakinya." (Riwayat Ibnu Hibban)

Tugas seorang isteri disamping harus taat kepada Allah, juga harus taat kepada suaminya. Jika kedua-dua tugas ia dapat dilaksanakan dengan baik, maka syurgalah baginya. Ia dipersilakan masuk syurga melalui mana-mana pintu syurga yang dikehendakinya.

Aisyah berkata, "Saya bertanya kepada Rasulullah, "Siapakah yang lebih besar haknya bagi seorang perempuan (isteri)?" Baginda pun bersabda: "Suaminya." Saya bertanya lagi: "Siapakah yang lebih besar haknya bagi orang lelaki?" Baginda pun bersabda: "Ibunya." (Riwayat Bazaar dan Hakim)

Orang perempuan mempunyai satu kewajipan yang besar dan penting terhadap suami. Sebelum kewajipan lain dilaksanakan, kewajipan terhadap suamilah harus didahulukan. Lelaki mempunyai kewajipan yang amat besar terhadap ibunya. Sejauh kemampuannya, ia perlu memenuhi setiap kewajipan terhadap ibunya, kerana itu kewajipan yang mesti dilaksanakan.

Rasulullah bersabda: "Wanita yang taat terhadap suaminya, diminta ampun oleh burung di angkasa, ikan-ikan di dalam air, malaikat di langit, matahari dan bulan, selama wanita itu ada dalam kerelaan suaminya. Dan setiap wanita yang derhaka kepada suaminya, maka kepadanyalah laknat Allah, malaikat dan manusia semuanya. Dan setiap wanita yang bermuka masam di muka suaminya, jesteru itu ia ada dalam kemurkaan Allah Ta'ala sampai ia (wanita/isteri) bersenda gurau dengan suaminya dan ia meminta kerelaanya. Dan setiap wanita yang keluar dari rumahnya tanpa izin suaminya, jesteru itu malaikat melaknatnya hingga ia pulang." (Riwayat Al Bazzar).

[ Last edited by  ibnur at 1-12-2007 09:59 PM ]

lelaki_itu78

26 Beautiful One-Liners

1. Give Allah what's right -- not what's left.

2. Man's way leads to a hopeless end -- Allah's way leads to an endless hope.

3. A lot of kneeling will keep you in good standing.

4. He who kneels before Allah can stand before anyone.

5. In the sentence of life, the devil may be a comma -- but never let him be the period.

6. Don't put a question mark where Allah puts a period.

7. Are you wrinkled with burden? Come to the mosque for a face-lift.

8. When praying, don't give Allah instructions -- just report for duty.

9. Don't wait for six strong men to take you to the mosque.

10. We don't change Allah's message -- His message changes us.

11. The mosque is prayer-conditioned.

12. When Allah ordains, He sustains.

13. WARNING: Exposure to the Allah may prevent burning.

14. Plan ahead -- It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.

15. Most people want to serve Allah, but only in an advisory position.

16. Suffering from truth decay? Brush up on your Koran.

17. Exercise daily -- walk with Allah.

18. Never give the devil a ride -- he will always want to drive.

19. Nothing else ruins the truth like stretching it.

20. Compassion is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back.

21. He who angers you controls you.

22. Worry is the darkroom in which negatives can develop.

23. Give Satan an inch & he'll be a ruler.

24. Be ye fishers of men -- you catch them & He'll clean them.

25. Allah doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called.

26. Read the Koran -- It will scare the hell out of you.

lelaki_itu78

Sports Car vs. Quraan

A young man was getting ready to graduate college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.

As Graduation Day approached, the young man waited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box.

Curious, but somewhat disappointed the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Quran. Angrily, he raised his voice at his father and said "With all your money you give me a Quran?" and stormed out of the house, leaving the holy book.

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to him. He had not seen him since that graduation day.

Before he could make arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care things. When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search his father's important papers and Salawatu Alai Wasalam the still new Quran, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Quran and began to turn the pages.

As he read those words, a car key dropped from an envelope taped behind the Quran. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words...PAID IN FULL.

How many times do we miss ALLAH's blessings because they are not packaged as we expected?

lelaki_itu78

You know your Islam is in trouble when...

...the last thing you learnt about Islam, the Quran, or Jihad was from CNN

...all your conversations with your friends have to do with guys/girls, or movies, or guys/girls in movies

...you spend more nights at the club during Ramadan than at a Masjid

...you can't remember the last time you asked someone a question about something you didn't understand in Islam

...you find time to watch three movies a week but find yourself too busy to pray Salah regularly

...that Quran translation you were given last 'Eid is still sitting on the top shelf of your bookrack

...the 'inner voice' you hear when you are in complete silence sounds surprisingly similar to the latest hip-hop song you heard

...you don't know any people who you can say Salaams to without feeling embarrassed

...the feeling that God is watching you in all that you do is never more than a passing thought

...you are available to receive phone calls at 2 a.m.

...your clothes and hair smell of cigarettes on Sunday mornings even though you don't smoke

...knowing something is right or wrong and feeling guilty about it does not effect whether you actually do it or not

...you gave hope of ever entering Paradise because you don't feel you deserve it after 'all that I have done

...when you want something in your life you fantasize about it and say "I wish!"

...you can't figure out why you are never truly happy deep in your heart and why nothing good in your life ever seems to last (why does it always have to end?)

...the happiest day of your life so far was on a Christmas, Valentine, or a dance

...you are loneliest when you are sad or when something bad has happened to you (where did all my friends go?)

...you don't think of the Prophet at least once a day

...when you hear of Muslims dying somewhere in the world, you consider it part of 'politics' which you have nothing to do with

...your 'best friend' is a person of the opposite gender yet not your husband or wife

...you have no motivation to change things in your life

...when your faults are pointed out to you, you reply "This is who I am, for better or for worse!"

...listening to the Quran does not make you feel guilty

...you are actually flattered when people on the street stare or ask you out

...you friends never object to any of your bad habits or behaviours and vice versa

...you don't care whether you go to heaven or hell since no one can really be sure about these things

...to you, Islam is just another 'organized institutionalized religion'

...you actually agreed with everything your philosophy professor taught in class

...you generally feel crappy and often find yourself telling people that you consider and justify your sins as 'a part of who I am'

...you want to travel around the world someday but Makkah is not one of your planned stops

...your parents hate you and have said so to you

...you read the horoscopes yet have never performed Salat-ul-Istikharah

...you have never felt like falling down on your face and crying to Allah

...you look down upon people who are more practicing than yourself as 'just mullahs and ustaz'

...your past bad experiences with some Muslims prevent you from getting closer to Islam and other Muslims

lelaki_itu78

Sekadar renungan untuk difikir2kan... semoga kita sama2 beroleh manfaat.... Seringkali kita mendengar orang berkata bahawa pakaian mencerminkan keperibadian kita tetapi kita seringkali alpa, kita terlalu lalai dan kita tidak pernah ambil peduli tentang pakaian yang dipakai untuk 'mengadap'. Kita lupa akan hakikat siapa diri kita. Seringkali kita mengadap Allah SubhanAllah Wa Taala dengan pakaian yang kita pakai hampir seharian. Pakaian tersebut kadang-kala tidak diketahui sejauhmana kebersihan dan kesuciannya. Bayangkan seharian kita memakainya ke hulu, ke hilir dan kadangkala pakaian tersebut menyapu jalanraya kerana terlalu labuh mencecah lantai. Jadilah kita Majlis Perbandaran yang tak bertauliah. Jauh bezanya dengan keadaan kita ketika menghadiri majlis-majlis keramaian atau kenduri. Dengan keharumannya dan pakaiannya yang tanpa sekelumit pun kesan kotoran degil. Berbeza keadaannya untuk kita mengadap Allah SubhanAllah Wa Taala. Bahkan kita juga rela memakai telekung yang dipenuhi bintik-bintik hitam umpama jeragat dimuka dengan 'keharuman' yang tersendiri. Hilang keperihatinan tentang kebersihan sebagaimana yang kita laung-laungkan. Sedangkan Islam amat menitik beratkan hal-hal yang berkaitan dengan kebersihan dan kesucian. Manakala ada juga dikalangan kita yang berhias sakan apabila ber'dating', tapi bila masa mengadap Allah SubhanAllah Wa Taala hanya berkain pelikat tanpa berbaju pula. Tidak timbul pun sedikit rasa malu dihati kita bila berpakaian demikian ketika sembahyang. Sembahyang seolah-olah menjadi perkara ringan dalam hidup kita. Sedangkan di zaman Rasulullah Salawatu Alai Wasalam ia merupakan satu tanggungjawab yang besar dan ada dikalangan sahabat yang gementar tubuh mereka apabila ingin menunaikan tanggungjawab ini. Jauh berbeza dengan kita hari ini yang hanya bersembahyang mi maggie, dua minit dah siap. Oleh renung-renungilah diri kita, ibadat kita demi kebahagian di sana. ..."Dunia ini adalah umpama tanam-tanaman untuk akhirat"...

lelaki_itu78

Sunnah Tidur Tengahari Dan Penemuan Semasa Tidur siang pernah dianggap sebagai salah satu tanda kemalasan. Islam menganggapnya sebagai suatu kebaikan asalkan seseorang itu tidak berlebih-lebihan dengannya. Di dalam kitab 'Misykatul Masabih' disebutkan tentang salah satu amalan sunnah yang pernah dilakukan oleh Nabi: "Tidur yang sedikit di waktu tengahari (qailulah) tidaklah keji.Rasulullah ada melakukannya." Imam Al Ghazali di dalam kitab 'Ihya Ulumuddin' telah berkata: "Hendaklah seseorang tidak meninggalkan tidur di siang hari kerana ianya membantu ibadah di malam hari sebagaimana sahur membantu puasa di siang hari. Sebaik-baiknya ialah bangun sebelum tergelincir matahari untuk solat zohor." Islam mempunyai pandangan tertentu tentang tidur tengahari. Ia dianggap sebagai sunnah dan bukan sebagai suatu yang keji. Tidurnya hanya sekejap. Tujuannya adalah untuk kesegaran tubuh badan agar dapat dimanfaatkan untuk melaksanakan amal dan ibadah yang berkualiti. Dewasa ini, berpandukan kajian-kajian saintifik, tidur sekejap di waktu siang (day napping), terutamanya pada waktu tengahari, didapati amat berkesan untuk mempertingkatkan tenaga, tumpuan dan akhirnya produktiviti pekerja-pekerja. Baru-baru ini satu kajian 25 tahun tentang kesan tidur ke atas negara-negara industri dan pasca-industri telah mendapati bahawa "92.5% pekerja-pekerja yang berkesempatan tidur di waktu tengahari, mempunyai daya kreativiti yang lebih tinggi. Daya kemampuan mereka untuk menyelesaikan masalah juga meningkat. Semua ini pastinya meningkatkan produktiviti." (Napping News:'Scientific Proof Confirms: Napping Enhances Worker Productivity,' from e-Fuse) Waktu tengahari merupakan masa yang paling sesuai untuk tidur seketika kerana sistem badan kita memang bersedia untuk memanfaatkan fasa tidur pada waktu itu. Fasa ini disebutkan sebagai 'a mid-afternoon quiescent phase' atau ' a secondary sleep gate.' Di antara tokoh-tokoh yang menggalakkan tidur tengahari ini ialah Dr. William A. Anthony, Ph.D. dan Camille W. Anthony, pengarang buku 'The Art of Napping at Work.' Demikian juga yang disebutkan oleh David F. Dinges dan Roger J. Broughton di dalam buku mereka 'Sleep and Alertness: Chronobiological, Behavioural and Medical Aspects of Napping.' Dr. James Maas, pakar tidur dari Cornell University juga telah merumuskan bahawa tidur di tengahari sekadar 15-20 minit sudah mencukupi untuk mengembalikan tenaga dan menjaga kesihatan. Seorang pengkaji yang lain, Donald Greeley, telah mengatakan bahawa tidur tengahari adalah bermanfaat selama mana ianya tidak melebihi satu jam. (Gail Benchener: 'Parents and Sleep Deprivation,' Family.com) Sunnah tidur tengahari yang diajarkan Nabi rupa-rupanya merupakan suatu yang amat saintifik lagi relevan pada hari ini. (Laporan saintifik tentang kelebihan tidur tengahari ke atas produktiviti berdasarkan kajian 25 tahun)

lelaki_itu78

"More Than A Hero: Muhammad Ali's Life Lessons Through His Daughter's Eyes."

"If memory serves me correctly, I was wearing a little white tank top and a short black skirt. I had been raised Orthodox Muslim, so I had never before worn such revealing clothing while in my father's presence. When we finally arrived, the chauffer escorted my younger sister, Laila, and me up to my father's suite. As usual, he was hiding behind the door waiting to scare us. We exchanged many hugs and kisses as we could possibly give in one day. My father took a good look at us. Then he sat me down on his lap and said something that I will never forget. He looked me straight in the eyes and said, "Hana, everything that God made valuable in the world is covered and hard to get to. Where do you find diamonds? Deep down in the ground, covered and protected. Where do you find pearls? Deep down at the bottom of the ocean, covered up and protected in a beautiful shell. Where do you find gold? Way down in the mine, covered over with layers and layers of rock. You've got to work hard to get to them." He looked at me with serious eyes. "Your body is sacred. You're far more precious than diamonds and pearls, and you should be covered too."

peacefrog

nice
boleh letak dekat surau...

sesuai ke dgn ci ni.... masuk writers lagi bagus.... tu pun kalo takder org dah tepek dulu.....

ain_ishah

thanks.... mengingatkan....

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Ni citer fiksyen ke...factual