Saturday, July 20, 2013

11th day of Ramadan

We were out doing bits of our Raya shopping.Z is away so it was quick.I dah takda apa nak beli for Raya (tahun ni baju kurung dah ditempah.No fancy2) but had to purchase pakaian2 wanita yg lain.Wough...I collected a beautiful raya gift and vouchers.Best juga shopping mcm ni.

Semlm ustaz kata puasa ni ada kategori2 nya.If hanya menahan lapar dan dahaga...itu puasa org awam.If menahan lain2... darjatnya tinggi lagi.Tak silap I he said ada 5 kategori puasa.Gulp.Just pray ours termasuk dalam kelompok yg tinggi bukan yg di bawah sekali tu.As you age, puasa is not easy mcm kita puasa muda2 dulu. Kering tekaklah, panaslah, mengantuklah (although tidur can be a form of ibadah bilamana kita kurang berckp, tidak mendengar atau melihat perkara2 tak senonoh)

Tazkirah Ramadan

Nik Aziz punya son was supposed to give the tazkirah but he rang to say tak dpt dtg so Haji Ali twisted Abe Akob (ahli tabligh) to ganti.MasyaAllah...what a rezeki! This chap shared with us aplikasi agama..putting all the beautiful values we so often talk about to practice.

He said dia and gang baru balik dari kawasan paling ulu in Sarawak, Long Lama which would take 4 hours ride on jalan lori balak.No electricity except between 6 and 10 pm and no water except mandi dlm sungai byk buaya.Kg tu ada 50 families...10 families je Islam tapi Islam kapal selam cos' sapa nak do dakwah work, right? My perception of the tabligh people berubah sekelip mata.

Ustaz kata bulan2 Ramadan ni he would collect zakat kat kawasan uptown tu (cerita kat Kota Dsara la pulak ni)....kawasan bdk2 muda rock melepak..one young man approached and asked saya pakai seluar pendek boleh ke byr zakat.Ustaz said bolehhh.Another would come and say saya nak byr utk awek saya, boleh ke? Ustaz kata dia dah kerja? Dah.Dia kena dtg byr sendiri.Another one came pakai gelang besar and masa bersalam, dia yg genggam ustaz kuat2. Ustaz kata ada juga yg lembut dtg.Ustaz said dia tak pasti nak salam ke tidak...tapi akhirnya tidak bersalam (dia joke je ni).

It was enlightening really.Ustaz kata ada tiga golongan yg syurga tunggu:

1. Org yg beri salam masa masuk rumah
2. Org yg keluar rumah menuju masjid
3. Org yg sentiasa berzikir subhanaAllah (yg ni tak pasti but I remember tahap syurga adalah lebih bagi mereka yg buat semua amalan baik but yg membezakan penghuni syurga tahap atas and lesser is mrk yg suka zikir subhanaAllah)

Ustaz kata nak tingkat iman, kita mesti tingkat amalan baik.Tingkat iman, tingkat taqwa.Turun amalan, turun iman, turun atau kurang taqwa.Wough...senang je calculation nak jaga KPI iman kita ni.Amal.Action.Inilah worldview org tabligh so harap2 takda lagi org look down on them.

And imam kita kali ni budak muda...haiyooo..you'll simply melt dengar merdunya suara dia baca surah2 tu.

Afundi teraweh mlm ni!


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