Saturday, May 16, 2015

Knocked out!

I am now convinced doing qiyamulail is good for your health.

I slept at the office with my RMC colleagues last night.Masing2 masuk office masing2... Mcm hotel rooms. We didn't expect the night would be so cold (rupa2nya Arni pi pasang centralised aircon!).I was ill-prepared.Some of us didn't sleep...couldn't..at all.I managed to get some 3 hours.

At qiyam..felt lucky cos' this uni tang ni bagus sgt dia...institutionalised ibadah camp.6 rakaat solat tahajud, hajat and tobat with 3 witir.And then zikir and baca mathurat pagi.My badan yg sakit tidur atas lantai jadi segar.Ini bukan exaggeration.Saya sahkan cerita2 kawan2 yg pulih dari pelbagai penyakit hanya dgn amalan solat tengah mlm dan baca Quran.

Lepas subuh, I went back to my hotel room..sambung tidur till 11 am! Org lain semua dah balik.Went home to feed my fish and went to do my spa..facial, reflexology and body massage.Balik rumah sama dgn waktu Nik arrived frm KT.Lepas Maghrib..another round of sleep.Weii...ni jet lag ke hapa ni? Knocked out habis!

But I remember this frm tazkirah Dr. Latiff: peringkat tertinggi iman is muhsin.Urutannya ialah Muslim, Mukmin/ah, Ihsan,Muhsin.Seorang Muslim belum tentu Muhsin tetapi seorang Muhsin adalah Muslim, Mukmin/ah dan Ihsan.Dia menjaga solat2nya, memberi zakat dan yakin dgn hari akhirat (ayat Quran in surah Luqman).Dia membuat segalanya dgn ikhlas kerana Allah taala.Dosa2 yg byk menghitamkan hati dan Allah akan kunci hati itu sampai empunya diri dah takda rasa takut atau malu membuat mungkar.Dia tidak lagi percaya Allah melihat semuanya dan di akhirat akan dapat balasan (kadang2 cash atas dunia).Seorang peserta bertanya bagaimana nak cuci hati dari titik2 hitam..ustaz kata bkn titik lagi but tebal/nipis hati itu dgn titik2 hitam.Katanya setiap kebaikan yg dibuat kerana Allah (tanpa riak dan diketahui org), akan terpadam titik itu. I tambah "zikir, ustaz". Ustaz said kekadang zikir pun org buat tak betul.Hanana la gamaknya tu.I didn't want to argue. It makes sense...zikir utk diri sendiri..impaknya kurang.Buat baik ramai yg dpt memanfaatkan.

The academic groups I join are upset over outside interference in the running of unis in this country.Ramai sahabat dan tolan kirim microphones melalui social media to me since uia suka sgt merampas  microphone from speakers at forums and lectures. :D

Leaders come and go but our mahasiswa/wi are not dumb.The more administrators resist, the stronger they become so kalau I yg memimpin uni, I give more microphones (and get smart and fearless moderators to ensure scholarly discussions do take place)....then make sure they (students) go bck to studies and get their As after that.Masalahnya ada di kalangan academics yg melihat opposition reps as enemies.I reminded those with this mindset (yg sedih..they are frm legal bground!) that mmg kerja opposition membangkang and tht they are legal entities and stopping them frm speaking at forums is against the constitution. Ada deme kisah? We need people who are genuinely academic to manage unis.Ketidak it's so third world mindset. Mmg kita tau org will come with their own agenda.Fightlah intellectually.Jgn lari - kan uia ramai world class debaters?


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