Archive for July, 2008

28 Jul

Self-reflection

Posted by adikbongsu in Guidance, Halaqah, Personal, Rambling, self.

Slap slap slap …. not once, not twice but more …. much much more than I imagine. That’s what I received willingly accompanied with the shame that I am still no better than I was since the last Halaqah season
I had hoped to improve but it seems that is not so. [...]

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26 Jul

Preparing for death

Posted by adikbongsu in Allah, Death, Guidance, Prophet Muhammad, islam.

Preparing for death by Imam Al-Ghazali – A summary
Rasulullah s.a.w. was asked, “How does one prepare for death?”
Rasulullah s.a.w.  said, “Those of you who remember it the most are the best prepared for it.”
So how does one prepares for this path?
Remember that death is just another journey, a journey from this world to a world [...]

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21 Jul

Allah, the provider

Posted by adikbongsu in Prophet Muhammad, charity, good deeds, hadith, islam, islamic stories, society.

Shaykh Sa’eed Musfir narrates the following account:
“I was walking out of the Haram (the Ka’bah in Makkah) when I saw a man begging from everyone that passed by him.
Just then a man who had parked his tinted Mercedes excessively close to the Haram in a designated VIP parking walked passed the beggar on his way [...]

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18 Jul

Money no enough!

Posted by adikbongsu in Personal, Rambling.

Contemplating my budgets, I actually have plans to buy a sofa, a computer and change my toilet door.  Problem is the budget is not enough for all, so have to decide which item is more urgent …. *sigh*
If I consider carefully, I think its the toilet door and the sofa and computer can wait and talking about budget, I [...]

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15 Jul

Stop judging…

Posted by adikbongsu in Jugdement, character, moral stories.

There was an old man in a village in China, very poor, but even kings were jealous of him because he had a beautiful white horse. Kings offered fabulous prices for the horse, but the man would say, “This horse is not a horse to me, he is a person. And how can you sell [...]

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11 Jul

Halaqah – 2nd week

Posted by adikbongsu in Allah, Guidance, Knowledge, Personal, hadith, islam.

Alhamdulillah, the second week of Halaqah, after the Asma’ul Husna and du’a was recited, Ust. Muna started the lesson by asking all of us to read the Muqaddimah (Introduction) of the Bidayatul Hidayah, the book which was written by Iman Ghazali r.a.
As a starter, Thuraiyah, was asked to start the ball rolling by reading the [...]

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9 Jul

Halaqah 20.7.2007

Posted by adikbongsu in Halaqah, Personal, hadith, islam.

Ok here’s a recap of what was learnt during Halaqah season 1 which made its debut on last July 2007.  Upon a request from a sister, I am now writing it down here in wordpress. Forgive me if there’s any mistake or missing information, please excuse me because I am aging everyday and thus my memory [...]

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7 Jul

Sincerity in teaching religion

Posted by adikbongsu in Quran, Teaching, islam.

Sufyan Al-Thawri used to say: “It is rare for a scholar who attracts a large crowd to his lessons not to be¬come conceited.”
Al-Hasan al-Basri passed by Tawus as he was relating Prophetic traditions to a large gathering in the Sa¬cred Mosque. Al-Hasan drew near to him and whispered into his ear: “If you are proud [...]

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