10 Hadiths & 8 Messages

I'm in the middle of memorizing 10 hadiths that should be recited tomorrow as a part of my exam ( You better believe it ! and I repeat it is a part of my exam, 10% to be exact). I know, K. Sya will laugh at me and as I'm struggling to memorize and pronounce word by word. I find it is easier to memorize the verses of Quran rather than a line of Hadith. Without a background in Arabic language or religious school, it seems a bit struggle for me but I still believe I can do it. Believe me!

Today, I also found & learned 8 messages from Umar Al Khattab R.A and as usual I think it is worth sharing these messages

1. leave nonsense and wasteful talking and you'll be granted wisdom (hikmah)

2. avoid wasteful sights and you'll be granted with concentration (in solah)

3. avoid excessive eating and you'll be granted with the sweetness in performing ibadah

4. avoid excessive laughter and you'll be granted with superiority

5. avoid excessive joking around and you'll be granted with benevolence

6. leave your mortal love for the world and you'll be granted with immortal love of the hereafter

7. avoid gossiping about others' mistakes and you'll be granted with opportunity to correct your own

8. leave the details about the existence of Allah and you'll be relieved from nifak.

GREAT.....JUST GREAT!

I sat for TDM exam this morning. Great, my lecturer gave the scope of what we suppose to read but the coverage of the reading materials for this paper is unlimited. There are no specific books/ articles/notes we can refer to. I read the topics based on what have given by my lecturer.

Great, there were only three questions in the exam paper but I couldn’t answer all the questions. None of us could answer those questions. All of us could only look at those questions. 5 out 5 members in the class could only stare at each other.

Great, the questions were in Bahasa Melayu and I have no problem with my Bahasa Melayu but we learnt it in English and to converse all the technical words were not as easy as ABC. I kept translating words in my head but somehow it sounded inappropriate.

Great, the bahasa problem is not really a problem. The main problem was none of the topics given came out in the exam paper.

Great, we were given only two hours to answer the questions, so we didn’t have to suffer much glancing the paper with the echo sound in our head saying “what is this?”

After the answer sheet was submitted, Prof A asked us whether we managed to answer the questions and of course the answer was as expected. Great, we were given another chance to answer those questions. This time, it will be a take home exam. Great… just great… I have another chance… Now I have to rewrite and reread more and it means all nighter again, no sleep. Great… and jussst great because I have another paper to sit on the same day of our take home exam submission date.

P/S : Prof A is a very nice lecturer (don’t get wrong with what have been written) but sometimes he does have a wicked sense of humour

Right vs Left (A Proof)

This is a picture of our brain. There are only two sides; left and right. Well... Nurr, I answered your question with a picture as a proof. Btw, just to inform you that I passed my Biology with credit.

Right vs Left

Sometimes we do tooo much thinking until 'there's nothing left in our left brain and nothing right in our right brain'

Thank you Is for the quote but will life be easier if we don't think too much? As at this moment I've been in front of my computer for 5 hours and not a single word has been added/written on my paper project that should be presented on this coming Saturday in Economic Colloquium. I type, delete, retype and again delete all the words that I wrote. I'm really out of idea. Zero. Nil. Concurrently, I'm in the middle of my final exam and half of my brain (I'm not sure, whether it is right or left brain) is thinking that I haven't touch my books. Another half tells me that I should shut my eyes and go to sleep. I wish I have a middle brain so that I have more space to think and tell me stop rambling and finish your work.

A Blessed Jumaat, A Neighbour & A Motivation

Yesterday was Jumaat (Friday) and it was a blessed Friday as my neighbour was on her way to Madinah to perform her hajj this year. I am truly happy for her as she looked so excited and told me that she couldn't believe that she was going to Makkah. Looking at her excited face and preparation, I really wish that I will bless with another opportunity to go for hajj and this time with a really good preparation. In my last year entry , Hajj: A journey of a lifetime which I wrote there is an old proverb said—before you visit Makkah, it beckons you. When you leave it behind, it calls you forever. Yes, it calls me and the excitement of my neighbour to go there has made the call stronger and I think it will be more when she come back from Makkah.

Another blessed thing happen during this Friday was when I found this hadith that can motives me and you to seek for knowledge.

Menuntut ilmu adalah taqwa,

menyampaikan ilmu adalah ibadah,

mengulang2 ilmu adalah zikir,

mencari ilmu adalah jihad,

(Al-Ghazali)

"Sesiapa menempuh satu perjalanan untuk mencari suatu ilmu,
Allah akan memudahkan untuknya jalan ke syurga"

(Hadis riwayat Imam Muslim dari Abu Hurairah r.a.)