Saturday, November 1, 2008

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.)

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Assalamua'laikum Dear Azuriy,

Ma-sya-Allah, Ta-ba-ro-kAllah, didoakan "panggilan" untuk saudari tsbt terlaksana dgn baik.

Salah satu kelebihan membaca ayat Kursi; membaca ayat al-Kursi ketika dalam kesempitan, nescaya Allah SWT berkenan memberi pertolongan kepadanya. InsyaAllah...

Keep smiling and all the best for everything. I-lal-li-qa' was-sa-la-mah.

Anonymous said...

Tak dapat scholarship lagi nak berjihad.

Anonymous said...

Tu le namanya jihad belanja duit sendiri nak belajar

Anonymous said...

Assalamua'laikum,

(sedikit pengetahuan utk di kongsi)
Sesiapa yg sedang menuntut ilmu, selagi ilmu itu bukan yg memudaratkan dan ia boleh memartabatkan agama serta umat Islam, ia amat dikasihi oleh Allah dan rasulullah. Jadi, bila datang kesempitan, tidak mengapa meminta bantuan (bukan pinjaman) drpd dermawan2 yg faham lagi beriman.
Jihad adalah utk dikongsi. Pelajar dan dermawan sama2 berjihad.
Wallahua'lam.

Anonymous said...

Insyaallah setiap niat yang baik akan diperkenankan dan diberkati Allah s.w.t

IS