Jul 9, 2009

Mukmin sejati mesti sabar hadapi ujian

Bersama Dr Juanda Jaya

SUATU hari, tiba-tiba Allah SWT menentukan turunnya bala ke atas
diri dan keluarga kita. Hati dan perasaan kita mencari dan bertanya,
apakah salah dan dosa yang dilakukan? Mengapa begitu susah
mententeramkan hati dengan berprasangka baik kepada Allah SWT? Kita
berusaha memujuk diri dengan satu kefahaman bala dan ujian itu akan
Allah SWT balas dengan sesuatu yang lebih baik berbanding apa yang
hilang di tangan anda.


Allah SWT sentiasa memilih yang terbaik untuk diri kita. Adakah
patut kita mendahului Allah SWT dalam setiap pilihan-Nya? Manusia
berkata dalam hati: “Alangkah eloknya jika begini dan begini.” Adakah
manusia itu mengetahui seperti mana Allah SWT Mengetahui? Yang sehelai
daun gugur di serata bumi ini pun tidak akan gugur kecuali dengan
pengetahuan-Nya? Alangkah naif manusia jika ia merasa dirinya lebih
tahu apa yang terbaik buat dipilih.

Saidina Umar bin al-Khattab, pernah berputus asa ketika kemenangan
Islam tidak muncul. Pada hal di sisi beliau ada Rasulullah SAW.
Perasaan putus asa Umar ini jauh lebih bernilai daripada rasa putus asa
kita yang kehilangan dunia, anak atau isteri.



Perasaan putus asa Umar adalah mewakili Islam dan kesetiaannya kepada
Allah SWT dan Rasul-Nya. Manakala perasaan putus asa kita mewakili
kepentingan dan ego dalam diri sendiri. Umar meratap sedih: “Wahai
Rasulullah bukankah kamu utusan Allah? Bukankah Agama ini benar?”
Rasulullah menguatkan semangat sahabatnya: “Sesungguhnya Aku adalah
seorang hamba Allah dan sudah tentu Dia tidak akan membinasakan
diriku.” (Sirah Nabawiyah oleh Dr Mustafa al-Sibaie)


Kata-kata keramat Baginda ini sudah selayaknya menghiasi hati orang
mukmin yang bergantung sepenuhnya kepada Allah SWT. Jika kita mahu
menelusuri selok-belok kehidupan ini, ujian dan cabaran itu sebenarnya
membuat anda menjadi lebih kebal. Tidak mudah goyah dan mampu melompat
lebih tinggi.


Orang yang memenangi pertarungan itu sebenarnya bukan yang kuat
tetapi yang paling mampu menahan sakit. Lihatlah mereka yang berjaya.
Di atas kesakitan itu mereka membina kekuatan, rela tidak tidur untuk
kerja yang perlu diselesaikan. Mereka yang berjaya begitu disiplin dan
menghargai kesakitan yang diderita. Allah SWT menguji siapakah yang
paling baik imannya dan paling reda dengan qada dan qadar-Nya.


Dr Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, dalam kitabnya Al-Iman wal Hayah menyatakan:
“Tidak mungkin manusia dapat menghindarkan diri daripada pelbagai
kesulitan, begitulah kenyataan hidup, ramai yang bersua dengan
kegagalan, ditinggalkan kekasih, penyakit menyerang tubuh, kehilangan
harta benda dan seterusnya. Kemudian beliau mengambil hadis Rasulullah
bermaksud: “Perumpamaan orang beriman yang ditimpa ujian bagai besi
yang dimasukkan ke dalam api, lalu hilang karat dan tinggal yang
baiknya saja.”


Beliau juga meminjam kata-kata seorang ulama: “Setiap kali aku
ditimpa ujian duniawi, terbayang olehku tiga kurniaan Tuhan. Yang
pertama, cubaan itu tidak menjejaskan agamaku. Yang kedua, aku tidak
ditimpa bahaya yang lebih besar dari itu. Yang ketiga, aku mendapat
pahala dari Allah SWT kerananya.


Betapa indahnya ungkapan semangat yang mencerminkan kekerasan hati
orang beriman. Seperti mana kata-kata Saidina Urwah bin al-Zubair saat
menghadapi sakit sehingga anggota badannya diamputasi dan kematian anak
lelakinya: “Ya Allah, di atas kesedihan ini hamba memuji-Mu, Engkau
memberiku tujuh orang anak, lalu Engkau mengambilnya satu. Aku tidak
menyesal, bukankah Engkau tinggalkan untukku enam orang lagi? Kaki dan
tanganku semuanya empat dan Engkau hanya ambil satu saja daripada
mereka. Bukankah ada tiga lagi yang sepatutnya aku syukuri? Kalau
Engkau yang mengambil maka Engkau juga yang memberi. Kalau Engkau yang
menurunkan bala, sesungguhnya Engkau juga yang menyelamatkan.”


Itulah hikmah sebenar mengapa Allah SWT menguji, supaya tumbuh jiwa
hamba pada diri kita. Tiada ego melampau dan menganggap akulah yang
kuat lalu menzalimi orang lain. Kerana ada Yang Maha Kuasa yang serta
merta boleh merenggut ubun-ubunnya dan menghapuskan apa saja yang
dimiliki.


Firman Allah SWT bermaksud: “Katakanlah wahai Muhammad: Mahukah Kami
khabar kepadamu orang yang amat merugi perbuatannya? Iaitu orang sesat
perbuatannya sewaktu hidup di dunia sedangkan mereka mengira
perbuatannya itu adalah kebaikan.” (Surah Al-Kahfi: 103-104).


Manusia merancang, Allah menentukan. Jika seorang bapa kehilangan
anaknya nescaya Allah membalas dengan Baitul Hamdi (sebuah istana
khusus di syurga) kerana kesabarannya. Bagaimana pula orang yang cekal
di atas bala lebih teruk daripada itu? Balaslah ujian Allah SWT dengan
lafaz pujian dan syukur kepada-Nya, kerana ia tanda kasih sayang Allah
SWT ke atas diri kita.


Penulis ialah pendakwah dari Negeri Sarawak, boleh dihubungi melalui juanda@kutpm.edu.my


May 26, 2009

BALANCE SHEET OF LIFE ...........

Our Birth is our Opening Balance!

Our Death is our Closing Balance
!


Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities


Our Creative Ideas are our Assets




Heart is our Current Asset


Soul is our Fixed Asset


Brain is our Fixed Deposit


Thinking is our Current Account




Achievements are our Capital


Character & Morals, our Stock-in-Trade


Friends are our General Reserves


Values & Behaviour are our Goodwill

Patience is our Interest Earned
Love is our Dividend
Children are our Bonus Issues

Education is Brands / Patents 

Knowledge is our Investment
Experience is our Premium Account


The Aim is to Tally the Balance Sheet Accurately.


The Goal is to get the Best Presented Accounts Award


Some very good and very bad things.....



The most destructive habit....... .......Wor
ry

The greatest Joy......... ......... .........Giving


The greatest loss.......Loss of self-respect




The most satisfying work........ .......Helping others
The ugliest personality trait....... .....Selfishness
The most endangered species ...... ...Dedicated leaders


Our greatest natural resource.... ......... ...Our youth



The greatest 'shot in the arm'........ .Encouragement


The greatest problem to overcome.... ......... ...Fear


The most effective sleeping pill....... Peace of mind


The most crippling failure disease...... . .......Excuses




The most powerful force in life........ . .......... .Love


The most dangerous act...... ..A gossip


The world's most incredible computer.... ....The brain


The worst thing to be without..... ......... ..... Hope




The deadliest weapon...... ......... ........The tongue


The two most power-filled words....... ......... 'I Can'


The greatest asset....... .......... ......... .....Faith


The most worthless emotion..... ......... ....Self- pity




The most beautiful attire...... ......... ........SMILE
!

The most prized possession.. .......... ......Integrity


The most powerful channel of communication. ...Prayer


The most contagious spirit...... ......... ......Enthusiasm




Life ends;

when
you

stop
Dreaming,


Hope ends;

when
you

stop
Believing,



Love ends;

when
you

stop
Caring,



And Friendship ends;
when you stop Sharing...!! !

May 18, 2009

Didik Masyarakat Jadi Prihatin - Rosmawati

KUALA LUMPUR, 18 Mei - Gejala pembuangan bayi yang baru dilahirkan nampaknya sudah menjadi sesuatu yang lumrah dalam masyarakat hari ini.

Pengarah Raudhatus Sakinah, Rosmawati Zainal (gambar) berkata, kekejaman berlaku bukan hanya kerana bayi itu dibuang, malah lebih dahsyat lagi, ia membawa kepada pembunuhan bayi yang malang tersebut.

“Kegiatan pembuangan dan pembunuhan bayi ini seolah-olah sudah menjadi kebiasaan dalam masyarakat lantaran hampir setiap hari kita mendengar berita-berita mengenainya dalam media massa. Namun hal yang menjadi tanda tanya ialah kegiatan tersebut berlaku dalam masyarakat yang bagaimana?” ujar Rosmawati ketika diminta oleh Malaysia Harmoni untuk mengulas kes pembuangan bayi yang berlaku di belakang sebuah kedai makan di Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock di sini pada malam 16 Mei 2009 yang lalu.

Dalam kejadian tersebut, mayat seorang bayi lelaki yang masih bertali pusat ditemui oleh salah seorang pekerja kedai makan tersebut dalam keadaan berbungkus dengan surat khabar dan masih terdapat kesan darah, dipercayai baru dilahirkan.

“Kita tidak tahu siapa yang melakukannya dan bagaimana bentuk pembuangannya. Namun kita bersyukur kerana masih ada ahli masyarakat yang bersikap prihatin walaupun kita tahu kebanyakan daripada mereka tidak tahu apa yang perlu dilakukan apabila berhadapan dengan situasi sebegitu,” tambah beliau.

Untuk itu, beliau memberikan saranan agar seluruh ahli masyarakat harus terus dididik dalam menangani gejala sedemikian.

“Mereka yang melakukannya adalah mereka yang jahil. Justeru, dengan didikan yang betul, mereka mampu keluar daripada kejahilan tersebut. Mereka yang lain juga harus turut dididik agar menjadi ahli mayarakat yang prihatin dengan suasana yang berlaku di sekeliling mereka,” tegas beliau lagi.

Dalam pada itu, Raudhatus Sakinah yang merupakan sebuah pusat perlindungan dan bimbingan remaja puteri kini sedang giat menjalankan kempen “Anda Bijak Jauhi Zina”, sebuah kempen yang mula dilancarkan pada tahun 2007 dengan menjadikan para pelajar sekolah-sekolah menengah serta institusi pengajian tinggi sebagai golongan sasaran.

“Kita harap kempen sebegini bukan dilakukan oleh pihak Raudhatus Sakinah sahaja, namun harus turut digerakkan oleh semua pihak, termasuk agensi kerajaan dan swasta. Kita laksanakannya adalah untuk membantu golongan remaja, belia dan masyarakat seluruhnya daripada terus terjerumus ke lembah dosa dan noda,” kata beliau.

May 15, 2009

15th May, A Day of Remembrance of Nakbah

Assalamualaikum and Salam Sejahtera,
PACE (Palestine Centre of Excellence, Malaysia) declaration of support for the Palestinian cause in conjunction with the 61st remembrance of an-Nakbah (the catastrophe of 15th May 1948)

15th May, a day of remembrance of Nakbah

The tragedy of an-Nakbah or catastrophe officially unfolded on the 15th May of 1948 with the birth of the illegitimate state of Israel. It was the culmination of the systematic usurpation of Palestinian land by Jewish settlers since the 1920’s and ended with the mass exodus of more than 800,000 Palestinians vacating their homes and land to save dear life. Sixty one years have past to date, and these displaced Palestinians or their children and children’s children are still living in refugee camps across the middle east, longing to return to their homes in historic Palestine.

It all started with the notorious Balfour Declaration passed in the British House of Commons in 1917, giving the rights to the people of Jewish descent to migrate and populate the British mandated territory of Palestine. It marked the success of the International Zionist movement started and led by Teodor Hertzl in 1897, which after much consultation settled for Palestine for the Jewish National Home. They came and settled in Palestine, buying over land or taking over from absentee landlords. Thanks to the great Mufti of Palestine, al-Haj Amin Husaini, a religious edict was passed by the council of muslim scholars which forbade Palestinians from selling their lands to Jewish settlers. Things came to a head after the Second World War, when displaced jews of Europe as a consequent of Hitlers pogrom, or the Holocaust, flocked to Palestine in their hundreds of thousands. They formed armed groups like Haganah and Irgun, terrorizing Palestinians by conducting raids and massacres in their villages. To resolve the situation in Palestine, the United Nation formed the UNSCOP (United Nation Special Committee on Palestine) to preside over the issue, and they came up with the Partition Plan, whereby historic Palestine was divided into Arab and Jewish territory. Fifty five percent of Palestinian territory was carved up for the Jewish immigrants from Europe. The Partition Plan was tabled in the United Nations General Assembly in 1947 and was passed as the Resolution 181 with majority votes. As Arab and Islamic countries have yet to become members of the United Nation, as they were still under the colonial yoke, the outcome of the vote was a forgone conclusion. What’s worst was the Palestinian people, the rightful owner of the land was ignored as if they were non existent.

Nineteen years later, the zionist State of Israel annexed the remaining 23% of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the East Jarusalem (Baitul Maqdis), what’s left of the Arab territories from the first Arab-Israeli War of 1948. Right to this day, every single inch of these remaining territory has been under occupation. Despite of repeated calls by the United Nations to withdraw to the Green Line of 1967, as stipulated by the UN Resolution 242 and 338 Israel remain defiant. The longstanding occupation now has lead to other more demeaning and sinister moves by the Zionist regime to carve up more land by buiding jewish-only settlements on Palestinian lands, constructing the notorious wall that snakes through the West Bank from north to south, disrupting daily movements of the Palestinian people and blocking access to schools, farms and water sources. Against every sense of justice and international laws and convention, Israel has been laying siege on the densely populated Gaza strip since 2006, turning it into the biggest terrestrial prison on earth. The population of Gaza was collectively punished for putting up a resistance against the occupation, an act that is sanctioned even by the United Nations and the Geneva Conventions. The siege was than followed by a massive military strike against a deprived population that lasted for 22 days with the aim of breaking the spirit of the Palestinian people. But the Palestinian people survived the terrible ordeal and came out stronger.

These episodes only prove one thing i.e. no power can put down a national aspiration for freedom. The Palestinian people will continue to remain steadfast in their struggle to liberate their land and restore their dignity in the face of the most oppressive regime the world has ever known. They have put up sixty one years of honourable fight to regain their freedom and they are showing no signs of letting up.

PACE proudly stood by the Palestinian cause. The Palestinian people deserve a standing ovation for such an increadible feat.

Assoc Prof Dr Hafidzi Mohd Noor
Director PACE


May 8, 2009

NEED WASHING??

From a friend:


A little girl had been shopping with her Mom in
Target. She must have been 6 years old, this
beautiful red haired, freckle faced image of
innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain
that gushes over the
top of rain gutters, so much
in a hurry to hit the earth it has no time to flow
down the spout. We all stood there under the awning
and just inside the door of the Target.



We waited, some patiently, others irritated because
nature messed up their hurried day. I am always
mesmerized by rainfall. I got lost in the sound and
sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust
of the world. Memories of running, splashing so
carefree as a child came pouring in as a welcome
reprieve from the worries of my day.



The little voice was so sweet as it broke the
hypnotic trance we were all caught in 'Mom let's
run through the rain,' she said.



'What?' Mom asked.



'Lets run through the rain!' She repeated



'No, honey. We'll wait until it slows down a bit,'
Mom replied.



This young child waited about another minute and
repeated: 'Mom, let's run through the rain,'



'We'll get soaked if we do,' Mom said.



'No, we won't, Mom. That's not what you said this
morning,' the young girl said as she tugged at her
Mom's arm.



'This morning? When did I say we could run through
the rain and not get wet?'



'Don't you remember? When you were talking to Daddy
about his cancer, you said, 'If God can get us
through this, he can get us through anything!'



The entire crowd stopped dead silent. I swear you
couldn't hear anything but the rain. We all stood
silently. No one came or left in the next few
minutes.



Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she
would say. Now some would laugh it off and scold
her for being silly. Some might even ignore what
was said. But this was a moment of affirmation in a
young child's life. A time when innocent trust can
be nurtured so that it will bloom into faith.



'Honey, you are absolutely right. Let's run through
the rain. If GOD let's us get wet, well maybe we
just needed washing,' Mom said.



Then off they ran. We all stood watching, smiling
and laughing as they darted past the cars and yes,
through the puddles. They held their shopping bags
over their heads just in case. They got soaked. But
they were followed by a few who screamed and
laughed like children all the way to their cars



And yes, I did. I ran. I got wet. I needed washing.




Circumstances or people can take away your material
possessions, they can take away your money, and
they can take away your health. But no one can ever
take away your precious memories. So, don't forget
to make time and take the opportunities to make
memories everyday. To everything there is a season
and a time to every purpose under heaven.

I HOPE YOU STILL TAKE THE TIME TO RUN THROUGH THE
RAIN.



They say it takes a minute to find a special
person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love
them, but then an entire life to forget them. Send
this to the people you'll never forget and remember
to also send it to the person who sent it to you.
It's a short message to let them know that you'll
never forget them.



Take the time to live!!!



Keep in touch with your friends, you never know
when you'll need each other -- and don't forget to
run in the rain !


May 1, 2009

Permata hatiku



1st : Muhammad(12 tahun)
2nd : Zubair(11 tahun)
3rd : Muaz( 8 tahun)



    4th : Sofwan( 5 tahun)



5th : Yaasir (4 bulan)

Anak-anak

Anak-anak adalah anugerah yang paling berharga.  Setiap seorang mempunyai personaliti, perangai, sifat, kelakuan dan cara yang berbeza.  Walau siapapun mereka merekalah anak-anak yang menjadi racun maupun madu kepada ibubapa.  Sekarang ini ibubapa sibuk dengan tugasan diluar rumah mencari rezeki buat anak-anak mereka.  Masa akan terasa begitu pantas berlalu, lantas seperti tiba-tiba saja anak-anak kita telah membesar.  Terasa begitu banyak yang terlepas dari pandangan kita. Anak-anak membesar tanpa kita sedar bila kali pertama mereka tertawa, bila kali pertama mereka melangkah, bila kali pertama mereka berkata-kata. Begitu banyak yang kita terlepas rupanya!

Apr 30, 2009

Excellent article on cancer

By Muhammad Faiz Goh (Andrew Goh). Pass it on...

AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY AND ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHN HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY.

Cancer Update from John Hopkins:

1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.
2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person's lifetime.

3. When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors.

4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, environmental, food and lifestyle factors.

5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune system.

6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastro-intestinal tract etc, and can cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.

7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.

8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction.

9. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.

10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.

11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.


WHAT CANCER CELLS FEED ON:

a. Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in color. Better alternative is Bragg's amino or sea salt.

b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk, cancer cells are being starved.

c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.

d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C).

e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer-fighting properties. Water-best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.

12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meats remaining in the intestines become putrefied and leads to more toxic buildup.

13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.

14. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the body's own killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.

15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger, unforgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life.

16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercising daily and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.


(PLEASE FORWARD IT TO PEOPLE YOU CARE ABOUT)

This is an article that should be sent to anyone you consider important in your life.

Apr 24, 2009

Beauty of Mathematics !!!!!!!


1 x 8 + 1 = 9

12 x 8 + 2 = 98

123 x 8 + 3 = 987

1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876

12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765

123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654

1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543

12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432

123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321

1 x 9 + 2 = 11

12 x 9 + 3 = 111

123 x 9 + 4 = 1111

1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111

12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111

123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111

1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111

12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111

123456789 x 9 +10= 1111111111

9 x 9 + 7 = 88

98 x 9 + 6 = 888

987 x 9 + 5 = 8888

9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888

98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888

987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888

9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888

98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888

Brilliant, isn't it?

And look at this symmetry:

1 x 1 = 1

11 x 11 = 121

111 x 111 = 12321

1111 x 1111 = 1234321

11111 x 11111 = 123454321

111111 x 111111 = 12345654321

1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321

11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321


111111111 x 111111111 =
12345678987654321


Now, take a look at this...


101%

From a strictly mathematical viewpoint:


What Equals 100%?

What does it mean to give MORE than
100%?

Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving
more than 100%?

We have all been in situations where someone wants you to

GIVE OVER 100%.

How about ACHIEVING 101%?



What equals 100% in life?



Here's a little mathematical formula
that might help

answer these questions:



If:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Is represented as:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26.



If:



H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K

8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

And:

K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E

11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+ 5 = 96%



But:


A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E

1+20+20+9+20+ 21+4+5 = 100%


THEN, look how far the love of God will take you:


L-O-V-E-O-F-G-O-D

12+15+22+5+15+ 6+7+15+4 = 101%

Therefore, one can conclude with
mathematical certainty that:

While Hard Work and Knowledge will get you close,

and Attitude will get you there,

but it's the Love of God that will
put you

over the top!

It's up to you if you share this with your friends &
loved ones just the way I did..

Have a nice day & God bless!!





Apr 20, 2009

My life was ready for a hero...

From a friend

The date was July 16, 2008. It was late in the afternoon and I was sitting in my hotel room in Louisville, Kentucky. I was scheduled to speak that evening for the Kentucky Association of School Administrators (KASA). I was a little "down in the dumps." I hadn't gotten to exercise lately because of my traveling schedule and recently I'd experienced some mild bouts of vertigo (that inner ear condition that can cause the room to start spinning.) You got it...speaking and "spinning" are not good partners!

My keynote presentation was scheduled for 7:00 PM, but I had been invited to show up at 6:00 to see a performance they said I'd enjoy. Little did I know that I was about to see something I would never forget.

They introduced the young musician. Welcome...Mr. Patrick Henry Hughes. He was rolled onto the stage in his wheelchair, and began to play the piano. His fingers danced across the keys as he made beautiful music.

He then began to sing as he played, and it was even more beautiful. For some reason, however, I knew that I was seeing something special. There was this aura about him that I really can't explain and the smile...his smile was magic!

About ten minutes into Patrick's performance, someone came on the stage and said..."I'd like to share a 7-minute video titled, The Patrick Henry Hughes story." And the lights went dim.

Patrick Henry Hughes was born with no eyes, and a tightening of the joints which left him crippled for life. However, as a child, he was fitted with artificial eyes and placed in a wheelchair. Before his first birthday, he discovered the piano. His mom said, "I could hit any note on the piano, and within one or two tries, he'd get it." By his second birthday, he was playing requests (You Are My Sunshine, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star). His father was ecstatic. "We might not play baseball, but we can play music together."

Today, Patrick is a junior at the University of Louisville. His father attends classes with him and he's made nearly all A's, with the exception of 3 B's He's also a part of the 214 member marching band. You read it right...the marching band! He's a blind, wheelchair-bound trumpet player; and he and his father do it together. They attend all the band practices and the half-time performance in front of thousands. His father rolls and rotates his son around the field to the cheers of Patrick's fans. In order to attend Patrick's classes and every band practice, his father works the graveyard shift at UPS. Patrick said..."My dad's my hero."

But even more than his unbelievable musical talent, it was Patrick's "attitude of gratitude" that touched my soul. On stage, between songs, he would talk to the audience about his life and about how blessed he was. He said, "God made me blind and unable to walk. BIG DEAL! He gave me the ability...the musical gifts I have...the great opportunity to meet new people."

When his performance was over, Patrick and his father were on the stage together. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered for over five minutes. It gave me giant goose bumps!

My life was ready to meet Patrick Henry Hughes. I needed a hero, and I found one for the ages. If I live to be a hundred, I'll never forget that night, that smile, that music, but most importantly, that wonderful "attitude of gratitude."

I returned to Chicago and shared Patrick's story with my wife, my friends, and our team at Simple Truths. About two weeks later, I received a letter from a friend. He said, "Mac, I don't know who said it, but I think you'll love this quote."

"Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...
it's about learning to dance in the rain!"

I thought...that's it! We all face adversity in our life. However, it's not the adversity, but how we react to it that will determine the joy and happiness in our life. During tough times, do we spend too much time feeling sorry for ourselves, or, can we, with gratitude...learn how to dance in the rain?

It almost sounds too simple to feel important, but one word...gratitude, can change your attitude, thus, your life, forever. Sarah Breathnack said it best...

"When we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present....we experience heaven on earth."

What I just shared is the introduction to our new book, Learning to Dance in the Rain...The Power of Gratitude.

Apr 17, 2009

The simple truths of appreciation

My friend, Bob Danzig, has an amazing story. Simple words of appreciation and encouragement changed his life. Bob was in five foster homes during his youth, and said he spent his childhood trying to find someone to love and appreciate him.

When he was nine years old, he had a new social worker. He said after she had done all the paperwork to move him to yet another foster home, she sat him down, looked him directly in the eyes, and said, "Bobby, I want you to always remember these words: YOU ARE WORTHWHILE!"

Bob says that no one had ever said anything like that to him, and each time they met, she repeated those words. They became an affirmation of appreciation that he heard over and over again in his head.

Bob graduated at sixteen, not because he was smart, he says, but because he got mixed up in the system!

He soon took a job at the Albany New York Times as a copy boy, and his very first boss was a woman named Margaret. After he had worked there about six months, Margaret called him into her office one day and asked him to sit down. He thought for sure he was going to be fired! She looked him right in the eyes and said to him, "I have been the office manager for 15 years - I have been observing you - and I believe YOU ARE FULL OF PROMISE." Those words, on that day, gave him permission to aspire.

Those two positive messages of appreciation played over and over again in his head and ultimately gave him the courage to be the very best he could be. Sixteen years later he became the Publisher of the Albany New York Times, and seven years after that, he became CEO of Hearst Newspapers, one of the largest newspaper companies in the world; and he credits it all to those simple words of appreciation and love. What a wonderful example of how little gifts of appreciation can make such a difference in a life!

I love stories that our hearts can appreciate. This one is one of many in Barbara Glanz's book, The Simple Truths of Appreciation. Zig Ziglar said it best..."You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life." Barbara's book is filled with true stories that capture those moments!



Apr 13, 2009

Kenangan lalu

Baru-baru ini aku "mencari" kawanku di internet.  Berjumpa dengan beberapa orang, then most of them in facebook.  So, kenalah register jugak.  Alhamdulillah walaupun mengambil masa juga nak register facebook sebelum ni, tapi now, dah dapat contact semula kawan-kawan lama semasa di PPP dulu.  Tak terasa rupanya dah berbelas tahun masa tu berlalu.  Jika dulu innocent saja, tapi sekarang dah dewasa semuanya..  Dewasa dengan pengalaman, hikmah dan rahmatNya.  Ada yang masih serupa, ada yang dah berubah physically, mentally (bukan mentally ill la...!)

Terasa rindu untuk kembali mengulangi zaman-zaman di alam persekolahan dulu.  Tapi, ianya telah berlalu.  Dan sebagai muslim sepatutnya hari ini lebih baik dari hari semalam.  Ya, masa yang berlalu itu adalah zaman-zaman indah untuk dikenangkan, tapi sekarang adalah zaman yang terbaik untuk kehidupan.  Sebab tu dinamakan "kenangan" ianya hanyalah untuk dikenang, tapi tak mungkin sama walaupun kita mengulanginya semula. 

Buat teman-teman yang masih mengingati diri ini
"Kenangan lalu tersemat dihati
 walau kemana jua ku pergi
 Kenangan itu tetap mengekori
 Bukan untuk ku tangisi
 Tapi sebagai pedoman diri
 Semoga persahabatan tetap termateri
 Untuk kita kenangkan hingga akhir nanti
 Suatau zaman yang telah kita lewati
 Yang sentiasa terpahat dihati
 Bukan untuk diulangi
 Tapi hanay untuk dikenangi
 Semoga kehidupan kita hari ini
 Lebih baik dari 18 tahun yang telah pergi
 Bukan saja baik di kehidupan dunia ini
 Tapi jua diakhirat nanti
 

Apr 7, 2009

Evidence in Ottoman Archives hurts Israel land grabbing dreams

March 20, 2009 at 12:18 pm · Filed under Ottomans, Ottoman Archives

Evidence in Ottoman Archives hurts Israel land grabbing dreams
A document recently uncovered from Ottoman archives in Ankara dispels Israeli misconceptions on the ownership of East al-Quds (Jerusalem).

If an Israeli court rules based on a document provided by Turkey, a 30-year-old dispute over the ownership of around 30 buildings in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood will end and Palestinian families threatened with eviction will be able to save their homes, Israeli daily Ha’aretz reported on Thursday.

Attorneys representing the Palestinians said they were granted access to the archives following the recent strains in Israel-Turkey relations.

“Until half a year ago the Turks didn’t want to spoil their relations with Israel and were unhelpful. They would put us off with all kinds of excuses. Today their attitude has changed. We felt this change especially after the Gaza operation. Now senior Turkish officials are helping us,” said attorney Hatam Abu Ahmed.

In January, lawyer Salah Abu Hussein traveled to Turkey and with the help of local officials found a document proving that the Jews demanding the eviction of the Palestinians were not the rightful owners of the area.

The present Palestinian residents had previously lived in West al-Quds (Jerusalem) until they were forced to go to Sheikh Jarrah as refugees.

In the 1970s, the Sephardic Leadership in al-Quds (Jerusalem) claimed they had purchased the land before the Palestinians were transferred and produced Turkish documents to substantiate their claims.

The courts eventually recognized the Sephardic Leadership’s ownership but granted the Palestinians protected tenants’ status.

However, the Sephardic Leadership and a group of settlers who moved into the nearby compound have been demanding the Palestinians’ eviction, claiming they have violated their rental terms.

Over the years, several Palestinian families were evicted and other families moved into their houses. The last eviction took place in November 2008 when the al-Kurd family became subject to a land grab and moved into a protest tent near their sealed house. Shortly afterward, the father — Mohamed al-Kurd — died of an illness.

Throughout the years, the Palestinians claimed that the ownership documents presented by the Zionists were forged, but due to Turkey’s reluctance to cooperate, they could not prove their ownership and the courts rejected their suits.

Now the attorneys say the Ottoman document proves that the Sephardic Leadership had never even purchased the compound and had only rented it. Another Ottoman document confirms that the document presented by the Jewish party is not authentic.

“There is no trace of the Jewish document in the archive,” said Abu Hussein.

The attorneys on Wednesday asked the court to withhold eviction procedures against two Palestinian families on the basis of the Turkish document.

“Now it will be possible to issue ownership deeds. The Turks are very well organized and helpful,” Abu Ahmed commented.
Source: Press TV

Comment by Dr. Cetiner: Ottoman Archives were opened long before the Davos case. Ottoman Archives are fully open for anyone who wants to study history..


Apr 6, 2009

Mungkir janji

Dalil dari Al-Quran tentang betapa besarnya dosa orang-orang yang telah berjanji dengan allah tetapi kemudian mereka mungkiri. (Bersumpah menjalankan tugas sebagai pemimpin dengan melaksanakan suruhan allah, tetapi memungkirinya)

1) "(yaitu) orang-orang yang melanggar perjanjian Allah sesudah perjanjian itu teguh, dan memutuskan apa yang diperintahkan Allah (kepada mereka) untuk menghubungkannya dan membuat kerusakan di muka bumi. Mereka itulah orang-orang yang rugi."    Al Baqarah : 27

2) "Sesungguhnya orang-orang yang menukar janji (nya dengan) Allah dan sumpah-sumpah mereka dengan harga yang sedikit, mereka itu tidak mendapat bahagian (pahala) di akhirat, dan Allah tidak akan berkata-kata dengan mereka dan tidak akan melihat kepada mereka pada hari kiamat dan tidak (pula) akan menyucikan mereka. Bagi mereka azab yang pedih." Ali Imran : 77

3)"Barang siapa yang berpaling sesudah itu, maka mereka itulah orang-orang yang fasik." Ali Imran : 82

4) "Dan barang siapa yang menentang Rasul sesudah jelas kebenaran baginya, dan mengikuti jalan yang bukan jalan orang-orang mukmin, Kami biarkan ia leluasa terhadap kesesatan yang telah dikuasinya itu dan Kami masukkan ia ke dalam Jahanam, dan Jahanam itu seburuk-buruk tempat kembali." An Nisa : 115

5) "(Tetapi) karena mereka melanggar janjinya, Kami kutuk mereka, dan Kami jadikan hati mereka keras membatu. Mereka suka merobah perkataan (Allah) dari tempat-tempatnya, dan mereka (sengaja) melupakan sebagian dari apa yang mereka telah diperingatkan dengannya, dan kamu (Muhammad) senantiasa akan melihat kekhianatan dari mereka kecuali sedikit di antara mereka (yang tidak berkhianat), maka maafkanlah mereka dan biarkanlah mereka, sesungguhnya Allah menyukai orang-orang yang berbuat baik."  Al Maaidah : 13

6) "Dan Kami tidak mendapati kebanyakan mereka memenuhi janji. Sesungguhnya Kami mendapati kebanyakan mereka orang-orang yang fasik." Al A'raaf : 102

7) "(Yaitu) orang-orang yang kamu telah mengambil perjanjian dari mereka, sesudah itu mereka mengkhianati janjinya pada setiap kalinya, dan mereka tidak takut (akibat-akibatnya)."  Al Anfaal : 56

8) "Jika mereka merusak sumpah (janji) nya sesudah mereka berjanji, dan mereka mencerca agamamu, maka perangilah pemimpin-pemimpin orang-orang kafir itu, karena sesungguhnya mereka itu adalah orang-orang yang tidak dapat dipegang janjinya, agar supaya mereka berhenti." At Taubah : 12

9) "Mengapakah kamu tidak memerangi orang-orang yang merusak sumpah (janjinya), padahal mereka telah keras kemauannya untuk mengusir Rasul dan merekalah yang pertama kali memulai memerangi kamu? Mengapakah kamu takut kepada mereka padahal Allah-lah yang berhak untuk kamu takuti, jika kamu benar-benar orang yang beriman."  At Taubah : 13

10) "Maka Allah menimbulkan kemunafikan pada hati mereka sampai kepada waktu mereka menemui Allah, karena mereka telah memungkiri terhadap Allah apa yang telah mereka ikrarkan kepada-Nya dan (juga) karena mereka selalu berdusta."  At Taubah : 77

11) "Orang-orang yang merusak janji Allah setelah diikrarkan dengan teguh dan memutuskan apa-apa yang Allah perintahkan supaya dihubungkan dan mengadakan kerusakan di bumi, orang-orang itulah yang memperoleh kutukan dan bagi mereka tempat kediaman yang buruk (Jahanam)."   Ar R'ad : 25

12) "Dan tepatilah perjanjian dengan Allah apabila kamu berjanji dan janganlah kamu membatalkan sumpah-sumpah (mu) itu, sesudah meneguhkannya, sedang kamu telah menjadikan Allah sebagai saksimu (terhadap sumpah-sumpah itu). Sesungguhnya Allah mengetahui apa yang kamu perbuat." An Nahl : 91

13) "Dan janganlah kamu seperti seorang perempuan yang menguraikan benangnya yang sudah dipintal dengan kuat, menjadi cerai berai kembali, kamu menjadikan sumpah (perjanjian) mu sebagai alat penipu di antaramu, disebabkan adanya satu golongan yang lebih banyak jumlahnya dari golongan yang lain. Sesungguhnya Allah hanya menguji kamu dengan hal itu. Dan sesungguhnya di hari kiamat akan dijelaskan-Nya kepadamu apa yang dahulu kamu perselisihkan itu."  An Nahl : 92

14) "Dan janganlah kamu jadikan sumpah-sumpahmu sebagai alat penipu di antaramu, yang menyebabkan tergelincir kaki (mu) sesudah kokoh tegaknya, dan kamu rasakan kemelaratan (di dunia) karena kamu menghalangi (manusia) dari jalan Allah: dan bagimu azab yang besar."  An Nahl : 94

15) "Bahwasanya orang-orang yang berjanji setia kepada kamu sesungguhnya mereka berjanji setia kepada Allah. Tangan Allah di atas tangan mereka, maka barang siapa yang melanggar janjinya niscaya akibat ia melanggar janji itu akan menimpa dirinya sendiri dan barang siapa menepati janjinya kepada Allah maka Allah akan memberinya pahala yang besar." Al Fath : 10


Apr 3, 2009

Pemimpin

Angkat sumpah sebagai pemimpim dibuat dengan menyembut nama allah.  Tapi pimpinan yang dibuat langsung tidak menunjukkan mereka takutkan allah! Walaupun yang bercakap itu adalah yang memegang potfolio agama!  Malang..malang..malang...

Di dalam surah as-saff ayat 3 allah telah memberi amaran
"Amat besar kebencian di sisi Allah bahwa kamu mengatakan apa-apa yang tiada kamu kerjakan."

Hidup sebagai pemimpin bukanlah satu anugerah, tetapi adalah satu ujian.  Berbahagialah mereka yang lulus dengan ujian ini, malanglah mereka yang gagal!  Walaupun di dunia ini diuliti kemewahan, tapi ianya tidak dapat dibawa ke akhirat nanti. Berbahagialah pemimpin yang beriman dan bertaqwa. Sayang seribu kali sayang jika bahagia di dunia, muflis diakhirat!



Apr 1, 2009

DRINK WATER ON EMPTY STOMACH

From a friend

It is popular in Japan today to drink water immediately after waking
up every morning. Furthermore, scientific tests have proven its
value. We publish below a description of use of water for our
readers.

For old and serious diseases as well as modern illnesses. The water
treatment had been found successful by a Japanese medical society as
a hundred percent cure for the following diseases:
 
* Headache               * Body ache             * heart system
 
* arthritis                  * fast heart beat      * epilepsy
 
* excess                   * fatness                 * bronchitis
 
* asthma                   * TB                       * Meningitis
 
* Kidney and Urine diseases                       * vomiting gastritis
  * diarrhea                  * piles                    * diabetes
 
* constipation            * all eye diseases     * womb cancer
 
* menstrual disorders   * ear nose              * throat diseases


 
METHOD OF TREATMENT

 
1. As you wake up in the morning before brushing teeth, drink four
 
glasses of water each of 160 ml.

 
2. Brush and clean the mouth but do not eat or drink anything for 45
 
minutes.

 
3. After 45 minutes you may eat and drink as normal.

 
4. After 15 minutes of breakfast, lunch and dinner do not eat or
 
drink anything for two hours.

 
5. Those who are old or sick and are unable to drink four glasses of
 
water at the beginning may commence by taking little water and
 
gradually increase it to four glasses per day.

 
6. The above method of treatment will cure diseases of the sick and
 
others can enjoy a healthy life.

 
The following list gives the number of days of treatment required to
 
cure main diseases:

 
1. High Blood Pressure 30 days
 
2. Gastric 10 days
  3. Diabetes 30 days
 
4. Constipation 10 days
 
5. Cancer 180 days
 
6. TB 90 days
 Arthritis patients should follow the above treatment for only 3 days
 
in the first week to be followed by daily treatment.

 
This treatment method has no side effects, however at the
 
commencement of treatment you may have to urinate a few times.

 Good Health to you all.....


Mar 31, 2009

Berapa lamakah kita hidup?

Dengan nama Allah Yang Maha Pemurah Lagi Maha Penyayang

Seorang ulamak sufi memberi nasihatnya dalam sebuah kitab
dan saya olahkan dan kembangkan lagi agar sama-sama kita
teliti nasihatnya untuk diri sendiri khususnya dan saudara
saya seagama amnya.

Hidup ini sebenarnya hanyalah 3 tahun!
Tahun lepas, tahun ini dan tahun hadapan yang mungkin
tahun terakhir kehidupan kita tapi sebenarnya bukan
begitu ia lebih pendek lagi!

Hidup ini sebenarnya hanyalah 3 bulan! alangkah pendeknya.
bulan lepas, bulan ini dan bulan hadapan yang mungkin bulan
terakhir kehidupan kita tapi sebenarnya bukan 3 bulan bahkan
hanya 3 hari sahaja! Hari semalam yang kita telah bernafas,
hari ini ketika kita menikmati kehidupan dan hari esok yang
tiada kepastian

tapi sebenarnya bukan 3 hari bahkan 3 jam sahaja!
satu jam yang lepas yang kita telah menikmati kehidupan,
satu jam sekarang yang kita sedang menikmatinya dan
satu jam lagi yang mungkin jam terakhir kehidupan kita!
tapi sebenarnya bukan 3 jam bahkan 3 tarikan nafas
sahaja! tarikan nafas yang kita telah menikmatinya,
satu tarikan nafas yang kita sedang menikmatinya dan
satu tarikan nafas yang mungkin adalah nafas terakhir
dan pulanglah kita kepada Allah Rabbul Jalil!

Oleh itu bersiap sedialah wahai mukminin akan hari dan
nafas yang terakhir. Moga kita semua mengakhiri kehidupan
ini sebagai mukmin dan muttaqin serta Dai ilallah yang
amat-amat mencintai menemui Allah SWT dan merindui
akhirat. Bukan pulang kepada Allah sebagai Aasi
(pembuat maksiat), pelaku dosa dan kejahatan
(faajir).Nauzubillah min zaalik

Tanda orang yang lalai ialah takut kepada mati
kerana mati itu penamat segala kenikmatan dunia
yang fana ini dan tempat pembalasan bagi segala
dosa yang telah mereka lakukan. Orang
yang cerdik ialah orang yang merancang akhiratnya
dan sentiasa bersiap sedia menemui KhaliqNya.
Bukankah akhirat itu lebih abadi dan lebih baik dari
negeri dunia yang sementara ini.

Ingatilah Firman Allah SWT Surah Al-Jumuah:

Say (to them): "Verily, the death from which You flee
will surely meet you, Then You will be sent back to
(Allâh), the All-Knower of the unseen and the seen,
and He will tell You what You used to do.

Katakanlah (Wahai Muhammad): "Sebenarnya maut
Yang kamu melarikan diri daripadanya itu, tetaplah
ia akan menemui kamu; kemudian kamu akan
dikembalikan kepada Allah Yang mengetahui Segala
Yang ghaib dan Yang nyata, lalu ia memberitahu
kepada kamu apa Yang kamu telah lakukan
(serta membalasnya)".

Inna Ad-Deen an-Nasiihatu ....

Mar 30, 2009

Kenyataan PACE - Land Day Palestin dan kempen BDS 30 Mac 2009

Assalamualaikum,
 
Land Day atau 'Hari Tanah Air' Palestin bermula pada 30 Mac, 1977 apabila tentera zionis menyerang orang awam Palestin yang berdemonstrasi untuk membantah rampasan tanah secara berleluasa di Galilee, utara 'Israel' atau lebih tepat lagi wilayah Palestin yang dijajah sejak 1948. Pada hari tersebut, tentera zionis membunuh enam orang Palestin, mencederakan 96 orang dan menahan dan memenjarakan kira-kira 300 orang. Seluruh bangsa Palestin di dalam 'Israel', Tebing Barat, Gaza dan mereka yang berada di khemah-khemah pelarian di negara-negara Arab mengistiharkan hari tersebut sebagai Land Day atau Hari Tanah Air untuk mengingati kehilangan tanah rakyat Palestin yang masih berlaku untuk meluaskan lagi negara haram Israel.
 
Kini setelah 32 tahun, regim zionis terus rakus merampas tanah-tanah milik orang Palestin samada di Tebing Barat, Baitul Maqdis Timur dan di negara haram Israel sendiri. Bahkan perjanjian Oslo 1993 yang kononnya menjanjikan sebuah wilayah Palestin yang merdeka berasaskan resolusi PBB 242 1967 terus dicabuli sendiri oleh regim zionis apabila terus merampas tanah rakyat Palestin dan merobohkan kediamam mereka bagi membina lebih banyak penempatan haram Yahudi. Penipuan-penipuan yang berselindung disebalik perjanjian damai terus berlaku sehingga kini. Ini termasuklah merancakkan aktiviti pembinaan penempatan Yahudi di Ma'ale Adoumin di Tebing Barat sebaik sahaja Konferens Annapolis selesai pada tahun 2007.
 
Rampasan tanah ini juga berlaku akibat pembinaan tembok pemisah di sepanjang Tebing Barat yang menyebabkan 45% dari tanah rakyat Palestin kini berada di dalam wilayah negara haram Israel. Tembok pemisah ini menyebabkan rakyat Palestin kehilangan tanah-tanah pertanian mereka, telaga air bahkan rumah kediaman. Kadar keciciran di kalangan pelajar sekolah juga amat tinggi kerana perjalanan ke sekolahb terhalang oleh tembok.
 
Pada tarikh yang sama iaitu 30 Mac 2009, kempen BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) atau 'Boikot, Mengalihkan pelaburan dan Sekatan' dilancarkan bersempena dengan seruan World Social Forum di Belem, Brazil yang menyeru seluruh dunia memboikot produk, dan institusi Israel. Kempen boikot Israel adalah sangat penting dan menjadi sebahagian dari perjuangan untuk membebaskan bumi Palestin dan mengembalikan hak rakyat Palestin termasuk hak untuk pulang ke negara mereka seperti yang dijamin oleh piagam dan resolusi-resolusi PBB. Dalam keadaan rakyat Palestin terus dikepung dan dipenjarakan di Gaza maka BDS merupakan satu seruan yang wajib untuk disambut oleh seluruh masyarakat antarabangsa  bagi menamatkan kepungan Israel.
 
PACE menyeru semua pihak yang cintakan kedamaian dan menghormati prinsip hak asasi manusia supaya berganding bahu sempena Land Day dan kempen BDS dengan menyemarakkan kempen kesedaran melalui pelbagai pendekatan terutama  sebaran am dan media massa. PACE juga mengalu-alukan rakyat Malaysia yang terus menunjukkan solidari ti yang membanggakan bersama rakyat Palestin yang menjadi sasaran serangan biadap Israel di Gaza dari 29 Disember 2008 sehingga  23 Januari 2009 dengan menyahut seruan boikot ke atas barangan yang menyokong Israel. Kini usaha ini menjadi sebahagian dari kempen BDS yang dilancarkan di seluruh dunia. Seruan PACE ialah supaya rakyat Malaysia terus menyebarkan kesedara n ini kepada semua pihak agar pelanggaran hak asasi ke atas rakyat Palestin yang begitu menjolok mata oleh zionis Israel dapat diakhiri.
 
Prof Madya Dr Hafidzi Mohd Noor
Pengarah
PACE
(Pusat Kecemerlangan Palestin)


The Iron Wall



Mar 28, 2009

Nusyuz suami

Huraian secara menyeluruh:

Nusyuz suami.

 

 وإن امرأة خافت من بعلها نشوزا أو اعراضا فلا جناح عليهما أن يصلحا بينهما صلحا والصلح خير – النساء 128

 

“Dan jika seorang wanita bimbang akan nusyuz atau sikap  tidak acuh dari suaminya maka tidak mengapa bagi kedua-duanya mengadakan suluh yang sebenar-benarnya dan suluh itu lebih baik (bagi mereka)....

 

Nusyuz Suami.

 

Nusyuz suami disebut dalam ayat 128 surah al-Nisa’ yang telah dinukilkan di atas.

 

Berbagai-bagai versi riwayat yang menjelaskan latarbelakang ayat ini diturunkan, antara lain ialah kebimbangan Saudah Binti Zam`ah dia akan diceraikan Rasulullah saw, lantas dia berkata kepada Baginda saw: “janganlah ceraikan saya, kekalkanlah saya (sebagai isteri). Dan berikanlah satu hari giliran saya kepada `Aisyah”. Rasulullah saw menerima tawaran tersebut lalu ayat ini diturunkan. (al-Qurtubi, op.cit 5:402).

 

Menurut Ibn Abi Malikah ayat ini menolak pandangan sesetengah orang bahawa apabila seorang lelaki telah menghabiskan usia muda seorang wanita dan setelah tua lelaki terbabit tidak lagi berhak menggantikannya dengan wanita lain (Ibn `Arabi, Ahkam al-Quran.1:504, Qurtubi, op.cit 5:404). Beliau melihat isu ini positif kerana Allah telah memberi satu jalan keluar di saat tiada pilihan bagi lelaki yang tidak lagi mahu mengekalkan status isterinya sebagai isteri.

 

Sewaktu ditanya mengenai maksud ayat ini Ali karramalLahu wajhah berkata: seorang lelaki punya perempuan di bawah tanggungannya (isteri), dia tidak lagi tertarik kepadanya oleh kerana susuk tubuhnya, usianya yang telah tua, akhlaknya yang buruk atau kecacatannya. Wanita itu tidak mahu dia diceraikan, jika dia memberikan kepada suaminya sesuatu, harta atau hari gilirannya dia boleh melakukannya”. (Said Hawa, al-Asas Fi al-Tafsir 2:1195).

 

Dalam ayat ini terdapat dua istilah: nusyuz نشوز  dan `ie’radh اعراض . Nusyuz bermaksud mengabaikan isteri dengan menghalang dirinya daripada isteri, tidak memberi nafkah, menyakitinya dengan maki hamun atau memukulnya. `ie’radh kurang bercakap dan bermesra dengan isteri disebabkan usianya yang telah tua, susuk tubuhnya yang tidak lagi menarik, buruk akhlak, jemu atau ingin mencari yang lain. (said Hawa, ibid 2:1194)

 

Dalam mentafsirkan ayat ini al-Qurtubi menjelaskan bahawa sekiranya isteri berpendapat suaminya akan bersikap nusyuz (ingkar dan menjauhkan diri) atau ‘ie`radh (tidak bertegur sapa dan tidak bermesra) dia bolehlah menawarkan suluh kepada suaminya. Suluh boleh berlaku melalui tawaran isteri dengan menggugurkan sebahagian haknya sebagai ganti daripada dia diceraikan. Suluh juga berlaku melalui tawaran oleh suami untuk memberikan kepada isterinya kadar tertentu harta sebagai ganti dia melebihkan isteri lain (al-Qurtubi, op.cit 5:423-424)

 

Isunya, jika isteri menawarkan suluh dan dierima suami atau suami menawarkan suluh dan diterima isteri. Namun jika isteri tidak menawarkan suluh atau isteri tidak menerima tawaran suluh suami dan isteri juga tidak nusyuz, dalam keadan ini suami wajib berlaku adil dan memberikan semua hak isteri dan melaksanakan semua kewajipannya sebagai suami.

 

Dari perbincangan ini dapat dirumuskan bahawa suami juga melakukan nusyuz. Suami dianggap nusyuz apabila dia cuai dalam melaksanakan kewajipan rumahtangga. Menurut Muhammad Qutb dan Dr. Muhammad `Uqlah kalau isteri dianggap telah nusyuz apabila dia derhaka kepada suami, tidak menunaikan kewajipan dan keluar rumah tanpa izin suami maka suami juga boleh dianggap telah nusyuz apabila dia enggan memberi nafkah kepada isteri. (Muhammad Qutb, Syubhat Haula al-Islam 128 dan Dr. Muhammad `Uqlah, Nizam al-Usrah Fi al-Islam 2:184)

 

Dr. Mustafa al-Khin menganggap suami nusyuz apabila pengabaian dan keengganan berlaku di dipihak suami dengan dia tidak menunaikan giliran, tidak memberi nafkah, bertindak kasar dengan perkataan atau perbuatan. (Mustafa al-Khin dan Dr. Mustafa al-Bugha, al-Fiqh al-Manhaji2;105).

 

Penjelasan-penjelasan ini cukup untuk meyakinkan kita bahawa suami juga berlaku nusyuz dan memahamkan kita apa maksud nusyuz suami.

 

5.1. Bila suami dianggap nusyuz.

 

Suami nusyuz bolehlah ditakrifkan sebagai: suami yang enggan menunaikan hak spiritual, material atau bertindak kasar terhadap isteri. Hak spiritual isteri ialah komunikasi yang baik, memenuhi kepuasan seksual, memberi pendidikan agama, dicemburui dan adil antara para isteri, tidak dihina dan dikasari. Hak material isteri ialah maskahwin, nafkah dan mut`ah jika berlaku perceraian tanpa nusyuz isteri. (al-Qurtubi, op.cit 5:422-324, Dr. Muhamad `Uqlah, op.cit 2:84, Muhammad Qutb, Syubhat Haula al-Islam 124).

 

5.2. Tindakan isteri jika suami nusyuz.

 

Jika suami nusyuz isteri mestilah bersabar. Memperingatkannya tentang kewajipan husnu al-mu`asyarah seperti disedut dalam ayat 18 surah al-Nisa’ وعاشروهن بالمعروف . Memperingatkannya hadis Rasulullah yang menyatakan lelaki yang paling baik ialah suami yang paling baik terhadap isterinya خيركم خيركم لأهله وأنا خيركم لأهله. Memperingatkannya tentang akibat kezalimannya terhadap Istari.

 

Jika ini tidak berjaya isteri berhak membawa kesnya kepada kadi untuk dia mendapatkan semua haknya, kerana kadi dilantik untuk mengembalikan hak kepada yang empunya hak dan kerana isteri tidak berdaya mendapatkan haknya tanpa kuasa kadi.

 

Kadi bertanggungjawab memaksanya menyempurnakan hak isteri dan menghentikan kezalimannya.

 

Jika ini juga tidak berhasil dan suami masih meneruskan nusyuznya dan bertindak memukul dan memaki hamun kadi hendaklah menjatuhkan hukuman taazir ke atasnya.

 

Jika ini juga tidak berhasil hakam hendaklah dilantik bagi berusaha melakukan suluh. Jika usaha suluh juga gagal, penyelesaian terakhir ialah cerai.



Mar 27, 2009

Suami Nusyuz?

Alhamdulillah, kelmarin berkesempatan untuk mengikuti Wacana Wanita dan Keadilan Syariah di Pusat Islam.  Aku belajar sesuatu yang baru!  Selama ini yang selalu didengari adalah istilah "isteri nusyuz", telah terlalu banyak di ceritakan mengenai perihal isteri nusyuz kerana di dalam al quran sendiri telah "listkan" satu persatu apa yang perlu para suami buat jika isteri nusyuz.  Tapi perihal suami nusyuz tidak pernah ada yang "highlight".  Dalma kitab-kitab fiqh lama tidak ada lansung menyentuk mengenai suami nuzyuz.  Tetapi, Ustaz Alias Osman ada menyebut yang perbincangan mengenai suami nusyuz ada dibincangkan di dalam kitab-kitab tafsir lama.

Jadi, memang ada istilah suami nusyuz!  Di dalam al quran juga ada tertulis perihal suami nusyuz.  Dalilnya dalam surah an-nisa' ayat 128 yang bermaksud

128. Dan jika seorang perempuan bimbang akan  nusyuz, atau atau sikap acuh tidak acuh suaminya, maka tidak mengapa bagi keduanya mengadakan perdamaian yang sebenar-benarnya, dan perdamaian itu lebih baik (bagi mereka daripada bercerai-berai); .....

Ciri- ciri suami yang nusyuz.... to be continue




A STORY OF POSITIVE ATTITUDE

From a friend:


Father: "I want you to marry a girl of my choice"

Son: "I will choose my own bride!"

Father : "But the girl is Bill Gates's daughter."

Son : "Well, in that case...ok"



Next - Father approaches Bill Gates.

Father : "I have a husband for your daughter."

Bill Gates : "But my daughter is too young to marry!"

Father : "But this young man is a vice-president of the World Bank."

Bill Gates : "Ah, in that case...ok"



Finally Father goes to see the president of the World Bank.

Father : "I have a young man to be recommended as a vice-president. "

President : "But I already have more vice- presidents than I need!"

Father : "But this young man is Bill Gates's son-in-law."

President : "Ah, in that case...ok"



This is how business is done!!

Moral: Even If you have nothing,You can get Anything. But your attitude

should be positive


Mar 25, 2009

Wacana Wanita dan Keadilan Syariah


   
Assalamualaikum wbt..

Semua dijemput ke  

WACANA WANITA DAN KEADILAN SYARIAH


dengan tema 

Berkongsi Keprihatinan Masa Depan : Syariah Penyuluh Kehidupan Seimbang

pada 

26 Mac 2009 (Khamis)


masa 

8.30 pagi -1.00 tengahari

 

tempat

Dewan Hadhari, Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan, Kompleks Pusat Islam,
Jalan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur




Penyertaan 

Terbuka kepada semua. PERCUMA

 

 Anjuran bersama:

JAWI dan Wanita JIM

 

Objektif Wacana:



  1. Menjelaskan konsep keadilan dan kesaksamaan dalam hubungan kekeluargaan lelaki dan wanita menurut perspektif syariah Islam


  2. Memperincikan huraian Al-Quran mengenai `nusyuz' suami dan isteri serta saranan penyelesaiannya.


  3. Mencadangkan strategi penambahbaikan implementasi sistem perundangan syariah khususnya berkaitan kekeluargaan di Malaysia

Program tentatif

Masa

Tentatif


8.00-8.30 pagi


Pendaftaran & sarapan pagi


8.30-9.00 pagi


Perasmian Majlis oleh Ketua Penolong Pengarah JAWI


9.00-9.40 pagi


 


Ucaptama : Keadilan & Kesaksamaan dalam Kehidupan Berkeluarga     menurut Perspektif Syariah


Oleh:  Ybhg. Prof Madya Dr Harlina Halizah Hj Siraj (Ketua Wanita  JIM Pusat)


9.40-10.10 pagi


Kudapan  & Sidang Media


10.10-10.40 pagi


Pembentangan (1)


Huraian Al-Quran tentang Nusyuz Suami & Isteri : Pengertian & Penyelesaian


Oleh : Ustaz Alias Othman


Pensyarah Pengajian Islam Cyberjaya University and Medical Sciences (CUCMS), bekas pensyarah dan Prof Madya Akademi Islam UM


10.40-11.30 pagi


Sesi Soal Jawab


11.30-12.30 tengahari


Pembentangan (2) 


Penambahbaikan Implementasi Sistem Perundangan Kekeluargaan Syariah  di Malaysia :  Satu tuntutan


Oleh : Puan Sazira Abdul Aziz


Peguambela dan Peguamcara, Peguam Syarie


12.30-12.45 tengahari


Sesi Soal jawab


12.45-1.00 tengahari


Rumusan oleh Puan Hajjah Faridah Maludin


Pengurus Pusat Sokongan Wanita dan Keluarga Islah  (PAKSI) Wanita JIM Pusat


1.00 tengahari


Makan tengahari & Bersurai


 
       

Untuk Pendaftaran, hubungi sekretariat di:

03-41073379 @ email: wjim@pd.jaring.my @ sms nama ke 019-5053008.