Journey of a soul :)

‘There will always be someone better than you but there is no one that can be you’ – unknown             Folks, do you get the point here? Try to read it again. ‘There will always be someone better than you but there is no one that can be you.’ To establish yourself, you need to find yourself, find your way, find what you love and work your heart out of it. Find your originality, and strive for it. And everyone is allowed to dream big. You can be at the top but maybe, just maybe, you are not the only one at the top. You know what I mean? While climbing up remember to humble down. And the ultimate truth is that there will always, always someone that is better than you, than me, than us. We just can’t resist this reality. If you think that you’re rich, there is always someone who is richer than you. If you think you’re beautiful, there is always someone who is more beautiful than you. If you think you are intelligent, there is always ...

Have you ever come across the story of the prostitute who gave water to a dog and because of that deed, she entered Jannah.? Many many times I reflect on this story and its actually change my lens on how I see people around me. Long enough that its in my head but I’m finally pouring it into writings. Have you ever think why in many professions or personality,   Allah would chose a prostitute in this story? You know, it could be a poor woman who sell bread, or an old lady who gardens, or a garbage man, or a shepherd. But still, Allah chose a prostitute. Why?   In our world nowadays, we are prone to judge people based on how we see things that are potrayed in front of our sights. And that just it. We see things that is haram and we say ‘this person is going to hell’. Well what more for a prostitute? Can you imagine? It is the filthiest job that a person could have. This lady literally sell her body to earn money, this haram is not a small thing, not a sin that a muslim w...

     To elevate yourself is to correct your mistakes.. I remember the sayings from Sheikh Hamza Yusuf, from the Reviving Islamic Spirit Convention, he said : ‘ The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego and the intelligent are in constant struggle against their ego’      When we swallow our ego, we would be prone to accept the advice of others.. Our very core aim here is Islam. And Prophet s.a.w says ‘The deen is an advice’. We first really need to internalize this concept. Deen equals to advice. DEEN=ADVICE. ISLAM=ADVICE. Repeat these words in your head. Deen, advice, deen, advice, deen, advice. So, Deen is religion. Our religion is islam. Islam is an advice. And when it comes to advice, there will always be someone correcting you when you do something wrong. So he/she would advice you that its wrong and suggest to you something better. If we want someone to affirm and justify our doings just to sooth our nafs and...

Bismillah. In the name of Allah The Most Loving, The Most Merciful. Its been a long time since i wrote my last writing. So pardon me if i get a little 'awky' over here. haha. So here's the thing, recently i've drown myself in my own mind and conversing with the inner self. To be truth, the leaders nowadays has been the reason for my situation..  Sadly to realize that leaders or leaders-to-be nowadays are not based on leadership, but arrogance and ignorance. (Sebabtu leagnorance. Perkataan sendiri :P ) This is the kind that either look down on people who have nothing or people who have everything that they dont have. They'll end up at either one dilemma. They will not give space to others to step up and reveal their talents. And ive witnessed it myself and this is the sad truth that is happening especially among the muslims. Why this happens? You know why? Because they lead to get a title but not for the sake of Allah. Back to basic. Yes. That's the ...

Knowledge seekers usually need reliable point of view or source to improve their particular prospect of course. Especially the students who are studying in  western countries. But i need to emphasize more on muslim students who are relying on point of views. We really need to know on how to differentiate and implement the views that we seek. I know that intelligent people are usually the source of view that most of us convince with. I am referring the 'intelligent people' as Phd holder, master holder who mostly become educators. Meaning to say, we indirectly convince to the particular point of view based on their level of education, am i right? Or the attributes that they have made. Surprisingly, there are many intelligent people, in western region especially, professors doctors, give a lot of attributes and leading to the stairs of success , even at the peak of success, but when it comes to islamic point of view, these intellectual people would not give a room for an agree...

- Tegur orang tua dengan lemah lembut seperti kisah Saidina Hasan dan Saidina Husin - Adab Nabi s.a.w apabila memberi makanan atau minuman, baginda s.a.w akan mula memberi kepada orang yg duduk di kanan. Tapi disebabkan ketika itu  belah kiri Rasulullah s.a.w ialah lebih tua (Saidina Abu Bakr) , maka baginda mintak izin orang di kanan iaitu Abdullah ibn Abbas untuk bagi orang di kiri. Padahal Abdullah ibn Abbas hanyalah budak kecil ketika itu. Ketika Rasulullah s.a.w wafat Abbas hanya 13 tahun. Apatah lagi ketika peristiwa ini mesti lagi kecil. Tapi Nabi s.a.w pentingkan adab walaupun dgn budak kecil untuk meminta izin daripada 'hak' Abdullah ibn Abbas tadi. (ADAB!) - Lafaz 'bismillahirrahmanirrahim' hanya dimulai oleh Nabi Muhammad s.a.w, sebelum kehadiran baginda sebutannya lain 'bismiqallahumma'. Ada satu ketika seorang bernama Attas duduk bersama Rasulullah s.a.w, ketika itu Rasulullah minum dan menyebut 'bismillahirrahmanirrahim'. Attas ber...

    Assalamualaikum, some sense of uneasy in me finally urge me to write this post and share it with you guys. It is a remarkable story during the time of sahabah that ive read long time ago and completely purify the way i think since then. I shall begin the story that will give massive impact to you.    One day, there was a pious man that never left the masjeed that he went for meditations. He became well known in the town because of his obedience and piety to Allah. He never stop worship Allah, he would read Quran, zkir and even voluntary prayers. One night, he had a dream that there was a man that was more pious than him. He woke up feeling shocked and confused. Then he continue started his day doing his regular basis. When he walked along the street, he recognised the face of a man in a stall that was attending his customer. He realized that its the man in his dream. The pious man waited at a place and watched th...

      Prayer is a foundation of a muslim as we all know. No one can explain the benefits of performing salah until one experience it by himself. Even explaining won't be enough. But to taste the sweetness of salah, let first ask to ourselves.. Is it you who performing salah or is it your heart performing salah. Adakah diri kamu mendirikan solat, atau pun hatimu mendirikan solat? This makes huge difference upon its meaning and effect. Curiosity overcomes me. Kenapa ada orang mendirikan solat tapi kelakuannya sama seperti orang yang tak solat? It seems that the way he/she prays is flawless and smoothly. Just like others' prayers. Sujood, ruku', al-fatihah, everything is the same.. But why? Why the prayers are the same but the charatacters turns out differently from everyone..      Oh.. Apparently its the condition of the heart.. You may perform the salah but your heart may not perform it. Alhamdulillah Allah gave me a lil close up about the heart when i was...

Assalamualaikum, may all of us always be under the protection of Allah s.w.t.  On 27th April 2014, i attended a heroes conference in IIUM that brought up a talk about Muhammad s.a.w, The Complete Man. It was held for the whole day from 9.am to 10 p.m. And wallahi i've never felt so much content as i felt on that day. Everything about Prophet Muhammad s.a.w really enlightened me. I had the chance to know every detail about Prophet Muhammad s.a.w in a day! And what i can learn is that we really need to know everything about our prophet so that we realize that attitude and sincerity are our platform in life. If you want to know how noble is the status of Islam, study about our Prophet, study the vision of sahabah. study the wife of the prophet. They really potray the value of humanity. Lets ponder upon the wisdom words from the conference. By Sheikh Waleed Abdul Hakeem : House of the Prophet. -   You should live with postive people, so that you will be positive. ...

    So, as days passed by, there was always this one thing that never missed to keep buggin' my mind. Yet still whenever it knocked my head, i can never feel satisfied without knowing the answer to this matter. What i've learnt is that a strong heart is those who are strong to forgive people regardless of depth of the pain that you felt inside. And lucky me that Allah has tested me with this situation which i've experienced it by my own. So, i hold tight to the teachings of Islam which is to forgive ABSOLUTELY anyone that hurt you EVEN you haven't done a single thing to him/her. So everytime this situation reached me, i keep saying to myself  'that's okay, forgive him, forgive her, forgive them..' and so it continues. But until this one point, i honestly tired of forgiving people and buried this pain inside and to see that those people don't have a single clue that im in pain. Its like i've been eaten by the worms bit by bit. I feel smaller and smal...

‘You see only with your eyes, so you are easy to fool’. The recurring words that oftenly conquering my mind from The Karate Kid movie. It is needless to say that majority evaluate things and come out with conclusion along with roomless filteration of heart and mind which certainly corrupt the understanding. I humbly came out with this journal because of the false judgement nowadays that being pious is to be seen as being extremist and being moderate is to obey some of the teachings, and neglect some of them, so it would be ‘balance’ a.k.a moderate. The reality is being a pious servant has nothing to do with extremism. I should emphasize that extremist is those who are limitlessly doing ritual worship to the stage where the actions burden him/herself. For instance, performing night prayers without sleep, fasting without break fast, and keep distance from woman without married for lifetime. Whenever a companion swayed towards extremism, Prophet Muhammad s.a.w firmly said  ‘be ...