Saturday, August 22, 2009

when ramadhan comes knocking at my door..

salam peeps...
tomorrow, officially all muslims all around the world will be starting off a month of self cleansing, iman upgrading journey that will hopefully, InsyaAllah ,makes us better muslims.

This will be a great month for us to become closer, 'lebih dekat dari biasa' to our Lord. our One & only Creator, Allah swt from all the other 11 months.

Personally i love ramadhan, it is definitely the my favourite month of the year. and this is because it is so special in so many ways.:

1. there's so many kelebihan of this month compared to other months as stated in the Quran & hadis... here are some:

Telah diriwayatkan, tatkala tibanya bulan Ramadhan, Rasulullah s.a.w akan mengingatkan para sahabat telah erti dan nilai bulan yang mulia ini. Semuanya adalah untuk mengingatkan kita agar mengambil peluang yang diberikan oleh Allah ini. Misalnya di dalam sepotong hadith, Baginda s.a.w. bersabda:

Wahai sekalian manusia. Telah datang kepada kamu Ramadhan. Bukan yang penuh keberkatan. Bulan yang difardhukan ke atas kamu oleh Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla puasanya. Di bulan itu pintu Syurga dibuka, pintu neraka Jahim ditutup dan para Syaitan dirantai. Padanya ada satu malam yang lebih baik daripada seribu bulan. Barangsiapa yang terlepas peluang meraih rahmat ini, maka sesungguhnya dia itu hakikatnya diharamkan dari rahmat Allah. [Hadith riwayat al-Nasaai]

Rasulullah saw. bersabda : "Barangsiapa puasa Ramadhan karena beriman dan ikhlas, maka diampuni dosanya yang telah lalu dan yang sekarang" ( HR.Bukhari Muslim).

"Diriwayatkan dari Abdullah bin Amru, bahwa sesungguhnya Nabi saw. telah bersabda: puasa dan Qur'an itu memintakan syafa'at seseorang hamba di hari Kiamat nanti. puasa berkata : Wahai Rabbku,aku telah mencegah dia memakan makanan dan menyalurkan syahwatnya di siang hari, maka berilah aku hak untuk memintakan syafa'at baginya. Dan berkata pula AL-Qur'an : Wahai Rabbku aku telah mencegah dia tidur di malam hari ( karena membacaku ), maka berilah aku hak untuk memintakan syafaat baginya. Maka keduanya diberi hak untuk memmintakan syafaat." ( H.R. Ahmad, Hadits Hasan).

IF bagi org makan for bukak puasa pun besar pahala nya,

Sabda Baginda saw : “Sesiapa yang menyediakan makanan berbuka bagi orang yang berpuasa baginya ganjaran seumpama pahala orang yang berpuasa tanpa mengurangi sedikitpun pahalanya (orang yang berpuasa)”. [al-Baihaqi dan ibnu Khuzaimah].

2. usually this is the month, that the whole family sits together & have our iftar together. This is the month that basically i see everyone at home everyday. walid comes back early & shah decides to come down and eat with us instead of having it in his room. And after thatt we usually have our maghrib prayers together. The closeness as a family is there. And also the fact that umi will cook delicious food for iftar is just awesome. gosh, im already drooling from just thinking about them. Mee hailam, vadey, roti john, air bandung, n a whole lot of different kind of food that we dont usually cook during other months.

3. ramadhan is the month that i usually feel very tenang & close to Allah. for some reason, perhaps, is the fact that there's no syaitan lurking around, i can do ibadah more easily & willingly.

eventhough i wouldnt be able to celebrate ramadhan with my family & close friends: nik, effa, dan , ridzuan, jay, ham, fauzi, afa, nafisah, farah hanis, n etc back in malaysia, they will always be in my heart and in my prayers.

ya Allah, make me strong enough to perform fasting especially here among these ppl who wouldnt be fasting.

may this ramadhan be a better one than last year & makes me & those i love better muslims.
& yes i would like to take this opportunity to say 2 things.

firstly,for all those reading my blog, those who know me directly or indirectly, i would like to ask for forgiveness for anything i said, done, intentionally or unintentionally that has hurt your feelings in any way possible.Im so sorry. 0-0 ye.

secondly today is shah's bday!!! finally my masked rider is already 18 years old.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAH KUN!!!
eventho sometimes you are like a bug that i really annoys the hell out of me, but i will always love you no matter what!!
may Allah bless you, now & always. amin,
ps i might bring back wii. i just might. but no promises ok.




ramdhan mubarak,
ain norman





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