God knows, it’s been a rather long while since I wanted to post this.My reflections of an Ustaz whom I truly admire, whose love for the Prophet s.a.w. is clearly evident, who guides others to love Nabi s.a.w.
There have been many times, countless times, during zikir, when the entire halaqah is sending salutations upon the [...]
A few days back, I caught up with 3 of my jc classmates, it was an impromptu gathering and since we were all available, we met up. The last time we met was like a few months back.
The boys in my jc class are rather close-knit. The usual stuff, we chatted, ate. We decided on [...]
Hehe, had the pleasure of staying at home one full Tuesday! Maximized my time fully man! Managed to do summary for my muamalat notes, played with Izharul and Izdiyad…blog, watch SAW 5 and insyaAllah later will be attending lecture at arqam by Shaykh Yahya.
Oh ya, about Saw 5 and the entire Saw series, I’ve [...]
Alhamdulillah, my past week had been great! A lot of lectures/mawlids/hols! Hehe
On Tuesday 21 apr, attended the lecture by Shaykh Yahya Rhodus at Arqam.
Then on fri 24 apr, had a beautiful majlis maulid with Ust TM Fouzy at Al-Kaff Pheng Geck; it’s been a long while since I last came to Pheng Geck, Dr Ahmad [...]
Qadha and Qadar
As promised….In this post, I will try to follow closely, the contents of the book in Malay by Ust Taha.
So, Bismillahir rahmanir raheem, SallaAllahu alaika Wa sallam Ya Rasulallah, fii kulli lamhatin wa nafasin ‘adada maa wasiahu ‘ilmullah.
It begins with the definition of Qadha and Qadar.According to the distinguished Imam of the Ahlus [...]
Two weeks ago, or so, I watched this documentary-movie called Religulous, if you haven’t guessed it already, it is a combination of the two words Religious and Ridiculous.
So Religious + Ridiculous = Religulous
It was documented by a guy of Catholic and Jewish descent, named Bill Maher.
In the documentary, he traveled to various countries to interview [...]
Alhamdulillah! It was indeed revitalizing to be in a gathering of zikir led by Sidi, after so long of not meeting him.
Before I left my house, a friend of mine called, asking whether or not I would be coming to Sunday’s Majlis at Maqam. I said yes insyaAllah, he asked Majlis aper ah? I told [...]
I just wanted to recap what Ust Iqbal said on one of the nights at Simply Islam, when Shaykh Yahya Rhodus spoke. Ust Iqbal said something like: in order to be a true muslim, your faith needs to have conviction from both the Reasoning and the more subtle things such as Beliefs, Piety, Ihsan etc.
To [...]
I really do not know how to describe my feelings as I watched the last two episodes of the series I’ve closely followed since JC1. And I can care less about spoiling it for anyone who has yet to watch the finale ;P
Oh well, the series moved through twists and suspense, unpredictable outcomes, and the [...]
With Dr Afifi, Dr Ahmad, Lukman, Nash, Jahanger and the Malabar Imams
I count myself lucky to be with Shyakh Dr Afifi Al-Akiti on Wed 15 apr 2009. I rushed back home from camp and then to Malabar for maulid and a short talk by Dr Afifi. After Malabar, we rushed to Ba’alwie since Dr Afifi [...]
It was difficult to explain the silence or disappearance, since the last entry some two weeks ago. Many thoughts, issues and ideas nested in my tired mind as neurons fired and competed with each in my overworked brain.
The entry on UMMA Community Clinic generated several interesting responses, including comments from friends who I thought had [...]
The taxi driver remembered the old Alkaff Kampong Melayu Mosque at the top of Kaki Bukit when I mentioned that I wished to be taxi-ed to the mosque at Bedok Reservoir. He even remembered the old clinic housed in a building made of wood, nearby the old mosque and the surrounding Malay village. It was [...]
It suddenly felt as if I was losing control of time. My days went without any reflection and much rest. I went from one meeting to another, often back-to-back without any interval in between. From MClub to REA, to Aloha Loyang for Perkemas to Darul Arqam to Taman Warisan, my weekly class with Daniel and [...]
One of the institutions I visited on my IVP Program on Community and Religion was a community clinic in Los Angeles. Established by a group of young medical graduates to serve the community and the neighbourhood, the UMMA Community Clinic is the first free standing Muslim Free Clinic in America. The mission is to promote [...]
How do we love the Prophet (saw)? Can we love someone who we have not met?Do we love the Prophet the same way we love another person, say our parents or even our sweetheart?
These questions and many others occupied us last night. We read and shared our understanding of Surah Al-Maun and Al-Kauthar after maghrib [...]
We (my wife, children and I) performed our ‘Eid prayer at Toa Payoh Stadium. It has become a family tradition passed down from my parents for us to pray in an open ground for ‘Eid - a sunnah of the Prophet (saw). This is the first ‘Eid without my father, and I felt his absence [...]
Almost 6 years ago, I walked through the courtyard of SIM’s HQ at Clementi Road to deliver lectures/tutorials and summer school on Management, Systems and Change for UK Open Uni’s programme. Today, I was back at SIM on the invitation of the Malay Cultural and Muslim Society for a brown bag session with the newly [...]
It is difficult to express how much I am already missing Ramadhan, even before the blessed month leaves us this evening. Some days ago into the second week of Ramadhan, I broke into tears when I first sighted the decorative lights at a house near Darul Ghufran on the way back from Tarawih prayer. It [...]
Jim Wallis in his blog God’s Politics posted an interesting piece:
Every morning when I wake up in Davos, I turn on my television to CNN in my hotel room. And every morning, there is the same reporter interviewing a bundled-up CEO with the snowy “magic mountain” of Davos in the background. The question is always [...]
They are extraordinary. Taking on several roles all at the same time - trusted advisor, teacher, counselor, friend and/or parent - they are there when you need them.
Kunich and Lester in their article “Leadership and the Art of Mentoring: Tool Kit for the Time Machine” cited several mentors and illustrated their mentoring process as if [...]
