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Dark clouds over the horizons..

30th Ogos,09

Family iftar

When my kids got bigger and taller than me,it is no more everyday we as a family  can eat dinner at home.One is now in Johore Bahru,the other has always class untill 9pm.Only on some weekends that we as a family can sit down for dinner together.Now,I understand why my mother insisted all of us to be home on Hari Raya days..

I am happy to note that my brother is taking his family to have iftar with our mother-all the way from KL to Bachok.It is school holiday now.In my case, my son is still having lectures at his college.

Now, I am waiting for my son who is on the PLUS highway to arrive so that we can have iftar(buka puasa/breaking of fast) together at home.Tonight,I plan to have a good supper with my boys.I aam doing this more often because by the next few years two of them will get married and leaving me and my wife to ourselves..

Jalur Gemilang Jadi langsir?

Jalur Gemilang
Originally uploaded by Adibi

In two days time,we Malaysians are going to celebrate our 52nd Merdeka Day(Independence Day).According our PM,the worst is over for our economy, but I feel that political and social conditions are not getting better.The nation needs strong and effective leadership to get all Malaysians to live a peaceful and just lives for everyone.

Our forefathers had set up the nation more than 50 years ago based on agreed principles and rules.Failure to abide by the constitution,the nation will go astray and we may have chaos and system collpase.

No matter how old is our Jalur Gemilang as shown in this photo,it should NOT be used as a curtain for a store!Everything has its own place;so is our Jalur Gemilang.The same applies to our constitution.

7th Ramadhan

In less than one hour ,we will be having our iftar.Today is the 7th of Ramadhan ,1430.Thanks to Allah,i am healthy enough to fast but at times,I felt weak when I was busy during the day time.Time management is very important during Ramadhan so that we do execute our plan of action.

Nostalgia semasa berbuka di Masjidil Haraam

Rawtop

Eating rawtop first is the first choice of food when our beloved Prophet Muhammad breaks his fast.Second is dried kurma and third is plain water.After breaking his fast,he performs his solah.As the followers of Prophet Muhammad,we should try our best to follow his sunnah,whose akhlaq was as stipulated in the Holy Qur'an.Allahumma sallu'ala sayyidina Muhammad.

 [33:56] Sesungguhnya Allah dan malaikatNya berselawat (memberi segala penghormatan dan kebaikan) kepada Nabi (Muhammad s.a.w); wahai orang-orang yang beriman berselawatlah kamu kepadanya serta ucapkanlah salam sejahtera dengan penghormatan yang sepenuhnya.

Zikir tafakur

Zikir Tafakur:Let's allocate a few minutes after our solat today to contemplate on the the creations of Allah swt.Just look at a tree and think about it.This is the the highest form of zikir where one can do any where and anytime.Here is the link on the importance of zikir[ http://ow.ly/jVpu ]

Running nose

I was unhappy last night because of the flu and often sneezing,I had to abstain myself form the solat terawih at our masjid.So,I kept to myself and with the grace of Allah,managed to read surah al-Kahfi.My plan is to read Qur'an three times a day during this Ramadhan-each time about 5-6 pages.

Tadarus and Tadabur Qur'an

Let's make time to read and undertand the Qur'an after solat terawih or after solat subuh.The way I do it is to read Qur'an  for a page and read the translation.To get deeper into the subject matter,I read the tafseer Ibn Katheer.At the same time,I take time to read religous books by al-Haqqani,Tarik Ramadhan,al-Ghazali.

Peringatan Adab berbuka Puasa

Let's recite Asma ul Husna

To my fellow muslims and muslimahs.Let's recite all the 99 Beautiful Names(Asma ul-Husna) of Allah today before we break our fast in order to glorify our Rabb,The Lords of all the worlds,known and unknown,seen and unseen.May Allah swt be pleased with you and me.