Banjir 1 Nov - 5 Nov 2010; pengalaman yang menginsafkan

Hujan mula turun pada petang Sabtu 30 October dan berlarutan sehingga pagi Isnin 1 November. Air sungai naik sedikit demi sedikit sehingga hampir ke gigi jalan pada petang Ahad 31 Oktober tetapi kami masih mengharap apabila hujan berhenti, air akan surut ke sungai semula. Khabar kononnya Sang Raja akan murka jika banjir kembali melanda kawasan istana menyebabkan hati merasa lega. Tak mungkin banjir akan melanda. 2005 adalah yang terakhir kalinya. Ternyata khabar murka Sang Raja hanyalah angin semata. Kuasa Allah swt tiada siapa dapat melawannya. Hendak murka pada siapa, siapa patut murka pada siapa? Kita atau Yang Maha Pencipta? Siapa yang Maha Berkuasa? Allah swt atau Sang Raja?

Tatkala dunia dikejutkan dengan pelbagai bencana, di Indonesia, Merapi mengamuk meluahkan lava, asap dan debu memenuhi udara ditambah pula tsunami melanda, gempa bumi menggegarkan suasana, puting beliung disini sana, kami hanya diancam banjir semata.

Air mula surut pada petang Jumaat 5 November dan surut sepenuhnya pada petang Sabtu 6 November. Abah, Mak, Azwan, Mat dan jiran tetangga mula membersihkan selut yang mencecah buku lali di dalam rumah. Maknjang tidak turut serta pada hari Sabtu untuk menjaga keluarga yang kurang upaya yang tinggal bersama di rumah sementara kami. Dan kalau Maknjang ikut sekali pun, rasanya bukan dapat nak tolong apa-apa sebab geli geleman dan pelbagai lagi perasaan.

Alhamdulillah sepanjang menantikan air surut, kami tinggal dalam keadaan yang amat selesa di Homestay Vistana milik adik ipar Maknjang di Jalan Langgar. Ketika mangsa-mangsa lain terpaksa tinggal disekolah-sekolah dan khemah-khemah yang serba kekurangan dan bekalan air paip yang ketandusan, kami tinggal selesa dirumah yang besar bertilam dan berbantal. Bekalan letrik dan air paip berterusan. Kami mungkin menumpang rahmat Abang Non yang cacat dan tak berupaya, kemana-mana pun perlukan perkhidmatan ambulan. Walaupun setiap hari asyik memikirkan rumah yang tenggelam, apabila melihat berita bencana yang lebih dasyat, hati menjadi tenteram. Sedikit amat dugaan kami ini Ya Tuhan berbanding dosa-dosa kami pada Mu.

Azwan akan balik ke Taman membuat tinjauan setiap hari sepanjang rumah ditenggelami air. Selama empat hari, kami mendengar berita yang sama, dari jauh, rumah hanya nampak bumbung sahaja. Berdebar-debar dada Maknjang memikirkan barang-barang yang ditinggalkan didalam bilik. Laptop, printer, dokumen-dokumen penting semuanya telah diangkat lebih 2 kaki dari paras air pada tahun 2005. Kerana kita sangka, tidak mungkin air akan mencecah lebih tinggi dari biasa. Kuasa Allah swt air naik luarbiasa. Semua perabot dan alat letrik telah diangkat ke dapur yang parasnya 4 kaki lebih tinggi dari tanah. Kami sangka itu sudah cukup untuk selamatkan semuanya. Allah swt duga kami dengan air semata, kami sudah merasa cukup gundah gulana. Apalah nasib perabot dan peralatan letrik disana. Baju-baju kami semua bagaimana. 5 hari berlalu barulah air berundur kesungai semula.

Hari Ahad, Maknjang ikut pulang ke Taman, hancur luluh hati rasanya melihatkan suasana. 2 batang pokok besar tumbang di jalan menuju ke rumah kami menghalang kami menggunakan jalan yang biasa. Bau busuk menusuk sukma. Sampah sarap merata-rata. Selut tebal menyeliputi segala benda. Semua perkakas didalam dapur berantakan, terbalik lintang pukang semuanya. Baunya... tak boleh Maknjang nak cerita. Air paip ketandusan pula, kerja mencuci menjadi tergendala. Yang mampu dibuat hanyalah mengutip barang-barang berharga dan apa saja yang rasanya seperti masih berguna.

Hari ni sudah 8 hari kerja pemulihan bermula, tapi masih banyak yang belum habis dicuci semula. Petiais dan barang-barang elektrik lain masih belum tahu samada masih berguna. Maknjang sekarang di KL kerana tugas, tapi hati berada disana. Kasihan Mak, Abah dan Azwan yang hari-hari berkerja keras mencuci segala. Alhamdulillah ramai yang datang menyumbang tenaga. Setiap hari disediakan makanan percuma oleh ahli tentera, walaupun ala kadar, tetapi bagi yang sudah kehilangan segala, ala kadar pun amat bermakna.

Memang penat dan sakit seluruh anggota,
menggosok selut dilantai yang mencecah buku lali.
Syukur Ya Allah, kami masih ada rumah untuk dihuni.
mencuci kain baju yang basah kesemuanya.
Syukur Ya Allah, kami masih ada kain baju untuk dipakai semula.
memberus pinggan mangkuk periuk belanga.
Syukur Ya Allah, pinggan mangkuk periuk belanga kami masih ada.
mengangkat membuang perabut yang sudah tak boleh diguna
Syukur Ya Allah, semakin bertambah ruang didalam rumah, kami akan lebih selesa.
Syukur Ya Allah kerana yang rosak dan yang musnah hanyalah harta dunia semata-mata.
Syukur Ya Allah, kami sekeluarga selamat tanpa sebarang cacat cela.

Syukur ku padaMu Ya Allah, kerana memberikan kami ketabahan, kesabaran dan keupayaan menghadapi dugaanMu ini. Semoga segala kesusahan yang kami lalui ini menjadi kafarrah kepada dosa-dosa kami padaMu Ya Allah.

Midnight Ramblings

To be honest, I am not sure where I am heading with this post. Something is bugging me since my conversation with my uni mate the other day. Not bugging me in a bad way, it just bugs me, that's all and keeps me thinking of my present employmentless status.

E came to the kenduri Mak threw to commemorate my parents' 50th wedding anniversary. She kept asking me what I want to do (for the rest of my life, workwise). When I said I don't know - true, I actually don't know what I want to do right now - she kept saying that I cannot be unemployed, I have to find a job or I will lose my identity. Although I disagreed with her, I did not say anything. She continued on and on of inferiority, waste of talent etc. At one point she even asked me whether I felt that I have wasted my time in my previous employment, i.e. working in a small company unrecognised company, you know the drift. My conclusion is that she thinks that my 15++ years was a waste of time. On a lot of counts, my opinion differed (for the record, I did not 100% diagree, okay) but I did not say anything as I do not want to discuss the topic any longer than we should.

Now, is it true that we are defined by what we do. I would hope that I am not. I would hope that I am more than that. I would hope that I am defined by the person that I have become. If I am what I do, then I would be nothing now, would I not? Would I have to feel inferior now that I am not employed. Do I have to feel ashamed?. I should hope not, for at the moment I am neither inferior nor ashamed. But it has only been 3 months, and I am still occupied with my part-time "suka-takrela-wan" assignments. Will what she said be true as time goes by?. I sure hope not. I actually love the state that I am in right now. Being my own boss, so called. (but then, if I am my own Boss, I can't afford to pay me, how?).

As for wasting my time, the thought has entered my mind, a long time ago but I have resolved that. In the last 15++ years, I have helped someone set up his business, created employments, trained staffs and trainees. I learned a lot, about work, about life. Lasting friendships were born there too. Were all that a waste of time?

I figured, while I still continue doing the part-time job (which is occupying my time, full time), I can slowly (insyaAllah, but surely) find something else to do that will generate a constant income stream. I am keeping my options wide open. I am not actively looking for a full time employment, but I will not turn away from any opportunity that might comes-a-knocking. At my age, I should not be thinking too much of the worldly things, at least not of this world. I should worry more of the other world. The years I have left in this world is lesser than the years I have lived, I think. Alhamdulillah, I have all that I need, and all I need now is to maintain what I have and put food on the table and I wish I can add to it Umrah or holiday trip once in while.

Although money is not everything, dalam dunia materi sekarang, everything needs money. I pray to Allah that I find ways to make money before I ran out of money.

I do not want to be poor kerana kemiskinan boleh membawa kepada kekufuran.
I do not want to be rich either kerana kekayaan boleh melalaikan kita dari mengingati Allah swt.
Yang saya inginkan Ya Allah, adalah kehidupan yang senang dan tenang. Yang kudambakan adalah maghfirahMu. Yang ku cari adalah redhoMu. Amiin Ya Robb.

Must Have Done Something Right

Suddenly I felt like writing.

This morning did not start off well. I arranged for a meeting this morning to discuss preparation for the big meeting end of this year. Mind you, this is not my responsibility as I am not the Secretary, but as usual I like to play busy body. Informed all concerned, four days ago. I just would like to see at least one big meeting held, prepared properly and not invite anymore critics. On the way to the ASSociation, I received an sms from Mr Secretary that he is not available to attend the meeting... what the _*&^!, I arranged this meeting in order to assist him and he did not even bother to grace us with his presence and choose to inform us at 9am for a 10am meeting!! Arrrgghhh!!!! never mind, we still continue with the meeting and resolved a lot of issues. At least, tasks are assigned, formats are drafted, deadlines are set, dates are proposed.

Well, anyway, that was not what I wanted to write about.

Three months into my semi retirement does not feel like a retirement at all! I felt like I am still working as hard. But one thing has definitely changed, my shoulders are so light, now that the heavy burdened has been lifted and the head has more time to think of things other than the work. I do not have that heavy feeling at the end of the day like I used to, you know the feeling of calling it a day with a lot of things left unfinished. Phew!!! gone are the days. And since he is no longer my boss, my blood , my jantung and my hati do not run berserk everytime I have to face him or see his face. Phew!!! another kelegaan.

Although there is no formal contract with the company, they still pay me monthly allowance, albeit just a token sum which I do not mind at all, because I cannot resign as the Co Sec since nobody is qualified to take over. (But I strongly suspected that this allowance has a lot more to do with my position in the ASS, by trying to keep me unemployed as long as possible will make me more available at the ASS). I also help out whenever my assistance is required. Its funny though. Most of the areas where my help is needed were the areas that I was harshly criticised about when I was in their employ. Sometimes I just felt like laughing my head off.

He is now campaigning for another term with the Ass. and he wants me to run too, for the same office. I do not want to to so, for what?. What do I get in return other than headaches, penat, sakit hati, kena kutuk? Why should I want to go through another two years of that? But everytime I told him of my decision, he will kona here and there and say that he has no one else who is capable and can be trusted to hold my office. I am not going to say anything anymore on the subject, I will just keep quite. When the time comes, I will just not sign the nomination letter. That's the plan. Dulu kata my wibawa ni senang for people to take advantage of, dia la yang duk take advantage. Now he said, I have a wibawa yang baik pulak. Confused tau maknjang ni. I already pesan kat Datin Mami, if tetiba I agreed to run for the election tolong lah bawak maknjang pi berubat, I am sure ada short somewhere.

That's all for now.!!!!

Live within your means

Yes, please!

Venting

To keep sanity intact, I have to do this. No one understand what I am so mad about. No one.

If you have sacrificed so much, jimat cermat, kerja like mad in order for you to save for something which you know will be for the benefit of a lot of people you love, and you bought it and you were so happy your dream came true and suddenly you realised, you sayang lahkan benda yang you dah beli tu, but the people who benefited from it just took it for granted. Sikit pon tak sayang. Sikit pon tak hormat. Sikit pon tak appreciate.

Just for instance, you were earning only so much and half of your income you gave to your parent for the car and makan minum, utilities etc etc. You never questioned how the money were spent. And you are not about to question now. Like I said, you were only earning so much, half of it were given to your father, the other half were used to pay for your house rent, your own utilities expenses etc. You hardly spend on yourself, save for a few makan2 luar occasions and tengok2 wayang. You spend most of your half of the money to pay for the rent, study loan, electricity and water and on your younger siblings, nephews and nieces.

And then the family grew, when balik kampung you realised the house were just too small so you started thinking of buying a bigger house. A corner lot house became available and you bought it. You just added a housing loan repayment to you small income. By then you have had some increment in your pay and you had almost fully paid the study loan. So you were fine. But the house you bought were not liveable, the condition were just too bad, so you started thinking of renovating it. You started saving and tighten your own belt, living other people depending on you unaffected at all. Nobody knew how you managed you money and nobody cared. If someone want a new shoes, you bought it, new baju, baju raya, whatever, you continue to provide. Like I said, no one was affected by your decision to jimat cermat, only you. Because you do not want to worry them about money issues, you continue to give and give and give and you ended up with a very huge credit card bills. Once in a while you received a bonus, and you use that bonus to settle all the credit card debts. Rezeki Allah has it, you received a huge bonus one year and your savings have accumulated, so you started the renovation project. RM80k was budgetted, that's how much you have, but they wanted to add this and that and you akur because you just do not have the heart to say no, the total cost accumulated to RM150k. So you had a few months of sleepless nights trying to figure out how to come up with the difference, you have already exhausted you RM30k credit limit on your credit cards. Nobody knew about this. So you tebalkan your face and faced your boss. No, not to ask for a loan but to ask him to guarantee you on a loan, he agreed and you malu sampai berbulan bulan because he is the kind of person who will ungkit,"make sure you pay on time.. bla bla bla..." You have just added another RM1,700 commitment to your already almost committed income. And your own belt get tightened further. And you also have the credit card bills to see to. You live on money worry for a very very long time. No one knew and no one cared. As long as they continue to get things they wanted and needed.

Pendek cerita the house was completed although not up to the standard you expected for the amount of money you paid. Bumbung bocor and still cannot be fixed until now. But did anyone care? No! They continue to stay in that condition until the ceiling all rosak. When you balik and you cannot stand it anymore, and when you have money, you give money and asked the bumbung to be fixed. They said they did, tapi still bocor.

The house was like a rubbish dump. Everyone used the house as a dumping ground. Apa tak mau, semua sent to the house. And being hoarders, nothing can be thrown way. Your eyes were sore everytime you balik kampung but you did not say anything, you just screamed to the nephews and brothers a few times but fell on deaf ears. They never clean the house so you have to pay for cleaners to clean up their mess. You have to do it, because you just tak tahan. You have your own room but when you are not around, they dumped everything in it and they just use your toilet as they pleased. Not bothered to throw used pampers, not bothered to clean it up. You just do not understand how these people can live like this. You cannot fathom how you can be related to them!!!

You just guess because its not their hard work that went into the house and the things in it, sampai bila pon they will never appreciate it. So your heart ache, and it will continue to ache.

So now, you are wondering, how can you adapt to this situation. How can you live in a condition like this. You just cannot be screaming everyday, you will just continue to hurt your parents feeling. Its not good for the blood pressure too.

Dang! its only my first week home!!!!!

iPhone i

I finally succumbed to it. Just cannot help it anymore. The minute I received the sms from Maxis about the promo, I kept thinking about getting one. It actually started when abah and mak came over in June. I saw abah belekkiing the sister's iPhone and I can sensed that he liked it. I was thinking of ways to afford buying one for abah but I ended up buying one for me... hmmmm.... tunggulah balik AS nanti, kalau abah nampak cam teringin saja, kena beli lah jugak kat dia..

Therefore I am now a proud owner of an iPhone 3G (s) 16 GB... which I shall now call it as iPhonei...

I told Min about my new purchase and we got to chatting about the hp that we have had over the years. The first time I ever get to use a mobile phone was during the Hospital era. I was sometimes on call, bukan doctor pon, tapi on call jugak, so the Hospital provided me with a pager... in those days, ada pager pon tak cool ya amat. Later, when pager was not effective, and mobile phone became more mobile (who remembers the one that you have to carry like a briefcase, yang beteri dia as big as a car beteri tu????)... the Hospital bought a motorola set.. the size is about the same as the long envelope, 4x9 and as thick as a ream of A4 paper. The numbers on the screen (which you can only see the number you dialled, no texting, no CLIP available then) were red.. this is before it became green. That mobile phone was a pool phone, so whoever is on call have to carry that thing home. I have to put it in a tote bag and it was heavy, I tell you!!! Those days, I travel by bus, Len Seng bus to be precise and when the bus reached the Hospital, from the city centre, it will be full and chances were, I will have to stand all the way to Ayer Panas where I was staying. If the phone rang on the bus.... very the embarassing, I tell you... I would just pretended that I did not hear anything. Once it rang and rang and rang and I just cannot ignored it anymore, I have to answer it. All the passengers eyes were on me the whole time I was talking and I have to scream at the phone because the person on the other end cannot hear me properly, signal was an issue then... it was not COOL AT ALL!!! malu ya amat!!!! Yes, in those days, bawak handphone malu kat orang.. macam penting sangatlah sampai tak sempat nak tunggu sampai rumah...

20 years to now, look at how technology have evolved.... after that red screened phone, when I joined my last employment, I bought my own mobile phone. During that time, it was cool to have one. Everybody who is somebody (or at least thought that he/she is one, would own one). I bought it just because I was staying alone and I was already driving in KL and most of the time, alone. So my justification then, kalau jadi apa-apa, senang nak contact orang. The phone cost me RM1,030 when I was only earning RM3,300 per month!!!. But those days, we only switched the phone on only when we needed to use it kan. Sampai rumah, off, sampai office, off. Mobile phones can only be used for calls, still no texting and the screen was either green or black. The size of that phone???.. lets put it this way "kalau baling anjing, mati anjing tu!". And then everybody went crazy for a small phone... the smaller you hand set is, the cooler you are. But now, size does not matter.. its the functionality, the more functional, the better. I think size still matters but only in its capacity, not the physical size. It would not be so cool be seen using the phone the same size as the iPhone back in 2000.... not cool at all!!

Upload Gambar

I finally uploaded the photos taken on 4 July 2010 on Facebook.

Pergi Tak Kembali- Rabbani

Setiap insan pastikan merasa
Saat perpisahan terakhir
Dunia yang fana akan ditinggalkan
Hanya amalan yang akan dibawa

Terdengar sayup surah dibaca
Sayu alunan suara
Cemas di dada lemah tak bermaya
Terbuka hijap di depan mata

Selamat tinggal pada semua
Berpisah kita selamanya
Kita tak sama nasib di sana
Baiklah atau sebaliknya

Amalan dan taqwa jadi bekalan
Sejahtera, bahagia pulang...kesana

Sekujur badan berselimut putih
Rebah bersemadi sendiri
Mengharap kasih anak dan isteri
Apa mungkin pahala dikirim

Terbaring sempit seluas pusara
Soal bicara terus bermula
Sesal dan insaf tak berguna lagi
Hancurlah jasad dimamah bumi

Berpisah sudah segalanya
Yang tinggal hanyalah kanangan
Diiringi doa dan air mata
Yang pergi takkan kembali lagi

He was 48

when he took his last breath on 4th of July 2010. He would have been 49 had he lived to see his next birthday on 21 December 2010. He was my eldest brother, Azman. His death was sudden but not unexpected.

This morning when I woke up, I was trying to remember, when was the last time I spoke to him. The last time I saw him alive was on Thursday 1 July 2010. But I cannot remember when was the last time I talked to him. He came over to 410 the day I got home and asked me something about work and I cannot remember what I replied. I said a lot of bad and hurtful things to him sometime in March this year. Now I cannot remember whether I have asked for his forgiveness. When was the last time I salam-ed him?. No use for regrets now.

My eldest brother was not the smartest guy on the planet. He made some bad choices. He succumbed to temptations as did many of his friends. To succumb to the temptation was the easy way out. Despite all the wrongs that he had done, my eldest brother has the kindest of heart. He never made enemies with anyone. He was liked by everyone. Very helpful to others and very respectful to the elders. His life was hard, that is what he had to pay for, for all the wrong things he did. In the last 5 years or more, he was inflicted with all kind of sickness. He was diabetic and suffer from all kind of other illness due to diabetes, had renal failure and the latest was a tumour, not in the brain but on the skull at the back of his head (I may got this wrong). He was in a lot of pain but tried hard not to make life difficult to others.

He died before he became a burden. He died knowing that abah and mak had forgave him. He got his wish to be buried in SB because he wanted to be close to my grandparents and other family members. We were quite surprised to find out that his final resting place, was next to my paternal grandfather. They were very close. My brother was his favourite.

I have to remember to make duas for him, always. May Allah swt accept his taubat. May all his sickness, his pain, his sufferings be the kafarrah for all his sins. May Allah swt put him together with the solihins.

People remarked that his funeral were like a YB's. The minute the news of his death were out, both the opposition UMNO and PAS members came to set up tents outside no 7. The streams of visitors were overwhelming. Family, friends and neighbours old and new all came to pay their last respect. He death was easy and so was the whole funeral preparation. Alhamdulillah.

When and how will ours be?

Telephone conversation

(bla bla bla bla... the line got cut off)

where are you?

I'm in EG

where is that?

SJ

Owh, you're in town, why didn't you tell me you are in town.

(speechless.. because she did not see any reason why she should)

bla bla bla bla

.... they want to see you on Tuesday at 2:30pm

in their office?

In our office.

Your office, not mine.

(quiet.. he cannot think of an appropriate answer, she guessed)

A New Leaf

Today is the 2nd day of turning 44 and also the 2nd day of a new leaf.

With no solid plan of what to do with the rest of my life, I am feeling quite good nevertheless. Not sure yet how I will feel in the next 4 or 5 months ahead when the money depleted. Let's not cross that bridge.. not until I reach there.

I was home for 5 days. I was full of enthusiasm, full of gusto when I started my journey home, I planned in my head and imagine myself cleaning my room, rearranging the furniture, organising this and that and get to sit down and do some paperwork. But when I got home, all my semangat went out of the window. The house was in a total mess! I do not know where to begin. I wanted to start with my bedroom then I realised that I do not have a wardrobe, so where do I put all my clothes. Boxes are everywhere. Furniture are haphazardly placed. Sigh! In my room, the only empty space was on the bed, only one side of it, reserved for me to sleep on, I supposed. And then I got the flu, so that's it. I have no energy to do anything and just let things be the way they are and left for KL yesterday. I even brought with me my dirty clothes for Rohaya to clean because I do not have the semangat to even do laundry.

I called Murni, the cleaner lady that we normally employ to help clean the house but she was not free. I have arranged for her to come to the house when I go home in a couple of weeks. But I have a dilemma. How do I do this without hurting my parents' feeling. My parents are borderline hoarders. They never throw things away. So, we have furniture that dated way back when and some has lost not only its shine or colour but also its shape. They keep all broken electrical appliances. There's 2 broken washing machines, 2 broken TVs, old radios, stand fan, table fan, name it, we have it somewhere in the house.

I want to throw away or giveaway things that we no longer need. I have to put my feet down and do this once and for all. Otherwise I do not think I will be able to live in that house without feeling rimas. I am not the cleanest or the tidiest person on earth, I am not but I just can't stand living in the house the way it is right now. I just can't.

Not that the house is bad just like it is, the younger brother pulak is using the living room as his workshop. Adoi, sungguh sakit mata ini melihatnya.

The dilemma is worst when the house is mine. If I were to be so MEM SAHAB-ly, I am afraid that they think, mentang-mentang lah ni rumah dia, and make some people and even worst if my parents feel uneasy. I just close one eye everytime I went home before this because I was just home for a few days. Let's not stir anything up, that has been my motto. But this time, I am going to stay there, insyaAllah for good. I just cannot live like that. I have to do something about it and lay down a few laws to the inhabitants, my parents excluded. As far as I am concerned, Mak and Abah can do as they please, as long as they are happy, but the rest of the people in the house has better get their act together. Mem Sahab is in the house!

Back to the new leaf, although I have no solid plan on how to earn money at least for the next 6 years, I am feeling good inside. I have this strange feeling that something good is on the horizon for me. I pray to Allah swt to guide me to the right path and shower me with His rahmat, hidayah and rezeki.

This afternoon at lunch, I told Zurin that Che Me'e is working in NZ. Suddenly she just said, lets do that Maknjang, lets just go to NZ, look for a job and stay there. If we are not happy, we come back. That's a thought....... to ponder?

Liking Maher Zain to the max

Allahi Allah kiya karo
Dukh na kisi ko diya karo
Jo duniya ka malik hai
Naam ussi ka liya karo.
Allah hee Allah
Allahi Allah kiya karo
Dukh na kissi ko diya karo
Jo duniya ka malik hai
Naam usi ka liya karo.
Allahi Allah
Just like a sunrise cant be denied
Oh, just like the river will find the sea
O Allah, Youre here and Youre always near
And I know without a doubt
That You always hear my prayer
Such ki raah pay chala karo
Dukh na kisi ko diya karo
Jo duniya ka malik hai
Naam ussi ka liya karo.
Allah hee Allah..
Allah hee Allah kiya karo
Dukh naa kisi ko diya karo
Jo duniya ka malik hai
Naam usi ka liya karo.
Allah hi Allah
So many bright stars
Like diamonds in the sky
Oh, it makes me wonder
How anyone can be blind
To all the signs so clear
Just open your eyes
And I know without a doubt
You will surly see the light
Aisa zulm na kiya karo
Dukh na kisi ko diya karo
Jo duniya ka malik hai
Naam usi ka liya karo.
Allah hee Allah
Allah he Allah kiya karo
Dukh na kisi ko diya karo
Jo duniya ka malik hai
Naam ussi ka liya karo.
Allah Hi Allah Kiya Karo Dukh Na Kissi Ko Diya

Jit

His name was Abdul Aziz Ahmad. He was my cousin, the son of Abah's younger sister. He was a year older than me. Jit and I grew up together as our houses were just a walking distance away.

Jit was like a brother. I have two elder brothers and the two of them will always ganged up against me and I was the youngest for close to 7 years, no other sibling to turn to, Jit was always there for me. Jit was everybody's favourite. Loved by everyone.

Jit was present at all the important events in my life and I was in his. My leaving home for MRSM, my leaving home for KL, my leaving home for Australia and all my homecomings. His leaving home for Al-Arqam, his engagement, his wedding and his first born. I went home as often as I could when he was sick. But I was not there on his final day, the day he left all of us behind. Mak, abah, my younger brothers, my nephews and my sister were in KL. He left us all in 1993, and left his only daughter Asma' orphaned at 2 years of age.

Asma' is coming home from Jordan today. I promised to see her at 5 at KLIA, unfortunately, I am overbooked. As I was driving to work just now, I was thinking of Asma' and plan to tell Udden, my no 1 nephew to go see her and make sure she checked in for he flight to AS safely. I won't be able to see her until I go back to AS next week. That was how I came to thinking about Jit.

I have always wonder how my life would turn out to be had Jit still be around. I never have anybody that I can talk to and tell everything to, other than Jit. And since he left, I have never actually "talked" to anyone. I know, its not good to berkalau as there is no point to it at all. But I still wonder. Sometimes when I want to make a certain big decision, I would always ask myself, what would Tok say about this and what would Jit think about this. Ever since I tendered my resignation, the two of them were constantly on my mind. I know that if Jit is still around,he would support my decision and would support whatever I want to do with my life and he would even support me financially, if I ever needed it.

As for Asma', although we are not close since her mother remarried and and she moved away with her, she will always have a special place in my heart. Just because she is Jit's daughter. Not many people will understand this, especially my younger siblings as they never knew how close Jit was to me.

Al fatihah buat Jit dan doa Adik semoga Allah swt tempatkan Jit bersama-sama orang-orang yang solihin. Amin.

Syair Perahu ~ Hamzah Fansuri

Inilah gerangan suatu madah
mengarangkan syair terlalu indah,
membetuli jalan tempat berpindah,
di sanalah i’tikat diperbetuli sudah

Wahai muda kenali dirimu,
ialah perahu tamsil tubuhmu,
tiadalah berapa lama hidupmu,
ke akhirat jua kekal diammu.

Hai muda arif-budiman,
hasilkan kemudi dengan pedoman,
alat perahumu jua kerjakan,
itulah jalan membetuli insan.

Perteguh jua alat perahumu,
hasilkan bekal air dan kayu,
dayung pengayuh taruh di situ,
supaya laju perahumu itu

Sudahlah hasil kayu dan ayar,
angkatlah pula sauh dan layar,
pada beras bekal jantanlah taksir,
niscaya sempurna jalan yang kabir.

Perteguh jua alat perahumu,
muaranya sempit tempatmu lalu,
banyaklah di sana ikan dan hiu,
menanti perahumu lalu dari situ.

Muaranya dalam, ikanpun banyak,
di sanalah perahu karam dan rusak,
karangnya tajam seperti tombak
ke atas pasir kamu tersesak.

Ketahui olehmu hai anak dagang
riaknya rencam ombaknya karang
ikanpun banyak datang menyarang
hendak membawa ke tengah sawang.

Muaranya itu terlalu sempit,
di manakan lalu sampan dan rakit
jikalau ada pedoman dikapit,
sempurnalah jalan terlalu ba’id.

Baiklah perahu engkau perteguh,
hasilkan pendapat dengan tali sauh,
anginnya keras ombaknya cabuh,
pulaunya jauh tempat berlabuh.

Lengkapkan pendarat dan tali sauh,
derasmu banyak bertemu musuh,
selebu rencam ombaknya cabuh,
La ilaha illallahu akan tali yang teguh.

Barang siapa bergantung di situ,
teduhlah selebu yang rencam itu
pedoman betuli perahumu laju,
selamat engkau ke pulau itu.

La ilaha illallahu jua yang engkau ikut,
di laut keras dan topan ribut,
hiu dan paus di belakang menurut,
pertetaplah kemudi jangan terkejut.

Laut Silan terlalu dalam,
di sanalah perahu rusak dan karam,
sungguhpun banyak di sana menyelam,
larang mendapat permata nilam.

Laut Silan wahid al kahhar,
riaknya rencam ombaknya besar,
anginnya songsongan membelok sengkar
perbaik kemudi jangan berkisar.

Itulah laut yang maha indah,
ke sanalah kita semuanya berpindah,
hasilkan bekal kayu dan juadah
selamatlah engkau sempurna musyahadah.

Silan itu ombaknya kisah,
banyaklah akan ke sana berpindah,
topan dan ribut terlalu ‘azamah,
perbetuli pedoman jangan berubah.

Laut Kulzum terlalu dalam,
ombaknya muhit pada sekalian alam
banyaklah di sana rusak dan karam,
perbaiki na’am, siang dan malam.

Ingati sungguh siang dan malam,
lautnya deras bertambah dalam,
anginpun keras, ombaknya rencam,
ingati perahu jangan tenggelam.

Jikalau engkau ingati sungguh,
angin yang keras menjadi teduh
tambahan selalu tetap yang cabuh
selamat engkau ke pulau itu berlabuh.

Sampailah ahad dengan masanya,
datanglah angin dengan paksanya,
belajar perahu sidang budimannya,
berlayar itu dengan kelengkapannya.

Wujud Allah nama perahunya,
ilmu Allah akan [dayungnya]
iman Allah nama kemudinya,
“yakin akan Allah” nama pawangnya.

“Taharat dan istinja’” nama lantainya,
“kufur dan masiat” air ruangnya,
tawakkul akan Allah jurubatunya
tauhid itu akan sauhnya.

Salat akan nabi tali bubutannya,
istigfar Allah akan layarnya,
“Allahu Akbar” nama anginnya,
subhan Allah akan lajunya.

“Wallahu a’lam” nama rantaunya,
“iradat Allah” nama bandarnya,
“kudrat Allah” nama labuhannya,
“surga jannat an naim nama negerinya.

Karangan ini suatu madah,
mengarangkan syair tempat berpindah,
di dalam dunia janganlah tam’ah,
di dalam kubur berkhalwat sudah.

Kenali dirimu di dalam kubur,
badan seorang hanya tersungkur
dengan siapa lawan bertutur?
di balik papan badan terhancur.

Di dalam dunia banyaklah mamang,
ke akhirat jua tempatmu pulang,
janganlah disusahi emas dan uang,
itulah membawa badan terbuang.

Tuntuti ilmu jangan kepalang,
di dalam kubur terbaring seorang,
Munkar wa Nakir ke sana datang,
menanyakan jikalau ada engkau sembahyang.

Tongkatnya lekat tiada terhisab,
badanmu remuk siksa dan azab,
akalmu itu hilang dan lenyap,
(baris ini tidak terbaca)

Munkar wa Nakir bukan kepalang,
suaranya merdu bertambah garang,
tongkatnya besar terlalu panjang,
cabuknya banyak tiada terbilang.

Kenali dirimu, hai anak dagang!
di balik papan tidur telentang,
kelam dan dingin bukan kepalang,
dengan siapa lawan berbincang?

La ilaha illallahu itulah firman,
Tuhan itulah pergantungan alam sekalian,
iman tersurat pada hati insap,
siang dan malam jangan dilalaikan.

La ilaha illallahu itu terlalu nyata,
tauhid ma’rifat semata-mata,
memandang yang gaib semuanya rata,
lenyapkan ke sana sekalian kita.

La ilaha illallahu itu janganlah kaupermudah-mudah,
sekalian makhluk ke sana berpindah,
da’im dan ka’im jangan berubah,
khalak di sana dengan La ilaha illallahu.

La ilaha illallahu itu jangan kaulalaikan,
siang dan malam jangan kau sunyikan,
selama hidup juga engkau pakaikan,
Allah dan rasul juga yang menyampaikan.

La ilaha illallahu itu kata yang teguh,
memadamkan cahaya sekalian rusuh,
jin dan syaitan sekalian musuh,
hendak membawa dia bersungguh-sungguh.

La ilaha illallahu itu kesudahan kata,
tauhid ma’rifat semata-mata.
hapuskan hendak sekalian perkara,
hamba dan Tuhan tiada berbeda.

La ilaha illallahu itu tempat mengintai,
medan yang kadim tempat berdamai,
wujud Allah terlalu bitai,
siang dan malam jangan bercerai.

La ilaha illallahu itu tempat musyahadah,
menyatakan tauhid jangan berubah,
sempurnalah jalan iman yang mudah,
pertemuan Tuhan terlalu susah.

~ Hamzah Fansuri

Betul-betul

Pagi tadi Maknjang dengar rancangan motivasi pagi kat Radio Ikim. Ini memang rancangan kegemaran Maknjang pada pukul 7:30 pagi setiap hari. Kalau boleh Maknjang will try not to miss it. Kandungan motivasi pagi ini amat menarik pada pandangan Maknjang. Sinopsisnya adalah seperti berikut.

Jika kita ingin berjaya, kita perlulah membuat kerja yang betul dengan betul-betul. Membuat kerja yang betul adalah mengikut SyariatulLah, iaitu:-

1. Wajib - jangan ditinggalkan
2. Haram - mesti dijauhkan
3. Sunat - patut dilakukan
4. makruh - hendaklah dijauhkan
5. Harus - jika dibuat, jadikan ia sebagai ibadah. This is interesting. I never thought about it this way. I mean, I always thought, if it is perkara yang harus, just do it or don't do it lah. No hal. But if you niatkan sebagai ibadah, even perkara harus boleh mendapat pahala, not just the wajibs and the sunats. For instance, makan is harus, niat sebagai ibadah, kalau tak makan, tak ada tenaga untuk mengerjakan yang wajib dan yang sunat. Senaman is harus, but if niatkan senaman untuk tingkatkan kesihatan demi untuk dapat beribadah dengan sempurna, dah jadi satu ibadah. Oh, the beauty of Islam.

So buat kerja yang betul iaitu dengan menurut syariatuLLah. Dan bila buat kerja yang betul, buatlah betul-betul, dengan mengikut sunatuLLah or hukum Allah or hukum alam like gravity, ada siang, ada malam. all those things lah. So how to buat kerja yang betul, betul-betul? Say for instance you plant crops and you pray to Allah for hasil yang baik, that is kerja yang betul. But if you did not do it betul-betul, i.e. ensuring that your crops get enough water, enough sun, free from pests... sunatuLlah is, in order for crops to grow, they need enough water, sun, nutrients etc, mana dak ada hasil, correct.

The thing about sunatuLlah is, Einstein maybe the one who discovered gravity, f=ma or e=mc² but Allah yang dah aturkan semuanya begitu.

So takat tu sajalah yang Maknjang ingat.

Wallahhu'alam

Another Chapter Is Closed

Last night I went to clean up the apartment in SD, the one I have been renting for the last 5 years (with the help of 2 bibiks) and pick up the last few items left.

I finally locked the door of another life I am leaving behind. I was expecting to feel kinda sad but surprisingly, I do not feel anything at all. Perhaps because I have never felt connected to the place, spending most of my time at my sister's since before they moved to BJ, when they used to stay in the next block.

Before leaving SD, I went to a hardware store to duplicate some keys for the ASSociation. The store was near to the house I stayed for more than 10 years before I moved to the apartment. The owners remarked that I looked familiar so I told them that I was among their first customers. We moved in to the area around the same time in 1995. After chit-chatting for a while, the husband asked me what I am doing for a living so I told them that I am moving back home and going to semi retirement. He said I am too young to retire so I asked him, how old does he think I am and he said 30 plus; hmmmm.... he has not seen my uban, that's why! When I told him I am 44 they did not believe me until I have to show them, no, not my uban, but my IC. he he he... I like.

Everybody I talked to about me moving home with my parents (and being single) all agreed that I am doing the right thing. Including this couple. They said, duit bila-bila buleh cari. I am not trying to justify my action, I knew from the beginning that this is the right thing to do but getting affirmations from total strangers just makes me feel all so much better.

In another Act on a different Stage - I have written a letter and a proposal and have handed them over, yesterday. Claiming that I have just gave him a headache, he went home. I hope he read it until the last page. I am anxiously waiting for the response so that I can close another chapter of my life.

I heard on the radio today:-

Apa yang kita perlu buat, tak semestinya kita suka buat dan apa yang kita suka buat, tak semestinya kita perlu buat. So, less wayang please Maknjang and more ibadat!

With that I shall end my post for this Tuesday.

Overwhelmed!

That was an understatement.

I was in the state of speechlessness for a few days now.

It is true, it matters not what other people think of you, what matters most is how you see yourself. But sometimes knowing how people felt and looked at you and how you affect their lifes do warm the heart.

The thing is, despite me saying over and over again that I hate farewell dos, especially if I were to be in the center of it, I mean seriously, are you that happy to see me go that you have to celebrate it with a bang, seriously?.. the staffs still insisted on having one. What to do, takkan nak menghampakan peminat, I obliged but on a certain condition. I explained to the "organisers" of how I felt about this farewell thing and why I do not want it in the first place. I have to make them understand why I am leaving and I do not want to have to be in an awkward situation and I do not want them to face the consequences later. I know this company. I know the people in it. Just trust me on this.

It was going to be a surprise party to "raikan perpisahan" with Hajjah Maknjang. Again, I can't help but smile, I knew they did not meant it that way, but it still sounded funny. You have to agree with me. I was not trying to be cocky. Believe me, that was not what I was trying to do. If I came across that way, I truly apologise. I started suspecting that something is harbouring when people started asking whether I will be in the office on a certain date and time. Which I can't promise them that I will. Lucky for them, I came upfront and asked, because I was not in the office the day the surprise were to be held, otherwise they would the surprised ones!

The day was Thursday, 17 June 2010, the time 6:30pm and the place was D'Dusun Seafood, not far from the office. You understand why it is not held in the office, don't you?. I was expecting to just eat-eat and then bye-bye. I was preparing myself only for that. When I got there and saw the set-up, man!!! I should have prepared a speech and then words started playing in my brain and I was not concentrating on the whole do. It stated with the MC saying tributes to me complete with pantuns, I was truly amazed at the details they went through to throw me a great farewell.This is not something they decided to do on a spur of a moment thing. This is something well planned. The COO was called and said a few words about me and then handover farewell gifts to me, another surprise. What the COO said will be remembered for a long long time. I have never had anybody say anything nice to me, especially from the higher management. All these years, all I heard are just sarcasm, sadistic remarks and harsh words. When he said that there is one thing he truly admired about me and he should not have waited until the time I was leaving to say it.. my heart went boom, boom boom. I mean, how can this man, I mean if you know him, you would understand this, this guy who just keeps his cool, mind his own business all the time admire me, I mean even if it just for one thing. Seriously! This guy is so cool, water freezes around him, okay, that is how cool he is. I have never seen him lose his temper, ever and I have known him for more than 15 years. I, on the other hand, lost my tempers on an hourly basis. And yet he admire me for my "tenangness" comparing my tolerance level with his. He said he has never met anyone with a higher threshold of pain than him until he got to know me. He said he admires me for being so tenang in facing what came my way, may it be tremors, earthquakes or turbulences. hmmm... thank you THMA, you made my day, my year, even.

Doas were read and then tada! Hajjah Maknjang was called to say a few words. I do not know what I said but I am pretty sure its the thing I have always been saying to them all these years. Buat kerja dengan ikhlas and jangan gaduh-gaduh sesama sendiri. Do not envy others. Stay true to yourselves and make sure they earn a halal rezeki, this is my trademark speech, in every meetings and every gatherings. And just before makan, they surprised me with two birthday cakes. That is 14 days too early but, thank you! I think that would be the only birthday celebration I will be having this year, unless Mak plans some kenduri doa selamat for my homecoming.

Among the gifts was a card signed by the staffs and I got teary eyed when I read them. I never knew, despite my garangness, my mood swings, my tempers, my screamings, my cengeness; almost all the staffs thank me for the guidance and patience (?). Some even said that I inspire them, I wonder, in what way. Another staff told me that I am her idol. Aduss! Sedeh banget nih!

I am not sure how many people from the office read this blog but I would like to thank all of them for an evening I will treasure for the rest of my life. I apologise for not thanking them properly that night and truly, truly appreciate what they have done for me. As for the gifts, I shall wear them on Eid Mubarak, insyaAllah. They were so pretty. You should not have gone through so much trouble. Yang berusaha, Mass, SQ, Tina, Ikin and the rests, again, thank you very very much. I hope our ukhwah will last a lifetime and not end here.

p/s the Indonesian workers are yet to say goodbye to me. They have been asking Shila for a time to come and see me and I have been playing hide-and-seek so far. I cannot push this away, I know. I have to face them and I am pretty sure there will be major meltdowns! Tissues please......

Of Blocked Nose and Laziness

Yes, you guessed it right. Its Tuesday again!

I woke up this morning with both nostrils blocked. I can't breath normally, only via the mouth and that makes the lips so dry. Haih!

Make myself breakfast of egg and white bread and then off to the office. Driving was a torture as I felt so sleepy and breathless all at the same time. Alhamdulillah, I reached the office about an hour later and just dropped on the sofa and went to sleep straightaway.

Felt better later and then laziness hit me!.. since this morning all I did is just browsing the net, play bejeweled blitz and chat with whoever that wants to chat with me ... that's all.

Truthfully, I cannot afford laziness right now. Time is too tight. I have a long list to complete before I leave this job. I want to write some more... but I am just too lazy to do so.

So, till next Tuesday unless I got rajin before that.

Hari Jumaat Yang Hujan

Antri dibawah ini adalah cetak rompak:-

BERDOA merupakan salah satu daripada elemen yang penting dalam kehidupan seorang muslim. Ia merupakan pengakuan hamba terhadap kekuasaan Allah yang mutlak terhadap segala yang berlaku, manakala dari segi yang lain pula ia adalah bentuk pengabdian seorang hamba kerana hadirnya perasaan berhajat kepada Allah Subhanahu wa Ta‘ala.

Berdasarkan ini, doa mempunyai kedudukan yang mulia di sisi Allah dan Allah menyukai orang yang berdoa kepadaNya. Abu Hurairah Radhiallahu ‘anhu meriwayatkan bahawa Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda yang maksudnya :

“Tidak ada sesuatu yang lebih mulia di sisi Allah daripada doa.”
(Hadis riwayat Tirmidzi)

Dalam hadis yang lain pula, daripada Abdullah bin Mas‘ud Radhiallahu ‘anhuma, Nabi Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda yang maksudnya :

“Mohonlah kebaikan/kelebihan daripada Allah kerana sesungguhnya Allah suka diminta kebaikan/kelebihan dan sebaik-baik ibadah adalah menunggu kelapangan (terlepas daripada kesusahan).”
(Hadis riwayat Tirmidzi)

Doa adalah penggerak dalaman yang memberikan kekuatan, keyakinan, harapan dan keberkatan dalam apa jua amal perbuatan. Maka tidak hairan di dalam Islam setiap langkah sesuatu perbuatan, ada doa-doanya tertentu yang digalakkan supaya diamalkan sama ada sebelum memulakan sesuatu perbuatan ataupun selepas melakukannya.

Semua ini tidak lain, bagi menggalakkan orang-orang Islam agar sentiasa berdoa dan bagi menggambarkan bahawa berdoa itu adalah salah satu daripada keperluan yang penting di dalam mencari keberkatan, keredaan dan perlindungan Allah sepenuhnya pada mencapai segala apa yang dilakukan.

Sebab itu orang yang enggan berdoa bukan sahaja dia telah menutup bagi dirinya berbagai-bagai pintu kebaikan, malah dia juga akan mendapat kemurkaan daripada Allah. Nabi Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda yang diriwayatkan daripada Abu Hurairah Radhiallahu ‘anhu yang maksudnya :

“Sesungguhnya orang yang tidak meminta (berdoa) kepada Allah, Dia (Allah) marah kepadanya.”

Kelebihan atau fadhilat doa itu amat besar dan banyak sekali. Melalui doa, keampunan dan rahmat diperolehi, dan melalui doa juga musibah dan kesusahan terhindar. Pendeknya, jika Allah menghendaki dan merestui doa hambanya, tiada ada satu daya kuasa pun yang dapat menghalangnya dan Allah tidak akan mensia-siakan keikhlasan orang yang berdoa.

Allah Ta‘ala berfirman di dalam surah Al- Baqarah ayat 186 yang tafsirnya :

“Dan apabila hamba-hambaKu bertanya kepadamu mengenai Aku maka (beritahu kepada mereka): “Sesungguhnya Aku (Allah) sentiasa hampir (kepada mereka); Aku perkenankan permohonan orang yang berdoa apabila dia berdoa kepadaKu. Maka hendaklah mereka menyahut seruanKu (dengan mematuhi perintahKu), dan hendaklah mereka beriman kepadaKu supaya mereka menjadi baik dan betul.”

Imam Al-Ghazali Rahimahullahu Ta‘ala berkata:

“Jika ada orang bertanya, apa manfaat doa itu padahal qada (ketentuan Allah) tidak dapat dihindarkan. Ketahuilah bahawa qada juga boleh menghindarkan suatu bala dengan berdoa. Maka doa adalah menjadi sebab bagi tertolaknya suatu bala bencana dan adanya rahmat Allah sebagaimana juga halnya bahawa perisai adalah menjadi sebab bagi terhindarnya seseorang daripada senjata dan air menjadi sebab bagi tumbuhnya tumbuh-tumbuhan di muka bumi.”

Perkara ini diperkuatkan lagi dengan firman Allah di dalam surah Ar-Ra‘d ayat 39 yang tafsirnya :

“Allah menghapuskan apa jua yang dikehendakiNya dan Dia juga menetapkan apa jua yang dikehendakiNya. Dan (ingatlah) pada sisiNya ada ibu segala suratan.”

Manakala daripada Salman Radhiallahu ‘anhu berkata, telah bersabda Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam yang maksudnya :

“Tidak tertolak qada itu melainkan oleh doa dan tidak bertambah di dalam umur itu melainkan oleh kebajikan.”
(Hadis riwayat Tirmidzi)

Dalam menghuraikan hadis di atas, pengarang kitab Bahr Al-Madzi membawakan masalah qadha mubram dan qadha mu‘allaq tentang makna kedua-dua jenis qadha itu dan hubungannya dengan doa: “(Kata ulama) Qadha Mubram itu ialah suatu yang ditentukan Allah di dalam ilmunya tiada boleh diubah dan tiada boleh ditukar akan dia dan Qadha Mu‘allaq itu seperti suatu perkara yang berta‘liq sekiranya engkau berdoa nescaya diperkenankan apa-apa doamu dan jika sekiranya engkau berbuat kebaktian dan silaturrahim nescaya dipanjangkan umurmu dan sekiranya tiada diperbuat kebaktian dan tiada berdoa, maka tiadalah diperkenankan dan ditambah umur menurut dan bertentang dengan barang yang di dalam ilmuNya. Maka qadha mu‘allaq itulah yang ditolak oleh doa.” (Lihat Bahr Al-Madzi 13-14/196)

Adapun kelebihan orang yang berdoa itu sebagaimana sabda Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam yang diriwayatkan daripada Salman Al-Farisi yang maksudnya :

“Sesungguhnya Allah itu Hidup dan Maha Pemberi, Dia malu jika seseorang mengangkat kedua tangannya kepadaNya lalu Dia mengembalikan kedua tangannya (membalas doa orang itu) dalam keadaan kosong serta rugi.”
(Hadis riwayat Tirmidzi)

Di dalam ayat dan hadis tersebut, jelas diterangkan bahawa apabila seorang hamba berdoa kepada Allah, nescaya Allah akan mengabulkan doanya dan tidak akan membiarkan doanya itu kosong sahaja.

Tetapi perlu diingat bahawa untuk mendapat doa yang dimakbulkan, adab-adab atau peraturan berdoa mestilah dipelihara oleh setiap orang yang berdoa. Jika seseorang memohon sesuatu kepada seorang raja, dia akan menjaga adab-adab dan peraturan-peraturannya dari berbagai-bagai segi, maka berdoa dan memohon kepada Allah Subhanahu wa Ta‘ala tentulah lebih patut lagi dia menjaga adab dan tatacara berdoa agar doa yang dipanjatkan akan dimakbulkan.

Di antara tuntutan-tuntutan dan etika di dalam berdoa itu ialah:

1. Memelihara sumber rezeki seperti makanan, minuman dan pakaian daripada sumber yang haram sebagaimana diriwayatkan daripada Abu Hurairah Radhiallahu ‘anhu daripada Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda yang maksudnya :

“Wahai manusia! Sesungguhnya Allah itu baik (suci bersih daripada segala kekurangan), Dia (Allah) tidak menerima kecuali yang baik (halal), dan Allah memerintahkan kepada orang-orang beriman dengan apa yang Dia perintahkan kepada para rasul.” Maka Dia (Allah) berfirman: “Wahai para rasul makanlah dari benda-benda yang baik lagi halal dan kerjakanlah amal-amal salih; sesungguhnya Aku Maha Mengetahui apa yang kamu kerjakan” (Al-Mu‘minun: 51) Dan Allah berfirman: “Wahai orang-orang yang beriman! Makanlah daripada benda-benda yang baik (halal) yang telah Kami berikan kepada kamu” (Al-Baqarah: 172). Kemudian Rasulullah menyebutkan berkenaan seorang lelaki yang melakukan perjalanan yang jauh, yang kusut rambutnya lagi berdebu, dia menadahkan tangannya ke langit sambil (berkata): “Wahai Tuhanku, wahai Tuhanku (berdoa), (padahal) makanannya haram, minumannya haram, pakaiannya haram dan diberi makan dengan yang haram,bagaimana doanya itu hendak dimakbulkan?”
(Hadis riwayat Muslim)

2. Berwudhu dan memulakan serta mengakhiri doa dengan menyebut dan memuji-muji nama Allah serta memberi selawat dan salam kepada Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam. Daripada Abu Musa Radhiallahu ‘anhu berkata yang maksudnya :

“Aku datang masuk ke rumah Nabi Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam sedang Baginda di atas katil yang ditenun dengan tali dan di atasnya hamparan. Tenunan tali pada katil itu membekas pada punggung dan kedua lambung Baginda, lalu aku memberitahu kepada Baginda akan berita kami dan berita Abu Amir (yang terbunuh di dalam peperangan Awthas) yang berkata (kepadaku): “Katakanlah kepada Nabi, mintakanlah keampunan untukku” Lalu Baginda minta diambilkan air maka Baginda pun berwudhu. Kemudian Baginda mengangkat kedua tangannya lalu berdoa: “Ya Allah! Ampunilah Ubaid Abu Amir.”
(Hadis riwayat Bukhari)

Doa adalah zikir (mengingati) kepada Allah. Berdasarkan ini diriwayatkan daripada Muhajir Bin Qunfudz Radhiallahu ‘anhu yang maksudnya :

“Sesungguhnya dia (Muhajir bin Qunfudz) datang kepada Nabi Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam sedang Nabi membuang air kecil. Maka dia memberi salam kepada Baginda, maka tidak dijawab oleh Baginda sehinggalah Baginda berwudhu kemudian memberikan alasan kepadanya dengan bersabda: “Sesungguhnya aku benci menyebut nama Allah Azza wa Jalla kecuali aku di dalam keadaan bersih (daripada hadas kecil).”
(Hadis riwayat Abu Daud)

Adapun menyebut dan memuji-muji Allah terutama dengan nama-nama Al-Asma’ Al-Husna dan memberi selawat dan salam kepada Nabi, dijelaskan di dalam surah Al-A‘raf ayat 180 yang tafsirnya :

“Dan Allah mempunyai nama-nama yang baik (yang mulia), maka serulah (dan berdoalah) kepadaNya dengan menyebut nama-nama itu.”

Daripada Anas Radhiallahu ‘anhu berkata:

“Setiap doa itu terhalang sehinggalah diucapkan selawat ke atas Nabi Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam.”
(Hadis riwayat Ad-Dailami)

3. Berdoa dengan jalan bertawassul dengan amal saleh. Allah berfirman di dalam surah Al-Ma’idah ayat 35 yang tafsirnya :

“Wahai orang-orang yang beriman! Bertakwalah kepada Allah dan carilah jalan yang boleh menyampaikan kepadaNya (dengan mematuhi perintahNya dan meninggalkan laranganNya).”

Manakala diriwayatkan daripada Ibnu Umar Radhiallahu ‘anhuma daripada Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda maksudnya :

“Tiga orang keluar berjalan-jalan lalu mereka kehujanan, maka mereka masuk ke dalam sebuah gua yang terdapat di sebuah gunung. Lalu (apabila hendak keluar) mereka terhalang oleh satu batu besar. Nabi bersabda: “Lantas berkata sebahagian mereka (salah seorang) kepada yang lain: “Berdoalah kamu kepada Allah dengan amal salih yang paling baik yang telah kamu lakukan. Maka berdoa salah seorang daripada mereka: “Ya Allah! Sesungguhya aku mempunyai ibu bapa yang sangat tua. Dulu aku selalu keluar mengembala, kemudian aku datang untuk memerah susu, aku membawa air susu selanjutnya untuk aku berikan kepada ibu bapaku lalu keduanya minum, kemudian barulah aku beri minum anakku, keluargaku dan isteriku. Maka pada satu malam aku terhalang (memberi minum keduanya) kerana aku datang (membawa susu) sedang keduanya sedang tidur. Nabi menyabdakan kata orang itu: “Aku (benci) tidak suka untuk membangunkan keduanya walaupun anak-anak menggeliat-geliat kelaparan di kakiku. Maka begitulah keadaan kebiasaanku dan kebiasaan mereka berdua sehingga terbit fajar. Ya Allah! Jika Engkau mengetahui bahawa aku telah melakukan sedemikian itu kerana semata-semata untuk mendapatkan keredaanMu, maka bebaskanlah kami daripada kesusahan ini yang dari situ kami boleh melihat langit”. Nabi bersabda: “Lalu dibebaskanlah mereka (dengan bergerak satu pertiga batu besar itu). Berdoa seorang lagi yang lain: “Ya Allah! Jika Engkau mengetahui bahawa aku dulu pernah mencintai seorang perempuan iaitu salah seorang anak perempuan bapa saudaraku sebagaimana cinta yang mendalam seorang lelaki kepada seorang perempuan. Perempuan itu mengatakan: “Engkau tidak akan memperoleh sedemikian itu daripadanya sehingga engkau memberinya seratus dinar” Lalu aku berusaha sehingga aku berhasil mengumpulkannya (wang sebanyak itu), maka ketika aku duduk di antara kedua kakinya, dia (wanita itu) berkata: “Bertakwalah engkau kepada Allah dan janganlah engkau merosakkan mahkota kegadisan kecuali dengan haknya”. Lalu aku berdiri dan meninggalkannya, maka jika engkau mengetahui bahawa aku melakukan sedemikian itu kerana semata-mata mengharapkan keredaanMu, maka bebaskanlah kami daripada kesusahan ini”. Nabi bersabda: “Maka Allah membebaskan mereka (dengan bergerak batu itu) dua pertiga”. Berdoa pula seorang yang lain: “Ya Allah! Jika Engkau mengetahui bahawa aku mengupah seorang pekerja dengan beberapa cupak gandum lalu aku memberinya dan dia menolak untuk mengambil (upahnya). Lalu aku senghaja mengambil dari beberapa cupak gandum itu lalu aku tanam sehingga aku belikan daripada hasilnya seekor lembu dan pengembalanya, kemudian dia datang seraya berkata: “Wahai Hamba Allah! Berikan (kepadaku) hak saya”. Maka aku berkata: “Pergilah engkau kepada lembu itu dan pengembalanya, sesungguhnya itu adalah milikmu”. Pekerja itu berkata: “Adakah engkau menghinaku?” Aku menjawab: “Aku tidak menghinamu tetapi memang lembu itu benar-benar milikmu.” Ya Allah! Jika Engkau mengetahui bahawa aku melakukan hal sedemikian itu kerana semata-mata mendapatkan keredaanMu maka bebaskanlah kami”. Maka dibebaskanlah (musibah) itu daripada mereka.”
(Hadis riwayat Bukhari)

4. Berdoa menghadap ke kiblat dan mengangkat dua tangan sekira-kira nampak putih ketiak dan menyapu kedua tapak tangan ke muka setelah selesai. Daripada ‘Abbad bin Tamim Al-Mazini bahawa ia mendegar bapa saudaranya berkata maksudnya :

“Pada satu hari Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam pergi keluar memohon dikurniakan hujan. Maka Baginda membelakangi orang sambil berdoa mengadap kiblat dan membalikkan selendangnya, kemudian baginda bersembahyang dua rakaat.”
(Hadis riwayat Muslim)

Daripada Ibnu Abbas Radhiallahu ‘anhuma daripada Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda yang maksudnya :

“Sesungguhnya tiap-tiap sesuatu itu ada kemuliaan dan sesungguhnya semulia-mulia majlis ialah majlis yang dihadapkan ke kiblat.”
(Hadis riwayat Ath-Thabarani dan Al-Hakim)

Diriwayatkan pula daripada Anas Radhiallahu ‘anhu berkata maksudnya :

“Aku melihat Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam mengangkat tangannya sewaktu berdoa sehingga ternampak putih kedua ketiaknya.”
(Hadis riwayat Muslim)

Daripada Umar bin Al-Khatthab Radhiallahu ‘anhu berkata maksudnya :

“Adalah Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam apabila Baginda mengangkat kedua tangannya sewaktu berdoa, Baginda tidak akan menurunkan keduanya sehinggalah Baginda menyapukan keduanya ke mukanya.”
(Hadis riwayat Tirmidzi)

5. Bersungguh-sungguh dalam berdoa dan merasa penuh yakin akan diperkenankan. Diriwayatkan daripada Abu Hurairah Radhiallahu ‘anhu maksudnya :

“Berdoalah kepada Allah dalam keadaan kamu yakin diperkenankan dan ketahuilah Allah tidak akan mengabulkan doa dari hati yang lalai serta tidak sungguh-sungguh.”

6. Berdoa disertai dengan kerendahan hati, khusyuk dengan jiwa yang tulus ikhlas,merendahkan suara di antara berbisik dan nyaring dan diiringi dengan perasaan takut azab Allah dan penuh harapan dengan limpah kurniaNya. Allah Subhanahu wa Ta‘ala berfirman di dalam surah Al-A‘raf ayat 55 tafsirnya :

“Berdoalah kepada Tuhan kamu dengan merendah diri dan (dengan suara) perlahan-lahan.”

Perkara ini ditekankan juga oleh Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam di dalam sabdanya yang diriwayatkan daripada Abu Musa Al-Asy‘ari Radhiallahu ‘anhu maksudnya :

“Wahai Manusia! Berlembutlah kamu terhadap diri kamu sesungguhnya kamu tidak berdoa kepada yang tuli dan tidak juga yang ghaib, sesungguhnya Dia bersama kamu. Sesungguhnya Dia Maha Mendengar lagi Maha Dekat yang berkat namaNya dan tinggi kebesaranNya.”
(Hadis riwayat Bukhari)

Di dalam surah Al-Anbiya’ ayat 90, Allah berfirman maksudnya :

“Sesungguhnya mereka sentiasa berlumba-lumba dalam mengerjakan kebaikan, dan sentiasa berdoa kepada Kami dengan penuh harapan serta gerun takut dan mereka pula sentiasa khusyuk (dan taat) kepada Kami.”

7. Tidak berdoa dengan sesuatu yang tidak selayaknya seperti perkara yang tidak munasabah dan mustahil. Maka oleh kerana itu adalah lebih utama berdoa dengan doa-doa yang ma’tsur yang datang daripada Al-Quran dan Sunnah dan para sahabat. Di samping doa-doa tersebut jauh daripada permohonan yang tidak selayaknya, doa-doa tersebut bersifat umum, menyeluruh dan padat. Daripada Aisyah Radhiallahu ‘anha berkata maksudnya :

“Adalah Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam menyukai doa yang menyeluruh maknanya dan dia tinggalkan selain daripada itu.”
(Hadis riwayat Abu Daud)

Oleh kerana itu doa yang paling banyak Nabi Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam baca sebagaimana yang diriwayatkan daripada Anas Radhiallahu ‘anhu berkata maksudnya :

“Adalah doa Nabi Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam yang terbanyak sekali (Baginda baca ialah): “Ya Allah! Ya Tuhan kami! Kurniakanlah kepada kami kebaikan di dunia dan kebaikan di akhirat dan peliharakanlah kami daripada azab api neraka.”
(Hadis riwayat Bukhari)

8. Berterusan berdoa dan mengulang-ngulang doa sebanyak tiga kali dan tidak berputus asa serta tergesa-gesa menganggap doa tidak diperkabulkan. Diriwayatkan daripada Aisyah Radhiallahu ‘anha daripada Nabi Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda:

Maksudnya: “Sesungguhnya Allah Ta‘ala menyukai orang-orang yang mengulang-ngulang di dalam berdoa.”
(Hadis riwayat Baihaqi)

Daripada Abdullah bin Mas‘ud Radhiallahu ‘anhu berkata yang maksudnya :

“Sesungguhnya Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam menyenangi supaya seseorang itu berdoa tiga-tiga kali dan beristighfar tiga-tiga kali.”
(Hadis riwayat Abu Daud dan Ahmad)

Manakala daripada Abu Hurairah Radhiallahu ‘anhu daripada Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda yang maksudnya :

“Dikabulkan (doa) salah seorang daripada kamu selama dia tidak tergesa-gesa iaitu dengan berkata: “Aku sudah berdoa (tetapi) tidak dikabulkan.”
(Hadis riwayat Bukhari dan Muslim)

Tersebut di dalam kitab Al-Futuhat Ar-Rabbaniyyah ‘ala Al-Adzkar An-Nawawiyah, Makki menyebutkan bahawa jarak masa doa Nabi Zakaria ‘Alaihissalam memohon dikurniakan zuriat dengan berita gembira adalah 40 tahun. Begitu juga sebagaimana yang diceritakan oleh Ibnu ‘Athiyyah daripada Ibnu Jarir, Muhammad bin Ali dan Adh-Dhahhak bahawa doa Nabi Musa ‘Alaihissalam kepada Firaun tidak diperkenankan melainkan setelah 40 tahun berlalu.

Sesungguhnya kadang-kadang doa belum diperkenankan kerana doa itu menjadi pahala yang disimpan di akhirat nanti dan adakalanya menjadi sebab dipalingkan seseorang itu daripada sesuatu keburukan dengan sebab doanya itu. Oleh itu adalah lebih baik terus menerus berdoa daripada merungut-rungut doa tidak dikabulkan. Daripada Abu Sa‘id Al-Khudri berkata sesungguhnya Nabi Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda yang maksudnya :

“Tiada seorang muslim berdoa dengan satu doa, bukan doa yang mengandungi dosa dan bukan doa yang memutuskan silaturrahim, melainkan Allah akan mengurniakan dengan doanya itu salah satu daripada tiga perkara: sama ada dipercepatkan (disegerakan) baginya doanya itu, atau disimpan baginya pahala doanya itu di akhirat (sebagai balasan), atau dihindarkan daripadanya sesuatu keburukan seumpamanya. Mereka berkata: “Kalau begitu baiklah kami memperbanyakkan doa”. Bersabda Nabi: “Allah lebih banyak menerima doa hamba-hambanya.”
(Hadis riwayat Ahmad)

9. Memilih dan mengutamakan waktu-waktu dan tempat-tempat atau ketika dimana doa mudah dan cepat dikabulkan. Di antaranya ialah:

• Di satu pertiga akhir waktu malam dan selepas menunaikan sembahyang fardu. Diriwayatkan daripada Abu Hurairah Radhiallahu ‘anhu, bahawasanya Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda yang maksudnya :

“Tuhan kami Tabaraka wa Ta‘ala turun tiap-tiap malam ke langit dunia ketika tinggal satu pertiga akhir waktu malam berfirman: “Barangsiapa yang berdoa kepadaKu maka Aku akan mengabulkannya baginya, barangsiapa meminta kepadaKu maka Aku akan memberinya, barangsiapa memohon keampunanKu maka Aku mengampuninya.”
(Hadis riwayat Bukhari)

Diriwayatkan daripada Abu Umamah Radhiallahu ‘anhu berkata, telah ditanya Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam yang maksudnya :

“Doa apakah yang lebih didengar (dikabulkan)?” Nabi bersabda: “(Doa tatkala) satu pertiga terakhir malam dan sesudah sembahyang fardu.”
(Hadis riwayat Tirmidzi)

• Malam Lailatulqadar. Firman Allah di dalam surah Al-Qadr ayat 3-5 yang tafsirnya :

“Lailatulqadar itu lebih baik daripada seribu bulan. Pada malam itu, turun para malaikat dan Jibril dengan izin Tuhan mereka, kerana membawa segala perkara (yang ditakdirkan berlakunya pada tahun berikut). Sejahteralah malam (yang berkat itu) hingga terbit fajar.”

Manakala diriwayatkan daripada Sayyidatina Aisyah Radhiallahu ‘anha berkata yang maksudnya:

“Aku berkata: “Wahai Rasulullah! Apa pendapatmu (katamu) jika aku mengetahui malam Lailatulqadar daripada mana-mana malam, apa yang hendak aku baca pada malam itu?” Nabi bersabda: “Engkau bacalah Ya Allah! Sesungguhnya Engkau Maha Pengampun lagi Maha Mulia, suka mengampuni maka ampunilah aku.”
(Hadis riwayat Tirmidzi)

• Hari Arafah. Diriwayatkan daripada ‘Amr bin Syuaib daripada bapanya daripada neneknya sesungguhnya Nabi Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda yang maksudnya :

“Sebaik-sebaik doa ialah doa pada hari Arafah dan sebaik-baik ucapan yang aku dan para nabi sebelumku ucapkan ialah tiada tuhan melainkan Allah yang tunggal yang tiada sekutu bagiNya. BagiNya kekuasaan dan bagiNya puji-pujian dan Dia Maha Berkuasa ke atas tiap-tiap sesuatu.”
(Hadis riwayat Tirmidzi)

• Bulan Ramadhan. Ini adalah kerana bulan Ramadan ialah bulan yang agung, bulan yang mulia lagi berkat serta dibukakan pintu-pintu syurga dan ditutup pintu-pintu neraka. Diriwayatkan daripada Abu Hurairah Radhiallahu ‘anhu berkata bahawa Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda yang maksudnya :

“Sesungguhnya telah datang kepada kamu Bulan Ramadan bulan yang diberkati, Allah memfardukan kepada kamu berpuasa di dalamnya. Dalam bulan Ramadan dibuka pintu-pintu syurga dan dikunci pintu-pintu neraka dan dibelenggu syaitan-syaitan.”
(Hadis riwayat Ahmad)

Tambahan lagi orang yang berpuasa itu tidak ditolak sebagaimana yang yang diriwayatkan daripada Abu Hurairah Radhiallahu ‘anhu berkata, telah bersabda Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam yang maksudnya:

“Tiga golongan yang tidak ditolak doa mereka: Orang yang berpuasa sehinggalah dia berbuka, imam (pemerintah) yang adil dan doa orang yang dizalimi.”
(Hadis riwayat Tirmidzi)

• Hari dan malam Jumaat. Daripada Abu Lubabah bin Abdul Mundzir berkata, telah bersabda Rasulullah Shallalahu ‘alaihi wasallam yang maksudnya :

“Sesungguhnya hari Jumaat itu adalah penghulu segala hari dan hari yang paling agung di sisi Allah dan ia (hari Jumaat) adalah lebih agung di sisi Allah dari Hari Raya Adha dan Hari Raya Fitri. Pada hari Jumaat itu terdapat lima peristiwa penting. (Iaitu) Allah mencipta Nabi Adam, Allah menurunkan Nabi Adam ke bumi, Allah mewafatkan Nabi Adam, pada hari itu ada satu waktu, bila seorang hamba memohon kepada Allah pasti Allah mengurniakannya selama mana dia tidak meminta yang haram dan pada hari itu juga terjadinya Hari Kiamat. Tiada satu malaikat Muqarrib, tidak juga langit, bumi, angin, gunung, dan lautan kecuali mereka itu merasa takut akan hari Jumaat.”
(Hadis riwayat Ibnu Majah)

Diriwayatkan pula daripada Ibnu Abbas Radhiallahu ‘anhuma berkata bahawa Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda yang maksudnya :

“Apabila malam Jumaat, jika engkau berdaya bangun pada satu pertiga malam yang akhir, maka sesungguhnya padanya ada satu waktu yang dipersaksikan (oleh Allah dan para malaikat) dan doa pada waktu itu mustajab.”
(Hadis riwayat Tirmidzi)

• Di antara azan dan iqamah. Daripada Anas bin Malik berkata, Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda yang maksudnya :

“Doa di antara azan dan iqamah tidak akan ditolak. Berkata para sahabat: “Maka apa yang patut kami katakan wahai Rasulullah (ketika itu)?” Nabi bersabda: “Pohonlah kepada Allah keafiatan di dunia dan di akhirat.”
(Hadis riwayat Tirmidzi)

• Ketika berhadapan dengan musuh di dalam peperangan. Diriwayatkan daripada Sahl bin Sa‘d As-Sa‘idi bahawasanya dia berkata yang maksudnya :

“Dua masa dibukakan keduannya pintu-pintu langit dan sedikit sekali doa orang yang berdoa ditolak; ketika panggilan untuk mendirikan sembahyang dan berhadapan dengan musuh dalam peperangan.”
(Hadis riwayat Malik)

• Ketika sujud di dalam sembahyang. Daripada Abu Hurairah Radhiallahu ‘anhu berkata, bahawa Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda yang maksudnya :

“Sehampir-hampir seorang hamba kepada Tuhannya adalah (ketika) dia sujud, maka kamu perbanyakkanlah doa.”
(Hadis riwayat Muslim An-Nasa’i, Abu Daud dan Ahmad)

• Ketika mendengar kokokan ayam. Ini adalah berdasarkan daripada Abu Hurairah Radhiallahu ‘anhu, bahawa Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda yang maksudnya:

“Apabila kamu mendengar kokokan ayam maka mohonlah kepada Allah daripada kelebihanNya, sesungguhnya ayam itu telah melihat malaikat dan apabila kamu mendengar pekikan suara keldai maka mohonlah perlindungan dengan Allah daripada syaitan, sesungguhnya keldai itu telah melihat syaitan.”
(Hadis riwayat Bukhari dan Muslim)

Adapun sebab digalakkan berdoa pada waktu itu, adalah bagi mengharapkan pengaminan malaikat kepada doa yang dibacakan dan permohonan keampunan mereka kepada orang yang berdoa dan persaksian mereka terhadap keikhlasan orang yang berdoa. (Lihat Fath Al-Bari 6/508 dan Syarh Shahih Muslim 9/41)

Oleh kerana itu juga ketika mengucapkan amin pada surah Al-Fatihah di dalam sembahyang adalah saat dimakbulkan doa kerana para malaikat turut juga mengaminkan pada ketika itu berdasarkan riwayat daripada Abu Hurairah Radhiallahu ‘anhu bahawa Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda yang maksudnya :

“Apabila imam mengucapkan amin maka hendaklah kamu mengucapkan amin, sesungguhnya sesiapa yang bertepatan aminnya dengan amin malaikat nescaya diampuni baginya apa yang terdahulu daripada dosanya.”
(Hadis riwayat Bukhari, Muslim dan Tirmidzi)

• Ketika waktu hujan. Diriwayatkan daripada Sahl bin Sa‘d berkata, Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda yang maksudnya :

“Dua ketika (di mana doa) tidak ditolak atau sedikit sekali yang ditolak: (iaitu) berdoa ketika azan dan ketika pertempuran sedang berkecamuk (dan dalam satu riwayat mengatakan) dan ketika hujan.”
(Hadis riwayat Abu Daud)

• Ketika meminum air zam zam. Diriwayatkan daripada Ibnu Abbas Radhiallahu ‘anhu daripada Nabi Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda yang maksudnya :

“Air Zamzam itu menurut kehendak tujuan meminumnya. Jika engkau meminumnya untuk memohonkan kesembuhan dengannya nescaya Allah akan menyembuhkanmu dan jika engkau meminumnya untuk memohon perlindungan nescaya Allah akan melindungimu dan jika engkau meminumnya bagi melepaskan rasa dahagamu nescaya Allah akan melepaskannya dan jika engkau meminumnya bagi kekenyanganmu nescaya Allah akan mengenyangkanmu, ia (air Zamzam) itu adalah lekukan daripada pukulan malaikat Jibril dan minuman Nabi Ismail.”
(Hadis riwayat Ad-Daraquthni dan Al-Hakim)

• Ketika membaca Al-Quran terutama apabila khatam. Diriwayatkan daripada ‘Imran bin Hushain berkata, aku mendengar Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda yang maksudnya :

“Barangsiapa yang membaca Al-Quran maka bermohonlah (berdoa) kepada Allah dengan Al-Quran, sesungguhnya akan datang suatu kaum yang membaca Al-Quran meminta (upah dan sedekah) kepada manusia dengan membacanya.”
(Hadis riwayat Tirmidzi)

Diriwayatkan pula daripada Mujahid Radhiallahu ‘anhu berkata yang maksudnya :

“Telah diutus seseorang kepadaku dan dia berkata: “Sesungguhnya kami menjemputmu kerana kami hendak mengkhatam Al-Quran dan sesungguhnya telah sampai kepada kami bahawa doa diperkabulkan ketika mengkhatam Al-Quran. Berkata Mujahid: “Maka mereka berdoa dengan beberapa doa (ketika khatam Al-Quran).”
(Riwayat Ad-Darimi)

• Di tempat-tempat yang mulia kerana keberkatannya dan kemuliaan yang dikurniakan oleh Allah seperti di Masjidilharam, Masjid An-Nabawi dan Masjid Al-Aqsa. Para ulama berpendapat bahawa berdoa di tempat-tempat ini adalah mustajab kerana melihat kepada keberkatan dan kemuliaannya di samping rahmat Allah yang luas di tempat-tempat tersebut. Diriwayatkan daripada Abu Darda’ Radhiallahu ‘anhu daripada Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda yang maksudnya :

“Satu kali sembahyang di Masjidilharam adalah menyamai dengan seratus ribu kali sembahyang, dan satu kali sembahyang di masjidku (Masjid An-Nabawi) menyamai dengan seribu kali sembahyang, dan satu kali sembahyang di Baitulmaqdis menyamai dengan lima ratus kali sembahyang.”
(Hadis riwayat Ath-Thabarani)

Tuntutan dan etika di dalam berdoa, bukan hanya menghendaki kita berdoa untuk diri sendiri, akan tetapi ia juga menghendaki kita mendoakan untuk orang lain terutama kepada ibu bapa, zuriat keturunan, ahli keluarga, saudara mara, muslimin dan muslimat sama ada yang masih hidup atau yang telah meninggal dunia. Doa yang seumpama ini banyak tersebut di dalam Al-Qur’an. Di antaranya ialah doa Nabi Ibrahim ‘Alaihissalam di dalam surah Ibrahim ayat 41 yang tafsirnya :

“Wahai Tuhan kami! Berilah keampunan bagiku dan bagi kedua ibu bapaku serta bagi orang-orang yang beriman, pada masa berlakunya hitungan amal dan pembalasan.”

Ibu bapa adalah orang yang terutama sekali untuk didoakan oleh anak-anak sebagai membalas jasa keduanya memelihara dan mendidik di waktu kecil. Anjuran ini sebagaimana firman Allah Subhanahu wa Ta‘ala dalam surah Al-Isra’ ayat 24 yang tafsirnya :

“Dan doakanlah (untuk mereka dengan berkata): “Wahai Tuhanku! Cucurilah rahmat kepada mereka berdua (ibu bapaku) sebagaimana mereka telah mencurahkan kasih sayangnya memelihara dan mendidikku semasa kecil.”

Sesungguhnya doa anak-anak kepada kedua ibu bapa adalah besar manfaatnya, lebih-lebih lagi apabila keduanya telah meninggal dunia. Diriwayatkan daripada Abu Hurairah Radhiallahu ‘anhu bahawa Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda yang maksudnya :

“Apabila seseorang meninggal dunia, terputus amalnya daripadanya melainkan daripada tiga (sumber); daripada sedekah jariah atau ilmu yang dimanfaatkan atau anak salih yang mendoakannya.”
(Hadis riwayat Muslim)

Diriwayatkan daripada Abu Hurairah Radhiallahu ‘anhu berkata, Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda yang maksudnya :

“Sesungguhnya Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla mengangkat darjat seseorang hamba yang salih di dalam syurga, maka dia berkata: “Wahai Tuhanku! Dari mana saya memperoleh darjat ini?” Allah menjawab: “(Ianya) daripada doa permohonan keampunan yang dilakukan oleh anakmu.”
(Hadis riwayat Ahmad)

Sebagaimana anak-anak dianjurkan berdoa untuk kedua ibu bapa, begitu juga ibu bapa adalah dianjurkan supaya mendoakan anak-anak mereka sebagaimana Nabi Ibrahim ‘Alaihissalam berdoa untuk anaknya yang tersebut di dalam surah Ash-Shaffat ayat 100 yang tafsirnya :

“Wahai Tuhanku! Kurniakanlah kepadaku anak yang tergolong daripada orang-orang yang salih.”

Mendoakan orang lain lebih-lebih lagi orang yang tiada hadir dan tanpa pengetahuannya adalah lebih cepat dan mudah dikabulkan sebagaimana yang diriwayatkan daripada Abdullah bin ‘Amr bin Al-‘Ash berkata, sesungguhnya Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda yang maksudnya :

“Doa yang paling cepat diterima ialah doa seseorang bagi seseorang yang lain yang tidak hadir.”
(Hadis riwayat Abu Daud)

Manakala daripada Ummu Ad-Darda’ berkata, sesungguhnya Nabi Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam bersabda yang maksudnya :

“Doa seorang muslim bagi saudaranya yang tidak hadir adalah mustajab. Di sisi kepalanya ada malaikat yang diwakilkan setiap kali dia berdoa bagi saudaranya itu. Malaikat yang diwakilkan itu pula berkata: “Amin, dan bagimu seumpama (yang didoakan).”
(Hadis riwayat Muslim)

Imam Nawawi Rahimahullah Ta‘ala berkata bahawa doa yang semacam ini mustajab kerana keikhlasan orang yang mendoakan itu. Setengah ulama salaf apabila mereka hendak berdoa untuk diri mereka sendiri, mereka akan mendoakan juga saudara mereka yang muslim dengan doa yang seumpamanya kerana cara doa seperti ini adalah mustajab, di samping mereka juga akan mendapat seumpama apa yang mereka doakan bagi saudara mereka yang muslim itu. (lihat Syarh Shahih Muslim 9/44)

Oleh kerana itu juga, adalah disunatkan meminta agar didoakan oleh orang-orang yang mempunyai kelebihan seperti orang-orang salih sekalipun dia (orang yang meminta didoakan itu) mempunyai kedudukan yang lebih baik daripada orang tersebut (orang yang diminta supaya mendoakan), berdasarkan riwayat daripada Ibnu Umar daripada Umar bin Al-Khaththab Radhiallahu ‘anhu yang maksudnya :

“Sesungguhnya dia (Umar) meminta izin kepada Nabi Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam untuk melakukan umrah. Lalu Nabi bersabda: “Wahai saudaraku! Sertakan kami di dalam doamu dan jangan engkau melupakan (untuk mendoakan) kami.”
(Hadis riwayat Tirmidzi)

Dari itu janganlah berdoa untuk diri sendiri sahaja, berdoalah untuk orang lain juga hatta kepada orang yang bukan berugama Islam sekalipun, tetapi dengan syarat bukan doa yang berbentuk permohonan keampunan bagi mereka, kerana ianya dilarang sebagaimana firman Allah di dalam surah At-Taubah ayat 113 yang tafsirnya :

“Tidaklah dibenarkan bagi Nabi dan orang-orang yang beriman, meminta ampun bagi orang-orang musyrik, sekalipun orang itu kaum kerabat sendiri, sesudah nyata bagi mereka bahawa orang-orang musyrik itu adalah ahli neraka.”

Doa yang diharuskan kepada orang yang bukan Islam ialah doa agar mereka mendapat hidayat, sihat tubuh badan dan seumpamanya yang layak disebutkan untuk orang yang bukan Islam sebagaimana diriwayatkan daripada Abu Hurairah Radhiallahu ‘anhu berkata yang maksudnya :

“Thufail bin ‘Amr datang kepada Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam seraya berkata: “Wahai Rasulullah! Sesungguhnya kabilah Daus telah menderhaka dan enggan (menerima Islam), mohonlah (berdoalah) kepada Allah agar keburukan ke atas mereka” Orang-orang menyangka bahawa Baginda akan berdoa memohon sesuatu keburukan ke atas mereka (kabilah Daus). Maka Baginda bersabda: “Ya Allah! Berikanlah hidayat kepada kabilah Daus dan datangkanlah mereka sebagai orang-orang Islam.”
(Hadis riwayat Bukhari)

Selain daripada itu juga yang berhubung dengan doa, setiap orang Islam hendaklah menghindari daripada menzalimi dan menganiayai orang lain sekalipun kepada orang yang berbuat maksiat kerana doa orang yang dizalimi itu adalah sangat mustajab sebagaimana sabda Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam kepada Mu‘az bin Jabal ketika Baginda mengutusnya ke Yaman yang diriwayatkan oleh Ibnu Abbas Radhiallahu ‘anhuma yang maksudnya :

“Dan takutlah engkau akan doa orang yang dizalimi, sesungguhnya (doa orang yang dizalimi itu) tidak ada di antaranya dan di antara Allah pendinding.”
(Hadis riwayat Bukhari)

Diriwayatkan pula daripada Abu Hurairah Radhiallahu ‘anhu berkata, telah bersabda Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam yang maksudnya :

“Doa orang yang dizalimi itu adalah mustajab, sekalipun dia adalah seorang yang berbuat maksiat, kerana kemaksiatannya itu adalah tertanggung ke atas dirinya sendiri.”
(Hadis riwayat Ahmad)

Akhirnya sebagai penutup, setiap orang Islam hendaklah memperbanyakkan doa. Berdoa adalah menunjukkan akan ingatan kepada Allah Yang Maha Berkuasa. Mengingat Allah hendaklah dilakukan di setiap masa sama ada di waktu senang atau susah. Begitulah juga dengan amalan dalam berdoa hendaklah dilakukan di setiap masa lebih-lebih lagi di waktu senang dan mewah, dengan itu apabila di waktu susah doa akan mudah diperkenankan sebagaimana sabda Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam yang diriwayatkan oleh Abu Hurairah Radhiallah ‘anhu yang maksudnya:

“Barangsiapa suka supaya dikabulkan doanya oleh Allah di waktu kesulitan dan kesusahan, maka hendaklah dia memperbanyakkan doa di waktu senang.”
(Hadis riwayat Tirmidzi)

Sumber: Brunei Darussalam Mufti’s Office

Its the final countdown, finally!

Today is 1st June 2010 which to Maknjang means:-

1 month to semi retirement... ooooh I can't wait!
1 month to 44 years old... yikes!
10 days to World Cup... should I care?

Enough of the countdown, pagi ini Maknjang nak tulis lah apa yang Maknjang dengar on the radio recently :-

• Manusia Yang Berjaya adalah manusia yang hari ininya adalah lebih baik dari kelmarin
• Manusia Yang Terpedaya adalah manusia yang hari ininya sama seperti kelmarin
• Manusia Yang Celaka adalah manusia yang hari ininya lebih buruk dari kelmarin

• Orang yang beriman melihat dosanya seolah-olah dia duduk dibawah sebuah gunung yang akan menghempapnya manakala orang-orang yang derhaka melihat dosanya seperti seekor lalat yang hinggap dihidungnya, apabila dihalau dengan tangannya akan terbang pergi.
  

Sebelum Maknjang akhiri antri Maknjang kali ini, marilah kita berdoa pada Allah swt untuk menyelamatkan saudara-saudara kita yang menggadai nyawa didalam misi kemanusiaan ke Gaza. Semoga Allah jadikan mati mereka yang terkorban sebagai mati syahid. Yahudi LaknatuLLah!!!!!

Balada Orang Berdosa

Maafkan daku, Kekasih
semalam aku gelepar dalam nafsu
kukhianati ku beloti
perjanjian yang Engkau tentukan

digamati penyesalan
dipanggil kerinduan
dicarik keresahan

Malam sunyi ini, Kekasih
tatkala bintang tidak digilap
dengan titisan embun taubat
izinkan aku maherat
menyingkir hancing dosa
membabar sejadah menebar tasbih
dan mengitari maghfirah
kerana aku pun tahu
sebenar-benar tahu
Engkau Maha Pengampun


Faisal Tehrani
Masjid Ar-Rahman, Kuala Lumpur
1994

(dipetik dari Ingin Jadi NasrAllah)

Stretch that RM... the sequel

In my earlier post, I wrote on this subject.

To stretch the RM as thin as I possibly can.

Well, what do you know?

I can actually do it and I have been hit with regrets ever since. Mana daknya!.. I realised that if I actually plan my expenditure properly and do not splurge on things I do not need, I can save A LOT on each paycheque. How much? Let's put it this way, I could go for Umrah each year and throw in an oversea holiday or two in between, that's how much I could have saved each year!!!! Haih! double haih! Too late for regrets already.

Before I went for Haj, I sort of put all my finances in order, because you do not know kan what will happen there. What I did was to pay off all my debts and start to live on cash. Since October last year, I have been living cash basis. Although I still carry credit cards around, I do not use them unless I know I have the money to pay for it and I would normally pay immediately, not waiting for the statement, thank you online banking!

I cannot even start to express the feeling of living a debt free life. Its refreshing, its liberating, its freedom, its beyond explanation. I have been tied up to credit card debts and housing loan before this.

In my previous life, I splurge without care and normally would be spending my future income away, thus a very high credit card debt. After watching Suze Orman, either her own show on CNBC or on Oprah and Till Debt Do Us Part by Gail Vaz-Oxlade regularly, I was determined that I should change. That's how I got started. My first project was to sell off the apartment I bought in KD, I was renting it out but the rent payment were erratic. Alhamdulillah, the process took less than 4 months to finalise. I sold the house to the first couple who viewed it. I doa and doa to make the process go smoothly and without obstacles and Alhamdulillah, my prayers were answered. We signed the S&P in April and I got my final payment in July. I used part of the proceeds to take my parents and youngest brother to Umrah and used the balance to pay off all my credit cards debt. Phuh!

So there, I urge everyone to try this. Its quite impossible for some to live a totally debt free life due to home mortgages and car loans, but at least try to limit your debt to these two alone. If you only need 1 or 2 cars, why have 3. If you need only 1 house, why have 2, 3 or four and be a slave to them. Most importantly eradicate credit card debts! If I can do it, anybody can. InsyaAllah. If you have not watch Suze or Gail before, please do... They will not be telling you anything new, you can bet on it but they will open up your eyes, very wide in my case.

Okay, Maknjang, back to work!

I might know the answer

Yes, I might. But just can't bring myself to say it out loud.

Someone asked me this morning, why are all these (bad incidents) happening to him. Whose fault is it? Is it his? One bad thing after another keeps befalling him lately. At least he felt so. He felt like Allah swt is not answering his prayers, instead HE is punishing him. AstaghfiruLlah hal'aziim. Like Maknjang said before, we have to bersangka baik dengan Allah swt and we cannot give up hope, but Maknjang just cannot say this to him. Maknjang istighfar dalam hati saja.

So who or what is to be blamed?. Bad management, bad maintenance, the supernatural, bad karma?

Whatever happen to us, happens for a reason. We have to look deep inside ourselves to find out why. Not outside and start to blame others. Stop blaming others. Muhasabah ourselves. (Don't think that there will be no repercussions to our actions, the wrong ones, especially) . When we feel that ALlah swt is punishing us, our conscience is telling us that we must have done something wrong, whether we realise it or not. Seek forgiveness from Allah swt for HE is All Forgiving. Maybe Allah swt is testing us, pray to Allah swt for the strength to overcome the hardship we are facing and succeed in the test. Allah swt will not test us unless HE has provided us with the means to overcome it. Be thankful to HIM for the hardship has brought us closer to HIM.

So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief: (5) Verily with every difficulty there is relief. (6) (As-Sharh).


I wish I could share the following excerpt from La Tahzan with him:-

No calamity be falls on the earth or in yourselves but is inscribed in the Book of decrees- before We bring it into existence (Qur’an 57:22)

The pen has dried, the pages have been lifted, all events that shall come to pass have already been written.

“Nothing shall ever happen to us except what Allah has ordained for us” (Qur’an 9:51)

Whatever has befallen you was not meant to escape you, and whatever has escaped you was not meant to be fall you, if you this belief were to be firmly ingrained in your heart, then all hardship and difficulty would become ease and comfort.

The Prophet (bpuh) said: “Whoever Allah wishes good for, He inflicts him (with hardship).” For this reason, do not feel overly troubled if you are afflicted with sickness, the death of a son , or a loss in wealth. Allah has decreed these matters to occur and the decisions are His and His alone, when we truly have this faith, we shall be rewarded well and our sin shall be atoned for.

For those that are afflicted with disaster, glad tidings await them : so remain patient and happy with your lord. “He cannot be questioned as to what He does, while they will be questioned” (Qur’an 21:23)

You will never completely feel at ease until you firmly believe that Allah has already pre ordained all matters, The pen has dried and with it has been written everything that will happen to you. Therefore do not feel remorse over that which is not in your hands. Do not think that you could have prevented the fence from falling, the water from flowing, the wind from blowing, or the glass from breaking you could not have prevented there thinks, whether you wanted to or not, all that has been preordained shall come to pass “then whosoever will let him believe and whosoever wills let him disbelieve.” (Qur’an 18:29)

Surrender yourself. Believe in preordainment, before pangs of anger and regret overwhelm you, If you have done all that was in your power, and afterward what you had been striving against still take places, have firm faith that it was meant to be, DO not say, Had I done such and such, such and such would have happened: rather say” This is the decree of Allah and what He wishes, He does.

I wish I could say to him - Don't be sad, there is no need to despair, never ever give up hope. Just continue to do your best, pray to Allah swt and tawakal. Whatever wrongs we have done in the past, ask Allah for HIS forgiveness and we discontinue doing it.

And your Lord says: "Call on Me; I will answer your (Prayer): But those who are too arrogant to serve Me will surely find themselves in Hell in humiliation!" (Al Ghafir: 60).


Wallahu'alam.