Allah s.w.t is always there for you and answer you

I said: My sins are so many.

Allah said: "And who can forgive sins except Allah? " [3:135]

I said: Do not leave me.

Allah said: "So remember Me; I will remember you." [2:152]

I said: I'm facing a lot of difficulties in life.

Allah said: "And whoever fears Allah ? He will make for him a way out." [65:2]

I said: I have many dreams that I want to come true.

Allah said: "Call upon Me; I will respond to you." [40:60]

subhanaLlah.

Mati adalah nikmat bagi orang yang beriman

“Aku adalah seorang ulama. Allah kurniakan keimanan di dalam
Hatiku. Seorang yang beriman lebih mulia dari orang yang tidak
beriman. Sekiranya aku bangun menghormati kamu, ini bermakna
aku telah menghina agamaku sendiri,” kata Badiuzzaman Said Nursi.

“Dengan mengatakan aku orang yang tidak beriman, awak sebenarnya
telah menghina aku dan tenteraku. Bahkan awak juga telah menghina
bangsa dan negaraku. Kerana itu awak akan dihukum,” marah
Jeneral Nicolas Nicolavich.

Dialog tersebut berlaku apabila Jeneral Rusia yang terkenal itu melawat tempat
tahanan perang Qusturma. Badiuzzaman Said Nursi antara mereka yang menjadi
tawanan ditempat itu. Apabila Jeneral Nicolas Nicolavich melawat tempat
tersebut maka semua tahanan diminta berdiri dan tunduk tanda hormat. Semua
tahanan berdiri kecuali Badiuzzaman Said Nursi. Tindakannya itu menuimbulkan
kemarahan jeneral tersebut.

Beberapa orang rakannya cuba memujuk Badiuzzaman Said Nursi supaya pergi
memohon maaf kepada Jeneral Nicolas Nicolavich. Tetapi beliau menjawab
dengan katanya.

“Aku tidak boleh melakukan sesuatu yang bercanggah dengan
peganganku”.

“Tuan boleh dihukum mati kerana menghina jeneral itu,” pujuk
Kawan-Kawannya.

“Aku begitu berhasrat untuk pergi ke alam Akhirat dan berada di
sisi Rasulullah. Aku hanya memerlukan pasport untuk ke sana. Ini
adalah peluang aku untuk mendapatkannya,” tegas Badiuzzaman
Said Nursi yang tidak berganjak dari pendiriannya.

Badiuzzaman Said Nursi dijatuhkan hukuman tembak kerana dituduh menghina
Jeneral Nicolas Nicolavich. Sebelum hukuman dijalankan, beliau
meminta untuk berwuduk dan sembahyang sunat dua
rakaat.Permintaannya itu diperkenankan oleh Jeneral Nicolas Nicolavich
yang turut menyaksikan hukuman tersebut .

Badiuzzaman Said Nursi sembahyang dengan kusyuk. Selesai
sembahyang dengan tenang beliau pergi ke tempat hukuman tembak
dijalankan. Ketenangan yang ditunjukkan itu membuat jeneral Rusia itu
berasa kagum.

“Kamu tidak takut ditembak?” tanya Jeneral Nicolas Nicolavich.
“Saya tidak takut kerana dapat tiket ke syurga,” jawab Badiuzzaman Said
Nursi.

Jeneral Nicolas Nicolavich berasa kagum lalu berkata. “Aku sangka apa yang
kamu lakukan untuk menghina aku, sebab itulah kamu dikenakan
hukuman. Sekarang aku faham, kamu bertindak mengikut iman kamu,
kamu laksanakan apa yang diperintah oleh agama kamu. Dengan ini, aku
gugurkan hukuman ke atas kamu.Kamu sememangnya berhak mendapat
penghormatan dan pujian disebabkan kebaikan dan keimanan yang kamu
miliki.Aku mohon maaf kerana menyusahkan kamu,” kata Jeneral itu.

Adab suluk murid by Imam Ali al-haddad

AlhamduliLlah alfa marraat!:D
one of my favourite ustaz just returned back to Singapore from Yemen ,Ustaz Abu Zaki.
He'll be teaching at Tradisi Halaqah every wednesday night after maghrib using a book that was written by Imam Ali al-haddad.

aslmkm wr wb,

so for the first session/class, ustaz Abu Zaki told us to think about our lives, what is the point and purpose of our living, is it really worth it to work hard and spent hours of your energy on this dunya which is equal value of a mosquito's wing? what are we created for? he asked us to reflect on our future etc. eg. are we sure that we would live long enough in this temporary life? a person maybe 20 years old and another maybe 60 years old, outwardly it looks like the person who is 60 years old is the older one , but what if the person who is 20 years old will die the next year whereas the person who is 60 years will die 40 years time. So basically in the eyes of Allah the 20 years old is actually older than the 60 years old guy. So don't think that because you're a teenager you will live long enough and postpone your good deeds until you're old. that's what the syaitan wants you to think and do. So don't delay any good deeds that you feel like doing and stop wasting time.

secondly, he told us that all of us should put inside our heart an aim/goal or desire to get closer to Allah [swt]. Because without any desire to get closer to Allah [swt] ,a person can easily be swept away and tricked by his nafs and shaitan .eg; like if we're in the ocean and we have nothing to hold on to, basically we'll be easily followed and get dragged by the wave to wherever it takes us to. But if we were to hold on to a rope that is attacth to a building, so no matter how strong the wave pushes or pulls us, we will not be easily followed by it as we've hold on tightly on the rope that are tied to a strong building. just like our life, if we have no motives and goals in our lives, we'll be easily tricked and follow the needs of our nafs.

Now, after you set your desire to get closer to Allah [swt], now you just need to put in effort in it. What's the point if you just hold on to the rope but didn't pull yourself to get closer to the building? you need to pull yourself with every effort and energy you have, the more energy and effort you put in, the faster you will reached the building for safety. So you need to put effort to get closer to Allah [swt]. as the formulae of life goes : LIFE = passion + effort + tawakkal =SUCCESS.

until now, inshaAllah i'll share more next time.
wassalam.