JUST A REMINDER

Abu Laits as-Samarqandi adalah seorang ahli fiqh yang masyur. Suatu ketika dia pernah berkata, ayahku menceritakan bahawa antara Nabi-nabi yang bukan Rasul ada menerima wahyu dalam bentuk mimpi dan ada yang hanya mendengar suara.Maka salah seorang Nabi yang menerima wahyu melalui mimpi itu, pada suatu malam bermimpi diperintahkan yang berbunyi, "Esok engkau dikehendaki keluar dari rumah pada waktu pagi menghala ke barat. Engkau dikehendaki berbuat, pertama; apa yang negkau lihat (hadapi) maka makanlah, kedua; engkau sembunyikan, ketiga; engkau terimalah, keempat; jangan engkau putuskan harapan, yang kelima; larilah engkau daripadanya."Pada keesokan harinya, Nabi itu pun keluar dari rumahnya menuju ke barat dan kebetulan yang pertama dihadapinya ialah sebuah bukit besar berwarna hitam. Nabi itu kebingungan sambil berkata, "Aku diperintahkan memakan pertama aku hadapi, tapi sungguh aneh sesuatu yang mustahil yang tidak dapat dilaksanakan."Maka Nabi itu terus berjalan menuju ke bukit itu dengan hasrat untuk memakannya. Ketika dia menghampirinya, tiba-tiba bukit itu mengecilkan diri sehingga menjadi sebesar buku roti. Maka Nabi itu pun mengambilnya lalu disuapkan ke mulutnya. Bila ditelan terasa sungguh manis bagaikan madu. Dia pun mengucapkan syukur 'Alhamdulillah' .Kemudian Nabi itu meneruskan perjalanannya lalu bertemu pula dengan sebuah mangkuk emas. Dia teringat akan arahan mimpinya supaya disembunyikan, lantas Nabi itu pun menggali sebuah lubang lalu ditanamkan mangkuk emas itu, kemudian ditinggalkannya. Tiba-tiba mangkuk emas itu terkeluar semula. Nabi itu pun menanamkannya semula sehingga tiga kali berturut-turut.Maka berkatalah Nabi itu, "Aku telah melaksanakan perintahmu." Lalu dia pun meneruskan perjalanannya tanpa disedari oleh Nabi itu yang mangkuk emas itu terkeluar semula dari tempat ia ditanam.Ketika dia sedang berjalan, tiba-tiba dia ternampak seekor burung helang sedang mengejar seekor burung kecil. Kemudian terdengarlah burung kecil itu berkata, "Wahai Nabi Allah, tolonglah aku."Mendengar rayuan burung itu, hatinya merasa simpati lalu dia pun mengambil burung itu dan dimasukkan ke dalam bajunya. Melihatkan keadaan itu, lantas burung helang itu pun datang menghampiri Nabi itu sambil berkata, "Wahai Nabi Allah, aku sangat lapar dan aku mengejar burung itu sejak pagi tadi. Oleh itu janganlah engkau patahkan harapanku dari rezekiku."Nabi itu teringatkan pesanan arahan dalam mimpinya yang keempat, iaitu tidak boleh putuskan harapan. Dia menjadi kebingungan untuk menyelesaikan perkara itu. Akhirnya dia membuat keputusan untuk mengambil pedangnya lalu memotong sedikit daging pehanya dan diberikan kepada helang itu. Setelah mendapat daging itu, helang pun terbang dan burung kecil tadi dilepaskan dari dalam bajunya.Selepas kejadian itu, Nabi meneruskan perjalannya. Tidak lama kemudian dia bertemu dengan satu bangkai yang amat busuk baunya, maka dia pun bergegas lari dari situ kerana tidak tahan menghidu bau yang menyakitkan hidungnya. Setelah menemui kelima-lima peristiwa itu, maka kembalilah Nabi ke rumahnya. Pada malam itu, Nabi pun berdoa. Dalam doanya dia berkata, "Ya Allah, aku telah pun melaksanakan perintah-Mu sebagaimana yang diberitahu di dalam mimpiku, maka jelaskanlah kepadaku erti semuanya ini."Dalam mimpi beliau telah diberitahu oleh Allah S.W.T. bahawa "HIKMAH"nya, "Yang pertama engkau makan itu ialah marah. Pada mulanya nampak besar seperti bukittetapi pada akhirnya jika bersabar dan dapat mengawal serta menahannya, maka marah itu pun akan menjadi lebih manis daripada madu.Kedua; semua amal kebaikan (budi), walaupun disembunyikan, maka ia tetap akan nampak jua. Ketiga; jika sudah menerima amanah seseorang, maka janganlah kamu khianat kepadanya. Keempat; jika orang meminta kepadamu, maka usahakanlah untuknya demi membantu kepadanya meskipun kau sendiri berhajat. Kelima; bau yang busuk itu ialah ghibah (menceritakan hal seseorang). Maka larilah dari orang-orang yang sedang duduk berkumpul membuat ghibah."


SO READERS AND FRIENDS, I'M NOT SURE HOW FAR THE ABOVE STORY IS TRUE. BUT I BELIEVE IT CAN BE A VERY GOOD REMINDER TO ALL OF US. I'M JUST LIKE YOU...WE ARE NORMAL PEOPLE. WE ALWAYS MAKE MISTAKES AND ALWAYS NEED TO BE REMINDED AND CORRECTED......WALLAHUA'LAM.

AN INCREDIBLE LOVE STORY

HOPE is a Waking Dream ... with LOVE everything is POSSIBLE

An incredible love story has come out of China recently and managed to touch the world. It is a story of a man and an older woman who ran off to live and love each other in peace for over half a century. The 70-year-old Chinese man who hand-carved over 6,000 stairs up a mountain for his 80-year-old wife has passed away in the cave which has been the couple's home for the last 50 years. Over 50 years ago, Liu Guojiang a 19 year-old boy, fell in love with a 29 year-old widowed mother named Xu Chaoqin..

In a twist worthy of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, friends and relatives criticized the relationship because of the age difference and the fact that Xu already had children. At that time, it was unacceptable and immoral for a young man to love an older woman.. To avoid the market gossip and the scorn of their communities, the couple decided to elope and lived in a cave in Jiangjin County in Southern ChongQing Municipality.

In the beginning, life was harsh as they had nothing, no electricity or even food. They had to eat grass and roots they found in the mountain, and Liu made a kerosene lamp that they used to light up their lives. Xu felt that she had tied Liu down and repeatedly asked him, 'Are you regretful? Liu always replied, 'As long as we are industrious, life will improve.' In the second year of living in the mountain, Liu began and continued for over 50 years, to hand-carve the steps so that his wife could get down the mountain easily

Half a century later in 2001, a group of adventurers were exploring the forest and were surprised to find the elderly couple and the over 6,000 hand-carved steps. Liu MingSheng, one of their seven children said,

'My parents loved each other so much, they have lived in seclusion for over 50 years and never been apart a single day. He hand carved more than 6,000 steps over the years for my mother's convenience, although she doesn't go down the mountain that much.'

The couple had lived in peace for over 50 years until last week. Liu, now 72 years, returned from his daily farm work and collapsed. Xu sat and prayed with her husband as he passed away in her arms. So in love with Xu, was Liu, that no one was able to release the grip he had on his wife's hand even after he had passed away.

'You promised me you'll take care of me, you'll always be with me until the day I died, now you left before me, how am I going to live without you?' Xu spent days softly repeating this sentence.

In 2006, their story became one of the top 10 love stories from China , collected by the Chinese Women Weekly. The local government has decided to preserve the love ladder and the place they lived as a museum, so this love story can live forever.

MY FAMILY PART 2

Talking about my family, I had before revealed about my family (part 1) where I introduced my parents and my siblings to the readers. Today, I proudly present my family, who have been my angels in my life:

My beloved husband, Ustaz Kasim Bin Ramli. He is like an angel to me...he is half of my soul. I can hardly live without him.

My sweetheart...

whatever happens, remember that I'm always beside you every step of the way!

After 14 years of love shared between us, we are bestowed by Allah with five angels....alhamdulillah!

This is our first angel, AMAL WAJDATI a.k.a KAKAK, a thirteen year old girl. A sensitive, hardworking and ambitious child. Now she is studying at Maahad Muhammadi Lilbanat, Kota Bharu kelantan. May Allah bless you my dear, though we are apart, but you are always in mama's heart. Anyone would like to know her more, can view her friendster page at http://profiles.friendster.com/misshome95

Here is our second angel, SALSABEELA a.k.a BELLA. She has just celebrated her 11th birthday last two months. Sometimes she is quite stubborn, but very caring and loving. Loves to help mama at the kitchen. She has her own blog at http://www.bella-kasim.blogspot.com/. Dear...baba n mama love you so much you know!

This is our next angel. UMAIR....well, he's the only boy angel of all the angels that we have so far...huhu. Now he is 9 years old, naughty and active, always curious on many things. He loves video games so much and can learn computer very fast. He also likes to ask me challenging questions like: mukjizat tu apa?, sifat dan zat Allah tu apa?, macamana kapal terbang boleh terbang? mukjizat ke tu? (huhu..). And usually, I'll pass all the questions to my husband...hehe.

Here comes our most sensitive angel, angel no. 4, NUHA. She's only 7 years old. My husband always calls her semalu because she's very sensitive and likes to cry. Yet Nuha, you have a very sweet smile indeed. She is also a very shy girl...(when she's not crying laa). She also has a blog: http://www.nuha-kasim.blogspot.com/

Here comes our youngest and cutest angel, AFAF. Just celebrated her 2nd birthday last two months. Verrryyy active both at home and school. I never see her sitting quietly except while she's sleeping. Still talking like a "pingu"...huhu, in fact, it is her favourite character. But I've just discovered that she starts learning about her body parts and is able to point at them such as tongue, teeth, eyes etc. thanks to the teacher at her school...hehe. Everyone likes to see her curly hair and her smile....cute sangatke?

So, here we are....the family of Ustaz Kasim Ramli and Pn Sofia Hayati Yusoff. May Allah bless us forever and ever...amin!

NEW ENTRY!!!

with the advice from my hubby, i'll start writing my blog again......wah!!! I've been doing nothing on this blog for quite sometime. Not too busy actually...but....boleh tahan ler. I don't know what are the issues that I'll focus on, but my blog will definitely be able to cater all types of readers, from my own kids to my own siblings, my students and all the readers in general...insyaallah. I'll touch on global issues....about life, marriage, teenagers and family. But, the next step that I've already got in my mind is to let the readers know about me and my family closely.......TUNGGUUUUUUU!!!!!