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Saturday, June 6, 2009

Assalamualaikum

Heh.
Sorry haven't been updating.
Having no madrasah classes this month.
And like, im bad at managing my time.

Haha!

Anyway, yes, no madrasah classes this month.
It will only start in July.
If anyone interested to join Youth A.L.I.V.E! , come!
Join! An-Nahdhah!
At Bishan! Hehe!

Moving on,
Luckily there's still a holiday programme.
Its like a crash course.
Held over 4 and a half days.

You can choose to take the modules you want.
But it depends on the availability.

Courses offered for Youth A.L.I.V.E! :

Quran & Quranic Sciences

Hadith & Hadith Sciences

Islamic Civilisation

Muslim Thinkers & Islamic Thought
Fiqh & Fiqh Sciences

Islamic Belief and Practices

Honestly, i wish the website would provide more info, but they don't.
I can't find it anyway.

The programme is held on
8-11 June
15-18 June
22-25 June

There's one at Al-Falah held during 13,14,20,21 June.
Im going for the Al-Falah one. :)

Oh!
Different modules are held at different mosques.
So...
If you need more info, leave a tag! :D

Hope you join this!

Oh yeah! Fees at $15. I think.

AHA! Just found the website.
For further details, visit http://www.islamicevents.sg/eventDetails.php?ID=992

10:33 PM

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Assalamualaikum

Okay, its going to be a little hard for me to update this now.
Thanks to school and such.
But i really want to update this weekly you know.

Anyways, before i begin.
I'd like to thank all those people i see in school.
Haha!
I'd like to say...Mashallah!

Heheh.
Who am i referring to?
All those girls i see that i think are...good-looking. xD

Okay continuing.

Hehe.

Madrasah today was alright.
Alhamdulillah ( giving thanks to Allah ), i was able to gain new knowledge.

Today, they touched on Fasting.

Fasting is an act of worship to Allah.
Its basically to abstain.

One thing i learnt was that there were actually different levels of fasting.

To put it simply, lets put it in these terms.

Eg.
Grade C fasting.
Grade B fasting.
Grade S fasting.

Where Grade S, being the best one.

So what are the differences of these levels?
The lowest one would be Grade C.
Now the differences in these grades would be as follows :

Grade C Fasting :

- Abstaining from food and drink from dawn to dusk.

Grade B Fasting :
- Abstaining from food and drink from dawn to dusk.
- Abstaining from doing sins with our hands,legs,eyes.
- Abstaining from looking at other women's aurah.

Grade S Fasting would be the best one of them all but each level of fast gets you reward, except that you get more reward if you fast at a Grade S level.

Grade S Fasting :
- Abstaining from food and drink from dawn to dusk.
- Abstaining from doing sins with our hands,legs,eyes.
- Abstaining from looking at other women's aurah.

- Abstaining from gossip,cursing.
- Abstaining from THINKING about sexual relations and such.

I don't remember the rest. But Grade S fasting would be to fast yourself psychologically and physically.

Oh. And that's when i learnt about the word Mashallah.
Applies to everyday life too.

To my understanding,

Mashallah is used when something good happens,when there is a surprise or for someone's good deeds/achivements.

Example : When you do well in a test you say " Mashallah "

In the case of the first paragraph above, (haha!) it can be used when you see a pretty girl!
The first look is a form of a blessing.
But if you look on, well, you could be thinking something wrong right?
But it depends on your niat (intention) of course.

Alright.
I think im done with today.

Sorry, i know the post is not very informative!

I really need those slides from them.
Im only recalling all these information from memory,
So i might not be right.
Like i said, its always better to consult your ustaz or ustazah (religious teacher).

Thank you for reading! :)

P.S.

Tag replies :

Ustaz Yusri : I will remember you Ustaz! :D

Fadhilah : Hey! First kind of blog like this? Haha! Lain how? :P EH! Er, recommend to friends and family? Haha! I just hope i don't give the wrong info. Thanks! ><>

Syairah : Mine not that 'awesome' la! Hahaha! But glad you feel refreshed. hehe!

Ya Allah, Please help me to able to manage my time better.

Amin.

7:00 PM

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Assalamualaikum

Well, today was a little confusing for me.
I was lost during the first part of the lesson.
I think it was because of the...not so relevant parts?
Haha.
As quoted by Nazira, she said that they were relevant.
Just too much.
Yeah.
Heh.

But basically, it was about Syahadah.( i think )

See.
Im lost.
I forgot what it was about. -.-

Okay but one thing i remember was the video.
There was an american guy.
He converted into Islam.

First thing he had to do.
Was to declare :

In arabic : أشهد أن لا إله إلاَّ الله و أشهد أن محمد رسول الله

( I bear witness that there is no God but Allah and that Muhammad s.a.w. is his messenger.)

Anyway,
The group took a pledge.
Our own pledge to ourselves and to Allah.
Everyone's one was different.
And we bore witness to each one of the others.

For me,
It was to be able to read and understand what Allah has sent to us.
The Quran.
To be able to remember what he sent us.
And to be able to remember Him in everything that i do.

I hope i can.
Especially in studies.
And in play.
I tend to only think about what im doing.
But somehow, not always remembering Him.

Insyallah, i can.

4:23 PM

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Assalamualaikum

Yet another great lesson at Madrasah(religious class) today.

Im really glad at their approach.
As in, how the class is being run and all.
No exams, and how its very relevant and applicable to life.
The lessons i mean.

Anyway, today was about Judgement Day.
The signs and the events that will follow towards it.

Is Judgement Day near?
Well, for one, we won't know.
But there are a few signs that are already showing.

Well, for one, that lesson was sort of like a refresher.
A reminder about judgement day.

My ustaz asked us this question :
If you were to die today, where would you be?
Heaven? or Hell?

Haha.
What would YOUR answer be?

I also learnt something new.
Heaven and Hell...is empty.
Except of course for the angels.
They're still there(i think).

Everyone who has passed away, well, they're still in their graves.
Waiting for Judgement Day.
That's when everyone will be Judged/Evaluated
and that's when everyone will know where they stand.

Insyallah, we will go to Heaven.
Let us do our best to go there.

Amin.
( P.S. Please do clarify with your respective religious teachers(Ustaz) if unsure. I myself am just passing on what i heard. Elaboration should be made by them. )

:)

10:23 PM

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Ah.
The wonderous world we live in.
Isin't it amazing?

Im amazed.

After today's class, im starting to be more amazed by it.
More appreciative.
Yeah.

More appreciative of Him.
He really is the Almighty.

Look around you.
Look around us.
Look at all the different plants,animals or basically all the natural creations.

Just take a look at the diversity of it all!

Can anyone imagine that all this was created by God?
Just He,Himself?
Im amazed.

Look at it this way.

Okay...maybe a laptop.
A really nice looking laptop.
Look at how beautifully designed it is.

Or something you bought, like a bag ?
You bought it because you thought it looks nice.

Or how about buildings?
The architecture of it all.
Amazed by that?

Well, all these things are created by the designers.
The designers of the laptop.
The designers of the bag.
The architectects of the building.
Each one of them, has their own style.
Their own creativity of what their 'product' would look like.

Now look at God.
Take it the same way.
Look at all the plants,animals and us Humans.
We are the product.
Of his creativity.
Of his creation.

To me, its really amazing.
That He, Himself, has that unbelievable amount of creativity.
To create such a vast diversity of living things.
Wow.
Really.
Im just starting to appreciate it more.

To me, he really is the Almighty.

3:23 PM

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Im weak...Its true.

4:20 PM

Monday, March 23, 2009

AHHH!!!

THEY WERE AWESOME!

IM SO GLAD I WENT TO SEE THEM!

Woohoo!
Im talking about NATURALLY 7!

Well, i forgot what i wanted to say on the blog!
But well, click on the video to see what they're all about!

LET ME TELL YA!
THEY'RE WAYYYYY BETTER LIVE!!!

They're amazing i tell ya!
The Drums!
The Guitar!
The Trumpet!
The TurnTables!
The Bass!
The Harmonica!
The Rap!

They're AWESOME! hahaha!

Thanks Rod,Garfield,Warren,Jamal,Roger,Dwight and Armand for that AWESOME show last night!
Basically, thanks Naturally 7! :D

Oh!
One more thing i'd like to add.
I met my ex-teacher there!
Miss Dorothy Seng! :D
Along with her friends, queued in line to get thier autographs and pictures. ( I didn't get the cd so no autograph for me. haha!)
Anyway! We got a picture with Roger but we wanted it with the whole group.
So we waited.
Waited till everyone had done their autograph signing.

When they were done, they posed for a few people for pictures.
Then we thought it was our turn!
BUT!
The ushers!!!
THE USHERS!
They led them away! :(
Me and her two friends were like reaching out our hands to call them back!
THEN!
THEN!
Armand(bass) turned back! And turned to look at us!
AHH!
HE REMEMBERED!
He remembered we wanted a picture with them!
So touched by his gesture.
HAHA!

But we didn't get it -.-
Ushers fault.
Sigh.
Oh well!
I had a great time! :D

9:25 AM