Death Just on the Conner

Death in Islam

           Death is a natural phenomenon. It is a physical change, which overtakes the human body. The body had its origin in the union of parental life-cells. For a number of years it continues to develop through the processes of maturation and exercise. After reaching its peak, it begins to decline and decay. The process of disintegration culminates in death. The crucial question is whether there is anything in human, which survives the dissolution of the body. The answer is that the self, the personality, the I-am-ness, the ego in the terminology of Allama Iqbal, which grew and developed in the matrix of the body, may survive it and may, on the break-up of the body, launch out on a fresh career. This is true of all selves, all personalities.
           It is here that the Quran emphatically asserts that death is not the final end but a gateway to a different kind of life: We mete out death among you that We may transfigure you and make you what you know not. And verily you know the first creation. Why then do you not reflect 56: 61 - 63

Imam Malik Ibn Anas saw the Death Angel in his sleep, and the Imam asked him: " How much left for me to live?". The Angel pointed to his five fingers. Then the Imam asked him: " Does that mean 5 years, or 5 months, or 5 days ?". Before the Imam had a chance to get an answer back, he woke up.

The Imam went to someone who would interpret dreams. That man told him: " Imam Malik, when the Angel pointed to his five fingers he didn't mean 5 years or months or days, but the Angel meant that your question ' how much left for me to live' is among 5 matters that only Allah (SWT) knows about, and he recited the following verse from the Qur,an:

"" Verily, with ALLAH alone is the knowledge of the Hour. And HE sends down the rain, and HE knows what is in the wombs. And no soul knows what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul knows in what land it will die. Surely, ALLAH is All-Knowing, All-Aware. "" 31:34

            When Caliph Haroon Al-Rashid got very ill, illness that caused his death, he told his staff to go a head and dig his grave so he can see it before he dies. After the grave was prepared, he asked to be carried to the grave . Upon arrival, the Caliph Haroon looked down into the grave and then looked up toward the sky and said: " O' whom (Allah) his rule never ends, have mercy on whom (Haroon) his rule has ended.

One day the Prophet (pbuh) visited the Cemetery along with some of his followers, and he said to them: " I long for my beloved ones?". His followers said: " Aren't we your beloved ones O' messenger of Allah ". The Prophet (pbuh) said: " you are my companions ". Then they say: " who are your beloved ones?". The Prophet said: " People come after you believed in me without seeing me ". they asked: " How would you know them on Judgment day even though you haven't seen them O' messenger of Allah?". The Prophet said: " My followers are gathered ' Ghurr'an Muhajjalin ' ".

(( Gurr'an means light on the forehead, and Muhajjalin means light on the feet, and what brings about this light is the Ablution 'Wudu' ))

One day the Prophet (pbuh) went to a boy's funeral and he found his mother weeping and he asked: " why are you crying ". The mother said: " O' messenger of Allah, is my son in Heaven or Hell?". The prophet replied:" O' slave of Allah, He (Allah) knows his status better than I do ".

The Prophet said: " The Believer's Soul turns into a Bird in Paradise ". (( The above Hadith means, that upon the Believers death, his Soul becomes a bird in Paradise until the Resurrection day, when Allah (SWT) returns all souls to its original bodies ))

          At the time of leaving this world, as attested to by the Holy Qur'an, a person will be in one of two states - either he will be of the Companions of the Right, or the Companions of the Left (Refer Holy Qur'an 56:7-56). If he is counted amongst the Companions of the Right, he will be in a good, final state, but if he is one of the Companions of the Left, he will be of those who have suffered a great loss. 

Resources

http://arabicpaper.tripod.com/malik.html

http://www.parvez-video.com/islam/reformation/life_after_death/index.asp

A song that give strength to keep living and struggle for my dreams..
Life amazing!!


Katy Perry - Firework



Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
Drifting throught the wind
Wanting to start again

Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin
Like a house of cards
One blow from caving in

Do you ever feel already buried deep
Six feet under scream
But no one seems to hear a thing

Do you know that there's still a chance for you
Cause there's a spark in you

You just gotta ignite the light
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July

Cause baby you're a firework
Come on show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y
Baby you're a firework
Come on let your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
You're gunna leave 'em fallin' down-own-own


You don't have to feel like a waste of space
You're original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow

Maybe you're reason why all the doors are closed
So you could open one that leads you to the perfect road
Like a lightning bolt, your heart will blow
And when it's time, you'll know

You just gotta ignite the light
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July

Cause baby you're a firework
Come on show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby you're a firework
Come on let your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
You're gonna leave 'em all in awe-awe-awe"


Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It's always been inside of you, you, you
And now it's time to let it through

Cause baby you're a firework
Come on show 'em what your worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby you're a firework
Come on slet your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
You're gonna leave 'em all in awe-awe-awe

Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon

HoMe SweeT HomE

My home town is Parit Sulong, Batu Pahat, Johor Draul Ta’zim. A land that full with history and one famous figure, Kiyai Hj. Salleh or Panglima Salleh that was known to lead a group people, the group was known as the “Selendang Merah”, they rise up to against the communist control over the town after the Japanese Imperial Army surrendered in 1945 and the British is still not arrived in Malaya. This is one of the well preserved history about Parit Sulong. I want to share one of the history of my home town to you guys, so I pick the Parit Sulong Massacre that happened in 1942.

On January 23, 1942, the Parit Sulong Massacre was committed against Allied soldiers by members of the Imperial Guards Division of the Imperial Japanese Army. A few days earlier, the Allied troops had ambushed the Japanese near Gemas and blown up a bridge there.

During the Battle of Muar, members of both the Australian 8th Division and the 45th Indian Infantry Brigade were making a fighting withdrawal when they became surrounded near the bridge at Parit Sulong. The Allies fought the larger Japanese forces for two days until they ran low on ammunition and food. Able-bodied soldiers were ordered to disperse into the jungle, the only way they could return to Allied lines. Approximately 150 Australians and Indians were too badly injured to move, and their only option was surrender. Some accounts estimate that as many as 300 Allied troops were taken prisoner at Parit Sulong.

The wounded prisoners of war were kicked and beaten with rifle butts by the Imperial Guards. At least some were tied up with wire in the middle of the road, machine-gunned, had petrol poured over them, were set alight and in the words of Russell Braddon were "after their incineration - were systematically run over, back and forwards, by Japanese driven trucks." Anecdotal accounts by local people also reported POWs being tied together with wire and forced to stand on a bridge, before a Japanese soldier shot one, causing the rest to fall into the Simpang Kiri river and drown.

After the massacre

Lt Ben Hackney of the Australian 2/19th Battalion feigned death and managed to escape. He crawled through the countryside for six weeks with two broken legs, before he was recaptured. Hackney survived internment in Japanese POW camps, and was part of the labour force on the notorious Burma Railway. He and two other survivors gave evidence regarding the massacre to Allied war crimes investigators.

The commander of the Imperial Guards, Lt Gen. Takuma Nishimura, was later in charge of occupation forces in eastern Singapore. He was indirectly involved in the Sook Ching massacrein Singapore. Nishimura retired from the Japanese army in 1942 and was made military Governor of Sumatra. Following the war, he was tried by a British military court in relation to the Sook Ching massacre. Nishimura received a life sentence, of which he served four years. As he returned to Japan, Nishimura was removed from a ship at Hong Kong, by Australianmilitary police and charged in relation to the Parit Sulong massacre. Nishimura was taken to Manus Island in the Territory of New Guinea, where he faced an Australian military court. Evidence was presented stating that Nishimura had ordered the shootings at Parit Sulong and the destruction of bodies. He was convicted and executed by hanging on June 11, 1951.

In 1996, Australian journalist Ian Ward published Snaring the Other Tiger, which suggested that the Australian Army prosecutor, Captain James Godwin — a former Royal New Zealand Air Force pilot who had been ill-treated as a POW in Sumatra — had "manipulated" evidence to implicate Nishimura. Ward states that Godwin took no action on the testimony of Lieutenant Fujita Seizaburo, who reportedly took responsibility for the Parit Sulong massacre. Fujita was not charged and his fate is unknown.

Today

at the bank of Sungai Simpang Kiri..

Resource

§  Lynette Silver, 2004, The Bridge at Parit Sulong – An Investigation of Mass Murder, The Watermark Press, Boorowa. ISBN 0-949284-65-3.

§  Russell Braddon, 1951, The Naked Island, Penguin Books, Melbourne,

§  Lionel Wigmore, 1957, The Japanese Thrust – Australia in the War of 1939-1945, AWM, Canberra.

§  Iain Findlay, 1991, Savage Jungle – An Epic Struggle for Survival, Simon & Schuster, Sydney.

§  Gilbert Mant, 1996, Massacre at Parit Sulong, Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst.

Sekadar Nukilan Hati..

Salam


      Nukilan ini tidak melibatkan mana-mana individu. Hanya suka-suka saja. Hope you'll like it..


Permata


Bila hati mula berasa mati,
dan bila fikiran mula keliru,
tiada apa yang aku mampu ku pegang,
selain meneruskan kehidupanku.
Bila harapan hancur sendiri,
bila kepercayaan dikhianati,
kesakitan hati tak siapa mengerti,
hanya senyuman mampu diberi.


Rasa seperti tak punya hati,
rasa seperti hidupku ini mati,
dan kesunyian menemani diri,
siapakah aku di dunia ini.
Tempang ku berjalan mencari diri,
mencari isi hati yang telah lari,
tertanya mengapa jadi begini,
dan mengapa sakitnya tidak pernah berhenti.


Bantulah aku,
aku perlukan petunjukMu Tuhanku,
tolongilah aku,
Yang Maha Pengasih,
berikanlah aku kekuatan.
Tidak akan aku selamanya begini,
tidak mahu aku selamanya sendiri,
sedar wahai jiwa yang mati,
bangun dan kejar impianmu.
Buang segala rasa buruk itu,
lahirkanlah rasa-rasa yang baru,
sukar dan susah akan menghalangmu,
jangan sesekali kau tunduk.


Bangun wahai pejuang muda,
bangun dan tunjukkan pada dunia,
engkau juga seorang manusia,
ada punya hati dan perasaan juga,
tapi beza kamu dengan mereka,
hati yang hilang dibawa cinta,
jangan dibiar hati itu hanyut dalam kegelapan,
bawalah ia keluar ke arah cahaya.


Ayuh sahabat, 
lupakan hari-hari yang lalu,
kerna yang lama itu mampu menghalangmu,
jadilah seorang perwira baru,
dan kejarlah Syurga Ilahi,
jangan pernah berputus asa,
jangan ada lagi rasa pemusnah di dada,
berusaha tidak kira situasinya,
kerna engkau seorang permata,
yang keras, kukuh, dan indah.

TeeNaGe LoVe or waS iT....

Bismillah.....

In life, people fall in love at many stages. It is very possible for every person no matter their age to feel or fall in love. However, there is a certain stage in life where we reach and everyone seems to want love, teenage years and love. When a teenager falls in love, it is referred to as teenage love. Teens are very volatile people and this is pretty understandable. It is the first time in life to feel the urge to love the opposite sex. This is on the onset of their physical growth. Their hormones are usually referred to as running wild and this is very much the case. Teenage is a confusing place to be because you are not old enough to be called mature and you are not too young to be called a child. This is the time where most youth act out and when it comes to the matters of the heart, a lot of them fall in love. Teenage love has sometimes been referred to as not being real love. Instead, experts say that a lot of feelings that teens have for the opposite sex is mainly infatuation. This is a form of lust that passes with time.

However, love being hard to define, it is vital that all cases be looked at differently. It is during this stage that many teens make the worse mistakes of their lives but, this is usually not the case in other situations. Sexually, teens what to experience and explore first hand, the kind of emotions that are associated with love. It is therefore paramount to understand exactly what they are going through before you are quick to give them advice. The biggest issue that is always a source of debate is sex during teenage. Many want to know what it is all about. Others believe that for love to be real there must be sexual intercourse. With the modern world, more and more teens are having choices when it comes to sex. Many have not come up openly to condemn teenage sex. In the past, when young people reached teenage, this was a time for them to be married off. For this reason, teens cannot be totally condemned for wanting to exercise that which has been there since time began. However, with civilization, more and more parents have come out strongly to condemn any love consummation for their teens.

When teens experience these strange, strong feelings stirring up inside them that they have never felt before, they adamantly believe it to be love. They believe in it so strongly that nearly all of them have a fantasy backup plan prepared in case things go against their love story like running away from home or committing suicide.

As we are progressing into a newer era of technology, the link of children with their parents and siblings is becoming weaker. Teens just hang out with their friends, visit places and parties that their parents know nothing about, get loads of pocket money to spend, and cars to drive, while doing so, they forget their real family: parents and siblings, and since everybody in the house is caught up in his/her own problems, it happens that whenever teens face problems, they aren’t friendly enough with their parents, so eventually they turn to their friends, who, due to belonging to the same age group , can only give immature advices such as running away and committing suicide to the love struck Romeos and Juliets.

WHAT TO DO

•   Your life is not an Indian movie. Stop trying to make it look like one.
•   What you feel is not love: it is infatuation.
•   Infatuation might feel like love, since it’s a strong feeling in our developing adolescent minds. But, it isn’t. it’s a simple crush. We understand the difference between the two feelings as we grow older.
•   Crushes often last long, from months to years. It depends how often you see or meet the person. Sometimes, hanging out with the person increases the duration of the crush. In other cases it makes you realize that there is nothing really that amazing about the person, and your crush just disappears.
•   Stop creating fictional, fantasy based ideas in your head like getting married in teenage on your own or running away from home.
•   Talk to at least one person in your family about it, talking about it to a mature person makes you feel better, and gives you a direction.
•   Chill out, enjoy life, study, and make a career!

      So,  for those of you who “can’t sleep or eat” because you have a crush on someone, let me tell you again that having crushes is normal, but taking them so hard on yourself that they start to disturb you is abnormal. Don’t let it happen to you. And “BE REALISTIC”. You are not going to kill yourself, neither will you run away. That’s all talk, think about it with a cool head!

       The most important part of the whole matter is the one we often tend to miss: Islam’s point of view. Our religion does not encourage such dramatically emotional relations arising between males and females AT ALL.

       Parents, and siblings, please be understanding and friendly with your children so that they come to you to get their problems solved. Please be more concerned and connected to their lives, and the friends. We don’t really know what they are doing, we just know who their friends and known them as his friend but we didn’t know what they’re really up to. Check them from time to time, esspecially when your children is a girl because sometimes they can do something that unexpected. So, take care of your children, control them but still be friendly.. Insyallah

Article Source:

http://EzineArticles.com/1681491

http://www.funonthenet.in/forums/index.php?topic=80420.0#ixzz1PV0nMQEd

www.iluvislam.com/english/lifestyle/luv-a-teen/556-teenage-love.html

To My Dear Mom

     Rendang is a dish which originated from the Minangkabau ethnic group, and is now commonly served across the country. It is served at ceremonial occasions and to honour guests. Also popular in Malaysia and Singapore, rendang is traditionally prepared by the Malay community during festive occasions esspecially in Eid Fitri or Hari Raya Puasa.

      Rendang is made from beef such as chicken, mutton, water buffalo, duck, or vegetables like jackfruit or cassava and are slowly cooked in coconut milk, spices and kerisik for several hours until almost all the liquid is gone, allowing the meat to absorb the spicy condiments. The cooking process changes from boiling to frying as the liquid evaporates. The slow cooking process allows the meat to absorb all the spices and to become tender. The spices may include ginger, galangal, turmeric leaf, lemon grass and chillies. Chicken or duck rendang also contains tamarind and is usually not cooked as long as beef rendang.

There are two kinds of rendang: dried and wet. Dried rendang can be kept for three to four months, and it is for ceremonial occasions or to honour guests. Wet rendang, also known as kalio, can be found in Minangkabau restaurants, and without refrigeration, it should be consumed within a month. Rendang is often served with rice, ketupat and lemang.

     I dedicated this blog to my mother, Raimah bte Wan. You have been a very wonderful mom and love you very much. I’ll do my best in my studies and get a better job so I can help you mom.. and congratulation for the promation to head mistres of Sekolah Agama Sri Tanjung. You have teach many student to their success.. May Allah grant you healthy life and strength to taught the new generation about religious education.. “You are the best mom!!!”.. thanks for the rendang that you have made for us.. I LOVE YOU…

Can't sleep...... ZZzzzZZzzzzz...

 Salam..

               

                Yesterday was a boring day, I firstly wake up at 6.30 a.m and after solah I continue my sleep, (I’m tired la.. hehe.. Sleep ing late last night..).  As I remember, I woke up at 12.00 pm.. Wow!!!!, first time I woke that late at home (Ngee).. HaHahHaaHa.. You see,  I ussually woke up at 6.00 a.m and stay awake for the whole day.. also in weekends.. just except for yesterday.. I need to replenish my energy for the upcoming school days.. and then watching t.v and playing PS2 to the end of the day.. Yeah!!, I’m full with energy and because of that until now I can’t close my eyes.. and its, 5.30 a.m.. haha..

                Being a teacher had been an experience for me.. Eventhough this is not my first, but the work rate still amaze me.. it hard on the first week, I just fall on my bed and sleep the whole evening, haha.. it hard to do, and that why I wanna to say my respect to the teachers, “ cikgu!!, keep the good work”.. In the second week, I get used to it and till today I still do my best (Ngee)..When we used to that life and work.. it just like a day of working hard and trying to keep on living.. getting some money.. haha..

                Also in my last post, the is this Farhan.. and he kinda mad at me.. So, Mr. Farhan.. “ Sorry to make you feel uneasy.. I read you blog, and Mr.C here wanna say something.. funny though, I like it very much.. so inspirational, I mean your post.. Well, see blog just a way to share, what in our heart or what in our life.. educationally o another.. the point is sharing.. like other say, “sharing things is something amazing”.. So, please don’t misunderstood my blog, eventhough it full with silly love stories, haha.. it just for fun.. But I understand for your concern, and I’m aware of it.. May someday we can be friend.. till that day, live couragous.. (^_^)

Bila berkawan dengan bekas kekasih..

        Perpisahan, ditinggalkan, clash, dan sama waktu dengannya adalah kehancuran bagi sebuah perhubungan percintaan antara kekasih.. selalunya apabila berlakunya perpisahan.. kedua-dua pihak ini akan menyalahkan satu sama lain.. dan perpisahan ini berlaku diatas banyak faktor seperti ada orang lain, bosan dengan orang tue, tak memahami, dan macam-macam lagi.. tapi tak kisah macam mana la kan, kalau dah jadi tue dah la kan.. so we must accept it eventhough it hard.. haha
 
        Bila sudah berpisah, selalunya pasangan ini susah nak bertegur sapa dan kadang-kadang. bila terjumpa kat mana-mana buat muka tak kenal jer.. menyedihkan tul.. huhu.. tapi ada yang ok jer.. ley jadi member baik.. ley lepak-lepak lagi.. mcm kawan biasa.. so, this is what i wanted to share today..

        So, apa  penyebab yang wat couple-couple nie bile dah clash macam tak nak jumpa jer.. dan selalunya sebab sakit hati, tak nak nampak lagi dah, benci tengok orang tue, hati dipermainkanlah.. macam-macam perangai manusia nie kan.. haha.. tapi nie la selalu yang buat kekasih bila dah clash, stay clash.. t bila dah bertahun-tahun tak nampak jumpa balik baru nak lepak.. apa nie..

       A friend tell me when i ask her, how can u still be friend to your bf??.. she just said, why?? it's weird.. to me i better to keep the ukhwah.. and i agreed with her.. sometimes we, i mean men don't want to accept our it (the clash) , and in the same time we still want her.. but she just acknowledge you as a friend.. respect her decision.. we can keep our heart and also try to recover from it..

        In conclusion, we do make mistake and we know that.. being a friend to your ex isn't something that everyone can do.. but when had lost everything to him or to her.. keep the friendship.. because the one that will help you are good friend, and to find one is hard... life couragous..

##Special thanks to KasihSahrel.. Gambate!!!..