Sunday, February 28, 2010
Where Are the Good Men?
The shy girl asked, " Where are the good men ".
A daunting task, I dare comment
Searching from East to West
A leader and protector who impressed
A man true to his Deen
In physical and spiritual being*
His better half he loves to the brim
Meeting a new woman "Excuse me! That's not for him"
The man in the mirror, is not yet that true man
A thing or two he needs to amend
A true man obeys all Allah’s commands
To date only Rasulullah takes that stand**
Is the good man a `rare dying breed'
Countable only by finger tips
To my fellow sisters, don't despair
Keep with Allah and in Jannah you'll find your pair
A true good man not only treats his wife like a Queen
His life revolves around Allah all in
He seeks Jannah, his ultimate dream
The pleasure on earth in not his cream
As life on earth serves as a testing ground
Good and evil do go around
A good man fears none
Neither seeking pleasure nor fun
Mistakes are made
Repentance is his take!***
In Islam the key is simplicity
Even when faced with difficulty
Man tends to change the norm and law
By breaking every bone and jaw
Hiding all his flaws
Evil acts on every floor
When an innocent is killed
They answered with much skill
“Collateral Damage” is the pill****
An antidote – a function it fulfills
Where are the good men?
Not of a perfect ten
But to protect and fend
From the evil others send
* Al-Nawwas bin Sam'an, radiyallahu 'anhu, reported that the Prophet, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, said: "Righteousness is good character, and sin is that which wavers in your heart and which you do not want people to know about." [Muslim]
According to Wabisah bin Ma'bad, radiyallahu 'anhu, who said: I came to the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, and he said: "You have come to ask about righteousness ?" " Yes," I answered. He said: "Consult your heart. Righteousness is that about which the soul feels tranquil and the heart feels tranquil, and sin is what creates restlessness in the soul and moves to and fro in the breast, even though people give you their opinion (in your favour) and continue to do so." [A good hadith transmitted from the Musnads of the two Imams, Ahmad bin Hanbal and Al-Darimi
** Al-Quran 68:4 “And indeed, you are of a great moral character “
*** From Anas, radiyallahu 'anhu, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, say: "Allah the Almighty has said: 'O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me, and hope in Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds in the sky and were you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I shall forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with an earthful of sins and were you then to face Me, without having associated anything with Me, I shall grant you an earthful of pardon.'" [Recorded by Al-Tirmidhi, who said that it is a good and sound hadith
**** “The blood of a man who is a Muslim is not lawful (i.e. cannot be lawfully shed), save if he belongs to one of three (classes): a married man who is an adulterer; life for a life (i.e. for murder); one who is a deserter of his religion, abandoning the community.” (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
BY:Qalamuddin
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Beautiful poem
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Untukmu yang tersayang
Kalau boleh ku katakan, engkau adalah pelengkap hidupku wahai wanita bermata indah. Insan yang paling layak menerima cinta dan kasih sayangku. Wahai wanita, kau hadir dalam hidupku bagai bayu yang bertiup damai. Menenangkan jiwa yang galau dan mengubat kesunyian yang bersarang. Kau adalah anugerah daripada Allah yang akan sentiasa ku syukuri dan ku hargai. Ketika kau sudi menerima huluran tanganku untuk sama-sama melangkah menelusuri padang pasir kehidupan, aku berjanji untuk tidak sesekali mensia-siakan dirimu. Tanganmu yang halus sudah cukup menggagahkan aku untuk terus berdiri di jalan penuh ranjau ini. Kata-kata hikmah penuh bernilai dari bibirmu sudah cukup membuatkan aku merasa kuat untuk melangkah meneruskan perjuangan yang melelahkan.
Isteriku, engkau amat bermakna dalam hidupku, amat jarang bermasam muka biar ketika aku sedang lemah dan hampir jatuh. Kau sentiasa disisiku, bersedia memapahku walau dengan kudratmu yang sedikit. Bagiku kau adalah bidadari hidupku, yang sentiasa bersinar dengan cahaya keimanan. Nur di wajahmu, akan sentiasa melekat di hatiku dan tiada penggantinya. Aku merasa tenteram, setiap kali suara gemersikmu mengalunkan kalimah Allah, usai solat dhuhamu. Esak tangismu di kala hening malam, menjadi irama paling syahdu bagi diriku. Meruntun hatiku untuk sama-sama larut dalam tadabbur yang panjang.
Isteriku, bersamamu aku merasa semakin dekat dengan Allah, engkau tidak jemu untuk membangunkan aku di sepertiga malam untuk menghadap Allah. Membawaku ke tikar sejadah dan sama-sama menangis dalam sujud yang lama. Engkau tidak lalai dalam tanggungjawabmu di teratak kecil milik kita. Tidak pernah sekali pun aku merasakan kekurangan dalam keperluan hidupku. Kau sentiasa membuatkannya menjadi cukup biarpun dalam keadaan yang amat sederhana.
Isteriku,biarpun kau menanggung kesakitan yang tidak terperi ketika melahirkan zuriat kita, kau tetap menguntum senyuman terindah tatkala mendengar laungan azanku di telinga si kecil. Senyummu seolah-olah kau tidak pernah merasakan apa-apa kesakitan. Bertambah-tambah kasihku padamu ketika aku menyedari begitu perit kesakitan yang tidak dapat ku bayangkan itu. Kerana kesabaran dan kekuatan jiwamu, kau berjaya melalui kesakitan itu dengan hanya menyebut asma’ Allah. Aku akan sentiasa merasa malu untuk memarahi kerana kesalahan kecil yang kau lakukan, kerana setiap kali itu, aku terkenang seorang gadis mulus yang menerima hulur tanganku, menjagaku dengan baik serta sanggup merasa sakit untuk melahirkan zuriatku.
Isteriku, maafkan aku andai aku pernah meninggikan suaraku saat iblis merasuk hatiku, tangismu yang menghambur benar-benar meluluhkan hatiku. Maafkan aku andai engkau merasai kekurangan biarpun tidak pernah keluar sebuah keluhan daripadamu. Maafkan aku jika pernah aku menyakiti hatimu, aku tidak patut melakukannya pada seorang wanita yang sentiasa memelihara kehormatannya dan mengenalkan putera puteri ku kepada Allah dan Rasullullah selama aku pergi berjuang. Aku berjanji akan terus melindungimu, menjaga kehormatanmu dan cuba membahagiakanmu selagi hayat masih ada. Aku akan sentiasa menanam cinta Allah dan RasulNya dalam nubarimu serta zuriat kita. Aku akan cuba sedaya upayaku untuk menjadi suami dan ayah terbaik dalam hidup kalian. Akan ku tanam gagasan akhirat pada setiap pancang teratak ini hingga terpancar cahaya barokah menembusi langit ke tujuh.
Isteriku, jangan kau ragu untuk mengingatkan janji-janjiku ketika kau lihat aku mula memungkirinya kerana kau adalah pakaianku, dan aku adalah pakaianmu. Aku memohon kepada Allah agar kau tetapkan menjadi bidadariku hingga ke syurga. Sungguh, aku mencintaimu kerana agama yang ada pada dirimu dan aku meredhaimu dunia dan akhirat.
Terima kasih ya Allah kerana mengurniakan aku isteri dan zuriat yang menyejukkan mata.
~Suamimu
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Malay version
Good Friend
Good friends are hard to find
But then they're easy to love
Good friends are gifts that last forever
Like presents from above.
Good friends are one in a million
They're always there to share
They follow the path to your happiness
And walk with you all the way there.
Good friends are lives overlapping
With joy and laughter and tears
Emotions so true that the trust keeps growing
Through weeks and months and years.
Good friends are hard to find
But they're easy to adore
And you've been such a good friend to me
I could ask for nothing more!
But then they're easy to love
Good friends are gifts that last forever
Like presents from above.
Good friends are one in a million
They're always there to share
They follow the path to your happiness
And walk with you all the way there.
Good friends are lives overlapping
With joy and laughter and tears
Emotions so true that the trust keeps growing
Through weeks and months and years.
Good friends are hard to find
But they're easy to adore
And you've been such a good friend to me
I could ask for nothing more!
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Friendship
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