Salam Maal Hijrah

Salam Maal Hijrah!

May Allah SWT at all time guide us all, the muslim & muslimat on the straight path and grant us, HIS Love and Mercy in this life and in hereafter. Ameen.

14th Nov'12 marks our 14th wedding anniversary. 
Alhamdulillah, praise to Allah SWT for HIS countless blessings.
I'll always pray for the happiness in this life and hereafter and may my whole family and I will be reunited in HIS jannah, ameen. 

On the same day, (14th Nov) Gaza had been attacked by Israel. Let's pray for them.
May Allah protect the Palestine people in Gaza and bless them. Ameen.

Laut dan Pantai

Ini gambar2 santai di Pantai Telong, Tok Bali, September lalu. This small beach resort is just few km away from Tok Bali port, Kelantan. Bukan Bali, Indonesia ya! And it's only 30-40 mins drive from my parents' house. Oleh kerana nak ambil udara pantai, dekat pun nak bermalam jugak...

Sempena hari Malaysia, pagi Ahad tu kitaorg serbu pantai tu dengan 4 kereta. My parents, siblings and aunty's family. Mak dengan semangatnya pagi2 dah goreng meehoon, masak nasi, gulai ikan asam pedas, goreng daging kunyit. Ku goreng kopok lekor, my sis bawa nasi gulai kawah dan ayam pedas yg mak mertua dia masak. (dia masak?? ;p) Aunty & sister inlaw bawa jugak food and fruits. Banyak sangat makanan sampai ke petang lah, kiranya itulah breakfast, lunch and dinner kitaorang...  

Towards petang, masing2 mula bersurai sebab Isnin dorang kerja dan budak2 kena pergi sekolah, tinggallah ku dgn parents & sis's family, macam kitaorang yang conquer the whole beach area tu...  We've booked 2 chalet units, sebelah menyebelah. Chalet tu kira oklah untuk budget stay, kalau inginkan luxury, itu bukan tempatnya lah. Standard chalet kampung, basic sangat, yang penting bersih dan ada basic things macam aircond, kipas, so bolehla tidur dengan selesa... Berpadananlah dengan harga rm100/unit/night for family room with 2 double beds. Dalam bilik tu disediakan satu sofa panjang untuk menonton tv, so agak penuhlah bilik kecil tu tapi masih ada ruang untuk solat antara sofa dan katil. Diluar bilik, ada anjung untuk menikmati angin laut dan tempat berasap.. (ni port ayah ler..) Sekitar resort tu pun bersih, banyak disediakan meja makan dan tempat duduk. Kawasannya juga teduh (skelilingnya banyak pokok) dan terpelihara. 

Sebelum ni, keluarga di kb akan ke pantai2 yang dah terlalu commercial seperti PCB, Pantai Irama, Seri Tujuh, etc. Ini kira kali pertamalah kami ke Pantai Telong & we like it.  Next time, insyaalah kalau ada masa, boleh pergi ramai2 dengan hby & anak yang tidak berpeluang turut serta pada masa tu, maybe to another resort... banyak resort2 sepanjang pantai ni (kena rajin survey...) 

 ~I heart beach~

Subhanallah, hebatnya alam ciptaan Allah SWT, lengkap melengkapi... Dengan laut dan ombaknya, pantai dan pasirnya, langit dan awannya, sinaran mentari dan rimbunan pohon untuk berteduh...

Sekitar Permai Resort, kawasannya diteduhi pokok & terjaga bersih.. 

Pantai yg landai & banyak ketam2 kecil merangkak2 di situ. (macam baby la pulak merangkak2;p)

Ada lalat jugak especially time nak makan, ni spoil sikit! 

Suka lepak di bangku ni... 

Aktiviti anak2 buah...

Puasa sunat hari Arafah, 9 Zulhijjah

Jom puasa sunat hari Arafah esok, Khamis 9 Zulhijjah bagi orang2 yang tak buat haji tahun ni. Semoga amalan diterima & mendapat keampunan dari Allah SWT, amin.

Ketika Rasulullah SAW ditanya

tentang puasa di hari Arafah,

maka baginda bersabda:

"Ia Dapat Menghapuskan Dosa

 Setahun Yang Lalu Dan

Setahun Yang Akan Datang"

Hadith Riwayat Imam Muslim

Happy Summer Hols

Salam Ramadhan to all. Hope it's not too late to wish even we are approaching towards the end of this barakah month... hmm sigh, time flies. May Allah pardons our sin and grants us with HIS countless blessing, ameen.

Alhamdulillah, Akid & I have the opportunity to go back to Malaysia during the fasting month and insyallah will be celebrating Eid, here. Hubby will join us for Eid, later.

To all, Selamat Hari Raya & Maaf Zahir Batin.

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Di bawah ni, gambar2 sekitar Jun & Julai 2012 - cuti musim panas di tanahair.

Budak yang happy nak bercuti panjang, balik kampung...

We flew back to Malaysia via Oman Air & transit for a while at Muscat airport.

However, most of the school children in Doha had to go through the final Exam before going for a long summer break. Alhamdulillah, Akid had made an impressive progress in his class and received the Most Outstanding Progress award from the school.

Bravo dear and keep it up :)

Antara yang dirindui tentang Malaysia adalah keindahan dan kehijauan alamnya, pulau, pantai, jeram dengan deru air terjun, kicau unggas dan pemandangan bukit bukau yang sejuk mata memandang. Subhanallah. 

Akid bersama adik2 sepupu di Air Terjun Sungai Gabai, dekat saja dengan KL / Kajang. Sangat convenient untuk beriadah dan beristirehat bersama keluarga di hujung minggu. Kitaorang pergi untuk bersarapan pagi di sana, sekali sekala tukar angin :)

Air jeram yang sejuk!!

Selamat Hari Lahir, suami.

~12th June~

Happy Birthday to my other half, a man whom is so dear to my heart, my best friend and my soul mate. 

I always pray for his happiness in this world and in hereafter. May Allah bless him with countless blessings. Aameen... 

I realize that I didn't write much about my husband in this blog before. To somebody who knows my hubby well, he is known as a gentle and kindhearted person who will easily forgive others and forget about it. Perlu ker ni puji suami sendiri hahah... ^__^. That's what I really think of him. He taught me, among so many other things, the true meaning of forgiveness and to let go of the past. All I can say, I'm blessed to share my life with him...  

Btw, he hardly read my blog ;

Takziah :(

Pics from Al-Jazeera.com

(Villagio mall on fire: Mon - 28 May 2012).
It was reported that at least 19 people had been killed in the incident. Among those were 13 children whom trapped in a nursery, 4 female teachers and 2 firefighters. The nursery (Gympanzee), where most of the children were (mostly expatriates children of different nationalities), was on the first floor with difficult access. - Source: Al-Jazeera.

Shocking news of yesterday's mall blaze had caused injury & fatality to innocent people including the helpless kindy children. It's so heartbreaking to hear this and I extend my deepest condolence to the victims' families.

Oh my! Poor innocent kids :'( May this be a lesson learnt to the authorities in-charge for not compromising safety aspects in the building designs!! It should be a regular and strict QA/QC to ensure all the safety alarms, fire protection systems are working and safety procedures for hazard (fire exit, trained mall officers, etc) are clearly outlined and strictly followed. I pray such case won't happen again in the future. 

Below are our back-then pics in Villagio mall taken via instagram (year 2011). It was such a beautiful mall, a popular hang-out spot among the locals and expatriates...

Pindah rumah

After being here for almost 8 months, we finally moved out from the serviced apartment for which was planned as a temporary stay, to a new home. This new home is relatively smaller unit but cozy and just nice for our small family. I love this apartment, its layout, the provided furniture & stuffs, its hidden balcony, the ground level parking spaces (compared to previous basement parking) and its efficient maintenance support. 

Well, it was not easy to find a vacant fully furnished apartment within our specific budget in this specific location with quite spacious layout (for apartment standard) and reasonably good furniture provided (almost new). The reasonable ones were mostly fully occupied. After countless surveys, alhamdulillah, this one practically meets our expectation. It's just 5 mins drive to hubby's office and 10 mins drive to my son's school as well as to the airport. Furthermore, it feels considerably cool being inside the apartment even during this hot summer. Mode: happy :)  Well, no idea when it comes to winter though...  

Opps, no mover hired like the above pic. Below pic was the real one :p

Easy peasy recipe: Arabic Salad

Once in a while (maybe the right word is once in a blue moon;p) when I'm in the mood of learning the new Arabic words, I'll search for the lesson in the You Tube and I kinda love these simple lessons (few different sessions) by this lady by the name of Maha. One of the lessons that I followed, came with the salad recipe. I was listening to it while I was cooking for lunch and automatically, I searched for the ingredients available in my fridge and wallah, the Arabic salad was one of the lunch dishes for that day. I'm sharing the recipe here as well as the Arabic words for the ingredients :) 

Arabic Salad (Salata Arabiyyah) - credit to Maha's you tube.

Ingredients:

Main

-2 Cucumber (khiyar)

-2 Tomato (tamatem)

-1 small Capsicum (felfel) 

-Onion leaves (basal akhdar)

-Mint leaves (Na'na')

For sauce

-1/2 tsp of salt (melh)

-1 Lemon (laymoon)

-1 tbs of Olive oil (zayt zaytoon)

-a bit of black pepper (bahar)

-a bit of cumin (kamoon)  ~ I didn't add this as it was not available in my kitchen at that time.

Above is the original ingredient for Arabic salad, however I also added carrots and salad leaves to it. 

Method:

Dice the cucumber, tomatoes and capsicum. 

Chop the onion and mint leaves.

If you like to add salad leaves / carrot, cut them to small pieces.

Mix them (veggies) altogether in a large bowl and put aside. 

For its sauce, we need to extract the lemon juice and pour it into a cup. 

Then add a small amount of salt, olive oil, black pepper and cumin into the juice and stir it.

Finally combine the sauce with the mixed veggies and it's ready to be served :)

Easy peasy, right. Give it a try... It's yummy and it also goes well with Malaysian lauk pauk such as ayam masak pedas/ kari / kurma. It's more or less like the Malaysian 'acar timun'. 

his memorable days

When I first set up this blog, my intention was to share my stories with a close circle of family and friends. I've no particular topic to write except for things happening around me & family, especially when I was out-stationed and left the family behind. At that time, my hubby and son didn't have the facebook account and one way for them to view the photos were from my blog. I write especially about my son hoping that Insyallah, one day we'll have a chance to read the previous posts, looking back of our memories. I guess most mothers have this kind of passionate in treasuring memories of their children's life...

For the first 2 weeks here, Akid questioned us repeatedly why we had to come to Doha. Hmm kind of protest for coming all the way here and leaving the complacent life in Kl. I could feel his reluctance in leaving Kl, bidding farewell to his school and friends there. I can't blame him, I understand how he felt. I was once crying over the phone begging to my father not to transfer me from the school which I had just been for 2 months. (for which my father didn't listen to and to which later, I was doing just fine in that new school;p) What more for my son who had spent 4 years in his previous school and had to leave his hometown, to mix with a new circle of friends of different nationalities and to communicate in his second language. However, we believe kids are easy to adapt to changes and alhamdulillah, he proves us right.

From my observation, kids are more ready and sincere to accept new friend/s and innocent enough not to judge others. They can easily grab the language / slang (also Kelantanese slang if he's in Kb) and mix around. After 2-3 weeks, he has been more than happy to be in this new school, befriends not only with schoolchildren but also with his teachers. I'm always looking forward to hear his stories about the school and friends whenever he comes back from school.

Alhamdulillah so far he has adjusted to the new school system, making more friends, enjoying his school and has progressed steadily. Below are some of small recognitions from the teachers/ school which I believe will be part of his child's sweet memories later ;)

1. The certificate for achievement in Arabic class for non-Arabic speakers. This is given for scoring full mark in the 1st term exam. He and another Chinese girl received this.

2. The bling-bling bear key chain was given by his class teacher, Miss Jeanette for scoring full mark in Maths.

3. The cert given for scoring highest mark in the Sam learning homework (online homework).

4. The cute notebook was given by his Arab teacher, Miss Fatimah for the same reason as no. 1 ;)

When he showed me the notebook, it's kind of dejavu as I also had a notebook as a present from one of my teachers in my primary school and I still keep that book til now :)

As a kid, getting gift/s from his/her teacher is always the happening thing ever. I'm sure he appreciates the gifts from the teachers, especially the one bought personally by them.  I believe, these are given as the encouragement for him and the rest of the class too.

Last week was a 'Book Week' and Thursday was a Book Character day in his school. Akid decided to be the Alexandre the Great and the result was as the pic above. Thanks to Abah who had helped with the crown and bangles. (from the cardboard) I altered his white 'jubah' (Arabic cloak) and pinned the red cloth to it to make it looks like the Greek costume (as referred to the googled picture on the right. The idea was not so original then ;p). Surprisingly, his class voted him for the best costume. I shared his happiness as he hugged and thanked me for helping him with the costume once he reached home from school.

One of the activities on that day was that the pupils had to design a bookmark in a given time of 20 minutes and again he won the contest. (His bookmark with the dragon picture on it, kind of obsess with the dragon drawing at the moment). What a memorable day for him as he brought back two books as the presents for winning the best costume and the best bookmark.  Well, this is good as the school helps to encourage children to love reading :) Bravo N.I.S!

Carta salasilah para anbiya

Berkongsi Salasilah Para Nabi/ Rasul dan juga salasilah junjungan kita, Nabi Muhammad SAW.

Saya kekadang akan 'save' info, esp. chart / doa / article yang saya berminat untuk rujuk dari internet, fb, email, etc. Since sesetengahnya sudah berzaman dalam computer folders, so saya tak berapa pasti dari mana sumber dan 'originator'. Moga2 dihalalkan saya ambil untuk berkongsi demi ilmu dan pengetahuan, bukan for profit purposes pun. Semoga Allah sajalah yang membalas jasa orang2 yang menghasilkan semua ni. 

Dari sumber "This is Mohammad":

Allah telah kurniakan keturunan dari Nabi Ibrahim (Abraham) i.e. Nabi Ismail (anak dengan isteri keduanya Hajar) dan Nabi Ishak dikenali jugak sebagai Isaac, anak dengan isteri pertama baginda, Sarah. DiberitahuNYA kepada Nabi Ibrahim bahawa dari keturunannya akan berkembang kepada dua bangsa, dan tiga agama. Antara sebab kenapa Allah telah mengarahkan Nabi Ibrahim membawa isterinya, Hajar untuk melahirkan nabi ismail ke tempat baru jauh dari Palestin. Dari keturunan Nabi Ismail lahirnya Nabi Muhammad SAW dan dari Nabi Ishak berkembang keturunan Nabi Musa (Moses) dan Nabi Isa (Jesus). Allah Maha Pengatur dan Maha Mengetahui.

Dari sumber yang sama, moyang Nabi (SAW) iaitu Hasyim merupakan orang yang bertanggungjawab menjayakan dan menetapkan dua perjalanan perniagaan terpenting ketika itu, satunya semasa musim panas ke Syria (utara) dan semasa musim sejuk ke Yaman (selatan) yang mana telah menjadikan Mekah di zaman itu berkembang menjadi bandar kaya dan pusat perniagaan yang maju. 

Umrah trip, ziarah and a bit of sirah

~Perjalanan Umrah dan ziarah 6-14 April 2012~

Alhamdulillah, dipermudahkan kami untuk mengerjakan umrah kali ini. One thing that I always notice, should we have the right intention of doing something, Insyallah, Allah will assist and make it easy for us. Pada mulanya, kitaorg berkira-kira untuk memandu dari Doha ke Mekah secara solo. Bila tanya orang2 yg dikenali (masih baru di Doha, orang yg dikenali pun beberapa kerat ajelah) kebetulan ada yang baru saja pergi cuti sekolah lepas ataupun ada yang ambil 'flight' ke sana. So, kami rasa 'confident' untuk redah 'drive' berpandukan gps dan info dari internet. Tak disangka, selang seminggu sebelum pergi, semasa saya borak2 dengan seorang kakak yang baru dikenali ni, dia pun nak ke sana pada hari yg sama dan tak keberatan jika kami konvoi dgnnya. Last minute kawan ofis suami pun turut serta. Jadi kami 3 kereta convoy ke Mekah, alhamdulillah ada guide utk yg 'first timer travel via road' macam kami ni. Kalau tak, rasanya terkial2 jugaklah. Pergi dengan orang yang dah 3-4 kali pergi, sungguh 'reliable', sbb dorang dah tau selok belok dealing with custom, arah jalan dan tempat2 R&R yg sesuai. All in all, syukur dipermudahkan. Lepas2 ni dah taulah kalau nak memandu ke sana cuma perjalanan yang agak jauh memenatkan pemandu (x boleh nak bergilir sbb perempuan x dibenarkan memandu di sana). Cabaran utama, mengantuk semasa memandu dengan jalan lurus di tengah padang pasir dan kadang2 meredah ribut pasir yg tebal & kadangkala berpanjangan, kena 'slowdown' due to low visibility. 

sandstorm

Antara pemandangan yg menarik sepanjang perjalanan

sekawan unta di padang pasir

Akid in ihram.

Singgah bermalam di Taif. Another 60-70 km to Mecca. 

Mula berihram dan pasang niat di Miqat Qarn Al Manazil di Taif. 

Masjid di Miqat ni bersih dan bilik airnya selesa. Bagi orang yg tidak bermalam dimana2 tempat penginapan, boleh mandi sunat ihram di sini. Bilik air & mandi (shower) banyak. Selepas niat dan solat sunat di Miqat, kami memulakan perjalanan ke Mekah dgn bertalbiah. Kenangan mengerjakan haji kembali menerjah, cuma 2 tahun lepas, ramai2 bertalbiah didalam bas dari Madinah ke Mekah. Terbit perasaan teruja dan kerdil, teruja untuk sampai ke rumah Allah dan merasa sungguh kerdilnya kita sebagai hamba yg Esa. Dari Taif ke Mekah Al Mukarramah, muka buminya jugak berbukit bukau dari batu2 keras dan berpadang pasir. Bila baca sejarah, Rasulullah ke Taif dari Mekah (60-70km) untuk berdakwah dan menyeru kaum di Taif untuk beriman (menerima Islam), namun balasan yang diterima, baginda dperlekehkan dan dilempar dengan batu. Sebenarnya byk cabaran dan liku2 ditempuhi rasulullah di awal2 dan sepanjang mengembangkan ajaran Islam terutamanya tentangan dari kaumnya sendiri kaum Quraisy.

Sepanjang perjalanan yg panjang dari Doha-Taif-Mekah, Mekah-Madina dan pulang Madinah-Riyadh-Doha) sambil2 utk menemani suami agar tidak mengantuk, mcm2 topik keluar, selain isu semasa kadang2 berkisar sejarah zaman rasulullah dan khalifah. My hubby is my 'walking library', mcm ada folder buku2 yg dia baca dlm otak dia tu, so byk exchange cerita. Ada few applications yg dah lama saya download ke handphone tp tak sempat nak baca habis, so baca dlm spjg perjalanan, refresh balik sejarah nabi yg pernah dengar dan baca dulu2, ada yg dah lupa. Kdg2 tertidur jugak, kesian driver ;p

Saya suka baca 'Prophetic Timeline' ni sungguh padat & ringkas, dengan setiap cerita ada subsections: 'events' ; 'lessons & wisdoms'; 'Edicts & Rulings'. Senang ikut based on timeline. Another application: 'This is Mohammad' by iPhoneislam, menceritakan agak terperinci pasal perjalanan hidup Rasulullah. Others sejarah kalifah2 islam dan hero2 islam yg banyak berjasa mengembangkan syiar islam ke kontinen2 sekitarnya. Dalam Prophetic Timeline, it starts with the descendents of Abraham (ke keturunan nabi, kaum Quraish dari bani Hashim) till to the last chapter, the 'The Choice', hari2 terakhir baginda Rasulullah (SAW). 

Bercerita dengan anak, Nabi Muhammad (SAW) pun anak tunggal, (macam isu besar to some people yg murah rezeki dengan anak2, rezeki Allah tetapkan tidak sama ok, ada terlebih dan terkurang here and there. Perlu ker nak tanya berulangkali dan persoalkan takdir Allah. Ops sessi meluah perasan pulak:@). Malah baginda dilahirkan anak yatim, tak pernah kenal rupa bapa, so I pesan dekat anak kita kena banyak bersyukur, kita dah diberi nikmat macam2. Seawal 6 tahun, Rasulullah ditakdirkan menjadi yatim piatu. Sedih sungguh baca, bila ibunya, Aminah membawa nabi ke Madinah bersama pengasuhnya Barakah berjumpa dgn relatives, uncles and cousins, seronok bermain bersama, belajar main layang2 etc, but then bila otw pulang ke Mekah, ibunya meninggal, nabi yg ketika itu baru berusia 6 tahun, pulanglah dengan sedih dengan  pengasuhnya. Baginda kemudian dijaga oleh datuknya Abdul Muttalib. Nama sebenar Abdul Muttalib, Shaybah, anak kepada orang berpengaruh Mekah, Hashim & Salma. Bila Al-Muttalib, adik kepada moyang nabi Hashim mengambil datuk nabi dari Madinah (dulu, dipanggil Yathrib) dan membawa ke Mekah, org2 Mekah menyangka dia hamba Muttalib, lalu dipanggil Abdul Muttalib. (Abdul maknanya hamba). 

Nabi Muhammad SAW antara cucu kesayangan Abdul Muttalib, sentiasa berada disebelah datuknya ketika datuk berehat2 bersama anak2nya di tepi kaabah. Anak Abdul Muttalib (bapa2 saudara nabi) kesemuanya 10 orang, antaranya Hamzah & Abbas yg memeluk Islam, Abu Talib yg menyokong nabi dan Abu Lahab yg begitu tegar menentang baginda sehingga turun ayat Al-Lahab. Tempat bermanja, datuknya pula meninggal semasa baginda berumur 8 tahun. Sedih mengenangkan seorang kanak2 hilang tempat bergantung, satu persatu. Alhamdulillah, Allah tidak membiarkan nabi terkontang kanting, baginda kemudian dibela bapa saudara kesayangannya Abi Talib. Kemudian, years later (dalam tahun 10 kenabian) nabi diuji dengan pemergian orang2 kesayangan bila Abu Talib bapa saudara yg banyak membela dan melindungi nabi dari kaum Quraish (walaupun bapa saudaranya tidak beriman dgn agama Allah) diikuti dengan isteri tercinta Khadijah, orang yg paling rapat, tunjang kekuatan yang sentiasa menemani dan menyokong baginda. Tahun tersebut dikenali dengan The year of deep sorrow. Hmmm so heartbreaking! Dah jadi entry sejarah pulak. Btw, kisah rasulullah tak pernah jemu untuk dibaca.

Alhamdulillah, sampailah kami ke kota suci Mekah, yg Allah janjikan pahala berganda bila beribadat keranaNya di situ, insyallah, ameen! Tanah haram yang tidak dibenarkan 'non muslim' untuk menjejak kaki ke situ. Suasana di masjidilharam walaupun tidak sepadat musim haji, tapi orang sentiasa ramai persis ketika haji.

Selepas 3 hari di Mekah, kami bergerak ke Madinah. Dalam perjalanan dari Mekah ke Madinah, permandangan sekitar yang tenang dgn bukit bukau dan padang pasir seluas mata memandang. Satu dua tempat terdapat wadi dan ladang unta. Bila mengenangkan bagaimana Rasulullah (SAW) dengan sahabat baiknya Sayyidina Abu Bakar (ra) sekadar menunggang unta meredah padang pasir yang berbukit-bukau, selama 7 hari berturut2 (mengikut sumber yg dibaca, credit to 'Prophetic Timeline') dalam terik mentari dan dingin malam (mungkin ada ribut pasir jugak, ni saya tambah, but it could be so) semasa awal berhijrah secara senyap2 dari Mekah ke Madinah setelah ada pakatan dari kaum Quraisyh Mekah untuk membunuh baginda. Whereas, nowadays people travel via staright hiway and as ourselves, we travelled in air conditioned vehicle just within few hours (roughly 5hrs) to reach Medina. 

Alhamdulillah, selamat sampai Madinah Al Munawwarah, bumi kaum Ansar yang menerima agama Tauhid, Allah swt dan banyak mendokong perjuangan Rasulullah, disamping menerima dan banyak membantu kaum muslimin muhajirin dari Mekah. Check-in di salah satu hotel antara banyak hotel2 sekitar masjid Nabawi. Kali ni, saya berulang alik ke ke masjid bersendirian sahaja, tidak seperti waktu haji ada kawan perempuan (Fuza) bersama2 dengan dia sentiasa. Bila masuk area Raudhah, banyak bertawakkal sahaja sbb orang ramai yang sesetengahnya agak aggressif. Saya menyelit2 sahaja dengan jemaah2 dari Turki, Arab dan Pakistan (kes malas nak menunggu, Kumpulan dari Asia selalu dilepaskan akhir-akhir), alhamdulillah dipermudahkanNya untuk solat didalam raudhah. Ada seorang wanita muda kebetulan berdoa didepan saya, lalu saya mengalihkan dia sedikit untuk berada ditepi dan solat. Dia seolah2 faham dan jadi 'guard' dari saya ditolak jemaah lain. Selesai solat dia melambai tangan bye2 utk pergi & saya ucapkan tq :) 

Semasa menunggu salah satu solat zohor, kebetulan sampai awal ke masjid, saya mengambil tempat di sebelah wanita pakistan dari Manchester. Selesai solat sunat dan baca Al-quran, kami sempat jugakla bertegur sapa. Dia yang menegur saya dulu (as usual, sbb saya jarang nak tegur orang yang belum dikenali) Seronok dengar seorang ibu yang bangga bercerita tentang anak2nya dan saya yakin dalam hati dia terdetik syukur. Dari seramai 5 org, yg duduk serata dunia termasuk Asia, i.e. Korea & indonesia. Sebelahnya diperkenalkan menantunya Sofea, a British convert married to her 2nd son, 'minah saleh' yang ayu bertudung litup. Nampakla dia mengajar menantunya sembahyang sunat, baca Quran. She's such a good mother in law. Selepas zohor, bila nak sembahyang sunat, terdengar menantunya bertanya, again? hehe... Sebelum berpisah sempatla dia (if not mistaken her name is Shumi, m bad with names) pesan to remember them in prayers. Insyallah, we are encouraged to pray for all muslims even for those are no longer with us in this world. Nampak kelibat mereka semasa masuk ke raudhah. Tidak terserempak pulak kakak2 dan makcik2 (emak kakak2 yg pergi bersama) dan orang2 Doha semasa di masjidil nabawi maupun di masjidilharam. Selain tempat besar, orang ramai, saya jenis jalan tak nampak orang... Bila jumpa semasa nak pergi ziarah bersama, barulah dengar cerita pengalaman mereka beribadat disana dan alhamdulillah mereka juga dipermudahkan semasa masuk ke raudhah. 

While in Madinah, kitaorg ambil kesempatan ke masjid Qubaa dan Bukit Uhud sebelum bertolak balik keesokan paginya dengan menempuh ribut pasir yg berpanjangan sebelum sampai ke Riyadh dan bermalam di situ sebelum meneruskan perjalanan ke Doha. Pecah rekod tidak membeli belah apa-apa di Mekah dan Madinah kecuali membeli sebotol besar air zam zam untuk dibawa pulang dan sedikit makanan utk bekalan di dalam kereta. Harapan saya, suami & anak akan diberi hidayah, lebih berubah ke arah kebaikan dan disayangi Allah swt. Saya tak kisah jika manusia tak memperduli dan mengasihi kami asalkan tidak Allah swt. Semoga kami dipanjangkan umur, dimurahkan rezeki, diberi kelapangan dan diizinNya untuk kembali lagi dan dapat beribadat di Masjidilharam & Masjidilnabawi, insyallah.

Syukur, segalanya dipermudahkan Allah, arrived home safe and sound.

Masjidil Nabawi

Masjid Qubaa

Makam Syuhada Uhud.  

Bukit Rumat - dimana rasulullah secara strategik menempatkan pemanah muslim semasa perang Uhud melawan angkatan Mekah pimpinan Khalid Al Walid. Perang Uhud yg memberi banyak pengajaran kepada kaum muslimin Ansar & muhajirin.  Bapa saudara nabi, Hamzah yg digelar Singa Allah antara yg syahid, ditangan Wahshi yg tangkas dgn tombak yang telah diupah untuk membunuhnya.

Wah panjangnya my entry this time. Saya memang suka sejarah ter 'elaborate' lebih sikit! Kelemahan saya if ada fakta2 yg agak lari, sbb sy tulis laju2 apa yg sy faham & ingat dan 'flow' agak yg keluar dari otak ke jari yg menaip. That's why bahasa kali ni agak campur baur, english-bm. Hmm again, my bad.