Amar Razali

Bismillah,

As-salaamu'alaikum,

Seperti sudah lama tidak menulis. MashaAllah kerja sejak akhir ini bertimbun-timbun. Namun alhamdulillah, banyak perkara yang dipelajari disebalik kesibukan itu.

Sedari kecil saya dididik untuk menghargai idea yang dikemukakan. Idea, bagi saya merupakan suatu anugerah dan nikmat daripada Allah, hasil pemerhatian dan pengamatan yang kita lakukan dalam perkara yang kita kerjakan. Sehinggalah saya menempuh alam universiti, ketika berada di US, saya belajar betapa pentingnya diberikan kebebasan untuk meluahkan idea, dan bertambah indah lagi sekiranya kita diberi kebebasan untuk membangunkan sendiri idea yang kita kemukakan kerana pastinya kita akan mendapat lebih kepuasan.

Namun malangnya, saya kurang nampak perkara itu terjadi di sini. Idea seolah-olah kurang dihargai - sebaliknya yang lebih diutamakan, siapa yang memberi idea - adakah beliau seorang executive muda, atau seorang jurutera baru, yang pastinya idea yang diberi seolah-olah suatu ancaman kepada yang lebih berpengalaman, atau pandangan remeh temeh daripada seorang yang berhingus, atau daripada seorang ketua jabatan, atau penolong pengarah, atau mungkin ketua executive syarikat yang barulah sebenarnya datang idea yang bernas. Benarkah begitu?

Ah, betapa sengsaranya akal cuba menerima kenyataan ini. Justeru, apa yang kita harapkan daripada pekerja-pekerja yang baru dilantik? Kita mungkin telah memilih calon yang terbaik daripada kebanyakan calon - pintar, berkarisma, berkeyakinan, berani. Tetapi adakah dengan cara kita memilih untuk melayan pekerja yang baru dilantik - dengan hanya perlu mengikut telunjuk, jangan membantah dan sila menjadi seorang pak turut sahaja - akan membangun dan mengilap bakat dan semangat berkobar-kobar mereka yang sedia ada? Adakah ini warga kerja yang kita mahukan? Adakah dengan cara ini dapat memajukan kumpulan?

Saya berdoa kepada Allah agar hati ini ditenangkan, diberi kesabaran dan kekuatan. Mungkin inilah asam garam kehidupan. Tetapi jauh di hati sanubari saya berkata bahawa situasi ini perlu diubah kelak kerana jika tidak, kualiti diri tidak akan ke mana.

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As-salamu'alaikum,

I was performing Salatul 'asr in my office prayer room when I felt partially unstable. I was dizzy for a while, and I initially thought that maybe I was too tired on that day - had a LIMA 2009 Committee meeting for nearly 3 hours, and had been very busy with ISO application since morning. After I finished with the prayer, I went down to the operation area and asked my technicians if they felt the same thing. They told me that they felt the shacking and in fact some of the chemicals were shacking as well. Some of them even rushed out from the building to be at the open space area.

I was a little bit surprised (of course) because it was my first experience during earthquake. May Allah protect us from the danger, and preventing disasters from occurring, ameen.

After 4 years, this time, whole family is in da house! MashaAllah. Allahamdulillah. Allahuakbar.

To all my dear friends, in US, in Malaysia and all around the world, Eid Mubarak to all of you too. Please remember me in your du'a.

Eid Mubarak! Taqabbalallah minna waminkum! May Allah bless the day of Eid - whenever it falls - for all Muslims and return it to us while the ummah is closer to Allah and in a better condition. And it is Allah whom we seek and He is the best Guide to the ways of righteousness. May Allah accept ours and yours ibadat InshaAllah.

A very interesting & important reminder indeed.

As-salaam 'alaykum warahmatullah wabarakatuh,

Try to listen to this excellent lecture, given by Ahmad Jibril. The topic is 'Are You Ready for Ramadhan?' For me, this is one of the best lectures ever especially in this present context. I wish you will listen to it. 

Ahmad Jibril (may Allah hasten his release from prison, ameen) is a graduate from Islamic University of Madinah in the field of Shari'ah. He spent a portion of his life in Saudi Arabia and the remainder in the United States. He currently resides in the United States and has spent many years teaching classes to the community.

p/s: Please listen to this lecture, it's highly recommended. Again, here's the link to the audio lecture: http://www.kalamullah.com/Ahmad%20Jibril/ramadanprepare.wma

No American President has ever said this about Muslims. Listen to this video. 

I love my brother AbdulRahman Chao! Listen to one of his lectures, Ramadhan Prep - Eman Tune Up.

p/s: You can visit at his imeem page for more of his audio lectures. 

As-salaam 'alaykum warahmatullah wabarakatuh,

Ramadhan has a special relationship with the Quran, as Allah says in the interpretation of the meaning: "The month of Ramadhan is the one in which the Quran was sent down, a guidance for mankind, clear proofs for the guidance, the Criterion; so whoever amongst you witnesses this month, let him fast it." [Quran 2:185)

The word 'so' in this ayah leads to the following paraphrase of one aspect of its meaning: "Fast this month because it is the one in which the Quran was sent down".

Ibn 'Abbas narrates "that the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, was the most generous person, and he would be at his most generous in Ramadhan because Angel Jibreel (Gabriel) would come to him every night and he would rehearse the Quran with him." [Recorded in Al-Bukhaari]

This hadeeth contains the following recommendations that we can take heed from:

1. Studying the Quran in Ramadhan
2. Coming together for this purpose 
3. Checking (one's memory/knowledge of) the Quran with someone who has preserved it better
4. Increasing recitation of the Quran in Ramadhan 
5. That the night time is the best time to recite, when other preoccupations decrease and it is easier to concentrate, as in Soorah al-Muzzammil [73:6]. 

Further, Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, narrated from her father the Prophet Muhammad, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, who told her: "Jibreel would rehearse the Quran with him (in Ramadhan) once every year, and he did so twice in the year of his death." [Recorded in Al-Bukhaari]

About the situation of the Salaf (our righteous predecessors) during Ramadhan, Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali said:

"Some of the Salaf would complete reciting the whole Quran during the night prayer of Ramadhan every 3 days; others every 7 days (e.g. Qataadah) and others in 10 days (e.g. Abu Rajaa' al-Atardi). The Salaf would recite Quran in Ramadhan in Prayer as well as outside it.

Al-Zuhri would say when Ramadhan began, 'It is recitation of the Quran and feeding of people.'

When Ramadhan began, Imam Maalik would stop narrating Hadeeth and sitting with the people of knowledge, and stick to reciting the Quran from its pages, while Sufyaan al-Thawri would leave other acts of worship and stick to reciting the Quran.

'Aishah would recite from the pages of the Quran at the beginning of the day in Ramadhan (i.e. after Dawn), until when the sun had risen, then she would sleep.

Zayd al-Yaami would bring copies of the Quran when Ramadhan began and gather his companions around him."

So let us turn to the Quran this Ramadhan and build a foundation for the rest of the coming year. Ameen. 

Allahuma Balighna Ramadhan (Oh Allah, Grant us Ramadhan).

Source: IslamWeb.net