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I have a very bad habit

Posted by Nurul on 1:28 AM
Assalamu'alaikum

This is the worst habit I have and it annoys even myself.
Sometime, I love being with someone so much until I suffocate the person with too much care and love and bla bla bla.
I don't do it to everybody.
Just the ones that I really love and enjoy being with.
I love being with the person so much until it seems really hard for me to stay away and give the person some space to breathe.
I'll call and text and seems like i try too hard.
But I wasn't!
I just like being with the person.
U know what I mean?
This is so bad.
So wrong!
But I can't seem to stop myself.
Help!!!
I need advice.
I love Allah, MashaAllah of course.
Who doesn't? Don't be crazy.
But I love this person too.
I make du'a everyday to give me the strength to cure this habit.
but it hasn't been granted yet.
Will power.
That's what I don't have.
Help!

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The hairdresser BUTCHERED my hair

Posted by Nurul on 11:38 PM
Salam'Alaikum.

I went for a haircut today at a new place and the hairdresser totally butchered my hair. I was so unhappy. I kept my hair long for 2 yrs and it WAS nice and wavy. Suddenly this lady with a scissors and a hair comb KILLED my hair. I was so ready to cry but I was embarrassed to. Alhamdulillah I'm a hijabi. If not, I might pull a GI Jane hairstyle just to make myself look more stylo than now. I look like a piece of mop on legs. Aaaaaa!!!!!! God!

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When there's too much fashion on a niqabi woman

Posted by Nurul on 10:43 AM
Assalamu'Alaikum...

I know that it's woman's nature to be pretty and all. But I was surfin the internet and I saw so many niqabis wearing too much fashion. It made me think. What's the real reason when we decided to wear the niqab? (I'm talking bout those that made their own choice to cover up like me. Not from countries that made it compulsory to wear niqab).

When I say too much fashion, I DO MEAN TOO MUCH. All these bling-blings, huge brooches here and there, wrapping your way too colorful shayla until it look dangerously choking yourself, fussly-tassled-decorated abaya with rhinestones on it (during special ocassion, InshaAllah it's acceptable), too brightly colored eyeshadow, etc. I know that it's normal for cultures in some countries to wear brighly colored clothing. If it's normal in your country then InshaAllah you're not feeling like you wanna show off, then it's fine. Whatever that doesn't attract too much attention is good. (Can't imagine wearing just black in India where everybody is wearing colors)

For me (and I believe most women out there), InshaAllah, when I decided to wear the niqab, it's because I wanna look modest, avoiding too much attention and help to guard me from feeling 'riak' by wanting to show my 'whatever' to others. I also pray to Allah to take care of me and (if possible) give me barokah from following our Prophet's wives way of covering themselves. (It's not wrong to pray and ask from Allah, ok? Please don't start criticizing about this).

But I saw so many women nowadays in my country that are wearing the niqab with pretty, but see-through hijab (and when I point it out nicely to a sister, she actually got angry and started to rant out on me about I should'nt think that I'm better than her. Honest to God, I wasn't. Sister, I was telling it nice and slow to you coz I luv u as my Muslim sister. I don't want people to say bad things behind your back coz that time a few ladies in the musolla were already talking about u).

And the niqab itself, MashaAllah, sometimes are too see-through, fully decorated with laces and bling-blings piping. Attract more attention to your face than ever! A bit is ok, but not that much!

Also, I saw so many girls and ladies on social network websites (myspace, facebook, friendster, etc) that are wearing the niqab for fun and took photos with inappropriate clothes, profile descriptions (language sisters! Language!) and manners to accompany the niqab. Why are these Muslim sisters playing with it? I feel so sad sometimes coz I think these kind of things are degrading the niqab and the reason of wearing it. It's bad enough for some non-muslims to make fun of it on youtube and all. We as Muslim wanna make fun of it too??? Fear Allah, sisters.

I'd love to see more Muslim sisters wear the niqab AND have some respect for 'that thing' they're wearing on their beautiful faces. Try not to do bad things and say nasty things and act appropriately when the hijab and niqab are on u (even when you're not wearing them at home, pls take care of your iman, ok?). Have some respect. Show some respect. It's our Prophet's wives way of covering themselves, for Allah's sake!

Maybe it's better for the sisters that wear the niqab for fun and to show that they're better women than others to stop wearing the niqab. Wear it when you're ready one day and do it for Allah. I love all my Muslim sisters. Even if you're not wearing hijab and wear sexy clothes, I still love you. Coz we're all Muslims. We only have each other at the end.

I hate it when some Muslims say that those that are wearing hijab /niqab are good Muslimahs with good iman and suitable wife material. THAT is a huge myth. If you're a good Muslim man, you can guide your non-hijabi/niqabi wife to better themselves. And just because someone is wearing clothes that cover themselves from head to toe it doesn't show their iman (although it's good that they're following Allah's ruling for Muslimahs to wear hijab and loose (+not see tru) clothing). Only Allah knows what's in our hearts.

Riak comes in so many different ways. Sometimes, wearing something to show that we're OH SO PIOUS is riak as well if we even think for a second "Hey look. I'm better than u. Look at the way I dress. I'm such a good Muslim".

There was this guy that sent me a comment on my myspace last time. The guy asked me why I wear the niqab. I said "Only Allah knows. I can't quite explain it in normal words". Then the guy wrote back. I translated this into English from Bahasa Malaysia. He said :

"Alhamdulillah
My opinion is Muslim women nowadays that wear hijab/niqab are either one of these 3 categories:
1. really good Muslimah and wanna wear it for Allah.
2. because it's compulsory to wear eventhough they don't want to.
3. to cover their sins and pretend to be good to fool others.
Don't think for a second that we could fool God. Maybe can try to impress people. But people will know. Allah gives them instinct."

What he replied made me think a lot that day. Which category am I? Which category are u? Only Allah knows. I do pray that we're in the 1st category. Ameen...

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Amazon Kindle DX

Posted by Nurul on 1:29 PM
Click this link to read all about it :

OMG! I was watching Oprah today and I want this really badly. It's an electronic book reader and can hold up to 3500 softcopies of books in it. I'm gonna buy this no matter when (coz I don't have the money now) and I'm gonna start reading like crazy. Gotta start saving the money now. Patiently saving. Patiently...a dollar a day :). The books can be bought and downloaded much cheaper than store price.

Benefit :
1. Quick and easy. Read as many books as you want.
2. Environmental friendly : save papers.
3. Much more stylish and bulk-free

I want! :)

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Memaafkan diri sendiri dan orang lain

Posted by Nurul on 9:56 PM
Silakan klik pd link ni dan baca artikel yang ditulis :
http://www.webmd.com/balance/features/learning-to-forgive-yourself

Bismillahirrohmaanirrohim...
Assalamu'alaikum warohmatullahi wabarokatuh...

Coretan aku kali ni aku mulakan dengan nama Allah dan memberi salam sejahtera sepenuhnya pada semua umat Islam yg membaca blog aku. Selalu aku lupa nak mulakan sesuatu dengan nama Allah dan menyebabkan aku lupa bahawa aku ni makhluk yg insignificant, jahil, hina, lemah dan dhoif berbanding dengan pencipta aku.

Selalu aku lupa Allah walaupun mulut mengaku ingat. Tapi aku bersyukur sebab Allah tak pernah lupakan aku walau sedetik pun. Kalau Dia lupakan aku, tak tau apa dah jadi pada diri aku sekarang. Jadila aku makhluk terabai. Astaghfirullahal'azim. Subhanallah Maha Suci Engkau Ya Allah.

Harini aku bangun dengan kepala yang pening2 sebab aku tidur lepas Subuh. Aku tak boleh tidur malam tadi. Aku rindu seseorang dan hati aku kacau. Aku tak faham apa yang tengah berlaku sekarang dan sama ada orangnya ingat pada aku waktu dia sedang gembira dengan keluarga. Silap aku yg paling besar waktu hening pagi yg tenang tadi : Aku tak wat solat malam. Aku tak dpt nak mintak ketenangan jiwa. Setakat mulut mintak, tapi tangan tak ditadah dan dahi tak disujud atas sejadah minta bantuan. Tapi Allah tetap ada dengan aku. Dia tengok2 aku. Macamana aku tau? Sebab ni cerita dia....

Aku tidur dalam 2-3 jam aje lepas solat Subuh dan mengaji 2m/s. 2m/s? Ituke nilai terima kasih aku kat Allah? Harini macam tak semangat je. Rasa mcm semangat aku separuh dah ikut dia balik Sabah terbang lepas Laut China Selatan lepas 6hari. Astaghfirullahal'azim... Tapi Allah masih lg bagi aku nyawa.

Aku turun tolong mak sikit2 readykan sarapan untuk family abang tiri dan fmly kami. Aku tengok mak bertungkus-lumus buat kerja sediakan sarapan. Beria2 dia readykan makanan sebab mak memang jenis suka rumah ni ramai tetamu. Dia selalu cuba buat yang terbaik utk semua org walaupun dia sendiri selalu sedih orang buat macam2 kat dia, termasukla aku. Dah tua mak aku. Mana pegi rambut panjang lurus hitam lebat yg selalu aku tengok masa aku umur 5thn? Dah 25thn berlalu dr umur 5thn tu dan rambut mak pun dah makin memutih. Berjuta2 pengorbanan dah mak buat utk aku. Aku? Apa sumbangan pada mak? Selalu sakitkan hati dia dengan akhlak buruk aku. Tapi Allah masih lg panjangkan usia mak aku, aku dapat tengok dia memasak dan membebel.

Adik bentak2 mintak siapa2 hantar dia pegi komuter. Dia nak pegi beraya. Janji dengan kawan kol 1pm kat KL. Adik aku yang lagi sorang dah mungkir janji dengan yang si kecik ni. Waktu pun dah kol 12.00tgh. Train komuter KKB ke KL sejam sekali. Habis dia mengamuk2 satu rumah. Mak diam. Ayah jeling. Aku capai kunci kereta. Dari kecik sampai besar, apa dia nak semua kami bagi. Seumur hidup aku, aku penah tangan adik aku ni sekali je masa dia mengamuk2 tak dapat keluar malam dengan kawan2 dia, dan dia demam seminggu sebab aku lepuk belakang dia banyak kali, cengkam tangan dia (and lebam. serius). Taubat aku taknak pukul dia dah. Kesian. Aku hantar pegi komuter, tengok2 train berikutnya kol 1pm. Adik aku dah ready nak menangis sangat dah. Aku tak tau apa malaikat tiup kat hati aku, aku terus drive dia pegi KL lalu Ulu Yam tanpa banyak cakap. Sepanjang jalan adik aku cerita2 dengan aku macam2 benda, dan banyak yang aku tau bila aku diamkan diri dan mendengar, berbanding bila aku marah2 dan bercakap. Aku siap amik kawan dia kat Kg.Baru dan drop diorang kat Bukit Bintang tak banyak cakap jugak. Masa adik aku turun kereta, dia peluk aku and cium tangan. Terkejut aku. Nakal2 dia, adik aku jugak. Takder benda kat dunia ni yg takkan aku korban kalau adik aku dalam kesusahan. Nakal2 adik aku pun, Allah masih lagi bantu aku and family jaga dia dr bencana.

Sepanjang2 aku drive balik umah, aku fikir kenapa aku banyak sangat sakit hati kat orng dan selalu ada benda tak baik yg aku fikir pasal orang lain. Walaupun aku tak maksudkan apa2, tapi cara aku sebut tu slalu buat org sakit hati dan salah faham. Kenapa ya? Sebab aku ni sebenarnya ada sifat dendam dan susah nak memaafkan org. Dalam masa aku drive balik tu, aku telefon 4 top guys dalam JPK dan aku wish Selamat Hari Raya dan minta maaf zahir batin especially pasal krisis terbaru sebelum balik raya. Aku rasa letih ar pikir pasal benda tu lagi sebab aku rasa buang masa dan tenaga nak cari penyelesaian. Diorang pun dengan hati terbuka dah jawab panggilan aku dengan baik dan tanya macamana raya aku, diorang pun minta maaf etc. Mudahnya diorang maafkan aku sedangkan aku berkeras dengan diorang masa berselisih pendapat haritu dan diorang sangat kecewa dengan perangai aku masa tu. Kenapa aku tak tengok diorang sebagai adik2 aku masa berselisih haritu instead sbg ahli jawatankuasa? Kalau adik2, senang aje aku nak maafkan sebab biasala adik2 bergaduh dengan kakak. Allah dah selamatkan 4 silaturrahim aku dengan AJK yng cemerlang lepas aku pikir slow2 dan bertenang2.

Aku pikir lgi lepas tu kenapa aku dengan bodohnya dah pegi menjawab2 benda yang ada sorang adik ni tulis. Patutnya aku biarkan aje sebab itu perasaan dia. Sepatutnya aku cuma terangkan tu semua 1 salah faham dan settle abis kat situ. Sebaliknya aku biar marah kuasai diri aku, aku pun marah balik dia sebab salah faham dan seterusnya aku dah tulis pulak kelemahan dia sebagai balasan dia marah2 aku. Sepatutnya aku tak wat cmtu. Sepatutnya aku biarkan dulu dan tegur bila dah reda. Api kena lawan air. Bukan simbah minyak. Sebab nak menegur orang sebenarnya takleh bercampur dengan rasa marah. Patutnya tegur membina bukan tegur memijak. Kalau aku ada kat tempat dia, aku pun akan rasa malu dan marah kena cmtu walaupun nama tak kena petik (pemahaman org lain2. aku takleh expect org faham benda yg sama mcm aku faham). Bila aku baca blog dia kata dahi dia luka terhantuk bucu almari and baju raya pun tak beli lagi, aku rasa kesian la pulak. Umur adik tu pun sebaya adik aku yg kat Poli Shah Alam tu je. Patutnya aku dah faham tindakan dia tu (sebab sama je dengan adik aku bila marah pun). Aku harap dahi dia dah elok dan takder parut besar. Aku nak minta maaf kat dia sebab bergaduh mcm budak2 sedangkan patutnya aku bertindak dewasa dengan selesaikan masalah tu depan2 dan tak libatkan org lain. Bila dah jadi cmtu, aku rs bersalah pulak sebab aku tau benda2 yang tak patut aku tau pasal dia. Astaghfirullahal'azim. Tapi sebab marah dah kuasai diri, aku tak pikir baik2 masa tu. Patutnya aku banyak2 istighfar masa tu. Allah dah bantu aku berfikir dengan tenang skang and aku rasa makin lapang.

Bila balik aku rasa makin rindu kat dia. Aku tengok semua gambar2 dia. Aku fikir ntah2 dia dah berubah fikiran, berubah hati lepas tengok anak isteri dia dan taknak contact aku lagi. Tiba2 aku rasa bersalah sebab pentingkan diri sendiri dan marah dia sebab tak contact aku mcm yang dah dijanjikan. Sepatutnya aku takleh penting perasaan aku je. Ada lagi 4 perasaan org yg berhak pada dia yg perlu aku fikir atas daripada perasaan aku. Ntah mana ilham datang, aku tulis apa yang aku fikir dan rasa pasal relationship ni, how much aku dah berubah lepas kenal dia, how much life aku lagi happy, cita2 aku makin kuat etc. Berhelai2 kertas terkorban. Lepas habis aku tulis, aku baca balik dan aku dapat nilai mana kesilapan aku. Bukan dia yang silap. Dia buat benda yang paling adil. Aku yang tak bersyukur. Aku nampak sekarang, tiap2 kali aku terlampau sayang dan ingat kat dia, Allah tarik sikit nikmat. Allah bagi krisis, Allah bagi berselisih, Allah jauhkan kami. Supaya aku balik berdoa kat Allah, minta maaf dan ingat yang cinta aku pada manusia tak patut lebih dari cinta aku pada Allah. Cinta tu nikmat dan rahmat. Patutnya aku kena bersyukur, bukannya hanyut. Habis aku baca dan fikir balik (takder air mata keluar, tak tau kenapa). Then automatik aku wat solat sunat (tak tau solat apa aku buat. aku solat je) dan berdoa habis2an kat Allah mintak petunjuk. Allah bagi aku rasa macam hilang satu beban tak nampak kat hati aku. Aku senyum je sorng2 (tak tau apsal aku senyum tadi).

Aku turun bawah dan tolong suap anak2 buah makan. Aku lupa kat dia. Aku leka berkhidmat kat keluarga aku. Kat org yang berhak dapat kasih sayang dan perhatian aku. Tiba-tiba : "ANGAHHHH....PHONE...". Terus aku tau, inila dia panggilan yang aku nanti2kan. Sebab takder org lain yg call ke rumah cari aku melainkan dia (lepas dia try 2-2 handphone aku dan tak berjawab). Dia mintak aku angkat handphone sebab phone rumah kat dapur (bising). Aku jawab call kat handphone dan dia tanya khabar aku, tanya mcmana family, raya aku cmana, dia minta maaf tak dpt call aku sebab terlampau sibuk uruskan keluarga utk raya dan anak bongsu (no.3) dia taknak lekang dengan dia. Then dia cerita psl raya kat sana, pasal anak2 dia, then bagi anak no.2 dia yg comel tu cakap dengan aku. Anak dia cakap "Hello, makcik. Selamat Hari Raya Maaf Zahir Batin". Aku ketawa dengar. Hati aku lapang sangat. Dia bagitau dia tak lupa aku, cuma masa tak mengizinkan dan dia kena jaga hati family dia. Aku faham. Sekarang aku dah faham. Dia minta aku sabar lagi dan dia cakap terima kasih sebab faham keadaan dia dan bersabar dengan keadaan sekarang. Kesian dia. Dia tak tau yg macam2 benda buruk aku fikir pasal dia masa dia hilang 6 hari. Aku mengaku, dan minta maaf. Dia kata dia faham aku dan dia tak marah. Dia suruh aku sabar banyak2 dan ingat Allah. INGAT ALLAH. Itula yang aku buat harini, dan Allah rapatkan hati dia dengan hati aku dan bagi masa lapang pada dia untuk call aku.

Sekarang aku menaip blog ni dengan hati yang lapang, sebab aku dah tau. Ingat Allah, memaafkan diri sendiri dan orang lain serta baik sangka pada orang lainla kunci ketenangan hati dan kelapangan jiwa.

Betapa sucinya kasihMu tuhan, betapa agungnya kebesaranMu...

Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah.
Akula hamba yang jahil pasal kehidupan. Terima kasih Ya Allah sebab bangunkan jiwa aku yang makin mati dan iman aku yang makin malap. Terlampau sibuk dengan dunia, Kau bagi satu pengajaran berguna.

Wassalam...

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