Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Palestine updates

bismillahirrahmanirrahim..

HasbunAllah wa ne'mal wakeel..........

1. Israel is going ahead with a new settlement project, despite US' repeated requests for it to stop all new settlements.

2. EU rejects to push the UN for recognition of a Palestinian state. Foreign Minister of Sweden--which currently holds the rotating presidency said "I would hope that we would be in a position to recognise a Palestinian state, but there has to be one first, so I think that is somewhat premature.." so right this very instant, there is no such state called Palestine, it has been totally wiped out from the UN Map.. when actually it is being occupied by Israelis, who in the first place have no country of their own to go back to if Palestinians were to free their country from the occupation..

3. Israel the big bully will only proceed with a "pre-agreed on" discussion with Palestine only Palestine is willing to go to the negotiation table without terms.. Only Israel and Israel alone sets terms. They set terms with America, EU, Pelstine, Middle East. But nobody, nobody else, when expecting to discuss with Israel, should come up with any terms whatsoever, or else be considered as undiplomatic, not wanting to negotiate, and interested only in provocating the vulnerable state of Israel.

4. Settlers (living on Palestinian land)throwstones at Palestinian boys and girls who go to school each day as the pass through the villages.. Aren't they supposed to show some gratitude? Come on, leave the Palestinians alone, you have done enough evacuating them from their land.. you still need to go on with the mental and physical torture...??? hasbunaAllah wane'malwakeel..

5. US House of Representatives voted condemnation against the Goldstone Report. 344-36 vote.. i wonder who the 36 were? were they for real, or just there to show that it is not unanimous but rather a democratic act, shown by Mother Democracy herself.. America..

HasbunaAllah wa Nekmalwakeel...

Monday, November 09, 2009

commemorating the Berlin Wall

bismillahirrahmanirrahim..

did you know that the wall surrounding Gaza and the West Bank is 8 metres high? That's twice the height of the Berlin Wall.. and when finished (seriously,don't tell me it's still unfinished??) it'll be 750 kilometres.. 4 times longer than the Berlin Wall.

Commemorating the 20th anniversary after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a new wall, an ultimate humiliation to democracy has been set up, under the supervision of Mother Democracy herself.. America.

Stop the wall!!

-Battah

Sunday, October 04, 2009

catching up..

bismillahirrahmanirrahim..

assalamualaikum warahmatullah..

catching up with the past:

1. Eid Mubarak to all my beloved out there. Please forgive me for all my mistakes, please give me a chance to improve, and if there was anything, anything at all between us, insyaAllah from my side, it's forgive and forget.

2. Salam Ramadhan, the 29 days had passed so quickly, hopefully we were able to repent, we were given the chance to do our best in lailatul qadr, may Allah give us the chance to be able to experience a new ramadhan in a new year.

3. A few days and it's Zulqaeda already, one of the haram months, where Allah prohibits war and multiplies the ajr of our good deeds.. Let's do what we can from sadaqa to saum, from prayers to zikr. And remember, you do not necessarily need to follow people in doing good deeds, do what you do best, concentrate and do it only lillah, insyaAllah the best ajr will be yours..!

4. And a special thank you to all my family and friends who came to my wedding in July. Alhamdulillah it was a wonderful gathering.. Although i didnt get the chance to spent that much time with everyone, but alhamdulillah at least we met and to think that you people spent your precious time to come.. subhanAllah, may Allah reward you for that. Uqbalkum, and please pray for us..

best wishes everyone.. fi amanillah!~

BaToOtA

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Biased..

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim..

Just my two cents (really, two cents or less)..

Please stop being biased. Please Stop.

Fullstop.

Saturday, June 06, 2009

Blogging : Credit for the hereafter

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim..

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakaatuh.

I remember a blogger, who stopped blogging because he was sick of the blogging community where most people are only interested in sharing bits and pieces of what they eat today, where they shop tomorrow and what they think of that person's hat and this person's smile.. Heheh, he was all out to boycott the bloggers community.. He was pissed off by the fact that many bloggers wrote petty things which were supposed to be of personal concern rather that the whole world.. I agreed to some extent.

I got tired of reading publicized diaries too, so what i did was to forget about them, and go to blogs which are more meaningful, enlightening and informative. I don't think regressing from blogging altogether is the answer. And anyway, it IS a free country.. People can do whatever they want to do nowadays, especially since most people don't really hold on to any specific values. Publicly talk about your personal life, and deepest feelings.. Or remain mysterious, it's all up to you.

In islam however, whatever you do is accounted for, and there are specific guidelines which you need to abide in order to be on the right track. Islam states that everything you do should first be preceded by your intentions, "Innama el-A'malu binniyyah." Islam teaches us to try to make every single detail in life worthwhile, and this starts with a good, clean intention.

So why do you blog? What do you blog? Why do you blog what you blog? These are the questions which should always play in the minds of muslim bloggers, in order to not in the end spend the 30 minutes in your 24 hrs doing something absolutely meaningles.. (haba-an manthura)..

And why do you comment? How do you Comment? To whom the comment is directed? And what do you feel when people comment on your postings.. all these are small itsy bitsy stuffs which when taken good care of, could lead to big profit in the hereafter, adding points to your credit..

Allah knows best!

Thursday, June 04, 2009

Pride and Prejudice

bismillahirrahmanirrahim..

when communicating, i guess without transparency, there's bound to be some sort of insecurity towards the other person. this is what you call assumption or "dzhann".

Allah says in the Quran إن بعض ظن إثم meaning that what you assume towards people could easily be untrue, and so, sinful to you..

one thing i learn from assumptions, is to NOT put YOURSELF in a position which leads to assumptions and accusations from others.. try as hard as you can to be transparent and communicate well.. (sure saves lots of trouble). Another thing is, whenever you start assuming, STOP. IMMEDIATELY!

Oh, and Pride.. pride does lead to more assumptions, and makes communications more complicated.. so, start deflating your ego for better results. :>

later.

My new blog

bismillahirrahmanirrahim..

I have started another blog, a new one, alhamdulillah.. The articles are going to be in Bahasa Malaysia (mind the grammar).. And i have certain things which i intend to focus on in this new blog of mine, feel free to visit it. In the mean time, this blog is still on. And insyaAllah I'll update it (the once in a blue moon update, as usual)..

-Battah

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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Saya dan Pemandu tremco..

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim

Duduk di Mesir, bergelumang dengan ramai orang susah, memang sangat mendidik. Mudah-mudahan Allah jadikan kita dikalangan mereka yang mahu mendidik diri..

Tadi, naik microbus (tremco : sebutan di kalangan orang melayu) dari Haiyu Sabek ke Nadi Sikkah. Tambangnya LE1.25. Untuk perjalanan yang agak dekat, memang terasa agak perit setiap kali mengeluarkan lebih LE1.25 dari Haiyu Sabek, tapi pada hakikatnya, microbus memang kenderaan awam kedua termurah (selepas bas 50pt).

Kalau dulu (7 tahun yang lampau).. bayaran microbus tak begitu mahal. LE1.00 dari Haiyu Asyir ke Ramses, kalau dari Haiyu 7 pula, kadang-kadang ada pemandu yang pemurah, 75pt dapat sampai ke Ramses dah, dan kalau kita minta ke Nadi Sikkah, biasanya dikurangkan lagi bayaran tambang. Tapi kini, dari mana-mana pukul rata LE1.25.

Kembali ke pemandu tremco yang tadi. Ada penumpang yang minta untuk turun di Ta’min As-Sihi (Hospital terkenal di Rab’ah). Kalau ikut jalan laluan microbus yang biasa, sememangnya tak lalu, namun pemandu tersebut mengatakan ya, dan mengajak penumpang naik. Sampai di hujung Sabek, pemandu meminta penumpang turun dan menyuruhnya berjalan dari situ ke hospital tersebut. Saya yang dibelakang ni hanya menggelengkan kepala. Kasihan kepada penumpang yang dah bayar tambang tapi terpaksa berjalan setengah kilometer lagi pada tengah hari yang panas terik.

Begitulah hari-hari di Mesir, ada saja adegan-adegan yang tak enak dilihat, kasihan juga penumpang tadi.. Dalam hati, dah terfikir betapa zalimnya si pemandu.. Mengambil kesempatan ke atas menumpang yang lemah (yang gayanya seperti orang kampung..)

Microbus terus belok ke kiri, memandu ke arah Madinah Jamiyyah di Haiyu Sadis, tiba-tiba pemandu menjerit ke arah kami… “Siapa yang turun di Nadi Sikkah? Nah baki, 25pt.” Pelik. Hairan bin Ajaib. Tak pernah sebelum ni dapat baki kalau turun di Nadi Sikkah. Biasanya bayar penuh. Herm.. rupa-rupanya pemandu yang saya anggapkan “zalim” tadi, taklah sezalim yang disangkakan.. Malah pemurah dan baik hati. Sungguh, sejak kenaikan harga mendadak semua kenderaan awam sekitar dua tahun yang lalu, rasanya ini kali pertama saya naik microbus dengan harga yang sebegitu murah.

Gelagat pemandu microbus memang sukar untuk ditafsir. Banyak unexpected expectations. Pernah sekali saya bertanya kepada pemandu, dalam perjalanan ke Iskandariah.. “Berapa lama perjalanan ni pakcik?” Jawapannya? Panjang, sarat dengan tazkirah.. katanya, kita buat apa yang termampu, dia sebagai pemandu, akan memandu dengan hemat (hehe! ~tapi betul, Alhamdulillah pemandu ni tak speeding dan pandu dengan penuh cermat), kami yang dalam van ni duduk dan berdoa, insyaAllah akan sampai ke destinasi. Van ada, jalan ada, pemandu dan penumpang pun ada. Paling penting tawakkal pada Allah, moga Allah selamtkan kita sepanjang perjalanan.. Fuuuhh.. berpeluh juga dengar.

Kalau pemandu yang buat kita bagai nak marah pun ramai. Terutama yang suka nak tipu duit tambang. Al-maklum, tambang tak begitu tetap.. Kadang-kadang dari Nadi Sikkah ke Awal Abbas 50pt, kadang-kadang 75pt. Beza 25pt boleh buat kita naik merah padam. Bukan sebab duit, tapi sebab rasa tertindas.

Tapi ini tarbiyyah juga, kan? Tarbiyyah untuk cuba melupakan tuntutan-tuntutan dan hak diri sendiri.. Tapi menunaikan hak ke atas orang lain. Tarbiyyah untuk kita ingat yang Allah tu Maha Adil, hak yang tak tertunai di dunia, akan ditunaikan di akhirat..

Kadang-kadang terfikir seorang diri.. hai si pemandu tremco yang mengambil rubu’-rubu’ (25pt) penumpang.. kalaulah dikau tahu betapa nilai rubu’ tu di akhirat kelak, pasti engkau tinggalkan.. Sedangkan rubu’ itu di dunia ini tetap rubu’, tak mampu nak beli lebih dari sebungkus wafer yang kecil..

Halalkan sajalah. Kalau saya halalkan Alhamdulillah, si pemandu akan terlepas dari dosa rubu’ dan saya, tetap akan dapatkan hak saya di akhirat. Win-win, kan? Namun, mungkin tak ramai yang fikir begini… dan lebih sedih lagi, di negara miskin ini, ramai yang tak mampu nak menanggung kekurangan walaupun hanya sekadar rubu’ sehari, mereka ini dizalimi.

Alhamdulillah, saya masih mampu nak burn-kan rubu’ saya, malah lebih dari rubu’ pun.. Tertunggu-tunggu pengalaman hari esok dengan si pemandu tremco lagi. :>