Iman checklist

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh everyone!

Remember the day, you made the intention to be the best muslim you could be? so eager to please Allah and now looking back, seeing how far you've gone?

The thing is we have to remember, intention is not something we made once and be forever obedient to Allah, no it's not like that..there are times where our Iman is so high and there are times where our Iman is unbelievably low. After all we are all humans and we make mistakes, every time we sin it takes away a bit of our Iman and if we don't cleanse our heart, it gets dirtier and dirtier and our connection/ties with Allah gradually weakened and become non-existent and that is not something we want, it's a scary thought isn't it?

So it's important for us muslims to stay from the things that Allah had forbade us, to keep far far away from them, We all have our weaknesses and desires..if it is going against what Allah had told us not to commit it is best for us to stay away.

Why?

All I can say is, we are nothing without Allah..we are nothing without his mercy. Again, after all we are humans and we are prone to mistakes. We are weak, who are we to say that we can "handle" this dunia without him? and truth be told, I have to learn this the hard way.

So brothers and sisters, keep you Iman in check :) if you need an extra boost of Iman, feel free to add on extra good deeds to your normal regime i.e. sunnah prayers, fasting, reading an extra page of the quran, doing charity (did you know your smile is considered a charity? so keep smiling!) and etc. there are loads and the possibility is endless!

If you are working for a big company that has an operator/extension phone services, you know the machine that would greet you before asking for the extension number? If you live in Brunei, try calling DST's headquarters and you know what I'm talking about :P lol

Would it be amazing if your voice has been recorded for it and the 1st thing you say is "assalamualaikum"? IMAGINE all the people you have greeted with salam, imagine the good deeds you have accumulated for every single call the company had received! I would be absolutely jealous. lol.

Anyhoo, I hope everyone is well! have an awesome Friday!

blessin'

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh brothers & sisters!

Alhamdulillah my sister recently gave birth to a very beautiful girl!!! Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah, May she be a bright, beautiful & pious. Amin! So what did I realized during this hectic yet exciting time?

WE TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED

ahh yes, I am surely one of them. some of us fail to realized all the blessings Allah Aza'wajal gave us and yet we say it's not enough. Did you know the air you breathe is considered a blessing from Allah? Did you ever think how perfectly "situated" this earth is, how the majority of the places are not too hot or too cold..or at least bearable for human beings to still walk and breathe through out the whole day? and WE got the blessings to actually live here :) take a moment, you'll be surprise with the all the blessings that Allah had blessed you!!

How did it come to mind?

You see, my parents are reaching to their 60's very soon and I'm the youngest among 5 siblings, just incase you're wondering I'm in my early 20's lol. It so happen (by Allah's will), while my sister was about to give birth..my mother was away for a business trip in Malaysia with my 2nd eldest brother, no one expected my sister to give birth early (a week early) keep in mind that I'm in my 20's, so my father was a little out of touch with the whole pregnancy thing and it is my sister's 1st born. burping the baby, or changing the diaper and the whole she-bang wasn't the tricky part but funny enough, it was taking care of my sister! lol this is the time when our mothers would pass down her wisdom or motherhood skills or whatever you call it to their daughters..We know there are nurses to help my sister with breastfeeding but it's not the same when it's from your mother. Get what I'm saying? lol and it finally hit me.....

We were all wishing my mother would come home because she's just going to make everything so much better, it's not that my sister and her husband is having a really hard time but it is my sister's 1st born and I knew how much she wanted our mother to be there.

It's just one of the cases of "you don't know what you have until it's gone" ... true enough I am taking so many things for granted.

Our eye sight, we should feel so blessed that we are given the privileged to see for some are not and yet they are more grateful! I thought this is a very inspiring video to add in :)

Lecture of the day

My lecture of the day! :) enjoy

Give yourself a moment....

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh

I hope everyone had a nice weekend!! I surely did! :)

To get distracted by this worldly life is so easy, to get caught up with work or our studies is so simple. Sometimes we forgot the purpose of life when we are caught up with all the hype...

Some are going about their lives forgetting one day it has to end, one day everyone will face death, one day we will have to face our creator only bringing along our good deeds and nothing else. sometimes we fail to realize all this, caught up with all the things the dunia has to offer.

Some are even going about their lives as if the hereafter doesn't exist, as if they have all the time in the world to repent and we couldn't be more wrong...

Have you ever wondered if you accumulated enough deeds to actually enter Jannah? the answer is we do not, only Allah knows but isn't it a scary thought if you knew you didn't the second you're about to die?

Give yourself a moment and think about it, maybe it's time for you to wake up and return to your creator :)

Shaykh Mirza at IIUM

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh!

Hope you enjoy!!

p/s: I haven't watch the video myself, while waiting for it to load, I decided to post it here... :) there was a lot of 'thumbs up' on the video so I'm guessing it'll be worth your time!

Don't be hatin'

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh everyone.

I haven't been updating a lot but today I finally have the time to just sit now and blog :)

So I was watching videos on Youtube, I stumbled upon a video... a very lovely lady converted to Islam...but unfortunately left the religion last year, so I was curious what made her leave and of course I was not the only one who was curious. lots of muslim youtubers were too, she actually made a video explaining why she left, so I decided to skim through her comment box and I was surprised there were some muslim "hater" comments and I was obviously taken aback.

Why?

First of all, the person's comment was not nice at all. A lot of swearing and whatnot.

Second, it just doesn't sit right with me - the person is a muslim but judging another person. It's just contradicting what Islam teaches.

Third, he/she was commenting as if this lady does not have feelings at all - regardless of what her religion is now, it's not right to just bash someone like that, I thought it was just plain rude, mean and condescending.

Now, is it enough to conclude that this lady is "such a bad person" or "never a true muslim" by a 2 minutes explanation video? My mind was at how fast people were on "attacking" her without knowing the whole story - yes it is a sad thing she left Islam but neither do I think it's right to judge someone by a 2 minutes video, who are we to judge when we are full of flaws ourselves?

Also, we say Islam is the religion of peace but here we are criticizing others as if we don't have enough sins to worry about and just go ahead and dump more to the pile. How are we going to invite people to Islam or at least change their views on Islam (which probably most westerners thinks muslim women are oppressed which obviously we are not) The media is doing a good job itself making Islam a "bad religion" and just criticizing, being arrogant towards others is not going to help it.

The Deen Show?

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh

This week's episode of the Deen show :)

I'm sure he does a better explanation about music, mine is just really bad. lol

For more videos,check out thedeenshow.com

It's all about you!

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh everyone :)

So I was watching the latest episode of the deen show, do check it out...very very interesting, it makes you seen music in a new light. Anyhoo, I am a music lover...I am just completely obsessed with it and probably one of the hardest thing I have to let go and I am still struggling with it but Inshallah with Allah's will, I will be able to let it go completely, my itunes is empty now (yayyyy!) what Mohammad was saying was right (the person Eddie interviewed in his latest episode) I knew this at the back of my mind but I keep pushing it back...because I love music so much. Astagafirullah. So I decided to look up the lyrics for some of the music I used to listened to and it does make a difference after everything has been stripped away, all the beats and whatever is taken out and just read it at it's barest form and whatever that was concealed under it, is not pleasant at all :/

You might what am I talking about? try searching for lyrics of your favourite song and read with an open heart and sincerity....

Here are some lyrics of the songs I used to listen to.....

"No matter gay, straight or bi
Lesbian, transgendered life
I'm on the right track, baby
I was born to survive" - Born this way, Lady Gaga

We all know being a gay, bi, lesbian, transgendered life is not how Allah created us, we were NEVER born this way - Media have a huge influence, if you think about it, they're actually encouraging people to be "get of the closet" and embrace them, saying you were "naturally born that way" and of course it is not true and instead of asking Allah to guide you to the straight path...you're just running from it.

"Cause it's a beautiful night
We're looking for something dumb to do
Hey baby
I think I wanna marry you

If we wake up and you
Wanna break up, that's cool
No, I won't blame you
It was fun, girl" - Marry you, Bruno Mars

I think the lyrics itself explains it all, don't you think? they make it sounds so easy to just get married and get divorce, just slap it with an upbeat tune and *bam* hey! it doesn't sound so bad! If you think about it, it should be the saddest thing!

"I’m all black and white inside
Monotonous from left to right
I decorate my house with things you love
Just in case you show up
In case you show up" - Decorate, Yuna

This one is a love song about a boy who left his girlfriend and left her broken-hearted - I guess more people can relate to this?

This is basically singing about an unlawful relationship, they guy left the girl and found a new one and they girl was broken hearted and tried her best to hate him but wasn't successful, was having wishful thinking that this guy will return to her one day...- well, it's just basically promoting unlawful relationship saying its part of life and you're suppose to go through this, get all heart broken and deal with it and move on. well as, muslims we shouldn't even consider having a unlawful relationship in the 1st place anyway....... :) (save you some time going through all those heart brakes. lol)

There are just other songs are worse than this, everything is about you you & you

Do what you wanna do, be who you are, you're only young once..so explore everything, don't let anyone stop you for doing the things that you love and blah.

lets just say.......dude we're not created to have fun and enjoy this world, we are created for the purpose of worship but Allah is not telling us to live in a cave and just pray. it's ok to live your life, just remember Allah, the hereafter and death, live your life like a traveler on a short journey like...

If you're going for a short holiday for 3-4 days with your family, you don't pack up your whole house do you?...you only take things that are essentials for your trip :) you get my drift? :))

Have a pleasant night everyone!