بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ
Assalamualaikum and hello everybody! How are you guys doing?
I hope you are all in the best of health J
So, in this article I’ll be writing down my notes from The Straight Path
Convention: Path To Hereafter that my sister and I went last Sunday at TM
Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur. Of course, I am pleased to say how grateful I
am to be a part of this programme.
UNFORTUNATELY, on that very day I had a terrible cold and
flu so I really couldn’t give a 100% attention to the speakers, huhu. So a
massive thank you to my big sister, Fatehah Ezaha for lending me some of her
notes to write in my blog.
1. 'DAUGHTERS ARE SPECIAL BY MUFTI MENK
- We only concentrate on what we don’t have and never really be grateful about what we actually have – always remember that they are some other people out there who are in a lot worse condition than ours.
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Take time to sit, ponder and think about the gifts all around us that Allah has given us.· We can never be bothered by something that we can’t cope with – that is the promise of Allah.· Everything that Allah SWT has given us is always a MIRACLE – we are just too blinded to see them.· When Allah SWT doesn’t give us anything we want or anything that we’ve asked Him, He’s actually sending a signal for us to be closer to Him, alone.· Do whatever with your capability if you yourselves believe it’s a beneficial thing for you; but always remember to seek for Allah SWT & do not be lazy, work hard & have faith in Him.· Our ‘ifs’ open the door of devils.· A female new born baby will be killed or buried alive during the Jahiliah era – by only means women meant nothing but a shame at that time.· In Rasululullah SAW’s leadership, he showed that women have very high values and dignity and cannot just be treated badly like slaves and so on.· There is a saying about women: “Let her cover herself, so that she’ll be protected.”· You don’t judge women by their hair, their dressing lines, their makeup or their body but the truth is you judge women by their dedication to Allah SWT.· Even though some live based on the principle ‘Don’t Judge’ but that doesn’t mean we can’t give them advice & naseehah to lead them to a better way, to the right path.· Allah SWT has dedicated a surah especially for us women in the Quran; Surah An-Nisa’.· An African leader used to say; “Women nowadays are forced to take off their clothes and show their body as a sign of liberation.” - But the truth is that they’re all getting back to the old fashioned way, to the old civilization. We are all now advanced, there’s no such thing as liberation in that way.· Do not do something for the opposite sex/ to show the world; it’s called TABARRUJ.· Someone asked, “Is it wrong for us Muslimah to go to the gym?” The answer; take priority of where, when, how and always keep in mind that you are a Muslimah.· Our people today have become so narrow minded regardless in this time – It’s time for us Muslims to wake up from our dreams and start doing something to change our condition now!· DEAR MUSLIMAH, LIVE YOUR LIFE IN MANY BEAUTIFUL WAYS, THE WAY WE TALK, ACT, OUR DEDICATION TO ALLAH SWT & OUR CHARACTER WILL SHOW HOW SPECIAL AND WONDERFUL YOU ARE.
22. I HAVE FOUND MY PATH, HAVE YOU? BY NURHAFSAH HAMID
· -Throughout our life, there are three questions
that we need to often ask ourselves: 1. who am I between me & Allah? 2. Who
do I want to be? 3. How do I get there?
· - You will always need to go back to basic, The
Holy Quran.
· - You don’t just have to know how to recite Quran
properly, but you also need to find out the meaning in the Quran itself and
apply them in our daily life.
· - Increase your knowledge, be brave to ask
questions doesn’t matter what other people think, what matters most is Allah
SWT.
· - Never compare our knowledge with other people’s.
· - Be proud of who you are, your identity as a Muslimah – show them that you are not
oppressed, and do not let yourself be controlled by the world, the media and
others.
· - Don’t pretend to be something you’re not –
always try to find ‘you’ in every single thing you do.
· - By making mistakes, it makes us stronger and it
makes us realize who we really are.
· - Finding the path is a struggle, but staying on
it is even more struggle.
· - The person with the worst history have a chance
to be a better Muslimah in the future in the eyes of Allah SWT – Don’t just
judge people so easily that we don’t know their real personality and social
status. Instead, make dua for them and always ask and show them the right path.
d - CHOOSE THE RIGHT PATH, AND STAY ON IT.
33. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF OUR PROPHET BY JOANNE PARE ABDULLAH
· - You can do one simple sunnah that is SMILING =)
· - Change the way you think and always follow the
footsteps of our ultimate idol and leader the messenger of Allah SWT,
Rasulullah SAW.
· - ‘LATER’ is not a promise for the single one of
us.
· - We as Muslim women should take our children or
the small kids and give or show them the right way about Allah SWT and Islam –
for example like Allah’s creation all around us instead of letting them play
with gadgets and games and stuffs.
· - The reason why kids are getting more stubborn is
because the parents themselves as they should be showing the true example of
being a good person – for example, when we tell our children ‘TAK NAK KAWAN’ at
the first place and it is not impossible for them to follow what we said and
they can do it in even more 'advanced' ways.
· - He promises us something absolutely wonderful
but it’s us who forgot about all that & we keep grasping and hoping on
things in this temporary Dunya.
· - Allah SWT loves it when we do something little
with a high level of sincerity instead of doing something big but with no
sincerity and with intentions to show them off to the world/to other people.
· - Tomorrow’s not promised so do it NOW, NOW! When you
have the chance to do so.
· - Redo your intentions every single day after you
wake up and be grateful to Him that He has given you another chance to go back
to Him.
· - Plus, respect your neighbours and other sisters
as well.
4. PROUD TO BE A MUSLIMAH BY SHEIKHAH WAFAA MOHD HUSSAIN YEE
- People nowadays are so amazed and proud of seeing powerful things not realizing that all that had happened before during the Prophets time.
- Adam AS, was created by soils and was very tall and big - so why are we so proud of big things around us not realizing that our first Prophet was, too.
- Idris AS was a professional tailor so we did have clothes before and clearly we weren't naked - each time he put a needle into his clothes he'll say 'SubhanAllah' and each time he got it out he'll say 'Alhamdulillah'.
- Nuh AS lived for 950 years long, he also made an ark so big without such technologies like what we have today - he was tested by Allah SWT as both of his sons and his wife died as a non-believer.
- Ibrahim AS was the father of all prophets that came after him, he became a dai'e when he was young and he was thrown into a fire and it didn't burn Ibrahim AS - also, he rebuild the House of Allah that is the Kaabah with his son, Ismail AS hence the first ever to make a Korban.
- Ayub AS was tested so hard by Allah SWT as he had worms in hos body - He showed us how beautiful patience is, and how beautiful the result of our patience is.
- Yunus AS was tested by being eaten by a whale - he came in and out of the whale as a reminder for us to always remember Allah SWT in any situations.
- Sulaiman AS had the power to speak to animals and understand their languages - so why are we so amazed and proud seeings such things on TV not realizing that a Muslim has done it before.
- Isa AS, who was born miraculously without a father - scientists nowadays are finding and searching about this and still they do not get any results and still don't want to go back to Allah as most of scientists nowadays are atheist.
- Musa AS was given a miracle that he could speak directly to Allah SWT.
- Ilyas & Ilyasa AS were the ones who showed us the point that we are all not perfect, our flaws and imperfections are what make us need each other in our lives.
5. CAN MUSLIM WOMEN SURVIVE THE 21st CENTURY BY DR HARLINA SIRAJ
- Can Muslim women survive the 21st Century? The answer is YES! How? By following the straight path!
- The Shifts of 21st Century are:
- Globalization
- Demography & Longevity
- Society
- Technology
- Energy Resources
- New skills that we need in 21st Century are:
- Design mindset
- Sense-making
- Social intelligence
- Novel & adaptive thinking
- Cross-cultural competency
- Virtual Collaboration
- Cognitive load management
- Transdisciplinary
- Men and women are different yet equal and special in the eyes of Allah SWT.
- Ego= 1/ knowledge
- The more knowledge you have, the lesser the ego will be.
- Take Khadija as our role model:
- Physical vitality
- Aqidah
- Noble conduct
- Cognitive excellence
- Sincere & pure intentions
- SO TO ALL MUSLIM WOMEN OUT THERE, HERE ARE WHAT YOU SHOULD DO TO SURVIVE AND TO CHANGE THE WORLD!
- SILENT NO MORE!
- SPEAK OUT YOUR MIND!
- RECLAIM YOUR EXALTED POSITION IN THE SOCIETY.
- VOICE OUT YOUR OPINIONS!
Annnddd that is all, well, actually there was one more talk: 'GEMS OF BELIEF IN THE HEREAFTER BY MUFTI MENK' but y'know my flu got worse so my sister and I had to head back home early by the LRT huhu. I guess, not a fortunate day for me, huh?
Jazakumullahu Khair for reading, may Allah SWT bless all of you and show you His guidance to the straight path, Aamiin.
'Till next time, Assalamualaikum, bye bye!
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