No peace on you dear shaytan. But welcome, I know you’ve been tied up for quite a long time, and I hope you had a ‘blast’ back there. No, real blast, not that happy-birthday-havva-blast type of blast.
I just wanted to say that I am no longer the girl you knew, I’m welcoming you as a stronger person. You really should be nervous right now. I’ve prayed to Allah to make me strong to resist all your stupid calls and I am confident that He heard my du’a against you.
So what were you doing back there while I was enjoying my time without you? I did a lot, not so much but I’m quite happy with myself though. I made a lot of dua’s for you, so sweet eh? Are you in tears?
Anyways I’m giving you a heads up, you and your friends have to be really smart this time around. I’ve seen my other Muslim sisters and brothers pushing their very best last month, unleashing the soldier in them. I saw them as strong as they could’ve been all this while. Who would’ve thought that brother could stand for 20 rakaahs listening to the Imam, without understanding anything? Who could’ve thought that that sister could put on her hijab properly this time, for a whole month! Who could’ve thought that these brothers could complete their iktikaf? Shutting off from the world and to focus only on pleasing Allah, mashAllah that’s just amazing! I’m not kidding you shaytan, these people are amazing I’m warning you. They really, truly fasted.
I bet this Ramadan spirit is killing you already.
So maybe you have to come up with better tricks this time.
But don’t do the ghost thing, that’s really cheap.
Hamdulillah i've been subscribing to Sheikh Navaid Aziz's videos, where he will send you email on his latest video, the website is MySpritualFix. (it has almost come to its end so I have no idea how will it benefit you lol). But from here you can like his facebook insyAllah, where he has the list of the videos. So one of the videos that I personally find interesting and very helpful, is this one. Its only a couple of minutes, come on! Don't be lazy and watch, please.....
So here's the dua you say when someone praises you, because obviously people praise you for the goods they see in you but wallahi they have no idea bout the dirts and the sins we commited, so insyAllah say,
اللهم لا تؤاخذني بما يقولون ،واجعلني خيرا مما يظنون, واغفر لي ما لا يعلمون
"Oh Allah do not call me to account for what they say, make me better than they imagine, and forgive me for what they have no knowledge of."
I'd love to quote an Ustadz from Indonesia whom I favor a lot for his humbleness and endless inspiring words mashAllah, 'We're only praised and appreciated because Allah does not disclose of our secret sins, so do not feel respectable by being respected by others, instead we should feel ashamed of it.' wohh bad translation i guess.
He would cry because out of fear for his ummah, for his nation (that’s you and Qistina btw),
He would cry because of the Hellfire and its terrible punishments!
How often do we cry in our prayers?
How often do we cry when we recite the Quran?
When was the last time you cried out of the fear of Allah?
And we have sins like the mountain tops :(
Sins which is more vast than the oceans
Yet we rarely cry!
(Crying increases humility and humbleness)
When was the last time that you cried?
Crying, out of the fear of Allah, because you have so many sins,
Crying, out of hope for the mercy of Allah,
This is itself ibadah, an act of worship,
And a person is rewarded for it :)
On the day of judgement, the day where the sun will come so close to them, the heat is extreme that some will drown in his own sweat. It’s the day where there is no shade except the shade of Allah.
And only 7 types of people will receive Allah’s shades..one of them is:
A man who remembers Allah in seclusion, alone when no one can see him, he remembers his sins, he fears Allah, and then he began to shed tears.
By Allah, a man would not be touched by the Fire, if he cries out of the fear of Allah! MashAllah!
The Prophet, our beloved, sallalahu alahi wassalam..
He would cry in his prayers,
He would cry reciting the Quran,
He would cry when the Quran is recited to him.
He would often cry when he remembered Paradise and the Fire.
He would cry in his du’a.
He would cry, asking for forgiveness.
He would cry when giving da’wah to the people, out of the love for his ummah.
Our hearts has become so hard, that even if someone was to tell us about all of the torments and punishments of the Fire, we consider it something, which is normal, we just pass by it. We continue like nothing has changed, it didn’t have any impact in our hearts. (audhubillah)
With all of our sins, all the wrongs that we did, all the sins we committed by day and by night, and we cant shed a single tear out of the fear of Allah?
We can’t shed even a single tear in our prayers, when reciting the Quran?
The Prophet s.a.w used to cry, until the ground around him become wet! SubhanAllah!
"Oh Allah, my ummah, my ummah, did You not promise me that You would not punish them so long as I’m amongst them? Did You not promise me that You would not punish my ummah so long as they seek forgiveness from You?"
Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam
The Prophet s.a.w would not just cry all the time to the extent that would make him depressed, and neither he would just laugh and smile that he would never be able to shed tears and would never have the fear of Allah.
He would balance between the two.
To know when to cry, when to smile, when to laugh..
Khutba by Shaykh Ahsan Hanif - When the Prophet s.a.w cried
(Ya know if I’m given the robot hand I’ll type out every single thing the Shaykh said. These are just some important and interesting points. And I really am not bothered to change any single sentences as to make this post seemed somewhat 'well written')
Like Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan said it ‘so the words of Allah is not enough to shake you anymore?’ regarding the Quran.
Professor : So when we burn sojum, it becomes yellow. Why? Because sojum...
Student : Excuse me professor, but what is sojum?
Professor : You dont know sojum? General formula, Na. Spell, S.O.D.I.U.M.
Student : Oh, Sodium!
Professor : Oh is that what you call sojum in Malizia? In here, we call it sojum.
I welcome me to Egypt, the very land of Moses (may peace be upon him). Ahlan wasahlan. Imma go eat some round-shaped bread and shawerma and say ya'ni in almost every sentence :)
So I was reading the Quran after Asr, not because I have nothing else to do, but because it’s a nice thing to do :)
I was reading the 49th surah, al-Hujurat. Before I read a certain page in the quran, I will read the translation of the whole page first, then only I will read the Arabic verse. Because? Because it takes a loooot of time to read the meaning of verse 1, then recite it in Arabic, then read the meaning of verse 2, then recite it in Arabic. It’s a tiring process. So I read the translation of for example, a whole page 516, then only will I recite the whole page in Arabic.
I came to a conclusion that the paragraph above is unnecessary. Eh, sorry.
So I was reciting the 9th verse, and came across the word yuhibbu which means love. So I was kinda curious, oh, who is it that Allah loves?Yes I read the meaning of the whole page, but obviously I forgot who was/were referred to in this particular verse? So I checked and it says, For Allah loves those who are fair (and just). Go back to the Arabic, which reads, InnAllaha yuhibbul muqsiteen. Now, I am crappy at Arabic but as far as I know, muqsiteen is derived from the root word qistina.
As usual, I jotted down some points. But you still have to watch it! Don't be lazy! It's Ramadhan!
These are just some points, but there;s more if you watch the whole video. I can't describe my note as a summary of the whole video.
What specific activities should be performed in the blessed month of Ramadhan?
By Dr. Zakir Naik.
1.Niyyah (only for Allah)
2.Observing the sunnah of the fast (suhoor as late as possible, iftar ASAP, be careful and avoid everything that’s haram or makruh)
3.Implement as many sunnahs of the prophet (may peace be upon him)
1.Growing a beard (no worries bros, you’re more gorgeous with it on)
2.Pray in congregation (jamaah)
3.Go to the mosque (especially bros)
4.Offer more nafl (sunnah) prayers
5.Pray taraweeh
6.Do iktikaf in the last 10 days of the Holy Month
7.Do more and more zikr (the remembrance of Allah)
8.Read as much Quran as possible( and don’t forget the meaning of it!)
9.Read as much authentic hadiths as possible
10.Pay the zakat
11.Maximize charity
12.Spend more time with family
13.Forgive people, as this is the month of forgiveness mashaAllah
14.Do da’wah
15.….and lots more!
I’m now trying to get to know the prophet (may peace be upon him) more, cos I’ve been feeling that I don’t know him as much as I need to know him. He’s trying to save me from hellfire and loves me without even seeing me, so of course I need to know more about him. So I bought a book the other day and insyaAllah will be reading it everyday.
I’m also trying to memorize surahs from the quran as it is recommended by many people. But I’m trying to figure out which surahs to memorize. I’m thinking of short surahs so that it’ll be easier and this way I also can memorize more meanings of each surahs. Its not quantity, its quality, innit? Whaddaya think? Which surahs?
I’ve been falling in love over and over and over again, and the feeling is growing stronger as we breathe! I’m feeling so good SubhanAllah! Who’s the luckiest guy on earth you ask? Its my dearest Holy Quran! The words/kalam of Allah. I figured out this maybe one of the symptoms of pre-Ramadhan. Like yesterday morning I kissed my Quran out of randomness. I was busy with some stuff so that morning I didn’t get to read it, then the lovely part of me came out and made me kiss the Quran :D
Like how Native Deen said it,
Dont ever frown, or your head looking down,
If you read the Qur'an you're the best in the town.
I thank Allah, the Most Loving, for putting this love inside my heart. Oh how I wish I felt this long ago..It soothes me every time I read it. It crossed my mind ; SubhanaAllah, these are the exact same words that the Prophet (peace be upon him) tought, the exact same words that the Sahabas used to read, and now I’m reading it again, thousand years later. The imagination was waaay beyond my limit that I just sat and kept on pondering about it.
Oh Allah, please grant me more and more love so that I can ALWAYS love you as much as the other mukminins love you..I love you oh Allah, but sometimes I forgot. Sometimes I say I do, but deep in my heart I don’t really mean it. Audhubiilah..Astagfirullahalazim. Sometimes I seek for love from other slaves, thus forgetting You. If you make me love another slave even in the most halal way, please make it so that my love for him will never be even a dot more than that my love for my Lord.
Sorry but yes I can be a bit emotional at times. Okay I’m cool now.
So I wanna share with you my current caller tone that I’ve been using for the past few weeks. Its beneficial and catchy at the same time.
You may want to go to the Youtube page so that you can read the lyrics too, its in the description. Click Here, Life had just been made easier for you Alhamdulillah.
My mom heard this when I used it as my alarm clock (but never wake up to it) and she's like "Whats that song that I always hear in the morning? Its soo nice!"
I can’t wait for Ramadhan, hope my love for the Quran will remain as much and stronger insyaAllah. Then I can’t wait for Eid to come so that I can FLY to Egypt!
Ana auza rouh ila Masr! I want to go to Egypt! ß My Arabic is crappy, thus the translation.
And I had a funny conversation with a dear friend. Caution : I may or may not exagerrated the conversation, but its somethin like dat.
Me : OMG I can’t wait for Ramadhan!!!(then I shrieked a bit)
Not me : And why is that?
Me : Whaddaya mean why is that? Its Ramadhan yo!ß(LOL no I didn’t say Yo) Everyone’s excited for Ramadhan! E-ve-ry-one! Its like the super duper Holiest month!
Not me : Err, not me I guess?
LMAOOO I was soo confused that she’s not psyched for Ramadhan.
(I’ve been watching lots and super lots of lectures, will post dem soon insyaAllah)
everything is soo true..may Allah make it easier for us ameen.
so i got this award from miss Bubbli. thank you. then i'm supposed to tag 10 people but sorry dear i don't have much time to do so.
so there you go, the Sunshine blog award!
my blog, so my rules. I shall tell you what is my fav time of the day upon receiving this very award, and you shall do so InsyaAllah. do not leave my blog (LOL) without telling me what is your fav time of the day and why
so my fav time of the day is..Morning! of course, who doesnt love the morning. sometimes i sleep in it, sometimes i watch tv and sometimes i read. i love mornings cos they are always so cheerful, not gloomy like the night, and i'm always at my best potential in the morning <--sounds like a scholarship holder hehe
So, a crappy malaysian tv channel has a love survey kinda thing going on. Its the thing where you text them (the tv people) your name and your lover's name. Then your name will come out on tv with the percentage of your love. I dont really know what the percentage presents, but i think its like the 'level of love' looooool thats the dorkiest thing on human land. Some couple get a 33 and some get as high as 90 (yayyyy an A+ in a relationship!) . And then beside that percentage thing is a column for advice. For example, the couple's name are Jeffrey and Lyn. Then the advice will be like, ''The main cause of the problems in this relationship is jeffrey's jealousy. So jeffrey you need to cool down a bit'' So much for a 50cents advice on tv. Jeffrey might be the nicest guy on earth and it might even turn out that Lyn is the biggest jealous freak ever lol i'm just generalizing normal relationships. I kinda think the (most probably) woman that wrote the advices is not even married yet, probably worse, don't even have a boyfriend. Its kinda fun, you know, reading the advices!
Then funny names will pop out, (this is the funnest part, reading names) like James and Adam. Lmaooooooo! Gays on TV! Gays on TV! Then there's, Vampire and Iblees (shayyytan). Dang they scored some pretty high percentage. Yeah I always thought these two had it going on. You go, creatures!
one more advice - If you have a problem for Ene as a person, talk to her face to face and solve the problem. (OMG i cant believe it! Ene is an alien??)
So people don't waste too much time on stuffs like this. There are like sooo many things else goin on in this world!
001 By (the Token of) Time (through the ages),
002 Verily Man is in loss,
003 Except such as have Faith, and do righteous deeds, and (join together) in the mutual teaching of Truth, and of Patience and Constancy
"Ahh! Oh God, (sorry i'm not complaining but) i hate headache"
The pain was so sudden, so i thought "this is weird.."
Then it became severe.
But I was pretty sure I don't have migraines.
Then I found out that I was actually leaning my head towards a paperbox, so the edge of the paperbox was kinda like poking thru my head. So yeah that explains.
That explains that I have nothing to blog about. I do have 1 award to be posted though but I'm looking for friends to tag it to. Please you, be my friend :)
so there you can see my initial its the biggest one NINA
ahhcollegewas SO MUCHFUNwehadpizzadeliveredduring class
1.I have a soft toy that I REALLY love; it’s a dog, Boo. And can you please tell me if it is a big matter that I have a dog as my teddy bear. As far as I understand, we are not allowed to touch the saliva of a dog, so obviously my teddy does not have a saliva, and until God made him have a saliva, I will keep on hugging and crushing him. I even thought of taking this to Egypt but one of my friend asked, “Wouldn’t
the strict Muslims be offended? It is obviously a DOG!” lol
2.I can’t stop blogging (my Mac is convincing me to use bogging, logging, flogging, clogging, and slogging instead of blogging. I have a brain you machine!!) in my head, like literally blog to myself in my head. Can we call it HeadBlogging? Hlog? Blead?And NONE of these posts in my head has ever end up in my blog. These posts are like Microsoft-word proof. Once you try to write dem down, they vanish themselves! This blogging in my head thing keeps me awake at night, which I really dislike. And I think if my mind can be put on loudspeaker, I may sound like a total desperate loner! Talking to myself non-stop, expressing feelings again and again about how I think some boring conversations are funny, or those boring people are actually a lotta fun!
3.I have 1 and a half sneakers. And I have to stop wearing them with my abaya and galabeyya.
no worries folks, i stopped completely...and got meself new shoess!
4.I LOVE iftar moments and I eat the most during sahoor.
5.My favourite movie is The Book of Eli..woooo it’s simply awesome.
6.Sleeping is MY thing. Ahhh all the time wasted! In the car. In the class. In the fridge. While eating, walking, standing (no I’m serious), swimming. I even sleep when I’m sleeping!
7.I have an *cough* awesome *cough* twin. I mean, she’s awesome because she was infected by me, you really think she was born with awesomeness? Pffffft!! That’s like against the law of humanity..
8.I still believe that an 8 is a 0 with a belt.
9.I’m a hopeless romantic too..
10.I’m a Muslim, Alhamdulillah!
Ok now I wanna let you know that I’m not being all self-obsessed by posting these boring facts about me, I was tagged by few other sweet bloggers (please join me in this quest of not trying to sound like a lonely blogger) trillion years ago, but I was hibernating so didn’t have the time to post it. And by trillion years ago I meant a month ago..teehee. So I think I was tagged by Amira, Bubbli, and Here n Thereß (I’m not sure if Here n There tagged me but if she doesn’t then I’m so embarrassed right now) (^,^)
Yayyyy I got my first award from Amira and Bubbli! I clearly don’t know the name of the award but clearly the picture says, ‘You’re going places, Baby.’ I don’t know what it means but Baby sounds nice so yeahh lol.
So I’m supposed to write what I (insyAllah) will do / doing / did in 10 years. So that means around 20 years of age. (no doubt, I’m 10)
So insyaAllah, in 10 years..
Have more knowledge on Islam and better/more active at doing da’wah
Married with an awesome/charming husband who have overflowing BEARD knowledge on Islam and practices it :)
Already a good daughter to my loving parents (mmuahhs), a good wifey to the above husband (yea the bearded man), a good sister and a good friend to everyone(except to those who think I’m uncool cos that just can’t be accepted rite?)
Performed Hajj!
Worked as a really good Muslim dentist and then stop to give a try on being a lecturer (can’t imagine dat tho)
Have at least a kid with an inspiring name like AbuBakr as-Siddiq or Umar Al-Khattab
Still have this blog going on cos I can’t imagine the blogosphere without me lmaoo
I’m supposed to give out this award to 10 other people but what if the other 23,589 followers that weren’t given the award feel bad? My name is Qistina and it means justice (or something like that) and because so, I shall not give it to anyone. (Hey you, yea you, if you're reading this, you kinda deserve this award actually, just don't tell others okay, cos I told them I wouldnt be giving it to any specific person but you're a special case and you know that. its like out little secret!)
I was watching a movie, Antwone Fisher, about a navy with some weird problems that I failed to understand.So there was a scene that he was caught for fighting and then a psychiatrist navy dude came to talk to him about it. So the conversation went something like this (might not be precise, i was reading the subtitles cos tv was on mute cos mom's sleeping)..
'Tell me what happened'
'They teased me'
'What was it about?'
'Bout me and girls'
'Why?'
'They said i'm a virgin'
'ARE YOU?'
(with a really confused look on his face)
'I don't know, probably'
(maybe he's a muslim then?)
'WHY?'
'Don't you like girls?'
'Of course I like girls, I think bout dem all the time' (lol scaaaryy)
'So have you ever been with any girls?'
'Yea when I was small, I was kissed. I hate it and I puked'
(turned out he was sexually abused so that explains)
Later on he (Antwone) was telling the psychiatrist navy dude bout the abuse, bout how he had never been (he meant sexual intercourse) with any women in his life because of that, about how much he wants to do it but he just can't get someone pregnant do it. And then the psychiatrist was saying stuffs like 'you should really think about this problem'. So the problem that they were talking here was, Antwone haven't slept with any girls and that's a really serious matter! Then Antwone went nuts and halfly screamed;
'I'm already 25 and I am so ashamed (that I'm still a virgin)!'
I was so confused when I watched this. I mean, What kind of mentality is this? Its Funny!
Oh sadd, I was so busy typing this that the movie almost ended.So I can't tell you if his mind is still in that funny state.Okay now his soon-to-be girlfriend is hugging him and then he's smiling, and then they almost kissed (go Antwone, thats a start!)........... and then my mom switched off the tv. (yea suddenly she's awake) Thank you mama.
So i guess Antwone is normal now?
If that so, I don't wanna be normal, I'll stay a freak.
Hillariouism/hillariousness/hillariouny starts around 1:01
Guy 1 : He said that hmmm..that he’s gonna text me,..mmm say if..cos he said that he wants to come, but he said that mmmm he’s gonna end up goin watchin Kerry (I swear it sounded like curry) Hilson or sumthin..
Mutah Napoleon : Who is this Kerry HilTon person?ß(LMAO!)
Guy 2 : Who is that? Who is it?
Guy 1 : Do ye know about the song with Kanye West and Ne-Yo Knocks You Down?
Guy 2 : Ahahaha I don’t listen to music bro..
Mutah Napoleon : ahahahaha (in a weird tone)
Guy 2 : Fortunately or unfortunately, I don’t have a clue what you’re talking about..but I know Tupac!
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LOOOOOOOOOOOL!
(laughing out out out out out out out out out loud?)
I’m really sorry if you don’t think this is funny, cos I’m not sure if everyone will get the joke as supposedly as you’re supposed to ß maybe you can tell that I’m a bit confused here :p
But it just amazes me that
1.1)Mutah and the other dude doesn’t listen to music AT ALL!
2.2)Who is this Kerry Hilton person?
3.3)…but I know Tupac!
But I know Kerry Hilson, I’m so not cool :(
That video doesn’t have much, but this one here offers awesome reminders. May Allah bless you Mutah and may Allah bless us all. Ameen.
"Who in their right mind and i'm speaking to myself first, will take the chance to lose Heaven for temporary desire that you're gettin in this life? Everything that Allah orders us to do, is only for a temporary time. When a person gets high, he will only be high for a little bit.....when a person commits fornication with a woman, it will go away in seconds. But the next life is forever. So in our right mind, will we give up the next life for something temporary in this life? NO! Anybody with their right mind will say no i'm gonna stick to my religion, i'm gonna follow this religion because I have a chance to die in, and get to the next life and enjoy in Jannah forever. Paradise. "
"We have a beautiful way of life, and we have a Merciful Lord"
"I have only created Jinns and men, that they may serve Me." Ad-Dhariyaat (51:56)
"Allah said; 'I only asked you to worship Me alone'. This is all Allah asked from us, is that hard? Is it hard worshipping our Creator alone? Keep worshipping your Lord, no matter how hard it get, keep making your salat, whatever sin you do, go back and do tawbah. Don't never feel like its too late, and always remember that Allah is Merciful."
" I won't say I was a gangsta, I was just a dude that was caught up in the wrong place"
"Most people think that becoming a muslim, your life gets boring..cmon mann, its so much stuff you can do as a muslim, maybe even more, Islam is a way of life, it doesn't tell you to become a muslim and live in the mountain and don't do anything, you know"
Someone please tell me that you understand the Kerry HilTon joke :D