smoking is idiotic

The first thing that disappoints me when I first got here in 2006 was the fact that there are quite a number of medical students who smoke cigarettes. Some of them smoke openly in the no-smoking area like inside campus.

Not only locals, Malaysian students also seem like enjoying the 'opportunity' given as many of them are smokers, some have just picked up the habit here.

Not only that cigarettes are available almost everywhere, these young smokers are also influenced socially plus with the fact that big tobacco companies are still allowed to advertise their products widely here.

I really think that those young people born in the late 20th century, growing up and living with a well known fact that smoking scientifically proven to be fatal, are totally idiot to be smoking. There are also massive campaigns warning about the danger of smoking. Yet they let themselves addicted to the nicotine that comes with other carcinogenic substances.

Smoking is forbidden in Islam. Off course those addicted to it will come up with many excuses to justify their 'harmless' or 'beneficial' habit.

What happened to me earlier today triggered me to write this. I was in a air-conditioned room with several people smoking in it. I felt like a guinea pig, put in a closed box filled with cigarette's smoke to see the how many ways I can die. I'm not exaggerating.

If you still choose to be a smoker, please at least think about others who are not, have some considerations and ethical values.

"Do no harm, yourself or others"- Prophet Muhammad pbuh.

let's pledge to donate our organs!

some times around a year ago I signed up as an organ donor. I did it online, after reading a news about several critically ill patients waiting for organ transplant in a hospital in our country. the story has really touched me as many of the patients are still young, just started working and most of them are the breadwinner of their family. since the number of organ being donated is not much, many of these patients are kept waiting until their final breath.



my mother knew about this when the ID donor card was mailed to my house. on the phone she made it quite clear that she did not really approved of this. while I totally understood her worry, I explained to her my intention of helping the needy fellow human beings and that such act would not do me, or my dead body in this case, any harm.

from the religion point of view, this organ donation is totally permitted. In the Malaysian Society of Transplantation Society web site, it is said that National Fatwa Committee meeting on June 23 and 24 in 1970, assisted by a panel of medical experts, made the decision to allow organ transplantation based on acceptable juridical principles.



quoting from the article "Islam considers a disease as a natural phenomenon. However man should seek remedy, Allah, who causes ailments, also brings cure and redemption. Muslims are therefore encouraged to search for new modes of treatment and should apply them if proved successful."

I also have came across this one blog, saifulislam.com in which the writer explains it in a more refreshing and beautiful way. it's a really good post that I think everybody should read it.



so dearest friends, lets pledge as a donor, lets do this, lets help somebody to have their life back, to work for their family and lessen their sufferings, after we no longer need the organs.

I think it is not really something that is so hard to do as we are already gone, dead. we really don't need them anymore. it's just like donating out stuffs such as clothes that we no longer need. right?

so if you are interested, you can sign up at the National transplant resource center web site here. if you're in malaysia, you can also buy the form with only 60cents at the post office.

Happy birthday Malaysia!

It’s Malaysia Independence Day anniversary today. I want to take this opportunity to wish all Malaysians wherever you are a very happy and blessed merdeka day! There are so many things that we should be thankful for being born in land called Malaysia. For its peace, economy stability, political stability, and for the harmonious multiracial of its citizens.



There are of course lots of problems coming in our way unstoppably, but we managed to handle them wisely for the benefits of everyone. Be it internally or across the border with the outside world.

Just like the recent sparks with our neighbour. I think we have acted accordingly without turning the sparks into fire. We are brothers right? Muslims are brothers to each other. As written in al-Quran surah al-hujarat (49:10): “The believers are but a single brotherhood: so make peace and reconciliation between your two (contending) brothers; and fear Allah, that ye may receive Mercy.”

So in my opinion the true meaning of independence is actually how strong we obey/stick to the real teachings of Islam without being influenced by any other things. Nowadays we get on each other’s throat very easily ignoring the fact that we’re brothers, as we pursue our very own needs and importance.

Happy 53rd independence day! And be independent!

Tariq Ramadan's In the Footstep of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad

Have you read the Tariq Ramadan's In the Footstep of the Prophet? This book is a must-read to all of you, highly recommended. And it is definitely the best book to read during this holy month of Ramadan.



I bought it last year and it's my favourite until now. it's really an eye opener and it makes you realized how amazingly good a person, a husband and a leader the prophet Muhammad pbuh was. I've read it several times and still feel like reading it again.

It is a biography of our beloved prophet pbuh telling how he beautifully, wisely handled lots of difficulty he encountered throughout his life. And all those examples shown by him that every Muslim should takes note and follow. There are so many lessons we can learn.

I don't think this book is only suitable for Muslims. To non-Muslims I think this book is best book that introduces the true teachings of Islam.

I passed the book to my girlfriend. She has read it, she said the book was so nice that she's thinking of buying it for his father as a present.

Malaysia-Indonesia

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The previous tensions have not even fully subsided yet, but now it seems to be heated up again. There was a demonstration by an extreme group calling themselves as bendera, in which human faeces being thrown to the Malaysian embassy. I’m honestly sad with the news. They also said that Malaysian companies here in Indonesia will be their target, to ask them to “pack up their business and go home”. What scared me the most is that they threatened to detain Malaysians on the streets and shave their heads before sending them back.

But I know they do not represent the whole mostly peace-loving Indonesians. I’ve been studying here for 4 years. They are many Indonesians that treated us Malaysian here nicely, putting aside all those tiffs between these two countries.

But of course there are people who hate Malaysian so much that it is obvious. But I honestly don’t blame them. Media here loves playing with the issue and sensationalizing it. Just like how they did to the celebrities. Most of the info they aired were merely baseless allegations and they played it again and again as it were something need to be planted deep in the brain. Hatred been planted.

Please people! Be you Malaysian or Indonesian, please handle with whatever crisis wisely. As in this latest case of sea-border trespassing or whatever, solve it accordingly, sit down and talk, show proofs to support your allegations. Most of us are Muslim. And a Muslim is brother to one another, right? And we are not allowed to prolong fight with each other more than 3 days.

And ironically it happens in the sacred month of Ramadan!

P/s: if somebody throws faeces at you, you give him flower instead. Or else you are just like him. don't' you think.

Si Tua

Setelah aku selesai menoleh ke kanan dan ke kiri memberi salam, mata aku tertumpu pada seorang tua yang sedang kusyuk beribadat. Aku tersedar akan kehadiran dia di dalam masjid ini sejak beberapa malam sebelum ini. Entah kenapa tanpa sebab yang pasti, hati aku luluh ketika terlihat kelibat si tua ini yang terbongkok berdiri di hadapan Tuhannya.

Rukuk dan berdirinya si hamba Allah ini sudah tiada banyak bezanya lagi. Hatiku sedih bercampur terharu. Dengan keadaannya yang serba lemah dan tua, si tua ini tetap istiqamah dalam ibadatnya kepada Yang Satu.

Setiap kali sesudah selesai bacaan doa selepas solat witir, si tua ini akan bersusah-payah, sedaya-upaya berusaha untuk bangun dan bersalam dengan jemaah yang lain. Kadang, oleh kerana pergerakannya yang sangat lambat, dia hanya mampu berjabat tangan dengan dua atau tiga orang sahaja.

Mulai semalam aku cuba untuk duduk dekat dengannya, entah kenapa, aku tak pasti.

Pernah suatu ketika, selepas pulang dari masjid, aku menukar pakaian dan bersiap-siap untuk keluar rumah. Dalam perjalananku keluar aku terlihat susuk tubuh yang sangat aku kenal, si tua itu, masih dalam perjalanannya pulang dari masjid, bergerak perlahan setapak demi setapak dengan wajah yang hampir menyembah tanah.

Aduh, lagi hatiku remuk. Betapa kudrat si dia yang satu ini tak pernah menjadi halangan untuk ke rumah Allah.

Malam pertama Ramadhan aku pernah berfikir, adakah aku mahu ke masjid ataupun tidak. Di hati berasa malas tak semena-mena. Cukuplah solatku cuma seorang-seorang di bilik tidur, berkata aku dibenakku.

Apakah jadahnya? Aku yang muda ni malas. Padahal si tua dgn keadaannya yang tak mengizinkan, tekad ke sana.

Nasibku baik. Status facebookku dibalas dengan nasihat daripada teman-teman:






Mohd Uda
I am thinking whether want to go to the mosque for tarawih or not. it's 1st of Ramadan tonight.


21 August at 18:33 via Twitter ·
comments:



don think...juz go



g je uda..



must go!!!!!!



isk2...nak jmpa awek xyah pikir nak p ke xnak...tp nak p solat tarawih pun nak kena pikir byk mcm ni...xkan la nak tggu umur 50 bru xyah pikir kot 2pun kalu sempat...beribadatlah kamu seperti itu adalah ibadat terakhir kamu...



gi r...pemalas...cube r jd mcm aku



hehe insaf plak dgr murshikidal bg ceramah. alar ingat nak wat kat rumah jer 1st night. kat masjid ramai org sgt la awal2 ni.. =p



bagos la jemaah ramai..ape la uda ni...



btol2.g jemaah tau ude.klau blh g jd imam trus.lg bgus..



baiklah kawan2 ku. trima kasih atas nasihat. td memang cam 75% malas nak gi, skrg da tggl 10%. jom gi masjid! :)


Alhamdulillah~ =p