New year - New blog, insyaAllah :)

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Butter Cookies

I have no appropriate experience of baking cookies on my own.

I had a few baking experiences with my Nenek before and since it was with guidance the result was definitely delicious, Alhamdulillah.

Well, recently I wanted to broaden my cooking 'expertise area', I wanted to try bake biscuits. It was all because I stumbled upon a-very-easy-you-can-close-your-eyes-while-baking kind of recipe, so I excitedly decided to try.

I can still recall the joy and excitement I contain while I was preparing the dough. I even visualize in my mind that my family would praise my cookies and how (simply) talented I am in baking.

(perasan kan?)

Anyway, the result.

tada!!

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Ok, you guys can laugh. It's not like I can hear you.

:p

Tell you, I cried.

I was facing severe devastation & frustration.

(mengadakan? I know)

In my mind : "wuuaaahhh! penat je perasan awal-awal, sekali tak jadi."

But still, out of reasons, instead of dumping all the hideous looking cookies in my trash bin, I tasted it.

MasyaAllah! It's edible!! (hehe). The biscuits were still crunchy, the choc chip was nicely warm and soft, only the bottom part was a bit struggle to bite.

:p

Even my family agreed it was nicely bake, you know for a 1st timer.

:)

They made my cookies their snacks, & I was deeply touched.

I learnt just a lot from this experience. I genuinely feel Allah has taught me a great lesson.

Somehow I felt, my effort was rewarded by Allah rather than my achievement . Thank you Allah for instilling in me the strength and courage to explore my abilities. For not because of you, I may never know.

I love you Allah.

Twins of Faith

Salam Khalifah..

Have you heard of this event yet?

InsyaAllah it will be on the 24th till 25th of Dec at PICC Putrajya at 10.00am till 10.00pm.

MasyaAllah I'm so excited as InsyaAllah I'm going but not as participant but as volunteer. Twins of Faith is organized by Mercy Mission. You can check the details of the event at

http://my.twinsoffaith.com/.

;)

I was informed they are doing this event to collect fund to build home for reverts and school in Malaysia.

Therefore, the money you use to purchase the ticket will be your saving for your akhirah insyaAllah.

One more thing, I also found out they are still in need of volunteer.

If you are interested simply click the link above.

;)

I actually like to share my 1st volunteer meeting with Mercy Mission.

One of the sharing is simple mesmerizing.

It's from Aunty Zai (one of the Mercy Mission volunteer. Allah has given her 25 years of experience in volunteerism so her explanation insyaAllah will really help me in this field as well, amin. She elaborate things help me seeing this duty the way a Muslim volunteer should see)

InsyaAllah it will do the same to you.

Prepare your notebook Khalifah.

Mukmin Volunteer Requirement.

1. First of all - correct our niyah (nawaitu). We are volunteering solely to gain Allah's pleasure, insyaAllah.

2. Obey your leaders, as each assignment will be led by someone.

Listening to our leader will insyaAllah help to smooth the program.

3. Be patients.

Participants are all different in 'colors' - not all are 'white' some can be 'gray', 'pink', 'blue' and so on.

[hope you khalifah get what I mean =) ]

4. Be happy all the time.

Yes, the duty / task can be exhausting and challenging but being "mengada-ngada", unhappy, complain things wont help you settle things.

5. Respect others.

The respect should go to everybody not just the VIPs.

Remember : the way we treat people reflect our manners.

6. Be humble, polite, sincere & transparent.

- Don't give false hope to the participants : meaning, we have to give them info that are according to that moment in a nice & polite way.

7. Smile

(it should be coming right from your heart)

8. Communicate clearly

but before you can do it, you have to listen well so the info given is exactly what the participant needs.

9. Maintain integrity

10. Always stay +ve

{ Husnul Zhon}

11. Show enthusiasm & commitment

12. Be on time

we don't want to trouble others

13. Be professional

working according to the work procedure

14. If you feel unhappy during work

do lots of Zikrullah.

15. Be forgiven & always istighfar

16. Make doa for yourself and the organisation

InsyaAllah that's about it.

Take care Khalifah.

May Allah make easy, amin.

MasyaAllah!

I'm so excited as I'll be having Usrah this coming Sunday night at my home

(hope my house paint will be completely dry by then, amin).

I did prepare some notes and a few humble gifts. Hopefully my Mad'u will love them and enjoy the Usrah forever, amin.

(Khalifah) readers,

please pray for everything to go smooth ya and that we are all able to do

Islah (& Da'wah) consistently (istiqamah).

InsyaAllah be creative naqibah(s). Do integrate our hobbies, passions, talents into our usrah.

Just a friendly reminder ~ to all the (lovely solehah) naqibah (s).

Be genuine. We are not perfect.

We make mistakes but we are always in the path of correcting ourselves insyaAllah.

Last but not least, let's dedicate our little effort for the sake of Allah.

Where to begin?

I'm excited at the same time anxious to share the knowledge I've been exposed to at FCR

[Friendly Comparative Religion]. If I don't share, I feel like I owe something to somebody. If I share I hope Allah is guiding my words from making people having misconception about Islam, amin.

InsyaAllah I'll share briefly on topics I have courage to write about. Don't get me wrong. I'm not afraid of anybody, insyaAllah it's just that I don't want to deliver things that will only make people further away from Islam.

As Muslims, we firmly believe

-Lailaha Ilallah-

There is no God but Allah.

We believe this and InsyaAllah have this believe practice in our daily life. But how to convey this message to Those Who Don't Believe?

Here comes Da'wah.

All this while, my understanding about Da'wah is wrong. Da'wah actually define as to invite or to call a person to embrace Islam. Meaning we don't do Da'wah to Muslims. We do to Non - Muslims.

As for Muslims, we do Islah. Islah means to improve or to correct.

Now there, is Da'wah compulsory?

Refer Al-Quran and As-Sunnah to determine.

Looking back in Sirah, our beloved Prophet s.a.w begins with Da'wah . Keep in mind : Da'wah and Islah are both important. What vital is we do something, we contribute something. It may seems tiny to us but insyaAllah our humble effort may is large to Allah, amin.

What I can conclude is Da'wah and Islah are our obligations. This duty in not meant only for

Ustaz / Ustazah / religious dept. If companions view Da'wah such as this, then we may not know who our Creator is today. {Wai'yadzubillah}

I'm sorry as I cannot put more words into my experience. All I can say is, I'm glad I was at 1st a Muslim by chance. Now I want to be a Muslim by choice.

Amin.

.Ingredients for a great Usrah.

Only Allah knows when was the last time I had an Usrah. Clearly Usrah means family, but it's not that kind of Usrah I'm talking about more like a formal Usrah meeting once a week. It was a norm when I was at my University. Usrah was my compulsory activity once a week.

It's been a year since I started working so it means I have spent a year without Usrah.

Just imagine how my Iman must have been.

.Disaster.

Alhamdulillah lately Allah keeps on popping the word Usrah in my mind.

I guess Allah is giving me the signal of urgency to begin it again a.s.a.p!

I'm now in a process of gathering sisters for my Usrah. InsyaAllah plan to have it at my home once a week. Alhamdulillah, My Imam is in full support of this. Meanwhile, I'm trying to carefully have the Usrah organized. I'm no expert in any of the knowledge field but whatever knowledge Allah has instill in me, insyaAllah I'm planning to share with others.

Fiqh? Sirah? Tauhid?

I'm clearly have no idea what to start with. InsyaAllah it all depends on who my Mad'u (s) will be. Then from our 1st meeting, InsyaAllah I'll decide what is the priority.

Anyway, I use this little book for my reference when I started Usrah of my own. Alhamdulillah it has been a great help (may Allah reward the author, amin). The important recipes are all well describe to begin a blessed Usrah of my own.

Last but not least, I want to thank deeply all of my solehah naqibah(s) for helping and guiding me through some part of my life journey. May Allah reward all of you with His Highest Jannah, amin.

Ukhti Safani, Ukhti Siti Aminah, Ukhti Aishah, Ukhti Syida, Ukhti Eqa, Ukhti Wan, Ukhti Wawa, Ukhti Muslihah, Ukhti Wani, Ukhti Norafiza, Ukhti Farhana.

We are physically separated in this temporary world. May Allah gather us eternally in the Jannah, amin.

FCR Workshop

Friendly Comparative Religion Workshop.

MasyaAllah! Alhamdulillah! A workshop, I'm so thankful to Allah for allowing me to join. It was at IIUM on 19th till 20th Nov. It's the same date as my school was organizing a seminar. After thinking deeply, I'm afraid I've to pass my school seminar. This workshop, is simply something I can't afford to miss.

This was the first time, I heard talk from Bro Shah Kirit. Alhamdulillah, he embrace Islam more than 10 years ago and now he is actively doing Da'wah and Islah. The 2 day workshop was overwhelming. I tried my best insyaAllah to cope, digest and grasp the pace and knowledge being shared.

Bro Daud from Canada began the ceremony by asking the audience :

" How many of you here have Non-Muslims family members?"

(Alhamdulillah, I don't have any and pray to Allah to NEVER have any, amin)

I saw 3 or 4 hands went up. Then he continued,

"How many of you here have Non-Muslims colleagues or friends or neighbors?"

Now, I can say all the hands went up including mine.

"You see, this is exactly why we all need to be here."

Bro Daud continued.

And so my journey begins.

To me, it was more like a roller-coaster ride. Lucky, I hold to my seat tightly. Otherwise, I'd simply fall.

2 days sessions include all listed in the tentative below.

Study the pic above?

MasyaAllah, tell you.

I was so excited when I first read the tentative.

I can now say I'm excited to new knowledge as much as I'm excited to try new things I just purchased :p

You know what, insyaAllah after learning all of the things in the itinerary above, I discover myself more as Allah's abd and khalifah. Truthfully, the aqidah differences simply is TERRIFYING. You see, we are so happy as Allah contain us with extra knowledge, but we all know - the more knowledge we acquire, the higher our responsibility will be. Now, that thought is also terrifying.

Da'wah is not easy but it has to be done ;- with wisdom and beautiful preaching (An-Nahl 16 : 125).

Bro Shah Kirit always remind us during his talk. Allah will ask us this obligation in the Hereafter, so we better get ourselves prepared insyaAllah.

-Lailaha Ilallah-

A 'simple' message but extremely huge in meaning. Khalifah, insyaAllah let's try our best in getting this message across to Muslims or Non-Muslims. Remember : recite, believe and practice Lailaha Ilallah [ is 3 different things] I hope you khalifah understand what I mean.

Anyway, the book is one of the gifts I received from joining this workshop.

InsyaAllah am planning to get my mind to explore this book soon. May Allah make easy my plan, amin.

Again, I'll try my best to share with you what I've learn from the workshop with you brothers and sisters.

I don't want to promise but I'll try my best.

Fingers crossed!

At-Tahrim:6

"O you who believe! Ward off from yourself and your families a Fire(Hell)".

Reminder from Allah, it's crystal clear. Easy to understand, digest and practice insyaAllah :)

Alhamdulillah, Allah's will : my sisters and I we gather at least once a week at my home.

We pray together, eat together then end our night with mini halaqah of our own.

Yesterday was merely a short topic about Qurban.

Since we are still in the mood of it, I might as well share Sirah related to it with my sisters.

The experience I had with my sisters are very rewarding ; reward from Allah.

I kept thinking over and over before we had this kind of gathering.. that I spent energy and time to help 'outsiders' saving themselves from Hellfire, but what have I done to help my family. When it comes to family wise, its never easy to preach especially when it is done with my family members who are a lot older than me. So dakwah bil-hal can take over insyaAllah.

But then, when it come to my sisters, I'm the eldest so insyaAllah it is easy insyaAllah to voice out directly certain things we want to share or to correct.

InsyaAllah I'm trying my best to have our own version of Islamic sleep over party once a week.

Muslimin Muslimat, have your own version with your family. It is our humble effort to fulfill our 1st and 2nd responsibility as Khalifah and saving ourselves from Hellfire.

InsyaAllah, amin.

MY LOVE ~

Alhamdulillah, finally it's mine.

Ladies, it's a must-have-accessories in your handbag.

It's a complete guide to gain Allah's pleasure insyaAllah.

This Quran translation is specially for us ladies, it contains the laws related to us Muslimah.

The decoration outside the cover is merely an extra point :) What's inside is more important.

I purchased this at Pustaka Mukmin, Jalan TAR, Kuala Lumpur at only RM65.

It's our investment for our akhirah :)

Quotes..

I recently heard and help me a lot in muhasabah-ing.

Sis Bada : Khalifah of Allah Talk

"What is the use of our knowledge if it cannot save us and our family from Hellfire?"

Sis Azra : Objective of Understanding Right and Wrong Talk

"Everything under the sun is for us to learn from. We learn from everything, everyone, everywhere. The more knowledge we have the sharper our Aql will be. We are knowledge seeker for the rest of our life."

Sis Alla : conversation she had with her students.

"As your teacher, it is my responsibility to correct you if your behavior is unacceptable otherwise Allah will ask me later."

Al-Waqiah:Al-Mumtahanah:Al-Mulk.

They are so close to my heart. A tune that puts my heart into endless peace and calm. I could feel so down and instantly on top when reading these Surah(s, MasyaAllah. I like the word - bidadari. I really do. As a matter of fact, I love it. And I want to be one, amin. Looking at myself, as if I already know, I wouldn’t (nauzubillah). Al-Waqiah portrays this exquisite beauty beyond imagination bidadari. I’m a lady, I want to be beautiful. Don’t all ladies do?

Al-Waqiah : the 56^th Surah, contains 96 ayat and its Makkiyyah. The remembrance of Qiamah is the only thing that could rest my mind in peace and my heart in serenity. I am sometimes desperate over something or someone that I wish I’d have them immediately. But of course things, don’t go as I want, it will go as I need.

Al-Mumtahanah : the 60^th Surah, contains 13 ayat and it’s Madaniyyah. The translation of Al-Mumtahanah (She Who is Tested) itself already caught my attention. Then it immediately captures my heart and conquers my gaze that I just want to read it again and again, insyaAllah. Being tested is a promise from Allah – as to prove our faith. Something been lingering in my thought, it is not right and it may become a sin. But simply thinking about it can really put me into joy and excitement. Not to mention – happy. I keep reassuring myself, if not now, insyaAllah I’ll have . . . one day. I just have to be patient. If not in this world, then in the Hereafter. Just be patient.

As for Al-Mulk, I heard one of the Fadhilat is to avoid torture in the grave. It is truly and purely a motivation for me : to keep me istiqamah with this Surah. I hate black. Black as in darkness. I don’t enjoy being alone or not alone in the darkness. I suffocate. Grave is a place like that. Right? Unless we occupy ourselves with as many amalan as possible to invite light in that ‘little house’ of ours. Al- Mulk has 30 ayat, it is the 67^th Surah in the Al-Quran and it is also Makiyyah. The 18^th sentence shake my heart so badly. I fear the word ‘Murka’. May Allah always allow me to fear it, amin. Don’t you? Murka just terrifies me.

A melody from Allah – that consoles me always. What’s yours?

Starbucks : In Memory.

It is now confirmed by JAKIM - Starbucks is HARAM.

*sigh*

Old Habit dies hard. But Sirah will insyaAllah put my heart in determine. I remember when Allah announce [arak] is HARAM during companion's era.

They didn't have it question at all. Simply sami'na wa ata'na.

MasyaAllah.

Enough sin created, no need to add more InsyaAllah.

Semat Quran

I'm currently learning Arabic through Quran at this place. The method is very easy, well at least for me.

:)

We don't learn Arabic typically like different classes I've attended. You know, begins with numbers, family etc. We learn the lughah straight from the Quran, so basically we also learn how to translate it.

Kaedah tafsir Quran dengan Quran.

MasyaAllah, it's amazing. The Ustaz is very friendly and nice spoken. Overall, I do enjoy it.

Enroll yourself if you are interested, the class is located in Ampang. Further details, just give them a call.

Yummy~

http://bakeat350.blogspot.com/2010/11/candy-bar-cheesecake-oh-my-guest-post.html

http://www.tipjunkie.com/french-toast/

http://ladolcivita.blogspot.com/2010/11/mexican-hot-chocolate-cookies.html

http://www.tipjunkie.com/fudge-recipe/

Check it Out ;]

http://www.owhsomuslim.com/

I highly recommend -

you go to this website, there is a lot to read!

http://islamic-world.net/khalifah_series.php#series02

Trust me,

InsyaAllah the readings will recall our promise to Allah _ way before we were born.

Books titled such as :

1. Understanding The Concept of Khalifah

2. On Being Khalifah of Allah

Praying _

I'm (officially) having a relationship with my bank officer and my lawyer. I call them (almost) once a week to get updates regarding purchasing our house. Tell you, I never imagined buying a house would be this leceh! Honestly, I thought it was as simple as purchasing a handbag _ you pay, then you own it : immediately!

In my experience, Alhamdulillah both of my : lawyer + bank officer are very friendly and helpful. I believe at 1 point, they are expecting my calls once a week by now. The process seems forever. I'm praying hard to Allah to have me and my husband moving soon and yes we truly appreciate your doa as well, dear readers ;)

Just to share : I think it is very important that you co-operate with bank officer and lawyer that you feel comfortable working with. It may take some time to 'search' for them, but in the end insyaAllah you will know it's worth it. Before I made decision which bank should I go for loans I had my survey _ I went from one bank to another. & to make things easy : I went to KLCC since most of the banks are operated there / Maybank, RHB, Bank Rakyat, CIMB. I went one by one discussing from A to Z - the procedure in purchasing property. Don't worry if your questions sound silly | because you really want to equip yourself with much info as possible |

When you are buying a house it's not like spending rm2. it's a lot a lot a lot more than that! Trust me. So go ahead ask anything and everything you want to know. So from this (never-ending) asking question, you can find out : who is the bank officer you will (insyaAllah) feel comfortable working with. Their professionalism, knowledge, ability, friendliness, hospitality etc were the criteria I considered other than the rate the bank offer, of course! After hours of surveying I finally found the winner ;) Alhamdulillah.

Then regarding lawyer _ yes, it is undeniable if you share the same lawyer with your vendor (in my case we purchase second-hand property), the procedure will speed up and shortens but I highly recommend you have your own lawyer representing your purchase. It seems hassle and everything and of course the fee is expensive but it's safer when you have your own lawyer insyaAllah ;} Again, ask her anything you want. Don't hesitate.

Anyway, I present to you a piece of my (future) house. It's a condominium, located at PJ - complete with almost any facilities I'd want. It's very clean and seems safe insyaAllah with all the security system.

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Tada!

Yes, we have swimming pool. My hubby and I are considering to have our (future)

house-warming (+ doa selamat) in this area. Cool isn't it? ;]

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If people are trying to pull you down, be proud of it.

Because it only confirms you are above them.

Shikha Mishra

This is (super) SWEET!

Haneen+Amir Love Story/Thank You Movie from Orange Wedding Films on Vimeo.

/Salam to Our Prophet/

Jibrail (As) once said, “Allah gave me the knowledge to count every leaf on Earth, every fish in the sea, every star in the sky and every particle of sand on earth. But, there is only one thing I can’t count.” The Prophet (SAW) asked, “What is that?” Jibrail (AS) replied, “When one of your Ummah recites his salaam to you, the blessing of Allah showers upon him and it becomes impossible for me to count.