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| Wednesday, 8-Feb-2012 06:13 |
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I'm back - at least for now!
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Assalamu'alaykom,
It's been a long while! (my fav sentence when I haven't update blogs or upload any photos)
The snail pace of uploading photos to fotopages really bugs me that I have decided to stay away.
Furthermore, my sister who introduced me to fotopages, left her fotopages when fotopages servers were moved to Israel. (Even though I think it was on purpose that 'they' started it here in Malaysia but with every intention to bring it back there! - just a personal conviction really! - My suspicion was my primary reason for not joining it earlier ... hahahaaa... but caved in to my sister's request).
So, what's new?
Busy as ever.
gained a few pounds.
thus knee problems.
getting older and need more naps. ( Cant put up an all nighters anymore!)
current project? at home front - I'm searching for or designing for custom order a workstation to fit into a bedroom... deciding to have a queen size bed or just double bunk beds where 3 twin size beds can fit in - for guests in mind. At work - students are on inter-semester break till 3rd week tis month - thus no classes for now! But, busy with administrative work - the course proforma for MQA dan data entry for e-info --->
Immediately - tomorrow, I'll be attending a baking class - cupcakes, cheese cake, bread pudding, chocolate mouse and black forest are on the menu.
Okay, tis is the floor plan for the bedroom / study / work room! 
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| Saturday, 21-May-2011 14:52 |
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Wood Swing Set
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I think I can make this on my own.
I love carpentry.
As a kid, when I was reading the stories of the God's messengers and prophets, it seems to me that many of them were carpenters!
With proper tools, I'm sure that this is a viable project! 
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| Friday, 20-May-2011 07:41 |
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View from 19yh Floor of Felda Residence
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Jr has been asking me to take him up there for dinner.
I kept telling him okay but not now.
Last week, the 2nd batch of graduating students of Fakulti of Biotechnology invited me as I was teaching them for one semester long ago for their farewell dinner.
The dinner was at the Felda Residence.
Thinking of how I can get way without Jr noticing, I decided to leave early.
His father took him to the park and I left.
Irfan asked me to bring my camera along and I'd have brought it along even if he had not asked.
I've been meaning to take shots of the view from the top floor of the Felda Residence.
Here are some shots to share with ye all....
IMG_3209 by UmmAbdrahmaan - Alhamdulillah!, on Flickr
IMG_3206 by UmmAbdrahmaan - Alhamdulillah!, on Flickr
IMG_3249 by UmmAbdrahmaan - Alhamdulillah!, on Flickr
IMG_3196 by UmmAbdrahmaan - Alhamdulillah!, on Flickr
IMG_3198 by UmmAbdrahmaan - Alhamdulillah!, on Flickr
IMG_3231 by UmmAbdrahmaan - Alhamdulillah!, on Flickr
IMG_3221 by UmmAbdrahmaan - Alhamdulillah!, on Flickr
IMG_3261 by UmmAbdrahmaan - Alhamdulillah!, on Flickr
IMG_3225 by UmmAbdrahmaan - Alhamdulillah!, on Flickr
The rest of the photos can be viewed here http://www.flickr.com/photos/ummabdrahmaan/sets/72157626762628640/.
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| Friday, 13-May-2011 14:22 |
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Yang Telah Lama Ku Tinggalkan Tetapi Masih Segar Dalam Ingatan
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I've spent more of my online time on Flickr, then on Facebook!
But it doesn't mean that I've forgotten my fotopages.
Now that I've completed the markings and grading for semester 2 2010/2011 session, I'll have some free time for the next two weeks.
Free in a sense that nothing is pressing. However, there's still Course File for audit purposes and writing the research finding for journal and publication.
InshaAllah, I'll make time for it within next week! Allah Kareem!
Log book for Industrial trainee by UmmAbdrahmaan - Dinner@ Gossip Kitchen!, on Flickr
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| Wednesday, 8-Dec-2010 15:45 |
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This post was from Suheibweb.
The focus seems to be on the valid vs invalid, accepted vs rejected and nullification of ones deed.
~ Thinking about maulanas that used to come and gave religious talk at our kampung when we were kids.... at the end of the talk, the maulana would make du'a for everyone present and after the people said ameen, the men that travel with him would spread out their turban to collect money.
Back then, people would donate 5 sen, 10 sen, 20 sen or even 30 or 40 sen what ever they can afford.
When hundreds of people come, their collection could easily totaled more than $150.00
One time, I heard one of them said that the collection they get was less than last time thus urging the maulana not to come to our kampung again next time.
The maulana agreed.
I concluded that giving religous talk was a way for them to go places to collect hard earned money from the poor rural folks.
They even told the public that they can pay their zakat money to them.
Again... Innamal 'amalu biniyaaat!!!!!!
We reap what we sow.
I'm sure when we perform solat and our mind wander elsewhere, the benefit we get from the solat would be less as we doubt ourselves if Allah SWT would indeed accept our deed.
For the men who cheat to marry a second wife, surely their life would not be bless with peace and tranquility ....
| Quote: | The Top Six Mistakes in Usul
Published on December 8, 2010
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Made by Students, Regular Muslim Folks & Many in Between
by Shazia Ahmad
Part 1
Out of all the Islamic subjects I’ve had the opportunity to explore in my time studying abroad, one of my favorites has been Usul al-Fiqh - the study of the methodology scholars employ to derive and extract rulings from Divine sources. Instead of looking at the details of specific rulings, Usul al-Fiqh “zooms out” to study the entire process, and to note the underlying principles used by scholars to make judgments about religious issues.
I’ve often found that at times, people misinterpret, misunderstand, and draw incorrect conclusions about Islamic law and Islamic legal rulings, due to their lack of refined understanding about these important principles and concepts. For this reason, I’d like to discuss six common mistakes people make related to the science of Usul al-Fiqh, and why understanding them correctly is important.
Mistake #6: “If I do something that is considered valid Islamically, it means that Allah accepts and loves that action.”
An act that is legally valid in Islam means that it fulfills all the external and internal requisites outlined by Shari`ah for it to have a legal ‘existence’. It is therefore effectual, binding and has legal consequences. This legal validity, however, does not guarantee that Allah will reward an individual for commission of that action, that He will accept it from them, or that He is pleased with them for performing it. Attaining Allah’s acceptance and pleasure is based on many more factors, including the person’s intention, his or her internal state when performing the action, and what means the individual used to accomplish it.
For example, a person may perform a prayer that is legally valid – fulfilling all of its prerequisites and external and internal components – yet, their intention while performing it is one of ostentation, their prayer is done in a completely absent-minded state, and they pray on land that had been illegally usurped and in clothes acquired in an impermissible way. While such a prayer may be technically valid, 1 we cannot say that it is something Allah will accept and love. In truth, it may be that such an individual has actually accrued sin, and further distanced themself from Allah, all while performing a technically valid action.
Another example would be a man who marries a second wife in a manner that includes deception, dishonesty, and that greatly grieves the first wife and breaks the ties of love and loyalty between them. While he may staunchly defend his second marriage as one that is valid in Islamic law, its validity does not negate the improper conduct by which it was accomplished and the consequences of it, for which he will be held accountable. The marital contract may have been in line with the letter of the law, but the real meaning and spirit of the law – the objectives and goals of marriage as a place of mutuality, love, tranquility, and support for one another, as described in the Quran and in the manner of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ – has been left by the wayside.
Making sure our actions are correct and valid from a legal perspective is certainly very important, and is the first critical and essential step towards drawing close to Allah and attaining His pleasure. However, one must not stop there. We should also make sure that the act is done with sincerity and in a principled and ethical manner, which we learn from studying the Qur’an and the Sunnah in a holistic and thematic way.
We often find fatwas2 couched in the language of ‘validity’ and ‘invalidity’, and not necessarily delving into the morality of the act in question. This is because the fuqaha3 have historically been very focused on the legal ramifications and the worldly consequences of their rulings, which they were responsible for establishing and enacting. For example, does this act deserve the hadd4 punishment? Was this marriage conducted correctly, so that it has legal existence and the children from it rightfully inherit? Etc. This was and is the focus of the fuqaha, more so than on heavenly consequences, which is beyond their responsibility, and has to do with whether an action is moral, ethical, and pleasing to Allah.
As individual Muslims, who are striving to be believers, enter Paradise, and to make all of our actions from among those that Allah loves and accepts, we must think beyond the language of the legal jurists and remember the spiritual and ethical dimensions of the law, along with its letter. We should hold ourselves to a high and principled standard, in line with the Prophetic example, instead of seeking out loopholes in the law to excuse or justify immoral behavior by saying, “Well, my action is still valid!” Along with that, we must be cautious of falling into the mistake of overconfidence in our deeds, believing that Allah will automatically accept them because of the correctness of their outward form. It is only when that outward form is linked with the proper inner state that it moves from the realm of legal consequence to the meadows of Divine reception.
May Allah the Most High make us people who perform our deeds with sincerity, uprightness, and in line with the letter and the spirit of Divine teachings. Ameen.
*Read about the next five mistakes in the rest of this series, to be published soon, insha’Allah. |
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| Wednesday, 8-Dec-2010 05:17 |
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Early Marriages
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The article below appear in the nst online today.
I have no qualms about early marriage.
I've observed that the bride is getting younger and younger nowadays.
When I was a kid, the girl is expected to be married when she is 17 years old.
Then the expectant age was raised to 18 years old since by then you have to complete your general education till form 5 first.
At the time, marriages are lined up for girls right after the SPM results were out.
Then, more and more girls scored better than boys in the examination and got offer to study at the university.
Some forgo the offer and some went to further study often with the kampung folk feeling sorry for her because she will not get married any soon till after she completed he study. By then, she will be a spinster.
I used to question that line of thinking but I get jeered and told that I might as well be a spinster.
We were kids and everyone had dreams.
Alhamdulillah, it seems like we got what we wished for back then.
One wanted to get married and live far away as well as having a job to go to.
One wanted to marry a Petronas officer of executive status, stay home as a homemaker and have children.
One didn't care much if she got married or not but at least she wanted to have a kid and as far as job concern, she will do what bring her the most satisfaction even if that means be a part of community service and just hope that she will have enough for food, her child education and old age.
I was on the only one who dreamed to go to college out of the country, get a job, get married by I'm 25 years old, become a housewife, have kids, go back to school, and have a carrier maybe as a teacher or a lecturer and have more kids...
I have always thought that my first born, if a girl, would be married before she turns eighteen or perhaps she'll get the 'akad right after sixteen birthday. But she'll continue her study and off to college even if she already has a baby.
Allah Kareem!
Crop2 by UmmAbdrahmaan(enjoying the rain), on Flickr
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14-year-old's marriage 'a rude awakening'
source :nst.com.my/
2010/12/07
KUALA LUMPUR: The debate on the marriage of a 14-year-old girl to a 23-year-old man continued with calls for a solution to such cases.
The Education Ministry said it did not intervene in such matters.
"So far, there has not been a policy that prevents school-going teenage girls from getting married.
"It is a decision that they or their families make," Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said.
"I am not sure what made her do it, but I pity her."
Wee, however, said the case was a rarity, although he was surprised to find that the bride, Siti Maryam Mahmod, was still attending school.
Usually, such girls would have dropped out.
"Their first priority should be education, and they should be wary of the consequences of getting married at such a young age.
"Girls like Maryam are normally sent for counselling to ensure that they are stable."
For National Parent-Teacher Association chairman Datuk Mohd Ali Hasan, the marriage, which was reported by the New Sunday Times, was a rude awakening.
"Girls like Maryam should be allowed to grow within their age group, and not be forced to grow up through marriage at such a tender age.
"Don't prepare them so early for marriage. They deserve the right to freedom and to develop themselves in a holistic manner."
Ali also urged men to avoid being associated with child marriages.
"Although religious perspectives allow this, common sense and logic can still tell us whether it is the right thing to do."
National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) secretary-general Lok Yim Theng said such marriages were difficult to judge.
"We are talking about human relationships here, which is, truthfully, hard to ascertain as to what actually constitutes them."
"This is not a problem where formulation of policies and prosecuting laws can meet. It needs proper study, and must be addressed effectively."
Lok said girls were also maturing faster and realised their priorities much earlier.
"Therefore, at times, the marriage can be a matter of family pride as well as the girl's future, and it is simply difficult to define this issue in one word."
She said the school for pregnant teens was a good idea.
"When the chief minister of Malacca voiced the idea, it was laughed at. But look at the response now.
"Different problems have to be solved in different ways. We cannot deal with this problem the conventional way, but with a clear mind."
The marriage of Siti Maryam to Abdul Manan Othman also prompted Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil to reiterate the government's position.
"Our stance is, we are not for child marriages. I want to be very clear here. As far as the government is concerned, a wedding does not make a marriage," she said at the Barisan Nasional Convention on Sunday.
Shahrizat said the ministry held that children below 16 were still in need of guidance, protection and the chance to form their own character.
"A marriage is about responsibility. She is still a child. We hope the court giving consent will be doubly cautious about this."
Read more: 14-year-old's marriage 'a rude awakening' http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/02eshuu/Article/#ixzz17Uj2XyJo |
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| Thursday, 2-Dec-2010 10:48 |
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Thank God for a pair of socks
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I locked my self away in the office to do some markings for six straight hours today.
There was with no need to turn on the air-conditioner as it 's been raining all day and night.
I can feel the chill in the air.
As I was driving home, I could feel the warmth radiating from my feet which were snugly fit in the shoes I was wearing.
I was thinking how grateful I was for the socks that I had put on early in the morning.
Without the socks, my concentration probably didn't last long and probably I could not complete the goal I set to do today.
Alhamdulillah for the goal achieved and for a pair of warm socks
The feeling of gratefullness compounded after I had to brace the rain walking to the shop to buy daily supply of fresh milk and bread as I had to park further away.
With my warm feet, a bit splash of rain water was not a big deal.
Having to go back driving a car with the cold air on wasn't a big deal also.
Once home, my son greeted me with a hug and a complaint.
He complained that he could not take his nap in the afternoon.
He sat and enjoyed some bread dipped in fresh milk while showing me the Lego pieces he had been making at the kitchen table.
After we were done, he climbed up the stool, put him arm around my neck and suddenly jump wrapping his legs around my waist asking me to carry him around.
I wasn't about to do that on a full tummy!!!!
I told him to let go and go down but he refused.
Thinking that we'll just go to the room and do some cuddling after I'm done with washing dishes.
However, as I was putting back onto the stool, he had pushed the stool with his feet refusing to sit and the stool fell down.
It fell straight onto my left foot on the thumb.
woaahhhhh...... it's swollen and bleeding under the nail.
My father went outside and got some fresh henna leaves.
Hubby was pounding the henna leaves using mortar and pestle with some asam keping.
My went to room and get some gauze from the emergency box.
I sat there by the stairs crying!
It really hurts!!!!
The henna paste felt so cold as it's being wrapped around the thumb of my left foot.
My feet was so warm earlier and now it feels cool.
and it still tingling................. no! It's a throbing pain!!!!! waaaaaaa.......
Try to get a hammer and use it to hammer your own toe!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Monday, 29-Nov-2010 13:26 |
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Head gear as a fashion and Trend
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We are spoilt for choices when it come to different style of head gear or tudung.
Sporting a local look by UmmAbdrahmaan(enjoying the rain), on Flickr
I remember looking into my friends' text book on history of costume where head gear is one of the category of fashion.
My friend was majoring in Fashion Merchandising where the knowledge of history of costume, contemporary fashion, types of textiles, fashion design combine with some marketing and management senses as well as ability to forecast fashion trend are all part of a package.
I wasn't yet a Muhajibah at the time and was very interested in what she was studying. It certainly looks more interesting than my chemistry major.
It was also when i realised that there is more to my future than working in a chemistry lab conducting chemical tests.
When Aaya wasn't well by UmmAbdrahmaan(enjoying the rain), on Flickr
Observing current trend in "tudung", I wonder what else our tudung designers have in store for the consumers.
A little of what I understood of consumer behaviour, the wanting to look good, different,attractive or in fashion is infinity.
For the longest time, I resist the temptation and sales pitch from friends and family to buy and wear current style of tudung be it "tudung aryani" or "tudung ikin" or "tudung whatever it is" ....... I kinda like the plain colour lycra tudung (black, brown, grey).
I did buy a few and soon became my favourites.
But these lycra tudung is a bit short to my liking. I ended up wearing a coat or jacket or another shawl to cover my bosom.
Then they came up with multi coloured tudung lycra. Soon another same with beads or pins or decorations on the top or the side. Then tudung dubai, tudung syria and what's not.
IMG_5561 by UmmAbdrahmaan(enjoying the rain), on Flickr
By then, I was no longer interested in whatever new tudung fashion they came up with.
For now, I'm giving away my lycra tudung and not going to buy another one.
Yes, it's convenience. You just put it on without much hassle but.... I don't feel like it's really me.
My shawl style tudung is more me.
Then last night, one of my colleague was asking me, "Akak tak pakai tudung yang ada earings sekali tu?????" and I went "huh??? earings????" 
No. And it is final.
I went for the temptation, trend, fashion and design but no more.
I'm not young anymore!
My style isn't much of a fashion because i wear what I'm comfortable with.
Sometime, I do go out not wearing abaya just out of spite for someone.
Or sometime, thinking that I'd just drive Jr to the airport to watch aeroplanes landing and take off and that i won't even be going out of the car but ended up going out of the car. O boy! was i feeling self-conscious and felt like I didn't have clothes on. At the same time, I was also relishes the feeling of the hot sun on my skin.... thus ended up staying outside the car to feel the warmth of the evening sun.
For now, I'll be less fashionable and stick to my grandmothers' big and long shawl for cover up. 
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| Monday, 29-Nov-2010 07:51 |
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It's marking time again!
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It doesn't look like I'd have a time to take a week off.
I have planned to take Jr to Taiping during the school holiday.
With the final exam papers to be marked and the deadline for entering the marks into the SISMAK system and the internal audit which will be conducted right before the Christmas holiday, I have only one week window frame to take a leave.
But that week is a week before new semester and new year commence.
Usually, it'd be the busiest with meetings and course preparation, not to mention scheduling that normally take place before a new semester begins.
Besides his qur'an class every morning, afternoon and evening with Tokki, Jr spends time watching aeroplanes on youtube, drawing (aeroplanes off course!) practicing his handwriting and getting into reading practice online.
This Saturday, InshaAllah, if the weather permit, I shall take him to the state museum to see the venomous animals exhibition that is ongoing till 31 December 2010. I hope that he will enjoy it.
http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2010/10/23/southneast/7273362&sec=southneast
Last Friday, the weather was sunny all day and we took the opportunity to go out for a jog at the beach.
Once at our favourite beach, the Pantai Batu Buruk, we headed towards the embankment.
I kinda suggested that we take a walk along the embankment since I've seen people doing it.
Well, we did and here are the photos that I managed to snap during the walk. Enjoy!
Spotted this in between the boulders
Monitor lizard? Biawak? Pok Riang! by UmmAbdrahmaan(enjoying the rain), on Flickr
walking on the embankment 4 by UmmAbdrahmaan(enjoying the rain), on Flickr
Fishing on the embankment by UmmAbdrahmaan(enjoying the rain), on Flickr
Kuala Terengganu in the horizon by UmmAbdrahmaan(enjoying the rain), on Flickr
Fishing on the embankment 3 by UmmAbdrahmaan(enjoying the rain), on Flickr
IMG_2210 by UmmAbdrahmaan(enjoying the rain), on Flickr
IMG_2214 by UmmAbdrahmaan(enjoying the rain), on Flickr
IMG_2252 by UmmAbdrahmaan(enjoying the rain), on Flickr
IMG_2163 by UmmAbdrahmaan(enjoying the rain), on Flickr
IMG_2179 by UmmAbdrahmaan(enjoying the rain), on Flickr
IMG_2189 by UmmAbdrahmaan(enjoying the rain), on Flickr
IMG_2218 by UmmAbdrahmaan(enjoying the rain), on Flickr
Till next time Allah Hafidz
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| Tuesday, 16-Nov-2010 06:10 |
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The Inner Voice
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Paradigm.
In Bahasa, paradigma.
Thinking Creatively still are bounded by logic unless it is imaginary situation.
Thinking about thinking : -
Do students think when they ... let say... participate in a group discussion?
If the discussion takes place in English language medium, what sort of thinking takes place? and Do they think about their thinking?
The word in focus is Metacognitive - thinking about thinking.
From wiki: - first site for basic information but not in depth knowledge! Students are told not to cite or rely too much on info from wikipedia.
| Quote: | | Metacognition is defined as "cognition about cognition", or "knowing about knowing."[1] It can take many forms; it includes knowledge about when and how to use particular strategies for learning or for problem solving.[1] Metamemory, defined as knowing about memory and mnemonic strategies, is an especially important form of metacognition."[2] Differences in metacognitive processing across cultures have not been widely studied, but could provide better outcomes in cross-cultural learning between teachers and students.[3] Some evolutionary psychologists hypothesize that metacognition is used as a survival tool, which would make metacognition the same across cultures.[3] Writings on metacognition can be traced back at least as far as De Anima and the Parva Naturalia of the Greek philosopher Aristotle.[4] |
Prof Muhaya FB status just now:
| Quote: | | Paradigm shape our logic. If we change our paradigm we change our logic and breakthrough logic to achieve. BE independent of the good opinion of others. Paradigm control our perception. It controls our time. Everyone gets the same time but achieve differently due to how they use their time. To improve our life change our paradigm which is a multittude of habits |
I dig deeper and my conclusion is it's all about that inner voice that monitor our thoughts and question our actions!
Cud it be that our conscience is finally going to be out into the limelight??
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