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| Friday, 29-Aug-2008 05:26 |
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MERDEKA ENTRY
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Those flags that adorned the fences at UDM Kota campus did managed to cheer me up.
Looking around, I didn't see many cars or houses with Jalur Gemilang this time around.
I put a Jalur Gemilang on my car windshield only yesterday afternoon.
But again, Flag Day in Malaysia hasn't been that great here as compared to some other countries.
I heard a nostalgic comment that only during the year when one lady minister before Shahrizat that the merdeka celebration was truly felt.
So, here are some photos that I managed to capture one morning before the internal audit meeting at the Kampus Kota, UDM.
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| Thursday, 28-Aug-2008 12:26 |
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Happy Ramadhan!!!
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I related a story to a group of students in the class today about the word BREAKFAST.
It was the word BREAK + FAST
This is the in topic for Ramadhan I guess...
A Muslim fasts from dawn to dusk, thus break his fast at sunset.
The beginning of a new day also begin at sunset.
In comparison to some group of christian who fast from sunset to sunrise thus break their fast at sunrise. At least this what was related to me from a friend when she invited me for dinner with her family one day for Thanksgiving. She also said that she can fast with the intention of abstaining from drinking water by making a vow, similar to declaring the intention or "niat" as I understood it and she still could have biscuits for supper but just skipping drinking water.
Before, the beginning of new day begin at sunrise before it was standardised to midnight, thus a new day begin after the clock struck twelve times at midnight.
That friend of mine also compared the fasting of different group of people in the world, how a Buddhist is fasting from eating animal flesh through out their life or a Hindu wife is fasting during a full moon in honour of her husband and only break her fast upon seeing the face of her husband and the reflection of the full moon on the surface of the water.
Another friend who was studying Judaism and on the verge of converting to Judaism even though he himself said that there no such thing as conversion to Judaism said that he wanted to try fasting the Jewish style. That means he is fasting from sunset to sunset and later even attempted to fast for 2 consecutive sunsets without a break as it brings more reward. That friend of mine is a Puerto Rican descend and later claimed that he had Jewish blood but through his father's side though. If if had been through his maternal side, it would have made him a happy man.
As for me, being a Muslim is the first and foremost even though the blood that runs in my body maybe Jewish or otherwise.
This is also the topic that cropped up at the dinner table tonight.
Here are some shot from yesterday as we spent about an our on the beach. The kids were really enjoyed themselves.
AHLAN RAMADHAN!!!
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| Monday, 25-Aug-2008 12:17 |
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Musabaqah Tilawah Al-Qur'aan Pulau Wan Man
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Tokki, Tok Ibu, Jr and I managed to slip away after Isya'...
When Tokki and Tok Ibu got back from the masjid, I asked them if they would be interested to go and see the musabaqah Al-Qur'aan. They said yes.
We parked the car by the Chabang Tiga wet market and hopped on the bas bandar to Pulau Wan Man. We had the bus for ourselves - just the four of us.
But with Jr around, we didn't get to stay long inside the hall. Only Tokki stayed in. Tok Ibu, Jr and I went for a walk by the river and watched the changing colourful light of the crystal mosque.
Tokki joined us when the musabaqah went on intermission.
We left for home around 11 right after the qariah from Malaysia finished her recital.
At midnight, we were at the dinner table at home and enjoyed late supper... sahur ....
Here are some shot from last night.
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| Friday, 22-Aug-2008 17:18 |
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Jr's Heli Ride
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Kat Mydin Mall jer...
ever since he as a little, he has always been scared getting on a moving mechanical toy as such but this time he climbed up and ask for the "big" coin.
Jr enjoyed it twice... that is 4 "big" coins.
Jr calls the 50 sen coin a "big" coin 
The photos are somewhat blur since the ride was always on the move...
somehow, when the flash was used, it came out clearer!
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BALANCE SHEET OF LIFE .............
Our Birth is our Opening Balance!
Our Death is our Closing Balance!
Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities
Our Creative Ideas are our Assets
Heart is our Current Asset
Soul is our Fixed Asset
Brain is our Fixed Deposit
Thinking is our Current Account
Achievements are our Capital
Character & Morals, our Stock-in-Trade
Friends are our General Reserves
Values & Behaviour are our Goodwill
Patience is our Interest Earned
Love is our Dividend
Children are our Bonus Issues
Education is Brands / Patents
Knowledge is our Investment
Experience is our Premium Account
The Aim is to Tally the Balance Sheet Accurately.
The Goal is to get the Best Presented Accounts Award.
Some very Good and Very bad things ....
The most destructive habit....... ......... ........Worry
The greatest Joy......... ......... ......... ......Giving
The greatest loss.......Loss of self-respect
The most satisfying work........ .......Helping others
The ugliest personality trait....... .......Selfishness
The most endangered species..... ....Dedicated leaders
Our greatest natural resource.... ......... ...Our youth
The greatest 'shot in the arm'........ ...Encouragement
The greatest problem to overcome.... ......... .....Fear
The most effective sleeping pill....... Peace of mind
The most crippling failure disease..... .........Excuses
The most powerful force in life........ .......... ..Love
The most dangerous act...... ..A gossip
The world's most incredible computer.... ....The brain
The worst thing to be without..... ......... ..... Hope
The deadliest weapon...... ......... ........The tongue
The two most power-filled words....... ......... 'I Can'
The greatest asset....... .......... ......... ......Faith
The most worthless emotion.... ......... ....Self- pity
The most beautiful attire...... ......... ..........SMILE!
The most prized possession.. ......... ......Integrity
The most powerful channel of communication. .....Prayer
The most contagious spirit...... ......... ......Enthusiasm
Life ends; when you stop Dreaming,
Hope ends; when you stop Believing,
Love ends; when you stop Caring,
And Friendship ends; when you stop Sharing...!!!
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This is the award from Syafiq http://syafiqakram.fotopages.com/?entry=1657840
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| Monday, 18-Aug-2008 07:03 |
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Photography Workshop
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What: Photography Workshop
When: August 12 - 14, 2008
Venue: Seminar Room, UDM, KUSZA Campus
Facilitators:
1) Mr. Abas - talked about types, techniques and lighting while shooting portrait. I learned about what the word 'bokeh' means and showed how to use photoshop and the four corner rule
2) Mr. Tolahah - talked about aperture, shutter speed and FF??? as well as about angle and framing the landscape. Also talked about the rule of one third.
3) Mr. Wu - Mr Leica talked about the history of camera and 3 enemies of the camera: fine sand, salt water and don't ever dropped em.
We learned about the basics of photography, i.e. aperture, shutter speed, etc. followed by a field work on landscape capturing scene on the different campuses.
Then we learned about how to take portrait... I'm no good in it... during field work, nome of my portrait shot came out acceptable... but learned a technique on how to get the halo effect when shooting portrait. I'm thinking about trying it out someday.
Then our next task was to take a photo of single subject... off course mine were flowers and leaves...
The objective of this workshop is to produce a photography book on UDM.The panel is going to select photos to be included in the book and if ours is selected, we will be given credit for the photo. Mr Abas said that there is a good chance that mine is being selected.
Below are 2 photos from previous entries of some scenes on the campus.
The thought is that "it doesn't look like it is here" and "it looks it is oversea"
As far as I am concern, it's just the matter of being at the right place at the right time.
It's just happen that it was raining heavily the night before about midnight and the morning sun was bright but not too cloudy. Thus, the trees were looking fresh and green, so does the grasses... the natural light, the God given sun was shining softly... and the angle did make a difference! The photo captured at 1pm and the one captured at 8:30 a.m. gave different result as the depth of the shadow is different, kinda using diffused light or direct light when capturing a portrait!
noon light...but cloudy... the center view gave an insight to frame just those
indoor ... but the plastic chairs at bottom RHS kinda ruined it.
But importantly, we gain insight on how to shot photos that meet the clients' need... in our case, the UDM....
Frankly, I shot mostly on auto programme thus I only worry about angle and framing about other things and none of the aperture or exposure of shutter speed etc.
I guess, I'm no pro just an amateur! 
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| Monday, 18-Aug-2008 06:58 |
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Reflection on PBL Course 1
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What: PBL Course 2
Date: August 9 - 10, 2008
Venue: Block Umar 01
Organizer: PPAKI
Facilitator: Prof Madya Dr Berhannudin, UTHM
TASK: PBL Module making.
This is the reflection I wrote after the first PBL Course
| Quote: | Last month, I had a privilege to attend a course on Problem Based Learning (PBL).
It was organised by the Centre for Academic and Soft-skill Development and held at KUSZA campus at Block Khadijah Room 01. The PBL was presented by Dr Berhannudin Mohd Salleh, a Prof Madya from the University Tun Hussein Malaysia (UTHM). It took place for two days on July 5th and 6th, 2008.
My only exposure on PBL was when I attending a seminar at the Glen Marie Hotel in Shah Alam where I just happened to be sitting in one of the parallel session since the one I chose to be in was really packed. The presenter was from KUIM, if I'm not mistaken and she had shared her experience doing PBL for the first time after having attended a workshop on PBL.
Here, I would like to share the reflection that I wrote at the end of the first PBL workshop:
"Once an obscure idea has now becomes crystal clear. Starting from 10 o'clock in the morning, we started to apply what we have learned about PBL, a trigger and FILA table.
First, we brainstormed on our group's name. Then, we appointed the group leader, the scriber and someone to be in charge of the laptop cum powerpoint slide prep.
The brainstorm was also to determine the topic for our group first PBL project. We considered a few topics from the safety issue due to uprooted rhu trees that are found abundantly on KUSZA campus to the Teaching and Learning facilities that are available or the lack of it. We did discussed about the unsatisfactory condition of the cafeteria on the campus in terms of uncleanliness, drainage and foul smell problems. However, we finally agreed to do a PBL on the Flash Flood Fenomena on the roads at KUSZA campus each time during and after a heavy rain. The word drainage from the earlier discussion helped to pin point the topic for our first PBL.
Our next discussion was to decide on the two objectives that would serve as a scope or a beacon to direct our PBL project.
1. To identify the causes that lead to flash flood.
2. How to overcome the flash flood problem.
Then, we prepared the FILA table to determine the facts, ideas or hypothesis, the learning issues derived form the hypothesis and the action to be taken to address the learning issues or what we need to learn more about.
The FILA table helped a lot in term of pinpointing our next action or what action to be taken next and thus assigning each of those task to group members evenly and fairly.
The rest is history.
We had so much fun doing our first PBL. Personally, I can't wait to share this with the students. "
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AN INTERVIEW WITH PROF. MADYA DR. MOHD. RADZI OTHMAN, Pensyarah Jabatan Pengajian Islam (USM).
PERISTIWA mubahalah atau sumpah laknat yang berlaku baru-baru ini adalah sesuatu yang baru kepada umat Islam di Malaysia. Menurut tokoh agama, Prof. Madya Dr. Mohd. Radzi Othman, beliau tidak pernah mendengar sumpah laknat dilakukan di negara ini.
Dalam temu bual dengan wartawan ZULKEFLI HAMZAH, AZMAN ANUAR dan ROKIAH ABDULLAH di pejabatnya di Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Pulau Pinang Jumaat lalu, Dr. Mohd. Radzi menghuraikan secara terperinci mengenai mubahalah.
Pensyarah Jabatan Pengajian Islam itu telah 23 tahun berkhidmat di USM selepas memperoleh ijazah sarjana muda, sarjana dan ijazah kedoktoran dari Universiti Madinah, Arab Saudi. Beliau merupakan pakar bidang hadis, dakwah dan usuluddin.
Berusia 57 tahun, Dr. Mohd. Radzi pernah menjadi ahli Majlis Fatwa Pulau Pinang selama 11 tahun. Sejak 23 tahun lalu, beliau ialah ahli Majlis Fatwa Perlis selain menjadi penasihat syariah Bank Rakyat.
Beliau juga menulis buku dalam bahasa Arab mengenai sejarah sahabat Nabi dan gerakan pembaharuan dalam Islam.
Dalam temu bual selama lebih satu jam itu, Dr. Mohd. Radzi menyifatkan sumpah laknat sebagai perkara serius kerana ia melibatkan maruah seseorang penganut Islam dan ia boleh membawa kepada pelbagai reaksi daripada masyarakat yang pelbagai pengetahuan dan latar belakang.
Katanya: “Tanggapan yang diberi pula datang dalam pelbagai bentuk. Saya khuatir perkara ini boleh membawa kekeliruan, perpecahan dan kekecohan kepada umat Islam. Penyelesaian secara mubahalah sesuatu yang jarang berlaku. Ia satu sejarah pada umat Islam di Malaysia.”
MINGGUAN: Apakah kedudukan sumpah dalam Islam dan adakah sumpah pernah menjadi isu besar dalam sejarah Islam?
DR. MOHD. RADZI: Mengikut sejarah Islam, sumpah secara umumnya adalah perkara biasa. Sumpah boleh berlaku pada bila-bila masa, sama ada dalam mahkamah kalau kes dibawa ke mahkamah atau jika diminta bersumpah ataupun dibuat di luar mahkamah sesama orang Islam. Sumpah dibuat bertujuan mendapat kepastian yang lebih tinggi tentang kebenaran sesuatu dakwaan. Jika seseorang itu mendakwa sesuatu yang kita tidak pasti, kita boleh memintanya bersumpah. Jika orang tidak meminta kita bersumpah sekali pun, jika kita rasa maklumat yang kita beri tidak dapat diterima dengan baik, kita boleh bersumpah. Ini sumpahan biasa.
Sumpahan adalah sesuatu yang dibuat secara bersungguh-sungguh untuk mengukuhkan, menguatkan dan menyokong kenyataan-kenyataan kita supaya kebenaran dapat diterima oleh pihak kedua
Sumpah ini ada kategori tertentu atau hanya bagi menentukan kebenaran kes-kes jenayah?
DR. MOHD. RADZI: Tidak hanya dalam kes jenayah, dalam isu pertikaian harta benda pun boleh bersumpah. Sumpah juga boleh dibuat untuk menentukan kebenaran kes-kes peribadi.
Bagaimanakah cara bersumpah yang sah dan betul?
DR. MOHD RADZI: Bersumpah dengan menyebut nama Allah. Waallahi, Wabillahi dan Wataallahi. Ini lafaz-lafaz sumpah. Lafaz ini hanya digunakan pada perkara-perkara untuk mengukuhkan kebenaran dan dakwaan supaya pihak kedua boleh menerimanya.
Sumpah laknat yang berlaku baru-baru ini, apakah kedududkannya dalam Islam?
DR. MOHD. RADZI: Sumpah yang semacam itu dikenali sebagai mubahalah iaitu bermakna saling melaknat sesiapa yang berbohong antara kedua-dua belah pihak, termasuk orang yang bersumpah. Sumpah laknat melibatkan orang yang bersumpah itu sendiri. Andai kata apa yang disumpah tidak betul, sesuatu yang batil, ertinya orang yang bersumpah juga termasuk dalam mereka yang dilaknat dalam sumpahan itu. Tapi perkara ini jarang berlaku.
Sumpah laknat disebut dalam al-Quran?
DR. MOHD. RADZI: Dalam Surah al-Imran Ayat 61 Allah berfirman yang bermaksud: “Kemudian sesiapa yang membantahmu (wahai Muhammad) tentang kisah Isa sesudah datang ilmu (yang meyakinkan ) kamu, maka katakanlah (kepadanya): “Marilah kita memanggil anak-anak kami serta anak-anak kamu, dan perempuan-perempuan kami serta perempuan- perempuan kamu, dan diri kami serta diri kami, kemudian marilah kita bermubahalah kepada Allah dan kita minta supaya laknat Allah ditimpakan kepada orang yang berdusta.
Latar belakang turunnya ayat itu ialah ada satu kabilah Nasara, Bani Najran, di selatan Semenanjung Tanah Arab bertemu Nabi Muhammad. Mereka ingin mendapatkan perlindungan keselamatan daripada negara Islam melalui Nabi Muhammad. Nabi Muhammad meminta mereka membayar jizyah. Dalam pertemuan itu, mereka enggan membayar jizyah sebaliknya mereka mencabar untuk bermubahalah.
Tetapi akhirnya mubahalah tidak berlaku kerana kabilah Nasara bersetuju membayar jizyah tanpa melakukan sumpah mubahalah. Orang Nasara itu takut melakukan mubahalah kerana merasakan Nabi Muhammad berada di pihak yang betul manakala mereka tidak betul. Hasilnya mereka terpaksa menanggung akibat buruk. Akibat itu bukan sahaja menimpa mereka tetapi turut dilaknat sehingga ke anak cucu. Justeru, kabilah Nasara membuat keputusan untuk menerima sahaja permintaan Nabi.
Akibat buruk dalam sumpah mubahalah, adakah ia memang janji Tuhan atau hanya sumpah manusia?
DR. MOHD. RADZI: Ia memang janji Tuhan. Melalui Ayat 61 Surah al-Imran itu juga pada perenggan yang terakhir, dinyatakan “kemudian marilah kita bermubahalah kepada Allah dan kita minta supaya laknat Allah ditimpakan kepada orang yang berdusta.”
Apabila kita bermubahalah, Allah akan memberi balasan buruk kepada mereka yang berdusta. Apabila kedua-dua belah pihak bermubahalah, mesti ada salah satunya benar dan salah satunya tidak benar. Melalui ayat itu, Allah menjanjikan balasan buruk kepada pihak yang tidak benar.
Balasan buruk yang Tuhan janjikan itu, adakah kita boleh melihatnya?
DR. MOHD. RADZI: Daripada kes-kes sumpah yang berlaku, ulama-ulama hadis ada merakamkan beberapa kes. Kata Ibn Hajjar, akibatnya tidak melebihi tempoh satu tahun. Tidak melebihi tempoh dua bulan pun ada. Namun di kalangan pengikut Ahli Sunah Wal Jamaah, mubahalah dilafazkan hanya pada kes-kes yang serius dan pada kes-kes yang besar sahaja. Itu pun selepas dirujuk dengan pelbagai cara lain yang perlu diusahakan untuk menyelesaikan perbalahan dua pihak tadi. Jika ia masih tidak selesai, akhirnya barulah dirujuk kepada cara mubahalah.
Dalam sejarah Syiah, pengikut Syiah banyak merujuk kepada cara mubahalah. Mereka memang lebih suka cara mubahalah.
Bolehkah diberikan contoh-contoh mubahalah yang dilakukan oleh orang Syiah?
DR. MOHD. RADZI: Berdasarkan satu catatan dalam laman web Syiah, terdapat beberapa kes mubahalah yang berlaku pada zaman Jaafar al-Sadiq. Orang Syiah bermubahalah untuk menyelesaikan masalah yang berlaku pada waktu itu. Ketika itu mereka melakukan mubahalah dengan meletakkan jari-jari kedua belah tangan secara berselang seli antara satu sama lain dan kemudian berkata, “Ya Allah, andai kata si polan ini engkar kebenaran dan menerima kebatilan, maka kenakanlah dia dengan balasan daripada langit atau azab daripada engkau, ya Allah, dan melaknatnya sebanyak 70 kali.”
Mubahalah itu dilakukan pada waktu subuh iaitu ketika antara naik fajar hingga naik matahari. Orang Syiah memang biasa dan kerap bermubahalah. Cuma bagi kita pengikut Ahli Sunah Wal Jamaah, mubahalah jarang-jarang berlaku. Apabila wujud kes-kes pertelingkahan yang tidak dapat diselesaikan dengan cara lain, baru mubahalah digunakan. Sumpah itu jarang digunakan kerana ia mengakibatkan perkara buruk yang boleh menimpa pihak-pihak yang berkenaan.
Adakah pernah berlaku kes mubahalah dalam sejarah masyarakat Islam di Malaysia?
DR. MOHD. RADZI: Sepanjang pengetahuan saya, saya tidak pernah dengar ia berlaku di Malaysia.
Sumpah laknat atau mubahalah yang dilakukan pada 15 Ogos lalu, apakah balasan-balasan yang boleh berlaku?
DR. MOHD. RADZI: Hanya Allah yang tahu. Antara yang mungkin boleh berlaku seperti kematian secara mengejut atau sakit berpanjangan atau lain-lain. Sumpah biasa sekalipun, kalau tidak benar, ia sudah merupakan satu dosa besar dan orang yang berdusta perlu bertaubat. Mubahalah tentunya lebih serius kerana ia bermaksud laknat Tuhan iaitu dijauhkan daripada rahmat Tuhan. Jadi bila kita dijauhkan daripada rahmat Tuhan, rahmat siapa lagi yang kita harapkan? Dalam mubahalah, kita dijanjikan dengan balasan laknat. Ia boleh berlaku dalam pelbagai bentuk iaitu laknat Allah, laknat Nabi dan laknat para mukminin. Maknanya sumpah itu meminta pihak yang berkenaan dijauhkan daripada rahmat Tuhan.
Manusia dinaungi rahmat Tuhan dan Tuhan memberikan rahmat kepada sesiapa yang dikehendakinya, tidak kira Islam dan bukan Islam. Dalam sumpah laknat, rahmat itu akan dijauhi daripada orang yang berdusta.
Adakah sumpah mubahalah ini sama dengan hukum li‘an yang dinyatakan dalam Ayat 6-10 Surah An Nur?
DR. MOHD. RADZI: Li‘an hanya boleh berlaku di antara suami isteri sahaja iaitu seseorang suami yang bersumpah untuk tidak mendekati isterinya dalam tempoh tertentu manakala mubahalah pula memang ada unsur sumpahan dan ia boleh berlaku di kalangan suami isteri atau sesiapa sahaja.
Apakah cara bermubahalah yang paling tepat?
DR. MOHD. RADZI: Mubahalah tidak tertakluk kepada banyak syarat kerana dalam nas-nas syarak tidak dinyatakan dengan jelas syarat-syarat yang diperlukan. Cuma mubahalah ini boleh dilakukan ekoran daripada perbalahan yang tidak dapat diselesaikan dengan cara biasa melalui perbincangan dan persefahaman. Caranya boleh berlaku di mahkamah di depan hakim jika kes dibawa ke mahkamah. Ia juga boleh dilakukan di luar mahkamah bahkan di mana-mana sahaja. Pada zaman Abdullah Ibn Abbas Al-Auzar dan Syuraih Al-Qa‘di, mubahalah pernah berlaku di dalam masjid dan di luar masjid selepas kesepakatan kedua-dua pihak untuk sama-sama merujuk kepada pendekatan mubahalah untuk menyelesaikan permasalahan yang dihadapi.
Apakah syarat-syarat khusus mubahalah?
DR. MOHD. RADZI: Apabila kedua-dua pihak bersetuju untuk bermubahalah maka pihak yang berkenaan perlu bersumpah dengan lafaz Waallahi, Wabillahi dan Wataallahi dan kemudian terus menyebut masalah yang dimaksudkan dan pada akhirnya dengan menyatakan laknat Allah kepada mereka yang berdusta atau laknat Allah terhadap dia yang bersumpah andai kata dia berdusta.
Adakah ada syarat-syarat tertentu yang lain?
DR. MOHD. RADZI: Tidak ada syarat tertentu, tapi ketika Nabi Muhammad mahu bermubahalah dengan kabilah Nasara, Bani Najran, baginda membawa anaknya, Siti Khadijah, menantunya Saidina Ali serta cucunya Hasan dan Husin sebagai saksi.
Bagaimanapun, kes pada zaman Rasulullah itu tidak berakhir dengan mubahalah. Ketika mubahalah, kedua-dua pihak boleh hadir secara bersama ataupun satu pihak sahaja manakala pihak yang lagi satu yang melakukan mubahalah secara berasingan juga dianggap mubahalah.
Dalam sesuatu isu yang dipertikaikan, kalau satu pihak sahaja bersumpah laknat manakala pihak yang dituduh tidak mahu bersumpah, apakah kedudukan mubahalah itu?
DR. MOHD. RADZI: Dalam kes sebegitu di mana ada pihak yang engkar iaitu tidak mahu bersumpah, kebenaran memihak kepada pihak yang bersumpah.
Kalau kedua-dua yang menuduh dan dituduh bersumpah laknat, apa pula kedudukannya?
DR. MOHD. RADZI: Dalam kes sumpah laknat, kita akan dapat lihat petanda-petanda awal yang boleh membawa kepada kebatilan. Sumber-sumber agama tidak menyebut secara jelas tentang petanda-petanda yang berkenaan kerana perkara seumpama itu jarang berlaku di kalangan kita pengikut Ahli Sunah Wal Jamaah dan ia tidak diperbesar-besarkan. Bagaimanapun, ulama-ulama Syiah mencatatkan bahawa tidak lama selepas mubahalah berlaku kejadian seperti orang yang berdusta tidak boleh bercakap, cakapnya tidak lancar, tergamam, terjatuh dan bermacam-macam lagi. Sejauh mana kebenarannya tidak pula diketahui.
Apa yang penting ialah pihak berkenaan telah bersumpah dan yang kedua pula menyahut cabaran itu dengan bersumpah, jadi kita tengoklah di antara kedua belah pihak itu apa yang akan berlaku. Ulama Ibn Hajar Al Salam as Qualani pernah berkata, pada pengetahuannya, akibat sumpah akan dapat dilihat tidak lebih daripada satu tahun.
Bagaimana pula jika kes yang dipertikaikan itu dibawa ke mahkamah?
DR. MOHD. RADZI: Bagi kes yang dibawa ke mahkamah, mubahalah boleh berlaku di mahkamah andai kata pihak mahkamah merasakan pihak yang terbabit perlu bermuhabalah. Tujuan mubahalah adalah untuk mencari kebenaran. Antara dua pihak yang terlibat, walau apa pun yang diperkatakan, mereka sudah tentu lebih mengetahui perkara sebenar daripada mana-mana pihak yang lain. Kekeliruan mungkin berlaku apabila salah seorang enggan bercakap benar, menyebabkan pihak yang merasakan dia berada di pihak yang benar inginkan pembelaan. Maka mubahalah menjadi jalan penyelesaian yang terbaik.
Adakah mubahalah adalah sebahagian daripada hukum Islam?
DR. MOHD. RADZI: Mubahalah adalah sebahagian daripada hukum hakam Islam untuk menyelesaikan masalah yang berlaku bukan sahaja untuk Islam sesama Islam tetapi juga antara orang Islam dan pihak bukan Islam. Ia boleh dibuat dalam mahkamah dan boleh juga di luar mahkamah bergantung kepada persetujuan antara kedua belah.
Dalam mubahalah yang baru berlaku, timbul isu mubahalah telah dieksploitasi oleh pihak lain?
DR. MOHD. RADZI: Isu dieksplotasi, itu perkara lain. Yang penting, mubahalah adalah untuk menyelesaikan masalah.
Dalam satu kes mubahalah pada 15 Ogos lalu, timbul persoalan kononnya cara orang yang bersumpah laknat memegang al-Quran macam perbuatan orang Kristian. Apakah haram memegang al-Quran ketika bersumpah?
DR. MOHD. RADZI: Memang dalam kes mubahalah atau sumpah biasa tidak diperlukan memegang al-Quran atau junjung al-Quran ketika bersumpah atau bermubahalah. Akan tetapi jika ada yang berbuat demikian tak adalah boleh disamakan dengan amalan orang Kristian.Bersumpah atau bermuhabalah mengikut hukum syarak, seseorang yang bersumpah hanya bersumpah dengan nama Allah tidak boleh selain daripada Allah. Begitu juga mubahalah, hanya bersumpah dengan nama Allah dan juga melaknat pihak yang berdusta.
Apakah cara sumpah laknat yang betul?
DR. MOHD. RADZI: Cukup dengan hanya lafaz sumpah Waallahi, Wabillahi dan Watallahi dan ditambah pengakuan ‘Aku melakukan perbuatan atau aku tidak melakukan perbuatan yang dituduh itu’. Itu sudah cukup.
Dalam kes mubahalah, seseorang kena tambah ungkapan laknat Allah terhadap orang yang berdusta termasuk dirinya yang bersumpah andai kata dia berdusta. |
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| Sunday, 17-Aug-2008 21:30 |
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Dream Log
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I was preparing the script for the emcee for the Internal Audit Opening Ceremony which will take place this morning at 10 a.m. when suddenly scenes from a dream i experienced
last night came to mind.
It's been a long while since I recall any dream.
The way the dream come back to my memory is like seeing a film strip with scenes that come one after another.
The dream depicts a scene where I am coming out from a huge building that is bright brown in colour. However, I am in a wheelchair but I have a light feeling about life in general. Even though I am in a wheelchair but I'm on the top of the world.
Hubby is walking along and then rushing to fetch the car. Then I notice that the sky look strange. As look further, some kind of fractals and I recognize that there appear to be a marina where there are boats anchored there off to the left...
As I was thinking out loud, a man appeared and took noticed of what I had said. He agreed and seemed more curious about it.
It turn out that the whole sky appear to be the ocean as though we are looking up from the bottom of the sea. I can see a whale swimming above my head. Strange but the cirrus cloud looks green to the right and cumulus cloud to the left looks black.
Then out of a sudden Jr had a frog in his hand, a green, jelly like frog just as I was thinking that the object beside the marina looks a pool of frogs eggs....
Jr was happily chasing after the frog when hubby is back to fetch us.
Over active imagination perhaps!!!
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Your Health: Einstein was an image streamer
By : Rajen M.
SOURCE: NST Online » Focus
2008/08/23
The concept of dynamic meditation, called ‘image streaming’, is less well-known. Einstein described it as ‘vague play’ with ‘signs’, ‘images’, and other elements, both 'visual' and 'muscular'.
The concept of dynamic meditation, called ‘image streaming’, is less well-known. Einstein described it as ‘vague play’ with ‘signs’, ‘images’, and other elements, both 'visual' and 'muscular'.
THERE are basically two types of meditation and they are diametrically opposed to each other.
One is passive and the other dynamic. One attempts to still the mind while the other follows the vagaries of the mind and the thoughts that go with it.
Most people are familiar with passive meditation. However, the concept of dynamic meditation -- called "image streaming" by researcher and educator, Win Wenger, is less well known.
As discussed last week, this is a type of medication that Einstein may have used. Except that he described it as "vague play" with "signs", "images", and other elements, both "visual" and "muscular".
"This combinatory play," he wrote, "seems to be the essential feature in productive thought".
Win Wenger's project of the last 25 years has been to develop techniques and mental exercises, based in part on Einstein's methods. These work in the short term and seem to develop the mind's permanent powers.
The Image Streaming technique that Win Wenger developed opens the mind to a flow of symbolic imagery as potent as that of any dream.
However, unlike dreaming, you can practise image streaming while wide awake. Best of all, you can do it virtually any time, anywhere.
Ten minutes of image streaming per day will suffice to induce profound, positive change in your life.
Here are some simple rules and then you and your loved ones can get started.
The first "commandment" of image streaming is to describe the images that come to you aloud. For better effects, have someone listen or use a tape recorder.
The second "commandment" is to use all five senses. Be as descriptive as you can. This seems to increase intelligence. This works very well with kids.
The third "commandment" is surely to "use the present tense". Describe as it happens. The faster you do it the better. It is a "live telecast".
The impact on the brain and consciousness is phenomenal.
Even if the image has already vanished from sight, you should never say, "I saw such-and-such," in your description. Always phrase it, "I see such-and-such", or "I am looking now at such-and-such".
The idea here is to "connect" all the different parts of your brain at once.
Through speech and imagination, an image streamer talks, listens, sees, smells, tastes, feels, analyses, reflects, wonders, creates and generates mental imagery all at the same time.
This unusual combination of activities spans harmonises many opposing "poles" of the brain. After all, intelligence is all about increasing the usage of the many and diverse parts of the brain.
Over the past 15 years, the quest to achieve balance between the brain's analytical left hemisphere and its creative, pattern-sensing right hemisphere has become a fad.
Describing the brain as divided merely between left and right has been overplayed and unduly simplified. Important functions are just as likely to be separated between top and bottom or front and back.
But any activity that links opposite sides, or "poles", of the brain contributes toward the brain's balance and increases its resources. Image streaming is one of many possible "Pole-Bridging" exercises.
The value of image streaming was given some unexpected confirmation in a preliminary experiment at Southwest State University in Marshall, Minn, in 1988.
Physics professor Dr Charles P. Reinert asked 79 of his first year students to compare the effect of two mental exercises on IQ. Half the students used the Whimbey Method, a standard programme that uses word problems to build analytical skills.
For each hour of study, these students' IQ scores gained .4 of a point. The other group used image streaming -- they gained more than twice that, or .9 points.
Some people -- about 30 per cent of the population -- have difficulty with visualising with their eyes closed.
Imagery comes more easily in a relaxed, but alert, state. A simple method for attaining this state is "Velvety-Smooth Breathing".
Close your eyes and keep them closed for the next 10 minutes. Don't look for any images. You'll just aggravate yourself if you can't find them.
Focus instead on your breathing. Breathe in and out so smoothly that there is no pause between the "in" breath and the "out" breath. It is just one, long continuous, flowing b-r-e-a-t-h, like a slow, sensuous sigh.
Let it stroke you, as you might stroke a smooth piece of velvet. Then, with your eyes closed, try describing a familiar person or object in great detail: your mother, your child, or your spouse. Then describe the Taj Mahal or another interesting building.
Now, having read the instructions for Velvety-Smooth Breathing, please actually try the technique before moving on.
Like passive meditation, image streaming is also very relaxing.
It also improves the mood and state of mind. It also seems to improve sleep and state of health.
Datuk Dr Rajen M. is a pharmacist with a doctorate in holistic medicine. Email him at health@po.jaring.my
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My genius Uncle Eins... a really caring man!
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| Friday, 15-Aug-2008 07:35 |
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BDAY
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Happy Birthday!!!!
This time it's my turn.
We just packed some fruits and the cake, stop for Pizza and drinks and headed to the beach after solat Isya'.
Tokki didn't come along because he didn't feel up to it. Only Tok Ibu came along.
The wind was dead but it did not matter much. We ate the pizza, a can of root beer for me and Tok Ibu, Juice for Jr, Teh Kundur drink for Papa Abdrahmaan and there is the cake.
Jr had a blast playing in the sand building his sand castle. He called it "majed ito" ... that is masjid crystal...
Just when we had enough, Tok Ibu was wishing for some wind.
Nak seru angin datang, Tokki kata dia ada petua...
Ini lah mantra yang Tokki selalu sebut:
"TOK! TOK! BALIK BUKIT! DATANG ANGIN SEKAWAN DERU.... ROOH! ROOH!"
It never failed him, so he claimed.
But that night, when we felt the rush of strong wind suddenly came from inland, instantly we looked up the sky. The sky had turned so dark that we knew it was time to gather our thing as quick as we could and head to the car.
Kami panggil "hujan barat'" nak sampai!
Sure enough, as soon as we got into the car, the rain drops began to hit the windshield screen!
We were saved by a few seconds!!!!
Here are the photos us that we managed to shot that night.
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Diet Rasulullah..
JENIS MAKANAN
Rupanya tanpa kita sedari, dalam makanan yang kita makan sehari-hari, kita
tak boleh sembarangan. Hal inilah penyebab terjadinya berbagai penyakit
antara lain penyakit kencing manis, lumpuh, sakit jantung, keracunan
makanan dan lain2 penyakit. Apabila anda telah mengetahui ilmu ini,
tolonglah ajarkan kepada yg lainnya.
Ini pun adalah diet Rasullulah SAW kita juga. Ustaz Abdullah Mahmood
mengungkapkan, Rasullulah tak pernah sakit perut sepanjang hayatnya kerana
pandai menjaga makanannya sehari-hari. Insya Allah kalau anda ikut diet
Rasullullah ini, anda takkan menderita sakit perut ataupun keracunan
makanan.
Jangan makan SUSU bersama DAGING
Jangan makan DAGING bersama IKAN
Jangan makan IKAN bersama SUSU
Jangan makan AYAM bersama SUSU
Jangan makan IKAN bersama TELUR
Jangan makan IKAN bersama DAUN SALAD
Jangan makan SUSU bersama CUKA
Jangan makan BUAH bersama SUSU CTH :- KOKTEL
* CARA MAKAN
* JANGAN MAKAN BUAH SETELAH MAKAN NASI , SEBALIKNYA MAKANLAH BUAH
TERLEBIH DAHULU, BARU MAKAN NASI.
* TIDUR 1 JAM SETELAH MAKAN TENGAH HARI.
* JANGAN SESEKALI TINGGAL MAKAN MALAM . BARANG SIAPA YG TINGGAL MAKAN
MALAM DIA AKAN DIMAKAN USIA DAN KOLESTEROL DALAM BADAN AKAN BERGANDA.
Nampak memang sulit.. tapi, kalau tak percaya...
cubalah................
Pengaruhnya tidak dalam jangka pendek.... Akan berpengaruh bila
kita sudah tua nanti.
* Dalam kitab juga melarang kita makan makanan darat bercampur dengan
makanan laut.
Nabi pernah mencegah kita makan ikan bersama susu. Kerana akan cepat
mendapat penyakit. Ini terbukti oleh ilmuwan yang menemukan bahwa
dalam daging ayam mengandung ion+ sedangkan dalam ikan mengandung
ion-, jika dalam makanan kita ayam bercampur dengan ikan maka akan
terjadi reaksi biokimia yang akan dapat merosak usus kita.
o Al-Quran Juga mengajarkan kita menjaga kesihatan spt membuat
amalan antara lain:
o Mandi Pagi sebelum subuh, sekurang kurangnya sejam sebelum
matahari terbit. Air sejuk yang meresap kedalam badan dapat
mengurangi penimbunan lemak. Kita boleh saksikan orang yang
mandi pagi kebanyakan badan tak gemuk.
o Rasulullah mengamalkan minum segelas air sejuk (bukan air ais)
setiap pagi. Mujarabnya Insya Allah jauh dari penyakit (susah
mendapat sakit).
o Waktu sembahyang subuh disunatkan kita bertafakur (iaitu sujud
sekurang kurangnya semenit setelah membaca doa). Kita akan
terhindar dari sakit kepala atau migrain. Ini terbukti oleh para
ilmuwan yang membuat kajian kenapa dalam sehari perlu kita
sujud. Ahli-ahli sains telah menemui beberapa milimeter ruang
udara dalam saluran darah di kepala yg tidak dipenuhi darah.
Dengan bersujud maka darah akan mengalir keruang tersebut.
o Nabi juga mengajar kita makan dengan tangan dan bila habis
hendaklah menjilat jari. Begitu juga ahli saintis telah
menemukan bahwa enzyme banyak terkandung di celah jari jari,
yaitu 10 kali ganda terdapat dalam air liur. (enzyme sejenis
alat percerna makanan) Wassalam...
Sama-samalah kita mengamalkannya.......
WallahuA'lam
Sabda nabi, Ilmu itu milik Allah, barang siapa menyebarkan
ilmu demi kebaikan insya Allah... Allah akan menggandakan 10
kali kepadanya..
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| Thursday, 14-Aug-2008 20:07 |
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888
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These are some from my 888 shots. Among the subjects are....
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| Thursday, 14-Aug-2008 00:01 |
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Jr's Shots
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Jr has been quite keen on using the camera and insisted to use it most of the time. Sometime his framing is good but most of the time it is out of focus.
Here are some examples
What a little unsteady hands can produce! .... I like the painting like effect it produced from the hand movement.
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