LiTE of LiFE

ALHAMDULILLAH

2010-07-11T12:47:00.003+08:00

Sebuah Kisah

2010-07-11T12:36:00.000+08:00

Bismillah wal Hamdulillah

KHAN YOUNIS

Maghrib Khamis
Dibasuhnya baju
Ampaian diluar jendela
Berinjat kakinya
Doakan rembulan

Keringkan jemuran
Rindu hanya satu
Esok solat Jumaat
Ingin doa mengadu
Diri yatim piatu

Malam pun larut
Khan Younis terlena dipintu

Belum pun subuh
Api menyambar
Lebur kaca jendela
Maut berjerubuh
Mayat masih disitu

Jari merah kecil
Erat mengengam baju
Basah airnya mandikan GAZA

Maghrib Khamis
Dibasuhnya baju
Ampaian diluar jendela
Berinjat kakinya
Doakan rembulan

Keringkan jemuran
Rindu hanya satu
Esok solat Jumaat
Ingin doa mengadu
Diri yatim piatu

Malam pun larut
Khan Younis terlena dipintu

Belum pun subuh
Api menyambar
Lebur kaca jendela
Maut berjerubuh
Mayat masih disitu

Jari merah kecil
Erat mengengam baju
Basah airnya mandikan GAZA

Erat mengengam baju
Basah airnya mandikan GAZA

Khan Younis doamu tulus
Khan Younis Khan Younis

After a final go...

2010-06-12T18:16:00.002+08:00

Alhamdulillah , finally i am no longer an undergraduate student. However i am a student for the whole life. Thank you for the endless supports from ummi, ayah, siblings, lecturers and friends ..It is a matter of blessing and mercy from Allah that made you as who you are now. I am glad i am still alive and I know this is actually a beginning of a new chapter in my life. Go ahead and no turning back. Allah bless...

That's important!

2010-05-16T11:07:00.002+08:00

Bismillah wal Hamdulillah...

Few days left for my final exam but i still feel the needs to jot down something which i would probably summarise this entry as IMPORTANT.
People understand the word important as do myself. They have their priorities in life which make them to think those are important for them. It is important for us to know what is important in our life and appreciating its importance. A small kid like my niece or nephew might think that his or her toys are important for them. What else? Sleeping, playing and attention from his or her parents. Human being as small as a newborn baby also knows what is important and what is not.
This is the first scenario..

The next scenario is when you are regarded as important by people around you without you realising it. It is pretty unusual. But anyhow what will you do then? You do not know such till the very last minute and suddenly things burst out.......And at the end, you also do not know what to do. Can you summarise yourself as "not smart" because you failed to see things using your inner sense. Like it or not, thing has happened and you also do not how to reverse it back. Well, my advice, " be smart and pretending to be one." You should appreciate who you are and walk straight !!!!

p/s: all the best...

2010-04-25T22:18:00.000+08:00

"O' ALLAH PLEASE HELP AND GUIDE ME"

ALL THE BEST !!!!!

Angka Yang Mengingatkan....

2010-03-25T22:13:00.005+08:00

Bismillah wal Hamdulillah.

Entri kali ini dalam "English" berbunyi " A figure that reminds"...Hari ini genap 25 tahun kehidupan seorang insan di dunia mengikut kalendar Masihi.. Sudah lama mencecah usia ini megikut kalendar Hijri. 3 Rajab lebih saya utamakan tetapi 25 Mac yang selalu mendapat prioriti. Tarikh Islam tenggelam mengikut zaman. Mungkin anak- anak zaman sekarang sudah tidak tahu tarikh lahir mereka dalam kalendar Islam. Di sinilah letaknya tanggungjawab seorang ibu dan bapa untuk mengingatkan anak-anak mereka.

-Thanx and luv for someone-

25 tahun bukan usia singkat buat saya, apatah lagi buat ummi dan ayah. Permata terakhir mereka telah mencecah usia yang boleh dikatakan matang, pada usia Rasulullah saw dilantik sebagai Rasul, menerima wahyu pertama. Maka usia ini bukan sekadar usia, tetapi diiringi dengan tanggungjawab dan harapan. Tahun ini tahun terakhir dalam "undergrad" yang pastinya akan menyimpan kenangan yang ada signifikasinya. Seorang rakan mengingatkan saya untuk sujud syukur dengan usia ini. Allah swt memberi peluang untuk menyemai benih-benih amal hinggalah ke usia ini, maka gunalah usia ini dan seterusnya untuk terus menabur benih agar tersemai dan mampu dituai kelak. Risau agaknya dia jikalau ada kemarau panjang yang menggagalkan saya untuk terus bercucuk tanam. Mana mungkin mau dicari hujan jika tidak diusahakan? Hujan turun dengan bersebab , hujan turun dengan permintaan kita yang bersungguh-sungguh. Kitalah yang wajar berusaha untuk terus istiqamah dalam perjuangan sebagai seorang Muslim yang mengaku Mu'min. Moga mampu mencapai tahap taqwa.

Sambutan usia kelahiran bukan dengan kegembiraan biasa, tetapi gembira bercampur takut dan harap. Takut andai tergelincir jika jalanan itu licin, harap agar diberi pertolongan di sepanjang musafir ini. Harap agar andainya dipanjangkan perjalanan ini , bantuan Allah sentiasa bersama. Perjalanan menuju destinasi yang pasti, cuma tidak pasti sampai bila. Nikmat di sepanjang pelayaran inilah yang perlu disyukuri. Nikmat bukan satu tetapi beribu, tidak terkira. Nikmat sihat paling terkesan dalam diari harian ini. Setiap hari bertemu orang yang "kurang sihat" , tidak kurang orang yang telah disahkan "tiada harapan" untuk mereka yang berubat. Tetapi ketentuan Allah lebih pasti. Bila difikirkan mereka sebenarnya beruntung, mereka diberi peluang untuk mengetahui sampai bila sisa-sisa hidup di dunia akan berakhir. Mereka tahu telah sampai masa untuk ibadatnya lebih banyak, sujudnya lebih panjang.........

Nikmat diberi hidup dalam bi'ah yang terdidik. Dilingkungi teman-teman yang memahami. Itu salah satu nikmat di dunia. Semoga dengan nikmat manusia lebih bersyukur, manifestasi syukur adalah pilihan individu.

" Ya Allah, hambaMu ini meminta!"

"For you who know"

Relationship That Lasts

2010-03-20T17:36:00.002+08:00

Bismillah wal Hamdulillah..

Relationship
A relationship is defined as the way two people* behave towards each other. * can be between people, animals, plants and the greatest relationship is between human and the God. Hablun Minallah wa Hablun Minannass. Muslims always use this to describe such relationship.

"And I have chosen you, so listen to that which is inspired to you. Verily, I am Allah! There is none worthy of worship but I, so worship Me and offer prayer perfectly for My remembrance." [Taha 13-14]

Use Solat as the medium to strengthen the bonding with Allah, the Almighty. Yes i do agree.

Humanity and serenity
What about the relationship between humans? How to strengthen it?How to solve the problems or misunderstandings? Being alive for more than two decades, i would say that people from all age groups will have some points in their lives whereby the arguments do arise. But the way they are solved are different. The level of maturity does contribute, perhaps. But I don't understand why people cannot forgive or forget. I have experienced being viewed as "weak" when i could not involve in counter-arguments. Please look at the subject that matters most. I am not interested in something which will end up with no solution but hurt feeling. I know quite a few of people around me who are still adopting such thing but I don't want to say that as something that they valued of. People do make mistake and they deserve for forgiveness. But the study of "mistake" is what we always missed. Some mistakes cannot be forgiven human. It is the nature of being human. But Allah does accept any repentance except few things.

1. Apostasy. "Lo! Those who disbelieve after their profession of belief, and afterward grow in infidelity, their repentance will never be accepted. And such who are astray."(Quran 3:90)

2. The killing of a believer. "Whoever slays a believer of set purpose, his reward is hell forever. Allah is wroth with him and hath cursed him and prepared for him an awful doom. ( Quran 4:93)

3. The attributing of partners to Allah. " Allah pardons not those that ascribe partners to Him. he pardons all except that"( Quran 4:16).

Guys, correct me if i am wrong! Who is the greatest? Our God or human? One day we might hurt people and we might need the forgiveness from them. So think about it.

I like to quote this,
"If one desires to be forgiven for his offenses, he must learn to forgive others. If one seeks forgiveness from Allah, he should learn to forgive others. If one desires that Allah overlook his weaknesses, he should learn to overlook weaknesses of others. "

I wish I could help them and may Allah help me.

2010-03-17T22:48:00.002+08:00

Bismillah wal Hamdulillah

Surprisingly though....

From: livescience

Stroke is the number three killer in the United States, affecting almost 800,000 people each year, according to the National Stroke Association. These "brain attacks" occur when blood flow to the brain is interrupted (an ischemic stroke) or when a blood vessel in the brain leaks or bursts (a hemorrhagic stroke). For 144,000 people each year, the result is death. Hundreds of thousands of others are left with long-term disabilities.

Genetics, age and race play a role in stroke as do many other factors, both controllable and uncontrollable. Recent research has teased out more and more of these risk factors, from how you eat to where you live.

Here's what scientists are finding are top risks for a stroke:

7. High-fat diet

The same foods associated with heart attacks - red meat, anything fried - can also raise your risk of a brain attack. At the American Stroke Association's (ASA) International Stroke Conference in February, researchers from the University of North Carolina presented findings that post-menopausal women who consumed high-fat diets had 40 percent more incidences of ischemic stroke than low-fat eaters. Trans fats, found in processed foods like pastries and crackers, seem particularly nasty: The group of women who consumed seven grams of trans fat each day had 30 percent more stroke incidents than those who ate one gram.

So what to eat instead? Multiple studies suggest that a Mediterranean-inspired diet can lower stroke risk. That means lots of vegetables, whole grains, fish, olive oil, nuts and seeds, and very little red meat and sweets.

6. Being single

If you're a man who'd like to cut his chances of a fatal stroke, get hitched. A Tel Aviv University study of more than 10,000 Israeli men found that those who were married at midlife were 64 percent less likely to die of a stroke during the next 34 years than single men. The data was adjusted for other stroke risk factors like socioeconomic status, blood pressure and smoking.

But there's a catch: The marriage has to be a happy one. Men who reported dissatisfying marriages were just as likely as single men to die of a stroke, the researchers reported at the ASA's International Stroke Conference.

5. Being unhappy

Happiness is music to your cardiovascular system. Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston reported in 2001 that among older individuals, positive moods and attitudes protected against strokes. Even incremental increases in happiness helped: For every step up on the researchers' happiness scale, male participants' stroke risk dropped 41 percent. Women's risk dropped 18 percent per happiness unit.

Even if you're not happy, it might pay to act like you are. The researchers speculate that happy people are more likely to get medical care, exercise and stay healthy, all protective factors against stroke.

4. Being obese

More weight means a higher risk of stroke, according to researchers from the University of Minnesota. In a study presented at the International Stroke Conference last month, researchers followed more than 13,000 Americans for 19 years and found that the risk of stroke in people with the highest body mass index (BMI) was 1.43 to 2.12 times higher than in those with the lowest body mass index. (BMI is calculated with a person's height and weight and is considered an indicator of body fatness.)

The reason for the correlation is that some stroke risk factors are worsened by obesity, study co-author Hiroshi Yatsuya said in a statement. The biggest culprits, according to the data are high blood pressure and diabetes.

3. Smoking

Lighting up nearly doubles your risk of stroke, according to the American Heart Association (AHA). Fortunately, quitting can drop that risk back down, even for heavy smokers. One 1988 study found that former smokers had the same rate of stroke as nonsmokers five years after snuffing their last cigarette.

2. Being born in the wrong demographic (for a stroke)

Unfortunately, not all risk factors are under your control. Blacks have twice the incidence of strokes as whites, according to the AHA. Not only that, but the death rate from stroke is significantly higher for blacks than the overall stroke death rate. Part of the disparity may be explained by higher-than-average rates of diabetes and high blood pressure among blacks.

Being female can also put you at a disadvantage when it comes to stroke. In a study presented at ASA's International Stroke Conference, University of Southern California researchers reported that women aged 35 to 64 are almost three times as likely to have a stroke as men of the same age. The reason may be that women in midlife carry more abdominal fat than men, a risk factor for stroke, said the researchers.

1. Being a born-and-bred Southerner

The swath of stroke-prone states across the Southeastern United States - generally including North and South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama - have long been known as the "Stroke Belt." But recent research suggests that just being born and spending your childhood in one of these states raises your risk for stroke, even if you move away later.

In a study published in the journal Neurology in 2009, Harvard public health professor Maria Glymour and her colleagues reported that among blacks, being born in the Stroke Belt increased the risk of stroke by 22 percent. For whites, the number was 30 percent. Part of the reason may be due to risk factors like poor diet, smoking and obesity, which may start earlier in southern states, Glymour told LiveScience.

"By the time that they're middle-aged and we're enrolling them in our studies, it looks like lots of people have those risk factors," she said. "But maybe people in the South have been carrying them for longer."

"Hope none are ours"

Minute that counts

2010-03-12T18:48:00.005+08:00

Bismillah wal Hamdulillah..

Everyday is the exam day

::Sigh:: one down, yet more to come. 10 minutes of Orthopaedic OSCE!

::Just finished my orthopaedic OSCE::

"I find it is hard to diagnose something in just 5 minutes , in addition to the adrenaline rush, " one might say. However like it or not, that is what we need to admit. Being examined and observed by someone who is "somebody" may accentuate that gush , plus accelerate the heart beat further. Sometimes it ended up by putting ourselves down and small, like a mickey perhaps. Act like a professional spy and think like a brainy one. That is the advice. You cannot be sure of how smart you are when you become the center attention. But the easiest way is, "Grab it while you are given one! "

There are no scripts for us

I like the statement above. Who has got the scripts for tomorrow? A script of life.
Nobody knows about how tomorrow will look like. It is a matter of plan and hope. Hope, hope, hope and anticipation. Who knows the price of "tawakkal"??? Priceless indeed! And who is going to pay for it? I don't know.

The Road To Paradise

2010-02-20T09:50:00.004+08:00

Bismillah walHamdulillah...
A little yet meaningful story from Aysha....Jazakillah...

Every Friday afternoon, after the Juma prayers,
the Imam and his eleven year old son would go out into their town
and hand out "PATH TO PARADISE" and other Islamic literature.

This particular and fortunate Friday afternoon, as the time came
for the Imam and his son to go to the streets with their booklets,
it was very cold outside, as well as pouring rain.

The boy bundled up in his warmest and driest clothes and said,
'OK, dad, I'm ready!'His dad asked, 'Ready for what' 'Dad,
it's time we go out and distribute these Islamic books.'
Dad responds, 'Son, it's very cold outside and
it's pouring rain.'

The boy gives his dad a surprised look, asking, 'But Dad,
aren't people still going to hell, even though it's raining?'

Dad answers, 'Son, I am not going out in this weather.' Despondently,
the boy asks, 'Dad, can I go Please' His father hesitated for a moment
then said, 'Son, you can go. Here are the booklets. Be careful son.'
'Thanks, Dad!'

And with that, he was off and out into the rain. This eleven year old boy
walked the streets of the town going door to door and handing everybody
he met in the street a pamphlet or a booklet.

After two hours of walking in the rain, he was soaking, bone-chilled wet
and down to his VERY LAST BOOKLET.

He stopped on a corner and looked for someone to hand a booklet to,
but the streets were totally deserted. Then he turned toward
the first home he saw and started up the Side walk to the front door
and rang the door bell. He rang the bell, but nobody answered..

Finally, he turned to leave, but something stopped him. Again,
he turned to the door and rang the bell and knocked loudly on the door
with his fist. He waited, something holding him there on the front porch!

He rang again and this time the door slowly opened.

Standing in the doorway was a very sad-looking elderly lady.
She softly asked, 'What can I do for you, son?' With radiant eyes
and a smile that lit up her world, this little boy said, 'Ma'am,
I'm sorry if I disturbed you, but I just want to tell you
that ALLAH REALLY LOVES AND CARES FOR YOU and I came to give you
my very last booklet

which will tell you all about God, the real purpose of creation,
and how to achieve His pleasure.' With that, he handed her
his last booklet and turned to leave. She called to him as he
departed. 'Thank you, son! And God Bless You!'

Next week on Friday afternoon after Juma prayers, the Imam was giving
some lectures. As he concludes the lectures, he asked, '
Does anybody have questions or want to say anything?' Slowly,
in the back row among the ladies, an elderly lady's voice was heard
over the speaker.

'No one in this gathering knows me. I've never been here before.
You see, before last Friday I was not a Muslim, and thought
I could be. My husband died few years ago, leaving me totally alone
in this world.. Last Friday, being a particularly cold and rainy day,
I was contemplating suicide as I had no hope left.

So I took a rope and a chair and ascended the stairway into the attic of my home..
I fastened the rope securely to a rafter in the roof then stood
on the chair and fastened the other end of the rope around my neck.
Standing on that chair, so lonely and broken- hearted.
I was about to leap off, when suddenly the loud ringing of my doorbell
downstairs startled me.

I thought, I'll wait a minute, and whoever it is will go away.

I waited and waited, but the ringing doorbell seemed to get louder and
more insistent, and then the person ringing also started knocking loudly....

I thought to myself again, 'Who on earth could this be?

Nobody ever rings my bell or comes to see me.' I loosened the rope
from my neck and started for the front door, all the while the bell
rang louder and louder.

When I opened the door and looked I could hardly believe my eyes,
for there on my front porch was the most radiant and angelic little boy
I had ever seen in my life. His SMILE, oh, I could never describe
it to you! The words that came from his mouth caused my heart that
had long been dead TO LEAP TO LIFE as he exclaimed with a
cherub-like voice, 'Ma'am, I just came to tell you that:

ALLAH REALLY LOVES AND CARES FOR YOU!'

Then he gave me this booklet, Path To Paradise that I now hold in my hand.

As the little angel disappeared back out into the cold and rain,
I closed my door and read slowly every word of this book.

Then I went up to my attic to get my rope and chair.

You see? I am now a Happy Vicegerent of the One True God.
Since the address of your congregation was stamped on the back of
this booklet, I have come here to personally say THANK YOU to God's
little angel who came just in the nick of time and by so doing,
spared my soul from an eternity in hell.'

The shouts of TAKBIR.. ALLAH AKBAR.. rented the air.

Imam-Dad descended from the pulpit to the front row where
the little angel was seated....

He took his son in his arms and sobbed uncontrollably.

Probably no jama'at has had a more glorious moment, and
probably this universe has never seen a father that was more filled
with love and honor for his son...

This very one...Blessed are your eyes for reading this message.

Remember, God's message CAN make the difference in the life
of someone close to you.

Q 5:3: This day I've perfected your religion for you, and completed
my favor on you, and chose Islam for you as religion.

Please keep pray for all the needful and painful people in
this planet and look after each other.

JANNAH

2010-02-05T19:12:00.001+08:00

Bismillah and Alhamdulillah..
Thanx to Aysha, my beloved sis for this piece of reminder...

JANNAH FOREVER

When MOMIN will enter into Jannah, it will be announced....

1) You will remain healthy forever, disease will never come.

2) You will remain alive for ever, death will never come.

3) You will remain in bounties which will never be finished.

Jannah is made with:

Bricks of Gold and Silver
Its cement is of perfumed Musk
Its chips are pearls and Yaqoot
Its sand is Zafraan

There are eight doors of Jannah. These are eight grades of Jannah:

1. Jannatul Mava
2. Darul Maqaam
3. Darul Salaam
4. Darul Khuld
5. Jannat-ul-Adan
6. Jannat-ul-Naeem
7. Jannat-ul-Kasif
8. Jannat-ul-Firdous

Jannatul Mava is in the lowest,
Jannat-ul-Adan is the middle &
Jannat-ul- Firdous is on the highest.

Food of Jannah:

They will eat foods and fruits continuously up to 40 years
Every bowl will have a new taste
They will take eructation which will digest the food and there will be perfumed sweating for the digestion of water
There will be no urine and stool

Place Name:

There will be gardens in Jannah.
Every garden will have the length of about 100 year ' s journey.
The shadow of these gardens will be very dense.
Their plants will be free of thorns.
The size of their leaves will be equal to ears of elephants.
Their fruits will be hanging in rows.
Those who love each other for the sake of Allah will get a pillar of Yaqoot, on which there will be seventy thousand (70,000) rooms. These will shine for the residents of Jannat as the sun shines for the residents of Duniya
There will be rooms in Jannat in such a way that every room will have seventy thousand (70,000) dinning sheets. On every dinning sheet 70,000 types of foods will be served. For their service 80,000 young boys will be moving around looking like beautiful scattered pearls.
One bunch of dates will be equal to the length of 12 arms. The size of a date will be equal to the big pitcher. These will be whiter than milk, sweeter than honey and softer than butter and free of seeds. The stem of these plants will be made up of gold and silver.
There will also be gardens of grapes. The bunches of grapes will be very big. The size of a single grape will be equal to a big pitcher.
Someone asked, ya Rasulullah (Sallalahu alaihi wasallam): will it be sufficient for me and my family. It was answered, it will be sufficient for you and your whole tribe.

The Dresses of Jannah:

The dress of Jannat will be very beautiful.
One will wear 70 dresses at a time.
These will be very fine, delicate, weightless, having different colors.
These dresses will be so fine that the body even the heart will be visible.
And the waves of love in the hearts will also be visible.
These dresses will never become old, never be dirty and will never tear.

There will be four canals in every Jannah:

1. Water.
2. Milk.
3. Honey.
4. Sharabun Tahoora.

There will also be three fountains in Jannah:

1. Kafoor.
2. Zanjabeel.
3. Tasneem.

Qualities of People of Jannah:

In Jannah,

Height of every MOMIN, will be equal to the height of Hazrat Adam (Alaihissalaam) 60 arms (90 feet).
Beauty will be like that of Hazrat Yousuf (Alaihissalaam).
Age of youth will be like that of Hazrat Esa (Alaihissalaam) 30-33 years).
Sweetness of voice will be like that of Hazrat Dawud (Alaihissalaam).
Tolerance will be like that of Hazrat Yaqoob (Alaihissalaam).
Patience will be like that of Hazrat Ayyub (Alaihissalaam).
Habits will be like that of Sayyaduna Muhammad (Sallalahu alaihi wasallam).

"Aysha, i wish i will meet u in Jannah. InshaAllah"

My heart...

2010-02-05T18:27:00.004+08:00

Bismillah and Alhamdulillah...

Epilogue
Today is 5th Feb 2010. Yesterday was 4th Feb 2010.
4th Feb 1998 was the registration day for me; first day in secondary school. 12 years had passed and seems like nothing changed much in myself except for the level of maturity. Knowledge wise perhaps, a bit of improvement. Being an adult , trespassing the boundary of teenage makes me realize how important i am now, as a part of family and as a part of community. People may look at me from several perspectives and as do my parents. They view me as someone special and do not let me going away from their dreams and hopes. Yes even now, my life is still being shaped by them and governed by their orders. When my dad fall sick last few months, i was really afraid that he could not get the chance to see me receiving the scroll; signifying that i am qualified for my job. Alhamdulillah , he is recovering now and tremendously improved. I am so amazed on how sudden things happened. All were God's plans that we as human could not go against the destiny. I remember my phone conversation with my maternal uncle regarding how a father looks at his children, especially a daughter. A father will only feel a huge relief once his daughter completed her life with her own family ,own kids and succeed in work. In other word, a compilation of success.......But every fathers have their own definition for success. As for my dad, he has his own too. A strike at this point of my life, though i find it very hurtful, but it may benefit me in my future. Allah knows best. Sharing about my heart, your hearts and our hearts. It is your choice to choose or not to.....

Healthy heart

People always talk about healthy heart. We may come across a situation ( or perhaps a lot) whereby we forgot about taking good care of heart. I used to feel sad when my properties were broken or my things got scratched,but never being bothered when my heart got scratched. I am not talking about being hurt or whatsoever, rather i am considering about the black dots implanted on my heart.

On the Day of Resurrection, only those who come to God with a healthy heart will be saved. God says:

"The Day on which neither wealth nor sons will be of any use, except for whoever brings to God a sound heart." [Quran 26: 88-89]

In defining the healthy heart, the following has been said: "It is a heart cleansed from any passion that challenges what God commands, or disputes what He forbids. It is free from any impulses which contradict His good. As a result, it is safeguarded against the worship of anything other than Him, and seeks the judgment of no other except that of His Messenger. Its services are exclusively reserved for God, willingly and lovingly, with total reliance, relating all matters to Him, in fear, hope, and sincere dedication. When it loves, its love is in the way of God. If it detests, it detests in the light of what He detests. When it gives, it gives for God. If it withholds , it withholds for God. Nevertheless, all this will not suffice for its salvation until it is free from following, or taking as its guide, anyone other than His Messenger .

A servant with a healthy heart must dedicate it to its journeys end and not base his actions and speech on those of any other person except God's Messenger . He must not give any precedence to any other faith, words or deeds over those of God and His Messenger. God says:

"O you who have attained to faith! Do not put yourselves forward in the presence of [what] God and His Apostle [may have ordained], but remain conscious of God: for, verily, God is all-hearing, all-knowing! " [Quran 49:1]

The Dead Heart

This is the opposite of the healthy heart. It does not know its Lord and does not worship Him as He commands, in the way which He likes, and with which He is pleased. It clings instead to its lust and desires, even if these are likely to incur God's displeasure and wrath. It worships things other than God, and its love and its hatreds, and its giving and its withholding, arise from its whims, which are of paramount importance to it and preferred above the pleasure of God. Its whims are its imam. Its lust is its guide. Its ignorance is its leader. Its crude impulses are its impetus. It is immersed in its concern with worldly objectives. It is drunk with its own fancies and its love for hasty, fleeting pleasures. It is called to God and the akhirat from a distance but it does not respond to advice, and instead it follows any scheming, cunning Shaytan . Life angers and pleases it, and passion makes it deaf and blind to anything except what is evil. To associate and keep company with the owner of such a heart is to tempt illness, living with him is like taking poison, and befriending him means utter destruction.

The Sick Heart

This is a heart with life in it as well as illness. The former sustains it at one moment, the latter at another, and it follows whichever one of the two manages to dominate it. It has love for God, faith in Him, sincerity towards Him, and reliance upon Him, and these are what give it life. It also has a craving for lust and pleasure, and prefers them and strives to experience them. It is full of self-admiration, which can lead to its own destruction. It listens to two callers: one calling it to God and His Prophet and the Hereafter; and the other calling it to the fleeting pleasures of this world. It responds to whichever one of the two happens to have most influence over it at the time. The first heart is alive, submitted to God, humble, sensitive, and aware; the second is brittle and dead; the third wavers between either its safety or its ruin.

One and everything,
Fad...

Excerpted from: "Purification of the Soul" by Imam Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali

Esok Masih Ada.....

2010-01-03T09:07:00.003+08:00

Bismillah dan Alhamdulillah..

Kebesaran dan keagungan hanya milik Allah swt..

Dua bulan berlalu dengan pengisian yang alhamdulillah mengembalikan ingatan betapa kerdilnya diri di sisi Allah swt. Dengan peristiwa yang ada manis dan ada pahitnya. Dengan sekelumit ujian yang Allah timpakan demi menguji sejauh mana iman hambaNya dan pelbagai lagi. Air mata yang tumpah biarlah menjadi saksi di akhirat kelak....2009 meninggalkan kenangan dan mematangkan diri. Masha Allah betapa indahnya hidup ini. Diselangi ujian dan nikmat supaya kita tidak alpa dalam arus kehidupan!

Pantasnya putaran masa hingga sedar tidak sedar sudah berada di semester terakhir untuk 7 tahun pengajian ini. 7 tahun bukan masa yang singkat. Anak kecil sudah di kira mumayyiz pada usia ini dan normalnya mereka bakal menjadi murid tahun satu. Sudah layak bergelar pemimpin kecil bila dilantik menjadi ketua darjah. Darjah satu dan waktu-waktu di bangku sekolah rendah segalanya penuh warna-warni..

6 bulan masih menunggu. Kalau dulu ujian akhir POPPH umpama mimpi tapi realitinya telah berlalu. Kini penantian untuk 6 bulan lagi..Sekali lagi untuk menguji ketahanan diri, namun kecil benar untuk dibandingkan mereka yang bertempur di medan jihad peperangan senjata. Pokoknya perjuangan ada di mana-mana, dibahagikan sama rata oleh Allah mengikut kemampuan masing-masing. DIA tidak akan bebankan sesuatu yang hambaNya tidak mampu. Bukan itu janji Allah??? Yakinlah pada diri sendiri. Kuatkanlah peribadi luaran anda walaupun dirasa dalaman lemah. Kuatnya anda memberi secebis semangat untuk insan disamping anda.

:: Doa buat ayahanda tersayang::

FLY DOWN PLEASE

2009-10-29T07:59:00.008+08:00

Bismillah and Alhamdulillah

Paediatric, Psychiatry, Obstetric and Gynaecology, and Public Health examination were officially ended .....Hence, results were out too..... There's no need of closure ceremony, enough for a huge sigh , suffice for the saying of Alhamdullillah.. Hope many of us celebrated the day with Sujud Syukur and Solat Syukur. Early 09 till Oct 09- a period of tiring and tears. Am i? Nothing much to share but just a bit of reminder to myself and everyone about the value of looking down once you are at the top. I have experienced being at the lowermost part of the circle, life is a circle isn't it? It was a great despair over a destined subject , yet people did lose the sense of being. We can't afford to be at the top all the time because if it were to be so, the synonym to that is stagnant and no generativity. Somehow, i agree with Erikson's Stages of human development; he mentioned that humans pass through the series of major crises as they go through the life cycle....From infancy up to late adulthood , the psychosocial crises seem to be very signifant, very practical but a bit pathetic. ...Middle adulthood with the range of age from 40-65, it should be generativity rather than stagnation.. Though he referred to something related to building generation , other interpretation might be acceptable. Generativity can be anything. Generate your knowledge, your attitude, behaviour et cetera. Anyhow, Erikson's theory does give sense.
No opposition! Erikson's did not talk about arrogant neither talk about humility.

“And give glad tidings to the humble. Those whose hearts, when Allah is mentioned, are filled with fear, who show patient perseverance over their afflictions, keep up regular prayer, andspend (in charity) out of what We have bestowed upon them.” [ Quran 22:35]

One blissful morning, i heard birds chirping, very loud .......Looked around and saw a small brownish bird had flown in through the window. He knew the way in but forgot the way out. The bird was in my room but i felt that he was so indifferent. I wanted to let him there, at least letting a natural music on, perhaps a zikr but thinking of the possibility of illness spread by that species, i made a move. Chasing him away, did not mean to be mean but just to give a meaning to something called bird. Pity bird flew so high looking for way out, never bothered about lowering the height of flying, never tried to use the bright and shiny morning as a guide. Nothing.

Me too, hopeless! Finally we both managed, own's target achieved. The bird taught me a lesson. Not need to teach me through chalk and blackboard, enough via the nature of self.......
We can fly higher and higher, but at one point in our life, do look down , do fly down....Because you may find your WAY by just flying down...

p/s: Hopefully, that bird is not blind....

APPROACHING THE LIMIT

2009-10-09T18:08:00.002+08:00

Bismillah and Alhamdulillah...
Drop by to wish the best of luck in POPPH examination..
"this is your final exam"
"this is your degree exam"
"no give up please"

May Allah help me and friends...
Though i find this path quite thorny, there are still a lot hidden somewhere in the future...
I'm begging for some understanding from my closest friends...
A happy face is what i hope lasting forever....

POPPH
12 October- 27 October 2009

2009-10-01T07:54:00.000+08:00

NUN DI SANA

nun di sana cita-cita kita
ya akhirat namanya
di dunia ini bukan tempat tinggal
di sini hanya sebentar tidak kekal

betulkan niat dari sekarang
tukar sikap kita yang merugikan
quran dan sunnah jadikan panduan
agar esok kita tidak kekesalan

biar susah sedikit kerana tuhan
untuk menghindar kesusahan yang besar
yang tidak sanggup ditanggung badan
ambillah iktibar kalau mahu sedar

di sana tiada taulan yang membela
amal ibadah itulah pembela kita
ayuh bersegeralah membuat kebajikan
jangan dilalaikan oleh nafsu dan syaitan

pangkat dan harta tidak akan kekal
bahkan apa yg ada akan ditinggal
hidup di dunia hanya sementara
buatlah persiapan untuk ke sana

ayuh bersegeralah menuju allah
taatilah dia minta ampun padanya
mati bila-bila masa boleh tiba
jangan sampai kita tidak bersedia!!!

2009-09-14T08:59:00.001+08:00

Azab Illahi - Jefri Al Buchori

Allah ampunilah semua kesalahan
Terimalah taubat kami

Tubuhku, bergetar saat menyebut asma-Mu
Terbayang kebesaran-Mu

Bersujud, bersimpuh kepada-Mu ya Allah
Berilah rahmat-Mu

Hamba penuh dosa
Berharap belas kasih-Mu
Hamba penuh dosa

Ya..

Allah ampunilah semua kesalahan
Terimalah taubat kami
Allah lindungilah, Allah jauhkanlah dari adzabmu lllahi

Berdzikir, berdoa, berserah diri pada-Mu
Tunjukkan aku jalan-Mu

Bertambah usiaku, smakin bertambah dosaku
Kumohon ampunan-Mu

Hamba penuh dosa, berharap belas kasih-Mu
Hamba penuh dosa

Ya..

Allah ampunilah, semua kesalahan
Terimalah taubat kami

Allah lindungilah, Allah jauhkanlah dari adzab-Mu Illahi
Allah ampunilah, smua kesalahan
Terimalah taubat kami

Allah lindungilah
Allah jauhkanlah dari adzab-Mu Illahi
Allah ampunilah, smua kesalahan
Terima taubat kami

Allah lindungilah
Allah jauhkanlah dari adzab-Mu Illahi

Laylatul-Qadr and Menstruating Women

2009-09-13T06:11:00.004+08:00

Bismillah and Alhamdulillah...

Praise be to Allaah, we seek His help and His forgiveness. We seek refuge with Allaah from the evil of our own souls and from our bad deeds. Whomsoever Allaah guides will never be led astray, and whomsoever Allaah leaves astray, no one can guide. I bear witness that there is no god but Allaah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

What can a Woman who is Menstruating do on

Laylat al-Qadr?

Because the woman who is menstruating is not allowed to pray, she can spend the night in doing other acts of worship apart from prayer, such as:

1- Reading or reciting Quraan ( +/-)

2- Zikir such as saying Subhaan-Allaah, La ilaaha illa-Allaah, al-Hamdu Lillaah, etc. She can repeat the words

"Subhaan-Allaah wa l-hamdu Lillaah, wa laa ilaaha ill-Allaah, wa Allaahu akbar "(Glory be to Allaah, praise be to Allaah, there is no god but Allaah and Allaah is Most Great)

and

"Subhaan Allaah wa bi hamdihi, subhaan Allaah il-Azeem"

(Glory and praise be to Allaah, glory be to Allaah the Almighty.

3- Istighfaar (praying for forgiveness) , by repeating the phrase "Astaghfir-Allaah" (I ask Allaah for forgiveness) .

4- Duaa (supplication) “ she can pray to Allaah and ask Him for what is good in this world and in the Hereafter, for dua is one of the best acts of worship. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, "Duaa is ibaadah (worship)." (Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 2895; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi, 2370).

The woman who is menstruating can do these acts of worship and others on Laylat al-Qadr.

Reading Quraan during menses

This is one of the issues on which the scholars, may Allaah have mercy on them, differed.

The majority of fuqahaa say that it is haraam for a woman to recite Quraan during her period, until she is taahir (pure) again. The only exceptions they make is in the case of dhikr (remembrance of Allaah) and phrases that are not intended as tilaawah (recitation) , such as saying "Bismillaahir-Rahmaani-Raheem or "Innaa Lillaahi wa innaa ilayhi raajiun", or other phrases from the Quraan which are repeated as general duaas.

They base their evidence for forbidding menstruating women to recite Quraan on several things, including the following:

Menstruation is seen as coming under the rulings that apply to one who is junub (in a state of impurity following sexual intercourse) , because both states require ghusl. This is based on the hadeeth narrated by Ali ibn Abi Taalib (may Allaah be pleased with him), according to which the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to teach the Quraan and he never prevented anyone from learning it except those who were in a state of janaabah (impurity). (Reported by Abu Dawood, 1/281; al-Tirmidhi, 146; al-Nisaai, 1/144; Ibn Maajah, 1/207; Ahmad, 1/84; Ibn Khuzaymah [??], 1/104. Al-Tirmidhi said: a saheeh hasan hadeeth. Al-Haafiz ibn Hajar said: the truth is that it is the type of hasan hadeeth that could be used as evidence).

The hadeeth of Ibn Umar (may Allaah be pleased with them both), according to which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "The menstruating woman and the one who is in a state of impurity (janaabah) should not recite anything of the Quraan." (Reported by al-Tirmidhi, 131; Ibn Maajah, 595; al-Daaraqutni (1/117); al-Bayhaqi, 1/89. This is a daeef hadeeth, because it was reported by Ismaaâ€™eel ibn Ayyaash from the Hijaazis, and his reports from them are daeef as is well known to those who are conversant with the study of hadeeth. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said (21/460): it is a daeef hadeeth by the unanimous agreement of the scholars of hadeeth.

See Nasb al-Raayah, 1/195; al-Talkhees al-Habeer, 1/183).

Some scholars say that it is permitted for a menstruating woman to recite Quraan. This is the opinion of Maalik, and one opinion narrated from Ahmad, which Ibn Taymiyah preferred and which al-Shawkaani believed to be correct.

The scholars based the following points on this opinion:

The principle is that things are allowed and permitted unless there is evidence to the contrary. There is no such evidence to say that a menstruating woman is not allowed to recite Quraan. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said: "There is no clear, saheeh text to indicate that a menstruating woman is forbidden to recite Qurân.It is known that women used to menstruate at the time of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and he did not forbid them to recite Quraan, or to remember Allaah (dhikr) and offer duaa."

Allaah, may He be glorified and exalted, commands (Muslims) to recite Quraan. He praises the one who does so, and promises him (or her) a great reward. No one is excluded from this except the one concerning whom there is solid evidence (daleel), and there is no such evidence in the case of menstruating women, as stated above.

The analogy between the menstruating woman and the one who is in a state of janaabah is made despite the fact that there are differences between them. The one who is in a state of janaabah has the option of removing the "barrier" by making ghusl, unlike the menstruating woman. A woman period usually lasts for some length of time, whereas the person who is in a state of janaabah is required to do ghusl when the time for prayer comes.

Preventing a menstruating woman from reciting Quraan deprives her of the chance to earn reward, and it may make her forget something of the Quraan, or she may need to recite it for the purposes of teaching or learning.

From the above, it is clear that the evidence of those who allow a menstruating woman to recite Quraan is stronger. If a woman wants to err on the side of caution, she can limit her recitation to the passages which she is afraid of forgetting.

It is very important to note that what we have been discussing here is restricted to what a menstruating woman recites from memory. When it comes to reading from the Mus-haf (the Arabic text itself), a different rule applies. The correct view of the scholars is that it is forbidden to touch the mus-haf when one is in any kind of state of impurity, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): " which none can touch except the purified.: [al-Waaqiâ€™ah 56:79]. In a letter to Amr ibn Hazm, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) told the people of Yemen: "No one should touch the Quraan except one who is taahir (pure)."(Reported by Maalik, 1/199; al-Nisaaâ€™i, 8/57; Ibn Hibbaan, 793; al-Bayhaqi, 1/87.

Looking for the NIGHT

2009-09-11T18:57:00.005+08:00

Bismillah and Alhamdulillah...

Praise be to Allaah, the Lord of the World, and peace and blessings be upon the Trustworthy Prophet Muhammad and upon all his family and companions.

Almost reaching the climax of Ramadhan, the month of Barakah....

When it comes to the last ten days of Ramadhan, people will be talking about Laylatul Qadr, again years passed and still, the repeated things uttered. Personally,with age the meaning of this virtue night changes and the greatest hope is to feel the chill of ITS air.............

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to strive hard (in worship) during the last ten days of Ramadaan in a way that he did not strive at any other times. (Muslim, 1175, from ‘Aa’ishah).
Among the things he did were secluding himself in I’tikaaf (spending last 10 days of Ramadan in the masjid) and seeking Laylat al-Qadr during this time. (Al-Bukhaari, 1913; Muslim, 1169). In al-Saheehayn it is reported from the hadeeth of ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) that when the last ten days of Ramadaan came, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) would stay up at night, wake his family and gird his loins. (al-Bukhaari, 1920; Muslim, 1174). Muslim added: he strove hard and girded his loins.

Among the unique virtues of these special nights is that Laylat al-Qadr is among them. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Haa-Meem. [These letters are one of the miracles of the Qur’aan and none but Allaah (Alone) knows their meanings.]
By the manifest Book (this Qur’aan) that makes things clear.
We sent it (this Qur’aan) down on a blessed night [(i.e.. the Night of Al-Qadr) in the month of Ramadaan]. Verily, We are ever warning [mankind that Our Torment will reach those who disbelieve in Our Oneness of Lordship and in Our Oneness of worship].
Therein (that night) is decreed every matter of ordainments.
As a Command (or this Qur’aan or the Decree of every matter) from Us. Verily, We are ever sending (the Messengers),
(As) a mercy from your Lord. Verily, He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower.” [al-Dukhaan 44:1-6]

Allaah sent down the Qur’aan on this night which the Lord of the Worlds has described as blessed. It was reported from a group of the Salaf – including Ibn ‘Abbaas, Qutaadah, Sa’eed ibn Jubayr, ‘Ikrimah, Mujaahid and others – that the night on which the Qur’aan was sent down was Laylat al-Qadr..

The phrase Therein (that night) is decreed every matter of ordainments means, on that night the destiny of all creatures for the coming year is decreed. On that night it is written who will live, who will die, who will be saved, who will be doomed, who will be destined for Paradise, who will be destined for Hell, who will be granted honour, who will be humiliated, where drought and famine will occur, and everything else that Allaah wills in that year.

What is meant by the idea that the destiny of all creatures is written on Laylat al-Qadr is – and Allaah knows best – that on Laylat al-Qadr they are transferred from al-Lawh al-Mahfooz. Ibn ‘Abbaas said: “You may see a man furnishing his home or plowing his field, and he is one of those who are going to die,” i.e., it has been decreed on Laylat al-Qadr that he is one of those who are going to die (in the coming year). And it was said that on this night, the destiny of people is shown to the angels.

The meaning of “Qadr” is veneration or honour, i.e. it is a night that is venerated because of its special characteristics, and because the one who stays up during this night becomes a man of honour. And it was said that Qadr means constriction, in the sense that the knowledge of precisely when this night is, is hidden. Al-Khaleel ibn Ahmad said: it was called Laylat al-Qadr because the earth is constricted by the great numbers of angels on that night, and Qadr means constriction. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “But when He tries him, by straitening his means of life [fa qadara ‘alayhi rizqahu]…” [al-Fajr 89:16], i.e., by constricting or reducing his provision.

And it was said that Qadr means Qadar, i.e., that on this night the decrees for the coming year are ordained, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Therein (that night) is decreed every matter of ordainments” [al-Dukhaan 44:4]

1. and because Allaah’s decrees are decided and written down on this night.
So Allaah has called it Laylat al-Qadr, because of its great value and high status with Allaah, and because so many sins are forgiven and so many faults are concealed during this night. For it is the night of forgiveness, as it was reported in al-Saheehayn from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever stays up during Laylat al-Qadr out of faith and in the hope of earning reward, all his previous sins will be forgiven.” (al-Bukhaari, 1910; Muslim, 760).

Allaah has given this night special characteristics which make it unique:

1. It is the night on which the Qur’aan was sent down, as we have stated above. Ibn ‘Abbaas and others said: “Allaah sent down the Qur’aan at one time from al-Lawh al-Mahfooz to Bayt al-‘Izzah in the first heaven, then it was revealed to the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in stages according to events over twenty-three years.” (Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 4/529)
2. Allaah described it as being better than a thousand months, as He said (interpretation of the meaning): “The night of al-Qadr is better than a thousand months” [al-Qadr 97:3].
3. Allaah described it as being blessed, as He said (interpretation of the meaning): “We sent it (this Qur’aan) down on a blessed night” [al-Dukhaan 44:3].
4. On this night, the angels and the Spirit [al-Rooh] descend, “i.e.., many angels descend of this night because it is so blessed, and the angels come down when Allaah’s blessing and mercy come down, just as they come down when Qur’aan is recited, and they surround the circles of dhikr (gatherings where Allaah is remembered), and they beat their wings for the one who sincerely seeks knowledge, out of respect for him.” (See Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 4/531). The Spirit [al-Rooh] is Jibreel (peace be upon him), who is specifically mentioned in this manner as a sign of respect for him.
5. This night is described as peace, i.e., it is safe, for the Shaytaan cannot do any evil or cause any harm on this night, as Mujaahid said. (See Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 4/531). On this night, many people are saved from punishment because of what they do to worship Allaah, may He be glorified.
6. “Therein (that night) is decreed every matter of ordainments” [al-Dukhaan 44:4 – interpretation of the meaning], i.e., the affairs of that year are dispatched from al-Lawh al-Mahfooz to the angels who record the decrees: who will live, who will die, what provision people will be given, what will happen until the end of that year, every matter of ordainments is decreed, and it cannot be altered or changed. (See Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 4/137, 138). All of this is already known to Allaah before it is even written down, but He makes known to the angels what is to happen, and commands them to do whatever they are enjoined to do. (Sharh Saheeh Muslim li’l-Nawawi, 8/57).
7. Allaah forgives the previous sins of the one who stays up and prays during this night out of faith and in hope of earning the reward from Him. It was reported in the hadeeth of Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever fasts the month of Ramadaan out of faith and in the hope of earning reward, all his previous sins will be forgiven, and whoever stays up during Laylat al-Qadr out of faith and in the hope of earning reward, all his previous sins will be forgiven.” (Agreed upon). The phrase “out of faith and in the hope of earning reward” means, believing in Allaah’s promise of reward for this, and seeking the reward, with no other aim or purpose, such as showing off etc.” (Fath al-Baari, 4/251).
Allaah has revealed a soorah concerning this night which will be recited until the Day of Resurrection, in which He mentions the honour and great value of this night. This is the soorah in which He says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Verily, We have sent it (this Qur’aan) down in the Night of Al-Qadr (Decree).
And what will make you know what the Night of Al-Qadr (Decree) is?
The Night of Al-Qadr (Decree) is better than a thousand months (i.e. worshipping Allaah in that night is better than worshipping Him a thousand months, i.e. 83 years and 4 months).
Therein descend the angels and the Rooh [Jibreel] by Allaah’s Permission with all Decrees,
(All that night), there is peace (and goodness from Allaah to His believing slaves) until the appearance of dawn.” [al-Qadr 97:1-5]
The phrase And what will make you know what the Night of Al-Qadr (Decree) is? serves to draw attention to the importance and great significance of this night.
The Night of Al-Qadr (Decree) is better than a thousand months means, it is better than over eighty three years, as we have already mentioned. This is a great virtue, the value of which no one can fully understand except the Lord of the Worlds, may He be blessed and exalted. This encourages the Muslim to spend this night in prayer and to seek the Face of Allaah by doing so. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to seek this night, hoping to gain some good from it, and he is the example for this Ummah.
It is mustahabb to seek it during Ramadaan, especially in the last ten nights of the month. It was reported in Saheeh Muslim that Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did I’tikaaf during the first ten days of Ramadaan, then he did I’tikaaf during the middle ten days in a Turkish tent [the word qubbah, translated here as “tent”, refers to a tent or any circular structure] in which a mat was placed. He said: so he took the mat in his hand and put it at the side of the tent, then he raised his head to speak to the people, so they came closer to him. He said: “I did I’tikaaf during the first ten days, seeking this night, then I did I’tikaaf during the middle ten days. Then someone came to me and told me that it is in the last ten days, so whoever among you wants to do I’tikaaf, let him do so.” So the people did I’tikaaf with him. He said: “I was shown an odd-numbered night, in the morning of which I was prostrating in mud and water”.. Then in the morning of the twenty-first, he got up to pray Subh and it was raining; the roof of the mosque leaked, and there was mud and water. He came out when he had finished praying, and there was mud and water on his forehead and nose. That was the morning of the twenty-first, one of the last ten days. (Saheeh Muslim, 1167).
In a report, Abu Sa’eed said: “It rained on the night of the twenty-first, and the roof of the mosque leaked over the place where the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was praying. I looked at him, when he had finished praying Salaat al-Subh, and his face was wet with mud and water.” (Agreed upon). Muslim narrated a hadeeth from ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Unays (may Allaah be pleased with him) that was similar to the hadeeth of Abu Sa’eed, except that he said, “it rained on the night of the twenty-third.” According to a hadeeth narrated by Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with them both), the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Seek it in the last ten days of Ramadaan, when there are nine days left, and seven days left, and five days left.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 4/260).
Laylat al-Qadr is in the last ten days of Ramadaan, as stated in the hadeeth of Abu Sa’eed quoted above, and as stated in the hadeeth of ‘Aa’ishah, and in the hadeeth of Ibn ‘Umar who said that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Seek Laylat al-Qadr in the last ten days of Ramadaan.” (The hadeeth of ‘Aa’ishah was narrated by al-Bukhaari, 4/259; the hadeeth of Ibn ‘Umar was narrated by Muslim, 2/823. This wording is that of the hadeeth of ‘Aa’ishah).
It is more likely to be one of the odd-numbered nights, because of the hadeeth of ‘Aa’ishah who said that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Seek Laylat al-Qadr in the odd-numbered nights of the last ten nights.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 4/259)
We should seek it especially in the odd-numbered nights, i.e., on the twenty-first, the twenty-third, the twenty-fifth, the twenty-seventh and the twenty-ninth. It was reported in al-Saheehayn that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Seek it in the last ten nights, on the odd-numbered nights.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1912, see also, 1913. Also narrated by Muslim, 1167, see also 1165).
According to the hadeeth of Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with them both), the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Seek it in the last ten nights of Ramadaan, when there are nine left, when there are seven left, when there are five left.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1917-1918). So it is more likely to be one of the odd-numbered nights.
In Saheeh al-Bukhaari it was narrated that ‘Ubaadah ibn al-Saamit said: the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) came out to tell us when Laylat al-Qadr was, and two of the Muslims were arguing.. He said: “I came out to tell you when Laylat al-Qadr was, and So and so and So and so were arguing, so it [the knowledge of when Laylat al-Qadr was] was taken away from me. Perhaps this is better for you. So seek it on the ninth and the seventh and the fifth” (al-Bukhaari, 1919), i.e., on the odd-numbered nights..
This hadeeth indicates how bad it is to argue and fight, especially with regard to matters of religion, and that this is a cause of goodness being taken away or concealed.
Shaykh al-Islam ibn Taymiyah said: “But odd-numbers have to do with what is past [i.e., when one starts counting from the beginning of the month], so it should be sought on the twenty-first, the twenty-third, the twenty-seventh or the twenty-ninth; or it may be with regard to what is left, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: ‘when there are nine left, or seven left, or five left, or three left.’ On this basis, if the month has thirty days, these will be even-numbered nights, so on the twenty-second there will be nine days left, on the twenty-fourth there will be seven days left. This is how it was explained by Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri in the saheeh hadeeth, and this is how the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) prayed qiyaam during this month. If this is the case, then the believer should seek it in all of the last ten days.” (al-Fataawaa, 25/284, 285).
Laylat al-Qadr is more likely to be in the last seven days. Ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) reported that a man among the companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was shown Laytal al-Qadr in a dream, and that it was one of the last seven nights. The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “It seems that your dreams agreed that it is one of the last seven nights, so whoever wants to seek it, let him seek it in the last seven nights.” (narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1911; Muslim, 1165). Muslim reported: “Seek it in the last ten nights, and if any of you are weak or unable to do that, then let him not miss the last seven.”
It is most likely to be on the night of the twenty-seventh. It was reported, in a hadeeth narrated by Ahmad from Ibn ‘Umar, and a hadeeth narrated by Abu Dawood from Mu’aawiyah, that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Laylat al-Qadr is the night of the twenty-seventh.” (Musnad Ahmad and Sunan Abu Dawood, 1386). The view that it is the night of the twenty-seventh is the opinion of most of the Sahaabah and the majority of scholars, and Ubayy ibn Ka’b (may Allaah be pleased with him) used to assert, without saying “in shaa Allaah”, that it was the night of the twenty-seventh. Zurr ibn Hubaysh said: I said: What makes you say that, O Abu’l-Mundhir? He said: by the signs of which the Messengers of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) told us: that the sun rises that morning with no visible rays. (Narrated by Muslim,2/268) .
Many marfoo’ ahaadeeth were narrated which said that it was on this particular night.
Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with them both) also stated that it is the night of the twenty-seventh. He reached this conclusion by means of an amazing process. It was reported that ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) gathered the Sahaabah together and included Ibn ‘Abbaas even though he was very young. They said, “Ibn ‘Abbaas is like one of our children. Why have you brought him here with us?” ‘Umar said: “He is a youth who has a good mind and who asks lots of questions.” Then he asked the Sahaabah about Laylat al-Qadr, and they agreed that it was one of the last ten nights of Ramadaan. He asked Ibn ‘Abbaas about it, and he said: “I think I know when it is: it is the night of the twenty-seventh.” ‘Umar said, “What makes you think that?” He said, “Allaah made the heavens seven, and the earths seven, and the days seven, and He created man from seven, and He made Tawaaf seven (circuits), and al-Saa’ee seven, and the stoning of the Jamaar seven.” So Ibn’ Abbaas thought that it was the night of the twenty-seventh because of this analysis. This has been soundly reported from Ibn ‘Abbaas.
Another of the ways in which the conclusion was reached that it is the night of the twenty-seventh is by noting that the word fihaa (therein) in the aayah (interpretation of the meaning): “Therein descend the angels and the Rooh [Jibreel]” [al-Qadr 97:4] is the twenty-seventh word of Soorat al-Qadr [in the original Arabic].
There is no shar’i evidence (daleel) to support this manner of analysis, and there is no need for such calculations, because we have sufficient shar’i evidence available to us.
The fact that it is usually the night of the twenty-seventh – and Allaah knows best – does not mean that this is always the case. It could be the night of the twenty-first, as mentioned in the hadeeth of Abu Sa’eed quoted above, or it could be the twenty-third, as mentioned in the report of ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Unays (may Allaah be pleased with him) quoted above. According to a hadeeth narrated by Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with them both), the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Seek it in the last ten days of Ramadaan, when there are nine days left, and seven days left, and five days left.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 4/260).
Some of the scholars thought that it is more likely that Laylat al-Qadr moves and does not come on a specific night each year. Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: “This is the apparent meaning because of the conflict between the saheeh ahaadeeth on this matter, and there is no way to reconcile the ahaadeeth apart from saying that Laylat al-Qadr moves.” (al-Majmoo’, 6/450).
Allaah has concealed this night so that His slaves will strive to seek it, and will strive hard in worship, just as He has concealed the hour of jumu’ah, and so on.
So the believer should strive hard during the days and nights of these ten days, seeking Laylat al-Qadr and following the example of our Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and he should strive in making du’aa’ and seeking to draw close to Allaah.
It was reported that ‘Aa’ishah said: “I said, ‘O Messenger of Allaah, what do you think, if I witness Laylat al-Qadr, what should I say?’ He said: ‘Say, O Allaah, You are Forgiving and Generous, and you love forgiveness, so forgive me.’” (Narrated by Imaam Ahmad, al-Tirmidhi (3515) and Ibn Maajah (3850). Its isnaad is saheeh).
Thirdly: a greater virtue is attached to I’tikaaf on this night than on any other night of the year. I’tikaaf means staying in the mosque to worship Allaah, may He be exalted. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to spend these ten days in I’tikaaf, as stated in the hadeeth of Abu Sa’eed quoted above. He spent the first ten days in I’tikaaf, then the middle ten days, then he told them that he had been seeking Laylat al-Qadr, and that he had been shown that it was in the last ten days, and he said: “Whoever was doing I’tikaaf with me, let him do I’tikaaf for the last ten days.” It was reported from ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to do I’tikaaf during the last ten days of Ramadaan until he passed away, then his wives did I’tikaaf after him. (Agreed upon). There is also a similar report narrated from Ibn ‘Umar.
When the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) wanted to do I’tikaaf, he would pray Fajr, then enter the place where he was to do I’tikaaf, as was stated in al-Saheehayn from the hadeeth of ‘Aa’ishah.
The four imaams and others (may Allaah have mercy on them) said that he entered it before the sun set, and they interpreted the hadeeth as meaning that he entered his place of I’tikaaf and kept away from people after Salaat al-Subh, not that this was the time when he started his I’tikaaf. (See Sharh Muslim li’l-Nawawi, 8/68, 69; Fath al-Baari, 4/277). It is Sunnah for the person in I’tikaaf to keep himself busy with worship, and it is forbidden for him to have intercourse or to do anything that leads to it, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “And do not have sexual relations with them (your wives) while you are in I‘tikaaf (i.e. confining oneself in a mosque for prayers and invocations leaving the worldly activities) in the mosques” [al-Baqarah 2:187].
And he should not go out of the mosque except in the case of a pressing need.

The signs by which Laylat al-Qadr is known

The first sign: it was reported in Saheeh Muslim from the hadeeth of Ubayy ibn Ka’b (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) announced that one of its signs was that when the sun rose on the following morning, it had no (visible) rays. (Muslim, 762).

The second sign: it was reported from the hadeeth of Ibn ‘Abbaas narrated by Ibn Khuzaimah, and by al-Tayaalisi in his Musnad, with a saheeh isnaad, that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Laylat al-Qadr is a pleasant night, neither hot nor cold, and the following day the sun rises red and weak.” (Saheeh Ibn Khuzaymah, 2912; Musnad al-Tayaalisi).

The third sign: it was reported by al-Tabaraani with a hasan isnaad from the hadeeth of Waathilah ibn al-Asqa’ (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Laylat al-Qadr is a bright night, neither hot nor cold, in which no meteors are seen.” (Narrated by al-Tabaraani in al-Kabeer. See Majma’ al-Zawaa’id, 3/179; Musnad Ahmad).

These three saheeh ahaadeeth explain the signs which indicate Laylat al-Qadr.
It is not essential for the one who “catches” Laylat al-Qadr to know that he has “caught” it. The point is to strive hard and to be sincere in worship, whether or not one knows that one has “caught” it. It may be that some of those who do not know that may be better with Allaah and higher in status than those who did know which night it was, because the former strove hard. We ask Allaah to accept our fasting and our prayer at night, and to help us to remember Him and to thank Him and to worship Him properly. May Allaah bless our Prophet Muhammad.

To all friends, let us grab the golden opportunity. Allah Rahim....

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2009-08-25T19:09:00.002+08:00

Bismillah dan Alhamdulillah...
Hampir sebulan bersama para ibu dan wanita di wad bersalin dan wad sakit puan.
Agak singkat tapi sangat bermakna.
Menyedihkan bila ada kes bayi meninggal sewaktu lahir.
Berat mata memandang melihat kesedihan si ibu.
40 minggu dan 5 hari menggalas beban akhirnya hilang begitu sahaja.
Masuk syurga bayi itu.
Ada rasa terkejut bila melihat umur 20-24 sudah hampir bergelar ibu.
Terasa mereka sangat muda.
"Namun mungkin diri yang terlebih usia"

Salam Ramadhan

The Blessing RAMADHAN....

2009-08-21T19:27:00.004+08:00

Bismillah and alhamdulillah....

"Ramadhan is the (month) in which was sent down the Qur'aan
as a guide to mankind, also clear (Signs) for guidance and
judgement (between right and wrong) ...."

Surah Al Baqarah 2:185

Ramadhan 1430H. The word "syukur" only for HIM, for giving me and "us" another chance to breathe in the air of RAMADHAN. This is the month of patience and the reward of this patience is Jannah. InshaAllah. Ramadhan comes again, giving us a special invitation to join the school of patience after being nurtured in "pre-schooling " class during Rajab and Sya'aban. The month of ALLAH and the month of Prophet Muhammad respectively. What does Ramadhan mean to us?Is that a matter of ritual thing that we do every year ?

Abu Hurairah (radhiallâhu ânhu) reported that the Messenger of Allah Sall Allahu alayhi wa sallam said: "Ramadaan has come to you - a blessed month. Allah has made obligatory upon you its fasting. In it, the gates of Heaven are open, the gates of the Hellfire are closed and the evil devils are chained. To Allah belongs a night in it, which is better than a thousand months. Whosoever is prevented from its good, then he has been deprived." (reported by Ahmad and An-Nasaa'ee. )

Prophet Muhammad saw informed his companions of its coming and it was not just a simple relaying of news. Rather, his intention was to give them the glad tidings of a magnificent time of the year, so that the righteous people who are quick to do deeds can give it its due estimate. Prophet saw has explained explained the hadeeth about what Allah Ta'ala has prepared for His servants from the ways towards gaining forgiveness and His contentment and they are many ways. So whosoever has "forgiveness" escape from him during the month of Ramadaan, then he has been deprived with the utmost deprivation. How Merciful ALLAH is!!!!

One year has gone and this year is my second year "fasting" in Penang and it would be the toughest month and perhaps years, for me and friends. We can't really enjoy the Eid celebration because of the inclination towards this special professions . Having study break for the POPPH exam together with Raya break! Can it be another aspect of patience that we can think of? I still can recall , years back when i had to attend my anatomy class during the first day of Eid . It's when we got to know our limits and strength...And for me it is not a big deal....

Hopefully this Ramadhan brings us closer to Allah, improving our Iman and makes us a better person , who able to stand any pain struck by the torns along the path of life.. There is no way that you can find a short cut towards achieving your dreams. But still if you are smart enough, you will find your ways actually shorten . But it happens unconsciously . ....

Ramadhan 1430H. Checklist for us :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

1. Ask Allah to enable you to reach Ramadan and to get the most out of it.

2. Intend to fast every day with Iman and pure intention seeking the reward from Allah alone. The Prophet peace be upon him said, "Whoever fasts in Ramadan with Iman and seeking reward (from Allah) his past sins will be forgiven". (Bukhari)

3. Read the whole Qur'an at least once as the Prophet peace be upon him did.

4. Have Sahoor as the Prophet peace be upon him said, "Have Sahoor because it is blessed".

5. Make Du'a during the fast because the Prophet peace be upon him said that three people's supplication is not rejected one of them is the fasting person. Ask for the good of this life and the next for yourself, your family and Muslims in general.

6. Make Dua before opening the fast. The Prophet peace be upon him said, "The fasting person has a supplication that is answered when he opens his fast".

7. Give Sadaqah and be good to people. The Prophet peace be upon him was the most generous of people and he was most generous in Ramadan.

8. Avoid anything that diminishes the fast such as, lying, backbiting, cheating, getting angry. The Prophet peace be upon him said "Whoever does not give up false statements (i.e. telling lies), and evil deeds, and speaking bad words to others, Allah is not in need of his (fasting) leaving his food and drink." [Bukhari]

9. Do not eat too much after Iftar.

10. Ask for forgiveness since this is the month Allah frees people from the fire.

11. Pray At-Tarawih with Khusyu'. If you pray in the Masjid complete the Salah with the Imam. If you pray at home prolong the Salah as long as you can. The Prophet peace be upon him said, "Whoever prays during Ramadan with Iman and seeking reward (from Allah) his past sins will be forgiven".

12. Feed the poor and invite others for Iftar. The Prophet peace be upon him said, "Whoever gives Iftar to someone fasting he will have the same reward without decreasing the reward of the person fasting".

13. Try harder the last ten nights especially the odd nights. The prophet would strive in Ramadan more than he would in any other month and more so in the last ten days.

14. Say this Dua in the nights that Laitul-Qadr is likely to fall on: Allhumma innaka afuwun tuhibbul-afwa fa'fu anni (O Allah you are Forgiving and love forgiveness so forgive me).

15. Ask Allah to accept all your good actions during this month.

Make doa for all musleems....

Ramadhan Mubarak and Kareem to all..

-Fad-

A LONG JOURNEY U'VE TRAVELLED

2009-08-16T07:10:00.005+08:00

Bismillah and Alhamdulillah....
A special attribute to my nephew, becoming 3 years old cutie handsome boy this month...Wishing you a good and "soleh" life ahead...

....Azril Haiqal....

After a few weeks spent in Obstetric and Gynaecology department, i feel really attached to this specialty, because you are studying about the norm of being "woman", the challenges and the "special" things awaiting for 'em. Having chance to observe a normal and abnormal delivery, ( yet to deliver one)gave me a strong feeling of being :hamba: . Yes GOD servant! Labour is not a simple process, though it sounds simple. The pain is unbearable and i'm amazed how a mother can bear the pain for the sake of her child. People said, the pain won't last longer, the moment u heard the "cry", it's gone! Amazing right? But said enough, when they have grown up, they hardly sacrifice for their mother. Why can't we follow what our mom said knowing that we are part of them? That's not a simple math i suppose.

A child born through a normal delivery should not feel "down' in life

A journey that we have travelled thus far, taught us about perseverance, erasing the meaning of giving up from our lives , and illuminate our ways towards the future's. Am i right? We were once A GREAT WARRIOR for being the winner amongst so many competitors. We have won in a game towards becoming HUMAN. We were chosen amongst the thousands or in fact the billions.... to becoming one today. After two decades seeing the "external world" , shall we make a comparison? ALLAH knows better why we can't recall whatever happened during our 40 weeks in the mom's womb. It is either the life inside there was so horrible and if happen to store one in our memory, it might leave us a haunted life. Or else the life there was very pleasant and will make us not to leave the mom's womb............But we have to leave, to give way for our sisters and brothers to go through the same journey like how we did. Isn't it interesting??????

-priceless of being a mother-

Ubati Hatimu

2009-07-25T07:02:00.004+08:00

Artikel dalam Utusan Malaysia 19 July 2009 ( Kesihatan) menyentuh mengenai topik yang menarik. Tajuknya SAKIT HATI ATAU ROSAK HATI

Hati dalam bidang perubatan sangat memainkan peranan penting dalam hidup kita. Bukan hati yang dikenal "heart" , kerana itu adalah "jantung" . Tetapi hati ini adalah "liver" ........Tetapi diskusi umum sakit hati merujuk hati sebagai objek, bukan hati dari aspek spiritual.

Hati tempat yang sangat "fragile" , kerana dari hati bermula segala sesuatu.Kerana itulah hati diumpamakan sebagai RAJA.

Dalam satu hadis yang diriwayatkan oleh Imam Bukhari, Rasulullah saw bersabda:

“Ketahuilah sesungguhnya di dalam tubuh ada segumpal daging. Bila ia baik maka baiklah seluruh badannya, dan bila buruk, maka buruklah semuanya. Ia adalah hati.”

Orang Melayu cukup pandai dengan meletakkan pelbagai sandaran dengan HATI. Contoh ketara, baik hati dan berhati-hati. Hati sebagai "guide" dalam hidup.....Kenapa mereka tidak menggunakan baik akal? Berakal-akal?

Lihat pula lirik lagu HIJAZ :

Pandangan Mata Selalu Menipu
Pandangan Akal Selalu Tersalah
Pandangan Nafsu Selalu Melulu
Pandangan Hati itu Yang Hakiki
Kalau Hati itu Bersih

Hati Kalau Terlalu Bersih
Pandangannya Kan Menembusi Hijab
Hati Jika Sudah Bersih
firasatnya Tepat Kehendak Allah
Tapi Hati Bila Dikotori
Bisikannya Bukan Lagi Kebenaran

Hati Tempat Jatuhnya Pandangan Allah
Jasad Lahir Tumpuan Manusia
Utamakanlah Pandangan Allah
Daripada Pandangan Manusia

Jelas hati berperanan penting bukan?

Kita selalu sakit hati, sakit sama ada dari segi jasad atau ruhnya.

Berkata seorang ulama, Ibrahim Al-Khawas RA: “ Sesungguhnya ubat hati itu ada lima perkara, maka ubatilah hati kamu dengan lima perkara tersebut. Pertamanya, bacalah Al-Quran dengan menghayati isi kandunganya. Kedua, mengosongkan perut dari terlalu kenyang atau berpuasa. Ketiga, bangun ( beribadat ) di waktu malam. Keempat, menghampirkan diri kepada Allah ( beribadat ) disepertiga malam dan yang kelimanya, sentiasa bersama-sama di dalam majlis orang-orang yang soleh ”.

Semoga HATI-HATI kita berada di tempat sepatutnya! Sentiasa lah jaga hati anda.....

bila hujan turun, tunggu teduh dulu

2009-07-16T08:08:00.002+08:00

Bismillah dan alhamdulillah....

Selesai sudah belekan dan bacaan novel Tunggu Teduh Dulu karangan Faisal Tehrani. Kalau S. Othman Kelantan mengatakan novel itu memberi kesan dramatik mendalam kepada pembacanya, maka kata-kata saya pula, " Novel ini sarat dengan cerita kehidupan yang menginsafkan".

Salsabila Fahim, orang yang saya kagumi, watak yang cuba dihidupkan dengan suasana permasalahan yang cukup berliku. Bisa membuat pembaca tidak sabar-sabar untuk mengetahui nasib ketentuan Salsabila. Watak Salsabila secara langsung terlibat dalam konflik cinta, keluarga dan kerjaya membuka mata pembaca mengenai makna pengorbanan dan penderitaan. Cerita Salsabila dan kisah cinta tiga seginya agak kurang realistik pada pendapat saya. Tapi karakter beliau sangat "hidup" walaupun suasana agak tampak seperti novel layaknya. Ketabahan beliau dipamerkan menerusi konflik keluarga dan kerjaya yang tidak berputusan. Melihat melalui "setting" kerjaya beliau,ladang betik agak mengujakan . Pengalaman saya di melawat ladang jambu batu ( Pink Guava) Manjung membantu saya memahami " setting" Salsabila dan rakan sekerjanya Teh Sofia.

Jelas, nilai Islamik sangat ditonjolkan , namun saya kurang bersetuju dengan cara Salsabila yang kerap keluar bersama bukan mahram yang seumpama hal itu dibolehkan. Namun ketegasan penulis menulis bait-bait ayat yang menandakan Salsabila menyesal akan ketelanjuran beliau membantu dalam penyampaian mesej. Salsabila bukan insan sempurna, beliau seorang model pada sebuah kehidupan , yang dilukis untuk menarik pembaca mengenal erti susah golongan tertentu dalam menempuh kehdiupan. Keluarga Salsabila amat unik, campuran pelbagai sifat dan perangai namun selayaknya sebuah kisah yang dinovelkan, segalanya berubah menuju positif. Namun , bagusnya penghijrahan mereka dalam novel ini ialah perubahan tidak mampu dicapai dalam masa singkat. Lihat sahaja pada Saifullah, pada Teh Sofia dan pada Zaman. Masing-masing diberi masa untuk berubah.

Kagum akan semangat Salsabila dan tegarnya cinta beliau menghidupkan lagi karya ini.
Pilihan Sazli adalah terbaik , tetapi Sazli muncul pada saat yang seakan di sengajakan.

~Keteguhan dan ketabahan Salsabila itu saya impikan~

Harapan baru pesakit Thalassaemia

2009-07-12T22:01:00.002+08:00

Bismillah dan Alhamdulillah...

Terkedu bila membaca Utusan online ruangan kesihatan hari ni. Berkenaan pesakit thalassaemia. Setabah hati mereka, dari kecil sudah diuji sedemikian rupa. Saya teringat beberapa orang adik-adik kecil yang saya pernah jumpa sewaktu posting paeds beberapa bulan lepas. Mereka pandai membuat "deal" dengan doktor. Minta "deal" untuk "iron injection" dalam satu minggu serta untuk makan ubat desferal . Beberapa kali dalam masa satu hari. "Compliance issue"! Kalau tak diambil ubat itu, pelbagai komplikasi timbul, kalau diambil juga ada komplikasi...Apa yang harus dipilih?

Dalam entri yang lepas, telah diolah berkenaan thalassaemia, apa, bagaimana dan kenapa...Semoga ada harapan baru dalam R&D perubatan.....

DI satu sudut tingkap rumah, kelihatan seorang kanak-kanak merenung jauh rakan-rakannya bermain di padang. Wajahnya muram dan badannya yang letih menyebabkan dia terpaksa melupakan zaman kanak-kanak yang indah itu.

Bermain dan bergurau senda bersama rakan mungkin tidak dapat dilakukannya sepanjang hayat. Bahkan, dia terpaksa berdepan dengan rutin rawatan lima hari seminggu. Setiap kali, berdepan dengan jarum, jeritannya pasti kedengaran. Usia baru sahaja mencecah lima tahun sudah terpaksa berdepan dengan suntikan yang tajam. Hati orang tua mana yang tahan melihat anaknya yang merengek kesakitan.

"Tahan ya sayang," pujuk si ibu dengan nada sayu.

Usah kata anak kecil sepertinya, sesetengah orang dewasa pun masih ada yang fobia dengan suntikan.

Walaupun tidak menyukainya, si kecil ini perlu menahan sakit untuk kembali sihat.

Jika tiada alternatif lain, dia akan melaluinya sepanjang hayat.

Hidupnya yang bergantung kepada jarum menjadi beban yang terpaksa ditanggungnya.

Namun, dia perlu melaluinya untuk melakukan pemindahan darah.

Walaupun dia dapat meneruskan kehidupannya, namun dia tidak dapat bermain, berlari serta ketawa riang seperti kanak-kanak seusianya.

Kanak-kanak ini merupakan salah seorang daripada ratusan ribu rakyat tempatan yang menghidap penyakit keturunan darah - talasemia major.

Ia sejenis gangguan darah genetik yang mengganggu pengeluaran hemoglobin iaitu komponen pembawa oksigen yang terdapat dalam sel-sel darah merah.

Tanpa rawatan, kebanyakan pesakit talasemia major akan meninggal dunia dalam usia belasan tahun serta mengalami masalah kesihatan serius seperti anemia yang menjejaskan prestasi persekolahan dan kualiti hidup, pembesaran hati dan limpa serta menyebabkan kecacatan sumsum, tulang dan kelesuan.

Disebabkan oleh kekurangan hemoglobin dalam badan, kanak-kanak tersebut terpaksa menjalani pemindahan sehingga empat unit darah pada setiap bulan.

Akibatnya, berlaku lebihan besi dalam badannya yang jika tidak dirawat boleh merosakkan organ-organ penting seperti jantung, pankreas dan hati serta boleh membawa maut.

Untuk membuang lebihan besi daripada sistem tubuhnya, dia terpaksa menjalani terapi pengkelatan besi (iron chelation) membabitkan infusi/suntikan perlahan ubat Desferal (Desferrioxamine) ke dalam tisu subkutanues selama lapan hingga 12 jam, setiap hari.

Agen pengkelat Desferrioxamine merupakan ubat-ubat yang digunakan untuk merawat keracunan logam atau besi yang berfungsi dengan cara mengikat logam kepada ubat untuk dikumuhkan dengan selamat.

Berbeza dengan keadaan kanak-kanak tadi, ada sinar baru dalam hidup Liew Yong Tai, 11.

Pada awalnya, Yong Tai yang disahkan menghidap talasemia sejak lahir juga seperti kanak-kanak tadi.

Pasif dan tidak bergaul dengan rakan-rakannya.

Semuanya berubah apabila ibu bapanya mengambil keputusan menyimpan sel stem darah tali pusat adiknya.

Selepas menjalani pemindahan sel stem daripada darah tali pusat adiknya pada April tahun lalu, Yong Tai mengalami perubahan.

Wajahnya kian ceria dan dia tidak perlu lagi menjalani pemindahan darah yang rumit.

Ada yang bertanya mengapa perlu menyimpan sel stem kerana mereka tidak melihat kegunaannya pada masa depan. Sel stem yang diperoleh daripada tali pusat bayi ini adalah aset biologi yang berpotensi untuk menyelamatkan nyawa atau melanjutkan nyawa seseorang jika ditimpa penyakit tertentu.

Menurut Pegawai Kanan Perubatan StemLife, Prof. Aw Tar Choon, kanak-kanak menghidap talasemia kebiasaan menunjukkan gejala-gejala seperti wajah pucat, perut tampak membesar kerana pembengkakkan limpa dan hati.

"Apabila tidak dirawat dengan segera, pesakit akan mengalami perubahan bentuk tulang muka dan warna kulit menghitam.

Punca penyakit ini adalah kekurangan satu zat pembentuk hemoglobin (Hb) sehingga menyebabkan pengeluaran Hb berkurang," katanya.

Prof Tar Choon menjelaskan, untuk terus hidup pesakit perlu menjalani pemindahan darah memandangkan sel darah merah mereka mudah pecah menyebabkan pesakit mengalami kekurangan darah.

Rawatan itu perlu dilakukan sekurang-kurangnya tiga hingga empat minggu sekali bagi mengekalkan tahap Hb paling normal

"Namun, pemindahan darah berterusan menyebabkan pesakit mengalami lebihan zat besi, yang membawa kepada gejala kerosakan jantung, hati dan organ-organ," jelasnya.

Harapan

Kini, pesakit talasemia mungkin mendapat harapan baru apabila sel stem darah tali pusat dapat membantu pesakit menjalani kehidupan yang lebih baik.

Dengan menggunakan sel stem, pesakit tidak perlu lagi menjalani pemindahan darah setiap hari.

Kanak-kanak yang menghidap penyakit ini tidak lagi fobia dengan jarum.

Harapan baru agar mereka akan hidup lebih cergas dan ceria.

Menurut Prof Tar Choon, melalui sel stem, mungkin pesakit akan sembuh 75 peratus dan tidak perlu menjalani pemindahan darah setiap minggu.

Dengan itu, pesakit akan lebih aktif dan tidak terikat dengan jadual rawatan yang ketat.

"Proses menyimpan sel stem darah pada tali pusat ini tidak menyakitkan malah tiada risiko terhadap ibu atau bayi," katanya.

Proses penyimpanan darah tali pusat yang pertama berlaku pada 1988.

Sejak itu, lebih 6,000 proses pemindahan dilakukan dan sudah ramai yang tampil menyimpan darah tali pusat dalam pusat yang menawarkan perkhidmatan itu.

Selain daripada sel stem pada darah tali pusat bayi, orang dewasa juga mempunyai sel stem yang tersendiri. Bezanya, sel stem orang dewasa berada pada sum-sum tulang. Berbanding sel stem orang dewasa, sel darah tali pusat lebih mudah diterima badan dan risiko penolakan oleh badan juga lebih rendah.

Insurans

Kebiasaannya ibu bapa akan membuka akaun simpanan di bank atau membeli skim insurans untuk kegunaan masa depan anak mereka.

Bagaimanapun, tradisi tersebut mungkin berbeza bagi sebilangan ibu bapa yang memikirkan kehidupan anak mereka kelak.

Mereka kini menggunakan bank dalam bentuk berlainan pula sebagai cara baru demi masa depan anak-anak mereka.

Simpanan yang dimaksudkan itu adalah bank perubatan untuk menyimpan sel stem atau sel tunjang daripada tali pusat bayi dengan harapan ia mampu merawat kemungkinan sebarang penyakit-penting serius yang dialami oleh anak mereka satu hari nanti.

Darah tali pusat ialah darah yang dikumpulkan daripada tali pusat dan plasenta atau uri selepas bayi dilahirkan.

Darah ini kaya dengan sel tunjang, iaitu sel khusus tubuh, unsur darah, saraf dan sel otot.

Sel stem ini boleh merangsang pembentukan sel-sel lain seperti sel darah merah (mengangkut oksigen), sel darah putih (melawan jangkitan) dan platelet (membantu dalam pembekuan darah).

Proses mengumpul sel stem darah pada tali pusat bayi tidaklah sukar.

"Proses ini berlaku dalam masa beberapa minit saja. Selepas melahirkan anak sama ada kelahiran secara normal atau pun melalui pembedahan, sel stem yang terkandung pada tali pusat akan dikumpul untuk dihantar ke makmal untuk diproses dan disimpan.

Sebagai antara pusat penyimpanan sel stem di negara ini, StemLife turut memberi tumpuan kepada teknologi sel stem dan membolehkan penjagaan hematalogi berkualiti tinggi dengan kos yang berpatutan. Semua kerja pemprosesan dan ujian ke atas sel stem dijalankan di Kuala Lumpur serta mendapat sokonga

n padu daripada pakar perubatan," jelasnya.

we are partly done!

2009-07-12T15:10:00.003+08:00

Bismillah and alhamdulillah..

Finally im back! Nampaknya rutin yang lama akan bermula kembali setelah 3 minggu di rantauan. Pengalaman di Manjung banyak mengajar erti susah payah mereka yang bekerja dalam " health" di "district". Walaupun diri sendiri dari "district", namun belajar cara mereka bekerja tidak sama dengan menjadi penduduk "district'. Manjung sangat unik, orangnya ramah tamah dan berhemah, terutamanya dalam memandu. Manjung boleh dikatakan setaraf dengan bandar baru yang lain. Infrastruktur yang tersusun dan agak terancang. Dan juga agak panas memandangkan pokok-pokok belum masih lagi muda, baru hendak bertunas mungkin. Belum pernah terlintas dalam fikiran sebelum ini bahawa suatu masa nanti tempat2 seperti loji air, pelupusan sampah, kilang tepung dsb menjadi saksi persinggahan sementara.

Lawatan paling bermakna adalah "dumping site". Walaupun kami menjengah ke Pulau Pangkor selama 24 jam, tetapi bermakna lagi sewaktu di "dumping site" untuk 2 jam...

"Dumping site" , siapa peduli???Kita pengguna, pembuang sampah dan merasa terhormat. Tetapi dia, pekerja di tapak pelupusan, pernahkah terfikir perasaan mereka? Manusia perlu lebih berfikir sebelum bertindak , kesian bumi hijau terpaksa menerima penangan akibat "hasil" manusia. Sampah memang menjijikkan, kesian bumi sekali lagi. Terfikir pula mereka yang digelar sampah masyarakat , kesian juga mereka, mereka dibuang atau mereka yang membuang diri sendiri??

suasana di pelupusan sampah. Tiada yang cantik, tetapi tanah yang besar ini sesuai untuk pembangunan lagi.

(Liteoflife: tengah berfikir untuk membuang diri di Health atau Hospital)
~adios~

It's about educating 'em!

2009-06-19T21:05:00.003+08:00

Bismillah and alhamdulillah...

Pangkor Island

Public health , the climax yet to feel..God willing this sunday we'll be heading to Manjung ( Pangkor Island is there guys!) With bucketsful of hope, something must be waiting for me there. Enjoyment and hopefully a relief....

Public health is about educating the public, promoting health and disease prevention. I like the way he ( Health Officer) explained to us. Imagine a stream of river and so many people live along the banks of the river, then happen to be one person drowned after falling / jumping into the river......It's an analogy ! Those at the very end, who saved the drowned person would be some with curative in nature. But the one who works within the victim's community , to dig the issue of drowning in the first place would be the public health people. That is where we seek the reason behind it and help to prevent such thing from occuring again. That is the nature of public health team. Isn't it? I would say public health plays more role than those in hospital. No offense please. Preventive is better than cure. So does prevention outweigh others? Talking about Manjung in particular. A touristy Bandar Pelancongan dan Maritim. Sound nice and great for a "bookaholic' i suppose.

Read here for more details.

Guess we'll talk more after the trip ( or holiday?)
PUblic health as future field. Any takers?

Takdir....segalanya di luar pengetahuan..

2009-06-13T23:15:00.004+08:00

Bismillah and alhamdulillah....

"Still living, talking, seeing, hearing..list goes on"

Alhamdulillah...Syukur itu hanya padaNya. Kala ini, seterusnya dan selamanya, inilah lafaz teragung tanda hambanya seorang hamba pada Pencipta, ucapan terima kasih bertalu-talu tanpa henti ..Syukur terbesar , nikmat Islam dan Iman masih dikecapi tatkala ratusan malahan ribuan mula melupakan agama , melupakan asal usul kejadian diri. Hari ini banyak berita kematian yang didengari ,seorang tokoh yang tak penah kukenal secara dekat tetapi kuhayati watak allahyarham melalui buku karangan beliau. Apa ertinya saya menganut Islam? Buku itu tidak "gharib" bagi kita malahan menjadi peniup semangat untuk memahami makna keIslaman kita. Pembuka mata dan pencerah pada kelam. Bukan buku itu topik pilihan tetapi pada hakikat hidup itu sendiri. Akhirnya akan beralih ke episod baru yakni kematian. Itu satu cerita dan berita untuk malam ini. Semoga roh allahyarham ditempatkan bersama orang yang beriman!

Berita sedih lagi, kemalangan sekumpulan anak muda bakal mewarisi kepimpinan negara di Bumi Anbiya' , Kaherah mengejutkan malam ini lagi. Bagaimana mereka? Ditimpa musibah di negara orang yang tak pernah dimimpi barang sedetik pun. Hal ini mengingatkan saya pada beberapa tahun lalu sewaktu masih lagi di rantau orang. Alhamdulillah, Allah memudahkan musafirku selama beberapa tahun di sana. Jauh dari ayah bonda, sanak saudara dan kerisauan adakah sempat berjumpa mereka selalu bermain di benak saya. Namun Allah punya ketentuanNya. ...
Semoga kekuatan milik keluarga mereka dan semoga roh arwah ditempatkan bersama orang yang beriman!

Bicara mengenai kematian, bukan bicara kosong tetapi bicara yang bisa melunturkan rasa ujub dan takbur dalam diri. Fikirnya bisa menjadi kita orang tercerdik di dunia. Itu janji Nabi saw. Moga ingatan pada kematian meleburkan rasa sedih pada dunia yang kadang kala dilihat tidak memihak pada kita. Biarlah dirundung sengsara barang secubit di dunia fana , asal akhirat jaminan bahagia untuk kita.

Untuk diri, keluarga, sahabat dan seluruh umat, moga "mati" bukan omongan kosong, tapi amal yang berisi.

Wallahu'allam...

Fad

Contentment with little

2009-06-06T10:14:00.001+08:00

Bismillah and alhamdulillah...

Hadrat Abdullah bin Amr bin Al-Aas (r.a.) reported: “The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said,

"Successful is the one who has entered the fold of Islam and is provided with sustenance which is sufficient for his needs, and Allah makes him content with what He has bestowed upon him.''.

Related by Muslim. Hadith# (102)

p/s: Feeling sad or bad when having less or not having something that others have is common...

Fad

New chapter

2009-06-01T21:26:00.002+08:00

Bismillah and Alhamdulillah...

16weeks gone ...paediatrics , psychiatric and here comes public health....exciting enough to know that our to-be visit place is Manjong, Perak ..little knowledge stored about this place but others find this place exciting, near Pangkor Island they said....But would it mean we have time for that???
Let us see !!!

1 June- final exam season for our dearest colleagues (seniors) , meaning me and friend will be in our final year very very soon.....Ufff almost 5 years we are here! Few of my friends back in primary school are counting days for their first baby, and few of them are "minusing" days before departing into a "non single" life...
whereby me here, counting days for graduating , for finishing assignments bla..bla..bla.. How different life is , isn't it "wonderful"???

Wishing all the very best!!
Fad

GOOD LUCK PSY EXAM

2009-05-15T21:59:00.002+08:00

Bismillah and alhamdulillah ...

Time moves so fast. Dua bulan sudah berhadapan dengan paeds yang "comel" dan sekarang sudah hampir dua bulan bersama "manusia istimewa" , yang memiliki pemikiran sedikit berbeza dari kita. Detikan waktu sangat mencemburui kita, "anxiety disorder'" kah itu.

Semoga ALlah mempermudahkan urusan kita semua dalam menghadapi satu lagi cebisan ujian dunia...

Isnin : Written and Long case
Selasa: Short case

"Nilai kejayaan akan menjadi sangat berharga andai kita pernah menghadapi kegagalan"

Fad
Psy ...

My mother, your mother, our mother

2009-04-20T22:37:00.003+08:00

The month of May reminds me of Mother's Day ...though in fact, every seconds is mother's day....That is why we don't have such mother's day in Islamic calendar. But probably, people are getting busier as they live in so-called "modern" world......they need a special day for their moms..Anyhow people can come out with so many arguments ... In reality, children tend to leave mothers and fathers at home, hoping they are able to cope with their "geriatric" world themselves...Approaching "young adulthood" somehow i can feel what mom and moms feel....Having super power ? grandiosity? The answer is NO...

Definitely the decision to leave your mom at home while you are working somewhere else ( 400 km away from kampung? ) comes with certain reasons...Not solely based on self-interest or materialism ....am i??

Anyway, since i'm not yet working , i can't point my index finger to others, cause who knows the other four fingers will point towards me....

Special attribute to my beloved ummi....

Who should I give my love to?
My respect and my honor to
Who should I pay good mind to?
After Allah
And Rasulullah

Comes your mother
Who next? Your mother
Who next? Your mother
And then your father

Cause who used to hold you
And clean you and clothes you
Who used to feed you?
And always be with you
When you were sick
Stay up all night
Holding you tight
That's right no other
Your mother (My mother)

Who should I take good care of?
Giving all my love
Who should I think most of?
After Allah
And Rasulullah

Comes your mother
Who next? Your mother
Who next? Your mother
And then your father

Cause who used to hear you
Before you could talk
Who used to hold you?
Before you could walk
And when you fell who picked you up
Clean your cut
No one but your mother
My mother

Who should I stay rigt close to?
Listen most to
Never say no to
After Allah
And Rasulullah

Comes your mother
Who next? Your mother
Who next? Your mother
And then your father

Cause who used to hug you
And buy you new clothes
Comb your hair
And blow your nose
And when you cry
Who wiped your tears?
Knows your fears
Who really cares?
My mother

Say Alhamdulillah
Thank you Allah
Thank you Allah
For my mother.

P/s: Miss my childhood when ....

i kissed her before going to school...
she waited for me ...
served me with drink right after reaching home from school...
and many more...

special love goes to her......

Fad

the unique gift of life

2009-04-18T19:01:00.006+08:00

Bismillah and alhamdulillah....

"It is interesting that you probably know the exact time, date and place of when and where your birth took place, but this is only because you were told about it. What is less clear is the elusive and mystical moment you truly became aware of your existence"

Almost one month being with 'em ( special people i could say). They are deprived of attention and not knowing their real conditions...The psych ward is also not that conducive, in fact normal people can suffer if end up there just for few days (experimental wise!) From the beginning i don't like yellow-painted ward, i don't know why..The colour looks so fierce, fiery, hot and not "cool" at all. Same goes to respiratory unit in my practised hospital, it seems like all sort of germs are crawling there, having fun despite the ward should be germ-free....Well it doesn't mean i'm obsessed or having visual hallucination but some people just can't stand something..... anyway..

One mail from Islamic Bulletin and the contents are pretty much suitable for our muhasabah, especially when you are dealing with "not normal people" but you try hard to make them become normal again. Feel grateful for what we have......

The Unique Gift of Life

By: Dr. Maher Hathout
IslamiCity* -

The following is excerpted from the book "Islam 2.0" by Dr. Maher Hathout in which he shares a conversation with the Muslim youth.

Your life is a very precious gift from God. Count back to one year before your first birthday, and then try to imagine your state - your state of nothingness. You can not. You may be able to contain and grasp "things," not "nothing." You were born and came to life, not because you wanted to, but because you became. Through a decision by an authority higher than you, and through a process that you did not participate in, you came to occupy a place in existence. (thanx ALLAH and my parents)

With the dramatic event of your birth, you came to life with three huge realities.

First, you are unique. Nobody else is identical to you, not even your identical twin or, in this age of cloning, even your clone, because your psychological, spiritual and energetic content is poured into your physical being in a unique way. When God blows a spirit into each individual, it manifests in a special way. You are one of a kind.

Second, you are immortal. Your biological structure, which is the product of the substance of earth, will degrade and recycle in the biological cycle on earth, but your energy, soul and spirit will always be. If you appreciate your uniqueness and your immortality, your individual values, responsibility and accountability will emerge. God reminds us in the Qur'an that;

"[And God shall say.'] "And now, indeed, you have come unto Us in a lonely state, even as We created you in the first instance,' and you have left behind you, all that We bestowed on you [in your lifetime]. And we do not see with you those intercessors of yours whom you supposed to have a share in Gods divinity with regard to yourselves! Indeed, all the bonds between you [and your earthly life] are now severed, and all your former fancies have forsaken you!" (6:94)

"and every one of them will appear before Him on Resurrection Day in a lonely state. " (19:95)

The third reality that comes with the happy event of your birth is a cobweb of expanding circles of relationships. These are different from the countless relationships you acquire throughout your life, such as your friends, neighbors, teammates, and spouses. The first package of relationships that come with your birth day are not subject to your choice; you do not choose your parents, siblings, kin, ancestors, race, gender, place of birth or even country of origin. This category of relationships is a gift form God, you accept, appreciate, and nurture. While the acquired relationships like spouse, friends, and career need prudence.

While you will inevitably gain and lose, everything you lose may be regained, except one thing, time.

It is interesting that you probably know the exact time, date and place of when and where your birth took place, but this is only because you were told about it. What is less clear is the elusive and mystical moment you truly became aware of your existence. This blurry time, when you became cognizant that you are you, and that you actually exist, just snuck up on you. From the moment of that realization, each individual experiences life in a unique way. While you may be exposed to the same circumstances as many others, how you feel, perceive, taste, understand and react to life circumstances is unique to you.

During the predetermined length of your life, you embark on new information, experiences, and habits in which you learn and perform as a human on this planet. While you will inevitably gain and lose, everything you lose may be regained, except one thing, time. If you lose time, it is gone. Any period of time is a chunk of life, both precious and irretrievable. Based on these simple realities, you will have some basic decisions to make: Are you going to waste your life or are you going to use it? Is your life going to center around you or will you reach wider spheres of involvement and concern? Wasting life partially or totally, i.e. in one lump or in installments, all can be considered a crime close to murder or suicide, even if the gradual waste does not seem that dramatic.

There are many forms and ways to waste a lifetime. With a careful look around you, you can recognize many of them: leading an aimless and purposeless life; abusing your own body, mind and soul; eroding the environment, being shallow and inefficient; all are ways to let the wonderful opportunity that we call life slip away. A life centered on your own self is selfish and never provides fulfillment. Since human beings are interdependent, you will not be happy if surrounded by unhappiness, envy, and animosity. A life that is not dedicated to a higher cause is an elusive quest for unattainable happiness.

How unique our life is.. DO appreciate plz..

Fad
Psych posting
18 April09

INSIGHT INSIDE

2009-04-03T19:34:00.004+08:00

Bismillah and alhamdulillah...

Perceive life as it is ...

For one week, I have been struggling to understand all the terminologies in psychiatry; they do make sense when we tried to relate things together, joined them all circurmstantially and tangentially. Being one of the selected people ( read in the world) to study psychiatry makes me realize how important happiness is. I think psychiatry is part of myself and part of everyone , and indulging in it pleased me a lot. The pursuit of happiness is something that concerns us all, no matter where we live or what our station in life is. People have their own way to explore the path to finding happiness and please don't misunderstand them. The stigma and labelling are the culprits that destroy their lives further, what will you feel when people labelled you as M** when you think you are not? I kept on correcting to one of my friends ( the patient) that M** is not a medical term, and we don't address such thing, rather we regard those with disease as something out of norm. If they are in the state of denial can we conclude it as poor insight? You judge it !

Recommended book by me

Is that normal to have a swing mood? Have you ever feel depressed with what you have and who you are now? Believe me, everyone has the period of depression at one point of life, be it minor, major, hypo or hyper one. Only a positive minded person plus the supportive environment knows how to cope with the stressful situation. Mind you guys, more people will suffer mental health problem in the year 2020 and it will be among the leading problems together with all sorts of cardiovascular diseases. May Allah bless us all with health and happiness....

How to cope with stress and depression?

The answer is equip ourselves with faith, hope, patience, acceptance....and never underestimate the power of a smile ( credit to my friend! )

We don't want to institutionalise people with mental disorder rather we want them to go back to the community and make them "a function" human being. No deprivation of rights and all.

There is one sister ( patient) will be discharged and she appears very happy. Can't wait to go out of the "world" into another "world".

"'I want to pray, i want to become a good daughter and i want to become independent.
Previously i was not a good daughter, and now the hidayah comes and i want to become a good person. Please write me the solat time so that i can pray when the times come, " explained one sister when i asked about her first to - do thing after leaving the ward.
"Then you must wear scarf (tudung) and you will be a good muslim too.. Yes i am interested in wearing scarf and i like to eat, so i want to work in a restaurant, i can eat and can earn money as well" .

I'm revealing this simply to open our eyes that the idea of keeping them and educating them do help them in life provided they comply with the medications. I really hope we have the INSIGHT to see the INSIDE of their hearts. Put ours into their shoes, understanding them and inshaAllah we will gain more strength too....
Now i know why Islam teaches us to visit the sick one, to send one to the graveyard, to help the needy..list goes on....

mashaAllah Islam is very beautiful but sadly very few practise Islam as ADDIN, take some, leave some and patch the hole......

May Allah swt helps us in our way towards HIM and all the best for all..

Fad

Congratulation..to whom shall we address?

2009-03-27T22:16:00.002+08:00

Bismillah dan alhamdulillah...

We are done! The saying that goes everywhere and elsewhere..Congratulations to all fellow Paeds friends for a great perseverance in the face of difficulty!
Admit that i have been struggling for the past 8 weeks with the workloads, assignments and all those side stuff that somehow made me totally a "busy" person....
thing passed and the past is what we miss most...

This morning, the short case session went on well though the nervousness shielded my real capabilities...It was frustrating when you got quite a simple case and yet you could not do it better/ best......blaming ? point all fingers towards you. Really im hoping for the best and hopefully "hyperreflexia" elicited from the child this morning was the real "hyperreflexia"
I don't know how to express things further but plz ....

Can't wait to see the other world of medicine...Psychiatry posting next week !!!

Gulp.. gulp..gulp..

To all friends who helped me a lot during my ophtal and paeds....Bunch of thank you.

It is the prayer that brings our hearts closer....

Say yes to.......

your beautiful smile that sends a message of warmth and friendliness to others
your kind words that establish friednship as permitted in Islam and dispel rancour
acceptable charity that brings happiness to the poor and feeds hungry...............................

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SEDARI DIRI

2009-02-18T20:05:00.002+08:00

Bismillah dan alhamdulillah...

Minggu ini minggu ketiga bersama bayi-bayi dan kanak-kanak comel, Tapi ada juga kanak-kanak yang sudah "tidak comel". Kenapa? Paediatric dikira sampai lah seseorang itu berumur 18 tahun.
Paling "best" bila seorang kanak-kanak umur 3 tahun memanggil saya "achik". "Macam mak sedara dia, "kata ibu kepada kanak-kanak yang namanya Haiqal.
Sama seperti nama anak saudara juga, Haiqal ( anak saudara yang berumur 3tahun). Tapi perangai mereka berdua macam langit dengan bumi. Pesakit di wad ni bukan sekadar kanak-kanak biasa, tapi banyak juga yang kanak-kanak istimewa. Yang paling saya kagumi adalah ketabahan seorang ibu dalam menjaga anak-anak istimewa mereka. Mungkin di sudut hati mereka kita tidak pasti, tetapi sekurang-kurangnya nilai penghargaan dan kesyukuran mereka tergambar dalam percakapan mereka dan prihatinnya pada anak-anak mereka. Kanak-kanak dalam usia sedemikian sudah belajar erti penderitaan dan keredhaan. Paling menyedihkan sekiranya anda berpeluang melawat bilik ICU. Masing-masing tidak berada pada GLascow Coma Scale 15 dengan pelbagai devices yang disambung pada tubuh-tubuh kecil mereka. Ibu mana yang mampu menahan melihat penderitaan anak mereka?

Ini bukanlah pati utama entri ini. Lebih pada tazkiyattunnafs dalam memahami erti kehidupan di dunia. Untuk diri saya dan anda semua, hidup kita ( di dunia) tidak lama, ibarat singgah sebentar untuk berteduh dari panas. Tapi perjalanan ini terasa begitu lama , kerana kita perlu bercucuk tanam sementara untuk memastikan ada bekalan untuk perjalanan ke destinasi kita seterusnya. Tetapi sepanjang persinggahan ini, banyak yang kita belajar , dari sekecil-kecil perkara sehinggalah sebesar-besar hal yang menuntut kita untuk memahami erti hidup ini.

Ada orang yang dikurniakan Allah dengan kebolehan yang mengagumkan. Dalam konteks dunia pelajar, apa yang dapat saya perhatikan ada yang selalu beroleh kejayaan dalam ujian mereka ( ujian dunia pelajar seperti peperiksaan) . Kadangkala mata kasar manusia akan bertanya sejauh mana usaha dia sehingga Allah memberi kejayaan sedemikian. Banyak professional yang berkongsi resepi dan rahsia kejayaan mereka , rata-rata berpendapat "kembali kepada ALlah" sebagai konsep yang utama dalam mencapai kejayaan. Seteleah berusaha, berserahlah kepada-Nya untuk menentukan pengakhiran itu. Tetapi masalah kita selalu tidak menilai pada hati. Kurang yakin pada ketentuanNya. Dan yang paling penting " Kita HambaNYa, maka kita layak diuji"

Itulah pegangan saya dalam melayari kehidupan ini. Sebagai manusia biasa kita tertakluk pada sunnatullah dan syariatullah dan kita tiada hak untuk mempersoalkan soal takdir dan ketentuan. Agak rumit untuk dibicarakan tetapi apabila kita meletakkan dan menyerahkan segala-galanya pada Allah, inshaAllah penentuan Allah adalah yang terbaik...

Semoga kehidupan kita diiringi dengan rahmatNya sentiasa.

Thalassaemia ..the dilemma

2009-02-09T16:09:00.007+08:00

Bismillah and Alhamdulillah....

Thalassaemia, something which is not too new for us. Though it was not covered in details during my 1st and 2nd year, at least nothing to worry much because there is another chance for it....a MUST understand topic in your 4th year, including its management aspect from as tiny as doses for iron chelation.

It is not the genetic issue that concerns me most (it is to be worried in fact....) but it is about the ethical aspect behind the prevention technique which will be discussed further ...

Just a little bit freshy and juicy notes on thalassemia...
It stems out from the topic of anaemia, though can be from other branches too, but this is much easier i suppose.

Everyone knows anaemia is due to three major headings : failure to make red cells, increased loss and destruction of red cells.Haemolysis is part of destruction of red cells where it is further divided into immune and non-immune.Then another branches from non - immune which are congenital and acquired.Under congenital part, here goes haemoglobinopathies where thalassamia resides under this heading together with sickle cell.

Thalassaemia is defined as mutation of DNA coded for alpha and beta genes. So if beta thalassemia, there will be absence or reduced production of that (beta) gene....

See the outcomes: from "their" eyes....

Refer for further details in your notes and sites ok....

Something new which i read from my lec's notes is on Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis ( PGD) that is the climax actually...all those folks' theories may be well reside in your mind already ...Let us know something new!

PGD: it is one of the methods in antenatal diagnosis of any disease ( about 500 diseases) So what is so eager-to- tell about this?

an-in vitro fertilisation when the embryo is about 5 days of age.
"an alternative within prenatal diagnosis services which avoids terminating affected on-going pregnancies"

Mr wiki has some answers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preimplantation_genetic_diagnosis

How Islam views this technique and to what extent does Islam allows this? When considering to balance out the evils, we opt for the less evil one...Allah did plan something for it becomes a cause of TEST which will determine our level of Taqwa,and if we change things which is somehow the real thing that Allah wanted it to be, would it be some curiosity behind it? Advancement in medicine and technology lead people to go astray? or this is what Allah wants as He mentioned that whatever given in Quran are for those who have the ability to think and create more. Al- Quran is a guided tool for HIS servant to live the life .

The Fiqh of Medicine: Responses in Islamic Jurisprudence to developments in Medical Sciences; the prevention and termination of pregnacy; page 217;

"if the condition of the foetus is so diseased as to cause unnecessary suffering to the foetus later when it is delivered and during its life, would that be an indication to terminate the pregnancy? . Islamic fiqh dealt with termination of pregnancy before 40 days and up to 120 day. What about the welfare or even the mere survival of other members of the family which was considered and accomodated by Muslim fuqaha of the past balanced against the 'rights' of a foetus to be born severely handicapped and defective? The High Council for Islamic Legal Opinions in Kuwait issued a declaration on 29 Sept 1984 which allows abortion to take place if continuation of the pregnancy would cause harm to the woman or if it is certain that the foetus will be born with severe deformation, or physical or mental deficiency, neither of which will be cured"

It is such a long topic to be discussed and think of. Anyhow let us proceed to answering a medical aspect of it and not leaving the "religio-etihical" issues behind. It is very important if we know something and decide whether or not it is in line with Islamic fiqh. That is why a medical proffesional must know Fiqh in depth and not just sitting on the fence or rather more seriously let the ignorance overrides the rights to know ......

"It is your responsibility and you have to be responsible for all your responses"

Annurfad
Paeds posting
090209

Advice of the Prophet

2009-02-07T20:50:00.003+08:00

Bismillah...

Companion of Prophet Muhammad , Khalid ibn El Waleed narrated the following:

A Bedouin came one day to the Prophet and said to him, "O, Messenger of God! I've come to ask you a few questions about the affairs of this life and the Hereafter. "

The Prophet responded "Ask what you wish."

* I'd like to be the most learned of men.
* Fear God, and you will be the most learned of men.

* I wish to be the richest man in the world.
* Be contented, and you will be the richest man in the world.

* I'd like to be the most just man.
* Desire for others what you desire for yourself, and you will be the most just of men.

* I want to be the best of men.
* Do good to others and you will be the best of men.

* I wish to be the most favored by God.
* Engage much in God's praise, and you will be most favored by Him.

* I'd like to complete my faith.
* If you have good manners you will complete your faith.

* I wish to be among those who do good.
* Adore God as if you see Him. If you don't see Him, Know that He sees you. In this way you will be among those who do good.

* I wish to be obedient to God.
* If you observe God's commands you will be obedient.

* I'd like to be free from all sins.
* Bathe yourself from impurity and you will be free from all sins.

* I'd like to be raised on the Day of Judgment in the light.
* Don't wrong yourself or any other creature, and you will be raised on the Day of Judgment in the light.

* I'd like God to bestow His mercy on me.
* If you have mercy on yourself and on others, God will grant you mercy on the Day of Judgment.

* I'd like my sins to be very few.
* If you seek the forgiveness of God as much as you can, your sins will be very few.

* I'd like to be the most honorable man.
* If you do not complain to any fellow creature, you will be the most honorable of men.

* I'd like to be the strongest of men.
* If you put your trust in God, you will be the strongest of men.

* I'd like to enlarge my provision.
* If you keep yourself pure, God will enlarge your provision.

* I'd like to be loved by God and His messenger.
* If you love what God and His messenger love, you will be among their beloved ones.

* I wish to be safe from God's wrath on the Day of Judgment.
* If you do not lose your temper with any of your fellow creatures, you will be safe from the wrath of God on the Day of Judgment.

* I'd like my prayers to be responded.
* If you avoid forbidden actions your prayers will be responded.

* I'd like God not to disgrace me on the Day of Judgment.
* If you guard your chastity, God will not disgrace you on the Day of Judgment.

* I'd like God to provide me with a protective covering on the Day of Judgment.
* Do not uncover your fellow peoples faults, and God will provide you with a covering protection on the Day of Judgment.

* What will save me from sins?
* Tears, humility and illness.

* What are the best deeds in the eyes of God?
* Gentle manners, modesty and patience.

* What are the worst evils in the eyes of God?
* Hot temper and miserliness.

* What alleviates the wrath of God in this life and in the Hereafter?
* Concealed charity and kindness to relatives.

* What extinguishes hell's fires on the Day of Judgment?
* Patience in adversity and misfortunes.

Imam El Mustaghfiri said: "I have never heard a tradition more comprehensive of the beauties of religion, and more beneficial than this hadith. It collects all the good things of Islam but not put to use." (Related by Imam Ibn Hambal)

"O' Allah, save me, my parents, my family and all musleems from the Hellfire"

selamat datang pada sebuah kehidupan baru.........

2009-01-31T18:29:00.004+08:00

Bismillah...

Di sebalik kehangatan hawa pulau ini, saya kira masih bersisa ketenangan yang kadang kala sering dilupakan atau dibuat-buat lupa.

Pulau ini masih ada damainya, biarpun hati ini merintih tatkala melepaskan pandangan sepi pada berlalunya kelibat keluarga tersayang siang tadi.

Apapun realitinya Isnin ini bermulalah kehidupan baru kami semua , secara ringkasnya ranjau baru bakal ditemui, dihadapi dan di"tabahi". Tiada sesalan kerna telah kupilih jalan itu.

Berbunga hati dalam rintihan.. Semuanya kerana kanak- kanak itu. Siapa kanak- kanak itu? Kanak-kanak yang bakal menyambut kami semua sepanjang tempoh itu . Untung bagi kami , "posting paediatrics" memang menyenangkan hati, walaupun kerengsaan tetap ada.

Semoga semester baru berjalan dengan lancar....
Selamat bermujahadah buat kawan-kawan semua.

" tidaklah orang muslim ditimpa kesukaran dan keletihan. dukacita dan sedih ,penderitaan dan kemurungan , bahkan duri yang menusuknya sekali pun, melainkan ALLAH MENGAMPUNI DOSA-DOSANYA" ( HR al-bukhari dan Muslim)

webnotes yang menarik :

the law of understanding

2009-01-19T23:07:00.002+08:00

Bismillah..
Alhamdulillah...things over but another series of similar events are inviting me.
I'm getting to know the "LAW" better after few weeks indulging in it, understanding the origin, application and its significance. Though only 0.0000001% or may be less learnt during those period, i simply can draw my own conclusion which only me knows that. "A little bit sad for being ignorant and not realising the truth that lies behind a lie"...Legal medicine is interesting, not only because of its sui generic thingy but also because YOU MUST know that. A blend of ethics and principles which may not make it taste like a real juice...Anyway, just want to share something gotten from one site which i think useful and very practical.. It is a real law , most important not a man made one!!!

read more from here:

http://www.thenutgraph.com/islam-beyond-hudud

hopefully one day, dreams come true!
Amin...

To whom it may concern.....

2009-01-12T20:49:00.000+08:00

Preparing for the realities of marriage
(source: Islamicity Bulletin)

How ludicrous would it be for a person to hold a grand opening for a new business then leave for vacation the next day or go to a job interview without having read the job description? Equally absurd is the way many people get married each year without any knowledge of or preparation for the realities of marriage. Couples make elaborate wedding and honeymoon plans but none for a life together. Additionally, many are looking for spouses to marry without looking at their responsibilities in a marriage.

Based on fairy tales spun by the media and pop culture, young women dream of finding their Prince Charming and living happily ever after. We think that once we are married, everything will just sort itself out. Some of us think that marriage is a solution or an escape or that our spouses will "complete us." Compounding this are values of mainstream society and their effect on the psyche of adolescents. Years of struggling with issues of dating and pre-marital sex in school as well as constant bombardment through films and television of unrealistic images of what love, sex and marriage are have affected our outlook on marriage and the opposite sex. So, when the time comes to get married, we often carry unrealistic expectations of what being married will be like and how our spouses will be.

Many young Muslims are not prepared for marriage and have not cultivated the skills to create a lasting relationship. While the general American population has the world's highest divorce rate, 48.6 percent, Muslims in the United States come in not too far behind at 33 percent. One in three Muslims marriage here will end in divorce- not surprising considering we are living in a "divorce culture" where independence and individual happiness often come first. When the marriage does not fulfill the individual's needs, the marriage is questioned. Terms such as "starter marriage" are becoming more common in the Muslim community as divorces among newlywed couples, after only months of being married, increase. Furthermore, couples in multicultural marriages are experiencing complex issues because of their background differences and often find little support from their families and communities because of certain cultural ideas about marriage. These couples often become resigned to ending the marriage. Newlyweds sometimes don't readily acknowledge that they must work on the marriage for it to survive. Many divorce when marriage is not whhat they expected or harder than they imagined. Divorce is now considered a plausible option among young Muslims, unlike the generation before them. Now, more than ever, we should prepare ourselves and our children for the realities of marriage. Preparing for marriage is as important as having an accurate road map before driving cross country.

Preparing for marriage is more than searching for a spouse; it begins with discovering who you are as a person.

Undergo Self-Reflection

Preparing for marriage is more than searching for a spouse; it begins with discovering who you are as a person and what you will bring to a marriage. Identify what innate beliefs you hold because these are the things that are least likely to change about you. Your values and beliefs are your compass in life and will determine your lifestyle and the choices you make. Understanding what is important to you clarifies the type of person with whom you will be compatible. Reflection is a process of self-growth that can be difficult, but it shows maturity and a true understanding of the intensity of marriage. Ask yourself these questions: "What is my personal set of life values?" "What are my fears?" "What are my strengths?" "What are my weaknesses?" Identifying your flaws is equally important because it provides you with personal goals for self-improvement. It will also provide your future spouse insight into your weaknesses, as well as the things that may never change about you.

Establish Compatibility

Before you can determine the type of person you are compatible with, you first need to understand what compatibility is. It doesn't mean you will be exactly like your spouse, but rather, that you share many similarities and hold mutual respect for your differences, It is important to find someone who shares your core values and beliefs and whose long-term goals correspond with yours. Having complementary values and goals helps married couples grow closer to Allah because they will constantly strive in the same direction and have fewer disagreements in their marriage. True and realistic love will be found in the everydayness of marriage when sharing common interests and doing interesting things together. But, be careful if you find yourself making excuses for incompatibility or you start believing that the other person will change once you're married. People rarely change. Qualities in a potential spouse that do not align with your core values and beliefs are red flags because that person is about as unlikely to change as you are. When making a decision about an element of incompatibility, ask yourself; "Can I maintain my beliefs while married to this person even if he/she doesn't change?" Acknowledge that you simply can't control your spouse's way of being. Being able to maintain mutual respect for your differences will likely prevent many tensions in the marriage.

Understand You- Expectations Ascertain the expectations you hold for marriage. Many couples enter a marriage with unspoken and usually unconscious expectations of what their spouse is going to provide and fulfill. Honestly examining your expectations of marriage and your potential spouse is a necessary step in preventing disappointment. Ask yourself, "What do I think marriage will be like?" "Who and what have influenced these expectations?"

"What is my parents' relationship like?" "How does this play a role in what I expect in my marriage?" "What does the term 'husband' mean to me?" The answers to these types of questions will help spotlight your expectations about marriage and the basis for those expectations. Understanding your expectations and assessing how realistic they are is a vital step toward helping you enter into marriage with open eyes.

Communicate

Everybody should acquire two critical skills before getting married:

Communication and conflict resolution. These are essential to making a marriage successful. You and your potential spouse will begin to understand how you each communicate as you get to know one another. Not communicating and misinterpreting communication will cause numerous problems in a marriage. This is the time to ask yourself; "Am I good at communicating my feelings and thoughts?" "How do I resolve a conflict: do I ignore it, solve it?" "Am I a good listener?" Understanding your approach and identifying your weaknesses are valuable because marriage carries the responsibility to communicate your needs and frustrations with your spouse. It is equally important to understand your spouse's communication style and conflict resolution skills and how compatible they are to yours. Ultimately, the effort you and your spouse put in this area will form the backbone of your marriage.

Entering into a marriage is a time to grow as an individual and to grow interdependently with a spouse. Having the courage to discover your expectations and weaknesses and taking responsibility for the direction of your marriage requires a mature approach. To grow spiritually in your marriage requires that you learn to be less selfish and more loving, even during times of conflict. Move beyond the fantasy and unrealisttic expectations and realize that marriage is about making a conscious choice to love and care for your spouse-even when you do not feel like it. A marriage needs love, support, tolerance, honesty, respect, humility, realistic expectations and a sense of humor to be successful.

These values will help a marriage survive conflict, disappointment and problems. Marriage is a beautiful relationship that Muslims should enter with an understanding of all of its dimensions. If Prophet Muhammad reminds us that marriage is "half our faith," then how can we as Muslims go into something this central with a lack of preparation and understanding? We can only be good spouses once we understand what it means to be married and mentally prepare ourselves for the amazing journey.

Munira Lekovic Ezzeldine is the author of Before the Wedding: 150 Questions for Muslims to Ask before Getting Married. Munira has also written two Islamic Studies textbooks for the Bureau of Islamic and Arabic Education. She received her undergraduate degree from UCLA and is currently pursuing her master's degree in Marriage and Family Counseling at California State University, Fullerton. For the last eight years, Munira has worked with youth groups, teaching classes and mentoring. Her extensive speaking on the topics of marriage and gender equity coupled with her experience of being raised as a Muslim in the United States gives her the ability to connect with the young Muslim generation. Munira is happily married and has two children.

to my sis: cant wait for ur walimah....
to myself: be prepared...

Hidup ini sepi?

2009-01-06T23:51:00.000+08:00

Bismillah..

Salam tahun baru Islam 1430H dan tahun baru Masihi 2009..
Sewajarnya dengan pertambahan angka pada tahun, maka azam baru pun dinukilkan dengan harapan bakal dilaksana, beserta lirikan pada azam tahun lalu degan persoalan dibenak," terlaksanakan sudah?"

1429H atau 2008 bukan benda yang sama, hakikatnya ia dilihat sama oleh pandangan mata yang tidak menafsirkan dengan hati. Namun tahun lalu meninggalkan diri ini dengan seribu satu kenangan pahit dan manis. Kenapa pahit dahulu? Bukan manis yang meneutralkan keadaan. Bolehkan manisan meneutralkan kepahitan? Jawapan ada pada anda.
Masa lalu bukan untuk dikenang! Tidak benar kenyataan itu.Masa lalu adalah kenangan yang harus dikenang sebagai pengajar terbaik dalam kehidupan, sebagai pendorong untuk lebih ke hadapan. Saya lihat matahari terbit, saya yakin ada ruang untuk ditempati! Ya itulah yang betul. Berfikir secara optimis dan meletakkan sepenuh keyakinan dan harapan pada Al-Khaliq. Tidak wajar menyalahkan Pencipta tatkala ujian kehidupan adalah nilaian pada nilai syukur dan tabah dalam diri. Tidak benar sama sekali menyesali diri andai "ter"alpa tatkala 1001 nikmat yang tidak disedari kurang pantas disyukuri. Jika anda pernah terfikir sebegitu, sedarlah anda, anda bukan berseorangan. Kenang kembali Sirah Nabawiyyah bagaimana Nabi Nuh putus asa dengan ummat baginda lantaran selama 950 tahun, ragu ummat baginda masih ada?

"Sesungguhnya tidak akan seorang drp kaumnya mengikutimu dan beriman kecuali mereka yang telah mengikutimu dan beriman lebih dahulu, maka jgnlah engkau bersedih hati karena apa yang mereka perbuatkan."
Dengan penegasan firman Allah itu, lenyaplah sisa harapan Nabi Nuh dari kaumnya dan habislah kesabarannya. Ia memohon kepada Allah agar menurunkan Azab-Nya di atas kaumnya yang berkepala batu seraya berseru:"Ya Allah! Jgnlah Engkau biarkan seorang pun drp orang-orang kafir itu hidup dan tinggal di atas bumi ini. Mareka akan berusaha menyesatkan hamba-hamba-Mu, jika Engkau biarkan mereka tinggal dan mereka tidak akan melahirkan dan menurunkan selain anak-anak yang berbuat maksiat dan anak-anak yang kafir spt.mereka."

Lihatlah sahabat, apakah solusi Nabi Nuh selepas itu? Baginda membina kapal bukan? kerana apa? kerana perintah Allah swt.

Itu satu contoh, beribu-ribu contoh lagi yang patinya adalah iktibar berguna buat saya dan anda. Maka janganlah putus asa dengan rahmat Allah.

Saya bukanlah orang baik, jauh sekali orang terbaik untuk meletakkan ukuran pada diri.

Banyaknya kuntuman bunga di jalanan, tapi awas durinya menyukarkan anda untuk memetiknnya. Tingginya gunung dilingkari awan biru, gamitan diri untuk mendaki. Tapi awas perjalanan tidak rata sebagaimana anda fikirkan. Begitulah sahabat, jalan hidup sukar sekali pada individu yang merasainya.

Nikmat sebenar lahir pada ketinggian syukur. Usah dikhuatiri pada esok yang belum pasti, kerana janjiNya sentiasa benar.

Lebihkan usaha anda sebagaimana anda lihat saya berusaha. Hebatnya kuasa Allah, anda meletakkan diri anda di bawah, tapi Allah menjadikan hati-hati orang lain memandang anda seakan-akan anda di atas. Pandangan individu sedemikian pada saya dan pada anda, saya kira adalah pandangan telus. lahir dari dasar hati mereka. Bukan dibuat-buat tapi ikhlasnya mereka hanya Allah yang tahu.

Kalam ternokhtah, ucapan jazakallah buat sahabat anda dan saya yang masih menilai diri saya dan anda dengan nilaian baik. Moga nilaian mereka tidak membekas kotor pada dasar hati saya dan anda dengan mazmumah yang saya tidak pernah jemput. Anda pun begitu.........................

Kita pernah bersama,
Menempuh onak dan duka ,
Tidak pernah putus asa,
Walau dugaan datang melanda.

Dikau pernah bertanya,
Bila bahagia akan tiba,
Ku berkata bersabarlah,
Serahkan saja pada yang ESA.

Bila masanya menjelma,
Kejayaan akan tiba,
Namun tidak mungkin ku lupa,
Kenangan indah kita bersama.

Menempuh onak cabaran,
Dan liku hidup yang panjang,
Tidak mungkin hidup ini sepi,
Selagi ku masih di sini.

Kini terungkai sudah,
Kisah hidup kita ,
Berbekal taat dan sabar,
Pastikan berjaya.

Devotees- Bersama-

Palestine: who should be blamed for?

2008-12-29T11:17:00.000+08:00

Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has blamed Hamas for triggering Israel's deadly raids on Gaza, by not extending a six-month truce with the Jewish state.

He also blamed Hamas, which controls the coastal Gaza Strip territory, for disrupting national unity talks that could have paved the way for general and presidential elections.

"We have warned of this grave danger," he said in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday.

"We talked to them [Hamas] and we told them, 'please, we ask you, do not end the truce. Let the truce continue and not stop", so that we could have avoided what happened."

However, Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman, said he was "surprised" by Abbas's claim.

"He downplayed the sufferings of our people in Gaza and belittled their pains, providing justification of the holocaust and war waged by Israel," he said.

Abbas, whose Fatah movement has been at loggerheads with Hamas, said maintaining the truce could have helped the Palestinians avoid the raids, which have so far killed more than 280 people over the past two days.

Nour Odeh, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Ramallah, reported that senior figures had supported Abbas in his call on Hamas not to abandon the truce.

She added that during an Israeli election year, a hardline position towards Palestinians has always won more seats, making the timing particularly risky for Hamas.

"Not just Abbas, but people close to the circles of decision-making in key Arab states, said that Hamas was warned that breaking the ceasefire or not keeping it would result in mayhem and bloodshed," she reported.

Ayman Mohyeldin, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Gaza, said the stance at all levels of the Hamas leadership was the same: "They will remain defiant in the face of any attacks and that the movement is larger that an single assault or attack.

"That they were democratically elected by the Palestinian people, and only through the ballot box will they leave the political scene."

Hamas argues that Israel violated the truce by failing to ease its 18-month blockade on the Gaza Strip.

'Inaction'

Egypt's foreign minister has also blamed Hamas for preventing hundreds of wounded Palestinians from entering Egypt via the Rafah crossing for treatment - the only crossing that does not border Israel.

Ahmed Aboul Gheit said the wounded were "barred from crossing" and he blamed "those in control of Gaza" for putting the lives of the injured at risk.
But Barhoum denied the accusations, saying that Aboul Gheit was taking advantage of the "massacre and the suffering", to "cover up the state of inaction in Egypt".

Odeh said two lines were being taken on the Palestinian-Israeli issue with Arab states divided between those supporting the Hamas line of armed resistance and not recognising Israel, and those that preferred non-confrontational options.

"More now than ever, they are divided along regional lines of competition of interests in which states are using the Palestinian paper to tug between one another and gain that regional influence.

"There is a lot of anger toward the helplessness and the realisation that in such dire times, Palestinians have been unable to set aside their political differences."

Ground operation

Dozens of tanks and personnel carriers were seen parked at several points near the boundary between Israel and Gaza on Sunday after Israel's defence minister warned it could launch a ground offensive in addition to its air bombardment.

Ehud Barak vowed to "expand and deepen" the bombing raids, unleashed in retaliation for persistent rocket fire into the south of the country from Gaza.

"If it's necessary to deploy ground forces to defend our citizens, we will do so," his spokesman quoted him as saying on Sunday.

The cabinet gave the green light to call up 6,500 reserve soldiers, a senior official told reporters after the meeting.

Jacky Rowland, Al Jazeera's corespondent in Jerusalem, said: "This move gives the Israeli army a lot of leeway to commit troops to this operation as and when they see fit.

"If the fundamental objective of Israel is to change the situation on the ground, clearly they will not be able to do that from the air, they will need to commit ground troops.

"When we look at the full range of air strikes, it does seem that any ground operation would indeed be far-ranging and involve hundreds of troops."

source: Al-Jazeera
Doa Qunut Nazilah

اللهمَّ إناَّ نجعَلُكَ فِى نُحُورِ أعدَاءِناَ وَ نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِن شُرُورِهِم اللهم بَدِّد شَملَهُم و فَرِّق جَمعَهُم وَ شَتِّت كَلِمَتَهُم وَزَلزِل أَقدَامَهُم وَ سَلِّط عَلَيهِم كَلباًَ مِن كِلاَبِكَ يا قَهاَّر يا جَباَّر يا مُنتَقِم يا الله يا الله يا الله

اللهم يا مُنزِلَ الكِتاَبِ ويا مُجرِيَ السَّحاَبِ ويا هاَزِمَ الأَحزَابِ إِهزِمهُم إِهزِمهُم إِهزِمهُم وَانصُرناَ عَلَيهِم

Ya Allah,

Sesungguhnya kami meletakkan-Mu di batang-batang leher musuh-musuh kami,

Dan kami berlindung dengan-Mu daripada kejahatan-kejahatan mereka,

Ya Allah,

Leburkanlah kumpulan-kumpulan mereka,

Pecah-belahkanlah dan kacau-bilaukanlah persatuan mereka,

Goncangkan pendirian mereka,

Dan hantarkanlah anjing-anjing Kamu kepada mereka

Wahai Tuhan Yang Gagah Perkasa,

Wahai Tuhan Yang Maha Menghukum,

Wahai Tuhan Yang bersifat Murka,

Ya Allah, Ya Allah, Ya Allah,

Wahai Tuhan yang menurunkan kitab,

Wahai Tuhan yang mengarakkan awan,

Wahai Tuhan yang menewaskan bala tentera al-ahzab,

Kalahkan mereka,

Kalahkan mereka,

Kalahkan mereka,

Dan menangkan kami ke atas mereka.

Ameen...

p/s: Bilakah akan berakhir andai ummat tidak bersatu

COUNTING DAYS...

2008-12-17T20:15:00.000+08:00

VIVA for ENT : list will be out tomorrow morning and must be there by 9.30am. Viva session right after that! Huh, another miserable night...
anyway, just had bachelor's party for one of my housemates, she's getting married soon...very very soon...congratulations M....may the mawaddah and mahabbah be yours...

counting days for the viva list outa..
counting days to go back ( KL)
counting days to PD
counting days to go home (my beloved hometown)
counting days...and days...
until the breathing stop..
so use the time and days given by HIM to the fullest...
you are alive today for improvement!!!!!!

all the best..

when people doubt .....

2008-12-16T14:52:00.000+08:00

Date: 16 December 08 ( sis birthday's anniversary)
viva ophtalmology
Huh, my ID was listed. First time in my life. Called up for VIVA...hikmah is always there for those who think...
However it went on well but not that smooth......

Summary:

Examiner: How are you?
Me: I'm good.
Examiner: What is commensal ? ( i c no introduction man)
Me: It is one organism carrying pathogen...
Examiner: what do u understand by bacterial commensal.
Me: sorry, commensal is a normal bacteria in our body, but can become virulent if there is stimulus. ( what an answer? )
Examiner: Yes, so commensal is our normal flora. So how commensal in our intestine work?
Me: ( this is ophtal session..anyway ) Ya, they protect our intestinal epithelial layer by neutralizing acid etc. It gives a protective mechanism to the intestine. ( i dont think while saying this)
Examiner: ok..so what do u know about toxoplasmosis. .what is the name which affect eye.
Me: (think and think). Sorry i cant remember
Examiner: toxoplasmosis gondii
Me: ya.............( long sigh)
Examiner: How do they infect eye?
Me: it presents in the cat's faeces. When it comes in contact with human, it will infect eye causing....
Examiner: directly?
Me: No, it is when the faeces become in contact with food and human ingest food , so at the same time they will transmit to human?
Examiner: In the form of?
Me: Egg
Examiner: what group of organism toxo is?
Me: protozoa
Examiner: what else toxo can affect human.
Me: hmmm..through vertical transmission ...from mother to baby from vaginal delivery?
Examiner: u mean directly cause infection?
Me: not really it can affect the baby throughout the gestation period.
Examiner: How?
Me: mother and foetus sharing the same circulation, such as placental .......
Examiner: yes, through placental. Ok whatelse can vertical transmission cause infection to the eye?
Me: such as ophtalmia neonatarum ( why do u start off with this?)
Examiner: whatelse in ophtalmia neonatarum?
Me: chlaymidia...and is that CMV is one?
Examiner: yes chlaymidia is one, whatelse?There are few more...(smiling with my CMV answer)
Me: im not sure
Examiner: ok how do u diagnose toxo?
Me: through blood ..im not sure about serology test for toxo.
Examiner: so which antibody rise?
Me: IgM if acute, IgG if chronic ( bluppp)
Examiner: so which one transmitted through placental?
Me: IgG ...im not quite sure..but it is either IgG or IgM..but i think IgG ..
Examiner: so in baby which one is high ? IgG or IgM...
Me: errr..IgM if acute, IgG if long enough..( huhu)
Examiner: ok..how toxo can cause to the eye?
Me: it can cause retinitis then eventually optic atrophy...
Examiner: Ok...tell me the causes of corneal ulcer?
Me: firstly trauma, second......
Examiner: (stopping me)no i want the agent?
Me: ageing?
Examiner: agent.
Me: ok, it can be caused by bacteria, virus, fungus, protozoa..
Examiner: what protozoa..
Me: ( pause ).....is that toxo is one? (pause)...ya acanthamoeba..
Examiner: yes, so who normally got this?
Me: contact lens wearer.
Examiner: tell me how do u diagnose fungal corneal ulcer?
Me: first we put dye, then see under the blue light.......using slit lamp..
Examiner: No, we have done with that.
Time's out!!!!!!!!!! ( Miss P said)
Examiner: never mind tell me how do you diagnose fungal?
Examiner 2: like another organism, how do u investigate?
Me: ya, scrap the ulcer then do culture and sensitivity. Sensitivity is to determine antifungal agent
Examiner: yes, that is the investigation.Ok u may leave now.
Me: thank you.

that was the end of my viva. Middle of the session ( pooling of my precious tears!!)
that was when my meibomian gland , conjunctival goblet cell and lacrimal gland were united to give away lipid, mucus and aqueous respectively....

all the best for my ENT tomorrow....
included below some info on toxoplasmosis GONDII...

How It Spreads
People can catch toxoplasmosis from:

* touching or coming into contact with infected cat feces (cats get the infection from eating infected rodents, birds, or other small animals)
* eating raw or undercooked meat that's contaminated
* eating uncooked, unwashed fruits or vegetables that have been contaminated by manure
* being born with it (a woman who gets a toxoplasmosis infection while pregnant may pass the parasite on to her unborn child through the bloodstream)

Although infection doesn't normally spread from person to person except through pregnancy, in rare instances toxoplasmosis can contaminate blood transfusions and organs donated for transplantation.
Signs and Symptoms

Toxoplasmosis passes from animals to humans, sometimes without causing any symptoms. When kids do have symptoms, they vary depending on the child's age and the immune system's response to the infection. (As with humans, infected cats often don't show any signs of a toxoplasmosis infection.)

Toxoplasmosis infections in people fall into three basic patterns:

1. congenital toxoplasmosis, in which a child becomes infected before birth
2. toxoplasmosis in otherwise healthy kids (with the same symptoms a pregnant woman may have)
3. toxoplasmosis in kids with weakened immune systems

Congenital Toxoplasmosis

When a pregnant woman (even one who has no symptoms) catches toxoplasmosis during pregnancy and remains untreated, there's a chance that she could pass the infection on to her developing fetus. Babies who become infected during their mother's first trimester tend to have the most severe symptoms.

However, it's rare that a woman who got toxoplasmosis before getting pregnant will pass the infection on to her unborn baby because she (and, therefore, her baby) will have built up immunity to the infection. It can occur, though, if a pregnant woman who's had a previous infection becomes immunocompromised and her infection is reactivated. Generally, it's probably a good idea to wait to try to get pregnant until at least 6 months after a toxoplasmosis infection.

Up to 90% of children born with congenital toxoplasmosis have no symptoms early in infancy, but a large percentage will show signs of infection months to years later. The few who show clear signs of infection at birth or shortly after may be born prematurely or are unusually small at birth.

Other signs and symptoms, if there are any, may include:

* fever
* swollen glands (lymph nodes)
* jaundice (yellowed skin and eyes caused by abnormal levels of the liver chemical bilirubin)
* an unusually large or small head
* rash
* bruises or bleeding under the skin
* anemia
* enlarged liver or spleen

Some babies with congenital toxoplasmosis have brain and nervous system abnormalities that cause:

* seizures
* limp muscle tone
* feeding difficulties
* hearing loss
* mental retardation

They're also at high risk for eye damage involving the retina (the light-sensitive lining at the back of the eye responsible for sight), resulting in severe vision problems.

If a child is born with congenital toxoplasmosis and remains untreated during infancy, there's almost always some sign of the infection (often eye damage) by early childhood to adolescence.
Toxoplasmosis in Otherwise Healthy Kids

A healthy child who becomes infected with toxoplasmosis may have no symptoms of infection or only a few swollen glands that:

* usually appear in the neck
* are sometimes tender to the touch
* may become larger and smaller over several months

Most kids won't experience any long-term problems if they go undiagnosed and untreated.
Toxoplasmosis in Kids With Weakened Immune Systems

Kids whose immune systems are weakened (for example, by AIDS, cancer, or medications taken after organ transplants) are at special risk for severe toxoplasmosis infections. Especially in children with AIDS, toxoplasmosis can attack the brain and nervous system, causing toxoplasmic encephalitis (an inflammation of the brain) with symptoms that include:

* fever
* seizures
* headache
* psychosis (a type of severe mental illness)
* problems with vision, speech, movement, or thinking

Duration

Although toxoplasmosis parasites may grow and multiply within a week of entering a person's body, it may be weeks or months before symptoms of infection appear (if they appear at all).

Once someone becomes infected with toxoplasmosis, the infection remains in the body for life, usually in a latent (inactive) form that won't cause side effects or harm. The infection can be reactivated, however, if the immune system becomes compromised by an HIV infection or cancer therapy.

In a child with a healthy immune system, mild symptoms of toxoplasmosis (such as swollen glands) usually pass within a few months, even without medical treatment. But kids born with severe congenital toxoplasmosis may have permanent vision problems or mental retardation. And in a child with a weakened immune system, toxoplasmosis can be fatal.
Diagnosis

Doctors can, but rarely do, diagnose toxoplasmosis through laboratory tests that check for microscopic parasites in the blood, spinal fluid, amniotic fluid, placenta, lymph nodes, bone marrow, or other body tissues.

More frequently doctors order blood tests to measure the level of antibodies (substances that are part of the body's defensive immune reaction) produced to fight the parasites.

Sophisticated new genetic tests can identify the DNA-containing genes of toxoplasmosis parasites once they've invaded the body. These tests are especially useful for checking the amniotic fluid for evidence of congenital toxoplasmosis in a fetus. Obstetricians may use ultrasounds to help diagnose congenital toxoplasmosis. But these tests aren't 100% accurate and can lead to false-positive results.
Treatment

Unless someone has a weakened immune system or is pregnant, there's often no need to treat a toxoplasmosis infection — symptoms (such as swollen glands) usually go away on their own in a few weeks or months. However, kids should always be checked by a doctor because swollen glands can be a sign of other illnesses.

If a pregnant woman develops an infection, a treatment plan will be developed in consultation with her doctor and an infectious disease specialist. Research has shown that treating the mother can help decrease the severity of the disease in the infant but won't necessarily prevent transmission of the infection from mother to child.

Children born with congenital toxoplasmosis are treated with different combinations of anti-toxoplasmosis medications, usually for 1 year after birth. A specialist typically will determine which medications to use and for how long.

In healthy older kids who develop serious toxoplasmosis infections, treatment usually lasts 4 to 6 weeks (or at least 2 weeks after symptoms are gone). Kids with weakened immune systems often need to be hospitalized when they develop toxoplasmosis, and those with AIDS may need to take anti-toxoplasmosis medication for life.
When to Call the Doctor

Call your doctor immediately if your child develops symptoms of toxoplasmosis and:

* is already being treated for AIDS or cancer
* has a condition that affects the immune system
* has been taking medications that weaken the immune system

Also call the doctor if your otherwise healthy child develops any of the symptoms of toxoplasmosis.

If you're pregnant, call your doctor immediately if you notice even one swollen gland, especially if you've been exposed to cats or have eaten raw or undercooked meat.
Prevention

If your cat is kept indoors and never fed raw or undercooked meat, then your family's feline probably has a low risk of catching or spreading toxoplasmosis. Still, you can also catch it from eating raw meats or uncooked produce that's contaminated.

mata pancaindera

2008-12-13T11:31:00.000+08:00

Sebagai "booster" ..............

Ophtalmologi atau atau ilmu perubatan mata dikenal di Dunia Islam sejak abad ke-10 masehi, ketika para ilmuwan Muslim melakukan penelitian besar-besaran terhadap karya-karya ilmuwan Yunani. Hasil penelitian itu kemudian menggairahkan kerja-kerja ilmiah di bidang optalmologi yang ditandai dengan munculnya karya-karya monumental seperti kitab Tadzkiratul Kahhaliin dan Al-Kahhal.

Pada tahun 1905 Profesor J Hirschberg, seorang pakar mata dari Jerman, melakukan penelitian tentang asal-usul optalmologi bersama Asosiasi Medis Amerika yang berbasis di California.

Hirschberg mendapatkan fakta bahwa selama 250 tahun para ilmuwan Muslim telah memproduksi buku pegangan dasar-dasar optalmologi sebanyak 18 kitab. Ini lebih jauh lebih besar dibandingkan dengan ilmuwan-ilmuwan Yunani sepanjang Hippocrates hingga Paulus yang selama 1000 tahun hanya menghasilkan 5 kitab. Hirschberg menemukan kitab-kitab spesialis mata yang ditulis ilmuwan Muslim terdapat sekitar 14 kitab yang masih ada hingga kini. Sepanjang tahun 800 hingga 1300 Islam telah melahirkan tidak kurang dari 60 dokter spesialis mata yang juga menulis textbook dan monograf ilmu perubatan mata, sementara itu di Eropah sebelum abad 12 tidak memiliki seorang pun doktor mata. Penemuan-penemuan doktor pakar mata Muslim meliputi bola mata, conjuntiva, kornea, uvea, dan retina. Ilmuwan Eropah seperti Gerard Cremona dari Spanyol menghabiskan 40 tahun usianya hanya untuk menerjemahkan karya-karya ilmuwan Muslim. Di antara ilmuwan Muslim yang menuliskan penemuan-penemuan mereka di bidang optalmologi adalah:

Ali bin Isa

Ali adalah ilmuwan paling terkemuka di antara pakar spesialis mata di zamannya. Dilahirkan di Baghdad, Iraq, Ali menulis kitab Tadzkiratul Kahhaliin dan mengembangkan ilmu kedoktoran mata hingga menjadi rujukan ilmuwan Muslim lainnya. Kitab Tadzkiratul diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Jerman oleh Hirschberg dan Lippert pada tahun 1904 dan ke dalam bahasa Inggris oleh Casey Wood pada tahun 1936. Kitab karya Ali memang merupakan kitab ilmu kedokteran mata yang paling banyak dikutip oleh para ilmuwan lain. Kitab Tadzkiratul pertama kali diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Persia dan kemudian ke dalam bahasa Latin dan dicetak di Venesia pada tahun 1497. Para ilmuwan yang banyak merujuk karya Ali adalah Ammar bin Ali Al-Mosuli dan Abul Hasan Ahmed bin Muhammad At-Tabari yang menulis Kitabul Mualaja-ul Buqratiyya.

Ammar bin Ali Al-Mosuli

Lahir di Mosul, Iraq, sekitar tahun 1010. Ammar menulis Kitabul Muntakhab fi Ilajul Ayn dan banyak melakukan percobaan di Mesir. Buku Ammar banyak mengulas anatomi, ilmu penyakit, enam riwayat penyakit pasien untuk operasi katarak, dan kasus-kasus yang berhubungan dengan radang urat syaraf yang berhubungan dengan mata.

Hirschberg mengungkapkan bahwa Ammar adalah ahli bedah mata paling cerdas dalam literatur Arab. Dalam kitabnya Ammar mengulas sekitar 48 jenis penyakit mata. Naskah kitabnya pertama kali ditemukan di Escorial Library, sebuah perpustakaan di Madrid, Spanyol. Meskipun lebih pendek daripada kitab Tadzikiratul karya Ali bin Isa, kitab karya Ammar berisi hasil-hasil pengamatan asli. Sampai abad ke-20, karya Ammar hanya terdapat dalam bahasa Arab dan sebuah terjemahan dalam bahasa Ibrani oleh Nathan Jew pada abad ke-13. Ammar adalah penemu metode operasi katarak dengan metode pengisapan menggunakan sebuah jarum cekung yang disisipkan melalui limbus, tempat bertemunya kornea dan selaput mata. Hingga hari ini, metode temuan Ammar ini masih dipakai.

Zarrindast Tangan Emas

Abu Ruh Muhammad bin Mansur Abdullah, yang lebih dikenal dengan nama Al-Jurjani, seorang ahli bedah dari Persia kelahiran tahun 1088, menulis kitab Nurul A?yun. Zarrindast menulis karya-karyanya sepanjang pemerintahan Sultan Malikshah yang terdiri dari 10 bab. Di bab ketujuh dia menguraikan sekitar 30 jenis penyakit mata yang mencakup 3 jenis operasi katarak. Ia juga mendalami anatomi dan ilmu faal mata. Sebuah bab dalam kitabnya membahas penyakit mata seperti katarak, trakhom (trachoma), skeral (sclera), dan korneal(corneal).

Al-Ghafiqi

Muhammad ibn Qassoum ibn Aslam Al-Ghafiqi (wafat tahun 1165) berasal dari Spanyol. Ia menulis kitab Al-Murshid fil Kuhl. Al-Ghafiqi banyak merujuk kepada karya Ammar bin Ali Al-Mosuli tetapi lebih menekankan penelitian pada jaringan otak yang berhubungan dengan mata. Masyarakat Cordoba sangat menghormati Al-Ghafiqi. Hingga kini nama Al-Ghafiqi terukir di rumah sakit di Cordoba, yang dipakai sebagai cara untuk mengenang jasa-jasa ilmuwan tersebut.

Ibnu Haitam

Dilahirkan pada tahun 965, Ibnu Haitam adalah orang pertama yang menjelaskan bahwa semua penglihatan mungkin terjadi karena sinar refraksi cahaya. Penemuan Ibnu Haitam dikembangkan dan disebarluaskan oleh ilmuwan Persia, Kamaluddin (wafat tahun 1320) yang banyak mengamati alur dari sinar cahaya di bagian dalam kaca dalam rangka menguji pembiasan dari cahaya matahari saat hujan menitis.

Kamaluddinlah orang yang pertama kali menjelaskan asal-usul gejala primer dan sekunder pelangi.

sumber: Majala Annida

http://arifperdana.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/penelitian-ilmuwan-islam-dalam-bidang-optalmologi/

IQ (eye queue) and EQ (ent queue)

2008-12-13T03:44:00.000+08:00

Alhamdulillah written exam for Ophtal and ENt .....DONE! Leaving the hall with 1001 new knowledge and some % of satisfaction. After all, a human, he or she strives for something but the definite and ultimate outcomes are all Allah's job to decide. Alhamdulillah for that and hopefully me and friend will get good results....

Clinical exam would be more challenging. There is no other but master the skill.
Next schedule:

15 Dec 08: Long case ophtal at 1.00pm ( no quarantine for me...thank you Allah)
17 Dec 08:ENT Osce at 8.15am

with full of hope...with this....

with this....

and this....

as well as........

The main thing is IKHLAS..............seeking knowledge because of ALLAH.......

all the best!!!

Behind the scene (EarNoseThroat and Eye).

2008-12-07T10:49:00.000+08:00

EID MUBARAK 10 Dzulhijjah 1429 H...
Alhamdulillah for has been given chance up to this stage ..23 years ? isn't it a bless for me and you?

schedule:

12th dec 08- MCQ for ophtalmology and ENT
venue: PMC library
07-12th dec 08-revision
Eiduladha ? In Penang......

All the best !!!

Di sebalik pengorbanan

2008-11-29T23:19:00.000+08:00

Raya lagi

Sekali lagi kita bakal menyambut hari 'idil adha hari yang menyaksikan puluhan ribuan dan jutaan umat Islam mengunjungi Baitullah di kota Mekah untuk menunaikan ibadat haji. Pada setiap 10 Zulhijjah, seluruh umat Islam menyambut hari kebesaran Islam yang mempunyai sejarah yang tersendiri. Alhamdulillah hampir 23 tahun saya menyambut hari 'idil adha, tahun ini kali pertama menyambut di rantau sendiri namun bukan bersama keluarga atas tuntutan fardhu kifayah yang sekarang telah menjadi fardhu ain buat diri ini. Bila agaknya pada tanggal 1o Zulhijjah nanti dan hari-hari tasyrik, diri ini akan berada di baitullah, mengunjungi tanah haram sekaligus menyempurnakan kesemua rukun Islam. InshaAllah mohon Allah mengurniakan kesempatan itu buat diri ini.

Korban

Dari segi bahasa, korban ini maksudnya dekat. Dari istilah sudah tentulah menjalankan perintah agama atau taat kepada perintah Allah SWT kerana ingin mendekatkan diri kepadaNya. Dalam sejarahkita , menurut Al-Quran dan kitab perjanjian lama, korban pertama yang dilakukan manusia adalah oleh dua orang adik-beradik, putera Nabi Adam, Qobil dan Habil. Saya pernah mengunjungi tempat di mana korban ini berlaku suatu ketika dahulu. Peristiwa ini di "qaul"kan berlaku di Syria. Betapa besarnya hikmah kejadian hanya Allah yang tahu dan kita sebagai hambaNya hanyalah pengambil ibrah.
InshaAllah sekiranya di beri kesempatan ingin saya titipkan perjalanan di bumi anbia jordan dan syria di ruangan ini.

Kisah mereka kisah persengketaan. Mereka diperintahkan untuk melaksanakan korban, untuk menentukan siapa yang benar dalam persengketaan tersebut. Kedua saudara itu lalu menyediakan korbannya. Korban Habil diterima dan korban Qobil ditolak. Oleh kerana Habil berkorban dengan ikhlas menjalankan perintah Allah, sedangkan Qobil berkorban dengan maksud memenangkan persengketaan tersebut.

Nabi Ibrahim a.s

Nabi Ibrahim AS setelah selesai membangun Kaabah di kota Makkah, telah mendapat perintah untuk berkorban dengan menyembelih putera tunggal kesayangannya. Amat berat bagi baginda untuk melaksanakan tuntutan tersebut. Namun itulah jiwa dan semangat seorang pesuruh Allah swt. Disampaikan berita itu kepada puteranya Ismail mengenai mimpinya itu. Di dalam Al-Quran Surah as-Saffat: 102 maksudnya, "...Wahai anak kesayanganku! Sesungguhnya aku melihat dalam mimpi bahawa aku akan menyembelihmu, maka fikirkanlah apa pendapatmu?"

sebagaimana maksud ayat al-Quran:..."Wahai ayah, jalankanlah apa yang diperintahkan kepadamu, InsyaAllah, ayah akan mendapati daku dari orang yang sabar."(as-Saffat:102).
Begitulah jawab Nabi Ismail as. Betapa satu lagi jiwa dan kentalnya semangat seorang utusan Allah yang pada peristiwa itu tersirat seribu satu pengajaran. Dalam suasana yang mengharukan itu, Nabi Ismail meminta ayahnya melaksanakan perintah Allah tersebut. Nabi Ibrahim mencium kening puteranya itu, diletakkan di atas pangkuannya dan bersedia menyembelih.

Pada saat itu Allah telah menunjukkan kekuasaanNya dan menggantikannya dengan seekor kibas(kambing biri-biri jantan) yang muncul secara tiba-tiba menggantikan leher Nabi Ismail. Semenjak itulah baginda melaksanakan ibadat korban dengan menyembelih haiwan. Kemudian Nabi Muhammad SAW meneruskan ibadat korban sebagai syiar Islam sebagaimana yang kita laksanakan pada setiap hari raya 'Idil Adha dan hari-hari tasyrik.

Kisah mereka kisah pengorbanan

Kisah Nabi Ibrahim dan puteranya menunjukkan betapa kesediaan kedua orang bapa dan anak dengan rela hati dan ikhlas melaksanakan perintah Allah. Sepanjang sejarah kehidupan manusia, banyak yang berkorban kerana Allah SWT. Umpamanya pada zaman Rasulullah SAW, ramai para sahabat berkorban untuk menegakkan agama Islam. Mereka bukan saja berkorban harta tetapi juga jiwa raga. Saidina Ali telah mempertaruhkan nyawanya sewaktu Rasulullah SAW berhijrah ke Madinah. Saidina Abu Bakar As-Siddiq dan Saidina Uthman RA banyak mengorbankan harta untuk menegakkan agama Islam. Demikianlah pengorbanan umat Islam yang terdahulu.

Ibadah haji dan pengorbanan

Ibadat haji dan korban menuntut pengorbanan. Betapa sukarnya perjalanan ke Mekah tanpa ada pengorbanan, dari segi harta, tanggungjawab di rumah serta kerjaya. Segalanya demi memenuhi panggilan Allah swt. Korban haiwan memerlukan pengorbanan wang dan harta, yang mana sifat kikir disingkirkan dan sifat dermawan menjadi tarbiyyah buat kita.
Andai Hari Raya Aidil fitri yang lalu, kita mengeluarkan zakat fitrah bagi membantu kehidupan masyarakat yang tidak mampu, maka penyembelihan korban pada hari raya Aidil Adha dan hari-hari tasyrik berikutnya, juga dalam rangka membantu masyarakat itu sendiri. Di sinilah keindahan Islam untuk menimbulkan rasa senang di hati yang kurang mampu dan mengikiskan rasa sombong dan bermegah pada yang mampu.

Apa pengorbanan kita

Sejauh mana kita berkorban dalam memenuhi perjalanan seorang insan menuju destinasi abadi? Jarang benar orang berkorban untuk sahabat yang lain, namun masih ada segelintir yang berkorban untuk sahabat, sama-sama berusaha membantu sesama sahabat agar masing-masing berjaya merupakan antara pengorbanan kecil pada mata lahiriah namun besar ertinya. Kalau kita tidak mampu berkorban untuk menyelamatkan ummat Islam yang menderita atas cengkaman kuffur, berusahalah kita membantu diri sendiri ke arah menjadi individu yang terbaik semoga kelak lebih ramai ummat Islam yang kuat untuk kita membantu yang tertindas. Janji Allah Islam akan terpelihara, biarlah kita tergolong dalam golongan yang memelihara Islam itu. Doakan yang terbaik untuk diri kita dan ummat Islam , semoga erti pengorbanan tidak ternokhtah pada zahir nya korban itu tapi pada pengertian tersirat ,manifestasi kita dalam amalan seharian.

Buat ummi dan ayah, insan yang banyak berkorban buat kami semua, nilai korban itu tiada ukurannya. Kerana pengorbanan kalian atas dasar cinta dan kasih yang tersemi. Itulah sebahagian dari sebahagian nilai pengorbanan.............................

Annurfadmt
Georgetown 1 Zulhijjah 1429 H

erti hidup

2008-11-26T22:45:00.001+08:00

HIDUP SAYA
Beberapa hari lagi untuk menghadapi "final exam" untuk semester satu tahun empat.
"schedule" sangat tak memberangsangkan , namun pasti ada hikmah di sebalik apa yang akan berlaku...
jadual" exam" saya:

05 dec 08- long case cardiology
06 dec 08 (am)- Mcq and MEQ surgery/medicine (pm) EBM
12 dec 08- MCQ ophtal and ENT
15 dec 08-long case ophtal
17 dec 08- ENT osce
18 dec 08 -viva (first class p/f)

Last rotation adalah "cardiology", sesuatu yang agak berat bagi saya ( luckily not neurology)..
Perasaan kurang puas hati pada sahabat yang posting yang agak relaks seperti radiology adalah tidak wajar bagi saya. Sudah diberi peluang untuk relaks , kenapa mesti mengeluh? Exam bukannya sesuatu yang perlu di" last minute" kan..

Entahlah sukar menafsir perasaan sendiri. Peperiksaan di dunia, semua ambil kisah..Tetapi segelintir yang kisah peperiksaan besar di akhirat....Semoga saya tergolong dalam golongan yang segelintir itu. InshaAllah...

KEMATIAN
Dalam bulan ini sahaja, dua kali saya menyaksikan kematian di ward. Satu sewaktu "endocrine" posting dan satu baru sahaja beberapa jam yang lalu.....

Bila agaknya waktu kita akan sampai? monolog saya. Bimbang andainya hadir pada waktu yang kita tidak bersedia...cukupkah amalan, hebatkah kita sujud di sejadah kala yang lain enak dibuai mimpi. Tanggungjawab pada ibu ayah tertunaikah? Banyak lagi perkara yang perlu difikirkan.....

Semoga diri ini sentiasa diberi kekuatan melangkah dalam meniti hari-hari kehidupan sehinggalah jasad terpisah dari roh. Dulu saya tidak pernah terfikir hidup saya bakal begini...Tetapi, begitulah, Allah mahu memberi kejutan kepada kita. Tak "surprise" kalau dari lahir sudah kita tahu "future" kita.

PERKAHWINAN
Musim cuti sekolah, banyaklah yang bakal mendirikan masjid . Semoga masjid diimarahkan dengan amal ibadah, umum mahupun khusus. Kalau dihitung, jemputan kahwin bulan 12 sahaja sudah tiga, semuanya lebih kurang sebaya dengan saya. Masih lagi bergelar pelajar, tetapi tanggungjawab bertambah dengan satu lafaz yang hampir 350 darjah mengubah segala-galanya. Itu pendapat saya. Ada "classmate " yang sudah mempunyai anak tatkala saya masih lagi terkapai-kapai menguruskan keperluan diri yang masih lagi belum sempurna. Indahnya suratan Allah. Allah sahaja yang tahu bila seseorang itu mampu melaksanakan sesuatu. Segalanya telah tersurat sejak di alam rahim.
Semoga diberi kebahagiaan buat sahabat-sahabat yang bakal bertambah status !!!

Kesimpulan entri saya, hidup kita, kematian , perkahwinan dan rezeki semuanya telah Allah tentukan. Tugas manusia sebagai khalifah dan sebagai hamba, sebagai penerus kemakmuran muka bumi.

p/s: all the best buat class of 2010 and class of 2009. semoga ilmu diberkati.

A Promise

2008-11-01T14:17:00.000+08:00

العَهْدُ

هي خيرَ زوجةٍ عن آمَنٍ الله بِها

هي في قَلبي وَبِكُلِّ مالي أكْفِيها

صابِرَةٌ عَامِلةٌ في بَيتِها

أُشْهِد اللهَ أنّي راضٍ عَنْها

أَعَاهِدُ الله أنْ أكُونَ مُخْلِصاً

أَعَاهِدُ الله أنْ أكُونَ وَفِيّاً

أَعَاهِدُ الله ما ما كُلِّ يُقارِبُنا

أَعَاهِدُ الله ما ما كُلِّ عَشِيْرَتِنا

فَاليَوْم اليَوْمَ عُرْسُنا

كُوْنِيْ صَدِيْقَتِي وَأُخْتِي وَكُلَّ ما تَشآءِ

قَاصِمِيْنِيْ, أحْدَبِي وَكُلَّ ما تُعَانِي

حِيْنَ يَسِيرُ دَمْعُكِ وَيَصِيْرُ قَلْبُكِ عَلِيّ

أمْسَح وَبِرُوحِي وَقَيَانِيْ

أَعَاهِدُ الله أنْ أكُونَ مُخْلِصاً

أَعَاهِدُ الله أنْ أكُونَ وَفِيّاً

أَعَاهِدُ الله ما ما كُلِّ يُقارِبُنا

أَعَاهِدُ الله ما ما كُلِّ عَشِيْرَتِنا

فَاليَوْم اليَوْمَ عُرْسُنا

فِي كُلِّ يَوْمِ يَزْدَادُ شَوْقِي لَكِ

رَفِيْقَةَ دَرْبِيْ

جَمَالُكِ يَسْمُو فِي عَيْنِي

سُبْحَانَ مَنْ صَوَّرَكِ وَأهْدانِي إيَّاكِ

يا أعْلَى نِعْمَةِ وَهَبَنِي اللهُ أنْتِ

حَتَّى إذا ضَاقَتْ مِنَ الأيَّام

وَاسْوَدَّ الأُفُقُ وَقَاعَتِ الأمَل

أُصِيْصُ أمَلٍ فِي عَيْنَيْكِ

يُحْيِيْنِيْ مِنْ جَدِيْد

Hiya khayra zawjatin ‘an amaniLLahu biha

Hiya fi qalbi wa bikulli maali akfiha

Sobiratun ‘amilatun fi baytiha

Ush-hidullahu anni radhin ‘anha

U’aahidullah an akuna mukhlison

U’aahidullah an akuna wafiyyan

U’ahidullah ma ma kulli yuqoribina

U’ahidullah ma ma kulli ‘asyirotina

Falyawm, alyauma ’ursuna

kuuni sodiiqoti wa ukhti wa kulla ma tashaai

Qoshimiini, ahdabi wa kulla ma tu’aani

Hiina yasiru dam’uki wa yashiru qolbuki ‘alii

Amsah wa bi ruhi wa qayani

U’aahidullah an akuna mukhlison

U’aahidullah an akuna wafiyyan

U’ahidullah ma ma kulli yuqoribina

U’ahidullah ma ma kulli ‘asyirotina

Falyawm, alyauma ’unshuna

Fi kulli yaumin, yazdadu syawqi laki

Rofiqota darbi

Jamaluki yasmu fi ‘ayni

Subhana man showwaroki wa ahdani iyyaki

Ya a’la ni’mati Wahabanillahu anti

Hatta iza dhoqot bina al-ayyam

Wa aswadda al-ufuqu Wa qo’atil amal

Ushiishu amalin fi ‘aynayki

Yuhyiini min jadid

A Promise

Oh precious one, my wife, my love The Creator granted you to me You are In my heart For thee I would sacrifice All that I have... All I am Patient you are, In a labor of love, Bringing light to a home once dark And God is my witness That I am happy with you

A promise to God, that I will be faithful A promise to God, that I will be sincere A promise to God, before all our loved ones A promise to God, before our families For today... is the day we wed

Be my friend, my companion... Be all that you want to be Share with me... your dreams.. and all you suffer and feel When your tears flow like a spring from the depth of your heart Let my soul dry them away Let my being protect you always

Every day... I long for your more and more My companion... your beauty fills my eyes Glorified is the One Who fashioned you And granted me your precious presence Even if a day shall come When dark clouds fill the sky And no hope can be found... in the distant horizon The light in your eyes... will bring me back to life

Grateful for what we have!

2008-10-21T17:56:00.000+08:00

The month of October almost comes to its end....so does Syawal 1429 h...
waving goodbye to Ramadhan is a bit hard for most of us..
then came Syawal and sooner it will leave us too..
it is how life is designed to be..Follow the sunnatuLLAh...
( Ummi -2310, and faisal 2010,were born in dis month)

Diagnostic
It's my final week of doing diagnostic posting !!! lots of things to know, to learn , to acquire..... YET relaxing...
Perhaps, two weeks would not be enough for me to know the inside out of how a radiologist work. Happy faces always being seen but not everyone knows every single thing in a life of a radiologist.

I found this field enjoyable, more time for friends, family and more life. The simplest word that people can say is RELAX..................
Diagnostic imaging has become part of medicine eversince, in short it plays a role in determining the outcome of a patient. A radiologist must be very smart though as physician and surgeon will depend on them after thorough clinical examination.............agreed???

Doctor and patient relationship
I'll be missing this if i were to join 'em. Somehow we will have less contact with patient, losing the sadness, excitement, bitterness etc .................
This morning i went to the orthopaedic's ward, chit chatting with one uncle who've had road traffic accident recently. "Dah lama tak jumpa patient, " whispering to myself.... He looked very cool, seems like welcoming me ( though there's an external fixator on his left arm)...
Spending about 40minutes with him , sharing the experience, knowledge and also a bit on life, i could feel that the happiness lies on those who appreciate themselves. Those who feel grateful for what they have and highly assured that one day they'll see the brightness come and shower their lives.

"People become successful with efforts and prayer, " i told him.
Nobody born on day 1 and then day 2 ,can walk...day 3 can run ,,,day 4 can climb stairs...list goes on....there must be sort of rules that GOd has destined for everyone. friends, i am grateful for Allah made me to visit him this morning. Lifting me up that there is no way for us to quit or to turn back if we have gone this far. Successful and happiness are defined by us....
Grind the element of patience, sacrification and perseverance for you to make a perfect MEAL......

HOW TO achieve a HAPPY LIFE
an american psychologist said:
Living a happy life is a fine art wihich entails ten things..
1. Do a work that you love( agreed by me )If cannot do that , the find a hobby that you love and do it in your spare time and reinforce it.

2.take care of your health for it is the spirit of happiness ( yah, good diet and aerobic)

3.Have a goal in life ( yes i do have) for this will give you motivation and energy.

4.Take life as it comes and accept the bitter and the sweet ( yes not all bitter, man)

5. Live in the present, with no regret for the past a d no anxiety about tomorrow that has not yet come ( but must know the risk ....)

6. Think hard about any decision or action, and do not blame anyone else for your decision or its consequences ( you and always you)

7. Look at those who are worse off than you( can aa???)

8. Have the habit of smiling and being cheerful and keep company with optimistic people ( yes, perhaps i am )

9. Strive to make others happy so that you may benefit from the atmosphere of happiness.
( make my ummi and ayah happy)

10. Make the most occasions of happiness and joy, an dregard them as necessary to renew your own happiness...

Lastly, have Alisa, Haiqal, Ilmam and Batrisyia ( my nephews and nieces ). LIFE will be more cheerful then...

Fara Alisa and Azril Haiqal

Firyal

Batrisyia

Haziq Ilmam

-doink doink-

Eid Mubarak

2008-10-18T17:48:00.000+08:00

Alhamdulillah today is the 18th day of Syawal.....Thanx God for giving me and family another opportunity to celebrate Ramadhan and Raya again.. For me this raya left me wih 1001 memories in which i wonder will it be the same for the upcoming years. After 3 times celebrating Ramadhan and Syawal abroad, far from ummi, ayah and family i now appreciate the value of ukhuwwah that ties in our family. Realising or not, with increasing age among us, somehow we look things more into a whole, the benefits and weaknessess. I am happy to be with them for the whole last few days of Ramadhan giving ride to ummi and ayah to Masjid for Isya, Tarawikh and Subuh prayer. If not my ayah has to drive there....

There is a feeling of differences between the Raya that i celebrated during 2004 and now...All grown up cousins gathered with different topics chit chatted. That is life. If i see my little cousin growing up, my aunties and uncles also see us the same things and i wonder how my mak ( grandma) and tok ayah ( grandpa) felt about us.... the grandchildrens and great grandchildrens all growing up with 1001 characters and behaviours. Subhanallah...............

My sister also get engaged on the 4th Syawal. So what is my feeling? Happy to get a new brother or feeling sad for losing another sister. What do i mean by losing. Huh..nobody can understand how the little sister felf when one by one of the siblings getting married. No worries i keep it inside....

Piece of Syawal with great remembrance

They miss their mom

2008-09-22T19:59:00.000+08:00

I copied N pasted this article from Utusan..

they miss their mom, yes i do miss my mom too..but i still have a hope that tomorrow i can see my mom, but they????
they are waiting and hanging a hope that their mom will be back
and me???

Alhamdulillah, cos i still have my ummi...The most respectful, noble, honourable and everything goes only to my mom...For me , she is my light in life.. not forgetting my dad too..
Life is perfect for me to have both parents and a caring family.....Allah gives test to only the selected one..Indeed this is a test for me what...a test in the form of neemah in which measured on how i value the neemah and how i show my gratefulness....

Life is ups and downs..The most famous quote people always use...But not all can appreciate it in a positive way...

'Kami rindu ibu, datanglah jenguk kami'

Oleh AZMAN MD. NOOR

SIK 21 Sept. - "Saya harap tahun ini dapat cium tangan dan peluk ibu," itulah luahan Norhafiza Zamri, 9, anak yatim yang menghuni Rumah Gemilang sejak dia terpisah dengan ibunya.

Norhafiza, tinggal di Rumah Gemilang akibat terpisah daripada keluarganya selepas dia diserahkan kepada seorang jiran sebelum ditempatkan di rumah anak yatim tersebut sejak dua tahun lalu.

Seperti anak-anak lain, setiap kali Syawal dia ingin memohon kemaafan daripada kedua-dua ibu bapanya, namun hajat itu masih tidak kesampaian kerana ibu dan bapanya masih tidak mengunjunginya lagi.

Lebih malang, ibunya yang hanya dikenali sebagai Rokiah, meninggalkannya di rumah saudaranya di Parit Panjang, Baling, beberapa tahun lalu sebelum dia dihantar ke rumah tersebut oleh Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (JKM) selepas tidak ada orang yang mahu menjaganya.

Biarpun sudah mengenal erti kehidupan, Norhafiza berkata, setiap kali takbir di pagi raya akan menyebabkan dia terkenangkan ibunya sehingga air mata mengalir tanda kerinduan.

Menurut pelajar tahun tiga itu, setiap kali selepas sembahyang, dia tidak putus-putus berdoa supaya dapat berjumpa ibunya sekali pun dia sudah tidak dapat mengingati raut wajah ibu yang melahirkannya.

"Saya berdoa setiap kali lepas sembahyang agar dapat berjumpa ibu pada hari raya tahun ini," katanya sedih.

Bagi Norhafiza, dia tidak terlalu mengikut perasaan sebagaimana kanak-kanak lain untuk memakai baju baru pada Aidilfitri kerana baginya apa lebih penting ialah bertemu kembali dengan ibunya .

Katanya, biasanya pada setiap kali raya, dia hanya memakai baju raya baru hasil pemberian orang ramai dan akan beraya di rumah kawan-kawan atau petugas rumah kebajikan tersebut.

"Saya tiada sesiapa kecuali kawan-kawan dan mak cik-mak cik (petugas Rumah Gemilang) yang sudi mengajak saya ke rumah mereka. Mereka pengubat rindu saya," ujarnya perlahan.

Seorang lagi penghuni rumah tersebut, Khalijah Hamid, 12, berkata, dia turut sedih setiap kali Syawal menjelma.

Dia yang tinggal di rumah kebajikan itu sejak dua tahun lalu sebelum ini pernah tinggal dengan bapa saudara tetapi diserahkan ke Rumah Gemilang itu bagi membantunya meneruskan pelajaran.

Katanya, ibunya, Siti Zawiah Ghafar dan bapanya, Hamid Din dipercayai tinggal di Sungai Petani.

Namun setiap kali Syawal menjelma dia akan rindukan kedua-dua ibu bapanya yang tidak lagi datang mengambilnya.

"O Allah forgive me and forgive my parents and bless them as how they shower me with love when i was young"

NO GREAT THING OTHER THAN THE GREATEST FEELING OF BEING A MUSLIM

mencari definisi BAHAGIA

2008-08-24T18:34:00.000+08:00

Erti kebahagiaan hakiki

BAHAGIA adalah suatu perkataan yang abstrak. Pengertiannya begitu luas dan relatif. Lantaran itu ramai manusia gagal mencari dan mengejar kebahagiaan. Mereka tidak mengerti apa itu bahagia dan di mana adanya bahagia. Keadaan ini menjadikan pentafsiran bahagia berbeza antara seorang dengan seorang yang lain.

Semua orang mengejar kebahagiaan dan selalu bertanya bagaimana dapat menghabiskan waktu dengan penuh bahagia. Mengapa saya tidak bahagia?
Namun, tidak seorang pun mencapai kebahagiaan. Seorang fakir akan mengatakan bahawa bahagia itu terletak pada kekayaan. Orang sakit pula akan mengatakan bahagia akan dirasai apabila dia sihat. Orang yang terjerumus ke lembah dosa akan mengatakan berhenti daripada melakukan dosa itulah kebahagiaan. Manakala seorang penganjur kemerdekaan pula berpendapat bahawa kemerdekaan dan kecerdasan umat yang dipimpinnya itulah bahagia.

Seorang penyair atau penulis sajak akan bahagia jika hasil karyanya menjadi hafalan orang. Seorang pengarang buku akan bahagia jika bukunya menjadi tatapan dan buah mulut orang.

Zaid bin Tsabit, ahli syair Rasulullah saw mengatakan jika pagi dan petang seseorang itu berjaya membebaskan diri dan dapat hidup dalam keadaan aman dan sentosa daripada gangguan manusia maka ia boleh dianggap seorang yang bahagia.

Orang yang berpegang teguh kepada agama, kebahagiaan ialah meninggalkan perkara yang dilarang, mengikut yang disuruh, menjauhi yang jahat dan mendekati yang baik. Kebahagiaannya adalah mengerjakan suruhan agama semata-mata.

Ibn Khaldun pula berpendapat bahagia itu ialah tunduk dan patuh mengikut garis ketentuan Allah dan berperikemanusiaan. Imam Al Ghazali berpendapat bahagia dan kelazatan sejati ialah apabila kita dapat mengingati Allah. Manakala kesempurnaan bahagia itu bergantung kepada tiga kekuatan, iaitu kekuatan marah, kekuatan syahwat dan kekuatan ilmu. Tetapi kekuatan itu perlu diawasi agar ia tidak terlalu lebih dan tidak tersangat kurang.

Aristotle berpendapat bahagia bukanlah suatu perolehan untuk semua manusia. Corak kebahagiaan yang diperoleh seseorang pula berbeza-beza dan pelbagai ragam mengikut corak dan ragam orang yang mencarinya.

Kadangkala sesuatu yang dipandang bahagia oleh seseorang itu tidak begitu dipentingkan pihak lain. Mengikut pandangan Aristotle, bahagia ialah suatu kesenangan yang dicapai setiap orang mengikut kehendak masing-masing.

Dari keadaan ini dapatlah dikatakan kemahuan manusia yang tidak sama itulah yang menyebabkan kebahagiaan juga tidak dapat disamakan. Sebab itu adalah satu perbuatan yang boleh dianggap keterlaluan sekiranya kita memaksa seseorang supaya berasa bahagia seperti yang kita rasa bahagia.

Aristotle juga pernah berkata hidup bahagia itu ialah apabila seseorang dapat mempergunakan seluruh bakat dan kebolehan yang ada padanya. Apabila kita berjaya mengisikan masa kita dengan kerja yang wajar sama ada bercucuk tanam, mengarang, menyuap makanan kepada bayi dan sebagainya maka kita akan berasa bahagia selepas melaksanakan kerja itu.

Jadi kebahagiaan adalah hasil daripada adanya aktiviti atau usaha seperti disifatkan Aristotle bahawa kebahagiaan itu laksana kemerahan di wajah yang cukup sihat. Seandainya kita menumpukan seluruh perhatian kepada diri kita sahaja maka kita akan menjadi manusia yang mementingkan diri, fanatik dan selalunya berasa tidak puas hati terhadap hidup. Sebab itu lupakanlah diri kita dan isikan waktu dan aktiviti dengan persoalan orang ramai atau curahkan segala daya usaha kita dalam kerja atau kegiatan yang berbentuk kerjasama dengan rakan.

Dengan perkataan lain, angkatkan diri kita daripada lembah nafsu syahwat dan soal titik bengik. Kemudian letakkan diri dengan kerja yang lebih mulia dan luhur. Ketika itulah kita dapat menoleh ke belakang dan mendapati diri kita bahagia.

Sementara itu amalan suka menangguh kerja hendaklah dielakkan. Setiap orang memerlukan masa releks yang banyak dalam mengharungi liku-liku hidup seharian. Mereka juga akan berasa senang apabila hidupnya tidak dikongkong. Mereka akan berasa bebas dan tidak tertekan sekiranya dapat melakukan kerja mengikut suka hati mereka sahaja.

Sebab itu kita sering mendengar ungkapan tunggu dulu, biarkanlah dahulu, esoklah dan pelbagai lagi yang menggambarkan sikap kerja bertangguh dan tiada kesungguhan bekerja di kalangan masyarakat kita.

Sesungguhnya amalan kerja bertangguh tidak harus ada dalam kotak fikiran orang beriman dan yang ingin maju serta mahu mencapai kebahagiaan baik di dunia lebih-lebih lagi di akhirat .

Kerja bertangguh menggambarkan si pelakunya pemalas dan tidak optimis.

Bidalan Melayu banyak menggambarkan akibat yang menimpa seseorang yang suka menangguhkan kerjanya - tidak mementingkan masa. Di antaranya ialah: Kerja bertangguh tak menjadi, bertangguh itu mencuri masa, masa itu emas, masa itu lebih tajam daripada mata pedang dan lain-lain.

Semua bidalan di atas jelas menggambarkan peri pentingnya masa. Allah juga benci kepada orang yang tidak mahu menggunakan masa dengan sebaik-baiknya. Dalam Surah Al Asr Allah berfirman bermaksud:

'Demi masa! Sesungguhnya manusia itu berada dalam kerugian kecuali orang-orang yang beriman dan beramal soleh dan berwasiat (nasihat menasihati) dengan kebenaran dan berwasiat dengan kesabaran'.

Daripada firman di atas, kita disuruh melakukan amalan soleh dan nasihat menasihati mengenai kebenaran dan kesabaran. Tetapi sebahagian besar manusia masih lalai dan cuai. Hidup mereka masih bergelumang dengan noda dan dosa. Keadaan ini bukan saja akan merugikan hidup kita di dunia malah di akhirat kelak kita akan menerima azab siksa yang pedih.

Hal yang sama dinyatakan Rasulullah dalam hadis yang diriwayatkan oleh Imam Bukhari. Ibnu Omar berkata: Rasulullah telah memegang bahuku seraya bersabda:

'Anggaplah dirimu di dunia ini sebagai seorang perantau atau pengembara. Jika engkau berada di waktu petang, jangan tunggu sampai pagi. Jika anda di waktu pagi, jangan tunggu sampai petang. Gunalah peluang masa sihat sebelum datang sakit. Dan gunalah peluang masa hidup sebelum tiba mati.'

Dalam hadis lain, Rasulullah bersabda:

'Rebutlah lima sebelum lima. Masa muda sebelum tiba masa tua. Masa sihat sebelum tiba masa sakit. Masa kaya sebelum tiba masa miskin. Masa lapang sebelum tiba masa sibuk dan masa hidup sebelum tiba masa mati.'

Hadis di atas juga menyuruh kita menghargai masa dan menggunakan masa terluang yang keemasan itu sebaik-baiknya. Usahlah kita lalai dan cuai. Jangan tangguh kerja hari ini ke hari esok.

Sesungguhnya amalan menangguh kerja ini adalah sikap merugikan. Jika perkara yang ditangguh itu perkara dunia, kita mungkin akan menyesal sekiranya apa yang dicita-citakan itu tidak tercapai. Sekiranya perkara yang ditangguh itu perkara akhirat maka ia sudah tidak berguna untuk disesalkan lagi kerana masanya telah luput apabila ajal sudah menunggu.

Sesungguhnya setiap yang hilang mungkin dijumpai kembali. Tetapi masa yang luput tidak dapat dikembalikan. Oleh itu, masa dapat dianggap perkara paling berharga berbanding segala apa yang dimiliki manusia.

Menyedari hakikat ini, setiap orang yang waras fikirannya akan menjauhi amalan menangguh kerja dan menyambut kedatangan hari-harinya sebagai sambutan seorang yang amat rakus terhadap harta kesayangannya.

Muslim sejati amat sayangkan masanya kerana ia adalah umurnya. Jika ia biarkan masa berlalu dengan sia-sia dan membiarkan adat kebiasaan buruk seperti amalan kerja bertangguh menguasai dirinya, maka perbuatan itu seolah-olah membunuh diri sendiri.

Oleh itu gunakan masa terluang dengan sepenuhnya dan bertekunlah menjalankan kerja yang diamanahkan walaupun kerja itu sedikit.

Sesungguhnya kita tidak suka melihat amalan itu dibuat sekali-sekali (putus-putus) walau pun amalan itu besar rupanya. Amalan kecil jika dilakukan dengan tekun, lama kelamaan akan menjadi berat dan besar.

Satu faktor menyebabkan manusia suka mengamalkan sikap menangguh kerja ialah kerana mereka merasakan peluang bagi mereka untuk terus hidup di dunia ini masih panjang. Keadaan ini terjadi terutama bagi mereka yang belum menjangkau usia setengah abad.

Oleh kerana ingatan kepada dunia terlalu kuat, ia terlupa mengira hari yang masih tinggal. Mereka leka, lena dan lalai daripada mengingati hari mati.

Sesungguhnya nyawa manusia adalah reput dan pada bila-bila masa kita akan diragut maut. Oleh itu persiapkan diri dan bersedialah setiap masa untuk menghadapi maut agar kita pulang ke rahmatullah dengan bekalan cukup dan sempurna.

Itulah definisi bahagia mereka, anda bagaimana??

20082008

2008-08-20T21:18:00.000+08:00

20 /08/2008
SOmehow the date is entralling....

Well today marked the world with another series of "beautiful" date i could say..exciting though.
But looking from another angle, it makes me to ponder about how long our lives have been.....it was a "futuristic" kind of thinking before when people thought of the date that ever come across our line of lives and yet now here you are.....Not many will think of how "old" our world is and not many able to express the excitement in the form of thankfulness and gratitude to the Almighty.

The destiny destined us to be who we are today, where we are today and always that recorded RecOrds lead everything ahead from us. The life is well planned and the best for us is what remain a mystery, for us to digging the hole until we find the end of it and for us to sweat in tears until we reach our limit.

No matter how bad life is from our current spectacles, the outcome is always zero until to the point where we gear up our lives...No giving up and life goes on and also what small kid used to say" there's always light at the end of the tunnel"...but now almost all tunnels have lights inside it making the hole beautiful and gives us sense of enjoyment being in the tunnel and somehow do not want to get to its end...But oldfolks maybe never been to the to the lighting tunnels and our generations never been to their tunnel. The different era shapes our minds and what influence us the most is what we coordinate with our senses.....

2008-08-17T19:13:00.000+08:00

CINTA PERTAMA

Mekar di kamar hati cinta pertama
Engkau ciptaan seni idaman kasih
Antara bibir tersiratnya pekerti
Kelembutan yang mendamaikan jiwa

Bermula kau di sini penentu bicara
Kalam kebenaran tiada berdusta
Dirimu berharga dari segala-galannya
Bertakhta keimanan untuk dipertahankan

Hadirlah cinta cinta pertama
Hadirlah cinta cinta utama
Sayangi diri ini cinta cinta pertama
Hati ini cinta cinta pertama

Tiada sia-sia menyintai diri
Sempurna sejahtara

Tujuan manusia diciptakan adalah dengan membawa dua panji penting ya'ni sebagai khalifah dan sebagai hambaNya. Bagaimana mahu menjadi khalifah dan hamba secara serentak, jawapannya rujuklah pada perundangan teragung KALAMULLAH...

When heart crushes

2008-08-16T18:38:00.000+08:00

My best buddy with the hidden signs of chronic liver disease. TReatment needed physically for her and internally for me..................Allah knows best.........

Why bother so much when physically seen something is damaged or broken? Why do not mind when our hearts get more black spots as a result of too much diverted from HIS ways?
Anyhow, why i come out with this. Simply when the "worldly thing" that i love most is no more beautiful. My "beloved bestfriend" who gives services eversince got sign of chronic liver disease. Bruising and scratch marks. Very pity. We are blessed with the neemah of vision and other senses but in one point of life there is limitation in configuring things using our sight, taste , touch and list goes on. Admit myself, people do make mistake and give yourself a chance to make mistake. Luckily nothing severe happen and alhamdulillah Allah wanted me to change. The past is gone and the future is coming.
No donation, less zikir, less time for nawafil and what not all contributing to that. Today i am alive for me to reform.

Functioning brain

2008-08-16T18:01:00.000+08:00

Well, meet again after long time being "palsy".
Yesterday i had a lecture on lower GI Ix and Mx....pretty interesting wt lots of foods to be digested.
"It needs not so much sophisticated things to diagnose one particular disease. The most important component is brain," rephrasing what my prof said. But he's in doubt. People are gifted with brain,but do their brain function well? Im thinking as well. Of course, look around us now. People feed a lot but very few feed their brain.
But, glucose from food somehow will be delivered to the brain what? That is why we are still alive. If not, the brainstem examination will be negative.
Live life fully. That is what they said and not excluding myself. I am wondering am i utilising my brain fully. Admitting brain's cells get degenerated day by day. But the scientist in the past discovered something once they approaching 7th to 8th decade or some may be more than that. Nobody invented something at the age of 7. ( standard one when i was still surrounded with dolls and toys) But mind myself how our great Imam Shafie could memorise the whole Quran at the age of 7. See how aims and goal in life differentiate us.

Back to the main topic, OUR neurons are more innervated once we think a lot. That is what i meant by functioning brain. I was lucky to have chance to take part in Advances Neurology Conference on the last August 5th where most of successful Neurologists met. Very few students like me were there and somehow felt like a small ant in the middle of GiaNt's meeting. Well they are human too. I still remember, one nurse told us that one day, it is our generation who will be sitting in the front. Smarter one would opt for neurology. Am i true? Again back and forth, not the smarter one but the genius one. My definition of brilliant somehow differ from others. I believe one with hard efforts earns more. Be my guest my friend.

Off the limit.

-Where priviledge awaited-

Neuromaniac: Epilepsy

2008-06-22T20:10:00.000+08:00

My post about epilepsy: towards changing the stigma....

I found epilepsy is one of the most common disease in our community in Malaysia and also one of my favourite topics in neurology subject. After falling in love with neurology and realising how complex our brains work then it makes me to move forward, into another point of viewing neurological disease from a different perspective. Apart from understand how it works by this popular neurologic diagnostic formulation: SUMMARISE DEFICIT, LOCALISE LESION AND POSTULATE AETIOLOGY ; why not we make it as a holistic treatment by assimilating with the feeling of the people suffer with this matter.

Article below was extracted from Utusan Malaysia( kesihatan):
Absorb it!

Talking about epilepys, for sure most of us do not really know about it. The term somehow "not really tell what it is"...
So let me tell you.....Epilepsy is a sudden, paroxysmal discharge of cerebral neurones( grey matter).
Most of us know it as "sawan" and our people like to associate this with "manmade" disease, probably through magic stuff. In fact,scientifically epilepsy is a chronic disease if no early intervention made.Due to lack of knowledge and awareness, majority of our people regard this as a disturbance from magic thing and to some extent conclude this as a mental problem.
Another improtant fact is epilepsy is not "that bad" or embarassing the patient because it is neither an infectious disease nor related to mental health problem.
Most of the patients have normal IQ level and sometimes they are genius too....Not surprisingly, some of them can achieve lots of success in their lives.
However, they must be under surveillance in which they are not allowed to involve in jobs that requires big machine or any sharp tools.....But, they still can actively take part in sports although some misunderstood this when applying for driving licences. Some of them said they have epilepsy and not "sawan". That is why there is a need for patient to understand their problems as well the people around them.
In some cases, epileptic patients claimed that they do not have bright future and nobody wants to be married with them. What they worry most is the possibility that they will produce babies with congenital mental problem.

In reality, epilepsy can affect anyone regardless of how smart they are. They are professional people with epilepsy. So this is not a bad sign.....

Approximately 100 millions people will experience epilepsy once in their lifetime and about 2millions new cases are reported annually.

" Sawan is caused by sudden excessive electrical discharge in one group of cells, normally lasts in for a very short period. During the attack, neuron in brain's part can be released 500 times/seconds and can disrupt any normal activities of the nerves, glands and muscles."

This can be seen in the form of jerky movement and chills, loud voices like snoring or sudden fall or it could be the combination of all three.
In real life,the attack can occur in any actions and or movement being it conscious or not.

Urgent treatment needed:

The best way is to bring the patients to the hospital for further management. And the history from the witnesses are very much in need for this.

The best way to differentiate epilepsy and other problems is when there is continual attack, a gap of time between the attack with same type of attack.
Investigation needed to confirm this such as EEG, CT scan and MRI.

Patients also are given drugs like antiepileptics drugs which have one or more chemical called anticonvulsion. Different patients react to the drugs differently. Some will get adverse effects adn some do not. Sometimes anticonvulsion does not work in patients.

Surgery is needed when the epilepsy is caused by tumour, blood vessels defect, scar or in other conditions. Epilepsy can be cured if the causations are surgically removed. Surgery is also recommended to take out the part of brain in which the epilepsy started at.

However, there are criteria that must be met before the patients can undergo surgical treatment. The main thing is patient must have a clear aim in life after operation. Most of the patients will face different type of lives before and after procedure.They are hoped to be independent and proceed the life as a new person. Patient without a clear cut aim is not recommended for surgery.

Surgery will only be done if the patients have scar or growth in the brain as well as compliant to the medications.

With the advancement in medical field and technology , epilepsy and epileptic seizure are not the obstacles towards having an active and perfect life...

We pray for the epileptic patient to look at another positive side in viewing his or her medical problems.

ALLah gives us some worldy test to know our level of Iman. Taking care of our health and body means we are taking care of this "amanah from Allah"....Grateful to Allah for give us an insight into the real world problem and make us to be one on HIS great servants.......

END...

PRE EXAMic SYNDROME

2008-06-18T00:10:00.000+08:00

Well, after 3 months spent time and devoted my life doing the second half of this third year programme, now it comes to the exam time. With full of hope, may Allah bless and guide me all the way through my years.....it is challenging yet memorable, because once u miss this time, it wont come back. Yesterday is gone so start new day for your tomorrow....

All the best for myself..ALways people wish best of luck for someone undergoing exam , but very rarely to hear someone wishing best of luck before they perform prayer. Isn't it weird?

Humanity is always right but somehow we tend to forget the Hablun MInaLLAH which is obviously a major and great relationship ...Worldly test is uncomparable with Hereafter's ...
Beware my friends , sometimes the disease spreads and infects our hearts in a silence manner. We don't realise it until the weakness upon Akhirah stuff lingering us...
Well, advices are always for myself, second would be yours!!

Find HIS love before anyone else...

SEBUAH PERJALANAN MENUJU KEMATIAN

2008-06-01T09:19:00.000+08:00

Hidup adalah suatu perjalanan ke arah menuju destinasi abadi. Hari demi hari usia kita tidak bertambah tetapi makin berkurang lantaran tempoh untuk kita bernafas semakin disingkatkan. Siapakah yang mengawal kehendak takdir tersebut? Antara sedar dan tidak, ada kalanya kita terlupa akan hadirnya saat terakhir ini sebagai suatu detik yang akan dialami oleh setiap manusia. Kita tersedar hanya apabila ada di kalangan orang terdekat yang pergi meninggalkan kita. Alasan kita hanya sibuk. Sibuk sangatkan manusia di dunia ini sehingga tidak mampu meluangkan masa untuk berzikir, membaca dan mentadabbur al-Quran? Hebat sangatkah kita ini sehingga lalai untuk mengingati Allah sedangkan hidup kita tidak lain tidak bukan hanya kerana Dia. Benarlah kata-kata Nabi saw bahawa orang yang paling cerdik di dunia ini ialah orang yang mengingati mati.
Diri ini masih lagi bertatih dalam belajar menerima takdir, memahami ketentuan dan menghadapi kehidupan keranaNYA. Alangkah indah hidup ini, warna-warna yang pelbagai mencorak hidup kita. Berita kehilangan jiran terdekat yang berumur hampir lapan dekad sangat mengejutkan. Baru 3 bulan lepas mengunjungi beliau dengan niat untuk berziarah kerana beliau sudah agak uzur. Tidak pasti sejak bila mula mengenali beliau, tapi sejak mata ini tercelik dan mampu berkata-kata individu tersebut sudah kuanggap seperti ayah sendiri. Cukup dihormati masyarakat, seorang yang tegas tapi sifat pengasihnya terhadap kanak-kanak memang terserlah. Sejak meniti usia remaja dan menghampiri alam dewasa, kerap kukunjungi beliau, entah kenapa bagiku beliau memang mudah untuk didekati dan beliau juga sering ke rumah semata-mata untuk berjumpa. Kali terakhir bertemu beliau adalah pada 3 bulan yang lalu. Terasa sangat bersalah kerana tidak menjenguk beliau pada sebulan yang lepas, walaupun bertandang ke rumahnya tetapi sekadar berbicara dengan anak-anak dan cucu-cucu beliau. Tidak kusangka beliau yang berehat di dalam rumah menyedari akan kehadiranku dan sangat mengharapkan agar aku bertemunya. Namun hal ini hanya ku tahu selepas beliau tiada. Mungkin beliau merasakan itulah pertemuan terakhir dan diri sendiri terasa menyesal kerana masa yang ada kurang dimanfaatkan. Kadang-kadang kita tidak sangka, perwatakan dan sikap kita disenangi oleh orang lain dan bual bicara kita disenangi dan dihargai orang.
Kusedekahkan al-Fatihah dan Yasin buat Allahyarham. Budi dan kebaikan beliau akan kukenang dan sikap beliau yang bersahaja tetapi percakapan yang berhikmah cukup terkesan dihatiku. Ku belajar dari pengalaman, masa yang ada perlu dimanfaatkan dengan orang-orang yang kita sayang. Kasih sayang walaupun memang bukan sekadar bertemu mata, tetapi kiriman doa juga suatu tanda kasih sayang namun, realitinya manusia sering merasakan pertemuan adalah lebih utama dlaam menunjukkan kasih sayang. Berziarah atuk dan nenek perlu dikerapkan dan pulang ke rumah untuk bertemu umi dan ayah adalah paling utama. Tiada harta dan anugerah paling indah dan berharga selain umi dan ayah, atuk dan nenek serta adik beradik dan saudara mara. Kasih sayang dan cinta mereka adalah lebih asli tidak bersandarkan rupa paras ataupun harta benda.
Bagiku, mungkin aku akan lebih dulu dijemput Ilahi tetapi mungkin mereka juga kerana kita tidak tahu bila akan tiba detik itu. Tetapi andai ada masa dan kesempatan, masa yang ada perlu diluangkan dengan mereka...Itulah harapan ku dalam mentafsirkan erti kasih sayang yang sebenarnya. Kuharap bakal zuriat keturunanku kelak adalah mereka yang meletakkan kasih sayang pada tempat yang sepatutnya, yang menghargai ibu dan ayah sebagai permata kehidupan yang tidak terbayar dengan nilaian ringgit....

medicine and world around it!

2008-04-04T21:58:00.000+08:00

Medicine and its prospective from different angles of viewing.

Public hospital is probably the only place in the world where we can find quite a number of people lying down on the bed, displaying an apparent distress and frequently surrounded by messy wires and tubes inserted here and there. The noise coming from the nurses who are pushing the trolley filled with meals and medicines would just add the uncomfortability setting of the public hospital. Not to mention the loud voice of few "workers" and the the crowd of medical students walking side to side looking for any good cases. Somehow, i would think , who is going to be blamed for? This might be the real causation why our diseases spread from acute to chronic, from benign to malignant. To cure is to treat the underlying causes first. This sound very hard because government hospital is the best ever place ranked after the shopping mall during mega sales. Hope there will be some who agree with me. In fact, not all patients feel comfort with this situation, rather they are forced to be there due to the huge gap between figure which they can spend in public and private hospitals. Your pocket does matter man!! Our health system nowadays provides a good market, high income and promising future but mind you...all these are only applied in private sectors where you won't have chances to treat poor people...

Time moves very fast, if nobody cares to change the system, the outcome would be even worse than now. Something need to be done!!

2008-02-19T22:52:00.000+08:00

Adakah ini yang kita mahukan?
Atau kita mengimpikan yang sebaliknya?
Atau kita tidak yakin dengan kemampuan?
Atau kita pasrah dan akur dengan arus perdana?
Atau kita sekadar di tepian pagar?

Atau kita punya inspirasi?
Tersemat di jiwa?
Hanya menunggu masa?
Menonjolkan unggulnya kita?

Lantaran segala telah tersurat...

Kita pembawa agenda perubahan!!!

piece of inspiration

2008-01-02T23:37:00.000+08:00

Assalamu'alaykum....my first post and from time to time i will be updated with lots of info on medicine...hopefully, if Allah's wills.....

The honour and pride in medicine....

Arab Surgeon Albucasis (Al-Zahrawi)

Dr Ibrahim Shaikh
email: info@fstc.co.uk

Albucassis, born near Cordoba in 936AD, was one of the greatest surgeons of his time. His encyclopaedia of surgery was used as standard reference work in the subject in all the universities of Europe for over five hundred years.

The Muslim Scientists, Avicenna, Al-Razi and Zahrawi Abul-Oasim (also known as Albucasis or Al-Zahrawi) are among the very first of those who worked in the field of medicine. They have presented scientific treasures to the world, which are today still considered important references for medicine and medical sciences as a whole.

Al-Zahrawi Abui-Qasim Khalaf ibn Abbas (Abuicasis or Albucasis) was bom at Medinat al-Zahra near Cordoba in Islamic Spain on 936 A.D. and died in 1013 AD. He descended from the Ansar tribe of Arabia who had settled earlier in Spain. His outstanding contribution in medicine is his encyclopaedic work 'at-Tasrif li-man ajiza an Al-talif' in thirty treatise. His at-Tasrif completed about 1000 AD was the result of almost fifty years of medical education and experience in his own word...

Â?What ever I know, I owe solely to my assiduous reading of books of the ancients, to my desire to understand them and to appropriate this science; then I have added the observation and experience of my whole lifeÂ? Albucasis.

At-Tasrif is an illustrated practice of medicine and surgery. As a miniature encyclopaedia of 1500 pages it that shows Albucasis was not only a medical scholar, but a great practising physician and surgeon. It influenced and progressed surgery in Europe. At-Tasrif comprises 30 discourses and was intended for medical students and the practising physician, for whom it was a ready and useful companion in a multitude of situations since it answerd all kinds of clinical problems. At-Tasrif contains the earliest picture of surgical instruments in history, about 200 are described and illustrated. In places the use of instrument - i.e. the surgical procedure itself is shown. Discourse l and 2, were translated into Latin as "Liber Thoricae", which was printed in Augusburg in 1519. In them, Abuicasis classified 325 diseases and discussed their symptomatology and treatment. In folio 145, he described, for the first time, in medical history, a haamorrhagic disease transmitted by unaffected women to their male children; today we call it haemophilia. Discourse 28 is on pharmacy and was translated into Latin as early as 1288 as "Liber Servitoris".

Of all the discourses of Albucasis's Al-Tasrif, discourse 30, on surgery, became the most famous and had by far the widest and the greatest influence translated into Latin by Gerard Cremona (1114-1187) it went into at least ten Latin editions between 1497 and 1544. The last edition was that of John Channing in Oxford (I 778) this contains both the original Arabic text and its Latin translation on alternate pages. Almost all European authors of surgical texts from 12th to the 16th centuries referred to Albucasis's surgery and copied from him, They included Roger of Salerno (d. 1180), Guglielmo Salicefte (I201-1277), Lanfranchi (d. 1315), Henri de Mondeville (1260-1320), Mondinus of Bologna (1275-1326), Bruno of Calabria (1352), Guy de Chaulliac (1300-1368), Valescus of Taranta (1382-1417), Nicholas of Florence (d. 1411), Leonardo da Bertapagatie of Padua (d. 1460).

The 300 pages of Abulcasis's surgery represent the first book of this size devoted solely to surgery, which at that time also included dentistry and what one may term surgical dermatology. Here in Albucasis developed all aspects of surgery and various branches; ophthalmology diseases of the ear, nose, and throat, and of the head and neck, general surgery, obstetrics, gynaecology; military medicine, urology, and orthopaedic surgery. He divided the discourse into three part : (i), on cauterization (56 sections); (ii) on surgery (97 sections), and (iii) on orthopaedic (35 sections). It is no wonder then that Albucasis awakened in Europe a prepossession in favour of Arabic medical Literature, "that his book reached eminence as the foremost text book in Western Christendom".

Serefeddin Sabuncuoglu (1385-1468) was a surgeon who lived in Amasia in central Anatolia, he wrote his book Cerrahiye-tul- Hanniyye in 1460 at the age of 80 after serving as a chief surgeon in Amasiya Hospital (Darussifa) for years, his text Cerrahiye- tul- Hanniyye was presented to Sultan Mohammad, the conqueror, but the manuscript disappeared afterwards till its emergence in 1920s. The book is roughly a translation of al-Tasrif of al-Zahrawi but over the translation he added his own experiences and brought interesting comments on previous application and every surgical procedure is illustrated in this work.

William Hunter (1717-1783) used Arabic manuscripts brought from Aleppo for his study on Aneurysm. In the University of Glasgow one can find a paper written under the title 'William Hunter and his Arabic Interest'. There was also a chapter in Sir Charles lllingworth's biography of William Hunter entitled " The story of William Hunter published from Edinburgh by E. S. Livingstone published in 1967. Chapter 9 page 58 was devoted on flavour of Arabic work of Albucasis which has been in his study and was obtained on his behalf from Aleppo in Syria an Arabic manuscript of al-Tasrif.

The oldest medical manuscript written in England around 1250 according to British Medical Journal has startling evidence. In reference to Albucasis' volumes::

"This interesting relic consists of eighty-nine leaves of volume, written in beautiful gothic script in the Latin tongue. The work contains six separate treatise, of which the first and most important is the DE CHIRURGIA OF ALBU-MASIM (Albucasis, Albucasim ). This occupies forty four leaves, three of which are missing, it may be contended that, if this really is the oldest extant medical textbook written in England." Nova Vetera BMJ July 8, 1939 pp 80-81.

Thus it is in conclusion that "Albucasis was not only one of the greatest surgeon of medieval Islam but a great educationist and Psychiatrist as well. He devoted a substantial section in the Tasrif to child education and behaviour table etiquette school curriculum and academic specialisation." Professor S. Hamarneh (Health Sciences in Islam).

In his native city of Cordoba there is a street called 'Al-Bucasis' named after him. Across river Wadi Al-Kabir on the other side in the Calla Hurra Museum his Instruments are displayed in his honour and a tribute in gold 200 surgical instruments constructed by Professor Fuad Sezgin was exhibited in 1992 Madrid Archaeological Museum and a catalogue in El-legado scientifico Andalusi has good colour photos and manuscripts published by the museum.

Hakim Saead in Karachi Pakistan Hamdard foundation has permanent display silver surgical instruments of albucasis in the library and also published in colour a booklet. Professor Ahmed Dhieb of Tunis has also studied the surgical instruments and constructed them which were displayed in the 36th International Congress for the History of Medicine held in Tunis City in Tunisia. Ahmed Ohieb has published and has illustration of all surgical instruments of Albucasis in detail in three languages, French Arabic and English under the title Tools of