Turkey Exploration : 2nd day

insyaAllah, on the second day of my trip, we've been to the second capital of the ottoman state long ago that is Bursa, located on northwest Anatolia , Asia or Marmara region. it is now the fourth biggest city in turkey. the journey there wasn't so long, it just took about 2 hours to arrived by bus and a ferry ride. after breakfast, we've start our journey by bus along the Marmara sea and passing the Bosphorus bridge that connect between the 2 region, Europe & Asia . it was the 13th longest suspension bridge span in the world but in the past, it was the forth.

Bosphorus bridge

 On the journey, there was many building and mosque along the highway but just one picture taken because im very sleepy from yesterday's expedition.








Then we took a ferry ride. why? because it is more time saving compared to riding the bus all day that certainly make us more exhausted and tired. the ferry is just nice and a cafe present up on a dock, but if you spent your time on the outside, its kind of freezing because its winter plus with some cold breeze, you need to wear some gloves instead of your jumper and winter coat. the seagull are accompanied us through the strait while waiting to be feed with some bread from the tourist.

 after about more or less 1 hour on the ferry, we continue our journey on the bus again. some beautiful scenery along the way with green forest on our left & right, something that remind me of our God that creates all of this in only 6 days, Allah the greatest, like He says in the holy Quran :

village above the clouds

 " It is Allah Who has created the heavens and the earth, and all between them, in six Days, and is firmly established on the Throne (of Authority): ye have none, besides Him, to protect or intercede (for you): will ye not then receive admonition?"

( as-Sajda : 4)

  alhamdulillah, arrived at last. the first thing we seek was the place to ski, frankly speaking, all of us was very excited trying to play ski, well, this is the first time ever for us, the first experience since there weren't any snow in our homeland. after preparing with the equipment, mentally n physically ready, we went to the hill & start skiing, with full of confidence and  no-knowledge about skiing, most of us ended in...disaster..hahaha..
what a mess..but, with full of spirit & without feeling giving up, we try again & again. some of us, succeeded, but still need more to be improve & learn.

semangat lebih :p

short break after having several failure

equipment bunker

 well, as a Muslims, responsible as a servant to God must & should be done on time, we stop to pray in uludag mosque for zohr and asr.

holding the ice with bare hand.

 next, when the night fall, after we've made our night maghrib n isya prayer in ulu camii ('c' pronounced as 'j'), the biggest mosque in Bursa.in the middle of the mosque, there were a cute fountain for ablution. then, we have a little feast in the city, they said that there were special kebab called bursa kebab that serve with kebab meat above the bread and spiced with some sauce above all of them, it was so delicious, and we visited the long market named okcular carsisi. actually, it is a market to produce weapon for the army in the early years of the ottoman empire as it was one of their capital. these market produce weapon like arrow, sword, n many more. as the time travel, rifle, guns, gunpowder are produced there , but nowadays, these market sell ready-made item such as cloth, shoes, and the most important is that, they also sell quality silk-made cloth with a low price.

the long market

the most delicious n saving budget
 at kofteci yusuf  restaurant

bursa kebab

Ulu Camii 

and, the final for the day, we stop for our dinner in Kofteci Yusuf restaurant in the middle of the city. this restaurant gave us bread n sauce plus either coffee or tea for free but the other..sorry..not all are free..hehe. after being full n sleepy, we start our journey to other historical place called Pamukkale.

well, it seems that we just spent only one day in bursa, so, there aren't many places that can be visited throughout in that very short time. but it was worth it. alhamdulillah.

Turkey Exploration : 1st day

alhamdulillah, a new holiday after a period of brain torture , haha

well, this is some of my travelogue to turkey past week, its kind of enjoyment to get a trip to the last Islamic empire,the ottoman empire that have numerous n ancient building that still strong until today although most of them have been stood there for more than five century. It is a sad thing to see that the empire now are only a history in our books.

on the first day, we've went to the magnificent sultan Ahmed mosque (Turkish : Sultan Ahmet Camii ; they pronounced 'C' as 'J' ) or in present its famous name was blue mosque. This mosque that been build by the ottoman architect, the pupil of the famous mimar sinan, Mehmed Agha,
Well, this blue mosque got its name from the blue iznik tile at the dome of the mosque that can be seen on the photos below

one of the minaret from the courtyard in the blue mosque

the internal of the dome

from the side view

       

           from the garden,
           see those dome that support one another

After that, we've went to the second attraction on Istanbul that is the museum of Hagia Sophia or Aya Sophia, the citadel of the Constantinople ( the name before Istanbul ), this was once a big church or citadel from the Byzantium empire. This citadel was build as a sign of strength of the Christian empire long ago. All of the brick are specially imported from Rhodes island ( with special seal on every brick ) only to build this citadel. Then, it turned into mosque or masjid after the city is captured by the 4th caliphate of the ottoman at that time, Sultan Muhammad II Al-Fateh or so called Muhammad II the conqueror. He captured the city after and bring peace, in respond to the call of prophet Muhammad 1400 years ago.

"Verily you shall conquer Constantinople. What a wonderful leader will he be, and what a wonderful army will that army be!"

 After the last caliph have been stripped for the face of the earth, the mosque is being turn into a museum form time to time by Mustafa Kamal Attartuk. Well, the 'museum' was tremendous from the outside, but if you analyse and have a closer look on some of the creation from the inside, there were some flaws inside them that happened to be the repair process of the old time because the dome has been collapsed several times before, but still, it's an awesome experience to be in there.

     

Hagia Sophia, one of the biggest attraction in Istanbul

the seal on one of the brick
that been import from Rhodes island

the masts that are tilted slightly
to support the biggest dome above 

the third places n the last for the day is the Topkapi palace, the palace where the sultan n his family lived, some ceremony conducted there, n there was a room for every one to see the sultan and talked about they're problem. yes, they're problem. not the sultan's problem. The Topkapi compartment was so huge that it takes about 3 hours, maybe more, for us to see whats inside it. Plus, inside them, there were some of the royal items such as the emperor cloth, the tributes given to the ottoman empire from other empires, n many more. There were also places to sightseeing the strait of Bosphorus from there as the place was so near to the sea.

the place where people come n complain
about they're problem

a beautiful scenery of Bosphorus strait
 from here

                                   

the place where the sultan break their fast,
with the scenery of the strait of Bosphorus.

in front of the palace gate

In a nutshell, after the first day of my journey, I was very excited to know all about the magnificent & fantastic building & development done at the time of the caliphate. so many things need to be discover, so many things need to be learn about this last Islamic empire, about its architecture, culture, & many more. Furthermore, to be here, to see it for yourself, it was a great opportunity that are no to be missed by me especially.

warkah dari seorang sahabat

salam alaikum w.b.t,

13/9/12 - alhamdulillah, syukur ke hadrat ilahi kerna masih legi diberikn peluang utk beribadah dan berkelana dibumi Allah yg serba indah dan luas ini. Hari-hari yang berlalu hanya lah tinggal memori, hari-hari mendatang adalah suatu yg misteri..dan hari ini adalah penentu kepada siapa diri kita pada masa akan datang. Seorang muslim yang berjaya itu adalah mereka yang hari ininya adalah lebih baik dari semalam, dan celakalah seorang muslim itu jikalau hari esoknya lebih teruk dari hari ini. Jadi bersamalah kita saling memperbaiki diri kita ini, agar ber sama mencapai redha Ilahi. Allah berfirman dia dalam al-quran :

"dan berilah peringatan, maka sesungguhnya peringatan itu bermanfaat bagi orang-orang mukmin"

[51:55]

Sahabatku,

tatkala hatimu gundah,

memikirkan diantara kecintaan hatimu atau redha tuhanmu,

aku ingin sekali kau mengerti,

sesungguhnya apa yang diredhai-Nya pastinya yang terbaik untuk dirimu,

Duhai sahabatku,

jika kau meninggalkan sesuatu yang kau cintai hanya untuk tuhanmu,

pastinya Dia akan menggantikan sesuatu yang jauh lebih baik dari itu,

percayakah kau pada janji-janjiNya??

Sahabatku,

bersabarlah, bertenanglah, tunggulah,

kerna janjinya suatu yang pasti,

hanya Dia yang maha mengetahui,

betapa kerna-Nya kau korbankan hidupmu.

Khasiat Kurma, Kismis & Madu

insyaAllah, hari ni saya nak kongsikan tentang pemakanan - pemakanan yang disyorkn oleh nabi Muhammad SAW..

KEBAIKAN KURMA KETIKA MENGANDUNG DAN BERSALIN

Sabda Rasulullah SAW: "Berilah makan buah kurma kepada isteri-isteri kamu yang hamil, kerana sekiranya wanita hamil itu memakan buah kurma, nescaya anak yang bakal dilahirkan itu menjadi anak yang penyabar, bersopan santun serta cerdas pemikirannya."

Adalah amat baik sekali jika puan mengamalkan memakan buah kurma semasa mengandung kerana ini akan memudahkan bersalin nanti. Semasa bayi dilahirkan, buah kurma juga dicalitkan sedikit di lelangit bayi.

Ingat tak kisah dimana Maryam hanya memakan buah kurma semasa melahirkan Nabi Isa AS.

Buah kurma tidak mengandungi gula yang membahayakan malah ia merupakan makanan Rasulullah SAW.

Puan janganlah risau kerana takut diserang kencing manis. Apa yang harus puan buat, makanan-makanan manis yang lain puan jauhkanlah.

Buah kurma tidak membahayakan kesihatan kerana ianya mengandungi banyak khasiat.

1) KURMA

Nabi Muhammad SAW bersabda: "Rumah yang tidak ada kurma di dalamnya, akan menyebabkan penghuninya kurang sihat".

Nabi Muhammad SAW bersabda: "Berilah makanan kurma pada wanita yang hamil sebelum dia melahirkan, sebab yang demikian itu akan menyebabkan anaknya menjadi seorang yang tabah dan bertaqwa (bersih hatinya)".

Abu Abdillah berkata: "Buah kurma adalah salah satu buah yang berasal dari syurga dan dapat mensirnakan pengaruh sihir".

Abu Abdillah berkata: "Orang yang memakan 7 buah kurma yang baik sebelum sarapan, maka pada hari itu dia tidak akan tertimpa racun, sihir dan tidak diganggu syaitan".

Imam Ja'far Ash-Shadiq berkata: "Barangsiapa memakan 7 buah kurma yang baik, maka cacing-cacing yang ada di perutnya akan mati".

2) KISMIS

Nabi Muhammad SAW bersabda: "Barangsiapa memakan kismis merah sebanyak 21 biji setiap hari sebelum sarapan pagi, maka dia tidak akan tertimpa penyakit kecuali kematian".

Nabi Muhammad SAW bersabda: "Biasakanlah memakan kismis kerana kismis dapat menghilangkan kepahitan (empedu/cairan kuning), menghilangkan lendir, menyihatkan badan, membaguskan rupa, menguatkan saraf dan menghilangkan letih".

Imam Ali berkata: "Barangsiapa memakan 21 biji kismis merah, maka dia tidak akan melihat pada jasadnya suatu yang tidak disenangi".

Imam Ali berkata: "Kismis dapat menguatkan jantung, menghilangkan penyakit, menghilangkan panas dan memulihkan kesihatan jiwa".

Pada riwayat lain dari Abi Ja'far At-Thusi disebutkan bahawa kismis dapat menghilangkan lendir dan menyihatkan jiwa".

3) MADU

Nabi Muhammad SAW bersabda: "Barangsiapa minum madu setiap bulan dengan niat melakukan nasihat Al-Quran, maka Allah SWT akan menyembuhkannya dari 77 penyakit".

Nabi Muhammad SAW bersabda: "Barangsiapa ingin memiliki hafalan yang kuat hendaklah dia meminum madu".

Nabi Muhammad SAW bersabda: "Sebaik-baik minuman ialah madu kerana dia dapat mengkonsentrasikan hati dan menghilangkan dingin yang ada di dalam dada".

Nabi Muhammad SAW bersabda: "Allah SWT telah meletakan berkat di dalam madu dan menjadikannya sebagai ubat dari rasa nyeri, dan madu telah didoakan oleh 70 Nabi".

Dari Imam Ali, beliau berkata: "Madu adalah ubat dari segala penyakit, tiada penyakit di dalamnya, ia dapat menghilangkan lendir dan membersihkan hati".

Dari Imam Ja'far Ash-Shadiq, beliau berkata: "Rasul SAW sangat menyenangi madu".

Dari Imam Ja'far Ash-Shadiq, beliau berkata: "Biasakanlah dirimu memperoleh dua ubat iaitu meminum madu dan membaca Al-Quran".

Wallahu a'lam.

adultery of eyes??

It moved my heart to touch on adultery points. But, before we go any further, we must first understand what adultery means itself, before we understand the context of adultery points will be explained later, InsyaAllah..

Adultery

Adultery in the specific sense of sexual intercourse between men and women without a valid marriage (on purpose). Adultery in this sense will lead to hudud as stated by Allah, which means:
"Women and man a fornicator, flog each of them with 100 stripes ..."
(An-Nur: 2)
Adultery in the more general context is that any form of behavior that can increase one's desire, either through stimulation of the hands, eyes, feet, and so on. Allah says:

"And do not approach fornication, adultery was a truly impure deed and a bad way"

(Al-Isra: 32)

In the interpretation of this verse, Allah not only forbids people to commit adultery, but God also forbid people from doing things that lead a person to the commission of adultery. So the understanding of this verse, there is adultery, terms such as eyes, ears fornication, adultery, hands, feet fornication, adultery, liver and so on. Let's take a term that comes from understanding the verse. God willing we'll talk a bit about this and hopefully we can understand the more general context of adultery, God willing.

Points of adultery

Adultery points occur when one sees something illegal. Prohibitions see things can be seen from two different contexts: 
1) Illegal absolutely; \2) Originally must, but turned it illegal.

Things seen in absolute terms is illegal as stated in the Quran. Word of God:

And say to the believing women that they cast down (from the looks of illicit) and guard their chastity, and not their ornaments except what appears thereof, and let them close the neck of his shirt to cover parts of their heads and they do not show their ornaments except to their husbands or their fathers or father-in-law they or their children, or their step-daughters, or their brothers or sons of their brothers or sons of male relatives of their women, or Muslim women or their slaves or servants of those men who were older and did not intend to women and children who do not understand about women's private parts and let them not strike their feet in order to reveal what was hidden from their ornaments, and turn unto God, O believers, that ye may prosper.
(An-Nur: 31)

Based on the understanding of the foregoing sentence, a woman is forbidden to show their private parts to non-mahram (the one that can be married). In the context of this verse, we can also understand that illegal for a man to see the nakedness of a woman who is not mahram. And has been ordered to the men and women to keep their views in verse Surah An-Nur 30-31.

Allah's prohibition is enshrined in a wide scope. It should not limited to the prohibition of illicit only, also to the reality of the world. This prohibition also cover the aspects of the virtual world. In a more general scope, any matter which, when seen, can stimulate a desire, then it is categorized as adultery points.

As mentioned before, adultery points are included in the category of matters of approach someone with adultery. And the ruling is clearly illegal or HARAM, but where do they not bring a sentence of whipping.

Nevertheless we should know, any sin that we do actually need to be count by God.Whether big sins or small sins, it is not the issue. That should be our priority is to protect our eyes, ears, heart and body from stuck to the commission of acts of adultery and that can lead to adultery. Na'udzubillahi min zaalik. 

Sayangnya~

Hikmah Melihat Muka Orang Yang Kita Sayang Sedang Tidur....

lama btol x tulis entri baru ni, hahaha..at last, alhamdulillah, Allah still give me the chances to share..hihihi ;)

insyaAllah malam ni saya nak kongsi sesuatu yang amat menarik..cmne nak tau sejauh mana kita menyayangi seseorang itu??

iaitu dengan melihat orang yang kita sayang pada saat dia tidur... .. Renungkan/lihatlah betapa sayangnya kita pada mereka... .. 

Pernahkah anda menatap orang-orang yang anda sayang saat mereka sedang tidur? Kalau belum, cubalah sekali saja menatap mereka saat sedang tidur.

Saat itu yang tampak adalah ekspresi paling wajar dan paling jujur dari seseorang.

Seorang artis yang ketika di panggung begitu cantik dan gemerlap pun akan tampak polos dan jauh berbeza jika ia sedang tidur.

Orang paling kejam di dunia pun jika ia sudah tidur tak akan tampak wajah bengisnya.

Perhatikanlah ayah anda saat beliau sedang tidur. Sedarilah, betapa badan yang dulu kuat dan gagah itu kini semakin tua dan lemah, betapa rambut-rambut putih mulai menghiasi kepalanya, betapa kerut merut mulai terpahat di wajahnya. Orang inilah yang tiap hari bekerja keras untuk kesejahteraan kita, anak-anaknya. Orang inilah, rela melakukan apa saja asal perut kita kenyang dan pendidikan kita lancar.

Sekarang, beralihlah. ... Lihatlah ibu anda... . Hmm... kulitnya mulai keriput dan tangan yang dulu halus membelai- belai tubuh bayi kita itu kini kasar kerana menempuhi kehidupan yang mencabar demi kita. Orang inilah yang tiap hari menguruskan keperluan kita. Orang inilah yang paling rajin mengingatkan dan membebeli kita semata- mata kerana rasa kasih dan sayang, dan sayangnya, itu sering kita salah ertikan.

Cubalah menatap wajah orang-orang yang kita cintai..sayangi mereka... Ayah, Ibu, Suami, Isteri, Kakak, Adik, Anak, Sahabat, Semuanya...

Rasakanlah sensasi yang timbul sesudahnya. Rasakanlah energi cinta yang mengalir perlahan-lahan saat menatap wajah mereka yang terlelap itu.

Rasakanlah getaran cinta yang mengalir deras ketika mengingat betapa banyaknya pengorbanan yang telah dilakukan orang-orang itu untuk kebahagiaan anda. Pengorbanan yang kadang-kadang tertutupi oleh salah faham kecil yang entah kenapa selalu saja nampak besar.

Secara ajaib Tuhan mengatur agar pengorbanan itu akan tampak lagi melalui wajah-wajah jujur mereka saat sedang tidur. Pengorbanan yang kadang melelahkan serta memenatkan mereka namun enggan mereka ungkapkan. Dan ekspresi wajah ketika tidur pun membantu untuk mengungkap segalanya. Tanpa kata, tanpa suara dia berkata... "betapa lelahnya..penatnya aku hari ini". Dan penyebab lelah dan penat itu? Untuk siapa dia berpenat lelah Tak lain adalah KITA... ..

Suami yang bekerja keras mencari nafkah, isteri yang bekerja keras mengurus dan mendidik anak, juga rumah. Kakak, adik, anak, dan sahabat yang telah menemani hari-hari suka dan duka bersama kita.

Resapilah kenangan-kenangan manis dan pahit yang pernah terjadi dengan menatap wajah-wajah mereka. Rasakanlah betapa kebahagiaan dan rasa terharu seketika menerpa jika mengingat itu semua.

Bayangkanlah apa yang akan terjadi jika esok mereka "orang-orang terkasih itu" tak lagi membuka matanya, untuk selamanya ... "

nk buat maksiat? silakan..tp ada syarat..

mesti terkejut kan bile baca tajuk ni?? hehehe...mesti2..tp inilah kenyataan...mesti dan wajib dipenuhi jika kita ingin sgt utk melakukan maksiat...


Suatu hari ada seorang yang datang kepada Ibrahim bin Adham rahimahullah lalu berkata kepadanya, "Wahai Abu Ishak! Sesungguhnya aku telah berbuat zhalim kepada diriku, maka tunjukkanlah kepadaku sesuatu yang dapat menahan dan menyelamatkanku".Setelah mendengar perkataan tersebut Ibrahim berkata, "Jika kamu mahu menerima lima syarat dan mampu melaksanakannya, maka boleh kamu melakukan maksiat."
Lelaki itu dengan tidak sabar-sabar bertanya. "Apakah syarat-syarat itu, wahai Abu Ishak?"

Ibrahim bin Adham berkata, "Syarat pertama,jika kamu bermaksiat kepada Allah,jangan memakan rezekinya." Mendengar itu dia mengenyitkan kening seraya berkata, "Dari mana aku mahu makan? Bukankah semua yang ada di bumi ini rezeki Allah? "Ya!" tegas Ibrahim bin Adham. "Kalau kamu sudah memahaminya, masih mampukah memakan rezekinya, sedangkan kamu selalu berkeinginan melanggar larangan-Nya?"

Yang kedua," kata Ibrahim,"kalau mahu bermaksiat, jangan tinggal di bumi-Nya!Syarat ini membuat lelaki itu terkejut setengah mati. Ibrahim kembali berkata kepadanya, "Wahai Abdullah, fikirkanlah, apakah kamu layak memakan rezeki-Nya dan tinggal di bumi-Nya, sedangkan kamu melanggar segala larangan-Nya?"

"Ya! Anda benar." kata lelaki itu. Dia kemudian menanyakan syarat yang ketiga. Ibrahim menjawab, "Kalau kamu masih mahu bermaksiat, carilah tempat tersembunyi yang tidak dapat terlihat oleh-Nya!" Lelaki itu kembali terperanjat dan berkata, "Wahai Ibrahim, ini nasihat macam mana? Mana mungkin Allah tidak melihat kita?" "Ya, kalau memang yakin demikian, apakah kamu masih berkeinginan melakukan maksiat?" kata Ibrahim. Lelaki itu mengangguk dan meminta syarat yang keempat.

Ibrahim melanjutkan, "Kalau malaikat maut datang hendak mencabut rohmu, katakanlah kepadanya, 'Ketepikan kematianku dulu. Aku masih mahu bertaubat dan melakukan amal soleh'." Kemudian lelaki itu menggelengkan kepala dan segera tersedar, "Wahai Ibrahim, mana mungkin malaikat maut akan memenuhi permintaanku?" "Wahai Abdullah, kalau kamu sudah meyakini bahawa kamu tidak boleh menunda dan mengundurkan datangnya kematianmu, lalu bagaimana engkau boleh lari dari kemurkaan Allah?"

"Baiklah, apa syarat yang kelima?" Ibrahim pun menjawab, "Wahai Abdullah kalau malaikat Zabaniyah  datang hendak mengiringmu ke api neraka di hari kiamat nanti, jangan engkau ikut bersamanya."
Perkataan tersebut membuat lelaki itu insaf. Dia berkata, "Wahai Abu Ishak, sudah pasti malaikat itu tidak membiarkan aku menolak kehendaknya." Dia tidak tahan lagi mendengar perkataan Ibrahim. Air matanya bercucuran. "Mulai saat ini aku bertaubat kepada Allah." katanya sambil teresak-esak

Maksiat memang sesuatu yang ternyata amat mudah, seronok & best untuk kita lakukan. Kebaikan pula adalah sebaliknya kecuali bagi orang2 yg diberi petunjuk oleh Allah. Tapi ingatlah...Allah tidak menguji hambanya suka2 atau sengaja...sbb Syurga itu bukan lah sesuatu yang murah untuk kita senang-senang je nk dpt...tp ia memerlukan berjuta keringat, sejuta penat & lelah, dan jalannya dipenuhi dgn onak dan duri....kerana ape?? agar syurga itu dpt kita miliki dengan penuh kepuasan...dengan penuh kesyukuran kepada sang khalik..semoga kita tergolong dlm kalangan mereka yg bersabar.. ;)