Right now, at this hour (as I typing this) I am working, to baby-sit some TOEFL candidates.
Well, while I have nothing to do, so here I am, writing.
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Last night, my partner in crime and I went to Masjid Muadz bin Jabal, located at Setiawangsa.
"Kita dah lama tak pergi majlis ilmu ni Mimi, kotor dah hati kita ni. Awak pun kena pergi sekali."
She said. It's more likely an direct order to force me to come with her. Hihi...
The majlis ilmu or kuliah (I don't know what term to use in English), started with selawat and qasidah, prayer and praise to Allah and Rasul. Luckly this time we have the book, so we were not so blur like the another night. --"
And then, Ustaz Don Daniyal stand up and give us some lecture, usrah, and hadith. And I love it when he share with us the story about an Arab Badwi's guy, an animal called thok (I think, I didn't hear that clearly, it's something like biawak he said) and Nabi Muhammad.
The story goes like this...(err, and I think it's better for me to tell it in Bahasa, I afraid that I will mistranslated it. T^T
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Suatu hari, seorang lelaki Arab Badwi pergi untuk berburu haiwan yang digelar thok. Sejenis haiwan yg pada masa itu menyerupai biawak, ianya laju dan sukar ditangkap. Kiranya sesiapa yang berjaya tangkap haiwan tersebut pada waktu tu, amat hebatlah orangnya.
Lelaki Arab Badwi ni, berjaya tangkap thok tersebut, lalu di letaknya haiwan tersebut di lengan bajunya, supaya haiwan tersebut tidak melarikan diri. Kemudian dia ke pasar, untuk menjual haiwan tersebut.
Setibanya di sebuah pasar, dia ternampak seakan ada satu majlis dan orang ramai. Lantas dia bertanya kepada orang disitu siapakah yang berada di sana.
"Muhammad."
Apabila dia mengetahui ada Rasul Allah, Muhammad, dengan segera dia berjalan kaki ke Majlis ilmu tersebut.
Setibanya dia di situ, tanpa salam tanpa pengenalan diri, perkara pertama yang dia perkatakan kepada nabi Allah adalah,
"Aku sangat benci kepada mu, wahai Muhammad."
Saidina Umar yang ketika itu ada di sebelah nabi, lantas bangkit dan berkata kepada nabi.
"Mahukah kau, wahai Muhammad, untuk aku selesaikan dia sekarang ini juga?"
Nabi bangun, dan berkata (menasihati) kepada Umar,
"Tahukah kamu Umar, orang yang lemah lembut (penyabar) itu sifatnya hampir menyamai aku (nabi Muhammad)?"
Lantas Umar terdiam dan duduk kembali di tempatnya.
Kemudian, nabi berpaling ke arah lelaki Arab Badwi tadi dan bertanya kepada beliau membenci nabi.
"Aku tidak akan beriman dengan Allah, tuhan kamu, dan tidak aku beriman dengan kamu sebagai pesuruh-Nya, sehinggalah thok (dilemparnya thok tadi yang berada di dalam bajunya di depan nabi) ini beriman kepada kamu."
Kata lelaki Arab Badwi tersebut.
Thok yang dilempar tadi, mencicit lari, langsung kaku sebentar apabila nabi memanggil.
"Wahai thok, kemari engkau."
Elok, jalan ke kearah nabi.
"Siapakah Tuhan kamu?"
Tanya nabi kepada thok tersebut.
"Aku beriman kepada Allah. Yang di langit ada arasy-Nya, yang di bumi ada kerajaan-Nya, yang di laut ada jalan-Nya, yang di syurga ada kebaikkan-Nya dan yang di neraka ada balas siksaan-Nya"
Dengan ajaibnya thok tersebut boleh berkata-kata.
"Siapakah aku"
Tanya nabi lagi.
"Engkau adalah Muhammad, pesuruh Allah. Tiada Tuhan melainkan Allah, dan sesungguhnya engkau adalah pesuruh yang diutus Allah untuk umatmu."
Lelaki Arab Badwi yang terkesima dengan thok yang boleh berkata-kata itu lantas meminta maaf dan mengucap kalimah syahadah untuk memeluk Islam.
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This story, it's quite long and it doesn't finish here. And I know I didn't write this story as interesting as Ustaz Don told us last night. Lame me. Please forgive me. :)
So basically, Ustaz Don was meant to tell us that patient can mend a stubborn heart.
While the Arab Badwi guy came and insult nabi Muhammad, and Saidina Umar want to finish-off the guy, instead off get mad to the Arab guy, he stood up and advice Umar to be calm. And then talk to the Arab guy with nice tone and ask why.
You see, the people that I respect the most is the people who can hold up their anger and be patient to others. I'd encounter with some people who can't manage their anger properly and simple shout and sometimes come out from their mouth improper words.
Well, I am one of them.
I think that's why we have some wise sayings, "If you angry, don't speak. As your mouth act faster that your brain."
Lebih kurang macam tu lah. --"
I don't really remember the exact words. T^T
In my humble opinion, it is easy for us to change from bad to good. But to keep it, and stay like that will need a proper effort from us.
Our iman can increase and decrease anytime. It takes some works to maintain it at the level that we need it to be.
I get angry easily, ESPECIALLY when I'm with empty stomach. (I remember when I watched one of the Tanyalah Ustaz program, he said, "if you truly want to get to know a person's personality, get to know him/her when they're hungry.")
Secondly, what Ustaz Don want to convey to us is that, every creatures in this universe are have faith in Allah. Even if it is a biawak. If we don't have iman, we are no better than them.
I try and still trying to be a better version of me. So if you see me speak improper words, mencarut and all that. Please let me know and advice me. Old habits die hard, I guess.
Like Ustaz Don said yesterday, "I wish the mouth that says prayers and praise Allah and rasul isn't the same mouth that talk bad thing about others."
Oo Allah, the most merciful. Forgive us, the ungrateful servants.
Thanks for reading, I hope it will benefit all of us. ;)
