Category: Agama

  • 13 Year Old Adik Greatest Wish? To Break Fast With His Mother

    13 Year Old Adik Greatest Wish? To Break Fast With His Mother

    Ahmad is like many other 13-year-olds.

    He is bold, boisterous and is optimistic in a way only a young person can be.

    But his greatest wish is to break fast with his mother.

    For the second year in a row, he is spending Ramadan away from her.

    It is only when this subject was raised that we saw a change in the boy.

    “I’m quite jealous when I see some of the residents go out and break their fast with their family members,” Ahmad told The New Paper, with notable sadness.

    Ahmad (not his real name) has spent more than a year at Pertapis Children’s Home.

    According to Mr Sophian Kayat, the head of the home, Ahmad and his older brother were placed in the home’s care in March last year after a court order to protect them.

    Their mother had been abused by Ahmad’s stepfather.

    She stays in a separate welfare home.

    I’m quite jealous when I see some of the residents go out and break their fast with their family members.

    — Ahmad

    When Ahmad was first admitted to the home, he understood why he was being separated from his mother, but it was still hard.

    “Ahmad is close to his mother so when he was first admitted here, he was moody and easily agitated,” said Ahmad’s case manager, Miss Hamidah Otheman, 25.

    “It took him three to four months before he was able to deal with his emotions and settle into life in the welfare home,” she added.

    Ahmad described last year’s fasting month: “I was very sad because it was the first time that I was fasting away from my mother.

    “This year, it’s better because I’m already used to it and I have friends here.”

    Ahmad breaking fast with some donors.
    BREAKING FAST: Ahmad breaking fast with donors. The donors had sponsored the food that day.

    When TNP visited the home in Kovan, Ahmad was having his school holidays.

    He and the other children at the home clamoured to play games during their morning break.

    During the school holidays, the children are allowed to play from 7.30am to 9am.

    He loves to play football. The home has a small field — about a quarter the size of a normal football field.

    “I support Chelsea and Fernando Torres is my favourite player,” he shared between kicks towards an old goalpost.

    A young resident at the home looking on as Ahmad and his friends play football.
    OBSERVING: A young resident at the home looking on as Ahmad and his friends play football.

    Even though Ahmad is away from his mother, but he does not complain about the home.

    In fact, he credits the home for helping him to get through the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE), which he took last year.

    “The tuition and the support programmes that they have helped to push my grades up and I was able to pass my PSLE,” he said.

    Ahmad doing his worksheets which were given to him by the home.
    PRACTICE: Ahmad practicing the worksheets which were given to him by the home.

    “I want to study hard and get into polytechnic and study aerospace engineering,” said the secondary school student.

    “I heard that there are a lot of jobs as an aerospace engineer.”

    This is more than personal ambition. He wants to be able to give back to the welfare home.

    “Maybe in the future, I can sponsor an event for them or maybe make an activity programme for them,” he said.

    Ahmad is close to his mother, so when he was first admitted here, he was moody and was easily agitated.

    — Miss Hamidah Otheman, Ahmad’s case manager at Pertapis

    But for now, all he wants is to be reunited with his mother.

    According to Mr Sophian, Ahmad’s wish may be granted in the near future.

    He says that the next stage for Ahmad is to spend and extended home leave with his mother.

    “So long as safety is not compromised, we should be heading towards reunification.”

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg

  • Adik 9 Tahun Jadi Pendakwah, Pimpin Terawih 1,000 Jemaah

    Adik 9 Tahun Jadi Pendakwah, Pimpin Terawih 1,000 Jemaah

    INDONESIA: Usianya baru 9 tahun, namun dai dan hafiz cilik Indonesia, Muhammad Abdul Rasyid, sudah mampu meniru gaya suara bacaan Al-Quran 15 imam besar termasuk imam Makkah.

    Bahkan, kanak-kanak yang terkenal dengan gelaran Syekh Rasyid itu juga dikatakan sudah mengimamkan solat terawih dengan hampir 1,000 jemaah.

    Sejak usianya 5 tahun, kanak-kanak itu, yang terkenal dengan gelaran Syekh Rasyid, sudah mampu meniru gaya bacaan 15 imam besar dunia, mulai dari imam Masjidil Haram, Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdul Aziz as-Sudais, dan termasuk imam Masjid Nabawi dan Masjid Besar Kuwait, menurut Dream.co.id.

     

    Pada 2014, pada usia 6 tahun, kanak-kanak asal Pekanbaru itu mempamerkan bakatnya dengan menyertai pertandingan Pentas Hafiz Indonesia yang disiarkan di saluran RCTI.

    Di pertandingan itu, bakatnya itu menarik perhatian salah seorang juri, Syekh Ali Jaber, ulama terkenal dari Madinah, yang begitu kagum dengan kebolehannya, beliau mencium tangan kanak-kanak itu dan memberikannya gelaran “Syekh”.

    “Berbanding anak-anak lain, dia satu-satunya anak yang mampu meniru suara para imam.

    “Gelaran ‘Syekh’ itu diberikan kerana kita kenal salah satu figur di Arab, namanya Sheikh Mishary Rashid (Imam Masjid Besar Kuwait).

    “Saya berharap dengan gelaran ini, dia lebih bersemangat untuk menghafal Al-Quran kerana beliau belum menghafal kesemua 30 juz Al-Quran.

    “Mudah-mudahan Rasyid boleh jadi lebih baik, lebih tawaduk, dan bersemangat untuk hafal 30 juz,” kata Syekh Ali Jaber dalam wawancara yang disiarkan RCTI.

    Malah, kata ibu Rasyid, Yulia Chaniago, anaknya itu juga mampu melatunkan gaya azan dari muazzin pelbagai negara.

    “Seperti Turki, Madinah, Damsyik, Kuwait, India, sampai Jawa. Dia juga hafal siapa yang melantunkan azan yang dia tiru itu,” kata Cik Yulia kepada Dream.co.id.

    Lebih mengagumkan, murid sekolah Al Kindi Islamic School Pekanbaru yang lancar berbahasa Arab itu mempelajari sendiri irama 15 imam besar dunia itu – dengan menyaksikan dan mendengar bacaan Al-Quran mereka melalui YouTube.

    Sejak menyertai Pentas Hafiz Indonesia, Rasyid, yang juga tampil sebagai Juara Aksi 1 Junior 2015 di INDOSIAR, menjadi terkenal bukan sahaja di Indonesia malah di seluruh dunia, hingga digelar sebagai kanak-kanak ajaib dengan suara dari syurga.

    Kanak-kanak itu dijemput ke pelbagai acara di Indonesia dan luar negara, bahkan juga dikatakan mengimamkan solat terawih hampir 1,000 jemaah di sebuah masjid baru-baru ini.

     

    Dalam video yang dimuat naik ke saluran YouTube Umi Rasyid pada 20 Jun 2016 itu, lantunan ayat-ayat suci Al-Quran Rasyid dilihat begitu mengharukan hingga sesetengah jemaah menitiskan air mata.

    Video di bawah ini yang dimuat naik pada 10 Mei lalu pula menunjukkan kanak-kanak itu bersama imam dari Madinah, Syekh Dr Abdurrahman Awaji.

     

    Rasyid juga menyampaikan syarahan, yang dimulakan dengan pantun, di hadapan para jemaah di Masjid Nurul Jannah di Indonesia. Dalam video ini, kanak-kanak itu yang bersarban menyampaikan syiar dengan suara lantang dan penuh yakin diri.

     

    Pada Januari 2015 pula, Rasyid menggetarkan Masjid Tsim Sha Tsui di Hong Kong apabila membaca Al-Quran di hadapan ribuan jemaah sebagai tetamu undangan, menurut goriau.com.

    Malah, di Madinah, Rasyid juga pernah bertemu dan mempamerkan bakatnya itu di hadapan Syekh Abdul Rohman, dikatakan dari keturunan cucu Rasulullah.

     

    IBU: MAMPU MENGUCAP ALLAH PADA USIA 6 BULAN

    Ibu Rasyid, Yulia, memberitahu Dream.co.id bahawa anaknya itu mampu mengucap ‘Allah’ ketika usianya enam bulan.

    Malah pada usia tujuh bulan, kanak-kanak itu dikatakan sudah mampu berkata-kata.

    “Usia delapan bulan sudah bisa menghafal ayat-ayat Alquran. Anak ini umur dari bayi sudah luar biasa,” kata Cik Yulia.

    Menurutnya lagi, sejak kecil lagi Rasyid membawa Al-Quran ke mana sahaja dia pergi. “Kalau tidak bawa Al-Quran, sakit dia. Apalagi saat ini, ke mana-mana bawa Al-Quran,” ujarnya.

    Rasyid, yang dilahirkan pada 26 April 2007, juga asalnya diberi nama Gilang Pratama, menurut laman Dream. Tetapi sebelum usianya genap lima tahun, dia memilih sendiri nama Muhammad Abdul Rasyid, yang diambil dari nama Sheikh Mishary Rashid kerana menganggap beliau sebagai idolanya.

    Kini, Rasyid sudah menghafal sekitar 24 juz Al-Quran, menurut laporan goriau.com pada 18 Mei lalu.

    Menurut goriau.com, kisah kehidupan Rasyid diabadikan dalam buku “Suara dari Surga” dan “The Holy Child”.

    Kini, kisahnya juga dirancang dijadikan sebuah filem, kata sutradara dan penulis buku “Satu Rahim Satu Cinta”, Salamun Ali Mafaz.

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

  • Morocco: Jews, Christians, And Muslims Help The Poor In Ramadan

    Morocco: Jews, Christians, And Muslims Help The Poor In Ramadan

    In what sounds like a page ripped out of novel, several dozen Muslim activists, a group of Jewish teens and a rabbi joined forces on Sunday in a number of Moroccan cities to supply 1,500 underprivileged Muslim families with food staples for the daily meal that marks the end of each daily fast during Ramadan.

    The food packages were a three-way partnership organized by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, founded and directed by Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein; Chabad-Lubavitch of Morocco; and the Mimouna Association, an organization of Moroccan Muslim students who work to preserve and promote the unique heritage of Morocco’s ancient Jewish community.

    “We are privileged to help support Moroccans in need celebrate the holy month of Ramadan,” said Eckstein. “This inspiring joint initiative serves as a shining model of bridge-building between Christians, Jews and Muslims, and shows that the world’s faith communities can unite around shared values to make a difference for good.”

    Rabbi Levi Banon of Jeunesse ChabadMorocco led a group of teens from the local Chabad and volunteers from Mimouna to the poorest areas in the cities of Kenitra, Rabat and Sale to distribute the food.

    “This is a beautiful display of how people from different faiths can get together to do something positive,” said Laziza Dalil, a member of Mimouna. “We are now two weeks into Ramadan, and some of these families may not have the most basic supplies with which to break the fast.”

    Each box contains dates, tea, lentils, chickpeas and other food staples with which Muslims traditionally break their Ramadan fasts each evening.

    This year’s distribution follows the successful pilot program last year, in which 250 packages were delivered. According to Dalil, some of the recipients were taken aback to discover that the gift was brought to them by people outside of the Muslim faith, but “they really did not care. They were touched by the human gesture of caring, and the fact that people thought about them and their families.”

    “It was such a wonderful gesture that really brought out the best in people,” noted Banon. “It is touching to see that charity that has been done in other parts of the world though the IFCJ is now being felt in the Muslim world, especially beginning in Morocco, a country of tolerance and peace.”

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    Source: Muslimvillage.com

  • Muslim Kakak: Embrace The Smells Of Community Living, Move To Jungle If Unhappy

    Muslim Kakak: Embrace The Smells Of Community Living, Move To Jungle If Unhappy

    Everyday my neighbors.. Let me tell u …on my right is from Arab,on my left is a Thai family,the rest are Cantonese Chinese,below my flat is a Chinese family, all cook different dishes and smells of foods will fly around the beautiful aroma..

    sometimes salted fish, belacan,curry,pork or tomyum, and IRS getting stronger…but again..I love all the smells..even they cook pork..

    I’m OK with it…even stronger, just next door..I dun complaint, coz..we are all happy neighbors,

    I just live here 2mths only,I’m happy, though they are aunties and uncles, abit chatty…I’m so loving them..

    if you complaint..PLEASE stay IN JUNGLE OK!!!

     

    Source: Nur Q’Edora Ling

  • Roast Pork Smell From Temple Dinner Too Unbearable For Fasting HDB Resident

    Roast Pork Smell From Temple Dinner Too Unbearable For Fasting HDB Resident

    A Singaporean man named Sazali (https://www.facebook.com/Sazali10) ranted on his Facebook after food smells from a Chinese temple became too unbearable for him and his family. He spotted the food caterer for the temple dinner roasting BBQ pork at the HDB common areas under the kitchen windows where his clothes were hung out to dry. Despite shutting his windows tight, the smell became too unbearable for him to break fast properly during this month of Ramadan.

    Below are his Facebook updates in chronological order.

    (23 June 2016 6.41PM)

    “Can anyone share with me if this is permitted…??!! To roast pork in open & under the kitchen windows where we hang our clothes out to dry..

    I dun mean to be rude but The smell now is so nauseating for me…even after i shut tight my windows. Hopefully the other muslims who fast in my block dun feel the same.

    I think there is a dinner event going on at the open car park behind my blk.”

    (23 June 2016 7.39PM)

    “Now am waiting for NEA officers to arrive since 1855hrs approx…the nauseating taste really made me lose appetite to break fast properly…

    Then, I just realised they also had roasted at another spot…at residence drop off point…”

    (23 June 2016 9.29PM)

    “Called up NEA direct & being told that they will refer & report it to the town council as the event is approved by them…so please Ang Mo Kio Town Council, i wonder what ur actions will be.

    MUIS, is this ok for us….?? So, battling the smell & nausea, for me assisting the investigations, if any, i went down to take pics for their perusal.

    I am not the type of person to go around complaining but roasting pork in the open & directly under my nose (my unit i mean), i think it is disrespecting for us Fasting in this holy month of ours. Now, the stench is stuck in my home affecting me if not others.”

    Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

     

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