Tag: ramadan

  • Seeking Forgiveness For Any Wrongdoings; A Yearly Hari Raya Practice

    Seeking Forgiveness For Any Wrongdoings; A Yearly Hari Raya Practice

    This is one of the yearly Hari Raya practices from our culture that I truly believe in and treasure. Recently, there were many debates about its relevance and importance. Many who do not fully understand the rationale behind the action will simply brush it off as insignificant to the point of it being almost a ridiculous practice. I beg to differ in opinion.

    While I agree that we have to apologise for our mistakes to the ones we hurt as soon as we have made them and not wait to do it during Hari Raya, we may not always be conscious or aware of our wrongdoings. Others may not be open enough to point out our mistakes/wrongdoings/transgressions/misdeeds and would rather keep the hurt to themselves.

    So, as we celebrate the blessed day with a fresh outlook in life filled with positivity and hope after the cleansing of the mind, body and soul during Ramadhan, it is only logical and befitting to ask others for their forgiveness for any or our wrongdoings whether they were done intentionally or otherwise…consciously or unconsciously. The very reason why we always start the seeking of forgiveness dialogue with “Kalau (if) ada salah dan silap sengaja atau tidak (there is any wrongdoings done intentionally or otherwise), TERkasar bahasa dan perbuatan (unintentional misdeeds and harsh words), TERmakan dan TERminum (unintentional consumption of food/drinks without others’ permission)….”. When we seek forgiveness, we learn to let go of our ego and realise that we are not above everyone else. When we forgive someone, we learn that we are not above God who is ever-willing to forgive no matter how big our sins may be.

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    #hapuskanlahsifatterlaluego
    #bukankahislammengajarkitasupayabermaafmaafan
    #bersihkanhati
    #peringatanuntukdirijuga

     

    Source: Rasimah Jar

  • Suami Isteri Ini Anjur ‘Homestay’ Tanpa Bayaran, Sebarkan Budaya Melayu Kepada Pelancong

    Suami Isteri Ini Anjur ‘Homestay’ Tanpa Bayaran, Sebarkan Budaya Melayu Kepada Pelancong

    Sepasang suami isteri di Singapura memperkenalkan sebuah konsep inap desa atau ‘homestay’ yang tujuan mendedahkan budaya masyarakat Melayu/Islam kepada pelancong asing. Sehingga kini, Benko Student Homestay itu, yang sudah tujuh tahun beroperasi, berjaya menarik 130 peserta. Namun yang menariknya, program inap desa ini tidak mencari keuntungan dari para pelancong.

    Idea untuk menawarkan program inap desa kepada pelajar asing tercetus ketika Cik Azrahayu Ahmad Afandi dan suami, Nicolas Benko, berbulan madu di Scotland. Mereka ketika itu tinggal dengan sebuah keluarga Melayu/Scotland berasal dari Singapura. Layanan mesra tuan rumah itu mendorong pasangan suami isteri ini untuk membuka Benko Student Homestay di Singapura. Tahun ini, mereka sekeluarga berkongsi cara hidup masyarakat Islam sempena Ramadan dan Syawal bersama pelancong dari Argentina dan Filipina.

    Menariknya, Cik Azra dan suami tidak mengenakan sebarang bayaran bagi para pelancong yang menumpang di rumah mereka. Sebaliknya Cik Azra hanya mahukan pelancong yang menginap di rumahnya supaya berkongsi satu kepakaran atau mengajar sesuatu kepada beliau dan keluarganya Bagi para pelajar asing pula, mereka membuat bayaran nominal untuk tempoh tinggal sekurang-kurangnya enam bulan. Khas sempena Hari Raya Aidilfitri ini, tetamu Cik Azra juga mempelajari cara membuat kuih-muih tradisional Melayu, selain bergaya dengan baju raya.

     

    Source: Berita Mediacorp

  • Bomber Planning To Attack Grand Mosque In Mecca Blows Himself Up

    Bomber Planning To Attack Grand Mosque In Mecca Blows Himself Up

    Saudi security forces on Friday foiled a suicide attack on the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, cornering the would-be attacker in an apartment, where he blew himself up, the Interior Ministry said.

    In a statement read on state television, the ministry said that three cells had planned the attack on worshippers and security forces at the mosque as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan nears its climax.

    The trapped would-be suicide bomber exchanged fire with the security forces, then set off explosives when he was surrounded in a house in the central Mecca neighbourhood of Ajyad al-Masafi near the mosque that had been used as the base for the attack, the ministry said.

    The building collapsed, injuring six foreigners and five members of the security forces.

    Earlier in the day, security forces had shot dead a wanted man at another suspected Islamist militant hideout in Mecca’s al-Aseelah neighbourhood. The ministry also said a third cell had been broken up in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, but gave no further details.

    Five suspected militants including a woman were arrested, it said.

     

    Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

     

  • Peristiwa Pahit Dendeng Di Bazaar Ramadan Jurong West

    Peristiwa Pahit Dendeng Di Bazaar Ramadan Jurong West

    Peristiwa perit di bazaar ramadan Jurong West..

    Isteri nk mkn dendeng sgt. So ternampak 1 kedai jual dendeng.

    Saya: Abg, dendeng 100gm abg..

    Abg dendeng: Ok.. 100gm S$5..

    Saya: ok abg. Boleh..

    Ambil dendeng and buat bayaran terus jalan.
    Bila saya check, alangkah sedihnya dlm paper bag cuma sehelai dendeng aje.

    Batu belah batu bertangkup
    Saya kempunan makan dendeng
    Telan lah daku.. Sodeh!!!

     

    Source: Herman Harry in Halal Cafe & Restaurants in Singapore

  • Will You Pay $9.60 For This Miserly Kangkong Belacan?

    Will You Pay $9.60 For This Miserly Kangkong Belacan?

    Terlalu sedih gitu tgk kangkong belacan ni di bulan puasa yg tk seberapa ni that cost me $9.60 with GST…3 time big spoon scoop out gone!

    Sedih sgt…lagi 40 cent dah 10 dolar… Batang kangkong yg banyak…

    Tkpe lah nasib saya dpt mkn kangkong batang… Thanks west coz cafe at yew tee…

    Rezeki allah yg diberi hari ni..

    Saya terima ngan hati terbuka…

     

    Source: Aizal Boyka in Halal Cafe & Restaurants Singapore