This ITE CC student deserve a recognition for his kindness.
On a very heavy rainy day opposite ITE central he stood at the entrance of bus 72 and held an umbrella up for everyone else to get on to the bus.
Like an overhead bridge if you will. On behalf of everyone Thank you.
Source: Anaid Quinn
Masjid Al-Falah yang menjadi tumpuan ramai pengunjung Islam yang bekerja dan membeli-belah di kawasan Orchard Road, selesai menjalani kerja-kerja peningkatan selama setahun.
Selain menyediakan ruang solat yang lebih luas dan selesa, masjid yang terletak di aras bawah Bangunan Cairnhill Place itu, juga dilengkapi dengan pelbagai kemudahan baru serta ciri-ciri yang lebih mesra warga emas dan keluarga.
Antaranya – sebuah lif baru bagi para jemaah yang memerlukan bantuan khas untuk ke tingkat atas, bilik air bagi golongan kurang upaya, bilik menyusukan bayi untuk kaum ibu serta beberapa tanjakan di kawasan masjid bagi kemudahan para pengguna yang berkerusi roda.
Bagi menandakan selesainya kerja naik taraf di masjid itu, Menteri Bertanggungjawab bagi Ehwal Masyarakat Islam, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, mendedahkan sebuah plak sebelum menunaikan solat Jumaat.
“Saya bersyukur dan berterima kasih kepada masyarakat kita kerana sumbangan mereka yang membolehkan kita menjalankan program-program peningkatan masjid demi memenuhi keperluan masyarakat kita,” kata Dr Yaacob ketika ditemui pihak media.
Beliau juga percaya setiap masjid perlu diubahsuai mengikut keperluan para jemaah yang berbeza-beza.
“Untuk golongan dewasa, mereka yang ada anak kecil, untuk para ibu bapa dan sebagainya. Jadi lif, tanjakan dan sebagainya yang diperlukan akan disediakan. Tapi pada masa yang sama juga, kita renung kembali apakah keperluan masjid itu dari segi demografik,” ujar beliau.
Turut hadir – Ketua Eksekutif Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS), Abdul Razak Maricar, Mufti negara, Dr Mohamed Fatris Bakaram, Pengerusi Eksekutif Masjid Al-Falah, Encik Yahya Hashim serta Mantan Mufti Negara, Encik Syed Isa Mohamed Semait, yang memimpin solat Jumaat.
Ia disertai lebih 2,000 jemaah yang memenuhi kedua-dua dewan solat lelaki dan wanita yang kini lebih selesa dengan pemasangan sistem hawa dingin serta permaidani baru.
Ruang ibadah masjid juga lebih luas dengan tambahan ruang lantai lebih 500 meter persegi. Ia kini mampu menampung 2,000 jemaah, berbanding 1,500 sebelum ini.
Golongan belia juga tidak dilupakan. Sebuah bilik khas disediakan di tingkat dua bagi para belia menjalankan pelbagai kegiatan, ataupun sekadar untuk beristirehat dan berinteraksi.
Pengerusi Eksekutif Masjid Al-Falah, Encik Yahya Hashim, berkata: “Mereka dahulu mendapat bilik kecil sangat, daif sangat. Tapi sekarang pihak lembaga fikir, untuk menyahut seruan MUIS, kita harus melakukan sesuatu yang lebih proaktif. Pihak lembaga sangat menggalakkan belia-belia ini untuk bersama-sama dengan ahli lembaga, bekerjasama dengan kita dan boleh menjalankan apa aktiviti atau program yang mereka perlukan.”
Menurut anggota kumpulan belia di Masjid Al-Falah, Filzah Hanani, kewujudan bilik khas itu dapat memudahkan mengendalikan pelbagai program.
“Bagi kami, susah untuk mencari untuk berdiskusi untuk membuat program ataupun mengendalikan bengkel dan sebagainya. (Dan) Sekarang kita mempunyai bilik sendiri maka ia memudahkan kita untuk mengendalikan program dan sebagainya,” kata beliau.
Bahagian luar masjid turut diberi nafas baru dengan reka bentuk yang menggabungkan unsur moden dan tradisional – sesuai dengan kedudukannya sebagai satu-satunya masjid di bandar komersil Orchard.
Kerja-kerja peningkatan ini adalah sebahagian daripada Program Peningkatan Masjid (MUP) Fasa Kedua. Ia menelan belanja $2.6 juta – $750,000 daripada jumlah itu dibiayai Dana Pembangunan Masjid (MBF).
Ini merupakan kali pertama Masjid Al-Falah menjalani kerja peningkatan besar-besaran sejak dibuka pada 1987.
Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg
Devoted mum has been main caregiver of quadriplegic son for 17 years. Every day, she talks to him, says dad. She has to tube-feed her 38-year-old son, change his diapers, and turn him over every two hours to prevent bedsores.
If you think life is tough for Madam Maznah Sharipan, 59, think again.
Her husband had his foot amputated because of diabetes, and is on dialysis.
So when it comes to physically turning her son to ease his bedsores or putting ice packs to bring down his frequent fevers, Madam Maznah has to manage all on her own.
Her son, Mr Yuri Dahlan Ismail, suffered a traumatic brain injury that left him bedridden when he was 21.
While on a work assignment, the car he was driving was involved in an accident. The front seat passenger did not survive.
Madam Maznah, a housewife who has been her son’s main caregiver for the past 17 years, is responsible for tube-feeding him, changing his diapers and sponging him daily.
Speaking to The New Paper in their four-room flat in Bukit Panjang, her husband, Mr Ismail Shahul Hamid, 62, said she is devoted to their son.
They have a younger son, 36, who does not live with them but visits every week to help bathe Mr Yuri.
Mr Ismail said: “She will talk to him all the time, telling him to be patient and to endure. Even if he can’t respond, he can still hear her voice.”
Despite the challenges, Madam Maznah manages to keep going with strength, humour and faith.
During this interview, she broke into laughter when her husband said in jest that she neglects him despite their 40 years of marriage.
But she does admit that her son is always on her mind.
“When I’m not at home, I’m always wondering about him. I feel relieved and happy every time I see him.”
Her son’s condition – he is a quadriplegic and is unable to communicate in any way – was hard for her to accept at first.
“I used to cry and had trouble sleeping after his accident,” she said.
Mr Yuri – named after Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man to travel to space – had just graduated from Singapore Polytechnic when the accident happened in 1999.
He had serious head injuries and was hospitalised for six months. He then had to stay at a rehabilitation home for another six months before returning home.
Over the past few years, Madam Maznah has managed to care for her son, but her biggest challenge involves moving him frequently to reduce pressure on his bedsores, which have worsened over the years.
Mr Ismail, who has Type 1 diabetes and kidney failure, has been going for dialysis three times a week since 2008. The former driver was forced to stop working after his foot was amputated in 2014.
After that, his wife had to wheel him to the dialysis centre, but he now relies on a motorised wheelchair.
The family lives on a monthly payout from Mr Yuri’s former employer, Mr Ismail’s CPF payout and financial assistance from a family service centre and the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis).
HOME NURSING
Since June last year, Mr Yuri has been a recipient of non-profit organisation Home Nursing Foundation (HNF), which provides home care services.
Staff nurse Hong Jia Wei, 27, visits their home twice a week to attend to his bedsores.
The family is part of Portraits Of Love, a photography project featuring patients and their caregivers, families or loved ones.
Ms Hong told TNP that Mr Yuri’s bedsores were very serious at first but his condition has improved slightly.
She said: “The mum is not young any more and it is difficult for her to turn him over every two hours.
“But they are very loving towards him and always telling me that he is a good son.”
She added that she was impressed by their tenacity.
“They are a very simple and humble family and always joking around.”
Mr Ismail said they have learnt to accept their fate.
“The reality is that life has its ups and downs,” he said.
Madam Maznah added: “I just feel lucky that I’m still able to embrace my son. I’m always praying for him and I have never given up hope that he will get better one day.”
Portraits Of Love is a project where patients are presented with a photograph taken with their caregivers, families or loved ones.
Between August and November last year, 50 Home Nursing Foundation (HNF) patients were photographed. The photographer, accompanied by a make-up artist who also served as a stylist, went to each home for the photo shoot.
A framed A8-size photograph was given to every participating patient.
The foundation’s spokesman said: “We noticed that our patients tend to have one thing in common: blank cold walls in their flats. Whatever photos they have are greatly treasured by them.”
The Portraits Of Love exhibition, which runs from tomorrow till Sunday, is the first of a series of events organised by HNF to celebrate its 40th anniversary this year.
The exhibition will showcase a series of photos and short write-ups of HNF’s beneficiaries who have received support through its home healthcare services.
The aim is to raise public awareness of home healthcare services and to educate the public about available care options and support services in the community.
The exhibition will be officially launched tomorrow by Dr Amy Khor, Senior Minister of State for Health and Environment and Water Resources, at Raffles City Shopping Centre.
Source: The New Paper
If u are agitated or angered by the picture of the youth who showed his middle finger to the Quran n mocked Muslim prayers, remember the story of a man who tugged Prophet Muhammad’s (Peace Be Upon Him) shirt..
The Prophet once took a loan from a Jew in order to help a group of villagers who were in financial difficulty..A few days BEFORE the promised date of settlement, the Jew came to the Prophet while he was with his companions. When the Jew got close to the Prophet, he tugged the Prophet’s shirt holding him by the neck and shouted in the Prophet’s face “I didnt know from amongst the family of Banu Abdul Muttalib are those who would delay their repayment of loans!”
Saidina Umar stood up and was about to beat up the Jew when Prophet Muhammad stopped and said “We do not need this from you O Umar. In fact I need you to counsel me to repay the loan in a good way n for u to advise him to claim his loan to me in a gracious manner! Now please help me to bring him to where I have prepared the amount to repay him n u are to add to the amount that I am repaying him for the trauma that you have caused him from your action!”
Saidina Umar then acceeded to Prophet’s request and brought the Jewish man to where the location of the repayment is. Along the way the Jew asked Saidina Umar “O Umar do you know who I am? I am so and so”. Saidina Umar then said “Arent u the famous scholar of the Jewish community? Why did u act like that towards the Prophet?” The Jewish scholar said “I have observed many sign of Prophethood in Muhammad but I have yet to observe one sign with my own eyes! That sign is the more ignorance n evil is thrown at him, the more gracious he shall be and today I have witnessed it.. Bear witness O Umar that I testify that there is no God but Allah n I bear witness that Muhammad (PBUH) is His messenger..
#DoGoodBeGood #Blindspotmukmin #SGMuslimsCare#JgnCkpUstazTakPayung
Source: Irwan Hadi
Say No to handphone for Kids!
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We are trying to reduce handphones with our daughter and come let’s try together!
1. Teach them to ask izin before taking any of our cellphone.
2. Turn off our data usage whenever the phone is in their hands.
3. Hide the YouTube app secretly, or delete it.
4. Replace them with good beneficial apps. Ali and sumayya is one of them!
5. Make a lot of du’a for our kids.
? Surah Al-Qadr on the head.
?Surah Insyirah at the heart.
?Ya Latif Ya Halim for good akhlaq.
Together we can create an Ummah for Rasulullah. Amin.
Source: Su’aidah Salim