Mengharap Rahmat dan Ampunan Allah SWT

Ya Allah! 

Dalam mengenang kisah hidup silam
Kusedar dari kesilapan lalu
Tuhan beratnya dosa-dosaku
Masihkah ada ampunan buatku

Tuhan... Dalam menempuh hidup ini
Banyaknya dugaan datang menguji
Tuhan... Ada yang dapatku gagahi
Dan ada yang gagal kuhindari

Tuhan... Dosaku menggunung tinggi
Tapi taubatku tak kutepati
Tuhan...Rahmat-Mu melangit luas
Terlalu sedikit kubersyukur

Kini kukembali pada-Mu
Mengharap maghfirah dari-Mu
Mogakan terampunlah dosa-dosaku
Biarpun ujian melanda
Ku tetap berkasih pada-Mu
Kerna kuyakin kasih-Mu
Kekal tiada sudahnya...

Seorang Muslim dalam kehidupannya boleh jadi melakukan banyak dosa. Sebahagian mereka mungkin pernah terjatuh dalam perbuatan dosa besar seperti membunuh, berzina, memakan riba, mabuk, mencuri/merampas harta orang lain, dll.

Meski demikian, Allah SWT sesungguhnya Maha Pengampun bagi siapa sahaja yang ingin bertaubat, tentu dengan tawbat[an] nashuha (taubat yang sungguh-sungguh), dengan memenuhi sejumlah syarat: memohon ampunan kepada Allah SWT dengan sungguh-sungguh (dengan banyak beristighfar); menyesal dengan penyesalan yang mendalam; bertekad untuk tidak mengulangi perbuatan dosa yang pernah dilakukan; rela menerima hukuman (jika terkait dosa besar seperti mencuri, berzina, membunuh, dll); meminta maaf  dan mengembalikan hak (jika terkait dosa kepada atau melanggar hak orang lain).

Kerana itu tidak selayaknya seorang Muslim berputus asa dari rahmat dan ampunan Allah SWT, kerana Allah SWT sendiri berfirman (yang ertinya): Katakanlah, “Hai hamba-hamba-Ku yang malampaui batas terhadap diri mereka sendiri, janganlah kalian berputus asa dari rahmat Allah. Sesungguhnya Allah mengampuni dosa-dosa semuanya. Sesungguhnya Dia Maha Pengampun lagi Maha Penyayang.” (TQS az-Zumar [39]: 53).

Allah SWT pun berfirman (yang ertinya): "Rahmat-Ku meliputi segala sesuatu" (TQS al-A’raf [7]: 157).

Khilafah: A Shining Model for Women's Rights & Political Role

Women of Hizb ut-Tahrir Launch International Campaign – “The Khilafah : A Shining Model for Women’s Rights and Political Role”

Women of Hizb ut-Tahrir from across the world have launched a global campaign entitled, “The Khilafah : A Shining Model for Women’s Rights and Political Role” that will culminate in a truly historic International Women’s Conference in Tunisia on the 10th of March, the week of International Women’s Day. The conference will gather female opinion makers from across the Muslim world and beyond to present a detailed vision of what the Khilafah ruling system based purely upon Islamic laws and principles would mean to the status, rights, and lives of women. Both the campaign and conference aim to explain how the Khilafah holds credible, viable, and practical solutions to the multitude of political, economic, and social problems afflicting women across the Muslim world. It will also challenge the worn-out narrative of women’s oppression under Islamic rule.

The campaign will include video messages, delivered by women of Hizb –ut-Tahrir from the Arab world to North Africa, Europe to the Middle East, Pakistan to Indonesia, Russia to Australia, that will be disseminated internationally. They will explain why they believe the Khilafah system is one that will liberate women within their lands and be a true model for securing the rights of women globally.
 
Dr. Nazreen Nawaz, Central Media Representative, Hizb ut-Tahrir commented, “For decades, women across the whole of the Muslim world have suffered oppression, poverty, and indignity under corrupt repressive regimes, dysfunctional economies, and incompetent autocratic governments that have turned a blind-eye to abuses against women and stripped them of basic rights. Whether monarchies, theocracies, democracies or dictatorships – every single one has failed to secure the respect and rights that every woman deserves. There needs to be a new political vision for the region’s women – and the Khilafah offers this.”

“From Tunisia, a place that was once a bastion of secularism in the Muslim world and hailed as a model for women’s rights by many in the West, the women of Hizb ut-Tahrir will aim to show that it is the Islamic system of governance that can bring true liberation to the region’s women.”
 
“For too long, many have spoken on behalf of the women of the Muslim world, presenting an outdated, false narrative that Muslim women view Islam as their oppressor, that they reject Islamic governance, and that they seek liberation through the secular liberal democratic system.”

“These age-old lies about Islamic governance and women’s oppression deserve the same fate as dictators  – to be discarded into the dustbin of history . The Khilafah offers a detailed unique strategy for how to secure the dignity of women, strong family units, and the political, economic, and educational rights of all – male and female, Muslim and non-Muslim.”

“We call all women who believe in creating real change in improving the lives of women to join us at this truly historic conference that will present a true model by which to establish honour, security, and justice for the mothers and daughters of the Muslim world and that will stand as a beacon for women’s liberation globally.”

Note : The conference will take place at 9am on Saturday March 10th 2012 in Tunisia.

Shiok Kopitiam : Chicken Chops

Seperti yang saya pernah janjikan dulu dalam entri ini, saya akan adakan labels 'Food Review'. Nah, ini pemulanya! Sebab saya suka makan-makan dan jadi tembam-tembam. Takpe, kita tunggu 2 bulan lagi ya, InsyaAllah.

Ok, pertama sekali saya ucapkan terima kasih kepada kakak saya sebab suruh saya beli makanan nih via Groupon Malaysia. Kalau sebelum nih, saya ignore je emel-emel dari Groupon dan delete. Saya tak pernah baca pun sebab saya rasa macam annoying je. Bila kakak saya asyik cakap pasal ini, saya pun try baca deal tersebut dan mujur ada yang berhampiran dengan tempat tinggal saya. So, saya terus beli. Lagipun, masa nih teringin sangat nak makan western. Selepas booking date, maka berdatinglah saya dengan suami di malam gelap :D di Kafe Shiok Kopitiam pada 06.02.2012.

Dessert : Vanilla and Chocolate Ice Cream Lava

Soup of the day (mushroom)

Fried Chicken Chop
Caribbean Chicken Chop (Black Pepper Sauce)

Grilled Chicken Chop
Aussie Chop (Lemon Plum Sauce)

Asalnya, saya order grilled chicken chop Swiss Chicken Chop (Mushroom Sauce) tapi sebab chef tuh tersilap dengar apa yang pelayan tuh beritahu agaknya. Jadi merasalah saya sos lemon plum. Sangat sedap sebab rasanya manis-manis masam. Awesome! Alhamdulillah.