It was 3.30 am. Slowly I woke up from my
bed to go out of my bedroom. I did not know what went wrong with me… I could
not sleep at all even I had been trying very hard to let my eyes closed and had
been reciting all the prayers and quranic verses whichever I could remember.
It was very dark and quiet outside. I
was not sure on what I supposed to do. I was thinking to switch on my laptop
and wrote some entries for my blog. But, I changed my mind as I did not have
courage and strength to do that. I switched on TV instead. Instantly I pressed
106 channel which was Astro Oasis Channel, the one and only channel on Astro
which provides religious programmes and religious talks. It has been such a
long time I do not have chance to watch Oasis as everyday the TV is controlled
by my 5 year-old son who spends all day long watching cartoon channe!!!
I felt very lucky and such a relieve for
being able to watch Oasis alone at 3.30 in the morning.
It was Dr. Fatma Az-Zahra hosted a
programme called Ar-Rayyan. I have been admiring Dr. Fatma since I was in
University. I still remember every time I went back home to Kota Bharu during
semester break, my auntie always told me about Dr. Fatma’s talk which really
amused her and inspired her to be a better person. She also said how adorable
this lady was, for being an Egyptian dentist who owned a dental clinic in Kota
Bharu and at the same time very active preaching religious talks in Kelantan’s
dialects. In fact she was very close to the hearts of most ladies in Kota Bharu
who always listen to her preachings.
The topic presented by her was ‘Never Give Up From HIS Blessings’
(Jangan Berputus Asa Daripada Rahmat Allah). Once she mentioned the topic, my
heart never stopped pounding. It was pounding very hard! I was so anxious to
listen and to know details about the topic…
She started by saying Allah’s blessing
is much much richer than HIS anger. HE easily blessed us if HE was pleased by
what we do.
She then, pointed out on ways to get
Allah’s blessings. Amongst the ways that I could remember were repent
(bertaubat) , practicing good deeds (mengamalkan amalan soleh), jihad (making
sacrifices because of Allah) and she did mention a few more but unfortunately I
could not remember.
She continued by clarifying on the details
meaning of ‘practicing good deeds’ (amalan soleh). Before she elaborated the meaning further, she
introduced and greeted the special guest who came to studio to be with her. The
guest was Puan Sri Ziela Jalil, a charming beautiful lady who used to be an
actress before, but with Allah’s blessing she’s now no longer an actress and so
does her appearance. She looks very sweet in ‘tudung’ (head cover) and modern
‘kurung’ (traditional Malay dress which cover whole body)
.
After giving brief greetings to Pn.
Ziela, Dr. Fatma then, stressed out that ‘practicing good deeds’ includes
sincerely performing 5 times prayer to
GOD, being very helpful ; easily giving donations to those needed (sedekah),
reciting ‘zikir’ all the time, always in ‘wudhuk’ (ablution) and also be good to parents .
She points out that through sincere
prayer, our sins will be forgiven by Allah and so does the ablution (wudhuk)
able to eliminate the sins done by each parts of our body. The water that flows
on every part will clear away all the sins and we will be clean from any sins.
She later wrapped up the programme by
once again reminding us to keep on seeking for Allah’s blessings as HIS
blessings will be the source of
happiness in today’s life and
also in the day after.
For me, hardly went to sleep on that
night was such a blessing in disguise for getting the most valuable knowledge
which I could practice to lead a better life and for a better Muslim. Thanks
Dr. Fatma… May GOD blesses you always.
