Listen With Your Heart.....

See with your heart, listen with your heart. Observe the world that we live in with our heart, and we will understand how Majestic God is....

Always, always purify your heart and soul so that when you are lost and you don't know what to do, you are open for the guidance that God is giving you.

Every time we defy or go against God's commands (when we know), a black dot will appear in our heart. And if we keep on putting black dots, there will be a point where our heart is so black that we cannot see and listen anymore to all the guidance and signs of God because our heart is DEAD.

And when we choose to follow God's command to do good, a white dot will appear, and if we keep on following God's command, our heart will be so clean that we will be sensitive to God's guidance and signs. This is when our heart becomes the best compass for whatever situation that we are in.

Therefore, follow God's command so you can listen with your heart, you will then understand...

Voices....

I was having my own little conversation in my head about something that's been on my mind. And after a few minutes I started to develop some really negative thoughts towards it that I had to stop myself, and ask where is all of this coming from. That's when I realised, there is no such thing as personal space when it comes to us and shaitan. All the amplified negativity was coming from none other than the famous shaitan. He's kind of like an annoying friend you don't want, but you're stuck with. Always there to feed our negative thoughts and mess around with our weaknesses.

Basically Iblis is saying he's not going to let us out of his sight even for a second. And don't think he doesn't know our weaknesses. In fact he probably knows them better than you and I know ourselves, which makes it so easy for them to distract us. But truth is, the worse and hardest part to admit is that it's because of my own weak faith that he can get to me so often. And I have to realise that he's so good and sneaky at using that to his advantage to slowly convince me to do things on a daily basis that will slowly bring me further away from Allah. 

But I can't keep playing the blaming game when I fall for shaitan's tricks, because at the end of the day, Allah has allowed it, and for a good reason I'm sure. I do think it helps a little though, if we make it a point to constantly remind ourselves that all of us have our personal shaitan waiting on our every move. And he waits ever so patiently because he wants to prove to Allah that we don't really love or care about Him, and that we're just ungrateful. I wish my faith was high up there so shaitan can't get that satisfaction of playing me like a puppet sometimes. 

Solaris Dutamas - Publika

It was our first time visit and a last minute call to my cousin. It has the artistic concept.  Those who loves art, pretty much will love this place.  Most of the tenants decorate their shops in a cultivated and aesthetic ways. 

The place is low-density especially during weekends.  You don't see people rushing here and there to shop. At the moment I can say, its safe for the children to run here and there and we rarely heard mommies shouting for the kids. 

And we had our dinner at Ben's. Simply tasty!  I recommend you this place for your western tryout cuisine.  Furthermore it is definitely halal.

Note:  Thanks Cous's for your recommendation.

Closet and Wardrobe.....

Everybody dreams of having an amazing wardrobe filled with colour coordinated bags, clothes and shoes.



 I was on the floor sitting in front of my closet the other day attempting to pull out pieces that I thought weren't decent to be worn anymore. Now decent is very subjective so I'm not going to get into that. But basically there were a few pair of pants, dresses and skirts that I struggled to take out and move into the pile of 'wear only at home', 'wear in the office' and 'wear only with husband'. I could just leave them hanging in my closet.. arghh...arghhh....will do it again on the next quite  Sunday...

Pencil & Eraser

Pencil: I'm Sorry.

Eraser: For what ?

You didn't do Anything Wrong.

Pencil: I'm Sorry, You Get Hurt because Of Me.

Whenever I Made a Mistake, You are Always there to Erase It.

But as You Make My Mistakes Vanish, You Lose a Part Of Yourself

and Get Smaller and Smaller Each Time.

Eraser: That's True, but I don't Really Mind. You See, I Was Made to do this,

I was Made to Help You

Whenever You do Something Wrong,

Even though One day I know I'll be gone.

I'm actually Happy with My Job.

So Please, Stop Worrying I hate Seeing You Sad.

Our Parents are Like the Eraser,

Where as We Children are The Pencil.

They're Always there for their Children

Cleaning Up their Mistakes.

Sometimes along the Way

they Get Hurt and become Smaller

(Older and Eventually Pass On) 

♥♥ ''Take Care Of Your Parents, Treat them with kindness And Most Especially Love them." ♥♥

Eid Mubarak...

Can you believe it's already 10th Hari Raya  already? How time flies huh. I kind of felt like Ramadan just zoomed passed us, but insha Allah it was another great one. It's always a bittersweet feeling for me when I hear the takbir because that means our special month of Ramadan has truly come to an end, and, the shaitans have come out to bug us all again, boooo them!

So I'm pretty sure I ate enough to cover the amount of food to cover my diertary needs for a week. How about you guys? So much for me listening to the imam during Eid prayers on watching your food intake during this time and nodding in agreement (yeahh rightttt). It's quite impossible to visit six houses and not eat at one because you don't want to hurt their feelings. Plus when there's a plate of lemang (glutinous rice) staring at me, it's quite an insult to the it if I didn't have some. And then right beside it is the table of kuihs (dessert and biscuits).

So while we have a really fun day, let's try our best to keep our Iman at a high even though we know how hard it is. So have an amazing day with our family and friends. May it be filled with Allah's baraqah, loads of salam greetings and smiles, finger licking food and a lot of love! :)

Deal of Love....

The sweet deal of Love in the relationship of Husband and Wife is the precious gift from Allah....

Minus the labour pain and 9 months of being preggers, i've had poo embellish my jeans, pee strategically sprayed on my face as a substitute to my face mist and cancelled meetings at the last minute so i wouldn't be late to pick them up from school.So all I can say from this is a Gift "Anugerah"   that Allah gave me is, alhamdulillah because it brought me so much closer to my husband. 

And tabarakaAllah my husband really made things easy for me, calmness, love and understanding that if Allah has willed it, then this is what is best. Sometimes we don't see any good in the so called bad things that happen in our life. But we've got to try our best to snap ourselves out of it, and remind each other that Allah would never for a second give you something if it wasn't good for you.. 

May Allah keep strengthening our relationship and Because that ended, Allah reminded me that I do have a path to Jannah. Insyaalaah

Best Thing....

I was reminded the beauty of going back to basics; seeking forgiveness from God. Allah asks us to seek his forgiveness over and over and over again. And there's a beautiful reason behind it. 

Istighfar (seeking forgiveness) is something we should be doing like all the time. But me on the other hand, forgetful as always. I'll say my 'Astaghfirullahiladzim' a few times after solat and think I'm good to do for the day.

So back to what I was saying, the amazing thing about seeking forgiveness is that there's more to it then just that. Firstly, Allah actually loves to forgive since he is Al-Ghaffar, so it's on us to not sit on our bum bum and be slack about it. And secondly, Allah grants us more than just His forgiveness (as if that isn't enough already). This is where we see just how generous He is. When we make istighfar (seek forgiveness), we usually think it's just about getting forgiveness, but little did we know, receiving Allah's forgiveness comes along with so much much more. With no expectations, Allah gladly gives us more.

Allah says He will increase us in many worldly things such as granting us with more money, children and the best part, gardens and rivers in Jannah in the after life. Imagine if you did something sneaky behind your husband, wife or friends back, and then on Hari Raya day you ask her or his to forgive you. Okay, if he or she loves you he or she will forgive you, but he's or she's not going to forgive you and hand over a big packet of duit raya right? The best deal you'll get is his or her forgiving you. But with Allah, He gives us more.  Allah tells us that our life on this earth will become more beautiful and at ease if only you continuously ask for His forgiveness.

I needed this simple reminder so bad because sometimes making istighfar becomes a habitual thing that you forget its true meaning when you utter it or you don't do it enough, and with that you lose your opportunity at getting the sweet deal of gaining Allah's forgiveness and gifts in this life! I hope you guys aren't as forgetful as I am because the reward in turning back to Allah and seeking his forgiveness is just too good to pass.

How To Deal with Women If you are Man Enough...

A strong relationship starts with two Brave people who are ready to Sacrifice anything for One Another....

When she hits you or pushing you …....... (hold her hands)
When she get angry................................... ( just hug her )
When she be silent.................................... (ask her what is problem)
When she Ignore you................................. (Give her attention)
When she asked you about something... (don’t neglected her)
When she want to get away from you...... ( do not agree with her opinion)
When you see her in the worst situations (Tell her you are beautiful)
When you see her Cry................................( kiss her head and tell her i love you a lot)
When you feel her scared......................... (protect her )
When you see her jealous........................ (that’s mean she love you more than you imagine )
When she say to you i love you.................( that’s mean she have feelings to you more than you                                                                             think)
When she look into your eyes....................( don’t turned your eyes until she turned it first.)

They are a garment for you and you are a garment to them …

Qur’an [2 : 187]

By getting married you are not just getting a wife, you are getting your whole world. From now until the rest of your days your wife will be your partner, your companion, and your best friend.

She will share your moments, your days, and your years. She will share your joys and sorrows, your successes and failures, your dreams and your fears. When you are ill, she will take the best care of you; when you need help, she will do all she can for you;

When you have a secret, she will keep it; when you need advice, she will give you the best advice. She will always be with you: when you wake up in the morning the first thing your eyes will see will be hers; during the day, she will be with you, if for a moment she is not with you by her physical body, she will be thinking of you, praying for you with all her heart, mind, and soul; when you go to sleep at night, the last thing your eyes will see will be her; and when you are asleep you will still see her in your dreams. In short, she will be your whole world and you will be her whole world.

It requires that a husband and wife should be as garments for each other. Just as garments are for protection, comfort, show and concealment for human beings, Allah expects husbands and wives to be for one another.

‘And the believers, men and women, are protecting friends of one another; they enjoin the right and forbid the wrong, and they establish worship and they pay the poor-due, and they obey Allah and His messenger; as for those, Allah will have mercy on them; Lo! Allah is Mighty, Wise. Allah hath promised to believers – men and women – gardens under which rivers flow, to dwell therein, and beautiful mansions in gardens of everlasting bliss; but the greatest bliss is the good pleasure of Allah: This is the supreme felicity.’ Qur’an [9 : 71 - 72]

Till End.....

 I'll always ask him how he fell in love with me and ask him,Do you Love me? . And every night, it will be a different story. I look forward to this part of the day. Some days we would fight, but on most days, things are on a routine...

All praises to God for sending someone who has made my life on this earth a meaningful one. May God bless his soul and reward him far better in this world and the hereafter.

Pray.....

I'm sure a lot of you already do solat with your husband or other family members, but if you don't, try to make it a regular thing you do because it really is nice to have that one thing to do together despite our busy schedules. Plus Allah will reward you more, so it really is awesome!

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Prayer in congregation is twenty seven times better than prayer prayed individually. (Sahîh al-Bukhârî:645 and Sahîh Muslim: 650) 

Someone told me to pray with my heart, and not with my mouth. Such simple words, but trying this made my solat a world of difference.

I am Letting You Go....

Close my Eyes.....Clear my Heart and Finally I Let It Go.....

I can't believe it, but the deeper I go into myself, the clearer I can see my soul. I've been chasing beauty and I am done doing that. I am letting beauty go. I have to understand that ONLY GOD is the sole reason I am alive.

After realising this, I told myself that I am letting beauty go and I am not going to chase for it anymore. OH MY GOSH, I felt it.... the sweet taste of freedom. I feel free. I know now that it is only through submitting to God that I am truly free... I am ready Allah... I am ready....

 It's time for me to let 'leadership' go... Just as I had to let go of beauty, I have to let go of 'leadership'. I want to be free from the shackles that I have built around myself.

Yes Allah, worshiping You is the only way to free my soul... You are the only thing worth pursuing. There is no more statute Gods that we worship, but there is a lot of the lowernafs (desires, lusts, ego etc) that have been pursued instead of You. 

It is clear now to me. Who I am depends on my relationship with God. I am a slave of God and that is truly freedom.... Freedom from my own insecurities that has kept me hostage/ prison for myself.