Bekas Banduan Calon Guru Al-Quran

EMPAT orang bekas banduan adalah antara lebih 70 orang yang berjaya lulus satu ujian untuk menjadi guru AlQuran kaedah Qiraati.

Lulusan kursus anjuran anjuran Masjid Mujahidin itu mendapat sijil mereka dalam satu majlis di Auditorium Masjid Sultan kelmarin.

Sebahagian daripada mereka adalah guru Al-Quran di di rumah, masjid dan pertubuhan, sementara empat banduan itu baru dibebaskan dari Kompleks Penjara Changi.

Kursus itu dijalankan dengan kerjasama pemegang hak kaedah Qiraati, Raudhatul Mujawwidin dari Kajang, Selangor, dan sokongan Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (Muis). Ini kali ketujuh ia dijalankan.

Menurut Pengerusi Eksekutif Masjid Mujahidin, Haji Rashid Ramli, ini kali pertama bekas banduan menduduki Ujian Calon Guru Al-Quran Metode Qiraati itu.

Lima bekas banduan menyertai kursus itu dan menduduki ujian tersebut tetapi seorang daripada mereka gagal.

Menurut Haji Rashid, para penguji didatangkan dari luar negara bagi setiap peserta.
Daripada 109 peserta, termasuk lima banduan itu, yang menduduki ujian, 71 lulus dan layak menerima Sijil Calon Guru Al-Quran Metode Qiraati.

Sijil disampaikan Ustaz Firdaus Yahya, ketua Darul Quran di Masjid Kampong Siglap.
Dalam ujian selama 20 minit itu, setiap peserta antara lain dinilai dari segi pengetahuan ilmu tajwid dan hukum-hukum khas berhubung ayat-ayat Al-Quran.

Menurut Haji Rashid, pengiktirafan itu adalah langkah pertama bagi persiapan mendapat pentauliahan apabila Muis melakukannya kelak.

'Jika pihak Muis mengeluarkan kriterianya bagi pentauliahan tahun depan, peserta kursus ini hanya perlu meningkatkan kemahiran mereka untuk mendapat pentauliahan Muis,' katanya.

Seorang kaunselor yang juga anggota panel pembimbing Al-Quran di penjara, Haji Zulkiflee Bachik, 40 tahun, berkata: 'Mudah-mudahan kita dapat bersama-sama membebaskan mereka daripada penjara 'kedua', iaitu pandangan negatif masyarakat terhadap mereka.'

http://cyberita.asia1.com.sg/singapura/story/0,3617,125875,00.html

Play, Truth, Hatred, Love

You may be very happy to know that Singapore is currently ranked as the country with the third highest life expectancy.

We are behind Andorra and Japan, and tied with San Marino.

It seems quite clear why people in those countries, and ours, live so long. We share one thing in common: our football teams are all hopeless. There's very little danger of any of our citizens having their pulses raised by watching us play in the World Cup.

Spectators are more likely to be lulled into a gentle and restful nap. That's why our life expectancies are so long.

Singaporeans have a life expectancy of 81.8 years. Singapore men live to an average of 79.21 years, while Singapore women live more than five years longer, probably to take into account the additional time they need to spend in the bathroom...

I'm here to tell you this. Forget about your life expectancy. After all, it's calculated based on an average. And you never, ever want to expect being average.

Revisit those expectations. You might be looking forward to working, falling in love, marrying, raising a family. You are told that, as graduates, you should expect to find a job paying so much, where your hours are so much, where your responsibilities are so much.

That is what is expected of you. And if you live up to it, it will be an awful waste.

If you expect that, you will be limiting yourself. You will be living your life according to boundaries set by average people. I have nothing against average people. But no one should aspire to be them. And you don't need years of education by the best minds in Singapore to prepare you to be average.

What you should prepare for is mess. Life's a mess. You are not entitled to expect anything from it. Life is not fair. Everything does not balance out in the end. Life happens, and you have no control over it...

Don't expect anything. Erase all life expectancies. Just live. Your life is over as of today...

What does this mean for you? It is good that your life is over.

Since your life is over, you are free. Let me tell you the many wonderful things that you can do when you are free.

DO NOT WORK

THE most important is this: do not work.

Work is anything that you are compelled to do. By its very nature, it is undesirable. Work kills.

The Japanese have a term 'karoshi', which means death from overwork. That's the most dramatic form of how work can kill.

But it can also kill you in more subtle ways. If you work, then day by day, bit by bit, your soul is chipped away, disintegrating until there's nothing left. A rock has been ground into sand and dust.

There's a common misconception that work is necessary. You will meet people working at miserable jobs. Or people who are employed to do something morally distasteful, or even plain criminal.

Such people justify their actions by telling you they are 'making a living'. No, they're not. They're dying, frittering away their fast-extinguishing lives doing things which are, at best, meaningless and, at worst, harmful...

Do not waste the vast majority of your life doing something you hate so that you can spend the small remainder of your life in modest comfort. You may never reach that end anyway.

Resist the temptation to get a job. Instead, play. Find something you enjoy doing. Do it. Over and over again. You will become good at it for two reasons: you like it, and you do it often. Soon, that will have value in itself...

Find that pursuit that will energise you, consume you, become an obsession. Each day, you must rise with a restless enthusiasm. Wake up and know exactly what you want to do and why you want to do it.

If you don't, you are working.

BE WARY OF THE TRUTH

MOST of you will end up in activities which involve communication. To those of you I have a second message: be wary of the truth.

I'm not asking you to speak it, or write it, for there are times when it is dangerous or impossible to do those things.

The truth has a great capacity to offend and injure, and you will find that the closer you are to someone, the more care you must take to disguise or even conceal the truth.

Often, there is great virtue in being evasive, or equivocating. There is also great skill. Any child can blurt out the truth, without thought to the consequences. It takes great maturity to appreciate the value of silence.

In order to be wary of the truth, you must first know it. That requires great frankness to yourself. Never fool the person in the mirror.

I have told you that your life is over, that you should not work, and that you should avoid telling the truth. I now say this to you: be hated.

BE HATED

IT'S not as easy as it sounds.

Do you know anyone who hates you? Yet every great figure who has contributed to the human race has been hated, not just by one person, but often by a great many.

That hatred is so strong it has caused those great figures to be shunned, abused, murdered and in one famous instance, nailed to a cross.

One does not have to be evil to be hated. In fact, it's often the case that one is hated precisely because one is trying to do right by one's own convictions.

It is far too easy to be liked, one merely has to be accommodating and hold no strong convictions. Then one will gravitate towards the centre and settle into the average. That cannot be your role.

There are a great many bad people in the world, and if you are not offending them, you must be bad yourself.

Popularity is a sure sign that you are doing something wrong.

FALL IN LOVE

THE other side of the coin is this: fall in love.

I didn't say 'be loved'. That requires too much compromise. If one changes one's looks, personality and values, one can be loved by anyone.

Rather, I exhort you to love another human being. It may seem odd for me to tell you this. You may expect it to happen naturally, without deliberation. That is false.

Modern society is anti-love. We've taken a microscope to everyone to bring out their flaws and shortcomings.

It is far easier to find a reason not to love someone, than otherwise. Rejection requires only one reason. Love requires complete acceptance. It is hard work - the only kind of work that I find palatable.

Loving someone has great benefits. There is admiration, learning, attraction and something which, for the want of a better word, we call happiness. In loving someone, we become inspired to better ourselves in every way...

Despite popular culture, love doesn't happen by chance, at first sight, across a crowded dance floor. It grows slowly, sinking roots first before branching and blossoming...

You will find that it is no great tragedy if your love is not reciprocated. You are not doing it to be loved back. Its value is to inspire you.

Finally, you will find that there is no half-measure when it comes to loving someone. You either don't, or you do with every cell in your body, completely and utterly, without reservation or apology. It consumes you, and you are reborn, all the better for it.

- By Lawyer Adrian Tan (during NTU convocation)

Someone is leaving..

Pesan nya:
“Selamat tinggal kengkawan... jangan sedih.. aku cuti sebulan jer..”

TAPI Ingat KENGKAWAN semua!!!
pandai-pandai bawak diri yang selama ini dalam godaan aku!!! Maaf Zahir Batin.

Selamat menyambut Ramadhan. Berwaspada kerana akan berjumpa dia lagi di bulan Syawal.

Ambil kesempatan ini untuk:
Selamat Beramal!
Jangan lupa!
Solat Tarawih
Bertadarus
dan
Mengeluarkan
Zakat

Semoga hidup kita diberkati ALLAH sehingga bertemu RAMADHAN yang MENDATANG!!!

Video Perang 1990

Ma'ahad Din bukak sekolah 14/9/08

Salam..

14.9.2008 Tarikh bukak sekolah utk Ma'ahad Dini I'daadi/Tsanawi. Sila buka link ini:
http://www.moe.edu.kw/pages/misc/schedule2008-2009/deni.htm

So, syabab semua, dah siap2 ke belum? Bila antum safar? Tiket dah confirmed ke belum? Mungkin kita boleh buat Iftar Jama'i sekali dengan adik2 Kuwait sebelum diorang safar. Amcm? Ada berani?

Career or Job

Assalamualaikum Wr.Wb,

Since there’s no topic to be discussed, I would like to bring up a topic which might or might not affect us, directly or indirectly. It’s about our career. What do you think of your career now? Do you consider it as a career or merely a job? Why is that so? Any field/areas you would like to be in, in the future (if you are not contented in you current job/career)? Finally, what are the areas you would like to master in or to be expert in? Why?

Appreciate if you could share your ideas with us; be it experience wise or advise.

(Be advised that, this is just a discussion where the conclusion is up to individual. No grudges nor judges)

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.

1993... Segaris Sinar

1993... Segaris Sinar is a bittersweet drama that tracks the lives of eight bosom friends who grew up together in a student hostel.

Ranging from the ages of 14 to 16 when they first met, the series examines how the hostel conditioned their upbringing and shaped their individual perspectives that subsequently affect their respective decisions and choices during adulthood.

Their resourcefulness, or lack of it, either makes them stronger emotionally or instinctively weaker when challenged by adversaries.

Just like the asterism Ursa Major, they gain strength from one another and seek inspiration from the glimmer of hope that their fragmented lives can offer.

Raised in a less privileged environment without the conventional father and mother nor even brother and sister as immediate relatives, these eight friends seek one another for emotional support. The series explores the eternal love and camaraderie that binds these 'brothers' together as ‘family’.

Director
Mr Straight

Salam..

Berikut adalah beberapa gambar yang sempat dirakamkan sewaktu walimah Muadz & pernikahan Dzarif.

Kata-kata Hikmah 2

Sayyiduna Ali Ibn Abu Talib Radiyallahu Anhu berkata:

لا تعرف الحق بالرجال، أعرف الحق تعرف أهله

Bola & BBQ

Salam..

Ikhwah yang dikasihi sekelian,

Alhamdulillah, musim walimah dah selesai. Siapa yang terlepas, mungkin boleh dapatkan sedikit laporan dan gambar2 di ikhwahq8.blogspot.com

Lagi sekali ana ulangi, siapa yang ingin post artikel, perbincangan atau gambar, video dsbgnya harap dapat email kepada ana account google nya agar dapat ana sertakan dalam sidang redaksi blog kita.

Sekarang ni masuk bulan Sya'ban. Mudah2an Allah panjangkan umur kita untuk bertemu Ramadhan yang akan datang.

Cuma, ana ada 2 pengumuman di sini:

1. Bola: Adik-adik yang masih menuntut di Kuwait ni organize sebuah permainan bola sepak untuk KITA semua.

Tarikh: National Day (9 Ogos)
Waktu: 7 pagi
Tempat: Madrasah Aljunied atau Tampines (belekang Ghufran) atau Simei (Akhuna Ridhwan Jamil akan confirm kan) - Wan, please confirm here. Thanks.

Note: Siapa yang ingin confirm atau tanya apa-apa ttg prog ini, harap dapat sms/call Akh Ridhwan di talian ini: 92984420

2. 3-in-1 prog (Liqa' - Swim - BBQ): Insya Allah, kami ingin membuat liqa' besar-besaran untuk tahun ini sempena percutian soifi adik-adik yang belajar kat Kuwait, perjumpaan antara senior dan junior.

Tarikh: 16 Ogos (Sabtu)
Waktu: 5ptg - 7mlm (Liqa'), 7.30mlm - 10.30mlm (BBQ + Swim)
Tempat: Club House kediaman Akhuna Ust Kamarudin Afandi
Alamat: 26, Canberra Drive, Yishun Emerald Condominium, #08-13 (klik disini utk dapatkan map)
Contact number: 96673420 (Akh Kamarudin)

Memandangkan kita hanya ada lagi seminggu lebih, ana berharap sangat sangat antum dapat RSVP (ta'kidkan) kehadiran antum selewat-lewatnya Isnin depan. Kerana, pihak penganjur perlukan masa untuk estimate berapa ramai orang akan datang untuk persiapan logistik dan BBQ (supaya makanan tak terbuang). Ana harap sangat kefahaman antum. Kalau antum tak dapat datang pun, harap dapat beritahu.

Sila hubungi/sms ana di talian: 81024715 atau email ana di alamat ini: muhammad.saiful.adli@gmail.com

Deadline Isnin depan ok.

Seperkara lagi, kita nak BBQ ni perlukan kepada bahan-bahan. Bahan-bahan ni kita kena shopping dan beli. So, ana harap antum boleh sama-sama sumbangkan infaq utk menjayakan program BBQ ini. Berapa? Ana akan beritahu setelah ana tahu berapa ramai yang akan datang. Kalau ramai yang datang, sumbangan yang diperlukan daripada seorang individu lagi sikit, insya Allah.

Hayya ya syabab! Ana harap antum dapat luangkan sedikit masa utk kita sama-sama bersua muka dan bertanya khabar di samping mengeratkan lagi ukhuwah kita. Memandangkan malam itu adalah malam Nisfu Sya'ban, ana faham ada sebahagian ikhwah (khususan yang bertugas di masjid), tidak dapat hadir seawal jam 5ptg. Namun, ana harap ikhwah yang bertugas pada hari itu dapat hadir selepas selesai majlis Nisfu Sya'ban di tempat kerja masing2. Ok, pleasezz..!!

Ingat! Program ini hanya utk SYABAB sahaja. Famili tidak dapat kita sertakan kali ini. Insya Allah, kita akan cuba plan program lain pula utk famili sekali k.

Satay Kajang

Sila lihat video clip ini dan jawap soalan berikut:

Apakah ungkapan kata yang diucapkan oleh YB ketika menikmati kelazatan Satay Kajang?

(A) POWER!

(B) TERANTUK!

(C) MENGANCAM!

Kata-kata Hikmah

Seorang tokoh Ulama bernama Ibn Atho' pernah berkata (fikir-fikirkanlah):

خيرُ ما تطْلُبُهُ منهُ ما هو طالِبُهُ منْكَ