Last night I attended a kuliyah of Ust Azhar at Surau Gelong Bilal. There were hundreds of people that the congregation had to sit at an open air on a laid flying sheet on rough cemented floor. His ingenunity drew throngs of people from all walks of life to lend their ears for religious knowledge. Hundreds of motorcycles seen properly parked outside the musolla. I think most the motorcycles belong to the youth as Ust Azhar has a reputation of a rocker cum ustaz. He has his own following which keeps growing in numbers over the years. His not-so-good youth days is his main asset which commands respect from the youth. Besides all the above mentioned, another criterion which should not be simply overlooked is his sense of humour. His mild attack against JKK and other joking dialogues put others in giggles at times. This, i think is crucial element as well in public speaking as people are not a robot. They sometimes need to laugh even to laugh at themselves because laughing itself is medicine.
What i am trying to highlight in this entry is his explanation about the concept of lying. He said according to Islam, we are allowed no to tell the truth when it comes into three circumstances. First, to reconcile between two dissenting groups or people. We can act as a peace maker by telling a lie. Second, we are allowed to tell a lie so that it can help alleviate the sadness or trouble faced by someone. There was a hadith mentioning about this which can be loosely translated as those resorting to lie in order to reconcile between two people is not considered as lying.
To lie is not like what the western believe, of course the western beleive everyone is entitled to know the truth, and it is up to them to act on the fact or the truth. They argue that if we tell them lies we actually rob them their rights to know the truth. Our sin is no different from stealing as we steal someone’s right to know the truth. But, according to Islam,it is better to hide the truth if it brings more harm than good. So, we have to be selective in disseminating information or knowledge for fearing it will bring more damage to others.
When we are trapped in a traffic jam and might miss the prayers due to the jam. We are strongly advised to perform prayers as a sign of respect to the designated prayers’ time. But we have to do the prayers again once we reach our destination.
During his kulliyah he mentioned a few things we muslim are strongly encouraged to do during the celebration of eidul fitri and eidul adha. People are advised to wear new clothes and apply some fragrant provided allowed by syariah not having alcohol substance. We are also asked to use different routes on our way to and back from the mosque. The night before the celebration day, we are supposed to chant All is the greatest as many times as possible. He said, what happens nowadays is different as many people from either pious families resort to entertainment which was aired by a few channels in the tube.
Meeting with Zul
I was about to leave the ATM machine attached to security guard booth at the entrance of UMT when someone grabbed my shoulder. He was Zul, my classmate for master degree. Before he could open his mouth i asked him his thesis. He told me that he wanted to change supervisor as his present supervisor is so strict and meticulous. He asked me about Mr Roslan and Gobala. Both are available i think. But the thing is we just want to pass the final part of our master that is to submit the thesis no matter who the lecturer is . His most logical reason is logistic , we don’t need to spend much time travelling to either KL or Kuantan as Rozlan resides in Dungun, far nearer compared with the other two places. Nevertheless i could not simply with him as i don’t want to part with my current supervisor as he is very experienced and talented in his field that nobody can challenge his field of expertise. so, i think i will stick to Dr J as i have learnt somethng from him and i think i will learn lots and lots more from him as never before within this two months’ period.
Hitting One Thousand Words
Why it is so hard to hit one thousand words .. i feel dearth of ideas now and don’t know what else to write now. But, i need to write as this is my new promise to myself to tap my language skills. Why don’t i talk about my car. At least i makes sense as i will help me equip myself with new ideas. There are a few more things i should do to my bettle. First and foremost i need to send to the mend the leakage which comes from both sides of the front body. Then, i need to apply anti rust paint to the inside parts of both rear and front bumpers. Third, i hit the tree at Yayasan Islam building last two months. It dented a bit which the the left part of the front bumper is reduced curve inwards. Radio cassette should be rewired after being taken out to repair the body due to the accident at Kg Gawi ,Tasik Kenyir last two months. Then, i also think of carpetting the inside part of the car and install air conditioner. All the said requires a budget of at least 5 k. Meaning that i can’t sell my car anymore as i have spent over 12 thousand already excluding the new budget. Unless or until i found a new classic model bettle, i at that time will have to think about it as my long awaited time has come. But, until now, the only car i possess is JJ.
