CCUB 3621: Reflection from the sessions

Alhamdulillah, all praises be to Allah that we managed to finish all sessions together through Google Meet. Despite the unstable internet connection we had to go through, we were able to get many inputs on various topics, alhamdulillah. It is great that we could learn and get information on many things from the simplest sharing about oneself until the most important sharing about how to take care of our body and health. great masyaaAllah!

Another reflection I would like to keep it here is when we respond to each other's sharing. It was so beautiful to see how lovely and thoughtful our usrahmates were when they gave a comment on a sharing of each presenter and when they thanked the presenters after their sharing. I could imagine that happen in real world as in physical class... I could hear the claps every time after each person presented. Small kind acts matter, right? May Allah bless all of us.

This was one of the most informative sharing from our usrahmate. 

Some reflections on our group project, we did a topic about Dhuha Prayer which we share the benefits of it stated in the Quran and the Hadiths. We picked some and put them in an infographic. Honestly, before the presentation, we forgot that we needed to share on our social media to get the feedbacks from others. So we managed to share it there and then when we realized about it. I shared it to a few whatsapp groups, but the response I received only one, from my friend. She said thank you for sharing. 

Even so, I hope that the ones received the infographic will get the benefits and feel inspired to perform Dhuha prayer with istiqamah.

Once again, Thank you Sister Syamimi for patiently and kindly facilitating us. May Allah ease your journey.

CCUB 2621: Quote pictures

CCUB 2621: Usrah Budi 2

Different from Usrah Budi 1 where we could have physical meetings and sharings to increase the Islamic knowledge and information, Usrah Budi 2 I believe has its own way of doing it. We might not have physical meetings and sharings, but we have tasks that we needed to do individually which I found it more impactful as we needed to write or verbally share (during the online meetings) the whys of choosing the content. That way always make me have times to pause, reflect and think about the content which

 brings me closer to Allah. Alhamdulillah.

Therefore I would love to express my appreciation and thank you to our awesome naqibah, sister Iffah for giving us the tasks and doing her best in guiding us get the Islamic knowledge. Jzkk, fi amanillah.

CCUB 2621: A poster of quotes.

"Everything is beautiful when we look at it with love."

Love here could be the form of empathy and kindness. For example, when we deal with someone and they treat us badly, we won't take it personally if we look at them with love–empathy and kindness. Because we would try to be husnudzon; to think positive and to see the situation from that lense of love. With that insyaaAllah, everything will be beautiful, how we look at them will be beautiful, and how we feel also will be beautiful. It is not easy, but we can do it. Therefore, let's always have that love so the beautiful things we perceive will make us feel content. InsyaaAllah.

CCUB 2621: An experience that made me feel grateful.

6 years ago, i got my driving license. I feel soo grateful, not because I finally got it, but because Allah gave it to me in a miracle way. During the exam day, I did a small mistake that should be failed. But the JPJ gave me a chance and finally.. passed me. I felt soo happy that I cried after I finished the exam, because I strongly believed that Allah really granted my du'a that I made before the day. I thanked Him so much because I know, He was the one who made all those happen. I felt so grateful that I didn't have to repeat the exam. Alhamdulillah. Thank you Allah.

CCUB 2621: Hadith about Knowledge

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

وَمَنْ سَلَكَ طَرِيقًا يَلْتَمِسُ فِيهِ عِلْمًا سَهَّلَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِهِ طَرِيقًا إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَمَا اجْتَمَعَ قَوْمٌ فِي بَيْتٍ مِنْ بُيُوتِ اللَّهِ يَتْلُونَ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَيَتَدَارَسُونَهُ بَيْنَهُمْ إِلاَّ نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّكِينَةُ وَغَشِيَتْهُمُ الرَّحْمَةُ وَحَفَّتْهُمُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ وَذَكَرَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِيمَنْ عِنْدَهُ

Whoever travels a path in search of knowledge, Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise. People do not gather in the houses of Allah, reciting the book of Allah and studying it together, but that tranquility will descend upon them, mercy will cover them, angels will surround them, and Allah will mention them to those near him.

[Riwayat Muslim (4867)]

Lately, the feeling and the thought of quitting my study came quite often because of some struggles along the journey. It demotivated me to finish my assignments and other work of a student. So I procrastinated many things even though I knew I needed to finish it as soon as possible because there would be more work assigned later.

Then this hadith came across my phone screen and I felt attacked when I read it. It has however, beautifully reminded and motivated me again to do the things I didn't want to do, which is to study and do my assessments.

When I felt 'attacked' by the hadith, I said to myself gently, "paradise is not cheap, it is expensive. And expensive things are hard to get. If you feel hard in this journey of seeking knowledge, studying, doing assignments.. then it might be the path to paradise. You have to do your best on this path. Find no excuses because Allah has placed you on the journey that is meant for you. You can do it and you can go through it, as Allah doesn't place you on the path you are not able to walk on."

And yes, being a university student is one of the best ways of seeking knowledge. And it is an opportunity that one should grab, do their best and make benefits out of it, because it is promised to ease the path to paradise. InsyaaAllah.

May Allah ease and guide us on this path of seeking knowledge. 

My Hobbies!

Hobby; a regular activity done for enjoyment, typically during one's leisure time, not professionally and not for pay.

I have 3 hobbies that I feel contented everytime I did them. People may call me nerd with the hobby I decided to have, but who cares. I love attending talks, I love reading, and I love writing, even though I don't really have the skill of writing. Of course my hobbies only restricted to some topics hehe, they are especially related to my passion; Islamic teachings, family and parenting matters, mental health matters, and life teachings. 

There was once I deadly wanted to go to this one talk about mental health, but I cannot afford the fee. Luckily the organizer was doing a contest (write a post why you want the ticket) which the winner will get a free ticket. So, with the strong gut and determination, I joined the contest and wrote it from my heart. All praises be to Allah, finally I won the free ticket and attended the talk!

Reading. I love reading as it increases my knowledge and develops my thinking skills. Plus, when you read a lot (no, I do not really read a lot), you will tend to write. That is why I love to write too hehe. It is encouraging especially when your readers let you know that your writings benefit them masyaaAllah. Alhamdulillah, may Allah have barakah in my hobbies.

Contribution to the Society

All praises be to Allah, so today I would like to share my experiences (contributions and achievements) during my days in IIUM, specifically in IIC. If you never heard of IIC, IIC stands for International Islamic College which is a college under IIUM. Yes, I had my Diploma in IIC. The lecturers were great and kind, my friends were all good and supportive, the lectures were so fun and awesome! Oh I really had great times in IIC. How I miss those moments with those beautiful souls. 

So, what have I done within the 2 years and 8 months? I had not done so much, but I believe there were my hands and mind contributing for the ummah, insyaaAllah. During those years, I was actively participating and contributing through Persatuan Belia Harmoni IIC until I had been chosen to be both Academic Committee and a Vice President for one year each. 

On my forth semester in IIC, I had organised an event which is called 'Goodbye Stress' where I made 150 bookmarks with a quote on it and distributed to random students two weeks before the examination week. A week before the examination week, I had organised a forum with the title of 'Study Booster Forum' at the IIC Great Hall on 17th October 2017. I invited 4 great persons to be the panelists and a moderator for the forum (Refer attached poster) to share tips on how to balance academic and extracurricular activities, how to study effectively, and also to motivate students to study diligently. Alhamdulillah everything went well with almost 100 participants. I remember how nervous and overwhelmed I was during the day before and the day itself! But Alhamdulillahirabbil alamin, Allah made it awesome and made my hardworks paid off. 

The next semester in the same year, I had been in another tenure which I held a position of Vice President. It was so heavy to carry as it sounds. There were a lot of things I had gone through during that tenure and it taught me many things. So, one of the events that I had contributed to was a 'Seminar Rumah Ngaji'. This event was also handled under me like the 'Study Booster Forum' where I supervised almost every committee. I was appointed to be the director of the program. The event was to make the students of IIC have the interest and awareness to appreciate Al-Quran by reading, understand and practice the content of Al-Quran. There was also a great speaker who delivered the contents (refer attached poster). Alhamdulillah again, everything went well and I was so happy as it was a full house! We even needed to sit on the floor, alhamdulillah. 

As I needed to follow up with the participants, I grouped the participants by their level of Quranic recitation and they were followed up by the appointed leaders to lead the Quranic circle. It is like an usrah, but we focused more on the recitation added with some sharings. I was one of the leaders who needed to make the 'usrah' (with a partner) once a week for 5 persons. Alhamdulillah the participants were looking forward to persist with the group, but eventually as our different schedules made it hard for us to meet every week, the group gradually disappeared. I felt so bad because I could not make it further. But Allah knows best right? At least I had given my best for them. May Allah protect them wherever they are. Aah it was so sad. 

There are a few more programs that I committed in preparing and succeeding them alhamdulillah. But these two events really had a place in my memory as they had reached many people alhamdulillah. What did I do was, I renewed my intention of organizing the event only for the sake of Him and I performed 2 rakaah of hajat prayer and asked Allah to smoothen the event, to make it beneficial, and reach more people. Allah is Great and He has power over all things. I believe Allah had granted my du'as. Subhanallah, all praises be to Him.

Persatuan Belia Harmoni Malaysia somewhat has taken a place in my heart. Therefore when I further my study in IIUM, I continued my membership in PBHIIUM which I am currently under the Volunteerism and Humanitarian Affairs Bureau. I have joined the 'Guide Me Project' event twice, where we went to one of the rural areas in Gombak, mentoring the children in their academic which reflects the objective, that is to guide & assist the Gombak community in education through mentor-mentee mechanisms. 

May Allah bless and guide us all the way.

Introduction of Me

Most of us used to say 'Kalau tak kenal maka tak cinta' isn't it?
But one of my favourite authors said, 'Kalau tak kenal maka ta'aruf lah!' hehe.

So yeah, as this happen to be my first post, let have a ta'aruf. Who knows I am the one who you have been looking for? Haha! Nahh Im kidding. Okay back to the topic. My name is short and simple like the owner of the name, alhamdulillah. Hafsa binti Azhari is my name. I was born on 1998 in Kuala Lumpur, but I live in Selangor. So I am 21 this year alhamdulillah. Many people say that I am the youngest in my family, some also say that I am the first child. But the fact is I am the second last child out of 11. My father, Azhari bin Mohamed is from Melaka and my mother, Norulhuda binti Abdul Wahab is from Kelantan. They are both 58 years old. May Allah bless our family.

What about my likes and dislikes? Let's go one by one *smug. I like maaany things including you ahha! The first thing that crossed my mind when I say the word 'like' is cloud. Oh my god I really love clouds and sky! They are so beautiful Subhanallah. You know, every time I see the clouds, I would feel super excited and happy that followed by calmness. That is the fact. Do you feel it too? You should, it's therapeutic insyaaAllah. That is one of the visible things that I like, there are more and it depends on what my eyes perceive them as beautiful. But everything is beautiful isn't it? Even the ugliest thing has it's beautiful side. Okay let's go to the invisible thing. Ghost? absolutely NOT. It's going to waste my time loving them. If I talk about invisible thing, usually I am talking about the inner part of a person. I like kindness. And I always emphasize on it to myself and everyone; be kind, be kinder than necessary. Kind may not be contagious like smile, but it can affect and change everything positively.

Dislike. A feeling of distaste or hostility. Let's make it short, the visible thing that I dislike is usually dirt. I am not really a perfect clean person, but living with dirt is not a good choice to choose am I right? What more if there is a hadith that says cleanliness is part of our Iman. Okay for the invisible thing, I do not like a character of backbiting, nowadays it is called gossiping and 'spill the tea'. I really do not like it especially when I am the victim who needs to listen to the tea. Istighfar gue dibuatnya.

What else do you think you need to know about me?

Exactly! Who am I? I am a person who has Diploma in Islamic Early Childhood Education and currently studying in IIUM for Degree in Sociology and Anthropology. But I am now changing my current course to Degree in Counseling and Guidance. Do pray for me so I can make my dream become a reality hee. It is a sad story for me, but Allah knows best while I know nothing. I wanted to further my study in Psychology since I was 16 years old. I sacrificed almost 3 years for Diploma in ECE as I did not get the chance to go for Foundation in Human Science, while ECE is somehow related to Psychology. So now, I am here in IIUM grabbing all the chances provided for the students to learn, to grow, and to serve the ummah. Psst, I wrote something in my room and it is "You are here not only to seek knowledge, but also to grow and serve the ummah" hehe. InsyaaAllah, may Allah guide us always.

Last but not least, I like reading books. I have a lot of books but you have more haha! It means I do not really have many books. But I do have some anyway hehe. What genre that you like to read? Mine is about family, mental health and motivational, with Islamic perspectives. Another thing that I love to do is advocating about mental health and parenting, you can visit my Instagram and Facebook account for evidences. 

Thank you!
Fi amanillah.